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US 12,654,889 B2Granted
System and method for boxing products
AssigneeFameccanica.Data S.p.A.
InventorsDario Galante, Fabrizio Faieta
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Abstract
A system for boxing products and method.
Claims10
A system for boxing products, comprising:
- a boxing machine including:
- a product group conveyor,
- a first robotic unit configured to form product groups on said product group conveyor, and
- a second robotic unit configured to take product groups from said product group conveyor and insert said product groups into respective boxes,
- a main feeding conveyor configured to feed to the boxing machine an array of products made up of products aligned with each other in a transport direction,
- a detection device configured to detect a presence of empty spaces in said array of products,
- a buffer for an accumulation of products,
- at least one replenishment conveyor configured to feed products coming from said buffer to said boxing machine,
- wherein the system is controlled to use products coming from said at least one replenishment conveyor for formation of the product groups when said detection device detects the presence of empty spaces in said array of products.
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A method for boxing products, comprising:
- providing a boxing machine including:
- a product group conveyor, a first robotic unit, and a second robotic unit,
- feeding to the boxing machine an array of products made up of products aligned with each other in a transport direction via a main feeding conveyor,
- picking up products from the array of products using the first robotic unit and forming product groups on the product group conveyor,
- accumulating products in a buffer,
- feeding products coming from said buffer to said boxing machine via at least one replenishment conveyor,
- detecting a presence of empty spaces in said array of products using a detection device,
- using products coming from said at least one replenishment conveyor for formation of the product groups when said detection device detects the presence of empty spaces in the array of products, and
- taking product groups from the product group conveyor and inserting the product groups into respective boxes using the second robotic unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.