ROBOT PALLETIZER CONDUCTING STRETCH LAPPING

• Main Authors: BECICKA KENNETH F, HILGEMAN SAMUEL J, YOURGALITE RAY A, MOORE KEVIN D, CHAMBERLAIN NEAL C, MOORE MALCOLM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 01.09.1990
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

PURPOSE: To enable stable formation of a palletized articles by a method wherein after articles are received from a supply source, they are transferred to a collecting station and directly loaded on the collecting station, then the stacked articles are wrapped with wrapping films. CONSTITUTION: After a pair of boxes series 34 are stacked on a conveyor 22 and captured by a palletizer 14, the boxes are forwarded to a turntable 12. When a pair of boxes are stacked up to the height required for the first packaging cycle, said packaging cycle is started. A film 62 is held by a film clamp 72. A turntable 12 is rotated from 0 deg. to 360 deg. clockwise and the film 62 is rolled out from a rolled film 48. The film 62 is spirally rolled out for the articles on the pallet 32 as the turntable 12 is rotated and the circumference of the stacked article is firmly packaged with the film 62 by a film clamp 72. APARATO Y METODO PARA CREAR UNA PILA DE ARTICULOS Y PARA ENVOLVERLA CON PELICULA PARA FORMAR UN PAQUETE UNITARIO. EL APARATO COMPRENDE UNA PLATAFORMA GIRATORIA PARA SOPORTAR LOS ARTICULOS; UN PALETIZADOR PARA APILAR DICHOS ARTICULOS SOBRE DICHA PLATAFORMA GIRATORIA; UN DISPOSITIVO PARA SERVIR UN MEDIO DE EMBALADO A DICHA PLATAFORMA GIRATORIA; Y UN DISPOSITIVO DE ELEMENTO CORTANTE PARA CORTAR DICHO MEDIO DE EMBALADO. SEGUN EL METODO, MIENTRAS LOS ARTICULOS SE ESTAN APILANDO, SE ENVUELVE, UNA CANTIDAD DE PELICULA DE EMBALADO ALREDEDOR DE LA PILA DE ARTICULOS TANTO A INTERVALOS DURANTE EL PROCESO DE APILADO COMO AL COMPLETARSE LA PILA.