EP2499603A1 - Device for counting objects fed as bulk material - Google Patents
Device for counting objects fed as bulk materialInfo
- Publication number
- EP2499603A1 EP2499603A1 EP10776675A EP10776675A EP2499603A1 EP 2499603 A1 EP2499603 A1 EP 2499603A1 EP 10776675 A EP10776675 A EP 10776675A EP 10776675 A EP10776675 A EP 10776675A EP 2499603 A1 EP2499603 A1 EP 2499603A1
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- Prior art keywords
- objects
- subset
- counting
- target number
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06M7/00—Counting of objects carried by a conveyor
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06M3/00—Counters with additional facilities
- G06M3/02—Counters with additional facilities for performing an operation at a predetermined value of the count, e.g. arresting a machine
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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
- B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
- B65B57/20—Applications of counting devices for controlling the feed of articles
Definitions
- the invention relates to a device for counting objects supplied as bulk material, having a first feeding device for counting a first defined subset of a set number of objects and a second feeding device for preferably occasionally feeding a second subset of the set number of objects.
- the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a device for counting objects supplied as bulk material, with which a defined target number of objects can be counted quickly and accurately.
- a device of the type mentioned which is designed such that the number of objects of the first subset is transmitted to a control device that controls the second feed so that the second subset of objects so many objects be supplied to the second subset of the objects of the difference between the first subset and the target number of objects, and the first subset of the objects is dumped to the second subset of the objects.
- the invention is based on the idea that the metering of objects present as bulk material can not take place as a function of the detected weight, but rather on the basis of the individually counted objects, so that it is ensured that the specified target number of objects is exactly maintained.
- the counting of a first defined subset of the target number of objects takes place via a first feed device, wherein the exact number of objects is detected.
- the second feeder is controlled so that it supplies so many objects that the second subset of the objects corresponds to the difference between the first subset and the target number of objects.
- the promotion and counting of the second subset of the objects is slower than in the first subset, since it must be performed with high accuracy in order not to exceed the specified target number of objects.
- the device has a container into which the first subset of the desired number of objects is poured after counting.
- This container serves as a buffer in which the counted objects are collected until the second subset of the objects has been counted.
- a particularly advantageous further development of the device according to the invention provides that the control device controls the counting of the first subset of the next counting operation while the second subset of the target number of objects is supplied. Thereby, it is possible to supply and count the second subset while simultaneously supplying and counting the first subset of the objects of the next counting operation.
- the counting of the first subset and the second subset of the objects can be performed in time or in parallel, so that the target number of objects can be counted faster overall.
- the first and / or the second feeding device can be designed as a vibrating conveyor track, in particular as a vibrating channel.
- the bulk material can be conveyed in a controlled manner via this vibrating channel, wherein the quantity and the speed of the conveyed bulk material can be adjusted by means of the control device via the intensity of the vibration.
- the first and / or the second feeding device can be driven by means of a servomotor.
- the vibration conveying path is controlled or regulated by the control device on the basis of the counted objects in such a way that the speed of the supplied objects is reduced when approaching the specified subset of the objects. Accordingly, the objects are fed comparatively quickly at the beginning of a counting process on the vibration conveyor, before reaching the target number of the first and / or second subset of objects, the conveying speed is reduced, so that this target number can be met accurately.
- the device has a counting module for counting the objects or a first counting module for counting the first subset and a second counting module for counting the second subset of the objects, wherein the counting modules are preferably designed for contactless counting of the objects ,
- the counting modules can be connected downstream of the vibrating chute so that the objects leave the vibrating chute in free fall and are counted.
- the counting modules are able to detect the number of objects via corresponding sensors very precisely, even if one object should be completely or partially hidden by another object.
- the counting module used in the device according to the invention can make use of different measuring methods, for example it can be designed for the optical and / or electromagnetic and / or capacitive and / or acoustic detection of the objects.
- first and the second feed device can be regulated separately from one another.
- the conveyance can be terminated by the first feeder, for example by closing the flap, whereupon the first feeder is stopped.
- the feeding and counting of the second subset of the objects then takes place by driving only the second feeding device. This prevents that in the first feeder, the objects accumulate in front of the flap, which would otherwise complicate the exact count of the individual objects.
- the device according to the invention is preferably designed so that 90 to 95% of the target number of objects can be fed by means of the first feed device, the difference to the target number of objects is supplied by the second feed device.
- the second subset of the objects can be rejected, for example poured into a special container. Subsequently, a second subset of the objects is again supplied and counted so that the target number of objects is exactly reached.
- the relatively small second subset of the objects must therefore be discarded, but not the larger first subset of the objects. This is particularly advantageous liable, as in certain applications rejected objects may not be reintroduced into the dosing process.
- FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a device according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of a device according to the invention.
