JP5835564B2 - Traceability system for transported goods, linked rotary transport equipment and operation method thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention comprises a plurality of rotary transport devices provided with a plurality of transported object holding means on the periphery, and constitutes a connected rotary transport facility for transferring and transporting transported products between adjacent rotary transport devices. The present invention relates to a traceability system for a conveyed product applied to a conveyed product conveyed from the linked rotary conveying facility, a linked rotary conveying facility, and an operation method thereof.

In a conventional traceability system for a conveyed product, a printing device is provided that attaches an individual symbol to each conveyed product in the middle of conveyance of the conveyed product that is transported by a conveyor out of a linked rotary conveyance facility. In this case, only rough information such as the date of manufacture of the conveyed product can be recorded, and during the conveyance of the conveyed product, for example, it is held and processed in which conveyed product holding means of which rotary conveyance device. It was difficult to track the transportation history such as taka.
In addition, a printing device is provided that attaches individual symbols to each conveyed product during the conveyance of the conveyed product that is transported by the conveyor out of the connected rotary conveying equipment, and detects and holds the conveyed product holding means of the rotary conveying device. There has been proposed a system for printing the number of means on a conveyed product by a printing device (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-230532 A

  However, even in this system, if the transported product from the rotary transport device is extracted as a defective product while being transported by the conveyor, or if a part of the transported product is pulled out due to transport trouble, The conveyance order is out of order, and incorrect print information is attached to the conveyance object, and it is difficult to trace the conveyance history later.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems and to manage the transport history information for each transported object with a simple system.

  The characteristic configuration of the traceability system of the first conveyed product of the present invention is that a plurality of rotary conveying devices provided with a plurality of conveyed material holding means are arranged in the periphery, and the conveyed items are delivered to each other between the adjacent rotary conveying devices. It is a traceability system for a transported object that constitutes a continuous rotary transport facility for continuous transport and is applied to a transported material transported from the connected rotary transport facility, and is transported in the middle of transport by the continuous rotary transport facility Information that links each piece of transported object to which the individual symbol is attached by the printing device and information of each of the transported object holding means of the plurality of rotary transporting devices that have received the transported object, provided with a printing device that attaches an individual symbol to each. There is provided a linkage processing means, and a storage means is provided for storing the linkage history information from the information linkage processing means in a database.

According to the first characteristic configuration of the present invention, a plurality of rotary transfer devices are arranged side by side, and a continuous rotary transfer facility for transferring and transferring a transfer object between adjacent rotary transfer devices is provided in each rotary transfer device. In addition, the transfer connection relationship of the transported objects between the plurality of transported object holding means has been determined, and in addition, by providing a printing device for attaching individual symbols to each of the transported materials during the transport by the linked rotary transport facility, Information of each transported object to which the individual symbol is attached and each of the transported object holding means of the plurality of rotary transport apparatuses that have received the transported object can be easily connected by the information linkage processing means.
In addition, by providing a printing device in the middle of conveyance by the continuous rotary conveyance equipment, for example, among the plurality of conveyance object holding means of the conveyance apparatus, the conveyance object could not be held well, or a defective product was removed and removed. Even in such a case, the transported object holding means in an empty state are linked and transported between a plurality of transport devices, and the relationship of the linked transport is not disturbed.
The storage history information database is organized by providing storage means for storing the connection history information from the information connection processing means in a database.

  According to a second characteristic configuration of the present invention, there is provided an individual information output means capable of extracting the connection history information from the storage means on the basis of an individual symbol of a conveyed product attached by the printing apparatus.

According to the second characteristic configuration of the present invention, by providing the individual information output means capable of extracting the connection history information from the storage means based on the individual symbol of the conveyed object, Even if it exists, the conveyance history information of each conveyed product can be taken out when necessary by the individual information output means without being confused.
For this reason, even if any inadequacies are found in the transported goods after distribution, the history information linked to the individual symbols is stored by the individual information output means based on the individual symbols printed there. By pulling out from the means, it is possible to investigate the cause of the defect of the processing device in the rotary transfer device in the continuous rotary transfer facility.
Therefore, maintenance management of the continuous rotary transport equipment can be ensured, and the quality control of transported goods can be improved.

  A third characteristic configuration of the present invention is a resin-made container for producing the beverage bottle as the conveyed product, wherein the linked rotary conveying equipment blow-molds the preform of the resin container, Molded bottle inspection device for performing various inspections of blow molded resin containers, sterilization washing device for sterilizing and washing the resin containers, filling device for filling beverages into the resin containers, and the resin products filled with beverages The rotary conveying device forms a cap winding device for attaching a cap to the mouth of the container.

