Cardboard-handling system and method
There is provided a system for handling and creasing cardboard, as well as sub-systems of said system. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
1. A cardboard-handling system comprising:
a controller;
a rule-die associated to a first drum and a counter die associated to a second drum;
a cardboard-alignmentor on a first side of the rule-die and counter-die;
a synchronized-cardboard transferors; and
a cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor;
wherein the cardboard-alignmentor aligns and conveys a cardboard together with one or more synchronized-cardboard transferors toward the cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor that transfers the cardboard toward and through a junction between the rule-die and the counter die to a second side of the rule-die and counter-die, and the controller synchronizes the movement of the cardboard along the cardboard-handling system.
2. The cardboard-handling system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a laser-treatment module on the second side of the rule-die and counter-die comprising:
a laser;
an under-laser raiser comprising a base with a plurality of protruding elements; and
a coupling mechanism;
wherein the coupling mechanism couples one or more cardboards, conveyed by the cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor from the second side of the rule-die and counter-die, to a top surface of one or more of the protruding elements and the laser produces a beam to pre-treat the cardboard, and wherein the cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor movement of cardboard is synchronized with the laser-treatment module operation.
3. The cardboard-handling system of claim 2 , wherein the coupling mechanism comprise: openings in the base and a suction mechanism substantially beneath the base.
4. The cardboard-handling system of claim 2 , wherein the base with a plurality of protruding elements has moving capabilities and is synchronized with the cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor.
5. The cardboard-handling system of claim 4 , wherein the synchronization is via a timing belt.
6. The cardboard-handling system of claim 2 , wherein pre-treating the cardboard is cutting the cardboard.
7. The cardboard-handling system of claim 1 , further comprising a supportive stacker that comprises:
a conveyor comprising a plurality of openings;
a dynamic-size holder comprising:
a plurality of openings at a portion of the dynamic-size holder's surface;
a vacuum chamber; and
a piston mechanism;
wherein the conveyor is associated to the dynamic-size holder's surface; and
wherein the piston mechanism is adjusted along the dynamic-size holder according to parameters of a cardboard that was obtained from the cardboard-handling system's module preceding the supportive stacker, to reveal at least some of the openings at the portion of the dynamic-size holder's surface to a vacuum by the vacuum chamber that couples the cardboard to at least some of the openings of the conveyor, whereby the cardboard is moved from the cardboard-handling system's module preceding place to a stack.
8. The cardboard-handling system of claim 7 , wherein the cardboard-handling system's module preceding the supportive stacker is a laser-treatment module.
9. The cardboard-handling system of claim 1 , wherein the cardboard-alignmentor comprises:
a plane;
an alignment bar associated to the plane; and
an alignment conveyor associated to the plane placed in a diagonal-like direction in relation to the alignment bar;
wherein the alignment conveyor conveys a cardboard toward and along the alignment bar, and wherein the aligned cardboard is then transferred toward the cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor.
10. The cardboard-handling system of claim 1 , wherein the synchronized-cardboard transferors comprises: a plurality of cardboard transferors that comprise one or more cardboard leading mechanism and one or more transferor, and wherein the synchronized-cardboard transferors transfer the cardboard between two or more modules of the cardboard-handling system according to the controller command.
11. The cardboard-handling system of claim 10 , wherein the cardboard leading mechanism comprise one or more pinch rollers and wherein the transferor comprise one or more nip rollers, and a relative angle of the pinch rollers in relation to the nip rollers define a cardboards moving direction.
12. The cardboard-handling system of claim 1 , wherein the cardboard-fix-cross-position conveyor is a side gripper.
13. The cardboard-handling system of claim 12 , wherein the side gripper comprise a cross-limit-guarder.
14. The cardboard-handling system of claim 1 , the controller is associated to one or more servo motors and one or more sensors that synchronize one or more modules of the cardboard-handling system.
15. The cardboard-handling system of claim 1 , wherein the controller gets information on at least one of the die drums circumference position in relation to a reference point and sends commands to control the position of at least one of the die's circumference in relation to a reference point.
16. A cardboard-handling system comprising:
a controller;
a rule-die associated to a first drum and a counter die associated to a second drum;
a cardboard-alignmentor on a first side of the rule-die and counter-die;
a synchronized-cardboard transferor; and
a cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor;
wherein the cardboard-alignmentor aligns and conveys a cardboard together with one or more synchronized-cardboard transferors toward the cardboard-fix relative-position conveyor that transfers the cardboard toward and through a junction between the rule-die and the counter die to a second side of the rule-die and counter-die, and the controller synchronizes the movement of the cardboard along the cardboard-handling system;
the cardboard-handling system further comprising a supportive stacker that comprises:
a conveyor comprising a plurality of openings;
a dynamic-size holder comprising:
a plurality of openings at a portion of the dynamic-size holder's surface;
a vacuum chamber; and
a piston mechanism;
wherein the conveyor is associated to the dynamic-size holder's surface; and
wherein the piston mechanism is adjusted along the dynamic-size holder according to parameters of a cardboard that was obtained from the cardboard-handling system's module preceding the supportive stacker, to reveal at least some of the openings at the portion of the dynamic-size holder's surface to a vacuum by the vacuum chamber that couples the cardboard to at least some of the openings of the conveyor, whereby the cardboard is moved from the cardboard-handling system's module preceding place to a stack.
17. The cardboard-handling system of claim 16 , further comprising:
a laser-treatment module on the second side of the rule-die and counter-die comprising:
a laser;
an under-laser raiser comprising a base with a plurality of protruding elements; and
a coupling mechanism;
wherein the coupling mechanism couples one or more cardboards, conveyed by the cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor from the second side of the rule-die and counter-die, to a top surface of one or more of the protruding elements and the laser produces a beam to pre-treat the cardboard, and wherein the cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor movement of cardboard is synchronized with the laser-treatment module operation.
18. The cardboard-handling system of claim 17 , wherein the coupling mechanism comprise: openings in the base and a suction mechanism substantially beneath the base.
19. The cardboard-handling system of claim 17 , wherein the base with a plurality of protruding elements has moving capabilities and is synchronized with the cardboard-fix-relative-position conveyor.
20. The cardboard-handling system of claim 19 , wherein the synchronization is via a timing belt.