公开(公告)号：US20240409261A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18699423

申请日：2022-09-13

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Marcus KREIS ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Peter HAIDACHER ,  Florian SAUMWEBER

IPC: B65B27/04 ,  B65B13/02 ,  B65B13/20

Abstract: The invention relates to a method, to an application head (1), and to a packaging device for producing strapped packages, each of which is made of at least two grouped articles that are held together by means of at least one strapping band. The method has at least the following steps: providing the at least two grouped articles, which are positioned in a movement and/or handling area of an application head (1); and inserting at least one prefabricated closed strapping band into the application head (1), in which the strapping band is fixed in a defined position. The application head (1) has a variable opening width of a cage (50) which can surround the outer surface of the grouped articles. The application head (1) equipped with the at least one strapping band is then lowered over the articles by means of a feed movement which runs approximately parallel to longitudinal central axes of the articles, wherein the cage (50) of the application head (1) contacts the grouped articles on the outer surface thereof and at least slightly compresses the grouped articles. The strapping band is then positioned at a provided position of the articles by lowering the application head (1), which is simultaneously compressing the articles, in a defined manner. The opening width of the cage (50) of the application head (1) is then increased while the at least one strapping band is simultaneously released and removed from its fixed position within the application head (1) and the application head (1) is raised over the strapped article grouping and is removed therefrom.

公开(公告)号：US20230339695A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US18010345

申请日：2021-06-09

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Thomas HENSEL ,  Martin BAUER ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Juergen WERNER ,  Marcus SEIDL

IPC: B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/71 ,  B65G47/76 ,  B65G47/82 ,  B65G47/14

CPC classification number: B65G43/08 ,  B65G47/71 ,  B65G47/766 ,  B65G47/82 ,  B65G47/1492 ,  B65G2203/042 ,  B65G2203/0241

Abstract: The invention relates to a transport device (1) and a method for distributing a plurality of similarly shaped and dimensioned articles (10).
The transport device (1) comprises an infeed (2) for conveying a plurality of similarly shaped and dimensioned articles (10) in a mass flow; a distribution section (3) downstream of the infeed (2), which distribution section (3), in the conveying direction (FR) of the articles (10), leads into a row transport (4), in which distribution section (3) the articles (10) are conveyed onwards or transported away in at least two separate parallel rows (5).
The transport device (1) also comprises at least one sensor device (6, 8, 11) for detecting and monitoring the mass flow within the infeed (2), within the distribution section (3) or within the rows (5), which at least one sensor device (6, 8, 11) is signal-coupled to a motor-driven actuator (14), which actuator (14) is assigned to the distribution section (3) for influencing a transverse distribution of the articles (10); wherein, in the event of detected gaps, interruptions or in the event of a detected termination of the article flow within the infeed (2) or within the distribution section (3) or within the rows (5), the actuator (14) moves a movable steering device (16), which steering device (16) is adjoining the article flow at least on one side.

公开(公告)号：US20180251251A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15911643

申请日：2018-03-05

Applicant: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Stephan WITTMANN ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Olaf TRETER ,  Juergen WERNER

IPC: B65B65/00 ,  B65B35/24 ,  B65B43/12 ,  B65B43/10 ,  B65B59/02

CPC classification number: B65B65/003 ,  B65B21/245 ,  B65B35/24 ,  B65B35/44 ,  B65B43/10 ,  B65B43/126 ,  B65B53/02 ,  B65B59/001 ,  B65B59/003 ,  B65B59/005 ,  B65B59/02 ,  B65B59/04 ,  B65B61/20 ,  B65G21/10 ,  B65G21/12 ,  B65G47/52

Abstract: Disclosed is a system (1) for forming a transport section for a packaging line and for coordinating the transport section to individual articles or article sets with different packaging types. The system (1) comprises at least one module (3), which at least one module (3) has at least two individual module units (5, 7), which at least two individual module units (5, 7) cooperate in a first operating mode (B1) of the system (1) for the transport of individual articles or article sets provided for a first packaging type. It is furthermore provided that the at least two individual module units (5, 7) are each designed to be movable, and that the system (1) is transferable by way of a movement of the at least two individual module units (5, 7) into a second operating mode (B2), which is aligned to a transport of individual articles or article sets provided for a second packaging type that differs from the first packaging type.

