Method for transferring articles in a conveyor system
AssigneeMultivac Sepp Haggenmueller SE & Co. KG
InventorsPeter Buchberger, Wolfgang Buchenberg, Wolfgang Gross
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Abstract
A method of transferring an article from a first drivable conveyor means to a second drivable conveyor means, the transfer of the article taking place during a synchronous phase in which the first and the second conveyor means have the same common speed as one another at any time. The method is characterized in that, during the synchronous phase, the common speed increases at least sectionwise and/or decreases at least sectionwise. A corresponding conveyor system operable for performing the method of transferring an article from a first drivable conveyor means to a second drivable conveyor means, as well as a packaging plant comprising such a conveyor system.
Claims14
A method of transferring an article in a conveyor system of a packaging plant from a first drivable conveyor means to a second drivable conveyor means, the method comprising:
- operating the first and second conveyor means such that the conveyor means have a synchronous phase in which the conveyor means have a common speed at any time, wherein the common speed increases and/or decreases during at least a section of the synchronous phase;
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- transferring the article from the first conveyor means to the second conveyor means during the synchronous phase;
- wherein one of the conveyor means moves a shorter distance than the other conveyor means prior to the transferring step, and the method is performed such that acceleration of the one conveyor means is reduced to zero immediately prior to the synchronous phase.
A conveyor system comprising:
- a first conveyor device and a second conveyor device that are adapted to be driven independently of one another and that, for transferring an article between the conveyor devices, are adapted to be driven at a common speed during a synchronous phase;
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- a controller configured for increasing and/or decreasing the common speed of the two conveyor devices during one or more sections of the synchronous phase starting from a speed level at a beginning of the synchronous phase, wherein the controller is operable to move the first conveyor device a shorter distance than the second conveyor device prior to the transferring step, and the controller is operable to reduce the acceleration one of the first and second conveyor devices to zero immediately prior to the synchronous phase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.