EP2143555A1 - Maschine zur Herstellung von luft oder gas gefülltem kissenförmigem Verpackungsmaterial - Google Patents

Maschine zur Herstellung von luft oder gas gefülltem kissenförmigem Verpackungsmaterial Download PDF

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EP2143555A1
EP2143555A1 EP08170033A EP08170033A EP2143555A1 EP 2143555 A1 EP2143555 A1 EP 2143555A1 EP 08170033 A EP08170033 A EP 08170033A EP 08170033 A EP08170033 A EP 08170033A EP 2143555 A1 EP2143555 A1 EP 2143555A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D5/00—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles ; Making three-dimensional articles
    • B31D5/0039—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles ; Making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads
    • B31D5/0073—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles ; Making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads including pillow forming
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D2205/00—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles
    • B31D2205/0005—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads
    • B31D2205/0011—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads including particular additional operations
    • B31D2205/0052—Perforating; Forming lines of weakness

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  • the present invention relates to the production of packaging material, in particular cushions that are inflated with air or other gas, and precisely it relates to a machine for making this packaging material.
  • the invention relates to a method for making such packaging material.
  • a common packaging material provides boards, or loose material having various shape, of polystyrene foam, polyurethane foams, antishock polystyrene, etc.
  • packaging materials have the drawback of making the package heavy and of dirtying the product around. Therefore, a packaging material that protects the product avoiding at the same time the above described drawbacks is preferable such as antishock "cushions" of plastic film that are inflated to air, or other gas.
  • Such cushions which are made usually of high density polyethylene, owing to its mechanical resistance that is remarkably higher than other plastic materials, can be made as a continuous strip of cushions that are arranged adjacent to each another, and can be used both for wrapping the products and for avoiding the movement into a container in which the product is housed for being transported.
  • a first kind of machines for making these cushions overlaps two films of high density polyethylene that are unwound from respective rolls and are conveyed towards heating elements, which are capable of melting locally the plastic material to make on it the welding lines.
  • the films of plastic material are, firstly, welded along regularly distanced longitudinal lines, obtaining welding lines that are parallel to the direction of movement in order to define tubular chambers. During the movement the chambers are inflated with air and then are closed hermetically by transversal welding lines that along with the longitudinal lines define the cushions filled with air.
  • Machines also exist to make a single row of cushions without stopping the web. These machines start from a web comprising two films of overlapped thermoplastic material and with transversal lines that have been made previously. The machine blows air between the two films and by means of heating elements makes the longitudinal welding lines that with the transversal welding lines define the cushions filled with air. This way, the machine can operate continuously, i.e. without that the web is stopped stepwise.
  • the web provides transversal lines that have been made previously and are shorter than the width of the web, leaving thus an open passageway for inflating the cushions.
  • This is obtained by introducing longitudinally an inflating tube, and by welding longitudinally the web by means of longitudinal heating elements after that each cushion has been inflated.
  • the welding step is carried out on the inner side of the passageway, leaving out the inflating tube.
  • the machine comprises, furthermore, a longitudinal conveying means for the web comprising a plurality of dragging rollers that are arranged along the heating elements.
  • upstream of the inflating tube extends a longitudinal guide extends on which the web is put in order to engage the passageway.
  • the dragging rollers are arranged parallel to the longitudinal welding line opposite to the passageway.
  • the dragging rollers arranged along the heating elements cause the web to shift at the heating elements with formation of creases and longitudinal welding lines that are not precise.
  • the cutting blade is arranged at the heating elements. This would cause heating the blade same and then the possibility of melting that would damage the portion of web that is in contact with it. Furthermore, this solution is structurally complex for the vicinity of the blade and of the heating elements that requires long time for disassembling and assembling steps during maintenance.
  • the air inflating tube extends up to the heating elements, with similar problems of heating the tube and of encumbrance of the tube, with complex maintenance steps.
  • a longitudinal guide is provided.
  • the web of thermoplastic material has the above described films that are firstly closed according to a tubular shape and then by transversal welding lines forming a plurality of chambers.
  • the transversal lines are shorter than a transversal width of the web of thermoplastic material in order to leave a passageway for introducing the guide, said longitudinal welding lines closing said chambers after blowing the gas in, and a means is provided for cutting said web of thermoplastic material in order to make a longitudinal cut to open longitudinally said passageway, to allow the inflation member to slide between said films and to allow the advance of the web with inflated and sealed chambers.
  • the first and the second dragging means comprises at least one roller.
  • the first and the second dragging means comprises a first and a second roller acting on a same longitudinal plane, in particular parallel to the longitudinal welding line.
  • first and the second roller can be connected by a transmission belt that is adapted to cause the movement of the web of thermoplastic material along the conveying direction.
