Automatic ampoule bottle packaging line suitable for flexible packaging

Abstract

The automatic ampoule bottle packaging line comprises sponge support feeding equipment, ampoule bottle feeding and support entering equipment is arranged on one side of the sponge support feeding equipment, and an ampoule bottle arranging device is arranged on the side, away from the sponge support feeding equipment, of the ampoule bottle feeding and support entering equipment; a rotary distance changing device and a visual eliminating device are arranged on one side of the ampoule bottle arranging device, visual detecting equipment is arranged between the rotary distance changing device and the visual eliminating device, automatic capping equipment is arranged at an outlet of the visual eliminating device, and follow-up material shifting equipment is arranged on one side of the automatic capping equipment. A buffer spring is additionally arranged, and the buffer spring is compressed when the ampoule bottle is extruded due to the existence of a buffer mechanism, so that the ampoule bottle is prevented from being crushed by extrusion; the action is fast, the efficiency is high, and multi-station work can be realized.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the field of automation equipment, and in particular relates to an automatic packaging line for ampoule bottles suitable for soft packaging. Background Art

[0002] Automatic packaging lines are widely used and mature in drug production, usually in combination with standard hard packaging materials. However, for injection companies that use ampoules as inner packaging materials, in order to avoid ampoules breaking during transportation and causing drug quality problems, companies usually choose soft packaging materials such as sponge trays as outer packaging materials. However, there have been no successful applications of automatic packaging lines based on soft packaging materials at home and abroad. Summary of the invention

[0003] The invention provides an automatic packaging line for ampoule bottles suitable for soft packaging, in which a buffer spring is added. The buffer mechanism ensures that the buffer spring is compressed when the ampoule bottle is squeezed, thereby preventing the ampoule bottle from being crushed. The line has fast action and high efficiency, and can realize the operation of multiple workstations.

[0004] The technical solution of the present invention is implemented as follows: an automatic packaging line for ampoule bottles suitable for soft packaging includes a sponge tray feeding device, and an ampoule bottle feeding and traying device is arranged on one side of the sponge tray feeding device, characterized in that: an ampoule bottle arranging device is arranged on the side of the ampoule bottle feeding and traying device away from the sponge tray feeding device;

[0005] A rotating pitch changing device and a visual rejection device are arranged on one side of the ampoule bottle sorting device, a visual inspection device is arranged between the rotating pitch changing device and the visual rejection device, an automatic capping device is arranged at the exit of the visual rejection device, and a follow-up material selection device is arranged on one side of the automatic capping device;

[0006] A high-speed cartoning device is arranged at the exit of the material-selecting device, a laser coding device is arranged on one side of the high-speed cartoning device, and a three-dimensional wrapping device is arranged at the exit of the laser coding device;

[0007] The sponge tray, ampoule bottle and sponge cap are manually placed in the loading station. The sponge tray loading equipment transports the sponge tray to the ampoule bottle loading and traying equipment. The ampoule bottle loading and traying equipment puts the ampoule bottle into the sponge tray. The rotating pitch-changing device rotates and changes the pitch of the sponge tray with the bottle and places it on the rear conveyor. After passing through the visual inspection equipment, the visual rejection device removes the defective products, and the rear conveyor transports the good products to the next station.

[0008] As a further improvement to the above technical solution:

[0009] The automatic capping equipment places the sponge cap on the sponge tray with bottle, and follows the material shifting equipment to transfer the material from the rear conveyor to the high-speed cartoning equipment for the cartoning process.

[0010] As a further improvement to the above technical solution:

[0011] Behind the three-dimensional wrapping equipment are arranged weighing equipment, material sorting platform, automatic box opening and packing station, automatic labeling station, automatic box sealing equipment and automatic strapping equipment.

[0012] As a further improvement to the above technical solution:

[0013] After boxing, the laser coding equipment will print the production information on the designated position of the small box; five boxes are grouped into three-dimensional wrapping equipment for lamination and packaging.

