C.e.r.m.e.x. Constructions Etudes Et Recherches De Materiels Pour L'emballage D'expedition

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Thierry Garnier

Guillaume Duchemin

Didier Mougin

David Gatos

Michel Begin

Anthony Gautheron

Vincent Rodot

Pierre Variot

Philippe Chevalier

Frédéric Roca

Jérôme Sergent

Disclosed is a method for collecting at least one product from among a line of products arriving in a lined-up fashion one behind the other on a conveyor. The conveyor has a path, for conveying the products, and a conveying direction. The method uses at least one collector of at least one product. The collector includes at least one first receptacle capable of accommodating at least one product. The collector is movably mounted along the path for conveying the products in the conveying direction and in the opposite direction. The method includes at least one first step for collecting the at least one product in the at least one receptacle by moving the at least one collector over the conveyor on the conveying path and in the conveying direction.

Method for collecting at least one product, and equipment ensuring implementation of the method

A positioning device () for positioning products () simultaneously with their conveyance one after the other in a plane of conveyance () and along a direction of conveyance (). The device has at least one orientation mechanism (), itself having at least one pusher () movable along an action movement between an inactive position and an active position. The effect of the action movement is to act on a product () by pushing it to make it pivot by a predetermined angle around an axis perpendicular to the plane of conveyance (), the at least one pusher () being movable also in the direction of conveyance (). Also disclosed is a corresponding method.

Device and method of positioning products

The invention relates to a method for grouping together products that arrive in line and are spaced apart from each other on an infeed conveyor (), consisting of: collecting the products on the fly by means of a pair of collectors () that move transversely relative to the products on said conveyor (); moving the products collected by collector (A) to a removal station () and, at the same time, replacing said collector (A) with the second collector (B) that, in turn, collects the products; and dropping off the products from collector (A) to the removal station () and bringing said collector (A) back to a collecting position while intersecting collector (B). The equipment includes a pair of carriages (), each of which has a collector (), said carriages being moved transversely and said collectors () being mounted on actuators () that move the collectors so as to transfer the latter from the removal position to a retracted position that makes it possible for said collectors () to intersect one other.

Method for grouping products together with a view to case packing same

The invention relates to a machine for forming groups of products that arrive in a line, separated on a feeding conveyor (), which includes vertically separated collectors () connected to chutes () that are arranged transversely relative to the feeding axis, said chutes () each comprising a mobile carriage () that supports a collector () by means of an actuator (), said carriages () and actuators () being vertically adjacent and controlled by a programmable automaton () suitable for controlling the cyclic polygonal movement of each collector (). The means for controlling the collectors () offer the possibility of organizing the capture of the products and, in particular, of selecting a number of collectors () suited to the group forming rates and/or the type of products () to be formed into groups.

Machine for forming groups of products for the casing thereof

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Octeville-sur-Mer, France

Thierry Garnier