Abstract:
A tube handling device for inserting tubes into a tube filling machine, relocating tubes within the tube filling machine and/or removing tubes from the tube filing machine, comprises at least one movable carrier having a plurality of tube grippers disposed in at least one gripper row. An adjusting device is disposed on the carrier comprising at least one drive device whose drive mechanism can be translated into a relative motion of the tube grippers along the gripper row using a transfer device. The tube grippers can be adjusted using the adjusting device between a first relative position in which they have a first predetermined mutual distance, and at least one second relative position in which they have a second predetermined mutual distance. The transfer device is thereby formed by scissor action arms which can be pulled apart and pushed together using the drive device. The drive device is formed by two pneumatic cylinders oriented parallel in the longitudinal direction of the gripper row and acting in opposite directions.
Abstract:
For the purpose of transferring a tube in a tube filling machine between a staging location and a set-down location, the tube at the staging location is gripped at its lateral surface by a holding device and transported by a transfer device to the set-down location where it is set down while simultaneously being rotated about its longitudinal axis or about an axis parallel thereto during transport. Such a transfer device has a multiple-member articulated arm, which has at least one 1st arm member that is mounted to pivot about a rotary axis and directly or indirectly pivotably supports at least one holding member. The holding member carries at least one holding device by means of which the tube can be picked up and which can be pivoted about an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tube or that coincides therewith.
Abstract:
For the purpose of transferring a tube in a tube filling machine between a staging location and a set-down location, the tube at the staging location is gripped at its lateral surface by a holding device and transported by a transfer device to the set-down location where it is set down while simultaneously being rotated about its longitudinal axis or about an axis parallel thereto during transport. Such a transfer device has a multiple-member articulated arm, which has at least one 1st arm member that is mounted to pivot about a rotary axis and directly or indirectly pivotably supports at least one holding member. The holding member carries at least one holding device by means of which the tube can be picked up and which can be pivoted about an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tube or that coincides therewith.