The box moving or shifting set up has a simple
mechanism, operated with crank and links
arrangement. As by the electric motor rotary motion is
converted into the To and Fro motion of the linkages,
it takes very simple. The rotary motion is converted in
to linear motion by the crank and mechanical linkages
arrangement. The conveyor system is either continuous
movement or if the time delay is to be produced there
will be definite requirement of software programming
which will be costly. So a basic module of moving
packages is designed with time delay which can be
used to do alterations if required in the package or
move the package for any other purpose. This
invention relates to improvements in transfer and
conveying devices, and it relates particularly to
devices for transferring set-up cardboard boxes from a
box folding or forming machine to the operator of a
semi-automatic box wrapping machine. A great many
manufacturers of fancy wrapped or covered cardboard
boxes used for packaging candies, cakes and other
confections, cosmetics and other articles are equipped
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with the so called quad staying machines by means of
which a box blank is folded or set-up into box like
form. These set-up boxes are transferred by means of a
conveyor to an operator, who picks up the boxes and
places and centers’ them on wrappers with which the
boxes are to be covered. The boxes and wrappers are
then conveyed to a box wrapping machine where the
wrapper is folded around and glued to the box.
Usually, the operation of the wrapping machine is
controlled by means of a switch actuated by the box
forming machine so that their operating speeds are
related to each other.
There has been a serious demand for intermittent
movement of packages in the industries right from the
start. Though the continuous movement is more or less
important in the same field of the sporadic motion has
become essential. The objective of this study is to
design a mechanism that delivers this stop and move
motion using the mechanical linkages. The advantage
of this system over the conveyor system is that the
system has a time delay between moving packages and
this delay can be used to introduce any alterations in
the package or move the package for any other purpose
and likewise. While in the normal conveyor
mechanism such actions cannot be performed unless
programmed module is used to produce intermittent
stopping of the belt which is basically costly. The
prototype design requires an electric motor, shafts and
the frame of which, the frame and platform on which
the packages are moved is fabricated. All the links are
made up of normal MS (mild steel) and wood
including the head which has a direct contact with the
boxes that are to be moved. The system is expected to
move as heavy packages as 2 KGs approximately. The
aim of the project work is to design and fabricate a box
moving mechanism that makes much easier to move
boxes from one section to the other while processing in
the factories, industries, etc
