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EP2778079B1 - Deep draw packaging machine with integrated product supply - Google Patents

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EP2778079B1
EP2778079B1 EP13159281.8A EP13159281A EP2778079B1 EP 2778079 B1 EP2778079 B1 EP 2778079B1 EP 13159281 A EP13159281 A EP 13159281A EP 2778079 B1 EP2778079 B1 EP 2778079B1
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Johannes Mühlschlegel
Christoph Vetter
Martin Dr. Drechsler
Matthias Storhas
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/02—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
    • B65B5/024—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks
    • B65B5/026—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks for making trays
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
    • B65B35/24—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
    • B65B35/16—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/12—Feeding webs from rolls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B47/00—Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
    • B65B5/12—Introducing successive articles, e.g. confectionery products, of different shape or size in predetermined positions

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  • the invention relates to a thermoforming packaging machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the DE 10 2005 039 673 A1 discloses a continuous thermoforming packaging machine with two container webs, between which a product feed belt is arranged.
  • the workstations such as forming, loading and filling, sealing and cutting station are each designed as a modular module with its own racks and housing.
  • thermoforming packaging machines which usually have a continuous and not encased frame construction
  • products for automatic loading by means of picker via one or more feed belts are brought to the thermoforming packaging machine in the region of the insertion path.
  • the lateral spacing of the conveyor belts from the containers formed in a film depends on the space occupied by the chain guide for transporting the film, the machine frame and the side panels on both sides of the thermoforming packaging machine.
  • the existing distance must be taken into account when converting the products from the feed belt into the containers by means of the picker at each transfer movement and the cycle or cycle time depends u.A. from this distance.
  • the object of the present invention is to improve a thermoforming packaging machine in such a way that the distance between the product supply and the containers is reduced in order to minimize the cycle time for inserting a product through a picker.
  • thermoforming packaging machine with the features of claim 1.
  • Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.
  • the thermoforming packaging machine comprises a product feed assembly, hereinafter always referred to as "product feed”, wherein the product feed is arranged partially parallel to an insertion path of the thermoforming packaging machine, and the machine comprises a side profile on the inside of which a chain guide for a film clip chain is attached.
  • product feed a product feed assembly
  • the machine comprises a side profile on the inside of which a chain guide for a film clip chain is attached.
  • the thermoforming packaging machine is characterized in that the side profile, which is arranged along the insertion path, is formed such that the side profile is also a part of the product supply at the same time.
  • the multiple function of this side profile is on the one hand, the inclusion of the chain guide for transporting the film web and thus the container within and along or within the thermoforming packaging machine and on the other hand, that it is part of the product feeder.
  • thermoforming packaging machine This has the tremendous advantage of minimizing the distance between the supplied products and the containers and reducing the time required to transfer the products into the containers, thereby increasing the performance of the thermoforming packaging machine.
  • container here troughs are referred to, which are formed in a forming station in a film web before they are fed to the insertion path.
  • the otherwise usually on the side frame along running media lines such as cables and hoses can be moved eg in a lower portion of the machine frame and possibly necessary side panels from the machine frame of the thermoforming packaging machine can be converted to the outside of the product feed.
  • the side profile is an inner side wall of the product feeder.
  • axes and / or spacers are provided as connecting elements between the side profile as the inner side wall and the outer side wall of the product feed.
  • the inner and outer sidewalls of the product infeed together with the shafts and / or spacers form a rigid and torsion-resistant structure that can assist the rigidity of the side profile.
  • a production direction of the thermoforming packaging machine and a transport direction of the product feeder have the same orientation in order to maintain a continuous overall production direction during the packaging process and to reduce the required footprint, for example to be able to place two packaging lines side by side with the smallest possible distance.
  • the product feeder comprises a curved belt to extend laterally along a front area of the packaging machine and then in the region of the insertion path directly attached to the side profile.
  • the curve band allows an S-shaped profile for the product feed.
  • the product feed upstream of the insertion path is arranged partially above a forming station of the thermoforming packaging machine in order to enable a straight-line course of the product feed.