  According to the third characteristic configuration of the present invention. Blow molding device, molded bottle inspection device, sterilization washing device, filling device for filling beverage, cap tightening device, etc., which are formed by a rotary transport device, are connected and transported continuously. Therefore, even if there is a problem such as processing failure in the middle of transportation and some resin containers during transportation are removed, the connection relationship by each transportation device is determined, so the contents from the molding of the container Transport management up to the filling and sealing of goods can be done easily.

  The feature structure of the fourth linked rotary transport facility of the present invention is that a plurality of rotary transport devices provided with a plurality of transported object holding means are arranged in the periphery, and the transported materials are delivered to each other between the adjacent rotary transport devices. In a continuous rotary transport facility for continuous transport, a printing device is provided for attaching individual symbols to each transported product during transport for continuous transport between the rotary transport devices. A symbol reading means for reading and a first storage means for storing information in the conveyed object holding means are provided, each conveyed object to which an individual symbol is attached by the printing device, and a plurality of the rotary conveyances that have received the conveyed object An information link processing unit that links the information of each of the conveyed product holding units of the apparatus is provided, and a second storage unit that stores the link history information from the information link processing unit as a database is provided. There is the time.

According to the 4th characteristic structure of this invention, in order to arrange | position several rotary conveying apparatuses and to deliver and convey a conveyed product mutually between adjacent rotary conveying apparatuses, several conveyance provided in each rotary conveying apparatus In addition, a transfer connection relationship between the object holding means has been determined, and in addition, a printing device is provided for attaching individual symbols to each of the objects to be conveyed in the middle of the conveyance in which the rotary conveyance devices are connected to each other. A symbol reading means for reading an individual symbol of each conveyed article, a first storage means for storing information in the conveyed article holding means, each conveyed article to which an individual symbol is attached by the printing device, and the conveyed article Each of the plurality of rotary transport apparatuses that have received the information, and information connection processing means for connecting the information of the transport object holding means of each of the plurality of rotary transport apparatuses. The conveyed object holding means each of the information of a plurality of said rotary transport device which has received an object, symbol are simply linked by the information cooperative processing means on the basis of the reading means and information from the first storage means.
In addition, by providing a printing device in the middle of the conveyance between the rotary conveyance devices, for example, among the plurality of conveyance object holding means of the conveyance device, the conveyance object could not be held well, or a defective product was formed and removed. Even in such a case, the transported object holding means in an empty state are linked and transported between a plurality of transport devices, and the relationship of the linked transport is not disturbed.
Then, by providing the second storage means for storing the connection history information from the information connection processing means in a database, the database of the connection history information becomes orderly.

  According to a fifth characteristic configuration of the present invention, there is provided an individual information output means capable of extracting the connection history information from the second storage means based on an individual symbol of a conveyed object attached by the printing apparatus. is there.

According to the fifth characteristic configuration of the present invention, by providing the individual information output means capable of extracting the connection history information from the second storage means based on the individual symbol of the conveyed object, the distribution of the conveyed object Even later, it is possible to take out the transfer history information of each transfer object when necessary by the individual information output means without being confused.
For this reason, even if any inadequacies are found in the transported goods after the transported goods are distributed, the history information connected to the individual symbols is changed by the individual information output means based on the individual symbols printed there. 2 If it is pulled out from the storage means, it is possible to investigate the cause of the defect of the processing device in the rotary transfer device.
Therefore, maintenance management of the continuous rotary transport equipment can be ensured, and the quality control of transported goods can be improved.

  A sixth characteristic configuration of the present invention is a blow molding device in which the conveyed product is a resin container for manufacturing a beverage bottle, and the plurality of rotary conveying devices blow mold a preform of the resin container. , Molded bottle inspection device for performing various inspections of blow molded resin containers, sterilizing and cleaning device for sterilizing and cleaning the resin containers, filling device for filling the resin containers with beverages, and the resin filled with beverages One of the cap tightening devices for attaching the cap to the mouth of the container is formed.

