01.02.25
Enio Giovanni Cianci, San Giovanni Teatino, Italy; Diego Gualtieri, San Giovanni Teatino, Italy; Matteo Antonioli, San Giovanni Teatino, Italy; and Anselmo Cicchitti, San Giovanni Teatino, Italy.
Assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A., San Giovanni Teatino Chieti, Italy.
Filed: 4/11/22
Issued: 12/10/24
A machine for producing sanitary articles, comprising: a plurality of processing stations comprising automated apparatus configured for forming sanitary articles starting from continuous webs of raw material which advance along a machine direction, a guide that is parallel to the machine direction and extends longitudinally along the machine direction along the plurality of processing stations, the guide being fixed to the machine, a handling system movably mounted on the guide and configured to move relative to the guide along the plurality of processing stations, a multi-axis industrial robot automatically movable along said plurality of processing stations by means of said handling system, said multi-axis industrial robot comprising an end-effector arranged to automatically clean and/or inspect the automated apparatus of the plurality of processing stations, a main electronic control unit configured to drive a cleaning and/or inspecting process carried out by the multi-axis industrial robot in real time with an operation of the automated apparatus for producing the sanitary articles, wherein, in operation, said multi-axis industrial robot is driven for automatically moving along the plurality of processing stations, cleaning and/or detecting operative parameters and failures of the automated apparatus of the plurality of processing stations by means of said end effector, simultaneously with the operation of the automated apparatus, wherein said handling system comprises: a carriage slidably mounted on said guide, and a cable-driven robot associated with the carriage, configured for moving said multi-axis industrial robot with six degrees of freedom, consisting of three in translation and three in orientation according to three axes.
Assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A., San Giovanni Teatino Chieti, Italy.
Filed: 4/11/22
Issued: 12/10/24
A machine for producing sanitary articles, comprising: a plurality of processing stations comprising automated apparatus configured for forming sanitary articles starting from continuous webs of raw material which advance along a machine direction, a guide that is parallel to the machine direction and extends longitudinally along the machine direction along the plurality of processing stations, the guide being fixed to the machine, a handling system movably mounted on the guide and configured to move relative to the guide along the plurality of processing stations, a multi-axis industrial robot automatically movable along said plurality of processing stations by means of said handling system, said multi-axis industrial robot comprising an end-effector arranged to automatically clean and/or inspect the automated apparatus of the plurality of processing stations, a main electronic control unit configured to drive a cleaning and/or inspecting process carried out by the multi-axis industrial robot in real time with an operation of the automated apparatus for producing the sanitary articles, wherein, in operation, said multi-axis industrial robot is driven for automatically moving along the plurality of processing stations, cleaning and/or detecting operative parameters and failures of the automated apparatus of the plurality of processing stations by means of said end effector, simultaneously with the operation of the automated apparatus, wherein said handling system comprises: a carriage slidably mounted on said guide, and a cable-driven robot associated with the carriage, configured for moving said multi-axis industrial robot with six degrees of freedom, consisting of three in translation and three in orientation according to three axes.