  • product feeds are arranged on both sides of the thermoforming packaging machine to replace, for example, a wide product feed belt on which two-lane products are transported by two narrow product feed belts.
  • all products are transported with minimum distance to the containers along the insertion path.
  • An advantageous embodiment provides at least one robot along the insertion path for converting products from the product feed into depressions that have been deep-drawn into a film web.
  • Such automation increases the performance of thermoforming packaging machine at the same time small length of the insertion path, which would have to be many times longer when manually inserted by multiple operators.
  • a position detection device is preferably provided for detecting the positions of products on the product feed in order to be able to pick up and implement the products which have been brought up unoriented by the robot.
  • the position detection device is preferably a vision system.
  • the insertion path begins directly after the forming station to minimize the space requirement of the thermoforming packaging machine, so that the machine length can be as short as possible.
  • a cover which prevents unwanted, dangerous operator intervention between the moving parts of the forming station.
  • the housing of the picker or robot can be advanced so far that it directly adjoins the forming station or even partially overlaps with the forming station.
  • an additional cover can be omitted because the housing or the portal of the robot takes over the function of the cover.
  • This variant makes it possible for products to be introduced into the molded troughs immediately after the end of the forming station, ie that the inserting line can start directly after the forming station.
  • This variant is particularly favorable when the product feed supplies the products in the opposite direction of the insertion path, ie with a direction of movement opposite to the direction of movement of the depressions along the insertion path.
  • the product supply has an outer side wall which can be supported on the ground via at least one foot.
  • the product feeder is mounted on one side of the side frame of the thermoforming packaging machine and supported on the other side on the ground to improve stability, especially for wide ArtszuFabs.
  • Fig. 1 shows a thermoforming packaging machine 1 with a production direction R.
  • a vision system 10 for the product feeder 9 is arranged to detect the position of the products 5 on the product feeder 9 in order to control the robot 8 by means of a controller 80 in order to safely remove the products 5 from record the product feeder 9 and position accurately in the troughs 4 can insert.
  • Another vision system 10 on the other Product feeder 9 is not shown for clarity. Not closer in the Fig.1 A sealing station following downstream of the insertion section 6 is shown for applying a cover film and at least one cutting station for separating the closed packages.
  • the production direction R of the film web 3 is rectified with the transport direction of the products 5 on the product feeder 9, ie in synchronism. It is also conceivable that the product feed 9 in the opposite direction, the products 5 of the insertion path 6 supplies.
  • a side panel 12 is mounted to prevent access to the arranged within the side frame 11 power operated hoists.
  • the side frame 11 has a particular configuration, based on the FIG. 2 is explained in more detail.
  • Fig. 2 shows a sectional view in the production direction R in the insertion area 6.
  • the feed belts 9 are each attached to the right and left of a side profile 13.
  • the side profile 13 is L-shaped in the region of the insertion path 6, wherein the horizontally and outwardly oriented leg 13a has a downward slope to be easily washable and thus liquids can drain easily.
  • the side profile 13 is connected both at the beginning and at the end with a frame profile 11a, on which in turn the side panels 12 are provided.
  • the side profile 13 fulfills two functions.
  • a chain guide 14 is attached by means of bolts 15 on the inside of the side profile 13.
  • the product feeder 9 is attached to the outside of the side profile 13.
  • the products 5, which are transported on a belt body 16 of the product feeder 9, can be fed to the robot 8 at a very small distance from the film web 3 and along the film web 3.
  • the robot 8 requires only short transport paths and thus only a short time to pick up the products 5 from the belt body 16 and store them in the wells 4.
  • the product feeder 9 has two side walls.
  • a side wall 17 is provided on the respective outside of the product feeder 9.
  • the inner side wall of the product feeder 9 is formed by the side profile 13.
  • Both axles 18 for supporting and driving the belt body 16 and further spacers 19 connect the side wall 17 and the side profile 13 with each other and form a torsion and bending resistant System.
  • the product feeder 9 can assist or enhance the rigidity of the side profile 13.
  • the invention is not limited to an L-shaped profile shape of the side profile 13. It is also conceivable that the horizontally oriented leg 13a of the side profile 13 extends to the outer side wall 17 of the product feeder 9 and is screwed several times with this.
  • the side profile 13 is preferably made of a steel or stainless steel plate and has a thickness of at least 5 mm in order to maintain the stability or stiffness advantageous for thermoforming packaging machines, which is also present in the areas in front of and behind the insertion path 6. This is necessary in order to be able to transport the film web 3 stretched in the production direction R within the thermoforming packaging machine 1 by means of a film clip chain 20.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a thermoforming packaging machine according to the preamble of claim 1.

