Upright Pouch Boxing with L-Shaped Guide Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Automating the packing of rectangular articles, such as standing pouches, is challenging due to interference between batches, leading to disordered alignment and manual intervention is required for binding and bundling.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus using a multi-axis actuator and guides to align and insert pouch bundles upright in a carton, allowing for completely automated packing without manual binding, utilizing an aligning device, hand, and guides formed in L shapes with comb teeth to maintain stable alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If manual binding and bundling operations are performed to ensure stable alignment of pouch bundles, then alignment stability is improved, but labor intensity and production complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the binding operation from the packaging process. By using a container with guide members that physically constrain and align pouch bundles during stacking, the patent removes the need for manual binding while maintaining alignment stability throughout the packaging process.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide members in the container serve as intermediary structures that mediate between the pouch bundles and the container walls. These guides provide physical alignment and stability without requiring binding operations, acting as a mechanical intermediary that ensures proper positioning.
2Volume of moving object
If pouch bundles are stacked in upright form with varying thicknesses, then space utilization is improved, but alignment disorder and interference between batches occur
Solution Approach 1:
The container incorporates guide members at specific locations (front and rear walls) that provide localized alignment support. These guides are positioned to accommodate the varying thickness of pouch bundles at different heights, ensuring proper alignment in critical areas while allowing flexibility elsewhere.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide members are designed to adapt to the dynamic characteristics of pouch bundles with varying thicknesses. The guides can accommodate thickness variations through their geometric design, allowing the system to handle dynamic changes in bundle dimensions while maintaining alignment precision.
3Productivity
If automatic packing is implemented without binding operations, then productivity is improved, but alignment control becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The container with guide members provides self-aligning functionality that eliminates the need for external binding operations. The guides automatically control alignment as pouch bundles are stacked, enabling automatic packing while maintaining alignment control through the container's inherent geometric constraints.
Data Source
AI summary
A rectangular article boxing method of the present invention includes: a step of erecting upright and aligning a bundle of rectangular articles, gripping, lifting, transferring, and lowering the bundle and inserting the bundle between a first guide and a second guide disposed at a predetermined interval in a carton; a step of displacing the first guide to above the upright bundle; a step of moving the inserted bundle to a position in contact with the existing bundle and holding the bundles with the second guide; a step of holding the upright bundles with the first guide in place of the second guide; and a step of displacing the second guide to a position at the predetermined interval from the first guide to receive the bundle to be conveyed next.