[0014] As a further improvement to the above technical solution:

[0015] After wrapping, the materials enter the weighing equipment for weighing inspection and defective products are removed; after the middle-pack materials enter the material sorting platform, they are sorted according to the packing requirements and the robot in the automatic unpacking and packing station performs the packing operation; after packing, the large box enters the roller line, passes through the automatic labeling station to affix corner labels, and the automatic sealing equipment and automatic strapping equipment perform the sealing and strapping operations respectively.

[0016] As a further improvement to the above technical solution:

[0017] After completion, it enters the large box positioning station and is grabbed by the palletizing robot in the palletizing station for palletizing. After palletizing, it is transferred to the AGV transport buffer station by the AGV cart, waiting for the peripheral AGV to transport it.

[0018] As a further improvement to the above technical solution:

[0019] The ampoule bottle feeding and traying equipment comprises a cam slot plate, a micro cam is arranged above the cam slot plate, an ampoule bottle swinging mechanism is arranged on one side of the cam slot plate, a material shifting plate is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the cam slot plate, and a buffer spring is arranged on the cam slot plate.

[0020] As a further improvement to the above technical solution:

[0021] A sponge cover air blowing separation bin is arranged at the bottom of the cam groove plate, a plurality of separation sheets are arranged in the sponge cover air blowing separation bin, and an air blowing block is arranged on one side of the separation sheet.

[0022] The ampoule bottle swinging mechanism in the ampoule bottle feeding and traying equipment is machined with a cam groove guide on the cam groove plate according to the movement trajectory of the feed plate. The micro cam is installed on the feed plate and cooperates with the cam groove, so that the swinging mechanism no longer fails due to the uncontrollable swinging range. Because the feed plate is made of hard material, it may cause the ampoule bottle to be damaged. The ampoule bottle swinging mechanism is increased with a buffer spring. The existence of the buffer mechanism ensures that the buffer spring is compressed when the ampoule bottle is squeezed to prevent the ampoule bottle from being crushed. It has fast action and high efficiency, and can realize the simultaneous action of multiple groups of workstations, greatly improving the production efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative labor.

[0024] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention from a top view;

[0025] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the material shifting mechanism of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the air blowing separation mechanism.

[0027] In the figure, 1. sponge tray loading equipment; 2. ampoule bottle loading and tray loading equipment; 3. ampoule bottle sorting device; 4. rotating variable pitch device; 5. visual inspection equipment; 6. visual rejection device; 7. automatic cover equipment; 8. follow-up material selection equipment; 9. high-speed box loading equipment; 10. laser coding equipment; 11. three-dimensional wrapping equipment; 12. weighing equipment; 13. material sorting platform; 14. automatic box opening and packing station; 15. automatic labeling station; 16. automatic box sealing equipment; 17. automatic strapping equipment; 18. large box positioning station; 19. palletizing station; 20. AGV handling and buffering station; 21. ampoule bottle swinging mechanism; 22. cam slot plate; 23. micro cam; 24. material selection plate; 25. buffer spring; 26. sponge cover air blowing separation silo; 27. separation sheet; 28. air blowing block. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] Embodiment, as attached Figure 1-3 As shown, an automatic packaging line for ampoule bottles suitable for soft packaging includes a sponge tray loading device 1, an ampoule bottle loading and tray device 2 is arranged on one side of the sponge tray loading device 1, and an ampoule bottle sorting device 3 is arranged on the side of the ampoule bottle loading and tray device 2 away from the sponge tray loading device 1.

[0029] A rotational pitch changing device 4 and a visual rejection device 6 are provided on one side of the ampoule bottle sorting device 3, a visual inspection device 5 is provided between the rotational pitch changing device 4 and the visual rejection device 6, an automatic capping device 7 is provided at the outlet of the visual rejection device 6, and a follow-up material dispensing device 8 is provided on one side of the automatic capping device 7.

[0030] A high-speed cartoning device 9 is arranged at the exit of the material-selecting device 8 , a laser coding device 10 is arranged on one side of the high-speed cartoning device 9 , and a three-dimensional wrapping device 11 is arranged at the exit of the laser coding device 10 .

[0031] A weighing device 12, a material sorting platform 13, an automatic box opening and packing station 14, an automatic labeling station 15, an automatic box sealing device 16 and an automatic strapping device 17 are arranged in sequence behind the three-dimensional wrapping device 11.