  According to the sixth characteristic configuration of the present invention, a plurality of the rotary conveying devices include a blow molding device, a molded bottle inspection device, a sterilization washing device, a beverage filling device, and a cap tightening device for molding a resin container. In a rotary transfer device formed from any of the devices, etc., even if there is a problem such as processing failure during transfer and some resin containers being transferred are removed, the connection relationship by each transfer device Therefore, it is easy to manage the transportation from container molding to filling and sealing the contents.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a characteristic feature of the operating method of the rotary transport equipment, wherein a plurality of rotary transport devices provided with a plurality of transported object holding means are arranged on the periphery, and the transported materials are adjacent to each other. A method of operating a linked rotary transport facility for delivering and transporting each other, wherein a printing step of attaching individual symbols to each of the transported materials during the transport by the linked rotary transport facility, and each transported item attached by the printing step A reading process of reading the individual symbols, an information acquisition process of acquiring information of each of the transported object holding means, each transported object to which individual symbols are attached by the printing process, and a plurality of the rotations that have received the transported object The information connection processing step for connecting the information of each of the transported object holding means of the transport device, and the storage step for storing the connection history information from the information connection processing step in a database

According to the seventh characteristic configuration of the present invention, a plurality of rotary transfer devices are arranged side by side, and in a continuous rotary transfer facility for transferring and transferring a transfer object between adjacent rotary transfer devices, each rotary transfer device is provided. In addition, the transfer connection relationship of the transported objects between the plurality of transported object holding means is determined, and each transported object attached by the printing process is given an individual symbol in the printing process during the transport by the linked rotary transport facility. In the reading process, the information of each conveyed object holding means is acquired in the information acquisition process, so that the information of each conveyed object to which the individual symbol is attached and each of the conveyed object holding means are processed by the information linkage processing process. Easy to connect.
Then, by providing a storage step for storing and storing the connection history information from the information connection processing step, the database of the connection history information can be made orderly.

  According to an eighth characteristic configuration of the present invention, there is an individual information output step of extracting the connection history information stored in the storage step based on the individual symbol of the conveyed product attached in the printing step.

According to the eighth characteristic configuration of the present invention, by providing an individual information output step capable of extracting the connection history information from the storage step based on the individual symbol of the conveyed item, Even if it exists, the conveyance history information of each conveyed product can be taken out when necessary by the individual information output process without being confused.
Therefore, even if some incompleteness is found in the transported goods after the transported goods are distributed, based on the individual symbols printed there, the connection history information that has been databased and stored in the storage process, If it is extracted by the individual information output process, it is possible to investigate the cause of the defect of the processing device in the rotary transfer device in the connected rotary transfer facility.
Therefore, maintenance management of the continuous rotary transport equipment can be ensured, and the quality control of transported goods can be improved.

It is a whole schematic diagram of a continuous rotation type conveyance equipment. It is a chart of the example of a database in a storage means. It is a chart of the example of an operation screen display from a molding bottle inspection device. It is the whole conveyance facility schematic of another embodiment. It is the whole conveyance facility schematic of another embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is a beverage production facility filled in a polyester bottle (hereinafter referred to as a resin container 1) such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and is a resin that has been conveyed by a first conveyor 2. A blow molding device 3 for blow molding a preform (PFM) material of the container 1 and a molded bottle inspection device 4 for performing various inspections of the blow molded resin container 1 using a camera or the like are provided. The first and second sterilizing and cleaning devices 5A and 5B provided with a sterilizing nozzle for sterilizing and a cleaning nozzle (rinser) for cleaning the resin container 1 are provided to fill the resin container 1 with a beverage The device 6 is provided with a cap tightening device 8 (capper) that attaches a cap to the mouth of the resin container 1 filled with a beverage and delivers it to the second conveyor 7, and transports all of them to the periphery at a plurality of locations. It is incorporated in a plurality of star wheel type rotary transfer devices 9 provided with transfer object holding means such as an object holding pocket and a gripper.
The plurality of rotary transfer devices 9 are arranged in order so that adjacent objects are delivered to each other and connected to each other so as to form a connected rotary transfer equipment 10.

In the middle of the conveyance by the continuous rotary conveyance equipment 10, between the molded bottle inspection device 4 and the first sterilization washing device 5A, each of the conveyance objects made of the resin container 1 is printed with a laser at the printing time, line number, production number. A printing device 11 for attaching individual symbols such as is provided.
That is, as a position where the printing device 11 is provided, for example, when printing is performed in front of the blow molding device, since the natural fall is normally used by the chute of the preform (PFM), the conveyance of the preform (PFM) is shaken. It is difficult to print beautifully, and it is difficult to provide the printing device 11 in the blow molding device because it is affected by the high temperature of the heater and the mold. Furthermore, when the printing device 11 is provided between the first and second sterilization cleaning devices 5A and 5B and the cap winding device 8, it is not appropriate because it is an environment with a lot of chemicals and moisture. After all, it is preferable to provide the printing device 11 in the vicinity of the molded bottle inspection device 4.

