Automatic transport apparatus for package manufacturing
AssigneeTresu A/S
InventorsMarko Ryynänen, Petri Sirviö
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a stacker configured to stack planar workpieces into stacks, and a cutter configured to cut preforms out of planar workpieces. The cutter is located downstream of said stacker on a manufacturing line, and a conveyor exists between said stacker and cutter. The apparatus comprises a conveyor controller, which is configured to, after transferring a stack from said conveyor to a feeder section of said cutter; rewind the conveyor to place a foremost free location after existing stacks on the conveyor to a position where it is ready to receive a stack from said stacker.
Claims9
An apparatus for package manufacturing, comprising:
- a stacker configured to stack planar workpieces into stacks,
- a cutter configured to cut preforms out of the planar workpieces and located downstream of said stacker on a manufacturing line, and
- a conveyor between said stacker and cutter upon which the stacks are directly received from the stacker;
- wherein
- the apparatus comprises a conveyor controller, which is configured to, after transferring a stack from said conveyor to a feeder section of said cutter, rewind the conveyor to place a fore-most free location following existing stacks on the conveyor to a position where it is ready to receive a stack from said stacker.
A method for package manufacturing, comprising:
- directly receiving stacks of planar workpieces on a conveyor from a stacker, and
- transferring said stacks on the conveyor to a feeder section of a cutter, wherein—after transferring a stack from said conveyor to said feeder section, rewinding the conveyor to place a foremost free location after existing stacks on the conveyor to a position where it is ready to receive a stack from said stacker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.