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the words “case” generally refers to a box made of corrugated board. Occasionally fluted plastic, similar dimensionally and functionally to corrugated board, may be used. The RSC (Regular Slotted Case) case is made from a single piece of board, die-cut, scored, folded and glued at the converter. RSC cases are the most common though there are a number of other styles depending on product need.

It is simple to erect RSC cases by hand and do it fairly quickly provided the workstation is properly designed. There are aids that make it even easier. Ergonomics and lablr availability are 2 good reasons to automate the task. Automation will pay for itself quickly

this case erector from the Frain inventory is about as simple as it gets. Knocked down case blanks are placed in an inclined magazine and feed by gravity to holdback fingers in the pick-off station.

An articulated arm grips major side of the case blank with suction cups and pulls it from the magazine. As it does, an articulated section of the gripper folds the minor side open and tucks the trailing minor flap under. The arms square the case and push it into the takeaway section. There an end guide pushes the leading minor flap closed and side guides fold the major flaps closed.

A glue or tape head may be incorporated into the case erector to seal the bottom closed. In some applications, the bottom is left unsealed until after case packing when top and bottom are sealed simultaneously on a case sealing machine. One issue with this style of case erector can occur with a sloppy glue joint. Excess glue can glue the interior panels of the case and the case erector may not be able to pull it open.

this is never acceptable as it will cause a jam. On higher speed, 15 case/minute and up a different style case erector will be used. This horizontal erector by RA Pearson brings the case blanks into the machine horizontally.

作为索引到装配区域,gripped by suction cups underneath. An arm with suction cups rotates down, grips the top major side of the case. It pulls it forward and up to open it. Gripping both top and bottom of the case allows the erector to pull the case open even if it is glued shut by sloppy gluing.

踢脚折叠了尾随的小襟翼。如果需要，静态引导将其他3个侧面折叠，同时涂上胶水。

A final step is to compress the case bottom between a backing plate and a ram with a mandrel. After exiting compression, the case falls upright onto a takeway conveyor.

After the case is erected, the packed needs to be placed. There are several automated ways to do this. Where feasible, drop packing is often the simplest and fastest way to do it.

Drop packing drops the product into the case. Sounds simple but there are some caveats.

• the product must be rugged enough to survive the drop. This is not usually an issue because the drop is not as violent as it sounds. Glass beverage bottles are commonly drop packed.
• the product must fall smoothly. This limits drop packing to rigid packages such as bottles and cans. Irregular products like bags are not suitable to drop packing. Small, lightweight or empty bottles may not be good candidates for drop packing.
• 该产品不得符合案例。圆形甚至圆形的方形瓶会降低，因为通常有足够的空间空气发泄。正方形或矩形纸箱不会。共形拟合会导致空气垫，并防止产品平滑下降。

Products must first be collated in the final pack pattern. This is done by multiple infeed lanes. For a 12 pack, this normally means 3 lanes of product, though 4 is possible.

Backpressure in the accumulation area pushes the bottles (4 in this example) over the drop gate. Once in position, the back pressure on the group is relieved.

While this is happening, an empty case, tray or reusable crate is being positioned under the drop gate.

当瓶子和箱子处于适当的位置时，掉落门会打开，瓶子掉入了箱子中。

the sketch omits 2 critical components in the interest of clarity:

• 一系列垂直的手指，通常为每个瓶子4，延伸到外壳中，并形成槽瓶的溜槽。这些确保所有瓶子都不会平稳地下降，而不会彼此干扰。
• Often, but not always, an elevator raises the case to minimize the drop distance. This elevator may be timed with the drop so that it is moving downward as the bottle fall, minimizing impact. This can be an important feature when running glass bottles or jars.

After the drop, the full case is taken away on the conveyor and the process repeats.

掉落包装器的变化，用于重新投资器中的空PET瓶，多层山墙顶部纸箱等是滴剂。它类似于Drop Packer，但在下降门上方握住每个包装上方的一个放置机构，并将其积极地降低到外壳中。

掉落案件时，一个值得关注的区域是情况襟翼。必须提供向导或漏斗，以确保将其放回原处。如果没有，它们可以防止瓶子平稳地下降。如果一个瓶子不合适，其他所有瓶子都会变得不合时宜。

手动将产品包装到案例上是人体工程学上的危险。滴包装工是一种简单有效的替代方法。

术语盒包装通常被滥用，以涵盖3个不同的操作，勃起，包装和密封。这通常是在3台单独的机器上进行的，尤其是在更高速度线上。

When the case is a standard RSC and the product is straightforward, all 3 machines may be combined into a single, all-in-one case erector-packer-caser. There are several advantages to this:

• the combined machine has a smaller footprint than 3 standalone machines would.
• the case and product are under positive control at all time. There is no need to stage the case into successive machines.
• the combined machine is simpler than 3 standalone machines.

the case erector may be located below the case packer infeed. Case blanks are placed in a magazine and held in position for opening. An articulated arm with vacuum cups grips the flat case on both sides of the score line and pulls it out of the magazine. As it does so, the section of the arm gripping the rear portion of the case folds 90 degrees opening and squaring the case.

