Primary-to-Secondary Packaging Module for Guided Insertion and Closure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing packaging processes require multiple sequential steps that involve different handling tools, leading to inefficiencies, increased monitoring effort, and space requirements due to the need for specialized tools for each step, which are not easily integrated.
Innovation Solution
A handling device that guides and positions primary packagings within secondary packagings while also closing the secondary packaging opening, integrating positioning and closing functions into a single device to streamline the process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If multiple specialized handling tools are used for successive packaging steps, then each step can be performed with dedicated functionality, but the device complexity increases and more space is required
Solution Approach 1:
The handling device is designed to perform multiple functions: it guides primary packagings during insertion, positions them at the target position, and closes the secondary packaging opening. This multi-functional approach replaces multiple specialized tools with a single integrated device, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining dedicated functionality for each packaging step
2Ease of manufacture
If multiple specialized handling tools are used for successive packaging steps, then each step can be performed with dedicated functionality, but the space required within the packaging machine increases
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating guidance, positioning, and closing functions into a single handling device, the spatial footprint is reduced compared to having separate specialized tools for each function. The device performs multiple operations in sequence at the same location, minimizing the space required within the packaging machine
3Ease of manufacture
If sequential packaging steps are performed with separate handling tools, then each step can be optimized independently, but the productivity decreases due to slower process speed
Solution Approach 1:
The handling device merges the guidance, positioning, and closing operations into a single integrated process. By performing these operations in close temporal succession with one device rather than multiple separate tools, the overall packaging speed increases while maintaining the ability to optimize each functional step independently through the device's design parameters
4Ease of manufacture
If separate handling tools are used for insertion and closing, then each tool can be specialized, but the control and monitoring effort increases
Solution Approach 1:
The single handling device performs both insertion guidance and closing operations, reducing the number of tools that need to be coordinated and monitored. While the device has multiple functions, the control system manages them as an integrated sequence rather than coordinating multiple independent tools, thereby reducing overall control and monitoring effort
Data Source
AI summary
A packaging method is described in which at least one primary packaging (2) is inserted through a closable opening into a secondary packaging (3) after a handling device (20) has been positioned at the closable opening of the secondary packaging (3). The primary packaging (2) is guided by the handling device (20) during its insertion into the opening of the secondary packaging (3), and a target position of the primary packaging (2) is predetermined within the secondary packaging (3). After insertion of the at least one primary packaging (2) into the secondary packaging (3), the opening of the secondary packaging (3) is at least partially closed under the cooperation or action of the handling device (20). Furthermore, a packaging module is described which is designed to perform such a packaging process.