EP2497716B1 - Vertikale Flow-Wrap-Verpackungsmaschine mit Folienzuführungsmittel - Google Patents

Vertikale Flow-Wrap-Verpackungsmaschine mit Folienzuführungsmittel Download PDF

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EP2497716B1
EP2497716B1 EP11002037.7A EP11002037A EP2497716B1 EP 2497716 B1 EP2497716 B1 EP 2497716B1 EP 11002037 A EP11002037 A EP 11002037A EP 2497716 B1 EP2497716 B1 EP 2497716B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
    • B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
    • B65B9/213—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles the web having intermittent motion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/12—Feeding webs from rolls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/02—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
    • B65B57/04—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
    • B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
    • B65B9/22—Forming shoulders; Tube formers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2220/00—Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/12—Creating additional longitudinal welds on horizontal or vertical form fill seal [FFS] machines for stiffening packages or for creating package edges

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  • the present invention relates to a vertical flow-wrapper comprising:
  • This vertical flow wrapper is very well known to the person skilled of the art e.g. from CH 611 854 and is used, to form a web, for example a plastic film or a paper material, into a tube from which individual packages are produced.
  • a web for example a plastic film or a paper material
  • these packages become more and more sophisticated so that in some cases, the web needs to be preprocessed, before it is formed into a tube.
  • the film In this preprocessing unit as well as during the transformation of the wrap into a tube, the film must be exactly positioned relative to the forming tube and/or the preprocessing unit, especially its position perpendicular to the transport direction of the film.
  • a vertical flow-wrapper comprising:
  • the present invention relates to a flow wrapper, which comprises a film feed, which feeds the film, for example a plastic film and/or a paper material from a reel to a forming unit.
  • This forming unit which comprises a forming tube and a forming shoulder.
  • the longitudinal edges of the tube are sealed together by longitudinal sealing means.
  • the tube is filled with a packaging item and cross seals are provided to the tube to produce individually closed packages which are finally cut a part.
  • the flow wrapper can be operated with a continuously moving film or intermittently.
  • the film feed comprises a first part and a second part. These parts are jointly movable horizontally and perpendicular to the transport direction of the film. Additionally, one part of the film feed is movable relative to the other part of the film feed horizontally and perpendicular to the transport direction of the film. This movement of the two parts jointly and the movement of one part relative to the other allows a very exact positioning of the film during its transport from the reel to the forming unit. The movement of the first and/or second part of the film-feed is at least partially transferred to the film.
  • Both parts preferably comprise rolls round which the film is guided.
  • the first part preferably comprises means to bear the reel.
  • the second part preferably comprises a dancer, which is particularly use for intermittent production of the packages.
  • the first part can also comprise a dancer particularly to maintain the film under a certain tension.
  • the vertical flow rapper comprises a first sensor in the vicinity of the forming tube, that determines the position of the film relative to the tube and/or the forming shoulder.
  • the signal of this sensor is utilized to position both parts jointly relative to the forming tube.
  • the sensor measures the position of the film on the forming shoulder.
  • the vertical flow wrapper comprises a second sensor, which measures the position of the film upstream from the first sensor; i. e. upstream relative to the transport direction of the film.
  • the signal of this sensor is utilized to adjust the position of the first part of the film-feed relative to the second part of the film-feed.
  • the vertical flow wrapper comprises a film processing unit, for example a film forming unit.
  • This processing unit is preferably attached to the second part of the film-feed.
  • the second sensor is located upstream from this unit and its signal is utilized to optimize the position of the film relative to this film processing unit, for example by moving the first part of the film-feed relative to the second part of the film feed.
  • the vertical flow wrapper has one motor, more preferably a servo motor, to shift both parts of the film-feed jointly and one motor, more preferably a servo motor, to shift the first part of the film-feed relative to the second part of the film-feed.
  • one motor more preferably a servo motor
  • at least one, more preferably both motors are linear motors.
  • the forming shoulder comprises a recess, preferably a hole, and a sensor is located in the vicinity of this hole.