该箱现在是一个方管。随着真空杯的释放，推动器向前移动，踢底部的小襟翼关闭。随着箱子的向前推动，导游将推动领先的小襟翼关闭，侧导向器将主要皮瓣推开。在某些应用中，主要襟翼打开，以使空气在包装纸箱（例如纸箱）时逸出。

the case moves to the packing area. Product may be dropped into the case with a drop packer or placed using a robot or other pick and place mechanism.

当外壳退出包装站时，将胶水涂在下部的主要皮瓣上，并将其引导将其关闭（如果需要），将尾随的顶部小襟翼踢开，并指导领先的未成年人和专业。如果需要，可以在关闭之前使用胶水。顶部和底部皮带通常压缩外壳以确保良好的胶水粘附。

如果要使用胶带，则侧带将通过上下录音带拉动箱子。胶带通常具有自粘性，但也可以使用胶带。

A casing machine is a machine that automatically, sometimes semi-automatically, load products into corrugated RSC cases. There are a number of styles depending on product and speed, but most are vertical, loading into the open top of the case. This allows gravity to help the process.

Some cases, such as a 24-pack of cans, are designed so that loading flaps are on the ends rather than the top and bottom. Other products, such as cartons do not lend themselves to vertical loading even though the case has a top and bottom.

Side load casing machines load horizontally rather than vertically.

Products are collated into the proper pack pattern in a separate system or as part of the machine infeed. These collated products are staged in the loading section of the caser.

情况下安装可能是手动完成的,在一个单独的case erector or on the same caser. If formed vertically, it will be necessary to tip the case on its side prior to the loading area.

Guides will typically be used to hold the front flaps out of the way to avoid interference during loading.

但是竖立了，该案例水平呈现给Caser Infeed。如果产品将其紧密地安装在盒子中，例如纸箱，则可能会打开后襟翼。这样做的原因是，紧密拟合会导致气缸（情况）效果的活塞（产品）。如果在装载前关闭了对方的襟翼，则该产品将形成空气垫，并且可能很难将其推入。

Once the case and product are aligned, the product is pushed into the case. In some patterns there may be double layers of product. These may be handled by either stacking the product double deep and pushing with a single push or making two separate pushes. Machine design, case and package will determine which is to be done.

装载后，襟翼关闭，外壳将其移至密封站。这可以集成到套管器上，也可以是单独的机器。

盒装包装，在波纹情况下放置纸箱，袋子，瓶子或其他包装，是机器人的天然。Scara和Delta风格的机器人可以在某些应用中使用，但是6轴或铰接的手臂机器人更常见。它们的低成本，覆盖范围，运动自由和大小使它们是自然的。

A common configuration for the robotic casing machine uses 2 conveyors. Cases are erected, either by hand or machine, and conveyed to a staging station near the robot. Meanwhile, the product is staged in a nearby station. The closer together all 3, robot and 2 staging stations, can be, the shorter will be the robot travel. Shorter travel means faster cycle time, less wear and tear on the robot and smaller overall footprint.

Where possible, product should be staged in its final packing format. If bottles are to be packed in a 4X3 pattern, the conveyor can be divided into 3 lanes before the staging station. A backpressure relief mechanism isolates the 4 bottles at the end of each lane. The robot, with an appropriate gripper, picks up 12 bottles at a time and places them in the case. The case is released to the case closer/sealer.

通过使用较大的机器人立即选择24瓶，可以在某些应用中实现额外的速度。铰接的抓手空间，以便可以同时将它们放置在2个情况下。

It is possible to pick 4 bottles at a time from a single lane but this will require 3 cycles of the robot and each placing position will be slightly different.

An advantage of the 6-Axis robot is that one robot may be able to pack for 2 separate lines. The case and bottle staging area of each line remain the same with the robot in the center. As the robot is loading one case, the case and product for the other line is staging.

Some lines may be too fast for 6-Axis robots. Delta and SCARA robots can run much faster and may be a solution in these applications. A drawback may be their limited reach compared to a 6-Axis robot.