[0032] A large box positioning station 18, a palletizing station 19 and an AGV transport buffer station 20 are arranged on one side of an automatic packaging line for ampoule bottles suitable for soft packaging.

[0033] The sponge tray, ampoule bottle and sponge cover are manually placed in the loading station. The sponge tray loading equipment 1 automatically places the sponge tray on the front conveyor, and the front conveyor transports the sponge tray to the ampoule bottle loading and tray equipment 2. The ampoule bottle loading and tray equipment 2 places the ampoule bottle into the sponge tray. Because the sponge tray is soft and has uncontrollable deformation, a small number of ampoules cannot be completely placed in the tray. The ampoule bottle sorting device 3 places the ampoules that are not completely placed in the tray into the tray, and the rotating pitch-changing device 4 rotates and changes the pitch of the sponge tray with bottle and places it on the rear conveyor. After passing through the visual inspection device 5, it is detected whether there are any undesirable conditions such as incomplete placement of the tray, damage of the ampoule bottle, leakage, etc. The visual rejection device 6 rejects the defective products, and the rear conveyor conveys the good products to the next station. The automatic capping device 7 places the sponge cover on the sponge tray with bottle, and follows the material shifting device 8 to transfer the material from the rear conveyor to the high-speed boxing device 9 for the boxing process.

[0034] After boxing, the laser coding device 10 prints the production information on the specified position of the small box; five boxes are grouped into the three-dimensional wrapping device 11 for film coating and packaging. To ensure production quality, they enter the weighing device 12 for weighing and detection after wrapping to remove defective products; after the middle package materials enter the material sorting platform 13, they are sorted according to the packing requirements, and the robot in the automatic box opening and packing station 14 performs the boxing operation; after boxing, the large box enters the roller line, passes through the automatic labeling station 15 to paste the corner label, and the automatic sealing device 16 and the automatic strapping device 17 respectively perform the box sealing and strapping and packaging operations. After completion, it enters the large box positioning station 18, and is grabbed by the palletizing robot in the palletizing station 19 for palletizing. After palletizing, it is transported by the AGV cart to the AGV handling buffer station 20, waiting for the peripheral AGV to carry out transportation.

[0035] The ampoule feeding and traying device 2 comprises a cam slot plate 22 , a micro cam 23 is arranged above the cam slot plate 22 , an ampoule swinging mechanism 21 is arranged on one side of the cam slot plate 22 , a material shifting plate 24 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the cam slot plate 22 , and a buffer spring 25 is arranged on the cam slot plate 22 .

[0036] A sponge cover air blowing separation bin 26 is provided at the bottom of the cam slot plate 22 . A plurality of separation sheets 27 are provided in the sponge cover air blowing separation bin 26 . An air blowing block 28 is provided on one side of the separation sheet 27 .

[0037] Technical innovation: The ampoule bottle swinging mechanism in the ampoule bottle feeding and traying device 2 is machined with a cam groove guide on the cam groove plate 22 according to the motion trajectory of the material shifting plate 24. The micro cam 23 is installed on the material shifting plate 24 and cooperates with the cam groove, so that the swinging mechanism no longer fails due to the uncontrollable swinging range; because the material shifting plate 24 is made of hard material, it may cause the ampoule bottle to be damaged. The ampoule bottle swinging mechanism 21 is increased with a buffer spring 25. The existence of the buffer mechanism ensures that the buffer spring 25 is compressed when the ampoule bottle is squeezed to prevent the ampoule bottle from being crushed; the transfer of the material with tray adopts a new type of rotary pitch changing device 4, and adopts a servo-driven synchronous belt pulley group with a corresponding multiple of teeth to realize pitch change. The pitch changing mechanism in this innovation point has fast action and high efficiency, and can realize the simultaneous action of multiple workstations, thereby greatly improving the production efficiency.

