Cutting supply unit and method for its operation
AssigneeGerhard Schubert GmbH
InventorManuel SCHUSTER
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Abstract
A blank supply unit, for providing flat blanks for production of dimensionally stable outer packaging, includes an input magazine for receiving a stack of blanks, a buffer magazine arranged downstream of the input magazine for receiving stacked blanks, a transfilling unit arranged between the input magazine and the buffer magazine, and a discharge unit for withdrawing a blank from the stacked blanks in the buffer magazine and transporting the blank on to a next processing station for the blank. The transfilling unit is configured for automatic, batch-wise refilling of the buffer magazine with blanks from the input magazine.
Claims20
A blank supply unit for providing flat blanks for production of dimensionally stable outer packaging, the blank supply unit comprising:
- an input magazine for receiving a stack of blanks,
- a buffer magazine arranged downstream of the input magazine for receiving stacked blanks,
- a transfilling unit arranged between the input magazine and the buffer magazine, and
- a discharge unit for withdrawing a blank from the stacked blanks in the buffer magazine and transporting the blank on to a next processing station for the blank,
- wherein
- the transfilling unit is configured for automatic, batch-wise refilling of the buffer magazine with blanks from the input magazine.
A method for supplying a carton erector of a packaging machine with individual blanks,
- the method comprising:
- filling an input magazine with at least one stack of blanks,
- automatically refilling a buffer magazine with partial stacks or an entire stack from the input magazine by transfilling,
- refilling the input magazine,
- automatically withdrawing a single blank from the buffer magazine, and
- feeding the blank to the carton erector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.