UNIT FOR FEEDING A COMPONENT OF A HYGIENE ABSORBENT ARTICLE PROVIDED WITH A LINEAR ELECTRIC MOTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20190060134A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US16084274

    申请日:2017-03-17

    Applicant: GDM S.P.A.

    Abstract: A feeding unit for feeding a component of a hygiene absorbent article; the feeding unit has: at least one sucking-holding head, which is designed to receive and hold the component; a conveyor to cyclically move the holding head along an annular application path; an input station in which the holding head receives a corresponding component which is connected—without gaps—to a continuous web; a cutting station provided with a cutting device, which cuts the continuous web crosswise; and an output station in which the holding head releases the component; the conveyor has: an annular guide; a slide which supports the holding head and is coupled to the guide so as to freely slide along the guide itself; and a linear electric motor, which has a stator, which is arranged in a fixed position along the guide and a mobile slider which is electro-magnetically coupled to the stator so as to receive, from the stator, a driving force and is rigidly connected to the slide.

    Unit for Feeding Lateral Flaps of a Hygiene Absorbent Article and Method for the Format Change of the Feeding Unit

    公开(公告)号:US20190060133A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US16074908

    申请日:2017-02-09

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: The unit for feeding lateral flaps of a hygiene absorbent article having: an input conveyor of a first continuous strip; a cutting assembly provided with a receiving drum, of the first suction-pick up heads that hold the lateral flaps and which are mounted to as to be radially movable on the receiving drum, and at least one blade which cyclically cuts the first strip crosswise; a spacer assembly having a pair of spacer drums provided with second suction-pick up heads that receive the lateral flaps of the receiving drum; and an actuator system, which cyclically moves each first suction-pick up head radially between a radial pick-up position and a radial release position, in the area of an output station.

    Machine for making absorbent sanitary articles

    公开(公告)号:US10028863B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-24

    申请号:US15794097

    申请日:2017-10-26

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A machine for making absorbent sanitary articles, where each article includes components progressively positioned relative to each other and assembled along a production line. The machine includes a programmable electronic controller device having a shift register, at least one optical inspection system connected to the programmable electronic controller device, and an operator interface connected to the electronic controller. The programmable electronic controller device generates a machine sync signal, a trigger signal for activating the optical inspection system in phase with the sync signal and a shift register shift command. The optical inspection system receives the trigger signal and has a defined maximum response time which produces at least one band of uncertainty. The operator sets with the operator interface the instant of activating the shift register shift command outside the band of uncertainty and between two consecutive sync signals defining a machine step.

    A Maker Machine to Manufacture Hygiene Absorbent Articles

    公开(公告)号:US20180104112A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-19

    申请号:US15564754

    申请日:2016-04-08

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: Maker machine to manufacture hygiene absorbent articles and having: a feeding line which feeds a continuous strip of impermeable material, which is intended to define a succession of sheets of impermeable material; and at least one operating unit which feeds a corresponding component of the hygiene absorbent articles to the sheets of impermeable material carried by the feeding line by way of an application device; the application device has at least one sucking pick-up head and a conveyor provided with an annular guide which is arranged in fixed position along an application path, a slide which supports the sucking pick-up head and is coupled to the guide so as to freely slide along the guide, and a linear electric motor, which has a stator that is arranged in a fixed position along the guide and a mobile slider which is electro-magnetically coupled to the stator so as to receive, from the stator a driving force and is rigidly connected to the slide.

    MACHINE FOR MAKING ABSORBENT SANITARY ARTICLES
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    发明申请
    MACHINE FOR MAKING ABSORBENT SANITARY ARTICLES 审中-公开
    制造吸收卫生用品的机器

    公开(公告)号:US20150230994A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-20

    申请号:US14370429

    申请日:2013-02-11

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A machine for making absorbent sanitary articles such as nappies for babies or incontinence pads for adults, sanitary towels and the like, comprises a programmable electronic controller device comprising a shift register and at least one optical inspection system connected to the programmable electronic controller device; the programmable electronic controller device generates a synchronism signal having a train of consecutive pulses defining a machine step, a trigger signal for activating the optical inspection system in a synchronised fashion with the synchronism signal and a shift register shift command within a machine step, the programmable electronic controller device also generates an identifier which is uniquely associated with the article inspected by the optical inspection system and sends that identifier with the trigger signal to the optical inspection system; the optical inspection system receives the identifier and, when a response time has elapsed, associates reject information with the respective identifier.

