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DE-102024133022-A1 - Dispensing unit and method for adjusting components of a dispensing unit

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Abstract

The invention relates to a dispensing unit, wherein the dispensing unit comprises at least one transport unit with at least one transport means, wherein a surface of the at least one transport means facing away from a stacking area of the dispensing unit and directed outwards forms a support area for the temporary support of substrate or utility, wherein the at least one transport unit has an entry position in which the at least one transport unit is arranged in a top view within the stacking area and in a vertical direction above it, and an exit position in which the at least one transport unit is arranged in a top view outside the stacking area, wherein the at least one transport unit has at least one compensating means, wherein the at least one compensating means forms the surface of the at least one transport unit facing the stacking area and directed outwards, wherein the at least one compensating means is designed such that an adjustment of the at least one transport unit from the entry position to the exit position and/or vice versa takes place without relative movement between a point of the surface of the at least one compensating means facing outwards and towards the stacking area and a storage surface of the stacking area. The invention further relates to a method for adjusting components of a display unit.

Inventors

  • Erik BORMANN
  • Michael Hoffmann
  • Peter Reichel
  • Martin Zwicker

Assignees

  • KOENIG & BAUER AG

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20241112

Claims (20)

  1. Dispensing unit (700; 1400), wherein the dispensing unit (700; 1400) comprises at least one transport unit (1412) with at least one transport means (1413; 1468), wherein a surface (1416) of the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) facing away from a stacking area (1403) of the dispensing unit (700; 1400) and facing outwards forms a support area for the temporary support of substrate (02) or utility (03), wherein the at least one transport unit (1412) has an entry position (EP) in which the at least one transport unit (1412) is arranged in a top view within the stacking area (1403) and in a vertical direction (V) above it, and an exit position (AP) in which the at least one transport unit (1412) is arranged in a top view outside the stacking area (1403), characterized in that the at least a transport unit (1412) has at least one compensating means (1417), such that the at least one compensating means (1417) forms the surface (1419) of the transport unit (1412) facing the stacking area (1403) and directed outwards, and such that the at least one compensating means (1417) is designed in such a way that the adjustment of the transport unit (1412) from the entry position (EP) to the exit position (AP) and/or vice versa takes place without relative movement between a point of the surface (1419) of the compensating means (1417) facing outwards and the stacking area (1403) and a storage surface (1402) of the stacking area (1403).
  2. Display unit after Claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one transport unit (1412) is in contact with the storage surface (1402) at at least one time on the outwardly directed surface (1419) facing the stacking area (1403) of the at least one compensation means (1417) in the entry position (EP).
  3. Display unit after Claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that a plane (AE) of the surface (1416) of the at least one transport means (1413) for forming the support area to the storage surface (1402) during the arrangement of the at least one transport unit (1412) in the entry position (EP) is arranged at least at one time with a distance such that the distance of the plane (AE) to the storage surface (1402) corresponds to the distance of the plane (AE) to the surface (1419) of the at least one compensation means (1417) facing the stacking area (1403).
  4. Display unit after Claim 1 or 2 or 3 , characterized in that the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) has at least one deflecting means (1414; 1472) rotating about an axis of rotation (R1) in a direction of rotation, that the at least one compensating means (1417) has at least one means (1418; 1420) rotating about an axis of rotation (R2) in a direction of rotation, that the axis of rotation (R1) of the at least one rotating deflecting means (1414; 1472) of the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) and the axis of rotation (R2) of the at least one rotating means (1418; 1420) of the at least one compensating means (1417) are parallel to each other, and that the direction of rotation of the at least one deflecting means (1414; 1472) of the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) and the direction of rotation of the at least one rotating means (1418; 1420) of the at least one compensating means (1417) are directed opposite to each other.
  5. Display unit after Claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 , characterized in that the delivery unit (700; 1400) has at least one linear guide (1411) which guides the at least one transport means (1413) together with the at least one compensation means (1417) between the entry position (EP) and the exit position (AP).
  6. Display unit after Claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 , characterized in that the at least one dispensing unit (700; 1400) has at least one sensor detecting the position in the vertical direction (V) of the storage surface (1402), which is in operative connection to a lifting drive raising or lowering a stacking support (17) limiting the stacking area (1403) by means of at least one control device.
  7. Display unit after Claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 , characterized in that the at least one compensating means (1417) comprises at least one cloth (1421) or band or roller which unwinds from a storage roller or winds onto a storage roller or circulates and forms the outwardly directed surface (1419) of the at least one compensating means (1417) facing the stacking area (1403), or that the at least one compensating means (1417) comprises at least one rotating roller (1420) or cylinder which forms the outwardly directed surface (1419) of the at least one compensating means (1417) facing the stacking area (1403).
  8. Display unit after Claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 , characterized in that the delivery unit (1400) is a blank delivery unit (1400) for the delivery of blank stacks (14) or that the delivery unit (700) is a sheet delivery unit (700) for the delivery of stacks (12) of sheets (02).
  9. Display unit after Claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 , characterized in that the at least one transport unit (1412) is designed as an auxiliary support device (1412) enabling an uninterrupted stack change.
