Document-of-Value Container Filling With Parallel Transport Paths
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing document-of-value processing systems require containers to be filled sequentially, necessitating a wait time for each container to be removed before the next can be filled, slowing down the overall filling process.
Innovation Solution
A filling apparatus and method that allows simultaneous transport of multiple containers through a transport path, enabling containers to be positioned in a filling region while others are being filled or removed, using a transport device and gripping device to efficiently fill receiving sections of the containers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If containers are filled sequentially using a single transport path, then the filling process is simple to control, but the throughput is reduced due to waiting time between container removal and next container filling
Solution Approach 1:
The transport path is segmented into multiple parallel paths, allowing multiple containers to be transported and filled simultaneously. The filling apparatus includes at least two separate transport paths that enable concurrent container handling operations, eliminating the sequential wait time and increasing overall throughput.
2Productivity
If multiple containers are transported simultaneously through parallel paths, then the filling throughput increases, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The filling apparatus is designed with multi-functional capabilities where a single apparatus can handle multiple containers through parallel transport paths. The system maintains operational simplicity by using standardized container interfaces and unified control logic that works across all parallel paths, reducing the effective complexity despite increased throughput capability.
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AI summary
A filling apparatus and to a method are for filling containers with document-of-value stacks, and to a document-of-value processing apparatus. The filling apparatus is designed for filling containers with document-of-value stacks, for example document-of-value stacks that are set down by a document-of-value processing machine in a delivery region of the document-of-value processing machine. The filling apparatus has a feed interface, a delivery interface and a transport path along which the containers can be transported from the feed interface to the delivery interface, and a filling region in which in each case one container that has been fed to the filling apparatus can be positioned in order to be filled with document-of-value stacks by means of a gripping device.