Method and device for handling flat and/or film material wound onto reels

US10577209B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Wimmer · Rosenheim, DE
• Herbert Spindler · Riedering, DE
• Juergen Werner · Bruckmühl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 31, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2801/81
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention includes a method and an apparatus (1) for handling flat material and/or film material wound onto rolls (5) and that serves as packaging material. Rolls (5), which are at least partially unwound, are alternately removed from at least one installation position (EB1; EB2) of a packaging machine (3), and in each case a new roll (5) of flat material and/or film material is mounted in the particular installation position (EB1; EB2). After each mounting, an externally arranged layer (15) is extracted from the particular new roll (5) near or in the area of its free end and is attached to a section of a material web being guided in the packaging machine (3). The direction of rotation and/or rotation-direction-conforming orientation of the new roll (5) is determined and/or verified by means of a capture device.