    Abstract translation: 用于制造吸收性卫生用品的机器,例如用于成人婴儿或尿失禁垫的尿布,卫生巾等,包括可编程电子控制器装置,包括移位寄存器和连接到可编程电子控制器装置的至少一个光学检查系统; 所述可编程电子控制器装置产生具有定义机器步骤的连续脉冲序列的同步信号,用于以与所述同步信号同步的方式激活所述光学检查系统的触发信号以及机器步骤内的移位寄存器移位命令,所述可编程 电子控制器装置还生成与由光学检查系统检查的物品唯一相关联的标识符,并将该标识符与触发信号发送到光学检查系统; 光学检查系统接收标识符,并且当响应时间过去时,将拒绝信息与相应的标识符相关联。

    Apparatus and method for forming an absorbent pad

    公开(公告)号:US11957550B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US16491999

    申请日:2018-03-19

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    CPC classification number: A61F13/15658 A61F13/15699 A61F13/5323

    Abstract: A method for forming an absorbent pad including a first layer, a second layer and an absorbent material interposed between the first and the second layer and arranged according to a spreading pattern M1 having at least one channel which is free of absorbent material, includes a step of feeding a first web, intended to form the first layer of the pad; a step of feeding a second web, intended to form the second layer of the pad; a step of spreading the absorbent material on the first web according to the spreading pattern M1; a step of spreading an adhesive on the first web according to a gluing pattern; a step of welding the first web and the second web according to a welding pattern M3 including at least one welding zone at the channel on the pad.

    Apparatus and method for forming an absorbent pad

    公开(公告)号:US11931228B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US16965848

    申请日:2019-01-17

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: An apparatus for forming an absorbent pad for an absorbent sanitary article having a zone free of absorbent material to define a channel of the pad includes a forming drum, a first feed system for feeding a first web, a second feed system for feeding a second web, a spreader for spreading the absorbent material on the drum; a joining system for joining the first and second webs to define the channels. A first dispenser forms on the first web a layer of first adhesive substance according to a spreading pattern having zones free of the first adhesive substance corresponding to the channels. A second dispenser dispenses a second adhesive substance, whose adhesive force is greater than an adhesive force of the first adhesive substance, on the second web according to a pattern having a layer placed at a zone free of the first adhesive substance.

    Rotary welding device and related method

    公开(公告)号:US11510824B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17368314

    申请日:2021-07-06

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A rotary device for welding a continuous web comprises a rotary unit rotating about a respective axis and welding units for welding the web mounted, angularly spaced, on the rotary unit. A movement device varies a radial position of the welding units. First and second supporting elements supporting the web are disposed, respectively, upstream and downstream of respective ones of the welding units, to keep the web tensioned when the respective welding unit is at an operating position. The first and second supporting elements are supported by a load-bearing structure connected to the welding units in such a way that a radial movement of the welding units corresponds to a movement of the first and second supporting elements towards and away from the axis.

    Apparatus and method for forming an absorbent pad

    公开(公告)号:US11191674B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16492018

    申请日:2018-01-26

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A method for forming an absorbent pad including a first layer, a second layer and an absorbent material interposed between the first and the second layer and arranged according to a spreading pattern M1 having at least one channel which is free of absorbent material, includes a step of feeding a first web, intended to form the first layer of the pad; a step of feeding a second web, intended to form the second layer of the pad; a step of spreading the absorbent material on the first web according to the spreading pattern M1; a step of joining the first and second webs, a step of removing any absorbent material that may be present in the channel.

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