Die DE 10 2005 039 673 A1 offenbart eine kontinuierlich arbeitende Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine mit zwei Behälterbahnen, zwischen denen ein Produktzuführband angeordnet ist. Die Arbeitsstationen wie Form-, Einlege- bzw. Füll-, Siegel- und Schneidstation sind jeweils für sich als modulares Modul mit eigenen Gestellen und Einhausung gestaltet.The DE 10 2005 039 673 A1 discloses a continuous thermoforming packaging machine with two container webs, between which a product feed belt is arranged. The workstations such as forming, loading and filling, sealing and cutting station are each designed as a modular module with its own racks and housing.

Bei intermittierend arbeitenden Tiefziehverpackungsmaschinen, die üblicherweise eine durchgehende und nicht eingehauste Rahmenkonstruktion aufweisen, werden Produkte zum automatischen Beladen mittels Picker über ein oder mehrere Zuführbänder an die Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine im Bereich der Einlegestrecke herangeführt. Der seitliche Abstand der Zuführbänder zu den in eine Folie geformten Behältern ist abhängig vom Platzbedarf, der von der Kettenführung zum Transport der Folie, dem Maschinenrahmen und den Seitenverkleidungen an beiden Seiten der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine eingenommen wird. Der hierbei vorhandene Abstand muss beim Umsetzen der Produkte vom Zuführband in die Behälter mittels des Pickers bei jeder Umsetzbewegung berücksichtigt werden und die Takt- oder Zykluszeit hängt u.A. von diesem Abstand ab.In intermittent thermoforming packaging machines, which usually have a continuous and not encased frame construction, products for automatic loading by means of picker via one or more feed belts are brought to the thermoforming packaging machine in the region of the insertion path. The lateral spacing of the conveyor belts from the containers formed in a film depends on the space occupied by the chain guide for transporting the film, the machine frame and the side panels on both sides of the thermoforming packaging machine. The existing distance must be taken into account when converting the products from the feed belt into the containers by means of the picker at each transfer movement and the cycle or cycle time depends u.A. from this distance.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es, eine Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine dahingehend zu verbessern, dass der Abstand zwischen der Produktzuführung und den Behältern verringert wird, um damit die Zykluszeit zum Einlegen eines Produkts durch einen Picker zu minimieren.The object of the present invention is to improve a thermoforming packaging machine in such a way that the distance between the product supply and the containers is reduced in order to minimize the cycle time for inserting a product through a picker.

Diese Aufgabe wird gelöst durch eine Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1. Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen angegeben.This object is achieved by a thermoforming packaging machine with the features of claim 1. Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.

