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.
Claims22
A system for joining components comprising:
- a rotating base platform;
- a plurality of receptacles mounted to the base platform;
- a rotating sonotrode platform, the sonotrode platform rotating at the same velocity as the base platform;
- a plurality of sonotrodes mounted to the sonotrode platform, each sonotrode corresponding to a 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 sonotrode platform;
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- wherein each sonotrode is energized at the compressing position.
A method for joining components comprising:
- disposing a container on a receptacle, the receptacle mounted to a rotating base platform;
- rotating a sonotrode platform at the same velocity as the base platform, the rotating sonotrode 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 position of the sonotrode platform;
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- energizing the sonotrode at the compressing position.
A system for sealing filled containers comprising:
- a plurality of ultrasonic sealing heads mounted on a first movable structure for movement about a closed circuit, the circuit including a sealing path portion;
- a plurality of container receptacles mounted on a second movable structure for moving containers along the sealing path portion of the closed circuit;
- a lid supply mechanism configured to provide a lid to each container moved by the plurality of container receptacles;
- wherein each ultrasonic sealing head moves in a reciprocating motion to ultrasonically weld each container to each lid disposed thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.