System and method for producing bags or pouches
AssigneeWindmoeller & Hoelscher KG
InventorsFranz-Josef Dieckmann, Andreas Schroedter, Thomas Hawighorst
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Abstract
A system for manufacturing sacks or bags includes at least two sack or bag producing machines which control components are assigned to, and which are connected with each other by at least one transport device and/or one storage device. The system includes a control unit configured such that manufacturing speeds of the two sack or bag producing machines can be transmitted to and/or processed by the control unit. The control unit is configured such that it proposes and/or sets the manufacturing speed of the two sack or bag producing machines based on system operating parameters.
Claims10
A system for manufacturing sacks or bags from a web, comprising:
- at least a tube extruding machine, which receives the web after an adhesive has been applied thereto, and a bottom jointing machine having control components associated therewith,
- a transport device that provides for communication between the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machine,
- a control unit configured:
- such that manufacturing speeds of the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machine are transmitted to and/or processed by the control unit, and
- to propose and/or set the manufacturing speed of the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machine based on system operating parameters,
- the system operating parameters comprising a first part and a second part, with the first part being a parameter which is recorded once before a start of a production run, and the second part being a parameter determined from a current production run,
- with the manufacturing speed of at least one of the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machine being set with the control unit
- (i) such that a filling level of the transport device approaches a target value and
- (ii) based on operating values of the tube extruding machine or the bottom jointing machine that are transmitted to and processed by the control unit,
- with the target value being adjustable by the control unit during the production of the sacks or bags, and
- with the transport device always being partially full of the sacks or bags.
A method of manufacturing sacks of bags from a web with at least a tube extruding machine, which received the web after an adhesive has been applied thereto, a bottom jointing machine, a transport device, and a control unit, said method comprising:
- with the transport device, transporting and/or storing the sacks or bags between the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machine,
- reporting to the control unit manufacturing speeds of the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machines, and at least one other operating parameter of the tube extruding machine, the bottom jointing machine, and the transport device,
- the control unit proposing and/or setting
- the manufacturing speed of at least one of the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machine based on the reported speeds and on system operating parameters,
- the system operating parameters comprising a first part and a second part, with the first part being a parameter which is recorded once before a start of a production run, and the second part being a parameter determined from a current production run,
- such that a filling level of the transport device approaches a target value, based on operating value of a preceding or a following machine that are transmitted to and processed by the control unit,
- with the target value being adjustable by the control unit during the production of the sacks or bags, and
- with the transport device always being partially full of the sacks or bags.
A control system for a system for manufacturing sacks or bags from a web that includes a tube extruding machine, which receives the web after an adhesive has been applied thereto, and a bottom jointing machine in communication with each other via a transport device, said control system comprising:
- control components associated with the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machine, and
- a control unit configured to have transmitted thereto manufacturing speeds of the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machine, and
- to prepare and/or set the manufacturing speed of the tube extruding machine and the bottom jointing machine based on system operating parameters,
- the system operating parameters comprising a first part and a second part, with the first part being a parameter which is recorded once before a start of a production run, and the second part being a parameter determined from a current production run,
- (i) such that a filling level of the transport device approaches a target value based on operating values of a preceding or a following machine that are transmitted to and processed by the control unit,
- with the target value being adjustable by the control unit during the production of the sacks or bags, and
- with the transport device always being partially full of the sacks or bags.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.