[0038] Due to the particularity of the sponge cover material, the automatic cover-loading equipment 7 adopts a sponge cover blowing separation silo 26, and the blowing block 28 separates the upper sponge cover from the lower layer. Separation sheets 27 are arranged around it, which can scrape off the lower sponge cover to ensure that only one piece of the sponge cover is sucked away when the suction cup gripper sucks the sponge cover; the tail of the separation sheet 27 is connected to a tension spring. When the silo is empty, manual loading only needs to align the material with the silo opening and press it down to put it in. The separation sheet 27 is automatically pressed down, and it automatically rebounds due to the spring tension after loading is completed, ensuring the separation effect while not affecting the loading.

[0039] The whole line adopts the step-by-step + continuous production mode, with the maximum possible multi-station and process production to maximize production efficiency. The front end is n groups of materials that are produced step by step at the same time, and after following the material selection device 8, the step-by-step working mode is changed to the continuous working mode.

Claims

1. An automatic packaging line for ampoule bottles suitable for soft packaging, comprising a sponge tray feeding device, one side of which is provided with an ampoule bottle feeding and tray feeding device, characterized in that: An ampoule bottle sorting device is arranged on the side of the ampoule bottle feeding and tray loading device away from the sponge tray feeding device; A rotating pitch changing device and a visual rejection device are arranged on one side of the ampoule bottle sorting device, a visual inspection device is arranged between the rotating pitch changing device and the visual rejection device, an automatic capping device is arranged at the exit of the visual rejection device, and a follow-up material selection device is arranged on one side of the automatic capping device; A high-speed cartoning device is arranged at the exit of the material-selecting device, a laser coding device is arranged on one side of the high-speed cartoning device, and a three-dimensional wrapping device is arranged at the exit of the laser coding device; The sponge tray, ampoule bottle and sponge cap are manually placed in the loading station. The sponge tray loading equipment transports the sponge tray to the ampoule bottle loading and traying equipment. The ampoule bottle loading and traying equipment puts the ampoule bottle into the sponge tray. The rotating pitch-changing device rotates and changes the pitch of the sponge tray with the bottle and places it on the rear conveyor. After passing through the visual inspection equipment, the visual rejection device removes the defective products, and the rear conveyor transports the good products to the next station.

2. An automatic ampoule packaging line suitable for soft packaging as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The automatic capping equipment places the sponge cap on the sponge tray with bottle, and follows the material shifting equipment to transfer the material from the rear conveyor to the high-speed cartoning equipment for the cartoning process.

3. An automatic ampoule packaging line suitable for soft packaging as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: Behind the three-dimensional wrapping equipment are arranged weighing equipment, material sorting platform, automatic box opening and packing station, automatic labeling station, automatic box sealing equipment and automatic strapping equipment.

4. An automatic packaging line for ampoule bottles suitable for soft packaging as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: After packing, the laser coding equipment will print the production information on the designated position of the small box; five boxes are grouped into three-dimensional wrapping equipment for lamination and packaging.

5. An automatic packaging line for ampoule bottles suitable for soft packaging as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that: After wrapping, the materials enter the weighing equipment for weighing inspection and defective products are removed; after the middle-pack materials enter the material sorting platform, they are sorted according to the packing requirements and the robot in the automatic unpacking and packing station performs the packing operation; after packing, the large box enters the roller line, passes through the automatic labeling station to affix corner labels, and the automatic sealing equipment and automatic strapping equipment perform the sealing and strapping operations respectively.

6. An automatic ampoule packaging line suitable for soft packaging as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that: After completion, it enters the large box positioning station and is grabbed by the palletizing robot in the palletizing station for palletizing. After palletizing, it is transferred to the AGV handling and buffering station by the AGV cart, waiting for the peripheral AGV to carry it.

7. An automatic ampoule packaging line suitable for soft packaging as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: The ampoule bottle feeding and traying equipment comprises a cam slot plate, a micro cam is arranged above the cam slot plate, an ampoule bottle swinging mechanism is arranged on one side of the cam slot plate, a material shifting plate is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the cam slot plate, and a buffer spring is arranged on the cam slot plate.

8. An automatic ampoule packaging line suitable for soft packaging as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that: A sponge cover air blowing separation bin is arranged at the bottom of the cam groove plate, a plurality of separation sheets are arranged in the sponge cover air blowing separation bin, and an air blowing block is arranged on one side of the separation sheet.

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