Strapping apparatus and method of handling strapping
AssigneeTitan Umreifungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsLukas BUEHNE, Christian NOELKE, Bastian PROTZMANN
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Abstract
A strapping apparatus for cutting a strap on a package has a treatment head having on a lower side a full base plate having a lift edge on a full base plate. A manipulator carries the treatment head for movement in three dimensions. A controller operates the manipulating means for first passing a corner of the base plate under the strap and subsequently pivoting in the base plate to completely underlie the strap.
Claims15
A strapping apparatus for cutting a strap on a package, the apparatus comprising:
- a treatment head having on a lower side a full base plate having a lift edge on a full base plate;
- manipulating means carrying the treatment head for movement in three dimensions;
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- control means operating the manipulating means for first passing a corner of the base plate under the strap and subsequently pivoting in the base plate to completely underlie the strap.
A method of cutting a strap wrapped around a package with an apparatus having a treatment head having on a lower side a full base plate having a lift edge on a full base plate and a manipulator carrying the treatment for movement in three dimensions, the method comprising the steps of:
- in accordance with commands stored in a controller, engaging a corner of the base plate under the strap and then
- pivoting the treatment head with its base plate toward the strap and passes completely thereunder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.