PACKING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM

摘要

The system consists of several modules: an upstream module M for storing cardboard blanks (3), in the form of a fifo-type magazine (2); a central module C equipped with a device for taking said blanks (3) from said magazine (2) by means of an extractor arm (9); and a downstream packing and packaging module V comprising a station (5) where the blanks (3) are erected. The extractor arm (9) is mounted on a carriage (10) which is movable so as to move the blanks (3) lengthwise and the arm is itself movable relative to said carriage by means of an actuating mechanism which enables said arm (9) to articulate about an axis (11), which axis (11) lies in a fixed horizontal plane which corresponds both to the plane of the soleplate (8) of the magazine (2) and to that of the sole plate (14) of the blank (3) erecting station (5). The distance D between the exit edge (12) of said magazine (2) and the reference point (16) of the station (5) is fixed, and it is therefore the carriage (10) which controls the movements of the blank (3) extracted from the magazine (2) in order, on the one hand, to avert the risk of interference with said magazine and, on the other hand, to position said blank correctly in the station (5) to enable it to be erected, and this for a whole range of forms of blanks (3) for which the system is designed.