Patent ID: 11878827
Assignee: HICOF AG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for serializing a plurality of products in a coding
line, wherein each product is packed in a cuboid box, wherein the coding line comprises at least one slide and at least one main pusher being adapted for jointly moving the boxes on the slide in a row of the boxes through the coding line, at least one printing system designed for printing a serial code onto each of the boxes, wherein the serial code comprises at least one unique serial number, and at least one camera designed for reading the serial code printed on each of the boxes, the method comprising the steps:
a) retracting the main pusher to provide an open space at an initial section of the slide in front of the row of the boxes, whereby the open space is filled with at least one additional box;
b) using the main pusher to jointly move the row of the boxes on the slide to pass the printing system, whereby the serial code is printed onto the at least one box, wherein the serial code comprises the at least one unique serial number, and the camera, whereby the serial code printed on the at least one box is read, until a final section of the slide is reached, where the row of the boxes is pushed from the slide; and
c) reloading the coding line by providing at least one further additional box, wherein steps a) to c) define a pushing cycle of the coding line,
wherein at least one of position, speed and acceleration of the main pusher which is driven by a linear actuator is measured by using a encoder so as to acquire at least one of the position, the speed, and the acceleration of each box within the row of the boxes which are transported together on the slide.