  • first and the second dragging means can comprise a first part that is adapted to contact the first sheet and a second part that is adapted to contact the second sheet, wherein at least one of said parts is movable so that said parts can be relatively distant allowing the introduction of the web of thermoplastic material in a phase of starting the machine.
  • the heating means comprises a first longitudinal heater that is associated with the first part and a second longitudinal heater that is associated with the second part.
  • a first and a second driven welding strips are provided that are adapted to move along with the web of thermoplastic material, and which slide on the respective first and second longitudinal heater in order to sandwich the web, said welding strips transmitting heat between the respective longitudinal heater and the web of thermoplastic material, and moving with the speed of the web of thermoplastic material, in order to avoid a direct sliding of the web of thermoplastic material with hot parts in order to cause a local melting of the thermoplastic material and to form the longitudinal welding line.
  • the cutting means cut longitudinally the tubular passageway of thermoplastic material out of the chambers to make a longitudinal cut, and a means is provided to prevent the air or gas from exiting through the longitudinal cut during the inflation step, wherein said means to prevent the air or gas from exiting are obtained by arranging said blowing portion between said second dragging means and said cutting means.
  • the cutting means is arranged upstream of the first and second dragging means.
  • thermoplastic material tear-off lines can be provided that assist the separation.
  • a machine for making a packaging material in particular cushions filled with air, comprises:
  • a machine 1 for making a packaging material in the form of cushions 100 filled with gas comprises feeding rollers 21 that are adapted to bring a web 10 of thermoplastic material along a longitudinal direction of movement indicated in the figure by an arrow.
  • Web 10 comprises, in particular two films 10a and 10b that are overlapped to each other and can be unwound starting from a roll 50.
  • Web 10 comprises a plurality of transversal chambers 15 that are insulated pneumatically from each other by means of transversal welding lines 11 that extend for all the width of web 10 and that are perforated to assist the separation of a cushion 100 from the growing web.
  • a tear-off line 12 is made between each two transversal welding lines 11 along which the overlapped films 10a and 10b are connected in order to provide a plurality of tubular chambers.
  • the transversal welding lines 11 have in particular a length that is less than the transversal width L of web 10, in order to define an open passageway 18 ( Fig. 2 ).
  • passageway 18 of web 10 is put on a longitudinal guide 25 that is arranged downstream of feeding rollers 21.
  • guide 25 comprises a blowing portion 27 that is equipped with a hole 26 through which a measured amount of gas, for example air, is put into each chamber 15.
  • the hole 26 is in pneumatic connection with a source of a gas, for example a fan 80, through inflation member 27.
  • a cutting blade is present 85 that cuts longitudinally web 10 obtaining a longitudinal cut 14. This allows the introduction of inflation member 27 and the movement of web 10 along machine 1.
  • dragging rollers 31a-35a Downstream of the cutting blade 85 a first series is provided of dragging rollers 31a-35a that are arranged on one side of web 10 and a second plurality of dragging rollers 31b-35b that are arranged opposite to the first series of rollers 31a-35a with respect to web 10.
  • dragging rollers 31-35 are adapted to transfer web 10 by guide 25, firstly, to welding means 130a and 130b and then to an exit section 90 of cushions 100.
  • an inflated cushion 100 is defined by two transversal welding lines 12 and by longitudinal welding line 16.
  • Welding means 130a and 130b can comprise, for example, a welding strip 45a and 45b, for example made of Teflon® that is movable on guide rollers 41a-43a and 41b-43b, respectively.
  • Each welding strip 45a, or 45b is arranged in contact with a respective heating plate 56a, or 56b ( Figs. 6 and 7 ) that transmits the heat necessary for melting locally web 10 in order to provide longitudinal welding line 16 that closes chamber 15.
  • Heating plates 56a and 56b are moved by an actuator, not shown in the figures, towards/away from web 10 to assist the steps of arranging the web at the startup of the machine, for changing strips 50 and for carrying out other maintenance steps.
  • dragging rollers 33a and 33b are provided, respectively, that counter rotates with respect to each other and are adapted to bring web 10 towards welding means 130a and 130b.
  • dragging rollers 33a and 33b are peripherally coated with a layer 46 of flexible material. Therefore, in operative conditions, dragging rollers 33a and 33b in addition to convey web 10 keep the two wings of the longitudinal cut tightly close, in order to prevent air exiting from chamber 15 that is being formed.
  • the action of the dragging rollers causes an adhesion of web 10 to inflation member 27 at keep longitudinal cut 14 close avoiding the outlet of gas.
  • idle rollers 31a and 31b are provided, respectively, that are connected by transmission belts 55a and 55b to respective driven rollers 32a and 32b. This way, rollers 33a, 31a and 41a are wheeled about axis 101a and rollers 33b, 31b and 41b are wheeled about axis 101b.
  • the transmission belts 55a and 55b act also from belts for dragging web 10.
  • dragging rollers 34a and 34b are provided, which are capable of rotating about respective axes 102a and 102b for dragging inflated and sealed cushions 100 away from the machine 1.
  • Dragging rollers 34a and 34b can be coated peripherally by a layer of flexible material 47a and 47b respectively.
  • dragging roller 34a is mounted on the same axis of rollers 42a and 32a and is connected by a transmission belt 47a to a roller 35a. This is mounted coaxially to a roller 43a that is wheeled about axis 103a to operate roller 35a. Rollers 41a-43a form the path for guiding welding strip 45a.
  • dragging rollers 31b-35b and the guide rollers 41b-43b are wheeled about the respective axes by a motor 200 that is connected to the shaft 210 of rollers 32b, 42b and 34b by a transmission belt 205.
  • a gear 201 is mounted that is inserted on a gear 202 integral to shaft 215 of rollers 34a, 42a and 32a.

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