Compact Beverage Container Bundling Device with Rotating Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices for producing adhesive containers are inefficient for small batches due to high conversion costs and complex format changes, requiring large spaces and high throughput speeds, making them unsuitable for processing small numbers of differently shaped beverage containers.
Innovation Solution
A compact device with two spaced-apart adhesive application units and a rotating transport system that allows for intermittent processing, enabling quick format changes and efficient bonding of small batches of beverage containers into packs with minimal space usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If continuous transport through individual work stations is used, then high throughput speed is achieved, but device length and space requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple work stations (adhesive application, rotation, transport) into a single integrated device where containers are processed in a compact circular path. The transport device brings containers from different positions to a central processing area, merging functions that would traditionally be distributed along a long linear path.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a linear one-dimensional arrangement of work stations to a two-dimensional circular arrangement. Containers move in a circular path around a central axis, allowing multiple processing positions to be accessed without increasing the device's linear length.
2Productivity
If large numbers of containers are processed simultaneously, then high throughput is achieved, but format changes become extremely complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent processes containers in smaller batches rather than large continuous streams. The transport device holds a limited number of containers at each position, allowing independent processing and easier reconfiguration for different formats without affecting a large number of containers simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The device incorporates adjustable components that can be dynamically reconfigured for different container formats. The transport device can adjust its positioning and the adhesive application can be modified for different container types, enabling flexible format changes with minimal complexity.
3Productivity
If multiple adhesive heads apply adhesive to different contact surfaces, then bonding efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adhesive application device uses a universal application mechanism that can apply adhesive to different contact surfaces of containers. The system is designed to handle various container configurations (single row, multiple rows, different orientations) with the same basic adhesive application principle, reducing the need for specialized components for each surface.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device allows for economic production of adhesive packs from small batches with reduced space requirements and simplified format changes, enhancing flexibility and throughput by applying adhesive to multiple contact surfaces without extensive container rotation.
Implementation Method 1
Containers whose containers are held together by adhesive are particularly advantageous because they are inexpensive and the adhesive is usually arranged between the containers at the respective contact points of the containers with one another
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device for producing bundles of containers. In order to enable economic adhesion of small quantities of a beverage container type into bundles, according to the invention a device has two application units, which are spaced apart from each other, for cyclic application of adhesive to the beverage containers, a transport device which transfers the beverage containers from a first processing position converging to a second processing position, a rotation device which rotates the beverage containers and a bundle former which combines the beverage containers having the adhesive into bundles comprising a plurality of beverage containers.