Method and arrangement for handling narrow rolls

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9758269-B2
Application number	US-201314403096-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2013
Priority date	May 22, 2012
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A product marking is disclosed in connection with a narrow roll. The narrow rolls are provided with a product marking in a first information adding step, the product marking including at least general information. In a second information adding step, the product marking in at least some of the narrow rolls is provided with customer information. After the second information adding step all the narrow rolls have a product marking comprising the customer information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for handling narrow rolls, comprising the steps of:
providing the narrow rolls with a product marking in a first information adding step by using first information adding units positioned before a rack row of a flow-through warehouse, the product marking comprising at least general information; and
in a second information adding step, complementing said product marking in at least some of the narrow rolls with customer information by using a second information adding unit positioned after the rack row of the flow-through warehouse, the customer information being provided adjacent to the at least general information,
whereby after the second information adding step all the narrow rolls have the product marking comprising both the at least general information and the customer information which are both visible at the same time.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the product marking is a visible product marking.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least the customer information is provided on a tag attached to a surface of the narrow roll.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the product marking is provided on a tag attached to a surface of the narrow roll.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the first information adding step, the information is provided on a tag attached to a surface of the narrow roll, and in the second information adding step another tag is provided with customer information, and the second tag is attached to the first tag.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the product marking is provided on a tag that is a surface attachable label.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the product marking comprises at least one baby label.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the second information adding step, the same product marking that was provided with general information in the first information adding step is complemented by adding customer information.

9. An arrangement for handling narrow rolls, the arrangement comprising:
a first information adding unit configured to provide a product marking on a narrow roll, the product marking comprising at least general information, wherein the first information adding units is positioned before a rack row of a flow-through warehouse; and
a second information adding unit configured to complement said product marking in at least some of the narrow rolls with customer information, the customer information being provided adjacent to the at least general information, wherein the second information adding unit is positioned after the rack row of the flow-through warehouse, such that after the second information adding unit all the narrow rolls have a product marking comprising both the at least general information and the customer information which are both visible at the same time.

10. The arrangement as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second information adding unit is arranged to provide the customer information to the same product marking that was provided with general information by the first information adding unit.

Assignees

• Upm Raflatac Oy

Inventors

• Jäppi Juha
• Veikkola Ari
• Kantanen Juho
• Hakala Ari
• Piitulainen Jukka

Classifications

• B65H2301/5111

  Printing; Marking · CPC title

• B65H2701/124

  Patterns, marks, printed information · CPC title

• B65H2301/41704

  involving layout of production or storage facility · CPC title

• B65H19/30 Primary

  Lifting, transporting, or removing the web roll; Inserting core · CPC title

• B65H2301/41702

  management and organisation of stock and production · CPC title