Device and method for packing a cushioning element in a carton
AssigneeGP System
InventorJacky Peterlini
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Abstract
An automatic packing device (1) for cushioning element (s) (2) in a carton (C) is mounted along a conveyor (4) directed along a longitudinal axis (Y, Y′). The packing device (1) includes a robotic cell (3) associated with a cushioning element storage zone (2), the robotic cell (3) including at least one gripping device fo a cushioning element (2). The storage zone includes at least one magazine (18) with at least one cassette (8) movable along a transverse axis (X, X′) from a loading position to an unloading position.
Claims20
An automatic packing device (1) for packing of cushioning element(s) (2) in a carton (C), said automatic packing device intended to be mounted along a conveyor (4), said packing device (1) comprising a robotic cell (3) and a storage zone, said robotic cell (3) comprising at least one means of gripping a cushioning element (2), wherein the storage zone comprises at least one magazine (18) comprising at least one cassette (8) movable from a loading position to an unloading position.
A method of inserting at least one cushioning element (2) into a carton (C) by a packing device (1), said method comprising the steps of:
- movement of a cassette (8), to an unloading position,
- movement downward of a means of gripping a cushioning element (2) to substantially the bottom of a cassette (8) in the unloading position;
- loading of the means of gripping,
- movement upward of the means of gripping of the loaded cushioning element (2),
- movement of the unloaded cassette (8) from an unloading position to a position awaiting loading,
- movement downward of the loaded means of gripping of the cushioning element (2),
- release of the cushioning element (2), and
- movement upward of the discharged means of gripping of the cushioning element (2) to a loading position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.