Abstract:
Ein modulares Baukastensystem zur Bildung einer Vorrichtung (10) zur Bereitstellung von Polstermaterial (14) für Verpackungszwecke umfasst: mindestens eine Bereitstellungseinrichtung (12), welche das Polstermaterial (14) bereitstellt, und einen Satz (34) bestehend aus einer Mehrzahl von Dateneingabe- und/oder Datenausgabeeinrichtungen (16), mit denen Daten eingegeben und/oder ausgegeben werden können, wobei jedes Mitglied des Satzes (34) von Dateneingabe- und/oder Datenausgabeeinrichtungen (16) über eine standardisierte erste Schnittstelleneinrichtung (18) mit der Bereitstellungseinrichtung (12) vorzugsweise lösbar verbindbar ist.
Abstract:
Device (1) for manufacturing gas filled cushions from preconfigured film material, comprising a housing (10), a film roll holder (3) for supporting a roll of preconfigured film material in a rotatable manner, a gas supply unit (5), a sealing unit (6), and conveying means (7) for conducting the film material away from the roll and for conducting said film material along the gas supply unit and the sealing unit in a conducting direction (8). The device is arranged to be mountable to a stillage (23), such as a workbench or the like, in multiple positions such that a central axis (9) of the film roll holder and/or the conducting direction in one of said multiple positions will extend in a different direction than in another one of said multiple positions.
Abstract:
A machine converts a web of preformed pouches, which are defined by transverse seals extending from a remote edge, into inflated dunnage units. A sealing arrangement is positioned to provide a longitudinal seal intersecting the transverse seals to close the preformed pouches and form a dunnage unit. The sealing arrangement has at least two sealing belts. Each belt is positioned so that respective first sides engage a surface of the web and pull the web through sealing elements positioned on either side of the web. A heating element is on a second side of the first belt not engaging the web. A compliant material is on a second side of the second belt not engaging the web. As the web passes between the heating element and compliant material, imperfections in the web are smoothed by the compliant material and the layers of the web are sealed by the heating element.
Abstract:
A machine for converting a web of preformed pouches into inflated dunnage units. The pouches are defined by transverse seals extending from a remote edge to within a predetermined distance from an inflation edge. The machine includes a tensioning device for frictional engagement with the web, an inflation arrangement for inflation of the preformed pouches, a sealing arrangement, and a clamping arrangement. The sealing arrangement may be positioned to provide a longitudinal seal that intersects the transverse seals to close the preformed pouches and form a dunnage unit. The tensioning device holds the web taught during downstream travel.
Abstract:
A machine (10) for producing packaging cushioning generally includes a first feed mechanism (12) for successively feeding sheets (18) of a substrate at a first speed, the first feed mechanism (14) including a motor and a power supply therefor, a second feed mechanism for receiving the sheets from the first feed mechanism and feeding the sheets at a second speed, a control unit (16) for controlling at least one of the first and second speeds to produce a desired degree of overlap between successive sheets, and a sensor (112) to measure the amount of electricity drawn by the motor. The control unit modulates the amount of electricity that the motor draws from a power supply when a signal from the sensor has a value that is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
Abstract:
A roll (12) includes a core (40) to which a metal shim (42) is attached. When material is being unwound from the core the metal shim (42) induces a signal in an inductive device (52) within a roll holder tube (50). The induced signal allows the machine to continue to operate. If the induced signal is not detected operation of the machine ceases.
Abstract:
An inflation nozzle (20) for inflating an inflatable structure (18). The inflation nozzle includes a nozzle body (30), a probe (40), and a connection portion (22). The nozzle body defines a nozzle channel therethrough, and the channel has a channel outlet (37) for expelling a fluid therefrom. The probe extends from the nozzle body adjacent and beyond the channel outlet, and is configured and dimensioned to facilitate positioning an inflation aperture of the flexible structure onto the nozzle body for directing fluid into the inflation aperture (16). The connection portion associates with the nozzle body for fluidly connecting the channel to a fluid source for delivering fluid through the channel to inflate the flexible structure.
Abstract:
An inflation nozzle for inflating an inflatable structure. The inflation nozzle includes a nozzle body, a probe, and a connection portion. The nozzle body defines a nozzle channel therethrough, and the channel has a channel outlet for expelling a fluid therefrom. The probe extends from the nozzle body adjacent and beyond the channel outlet, and is configured and dimensioned to facilitate positioning an inflation aperture of the flexible structure onto the nozzle body for directing fluid into the inflation aperture. The connection portion associates with the nozzle body for fluidly connecting the channel to a fluid source for delivering fluid through the channel to inflate the flexible structure.
Abstract:
An apparatus for inflating and sealing packing cushions utilizes a controller adapted for acquiring information from preconfigured film material and automatically setting one or more operation parameters suitable for inflating and sealing the film. The controller can avoid or limit the need for user input, thus simplifying use of the apparatus.
Abstract:
A pad production (supply) and packaging system and method for automatically producing dunnage pads and inserting one or more of the produced dunnage pads into a container for packaging of an article in the container. The invention is characterized by a pad discharge assembly (14) and/or pad insertion assembly to provide an automatic pad production and packaging system and method, that afford advantages over existing pad production and packaging arrangements. The discharge assembly, which provides for controlled discharge of dunnage pads produced by a pad producing machine, includes a gating device for affecting passage of the pad out of the holding zone in a direction transverse to the pad length. A controller (85) causes the discharge assembly to release a pad held in the holding zone for passage onto a working surface and preferably a conveyor in synchronous relation to movement of the conveyor for controlled deposition of pads onto the conveyor. The conveyor (13) conveys the pad into a pad insertion zone in a first direction, and a pusher assembly is operative to push the pad from the pad insertion zone in a direction transverse to the first direction. The pusher assembly includes a plunger for engaging and pushing a pad located at the pad insertion zone; and the pad insertion zone includes an opening over which a pad is conveyed by the conveyor, and the plunger is operable to push the pad through the opening for insertion into a container. A sensor curtain is disposed near the holding zone and/or pad insertion zone to detect the insertion of a foreign object and provide an output for disabling a severing operation. One or more pad insertion assemblies can be swivelly mounted to a stand to permit relative rotatable movement therebetween from an operating position to a loading/servicing position and vice versa.