  There is provided information linkage processing means 12 for linking each transported object to which individual symbols are attached by the printing device 11 and information of each of the transported object holding means of the plurality of rotary transporting devices 9 that have received the transported object. The storage means 13 for storing the connection history information from the processing means 12 in a database is provided, and the individual information output means 14 capable of extracting the connection history information from the storage means 13 based on the individual symbol of the conveyance object is provided. The traceability system is configured.

An individual number is given to the conveyed product holding means of the rotary transfer device 9 as information to be stored.
For example, in the blow molding apparatus 3, a mandrel number for gripping a preform (PFM) in a heater, a number for all grippers for gripping a conveyed product, and a blow station number are given. In addition, the preform (PFM) body temperature, the preform mouth temperature, the molded primary air pressure, and the molded secondary air pressure are stored as information.

  In addition, as a device provided in the conveying device, the molded bottle inspection device 4 is given the number of the inspection machine gripper in the conveyed product holding means, and stores a plurality of empty bottle inspection items, the sterilization washing device 5, the filling device 6. In the cap tightening device 8, the sterilization nozzle number (No.), the cleaning nozzle number, the filling nozzle number, the filling amount (load cell measurement value or flow rate measurement value), the winding device head number, the winding As shown in FIG. 2, various information such as tightening torque is stored in the storage unit 13 as a database.

  Occurrence of bottle defective products in the bottle molding process from defective products extracted and discovered in the middle of being transported by the continuous rotary transport equipment 10 or returned from bottles with beverages shipped after bottle molding In order to identify the cause and correct the equipment, the individual information output means 14 can be used to investigate the cause based on the connection history information extracted from the storage means 13 as in the following example. .

Example 1. As shown in the chart of Fig. 3, when a scratch or the like is found in the bottle in the sampling inspection of the process (particularly in the figure, the number of defects in the gripper No. 12 in the empty bottle inspection item (2) is as large as 13. That is, Anomalies can be identified by referring to the gripper passage data from the database.
Example 2. If an abnormality is found in the shape and thickness of the bottle, the temperature of the preform (PFM) just before being blow-molded after heating with the heater, which is the condition in the blow molding device 3, and the pressure of the high-pressure air used for blow molding It can be referenced from the database.
Example 3 Even when sterilization, insufficient filling, or defective cap tightening state is detected, it is possible to identify and detect which head of each equipment and which head is starting to malfunction.

During continuous operation, the inspection result of the molding bottle inspection device 4 and the data of the blow molding device 3 are continuously automatically collated and monitored. Thereby, for example, when defects occur continuously in each cycle in the same blow mold, it is possible to issue an alarm or automatically stop and automatically detect abnormality of the mold.
Also, the defective product generation tendency of the inspection result for each head is displayed on the inspection apparatus operation screen, and the operator can grasp the deterioration state of each part of the machine while viewing it.

[Another embodiment]
Other embodiments will be described below.

<1> The transported material transported in the continuous rotary transport facility 10 is a polyester resin container 1 other than polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or another resin container 1 such as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP). Moreover, it is not limited to the resin container 1 but may be another transported object such as a metal container.
<2> The rotary transport device 9 may be a transport device in which only a plurality of grippers as transported material holding means are provided on the periphery of the rotating shaft, in addition to the star wheel type transport device.
<3> Although the example which provided the sterilization washing | cleaning apparatus in the one part was shown in the said continuous rotary conveyance equipment 10, the case where a sterilization washing | cleaning apparatus is not provided may be provided. Further, instead of the sterilization cleaning device, only the sterilization device or only the cleaning device may be provided.
<4> The connected rotary transport equipment 10 is not limited to one set, and is provided with a plurality of sets, and the plurality of sets of connected rotary transport equipment 10 are connected and connected via a transport device such as a belt conveyor 16. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, a printing device 11 is provided in a part of the rotary conveyance devices 9 of each of the linked rotary conveyance facilities 10, and printing by a plurality of printing devices 11 is performed on the conveyed product. , Everything will be attached. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the printing device 11 is provided only in the first linked rotary conveyance facility 10, and the individual symbols attached to the conveyed objects by the printing device 11 are provided in the other linked rotary conveyance facility 10. A symbol reading device 15 to be read is provided, and transport history information on the upstream side related to the individual symbol of the conveyed object read by the symbol reading device 15, and rotary conveyance in the linked rotary conveyance facility 10 in which the symbol reading device 15 is provided. There may be provided an information linkage processing means 12 for linking the conveyed object holding means information of the apparatus 9 and storing it in the storage means 13.