公开(公告)号：US20200095067A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-26

申请号：US16620038

申请日：2018-06-12

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Simon BERGER ,  Richard ESCHLBECK ,  Thomas HENSEL ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Martin BAUER ,  Lucas KIEFER ,  Georg GOETZ

IPC: B65G47/24 ,  B65G47/244 ,  B65G47/256 ,  B65G47/91

Abstract: The invention includes a method (100) and an apparatus to handle irregularly conveyed and/or irregularly aligned and/or non-upright articles of an article stream under prevention of disturbances. The method (100) comprises the following steps: identifying at least one non-upright article in an article stream as an error; performing a correction step to resolve the error, the correction step comprising removal from the article stream of the at least one irregularly aligned article, or transfer to an upright orientation of the at least one irregularly aligned article, with a defined action being exerted temporally before and/or in temporal overlap with the correction step upon the at least one irregularly aligned article or upon regularly conveyed articles of the article stream.

公开(公告)号：US20170233206A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-17

申请号：US15514709

申请日：2015-10-26

Applicant: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Thomas WIMMER ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Juergen WERNER

IPC: B65H19/12

CPC classification number: B65H19/123 ,  B65H19/12 ,  B65H2301/325 ,  B65H2511/216 ,  B65H2801/81 ,  B65H2220/01 ,  B65H2220/02

Abstract: The present invention includes a method and an apparatus (1) for handling flat material and/or film material wound onto rolls (5) and that serves as packaging material for the packaging of piece goods, bundles, or the like sets of articles. Rolls (5), which are at least partially unwound, are alternately removed from at least one installation position (EB1; EB2) of a packaging machine (3), and in each case a new roll (5) of flat material and/or film material is mounted in the particular installation position (EB1; EB2). After each mounting, an externally arranged layer (15) is extracted from the particular new roll (5) near or in the area of its free end attached to a section of a material web of a further roll (5) being guided in the packaging machine (3). This is done in a manner such that flat material and/or film material is unwound interruption-free.

公开(公告)号：US20240253883A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18574488

申请日：2022-06-21

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Thomas WIMMER ,  Marcus KREIS ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Johann LUBER ,  Thomas HENSEL

IPC: B65D71/42 ,  B65B17/02

CPC classification number: B65D71/42 ,  B65B17/025 ,  B65D2571/00141 ,  B65D2571/0066

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing packaging units and packaging units produced by such a method, comprising at least two substantially similar articles, wherein the at least two articles are held together by at least one packaging blank (14).
With the method, a main surface of the packaging blank (14) is applied to first end faces of an article grouping (20), forming a connection between the articles and primary fixing means of the packaging blank (14). The primary fixing means fix the positions of the articles relative to one another within the article grouping (20). The side surfaces (24) of the packaging blank (14) are subsequently folded over, wherein secondary fixing means interacting with the shell surfaces of the articles are formed. The secondary fixing means are formed by strapping sections, which surround defined regions of the shell surfaces of the article grouping (20) and fix the articles in a substantially parallel alignment to one another.
The invention also relates to a packaging device for carrying out the method.

公开(公告)号：US20180141772A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-24

申请号：US15569144

申请日：2016-04-14

Applicant: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Irmengard PRANKL ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Thomas WIMMER ,  Juergen WERNER

IPC: B65H19/12 ,  B65H75/24

CPC classification number: B65H19/123 ,  B65B41/12 ,  B65H19/12 ,  B65H75/242 ,  B65H2301/413243 ,  B65H2301/41702 ,  B65H2511/20 ,  B65H2511/222 ,  B65H2555/31 ,  B65H2701/1752 ,  B65H2801/81

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for supplying, staging, and/or handling, and/or for replacing rolls (12, 20) with flat material and/or film material wound thereonto and serving as packaging material (22) for packaging piece goods, bundles, or the like sets of articles. Depleted rolls (20) are removed from at least one installation position (EB1, EB2) of a packaging machine (14), and new rolls (12) are mounted into the particular installation position (EB1, EB2), with new rolls (12) being staged to the packaging machine (14) in a specified feeder device.Each of the installation positions (EB1, EB2) of the packaging machine (14) includes at least one rotatable receiving mandrel (70) for the rotatable reception and holding of the rolls (12). The at least one receiving mandrel (70) is shiftable in its axial direction upon removing a depleted roll (20) and/or upon mounting of a new roll (12).