Die erfindungsgemäße Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine umfasst eine Produktzuführbaugruppe, im Folgenden stets kurz als "Produktzuführung" bezeichnet, wobei die Produktzuführung teilweise parallel zu einer Einlegestrecke der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine angeordnet ist, und die Maschine umfasst ein Seitenprofil, an dessen Innenseite eine Kettenführung für eine Folienklammerkette angebracht ist. Die Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass das Seitenprofil, das entlang der Einlegestrecke angeordnet ist, derart ausgebildet ist, dass das Seitenprofil gleichzeitig auch ein Teil der Produktzuführung ist. Die Mehrfachfunktion dieses Seitenprofils ist zum einen die Aufnahme der Kettenführung zum Transport der Folienbahn und damit der Behälter innerhalb und entlang bzw. innerhalb der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine und zum anderen, dass es ein Teil der Produktzuführung ist. Dies bringt den enormen Vorteil mit sich, dass der Abstand zwischen den zugeführten Produkten und den Behältern auf ein Minimum reduziert ist und die Wege zum Umsetzen der Produkte in die Behälter verkürzt sind, sodass dies zu einer Leistungssteigerung der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine führt. Als Behälter werden hier Mulden bezeichnet, die in einer Formstation in eine Folienbahn geformt werden, bevor sie der Einlegestrecke zugeführt werden. Die sonst üblicherweise am Seitenrahmen entlang laufenden Medienleitungen wie Kabel und Schläuche können dabei z.B. in einen unteren Bereich des Maschinenrahmens verlegt und eventuell notwendige Seitenverkleidungen vom Maschinenrahmen der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine können an die Außenseite der Produktzuführung umgesetzt werden.The thermoforming packaging machine according to the invention comprises a product feed assembly, hereinafter always referred to as "product feed", wherein the product feed is arranged partially parallel to an insertion path of the thermoforming packaging machine, and the machine comprises a side profile on the inside of which a chain guide for a film clip chain is attached. The thermoforming packaging machine is characterized in that the side profile, which is arranged along the insertion path, is formed such that the side profile is also a part of the product supply at the same time. The multiple function of this side profile is on the one hand, the inclusion of the chain guide for transporting the film web and thus the container within and along or within the thermoforming packaging machine and on the other hand, that it is part of the product feeder. This has the tremendous advantage of minimizing the distance between the supplied products and the containers and reducing the time required to transfer the products into the containers, thereby increasing the performance of the thermoforming packaging machine. As container here troughs are referred to, which are formed in a forming station in a film web before they are fed to the insertion path. The otherwise usually on the side frame along running media lines such as cables and hoses can be moved eg in a lower portion of the machine frame and possibly necessary side panels from the machine frame of the thermoforming packaging machine can be converted to the outside of the product feed.

Bevorzugt ist das Seitenprofil eine innere Seitenwand der Produktzuführung. In einer vorteilhaften Ausbildung sind dabei Achsen und/oder Abstandshalter als Verbindungselemente zwischen dem Seitenprofil als innere Seitenwand und der äußeren Seitenwand der Produktzuführung vorgesehen. Dies ermöglicht es, dass Mittel zum Lagern von Antriebs- und/oder Laufrollen in den Seitwänden vorgesehen sind und damit der Bandkörper sehr nahe an dem Seitenprofil und damit an der Kettenführung bzw. der Folienbahn verlaufen kann. Die innere und äußere Seitenwand der Produktzuführung bilden zusammen mit den Achsen und/oder Abstandshaltern ein biege- und torsionssteifes Gebilde, das die Steifigkeit des Seitenprofils unterstützen kann.Preferably, the side profile is an inner side wall of the product feeder. In an advantageous embodiment, axes and / or spacers are provided as connecting elements between the side profile as the inner side wall and the outer side wall of the product feed. This makes it possible that means for supporting drive and / or rollers are provided in the side walls and thus the belt body can run very close to the side profile and thus on the chain guide or the film web. The inner and outer sidewalls of the product infeed together with the shafts and / or spacers form a rigid and torsion-resistant structure that can assist the rigidity of the side profile.

Bevorzugt weisen eine Produktionsrichtung der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine und eine Transportrichtung der Produktzuführung die gleiche Ausrichtung auf, um eine durchgehende Gesamtproduktionsrichtung während des Verpackungsprozesses beizubehalten und die benötigte Standfläche zu verkleinern, beispielsweise um zwei Verpackungslinien mit möglichst geringem Abstand nebeneinander aufstellen zu können.Preferably, a production direction of the thermoforming packaging machine and a transport direction of the product feeder have the same orientation in order to maintain a continuous overall production direction during the packaging process and to reduce the required footprint, for example to be able to place two packaging lines side by side with the smallest possible distance.

Bevorzugt umfasst die Produktzuführung ein Kurvenband, um seitlich entlang eines vorderen Bereichs der Verpackungsmaschine zu verlaufen und dann im Bereich der Einlegestrecke direkt an dem Seitenprofil angebracht zu sein. Das Kurvenband ermöglicht einen S-förmigen Verlauf für die Produktzuführung.Preferably, the product feeder comprises a curved belt to extend laterally along a front area of the packaging machine and then in the region of the insertion path directly attached to the side profile. The curve band allows an S-shaped profile for the product feed.