  In addition, as mentioned above, although the code | symbol was written in order to make contrast with drawing convenient, this invention is not limited to the structure of an accompanying drawing by this entry. In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be carried out in various modes without departing from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Resin container 3 Blow molding apparatus 4 Mold bottle inspection apparatus 5 Sterilization washing apparatus 6 Filling apparatus 8 Cap tightening apparatus 9 Rotary conveyance apparatus 10 Linking rotary conveyance equipment 11 Printing apparatus 12 Information linkage processing means 13 Storage means 14 Individual information Output means

Claims (8)

A plurality of rotary transport devices provided with a plurality of transported object holding means on the periphery are arranged, and a continuous rotary transport facility for transferring and transporting transported materials between adjacent rotary transport devices is constituted.
A traceability system for a transport object applied to a transport object transported from the linked rotary transport facility,
Provided with a printing device for attaching an individual symbol to each conveyed product during conveyance by the linked rotary conveyance facility,
Provided is an information link processing means for connecting information of each transported object to which individual symbols are attached by the printing apparatus and transported object holding means of a plurality of the rotary transport apparatuses that have received the transported object,
A traceability system for a conveyed product provided with storage means for storing the connection history information from the information connection processing means in a database.   The traceability system for a conveyed product according to claim 1, further comprising: an individual information output unit capable of extracting the connection history information from the storage unit based on an individual symbol of the conveyed product attached by the printing device.   The transported object is a resin container for producing a beverage bottle, and the linked rotary transport equipment is a blow molding device for blow molding a preform of the resin container, and various inspections of the blow molded resin container. Molded bottle inspection device, sterilizing and cleaning device for sterilizing and cleaning the resin container, filling device for filling the resin container with a beverage, cap wrapping for attaching a cap to the mouth of the resin container filled with a beverage The traceability system for a conveyed product according to claim 1, wherein the rotary conveying device forms a device. In a linked rotary transport facility that arranges a plurality of rotary transport devices provided with a plurality of transported object holding means on the periphery, and delivers and transports transported products between adjacent rotary transport devices,
Provided with a printing device for attaching an individual symbol to each conveyed product in the middle of conveyance of the rotary conveyance devices linked to each other,
A symbol reading unit that reads an individual symbol of each conveyed product attached by the printing device; and a first storage unit that stores information in the conveyed product holding unit;
Provided is an information link processing means for connecting information of each transported object to which individual symbols are attached by the printing apparatus and transported object holding means of a plurality of the rotary transport apparatuses that have received the transported object,
Linked rotary transport equipment provided with second storage means for storing linked history information from the information link processing means in a database.   5. The linked rotary conveyance facility according to claim 4, further comprising individual information output means capable of extracting the linkage history information from the second storage means based on an individual symbol of a conveyed product attached by the printing device.   The transported object is a resin container for producing a beverage bottle, and the plurality of rotary transport devices are blow molding devices for blow molding a preform of the resin container, various types of blow molded resin containers. Molded bottle inspection device for performing inspection, sterilizing and cleaning device for sterilizing and cleaning the resin container, filling device for filling the resin container with beverage, cap winding for attaching a cap to the mouth of the resin container filled with beverage 6. The linked rotary conveying equipment according to claim 4 or 5, which forms one of the fastening devices. It is an operation method of a linked rotary transport facility that arranges a plurality of rotary transport devices provided with a plurality of transported object holding means on the periphery, and delivers and transports transported materials between the adjacent rotary transport devices.
A printing step of attaching individual symbols to each of the objects to be conveyed in the middle of conveyance by the linked rotary conveyance facility;
A reading step of reading individual symbols of each transported object attached by the printing step;
An information acquisition step of acquiring information on each of the transported object holding means;
An information linkage processing step for linking information of each transported object to which individual symbols are attached by the printing process, and each of the transported material holding means of the plurality of rotary transport devices that have received the transported product,
A method for operating a linked rotary conveyance facility, comprising: a storage step of storing and storing linked history information from the linked information processing step.   The operation method of the linked rotary conveyance equipment according to claim 7, further comprising an individual information output step of extracting the linkage history information stored by the storage step based on the individual symbol of the conveyed product attached by the printing step.

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