Bundling Tool for Waste-Free Bundling of Binding Material
AssigneeHellermannTyton Corporation
InventorMoritz Masuch
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a bundling tool for waste-free bundling of a bundling good via an endless strap. The tool includes a jaw unit, a lock feeding unit, a pushing and pulling unit, a sensor unit, and a cutting unit. The tool further includes a control unit, which is arranged in a normal operating mode, for a first path portion of the path for the pushing and pulling unit during pushing, to preset a greater advance speed of the end section than for a second path portion following the first path portion wherein the second path portion comprises the part of the path extending back into the lock element in order to provide an improved bundling tool for waste-free bundling of a bundling good, in particular a more reliable, faster and easier-to-operate bundling tool.
Claims20
A bundling tool for bundling a bundling good through use of a strap, the bundling tool comprising:
- a jaw unit configured for guiding an end section of the strap around the bundling good;
- a lock feeding unit configured for providing a lock element for the strap;
- a pushing and pulling unit configured for pushing, utilizing a motor, the end section of the strap along a path through the lock element, along the jaw unit with the bundling good gripped by the jaw unit, around the bundling good, and back into the provided lock element, the pushing and pulling unit further configured for the subsequent retraction of the end section of the strap;
- a sensor unit configured for detecting the end section pushed back into the lock element;
- a cutting unit configured for separating the end section arranged around the bundling good from a remaining section of the strap, the remaining section remaining in the bundling tool;
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- a control unit configured to preset, for the pushing and pulling unit during pushing in a normal operating mode, a greater pushing speed of the end section for a first path portion of the path than for a second path portion following the first path portion, the second path portion comprising a part of the path running back into the lock element.
A method for automatically calibrating a bundling tool configured to bundle a bundling good via a strap, the method comprising:
- pushing, utilizing a feed motor, an end section of the strap along a path through a lock element and along a jaw unit of the bundling tool back into the lock element;
- detecting a reaching of an end position of the end section pushed into the lock element;
- determining a number of motor steps of the feed motor required for pushing the end section into the end position;
- setting a first pushing speed for the motor steps corresponding to a first path portion of the path for a future pushing;
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- setting a second pushing speed, lower than the first pushing speed, for the motor steps of the future pushing corresponding to a second path portion of the path following the first path portion.
A method for bundling a bundling good via of a strap, the method comprising:
- pushing an end section of the strap along a path through a lock element and along a jaw unit of a bundling tool back into the lock element, wherein a pushing speed of the end section in a first path portion of the path is greater than in a second path portion of the path following the first path portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.