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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.

通过手工架设RSC壳很容易，如果工作站的设计正确，则可以很快地进行操作。有些辅助使它变得更容易。人体工程学和LABLR可用性是自动化任务的两个充分理由。自动化将迅速付款

从脆弱的库存中的这个案例架设差不多是简单的。击倒的箱子被放置在一本倾斜的杂志中，并通过重力喂食，以握住拾音站的手指。

一个铰接的手臂抓住了箱子的主要一面，上面放着吸杯，然后将其从杂志上拉出。正如这样做的那样，握把的铰接段折叠了次要的侧面，并将尾随的小襟翼塞在下面。手臂正方形的表壳并将其推入外卖部分。那里的最终导向将领先的小襟翼关闭，侧导向器折叠了主要的襟翼。

可以将胶水或胶带头掺入箱架中，以密封底部的关闭。在某些应用中，底部被取消密封，直到箱子堆积后，当上下密封机上的顶部和底部同时密封时。这种情况下的竖井风格的一个问题可能会使用草率的胶接头发生。多余的胶水可以粘合外壳的内部面板，并且外壳竖井可能无法将其拉开。

这永远是可以接受的，因为它会导致果酱。在较高的速度下，将使用15个案例/分钟及以上不同样式的套管。Ra Pearson的水平竖立器将壳体空白的水平带入机器。

As the case indexes into the erection area, it 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.

A kicker folds the trailing minor flap closed. Static guides fold the other 3 sides in while applying glue if desired.

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.

• 该产品必须足够坚固以在滴落中生存。这通常不是问题，因为滴没有听起来那么暴力。玻璃饮料瓶通常堆满了。
• 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.
• The product must not be conformal to the case. Round or even rounded square bottles will drop well because there is normally enough space for air to vent. Square or rectangular cartons will not. The conformal fit causes an air cushion and prevents the product from falling smoothly.

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.

蓄能区域中的背压将瓶子（在此示例中为4）在下降门上推动。一旦到达，该组的背压就会缓解。

在发生这种情况时，将一个空的箱子，托盘或可重复使用的板条箱放置在下降门下方。

When bottles and case are in position, the drop gate opens and bottles fall into the case.

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

• A series of vertical fingers, usually 4 for each bottle, extend into the case and form chutes for the falling bottles. These assure that all bottles fall smoothly without interfering with each other.
• 电梯通常但并非总是如此，以最大程度地减少跌落距离。该电梯可以定时使用滴剂，因此随着瓶子的降落，它正在向下移动，从而最大程度地减少了冲击力。当运行玻璃瓶或罐子时，这可能是一个重要功能。

下降后，将整个箱子放在输送机上，并且过程重复。

A variation on the drop packer, for empty PET bottles in reshippers, multilayer gable top cartons and the like is the drop placer. It is similar to the drop packer but a placing mechanism above the drop gate grips each package and positively lowers it into the case.

One area of concern when drop packing into cases is the case flaps. Guides or a funnel must be provided to assure that they are kept back and out of the way. If not, they can prevent the bottles falling smoothly. If one bottle is out of place, all the others will get out of place.

Manually packing product into cases is ergonomically hazardous. Drop packers are a simple and effective alternative.

The term case packing is often misused to cover 3 distinct operations, erection, packing and sealing. This is often done on 3 separate machines, especially on higher speed lines.

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.
• 案例和产品一直以来一直受到积极的控制。无需将案件分为连续的机器。
• 组合机器比3台独立机器简单。

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.

现在是一个square tube. As the vacuum cups release, a pusher moves forward kicking the bottom trailing minor flap closed. As the case is pushed forward, a guide pushes the leading minor flap closed and side guides push the major flaps closed. In some applications the major flaps are left open to allow air to escape when packing a conformal product like cartons.

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.

As the case exits the packing station, glue is applied to the lower major flaps and guides close them (if needed) The trailing top minor flap is kicked closed and guides close the leading minor and majors. Glue may be applied before closing if needed. Top and bottom belts normally compress the case to assure good glue adhesion.

If tape is to be used, side belts will pull the case through the upper and lower taping heads. Tape is normally self-adhesive but gummed tape may also be used.

Casers are machines 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.

侧载壳体水平加载而不是垂直加载。

将产品在单独的系统中或作为机器输液的一部分中整理成正确的包装图案。这些整理产品在壳牌的“加载部分”中分期。

可以手动在单独的病例竖井或同一壳体上手动完成案例勃起。如果垂直形成，则有必要在加载区域之前将其在其侧面倾斜。

指南通常将用于阻止前襟翼，以避免加载过程中的干扰。

However erected, the case is presented horizontally to the caser infeed. If the product fits tightly into the case, for example cartons, the rear flaps may be left open. The reason for this is that the tight fit causes a piston (product) in cylinder (case) effect. If the opposing flaps were closed before loading, the product would form an air cushion and it could be difficult to push them in.

一旦将情况和产品对齐，将产品推入案例。在某些模式中，可能有双层产品。可以通过将产品堆叠在一起并用单个推动或进行两个单独的推动来处理这些方法。机器设计，外壳和软件包将确定要完成的。

Once loaded, the flaps are closed and the case is moved to a sealing station. This can be integrated to the caser or can be a separate machine.

Case packing, placing a carton, bag, bottle or other package in a corrugated case, is a natural for robots. SCARA and delta style robots may be used in some applications but 6-Axis or articulated arm robots are more common. Their low cost, reach, freedom of movement, and size makes them a natural.

A common configuration for the robotic case packer 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.

在可能的情况下，应以最终包装格式上演产品。如果要以4x3的图案包装瓶子，则可以将输送机分为登台站之前的3条车道。背压救援机制在每个车道的末端隔离了4瓶。机器人带有合适的抓手，一次捡起12瓶，并将其放置在此案中。该案件已释放给Case -Clos/Sealer。

Additional speed can be achieved in some applications by using a larger robot to pick 24 bottles at once. An articulated gripper spaces them so they can be placed in 2 cases simultaneously.

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.