  • the sensor which comprises in general a sender and a receiver can be positioned such, that the sender is positioned at one side of the forming shoulder and the receiver is positioned on the opposite side of the forming shoulder.
  • radiation and/or an acoustic signal is sent from the sender, through the forming shoulder to the receiver.
  • the recess is located in the forming shoulder such, that during optimal production conditions, the film covers the hole partially.
  • the sensor observes the edge of the film. Based on this information, the two parts of the film feed are moved jointly horizontally and perpendicular to the transport direction of the film.
  • the sender and the receiver are preferably combined in one unit.
  • Figure 1 shows the inventive flow wrapper.
  • a film 3, for example a plastic film or a paper material is unrolled from a reel 2 and transported by means of a film feed 4 to a forming unit 13, which forms the plane film 3 into a tube 12, which is subsequently longitudinally sealed, filled with the packaging-item and provided with cross seals. These packages are then cut apart by a cutting unit.
  • the forming unit 13 comprises a form tube 5, which is also the filling tube and a forming shoulder 6.
  • the film feed 4 comprises two separate parts 4.1, 4.2. These two parts 4.1, 4.2 can both be shifted horizontally and perpendicular to the transport direction 14 of the film and relative to the machine frame 15, particularly relative to the forming tube 5, which is fixed directly or indirectly to the machine frame.
  • the parts 4.1 and 4.2 can be moved jointly relative to the machine frame as described above and one part of the film-feed, preferably the first part 4.1, can be moved relative to the second part 4.2 of the film-feed and independently from the joint movement. Both parts 4.1, 4.2 move horizontally and perpendicular to the transport direction of the film, respectively.
  • the inventive flow wrapper comprises at least one, preferably two sensors 7, 8 which are symbolized in Figure 1 by the arrows.
  • the first sensor 8 is preferably located in the vicinity of the forming shoulder 6, preferably on the forming shoulder 6 itself, as described later according to figure 3 . This sensor 8 monitors, whether the film is in the right position relative to the forming shoulder.
  • the position of both parts 4.1 and 4.2 is set and their position is altered jointly in case that the sensor 8 sensors a misalignment of the film relative to the forming shoulder.
  • the second sensor 7 is located upstream from sensor 8 i. e. upstream relative to the transport direction 14 of film 3.
  • the inventive flow wrapper comprises film processing means 9, which, for example, fold and seal edges into the film prior to its forming into a tube.
  • sensor 7 is located upstream from this processing unit 9 and sensor 7 monitors whethe film 3 is positioned correctly relative to this film processing unit 9.
  • the position of the first part of the film feed 4.1 relative to the second part of the film-feed 4.2 is altered horizontally and perpendicular to the transport direction 14 of the film; i.e. the first part 4.1 moves in and out of the paper plane relative to the second part 4.2.
  • FIG. 2 shows schematically the inventive flow wrapper, i.e. reel 2, a film processing unit 9, here a film forming unit, and the forming unit 13 with its forming tube 5 and its forming shoulder 6. Furthermore, schematically two sensors 7, 8 are depicted and it can be clearly seen, that the film feed unit 4 comprises a first part 4.1 and a second part 4.2, which are separated from each other and which can be moved horizontally and jointly as depicted by arrow 17. Furthermore, at least one part, here the first part 4.1, can be moved horizontally as depicted by double arrow 16 horizontally and perpendicular to the transport direction 14 of the film as depicted by double arrow 16.
  • Figure 2c shows the response of the system in case that, for example, the second sensor 7 detects a misalignment of the film 3 relative to the film processing unit 9.
  • the first part 4.1 of the film feed is moved horizontally and perpendicular to the transport direction 14 of the film, as depicted by double arrow 16, by a degree of ⁇ y.
  • the middle plane 10.1 of the first part 4.1 of the film feed is not in alignment with the middle plane 10.2 of the second part 4.2 of the film feed.
  • the position of the second part 4.2 of the film feed relative to the film tube 5 is left unchanged.
  • Figure 3 shows the inventive forming shoulder 6, which extends around a forming tube 5 and comprises a forming plane which is three-dimensionally shaped.