In einer alternativen vorteilhaften Ausführungsform ist die Produktzuführung stromaufwärts der Einlegestrecke teilweise oberhalb einer Formstation der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine angeordnet, um einen geradlinigen Verlauf der Produktzuführung ermöglichen zu können.In an alternative advantageous embodiment, the product feed upstream of the insertion path is arranged partially above a forming station of the thermoforming packaging machine in order to enable a straight-line course of the product feed.

Vorzugsweise sind Produktzuführungen an beiden Seiten der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine angeordnet, um beispielsweise ein breites Produktzuführband, auf dem zweispurig Produkte transportiert werden, durch zwei schmale Produktzuführbänder zu ersetzen. Somit werden alle Produkte mit minimalem Abstand zu den Behältern entlang der Einlegestrecke transportiert.Preferably, product feeds are arranged on both sides of the thermoforming packaging machine to replace, for example, a wide product feed belt on which two-lane products are transported by two narrow product feed belts. Thus, all products are transported with minimum distance to the containers along the insertion path.

Eine vorteilhafte Ausführung sieht wenigstens einen Roboter entlang der Einlegestrecke vor, um Produkte von der Produktzuführung in Mulden, die in eine Folienbahn tiefgezogen wurden, umzusetzen. Eine solche Automatisierung steigert die Leistung der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine bei gleichzeitig geringer Länge der Einlegestrecke, die bei manuellem Einlegen durch mehrere Bediener um ein Vielfaches länger sein müsste.An advantageous embodiment provides at least one robot along the insertion path for converting products from the product feed into depressions that have been deep-drawn into a film web. Such automation increases the performance of thermoforming packaging machine at the same time small length of the insertion path, which would have to be many times longer when manually inserted by multiple operators.

Dabei ist vorzugsweise eine Posititionserkennungsvorrichtung zum Erkennen der Positionen von Produkten auf der Produktzuführung vorgesehen, um die unorientiert herangeführten Produkte vom Roboter aufnehmen und umsetzen zu können. Hierbei ist die Posititionserkennungsvorrichtung bevorzugt ein Visionsystem.In this case, a position detection device is preferably provided for detecting the positions of products on the product feed in order to be able to pick up and implement the products which have been brought up unoriented by the robot. Here, the position detection device is preferably a vision system.

Bevorzugt beginnt die Einlegestrecke direkt nach der Formstation, um den Platzbedarf der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine zu minimieren, damit die Maschinenlänge möglichst kurz werden kann. Bei konventionellen Tiefziehverpackungsmaschinen war stromabwärts der Formstation meist eine Abdeckung vorgestehen, die einen unerwünschten, gefährlichen Eingriff eines Bedieners zwischen die beweglichen Teile der Formstation verhinderte. Gleichzeitig wurde damit jedoch auch im Bereich dieser Abdeckung ein Einlegen von Produkten in die bereits geformten Mulden verhindert. In einer Variante der vorliegenden Erfindung kann jedoch die Einhausung des Pickers bzw. Roboters soweit vorgezogen werden, dass sie unmittelbar an die Formstation angrenzt oder sogar teilweise mit der Formstation überlappt. Damit kann eine zusätzliche Abdeckung entfallen, weil die Einhausung bzw. das Portal des Roboters die Funktion der Abdeckung mit übernimmt. Gleichzeitig ermöglicht es diese Variante, dass unmittelbar nach dem Ende der Formstation Produkte in die geformten Mulden eingelegt werden können, d.h. dass die Einlegestrecke direkt nach der Formstation beginnen kann. Besonders günstig ist diese Variante, wenn die Produktzuführung die Produkte im Gegenlauf der Einlegestrecke zuführt, d.h. mit einer Bewegungsrichtung entgegengesetzt zur Bewegungsrichtung der Mulden entlang der Einlegestrecke.Preferably, the insertion path begins directly after the forming station to minimize the space requirement of the thermoforming packaging machine, so that the machine length can be as short as possible. In conventional thermoforming packaging machines, downstream of the forming station, there has usually been a cover which prevents unwanted, dangerous operator intervention between the moving parts of the forming station. At the same time, however, it was also in the area of this cover prevents the insertion of products in the already formed wells. In a variant of the present invention, however, the housing of the picker or robot can be advanced so far that it directly adjoins the forming station or even partially overlaps with the forming station. Thus, an additional cover can be omitted because the housing or the portal of the robot takes over the function of the cover. simultaneously This variant makes it possible for products to be introduced into the molded troughs immediately after the end of the forming station, ie that the inserting line can start directly after the forming station. This variant is particularly favorable when the product feed supplies the products in the opposite direction of the insertion path, ie with a direction of movement opposite to the direction of movement of the depressions along the insertion path.