公开(公告)号：US20240150128A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18279990

申请日：2021-12-22

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Thomas STADLER ,  Philipp SCHARTNER ,  Peter DENNEMARCK ,  Martin DIETERSBERGER ,  Christian CANALICCHIO ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Jens LOSERT ,  Josef UNTERSEHER

IPC: B65G21/20 ,  B65B21/18 ,  B65B43/52 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B65/00 ,  B65B65/02 ,  B65G17/00 ,  B65G17/46

CPC classification number: B65G21/2027 ,  B65B21/18 ,  B65B43/52 ,  B65B43/54 ,  B65B65/003 ,  B65B65/02 ,  B65G17/002 ,  B65G17/46

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for packaging articles (2). Outer packages (3) are set down on a horizontal conveying device (10, 20) and are transported along a packaging line. During the transport, articles are introduced via a manipulator into the outer packages (3), and the outer packages (3) with the introduced articles (2) are subsequently removed from the horizontal conveying device (10, 20) as a packaging unit (8). A predetermined packaging process (VP1) is carried out, in which the outer packages (3) are received by the horizontal conveying device (10, 20) via a plurality of shuttles (5), the outer packages (3) standing on said plurality of shuttles (5), until the outer packages (3) together with the introduced articles (2) are removed from the at least one horizontal conveying device (10, 20) as a packaging unit (8).

公开(公告)号：US20220234768A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17610751

申请日：2020-04-24

Applicant: Krones Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Johann LUBER ,  Thomas STADLER ,  Tobias GUT ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Markus GABLER

IPC: B65B17/02 ,  B65B41/02 ,  B65B61/02 ,  B65B35/30

Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging apparatus (1) and a method used to produce packaging units (35). The packaging units (35) comprise at least one article (30), in particular at least one beverage can (31), with at least one at least in some areas flatly designed packaging blank (20) arranged on the article (30) or beverage can (31). The packaging blank (20) has at least one passage opening (23) in the flatly designed area for the at least one article (30). The packaging apparatus (1) comprises at least one feeder device (2) for the at least one article (30) or for assemblies (40) of at least two articles (30); a pre-treatment module (9) to prepare the packaging blank (20) for the application to the at least one article (30); and a first packaging module (7) to apply and locate the packaging blank (20) to the at least one article (30). The pre-treatment module (9) comprises at least one device designed to reduce a resistance force in an edge area (24) of the passage openings (23) of the packaging blank (20) during the subsequent application of the packaging blank (20) to the at least one article (30).

公开(公告)号：US20190039761A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US16069600

申请日：2016-12-15

Applicant: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft

Inventor： Richard ESCHLBECK ,  Herbert SPINDLER ,  Wolfgang HUBER

IPC: B65B21/24 ,  B65B11/00 ,  B65B11/10 ,  B65B21/06 ,  B65B61/06 ,  B65B61/12 ,  B65B35/30

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for packaging articles, piece goods, or containers (12) and/or for grouping the articles, piece goods, or containers (12) to form bundles (32) by way of helically wrapping the articles, piece goods, or containers (12) and/or the groupings, which are transported in a conveying direction (18) in an article flow or piece goods flow (14), into multiple layers of an elastic film about a longitudinal axis extending through the article flow or piece goods flow (14), with the elastic film being applied under tension. A film packaging (30) for the articles, piece goods, or containers (12) that moves continuously in conveying direction (18) is formed thereof, which film packaging (30) is provided with perforations (42) in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and/or is severed in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between consecutive articles, piece goods, containers (12), or, as the case may be, between article pairs, piece good pairs, or container pairs, or between groups of a plurality of articles, piece goods, or containers (12) that are being conveyed next to each other, thereby forming bundles (32) that are conveyed one after the other.The bundles (32) that have been separated from each other are sorted, assembled into layers, palletized, and/or stacked in transport stations and/or in handling stations (34) disposed downstream, with the film packaging (30) being severed at in each case specified and/or variable spacings to preceding separating locations for the purpose of separating bundles (32) of variable sizes or, as the case may be, bundles (32) with a variable number of articles, piece goods, or containers (12) gathered together by means of film.