High rate ultrasonic sealer
AssigneeCampbell Soup Company
InventorMark Robert Watts
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Abstract
Embodiments herein include a system for joining components. The system can include a rotating base platform, a plurality of receptacles mounted to the base platform, and a rotating sonotrode platform. A plurality of sonotrodes are mounted to the sonotrode platform. Each sonotrode can correspond to a receptacle. Each sonotrode can move in a reciprocating motion between a release position distant from a corresponding receptacle and a compressing position proximal to the corresponding receptacle. The compressing position occurs at a first angular position of the sonotrode platform. Each sonotrode is energized at the compressing position.
Claims13
A system for sealing lids onto containers comprising:
- a rotating platform;
- a plurality of receptacles mounted to the platform;
- a plurality of sonotrodes mounted to the platform, each sonotrode corresponding to a receptacle, each sonotrode comprising a displacement sensor to determine a position of each sonotrode relative to each corresponding receptacle;
- wherein each sonotrode moves in a reciprocating motion between a release position distant from a corresponding receptacle and a compressing position proximal to the corresponding receptacle, the compressing position occurring at a first angular position of the platform;
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- wherein each sonotrode is energized at the compressing position.
A method for sealing lids onto containers comprising:
- disposing a container on a receptacle, the receptacle mounted to a rotatable platform;
- rotating the rotatable platform, the rotatable platform comprising a sonotrode disposed adjacent to the receptacle;
- moving the sonotrode in a reciprocating motion between a release position distant from the receptacle and a compressing position proximal to the receptacle, the compressing position occurring at a first angular positon of the rotatable platform;
- energizing the sonotrode at the compressing position;
- determining the position of the sonotrode relative to the receptacle using a displacement sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.