  10. Display unit after Claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 , characterized in that the dispensing unit (1400) has at least one conveying means (1401) directly upstream in the transport direction (T) of substrate (02) or of utility (03) of the at least one transport unit (1412), that the at least one conveying means (1401) has a support surface (1455) of at least one circulating conveying means (1454) of the at least one conveying means (1401), that the support surface (1455) of the at least one conveying means (1401) is arranged in the same plane (AE) as the surface (1416) of the at least one conveying means (1413) of the at least one transport unit (1412).
  11. Display unit after Claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 , characterized in that the dispensing unit (1400) has at least one conveying means (1401) for conveying a stack of blanks (16) to the stacking area (1403) and depositing them in the stacking area (1403), that the at least one conveying means (1401) has at least one removal conveying system (1450) which is designed to receive and convey out at least one stack of blanks (16) from at least one blank separation unit (1200) upstream of the dispensing unit (1400), that the at least one conveying means (1401) has at least one depositing conveying system (1470) which is designed to receive the at least one stack of blanks (16) from the at least one removal conveying system (1450) and to supply it to the stacking area (1403), and that the at least one transport unit (1412) is formed by the at least one depositing conveying system (1470).
  12. Method for adjusting components of a delivery unit (700; 1400) of a processing machine (01), wherein at least one transport unit (1412) of the delivery unit (700; 1400) comprises at least one transport means (1413; 1468), wherein a surface (1416) of the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) facing away from a stacking area (1403) of the delivery unit (700; 1400) and facing outwards forms a support area for the temporary support of substrate (02) or blank (03), wherein the at least one transport unit (1412) moves from an entry position (EP), in which the at least one transport unit (1412) is arranged in a top view within the stacking area (1403) and in a vertical direction (V) above it, to an exit position (AP), in which the at least one transport unit (1412) is located in a top view outside the stacking area. (1403) is arranged, and/or is adjusted in reverse, characterized in that at least one compensation means (1417) forms the surface (1419) of the at least one transport unit (1412) facing the stacking area (1403) and directed outwards, and that an adjustment of the at least one transport unit (1412) from the entry position (EP) to the exit position (AP) and/or vice versa takes place without relative movement between a point of the surface (1419) of the at least one compensation means (1417) facing outwards and towards the stacking area (1403) and a storage surface (1402) of the stacking area (1403).
  13. Procedure according to Claim 12 , characterized in that the adjustment of the at least one transport unit (1412) from the entry position (EP) to the exit position (AP) and/or vice versa takes place without relative movement between a point of the outwardly directed surface (1416) of the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) facing away from the stacking area (1403) and a substrate (02) or utility (03) to be placed on it.
  14. Procedure according to Claim 12 or 13 , characterized in that at least one deflection means (1414; 1472) of the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) rotates about an axis of rotation (R1) in a direction of rotation, that at least one means (1418; 1420) of the at least one compensation means (1417) rotates about an axis of rotation (R2) in a direction of rotation, that the axis of rotation (R1) of the at least one rotating deflection means (1414; 1472) of the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) and the axis of rotation (R2) of the at least one rotating means (1418; 1420) of the at least one compensation means (1417) are parallel to each other, that the direction of rotation of the at least one deflection means (1414; 1472) of the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) and the direction of rotation of the at least one rotating means (1418; 1420) of the at least one compensating means (1417) are directed opposite to each other.
  15. Procedure according to Claim 12 or 13 or 14 , characterized in that the at least one transport unit (1412) on the outwardly directed surface (1419) facing the stacking area (1403) of the at least one compensation means (1417) in the entry position (EP) comes into contact with a storage surface (1402) arranged below the transport unit (1412) at at least one time.
  16. Procedure according to Claim 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 , characterized in that a plane (AE) of the surface (1416) of the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) for forming the support area and the storage area (1402) are arranged at a distance from each other during the adjustment of the at least one transport unit (1412) from the entry position (EP) in the direction of the exit position (AP) such that the distance of the plane (AE) to the storage area (1402) corresponds to the distance of the plane (AE) to the surface (1419) of the at least one compensation means (1417) facing the stacking area (1403).
  17. Procedure according to Claim 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 , characterized in that the at least one transport means (1413; 1468) with the at least one compensation means (1417) is guided by a common linear guide (1411) between the entry position (EP) and the exit position (AP).
  18. Procedure according to Claim 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 , characterized in that at least one cloth (1421) or band or roller blind of the at least one compensation means (1417) in contact with the storage surface (1402) winds up from the storage surface (1402) onto a storage roller during the adjustment of the at least one transport unit (1412) from the retract position (EP) to the extension position (AP), or that at least one cloth (1421) or band or roller blind of the at least one compensation means (1417) in contact with the storage surface (1402) is moved at the same speed as the speed of the adjustment of the at least one transport unit (1412) and at a point on the surface (1419) in the opposite direction to the adjustment.
  19. Procedure according to Claim 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 , characterized in that at least one roller (1420) or roller of the at least one compensation means (1417) rolls on the storage surface (1402) during the adjustment of the at least one transport unit (1412) from the insertion position (EP) to the extension position (AP) without a relative movement between a point of the roller and the storage surface (1402) at the time of contact of this point with the storage surface (1402).
  20. Procedure according to Claim 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 , characterized in that the delivery unit (1400) is designed as a utility delivery unit (1400) and by adjusting the at least one transport unit (1412) from the entry position (EP) to the exit position (AP) at least one utility stack (16) is placed from the at least one transport unit (1412) onto the storage surface (1402) in the stacking area (1403).