Denkbar ist es auch, dass die Produktzuführung eine äußere Seitenwand aufweist, die über wenigstens einen Fuß am Boden abstützbar ist. Somit ist die Produktzuführung an einer Seite am Seitenrahmen der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine angebracht und an der anderen Seite am Boden abgestützt, um eine Standsicherheit vor allem bei breiten Produktzuführbändern zu verbessern.It is also conceivable that the product supply has an outer side wall which can be supported on the ground via at least one foot. Thus, the product feeder is mounted on one side of the side frame of the thermoforming packaging machine and supported on the other side on the ground to improve stability, especially for wide Produktzuführbändern.

Im Folgenden wird ein vorteilhaftes Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung anhand einer Zeichnung näher erläutert. Im Einzelnen zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine perspektivische Ansicht der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine mit beidseitig angeordneten Produktzuführungen, einem Roboter und einem Visionsystem und
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eine Schnittansicht in Produktionsrichtung durch die Einlegestrecke.
In the following, an advantageous embodiment of the invention is explained in detail with reference to a drawing. In detail show:
Fig. 1
a perspective view of the thermoforming packaging machine with double-sided product feeders, a robot and a vision system and
Fig. 2
a sectional view in the production direction through the insertion path.

Gleiche Komponenten sind in den Figuren durchgängig mit gleichen Bezugszeichen versehen.The same components are provided throughout the figures with the same reference numerals.

Fig. 1 zeigt eine Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine 1 mit einer Produktionsrichtung R. Die Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine 1 weist zu Beginn, in der Fig.1 linksseitig, eine Formstation 2 auf, in der in eine Folienbahn 3 Mulden 4 geformt werden, in die Produkte 5 eingelegt werden. Oberhalb einer Einlegestrecke 6 ist ein Portal 7 mit einem Picker bzw. Roboter 8 angeordnet, um die Produkte 5 von einer hier mit einem Kurvenband 9a ausgebildeten Produktzuführung 9 (= Produktzuführbaugruppe) abzunehmen und in die Mulden 4 einzulegen. In Produktionsrichtung R stromaufwärts ist vor der Einlegestrecke 6 ein Visionsystem 10 für die Produktzuführung 9 angeordnet, um die Position der Produkte 5 auf der Produktzuführung 9 zu erfassen, um mittels einer Steuerung 80 den Robotor 8 entsprechend zu steuern, damit er die Produkte 5 sicher von der Produktzuführung 9 aufnehmen und lagegenau in die Mulden 4 einlegen kann. Ein weiteres Visionsystem 10 auf der weiteren Produktzuführung 9 ist zur besseren Darstellung nicht gezeigt. Nicht näher in der Fig.1 dargestellt sind eine nach der Einlegestrecke 6 stromabwärts folgende Siegelstation zum Aufbringen eine Deckelfolie und wenigstens eine Schneidstation zum Vereinzeln der verschlossenen Packungen. Die Produktionsrichtung R der Folienbahn 3 ist gleichgerichtet mit der Transportrichtung der Produkte 5 auf der Produktzuführung 9, also im Gleichlauf. Es ist ebenso denkbar, dass die Produktzuführung 9 im Gegenlauf die Produkte 5 der Einlegestrecke 6 zuführt. Fig. 1 shows a thermoforming packaging machine 1 with a production direction R. The thermoforming packaging machine 1 has at the beginning, in the Fig.1 On the left side, a forming station 2, in which are formed in a film web 3 troughs 4, are inserted into the products 5. Above an insertion path 6, a portal 7 with a picker or robot 8 is arranged in order to remove the products 5 from a product feed 9 (= product feed assembly) designed here with a curved belt 9a and insert them into the troughs 4. In the direction of production R upstream of the insertion path 6, a vision system 10 for the product feeder 9 is arranged to detect the position of the products 5 on the product feeder 9 in order to control the robot 8 by means of a controller 80 in order to safely remove the products 5 from record the product feeder 9 and position accurately in the troughs 4 can insert. Another vision system 10 on the other Product feeder 9 is not shown for clarity. Not closer in the Fig.1 A sealing station following downstream of the insertion section 6 is shown for applying a cover film and at least one cutting station for separating the closed packages. The production direction R of the film web 3 is rectified with the transport direction of the products 5 on the product feeder 9, ie in synchronism. It is also conceivable that the product feed 9 in the opposite direction, the products 5 of the insertion path 6 supplies.