- Fig. 3 shows a third embodiment of a device according to the invention.
- the device 1 shown in FIG. 1 comprises a first feeding device for counting in advance a first defined subset of a set number of objects which are supplied as bulk material.
- the objects may be, for example, tablets, capsules, electronic components or pellets.
- the first feeding device comprises a comparatively wide vibrating trough 2, via which the objects are fed. The generated vibrations cause all objects to move along the vibrating trough 2.
- the device 1 comprises a second feed device for feeding a second subset of the target number of objects.
- the second feed device comprises a vibrating trough 3 which is smaller or narrower than the first vibrating trough 2.
- the first and second feed devices can each be driven separately from one another via drive means, so that in one particular operating state objects are conveyed by one feed device while the other feed device is at a standstill.
- Both feeders are designed as vibration conveyor sections, in which the amount and the speed of the conveyed bulk material can be adjusted by the control or regulation of the vibratory movement.
- a specific, arbitrarily definable target number of objects for example 100 pieces, can be counted.
- This set number is made up of a first defined subset, which is supplied via the first feed device and a second subset, which is supplied via the second feed device.
- the first subset comprises 95 objects and the second subset comprises 5 objects.
- the objects After reaching the open end of the vibrating trough 2, the objects fall down from the vibrating trough 2. While the objects are in free fall, they are counted by a counting module 4, which is shown only schematically in the drawing.
- the counting module 4 has sensors that can measure the number of passing objects with high accuracy, even if the objects partially or completely obscure each other. Accordingly, the objects are supplied as bulk material via the first feeding device in the illustrated embodiment, until 95 objects have been counted.
- the vibrating trough 2 is controlled by a schematically represented control device such that the speed of the supplied objects is reduced when approaching the fixed subset of the target number comprising 95 objects.
- the further supply of objects is prevented by a flap, not shown in FIG.
- the first subset of the objects does not comprise exactly 95 objects; instead, 93 or 97 objects could also be counted by the counting module 4. Subsequently, the number of counted objects of the first subset is transmitted to a control device 5, which then controls the second feeder with the vibrating trough 3 so that the second subset of objects are supplied so many objects that the second subset of the objects of the difference between the first subset and the target number of objects. If the first subset comprises 95 objects, then five further objects are supplied via the vibrating trough 3, if the first subset comprises 97 objects, only three further objects are supplied via the vibrating trough 3.
- the objects in free fall reach the counting module 4, from which they are counted as they pass. If the sum of the objects of the first subset and the objects of the second subset corresponds to the target number of objects, the objects are provided via a discharge hopper 6 for filling, packaging or for further processing steps.
- Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment with a device 7, wherein the same reference numerals have been used as in the first embodiment for the same constituent parts.
- the device 7 comprises feeding devices designed as vibrating channels 2, 3, to which a counting module 4 is connected downstream. The regulation of the vibrating troughs 2, 3 takes place via the control device 5.
- a container 8 Below the vibrating trough 2 is a container 8, so that the objects are collected after passing through the counting module 4 in the container 8. Below the vibrating trough 3 there is a container 9 into which the objects pass from the vibrating trough 3 after passing through the counting module 4.
- the counting of the first subset of the objects of the next is performed by the control device 5, which is connected to the individual components of the device 7 via unillustrated lines Dosing and counting process triggered and controlled, so that the two counting processes interlock in time. Since objects are supplied simultaneously via the vibrating troughs 2, 3, at least in certain operating states, the device 7 can be used to carry out faster the counting of a specific target number of objects with high accuracy in comparison with a device which has only a single conveying path.
- Fig. 3 shows a third embodiment of the invention, again with the same reference numerals as in the previous embodiments have been used for Ü agreeing.
- the device 10 comprises feeding devices designed as vibrating troughs 2, 3, the objects being separated from the vibrating trough 2 into the container 8 and from the vibrating trough 3 into the container 9. len.
- each feeder is assigned a separate counting module.
- the objects supplied by the vibrating trough 2 are detected by the counting module 1 1, and the objects supplied via the vibrating trough 3 are detected by the counting module 12.
- the number of objects in the container 9 does not agree with the difference between the number of objects in the container 8 and the target number of objects, for example, if in the container 8 95 objects and in the container 9 are six objects. If the control device 5 detects this error, the contents of the container 9 can be poured into a container 13, whereby the objects of the container 9 are separated out.
- the number of objects of the bulk material, which must be discarded when exceeding the target number of objects, however, is advantageously small compared to the target number of objects.
- a new counting process is triggered by the control device 5 by the emptied container 9 is filled via the vibrating trough 3 again with objects until the second subset of objects corresponds to the difference.
- the container 13 shown in the drawing is optional, in view of the extremely accurate count by the counting modules 8, 9 versions without container 13 are possible.
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