Description

The invention relates to a dispensing unit according to the preamble of claim 1 and a method for adjusting components of a dispensing unit according to the preamble of claim 12. Packaging is manufactured using web- or sheet-shaped materials. In several processing steps, the sheets are printed, embossed, creased, perforated, die-cut, cut, stapled, glued, and folded into packaging. To optimally utilize the surface area of a sheet, several identical or different copies, such as a poster, a folding box, or a package, are typically printed on a single sheet and then die-cut. These copies are referred to as a unit. A processing machine can include various processing steps such as printing, cutting, embossing, creasing, die-cutting, perforating, gluing, and/or stapling. Such processing machines often also feature inspection devices. Sheets are typically processed and trimmed in processing machines with form-based die-cutting and cutting units. Such a processing machine is, for example, a die-cutting, cutting, perforating, embossing, and/or creasing machine. When such a processing machine is referred to as a die-cutting and/or stamping machine in the following, this specifically includes a cutting, perforating, embossing, and/or creasing machine. In form-based systems, there are both flatbed and rotary die-cutting machines. Due to the continuous motion process, rotary die-cutting machines can achieve significantly higher production speeds than flatbed die-cutting machines. Rotary die-cutting machines are equipped, for example, with modules such as a die-cutting unit, a creasing unit, an embossing unit, and/or a stripping unit. One such rotary die-cutting machine is, for example, made from the WO 2017/089420 A2 known. Individual substrates are processed between interacting machining cylinders of machining units and then collected in a display to form a stack of substrate. Through the WO 2021/233667 A1 A process for panel separation is known, wherein the separation of partial stacks of substrate takes place inline with upstream forming units. After the panel separation process, the resulting partial stacks of panels are conveyed from the panel separation area by a rake and laid out in a panel display in the form of panel stacks. The DE 10 2013 214 531 A1 A sheet-processing machine with a feeder or delivery unit containing a sheet support element with a support structure for receiving at least one sheet section is taught. The support structure can be positioned under the sheet to be received. A traction element can be stored in the support structure in such a way that the insertion of the support structure occurs without relative movement between the traction element and the sheet to be received. The invention is based on the objective of creating a dispensing unit and a method for adjusting components of a dispensing unit. The problem is solved according to the invention by the features of claim 1 and claim 12. The dependent claims represent particularly advantageous embodiments of the solution found. A delivery unit is preferably provided. Additionally or alternatively, a method for adjusting components of a delivery unit is preferably provided. Preferably, a processing machine has the at least one delivery unit. The delivery unit is preferably a blank delivery unit. Alternatively, for example, the delivery unit is a sheet delivery unit. The delivery unit preferably has at least one transport unit with at least one transport means. A surface of the at least one transport means, facing away from a stacking area of the delivery unit and directed outwards, forms a support area for the temporary support of substrate or blanks, preferably blanks in the form of stacks of blank components. The at least one transport unit preferably has an entry position, in which the at least one transport unit is arranged in a top view within the stacking area and vertically above it, and an exit position, in which the at least one transport unit is arranged in a top view outside the stacking area. The at least one transport unit is preferably moved from the entry position to the exit position and/or vice versa. The at least one transport unit preferably has at least one compensating means. The at least one compensating means forms the surface of the at least one transport unit facing the stacking area and directed outwards. The at least one compensating means is preferably designed such that adjustment of the at least one transport unit from the insertion position to the extension position and/or vice versa is possible without any change in position. dynamic movement takes place between a point on the outwardly directed surface of the at least one compensation means and a storage surface of the stacking area. A particularly advantageous way of preventing relative movement on the underside of the at least one transport unit with respect to the storage surface located below the transport unit, in particular the surface of a stacking base o