Edge protection mounting device in a system for sheet coil packaging

Abstract

An edge protection mounting device for use in a system for sheet coil packaging is provided, including a mounting arm arrangement including edge protection material guides, configured to feed out and guide edge protection material into correct positions along edges of a sheet coil from the side of an end of the sheet coil. Further, a system for sheet coil packaging is provided, including: a sheet coil wrapping arrangement; a sheet coil rotating arrangement, arranged to rotate a sheet coil while it is wrapped; and two edge protection mounting devices, each including edge protection material guides, arranged to feed out and guide edge protection material into correct positions along edges of a sheet coil from the side of an end of the sheet coil as it is rotated, thereby fixing the edge protection material to the edges of the sheet coil by the wrapping.

1 . An edge protection mounting device for use in a system for sheet coil packaging, wherein the edge protection mounting device comprises a mounting arm arrangement comprising an outer edge protection material guide, configured to feed out and guide edge protection material into a correct position along an outer edge of a sheet coil, and an inner edge protection material guide, configured to feed out and guide edge protection material into a correct position along an inner edge of a sheet coil. 
     
     
         2 . The edge protection mounting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the edge protection material guides are shaped to guide the material so that it is displaced sideways from the mounting arm arrangement. 
     
     
         3 . The edge protection mounting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the mounting arm arrangement is arranged to be positioned at the side of an end of the sheet coil, instead of above or below the sheet coil, while still guiding the edge protection material into the correct positions along the edges of the sheet coil. 
     
     
         4 . The edge protection mounting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the edge protection material comprises slits along both sides, and is folded before being guided into the correct positions along the edges of the sheet coil. 
     
     
         5 . The edge protection mounting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the edge protection material is wound up in a folded state on an edge protection material coil carried by the mounting arm arrangement. 
     
     
         6 . The edge protection mounting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the mounting arm arrangement comprises a hinge arrangement, arranged to allow the part of the mounting arm arrangement that comprises the edge protection material guides to be moved out of the way when the edge protection material guides are not used. 
     
     
         7 . The edge protection mounting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the edge protection mounting device comprises an arm support which carries the mounting arm arrangement, wherein the arm support comprises a horizontal adjusting arrangement and a vertical adjusting arrangement. 
     
     
         8 . A system for sheet coil packaging, the system comprising:
 a sheet coil wrapping arrangement, arranged for wrapping a sheet coil;   a sheet coil rotating arrangement, arranged to rotate the sheet coil while it is wrapped by the sheet coil wrapping arrangement; and   two edge protection mounting devices, each comprising a mounting arm arrangement comprising an outer edge protection material guide, arranged to feed out and guide edge protection material into a correct position along an outer edge of a sheet coil, and an inner edge protection material guide, arranged to feed out and guide edge protection material into a correct position along an inner edge of a sheet coil, as the sheet coil is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement, while it is wrapped by the sheet coil wrapping arrangement, thereby fixing the edge protection material to the edges of the sheet coil by the wrapping.   
     
     
         9 . The system according to  claim 8 , wherein the edge protection material guides are shaped to guide the material so that it is displaced sideways from the mounting arm arrangement. 
     
     
         10 . The system according to  claim 8 , wherein the mounting arm arrangements are positioned beside opposite ends of the sheet coil, instead of above or below the sheet coil, while still guiding the edge protection material into the correct positions along the edges of the sheet coil, as the sheet coil is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement. 
     
     
         11 . The system according to  claim 8 , wherein the edge protection material comprises slits along both sides, and is folded before being guided into the correct positions along the edges of the sheet coil. 
     
     
         12 . The system according to  claim 8 , wherein the edge protection material is wound up in a folded state on an edge protection material coil carried by the mounting arm arrangement. 
     
     
         13 . The system according to  claim 8 , wherein the mounting arm arrangement comprises a hinge arrangement, arranged to allow the part of the mounting arm arrangement that comprises the edge protection material guides to be moved out of the way when the edge protection material guides are not used. 
     
     
         14 . The system according to  claim 8 , wherein the edge protection mounting devices each comprises an arm support which carries the mounting arm arrangement, wherein the arm support comprises a horizontal adjusting arrangement and a vertical adjusting arrangement. 
     
     
         15 . The system according to  claim 8 , wherein the sheet coil wrapping arrangement comprises first and second industrial robots, having first and second robot arms, arranged to wrap the sheet coil using a wrapping tool, using sequences of the first robot arm inserting the wrapping tool into a central hole of the sheet coil and handing over the wrapping tool to the second robot arm, and the second robot arm transporting the wrapping tool along the outside of the sheet coil and handing it back to the first robot arm, as the sheet coil is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement. 
     
     
         16 . The system according to  claim 8 , further comprising a further sheet coil rotating arrangement and two further edge protection mounting devices, in order to enable the sheet coil wrapping arrangement to wrap sheet coils in two different positions. 
     
     
         17 . A method for sheet coil packaging, the method comprising:
 wrapping a sheet coil using a sheet coil wrapping arrangement; and   feeding out edge protection material along edges of the sheet coil as the sheet coil is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement during said wrapping of the sheet coil, using two edge protection mounting devices, each comprising a mounting arm arrangement, on which an outer edge protection material guide is arranged to feed out and guide edge protection material into a correct position along an outer edge of a sheet coil, and an inner edge protection material guide is arranged to feed out and guide edge protection material into a correct position along an inner edge of a sheet coil, as the sheet coil is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement while it is wrapped by the sheet coil wrapping arrangement, thereby fixing the edge protection material to the edges of the sheet coil by the wrapping.   
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein the feeding out of edge protection material through the edge protection material guides comprises displacing the edge protection material sideways from the mounting arm arrangement. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 17 , further comprising positioning the mounting arm arrangements beside opposite ends of the sheet coil, instead of above or below the sheet coil, as the sheet coil is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 17 , further comprising moving the part of the mounting arm arrangement comprising the edge protection material guides out of the way when it is not needed, using a hinge arrangement comprised in the mounting arm arrangement. 
     
     
         21 . The method according to  claim 17 , further comprising positioning the edge protection material guides so that they will guide the edge protection material into the correct positions along the edges of the sheet coil, using an arm support, comprising a horizontal adjusting arrangement and a vertical adjusting arrangement, comprised in the edge protection mounting device. 
     
     
         22 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein the sheet coil wrapping arrangement comprises first and second industrial robots, having first and second robot arms, arranged to wrap the sheet coil using a wrapping tool, and the wrapping of the sheet coil comprises using sequences of the first robot arm inserting the wrapping tool into a central hole of the sheet coil and handing over the wrapping tool to the second robot arm, and the second robot arm transporting the wrapping tool along the outside of the sheet coil and handing it back to the first robot arm, as the sheet coil is rotated by the sheet coil rotating arrangement. 
     
     
         23 . A method comprising feeding out edge protection material using the edge protection mounting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the edge protection material is folded and comprises slits along both sides of the fold, so that a series of tongues are formed. 
     
     
         24 . The method according to  claim 23 , wherein the edge protection material is made from a rigid plastic or cardboard.