In einem vorderen Bereich entlang der Formstation 2 ist beidseitig an einem Seitenrahmen 11 der Verpackungsmaschine 1 eine Seitenverkleidung 12 angebracht, um Zugriffe auf die innerhalb der Seitenrahmen 11 angeordneten kraftbetätigten Hubwerke zu verhindern. Entlang der Einlegestrecke 6 sind keine Seitenverkleidungen 12 vorgesehen und der Seitenrahmen 11 weist eine besondere Ausgestaltung auf, die anhand der Figur 2 näher erläutert wird.In a front area along the forming station 2 is on both sides of a side frame 11 of the packaging machine 1, a side panel 12 is mounted to prevent access to the arranged within the side frame 11 power operated hoists. Along the insertion path 6 no side panels 12 are provided and the side frame 11 has a particular configuration, based on the FIG. 2 is explained in more detail.

Fig. 2 zeigt eine Schnittansicht in Produktionsrichtung R im Einlegebereich 6. Die Zuführbänder 9 sind jeweils rechts und links an einem Seitenprofil 13 angebracht. Das Seitenprofil 13 ist im Bereich der Einlegestrecke 6 L-förmig gestaltet, wobei der horizontal und nach außen orientierte Schenkel 13a eine Neigung nach unten aufweist, um leicht abwaschbar zu sein und damit Flüssigkeiten leicht ablaufen können. Das Seitenprofil 13 ist sowohl am Anfang als auch am Ende mit einem Rahmenprofil 11a verbunden, an dem wiederum die Seitenverkleidungen 12 vorgesehen sind. Das Seitenprofil 13 erfüllt dabei zwei Funktionen. Zum einen ist eine Kettenführung 14 mittels Bolzen 15 an der Innenseite des Seitenprofils 13 angebracht. Zum anderen ist die Produktzuführung 9 an der Außenseite des Seitenprofils 13 angebracht. So können die Produkte 5, die auf einem Bandkörper 16 der Produktzuführung 9 transportiert werden, mit einem sehr geringen Abstand zur Folienbahn 3 und entlang der Folienbahn 3 dem Roboter 8 zugeführt werden. Der Roboter 8 benötigt nur kurze Transportwege und damit nur eine kurze Zeit, um die Produkte 5 vom Bandkörper 16 aufzunehmen und in die Mulden 4 abzulegen. Fig. 2 shows a sectional view in the production direction R in the insertion area 6. The feed belts 9 are each attached to the right and left of a side profile 13. The side profile 13 is L-shaped in the region of the insertion path 6, wherein the horizontally and outwardly oriented leg 13a has a downward slope to be easily washable and thus liquids can drain easily. The side profile 13 is connected both at the beginning and at the end with a frame profile 11a, on which in turn the side panels 12 are provided. The side profile 13 fulfills two functions. On the one hand, a chain guide 14 is attached by means of bolts 15 on the inside of the side profile 13. On the other hand, the product feeder 9 is attached to the outside of the side profile 13. Thus, the products 5, which are transported on a belt body 16 of the product feeder 9, can be fed to the robot 8 at a very small distance from the film web 3 and along the film web 3. The robot 8 requires only short transport paths and thus only a short time to pick up the products 5 from the belt body 16 and store them in the wells 4.

