System for the packaging of products
AssigneeAzionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.
InventorsMario Spatafora, Roberto Ghiotti
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Abstract
The system for the packaging of products comprises a first conveyor on which a plurality of trays are fed along a defined conveying line so as to transfer the products on the trays from a production unit to a plurality of product packaging lines, and an aligner designed to transfer the products from the conveying line to the packaging lines, at each of which there is a buffer designed to accommodate a plurality of trays.
Claims15
A system for the packaging of products comprising a plurality of packaging lines, at least one first conveyor to carry the products on individual trays along a conveying line from a production unit to said product packaging lines, the individual trays being individually disposed in succession along the conveying line, aligning means for transferring the products from the individual trays to the packaging lines, and a plurality of buffers for the storage of the individual trays, wherein each of said buffers is disposed between said first conveyor and a respective one of said packaging lines for transferring the products to the respective one of said packaging lines, and each said buffer comprises a stop element movable between a working position for preventing an individual tray on said conveying line from moving along said first conveyor past said buffer and an inoperative position for not interfering with movement of the individual trays along said conveying line.
A system for the packaging of products comprising at least one conveyor to carry the products on individual trays along a conveying line from a production unit to at least one product packaging line, the trays being individually disposed in succession along the conveying line, aligning means for transferring the products from the individual trays to the packaging line, and a buffer operatively associated with the packaging line for the storage of the trays, wherein said buffer comprises a screw type pickup means for individually picking the individual trays up from the first conveying line and transferring the individual trays to a storage position which is a defined distance away from the conveying line, and wherein said system further comprises second conveying means for carrying the individual trays from the storage position to the aligning means so as to enable the products to be picked up and positioned on the packaging line.
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