Krones Ag

Michael Astner

Manuel Kollmuss

Erhard Beer

Arsalan Mehdi

Johannes Kirzinger

Christian Westermeier

Marco Ehberger

Sebastian Grimm

Felix Schwalb

The invention relates to an apparatus and a method handling moved piece goods. The apparatus comprises a manipulator for the piece goods, at least one transport device transporting the moved piece goods to a seizing range of the at least one manipulator and at least one horizontal conveying device assigned to the seizing range and/or to a movement range of the at least one manipulator, via which horizontal conveying device the moved piece goods are transported in the seizing range of the at least one manipulator. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises at least one detection device for obtaining space coordinates and/or position data and/or contour data of piece goods to be seized by the manipulator, wherein the at least one horizontal conveying device and the at least one transport device are calibratable and/or controllable based on the space coordinates and/or position data and/or contour data.

Apparatus and method for handling piece goods moved one after another

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus () for handling piece goods () moved one after another in at least one row (). Immediately consecutive piece goods () in a row () without spaces or with minimal spaces are transported as a closed formation (F). At least one transported piece good (*) is seized in a clamping and/or force-locking and/or form-locking manner from the closed formation (F); is spatially separated from the closed formation (F); and is brought into a specified relative target position (P) and/or target alignment in relation to subsequent piece goods ().

Method and apparatus handling piece goods moved in at least one row one after another

The invention includes a method and a handling system for manipulating and/or for handling piece goods () moved one after another in at least one row () in a transport direction (TR) on a horizontal conveying device (). In each work cycle, seizing at least one transported piece good () from the at least one row () by at least one handling device (); spatially separating it from the row (); and bringing it into a specified relative target position and/or target alignment relative to subsequent piece goods (). After a failure event with an at least a temporary standstill of the horizontal conveying device () and/or of the handling device (), the handling device () is initialized, and, after the failure has been remedied, the horizontal conveying device () automatically restarts and continues the previously interrupted process.

Handling system and method for handling piece goods

The invention relates to an apparatus () and method for handling moved piece goods (), and a conveying, processing, and/or packaging plant including the apparatus (). The apparatus () comprises at least one manipulator () for piece goods (), at least one transport device () by which the moved piece goods () are transportable to a seizing range () of the at least one manipulator (), and at least one movable optical detection device () assigned to the seizing range () and/or to a movement range of the at least one manipulator (). The optical detection device () obtains space coordinates and/or position data and/or contour data of at least one piece good () that is being moved. The at least one manipulator () and/or further conveyor components of the apparatus () can be calibrated and/or controlled based on the detected space coordinates and/or position data and/or contour data.

Apparatus and method for handling moving piece goods, and a conveying, processing and/or packaging plant with an apparatus for handling moving piece goods

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus () for handling piece goods () moved one after another, with the piece goods () being transported to a seizing range () of a manipulator (). At least one transported piece good () is seized in a clamping and/or force-locking and/or form-locking manner by at least two clamping elements and/or gripping elements () located opposite each other. The piece good is spatially separated from the subsequent piece goods () and is brought into a specified relative target position (P) and/or target alignment relative to subsequent piece goods (). A first vertical symmetry plane and which is oriented about perpendicular to a transport direction (TR), is spaced apart from a second vertical symmetry plane aligned about parallel thereto, with the second vertical symmetry plane being defined by the manipulator () or by the manipulator clamping elements and/or gripping elements ().

Method and apparatus for handling piece goods moved one after another

The invention relates to a handling apparatus () for piece goods () that comprises at least one divider finger (), which is introducible to a transport plane (), largely perpendicular, from below, with the at least one divider finger being connected to a divider bar element (). The divider bar element is movably arranged below the transport plane () and is guided in a specified movement path. The divider bar element is detachably connected to a profile element (). During a format change, the divider bar element is toolessly detached and interchanged for another divider bar element, which has divider fingers that are positioned differently and/or spaced apart differently from the divider fingers of the removed divider bar element.

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Brannenburg, Germany

Michael Astner