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US 2012/0059507 A1Published application
Method for loading containers
AssigneeUlma Packaging Technological Center, S. Coop.
InventorsJosu Ugarte Barrena, Eneko Izquierdo Ereño
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AssigneeUlma Packaging Technological Center, S. Coop.
InventorsJosu Ugarte Barrena, Eneko Izquierdo Ereño
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The invention relates to a method for loading containers (3, 4) comprising at least one first empty housing (31, 41) and one second empty housing (32, 42) the mentioned containers (3, 4) being intermittently shiftable between a first rest position (1) and a second rest position (1). The method comprises calculating an available time td corresponding to the time necessary for an empty housing (31, 32, 41, 42) to reach a loading position (11, 12, 21, 22), and comparing it with a positioning time tp11, tp12, tp21 and tp22 necessary for the manipulator to collect from its current position each object to be loaded from a collecting area (5) and depositing it in a loading position (11, 12, 21, 22) coinciding with the position of an empty housing (31, 32) (41, 42) of a container (3, 4). The object to be collected (a, b, c, d) and the delivery position of said object in an empty housing (31, 32) (41, 42) corresponds with a loading position (11, 12, 21, 22) of the manipulator the positioning time tp11, tp12, tp21 or tp22 of which is closest to the available time td.
Method for loading containers (3, 4) comprising at least one first empty housing (31, 41) and one second empty housing (32, 42) configured to receive an object to be loaded, the mentioned containers (3, 4) being intermittently shiftable by shifting means such that the containers (3, 4) can occupy a first rest position (1), during a rest time tr, and can be shifted, during an advance time ta, from the first rest position (1) to at least one second rest position (2), said shifting of the containers (3, 4) being performed with a variable velocity throughout the advance time ta, the loading of the object to be loaded being performed by means of at least one manipulator which can collect the object to be loaded from a collecting area (5) comprising at least one object (a, b, c, d) and deliver it in a loading position (11, 12, 21, 22) coinciding with one of the empty housings (31, 32) (41, 42) of one of the containers (3, 4) characterized in that it comprises the following phases:
Packaging machine comprising shifting means which can intermittently shift containers (3, 4) such that the containers (3, 4) can occupy a first rest position (1), during a rest time tr, and can be shifted, during an advance time ta, from the first rest position (1) to at least one second rest position (2), said shifting of the containers (3, 4) being performed with a variable velocity throughout the advance time ta, comprising the containers (3, 4) at least one first housing (31, 41) and one second housing (32, 42) configured to receive an object to be loaded (a, b, c, d), the mentioned machine comprising at least one manipulator which can collect an object to be loaded (a, b, c, d) from a collecting area comprising at least one object (a, b, c, d) and deliver it in one of the housings (31, 32, 41, 42) of one of the containers (1, 2), characterized in that it comprises a control system and means of communication between the shifting means and the at least one manipulator, configured such that the at least one object to be loaded (a, b, c, d) is deposited in one of the empty housings (31, 32, 41, 42) according to a loading method according to any of the previous claims.
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