  • the forming shoulder 6 and the forming tube 5 form a plane film 3 into a tube 12, here a tube with a square or rectangular cross section.
  • the forming plane 6.1 comprises a hole 11, which extends through the entire forming plane. The hole is positioned such, that under optimal conditions, the film covers this hole partially or extend till the circumference of the hole.
  • a sensor is placed, which comprises a sender and a receiver. The sender is place on one side of the forming plane and the receiver is based on the opposite side of the forming plane.
  • the sender transmits a signal through hole 11, which is received by the receiver.
  • the sent signal is weakened depending on the degree of coverage of hole 11 by film 3.
  • the signal is for example based on radiation or an acoustic signal.
  • the sensor can determine the edge of the film. Based on this signal, the position of the film, particularly its position perpendicular to its transport direction 14 is left as it is or altered.

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  1. Vertikallauf-Verpackungsmaschine (1), die Folgendes umfasst:
    - eine Folienzuführung (4), die die Folie von einer Rolle (2) zu einer Formungseinheit (13) führt,
    - eine Formungsröhre (5) und eine Formungsschulter (6), die eine Folie (3) in eine Folienröhre (12) umformen,
    - Längsverschlussmittel, um die Längskanten der Folienröhre (12) zu verschließen,
    - Querverschlussmittel, um der Folienröhre einen Querverschluss bereitzustellen, um einzelne Packungen zu erzeugen, und
    - Schneidmittel, um die einzelnen Packungen von der Folienröhre (12) zu trennen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Folienzuführung (4) einen ersten Teil (4.1) und einen zweiten Teil (4.2) umfasst, wobei beide Teile (4.1, 4.2) gemeinsam horizontal und senkrecht zu der Transportrichtung (14) der Folie beweglich sind und wobei ein Teil (4.1) in Bezug zu dem anderen Teil (4.2) horizontal und senkrecht zu der Transportrichtung (14) der Folie beweglich ist.
  2. Vertikallauf-Verpackungsmaschine (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einen ersten Sensor (8) in der Nähe der Formungsröhre (5) umfasst, der die Position der Folie bezüglich der Röhre und/oder der Formungsschulter bestimmt, und dass die Position der beiden Teile (4.1, 4.2) gemäß dem Signal des ersten Sensors (8) gemeinsam eingestellt ist.
  3. Vertikallauf-Verpackungsmaschine (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Sensor (8) die Position der Folie (3) auf der Formungsschulter misst.
  4. Vertikallauf-Verpackungsmaschine (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einen zweiten Sensor (7) umfasst, der die Position der Folie (3) vor dem ersten Sensor (8) misst, und dass die Position des ersten Teils (4.1) in Bezug auf den zweiten Teil (4.2) gemäß dem Signal des zweiten Sensors (7) eingestellt ist.
  5. Vertikallauf-Verpackungsmaschine (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Folienbearbeitungseinheit (9) umfasst und dass der zweite Sensor (8) bevorzugt in der Nähe der Folienbearbeitungseinheit (9) ist und/oder vor dieser Einheit (9) angeordnet ist.
  6. Vertikallauf-Verpackungsmaschine (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie einen Motor, um beide Teile (4.1, 4.2) gemeinsam zu verschieben, und einen Motor, um den ersten Teil (4.1) in Bezug auf den zweiten Teil (4.2) zu verschieben, besitzt.
  7. Vertikallauf-Verpackungsmaschine (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche oder dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Formungsschulter eine Vertiefung (11), vorzugsweise ein Loch, in ihrer Formungsebene (6.1) umfasst und dass ein erster Sensor (8) in der Nähe dieser Vertiefung angeordnet ist.
  8. Vertikallauf-Verpackungsmaschine (1) nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Sensor (8) einen Sender und einen Empfänger umfasst und dass der Sender auf einer Seite der Formungsschulter (6) und der Empfänger auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite der Formungsschulter angeordnet ist, wobei der Sender und der Empfänger vorzugsweise eine Einheit bilden.
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