Die Produktzuführung 9 weist zwei Seitenwände auf. Eine Seitenwand 17 ist an der jeweiligen Außenseite der Produktzuführung 9 vorgesehen. Die innere Seitenwand der Produktzuführung 9 ist durch das Seitenprofil 13 ausgebildet. Sowohl Achsen 18 zum Lagern und Antreiben des Bandkörpers 16 als auch weitere Abstandshalter 19 verbinden die Seitenwand 17 und das Seitenprofil 13 miteinander und bilden ein torsions- und biegesteifes System. Somit kann die Produktzuführung 9 die Steifigkeit des Seitenprofils 13 unterstützen bzw. verstärken.The product feeder 9 has two side walls. A side wall 17 is provided on the respective outside of the product feeder 9. The inner side wall of the product feeder 9 is formed by the side profile 13. Both axles 18 for supporting and driving the belt body 16 and further spacers 19 connect the side wall 17 and the side profile 13 with each other and form a torsion and bending resistant System. Thus, the product feeder 9 can assist or enhance the rigidity of the side profile 13.

Die Erfindung ist nicht auf eine L-förmige Profilform des Seitenprofils 13 beschränkt. Denkbar ist auch, dass der horizontal orientierte Schenkel 13a des Seitenprofils 13 bis zur äußeren Seitenwand 17 der Produktzuführung 9 reicht und mit diesem mehrfach verschraubt ist. Das Seitenprofil 13 ist vorzugsweise aus einer Stahl- oder Edelstahlplatte hergestellt und weist eine Stärke von wenigstens 5 mm auf, um die für Tiefziehverpackungsmaschinen vorteilhafte Stabilität bzw. Steifigkeit aufrecht zu erhalten, die auch in den Bereichen vor und hinter der Einlegestrecke 6 vorhanden ist. Dies ist notwendig, um die Folienbahn 3 mittels einer Folienklammerkette 20 gespannt in Produktionsrichtung R innerhalb der Tiefziehverpackungsmaschine 1 transportieren zu können.The invention is not limited to an L-shaped profile shape of the side profile 13. It is also conceivable that the horizontally oriented leg 13a of the side profile 13 extends to the outer side wall 17 of the product feeder 9 and is screwed several times with this. The side profile 13 is preferably made of a steel or stainless steel plate and has a thickness of at least 5 mm in order to maintain the stability or stiffness advantageous for thermoforming packaging machines, which is also present in the areas in front of and behind the insertion path 6. This is necessary in order to be able to transport the film web 3 stretched in the production direction R within the thermoforming packaging machine 1 by means of a film clip chain 20.

Es ist ebenso denkbar, die Produkte 5 entlang der Einlegestrecke 6 manuell von einer oder mehreren Personen vom Zuführband 9 abzunehmen und in die Mulden 4 einzulegen. It is also conceivable to manually remove the products 5 along the insertion path 6 from one or more persons from the feed belt 9 and insert them into the depressions 4.

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  1. Thermo-forming packaging machine (1) comprising a product feeder (9), wherein said product feeder (9) is arranged in part parallel to a loading stretch (6) of said thermo-forming packaging machine (1), and comprising a side panel (13) on the inner side of which a chain guide (14) for a film clamp chain (20) is attached, characterized in that said side panel (13) being disposed along said loading stretch (6) is formed such that said side panel (13) is also part of said product feeder (9).
  2. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said side panel (13) is an inner side wall of said product feeder (9).
  3. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that axles (18) and/or spacers (19) are provided as connecting elements between said side panel (13) as an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall (17) of said product feeder (9).
  4. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a direction of production (R) of said thermo-forming packaging machine (1) and a direction of transport of said product feeder (9) are oriented in the same direction.
  5. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said product feeder (9) comprises a curved belt (9a).
  6. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said product feeder (9) is arranged in part above a forming station (2) of said thermo-forming packaging machine (1).
  7. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that product feeders (9) are arranged on both sides of said thermo-forming packaging machine (1).
  8. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one robot (5) is provided along said loading stretch (6) to transfer products (5) from said product feeder (9) into trays (4) that were thermo-formed into a film web (3).
  9. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to claim 8, characterized in that a position detection device (10) is provided for detecting the positions of products (5) on said product feeder (9).
  10. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to claim 9, characterized in that said position detection device (10) comprises a vision system.
  11. Thermo-forming packaging machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said loading stretch (6) is provided directly downstream of said forming station (2).
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