DE102021134554A1 - Method and device for feeding a foil to a foiling station for foiling at least one cardboard shell - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for feeding a foil (2) to a foiling station (4) for foiling at least one cardboard shell (6), with the steps: positioning, preferably by means of a first transport unit (22), a lower cutting tool (14) on a one assigned upper cutting tool (12) facing away from a conveying plane of a film web (10) having the film (2), preferably prestressed, so that the film web (10) is located between the upper cutting tool (12) and the lower cutting tool (14), bringing the upper cutting tool together (12) and lower cutting tool (14) in order to cut at least one film section (16) out of the film web (10), sucking the cut-out film section (16) onto the cutting lower tool (14), transporting, preferably by means of a first transport unit (22), of the film section (16) sucked onto the cutting lower tool (14), preferably by means of a first transport unit (22), to a film upper tool (26) of the filming station (4), taking over the film section (16) sucked onto the cutting lower tool (14) from the cutting lower tool ( 14) through the upper foil tool (26) of the foiling station (4).

Description

The invention relates to methods and devices for feeding a foil to a foiling station for foiling at least one cardboard shell.

Such methods and devices are basically known from the prior art.

The object of the present invention is to improve the methods and devices known from the prior art for feeding a foil to a foiling station for foiling at least one cardboard tray, in particular to increase their performance.

This object is solved by the subject matter of the independent claims.

• - Positionieren, bevorzugt mittels einer ersten Transporteinheit, eines Schneidunterwerkzeugs auf einer einem zugeordneten Schneidoberwerkzeug abgewandten Seite einer Förderebene einer die Folie aufweisenden, bevorzugt vorgespannten, Folienbahn, so dass sich die Folienbahn zwischen dem Schneidoberwerkzeug und dem Schneidunterwerkzeug befindet,
• - Zusammenführen von Schneidoberwerkzeug und Schneidunterwerkzeug, um mindestens einen Folienabschnitt aus der Folienbahn herauszuschneiden,
• - Ansaugen des herausgeschnittenen Folienabschnittes an das Schneidunterwerkzeug,
• - Transportieren, bevorzugt mittels einer ersten Transporteinheit, des an das Schneidunterwerkzeug angesaugten Folienabschnitts zu einem Folieroberwerkzeug der Folierstation,
• - Übernehmen des an das Schneidunterwerkzeug angesaugten Folienabschnitts von dem Schneidunterwerkzeug durch das Folieroberwerkzeug der Folierstation.

A first aspect of the invention discloses a method for feeding a foil to a foiling station for foiling at least one cardboard tray, with the steps:

• - Positioning, preferably by means of a first transport unit, a lower cutting tool on a side of a conveying plane facing away from an associated upper cutting tool of a preferably pretensioned film web having the film, so that the film web is located between the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool,
• - Bringing the upper cutting tool and lower cutting tool together in order to cut out at least one film section from the film web,
• - suction of the cut-out film section to the lower cutting tool,
• - Transporting, preferably by means of a first transport unit, the foil section sucked onto the lower cutting tool to a foiling upper tool of the foiling station,
• - Taking over the film section sucked onto the lower cutting tool from the lower cutting tool by the upper film tool of the film wrapping station.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the positioning comprises that the lower cutting tool, preferably against a conveying direction of the film web provided between the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool, on the side of the conveying plane of the film web that is remote from the preferably stationary upper cutting tool, preferably in one plane parallel to a plane of the film web.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the upper cutting tool and lower cutting tool are brought together essentially orthogonally to the conveying plane provided between the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool for the film web.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the bringing together of the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool includes that, preferably essentially only, the upper cutting tool is moved.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the bringing together of the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool involves the upper cutting tool being pressed onto the film web from the side of the film web facing away from the lower cutting tool in order to press the film web onto the lower cutting tool and in this way to cut out at least one film section from the film web.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the upper cutting tool has a cutting blade, preferably designed according to a predefined outline of the at least one film section, which, when the upper cutting tool and lower cutting tool are brought together, dips into an associated groove in the lower cutting tool that has a cutting edge in order to shearing off at least one section of film from the film web in a contact area between the cutting knife and the cutting edge.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the suction takes place by suction of air from suction openings provided in the lower cutting tool and facing the film web.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the foil section sucked onto the lower cutting tool is transported to the upper foiling tool of the foiling station in the conveying direction of the foil web provided between the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the film section sucked onto the lower cutting tool is taken over from the lower cutting tool by the upper film tool by placing the film section on the film section carrying the film section in a holding plane cutting lower tool is transported into an access area of the film upper tool, the film upper tool is moved towards the film section from the side of the film section facing away from the cutting lower tool, the film section is taken over by the film upper tool from the cutting lower tool, preferably by suction, the film upper tool is orthogonal to the holding plane of the cutting lower tool with the film section taken over, is moved away from the lower cutting tool again, preferably orthogonally to a plane of the lower cutting tool, and the lower cutting tool is again moved away from the access area of the upper film tool.

• - Zuführen, bevorzugt mittels einer zweiten Transporteinheit, mindestens einer in einer Schalenaufnahme eines Folierunterwerkzeugs gelagerten Kartonschale, bevorzugt orthogonal zu einer Bewegungsebene des Schneidunterwerkzeugs, im Wesentlichen in eine Position in einem Zugriffsbereich des Folieroberwerkzeugs und auf der dem Folieroberwerkzeug abgewandten Seite des Folienabschnitts liegend, und
• - Drücken, bevorzugt mittels einer zweiten Transporteinheit, von der dem Folieroberwerkzeug abgewandten Seite des Folienabschnitts her, bevorzugt mit einem eine Zugriffsöffnung der Kartonschale umgebenden Schalenrand, gegen den am Folieroberwerkzeug hängenden, bevorzugt von dem Folieroberwerkzeug erwärmten, Folienabschnitt.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized by

• - Feeding, preferably by means of a second transport unit, at least one cardboard shell mounted in a shell receptacle of a film lower tool, preferably orthogonally to a plane of movement of the cutting lower tool, essentially in a position in an access area of the film upper tool and lying on the side of the film section facing away from the film upper tool, and
• - Pressing, preferably by means of a second transport unit, from the side of the film section facing away from the film upper tool, preferably with a tray edge surrounding an access opening of the cardboard tray, against the film section hanging on the film upper tool and preferably heated by the film upper tool.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that air is blown from the film upper tool against the film section, so that the film section is blown into the cardboard shell and the cardboard shell is lined with the film section.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the film lower tool with the shell lined with the film section is moved away essentially orthogonally from a film section holding plane of the film upper tool, the shell is pushed out of the shell receptacle by means of a shell ejector, and the shell is pushed onto a discharge belt .

• - Zurverfügungstellen des Kartonzuschnitts in noch nicht aufgestellter Form, d.h. sich noch in einer Ebene erstreckend, in einem Magazin,
• - Anordnen des Magazins in einer Magazinübergabeposition einer Magazinübergabestation, bevorzugt durch lösbares Einhängen in mindestens eine Öffnung in der Magazinübergabestation,
• - Ansaugen des Kartonzuschnitts mit einem parallel zur Ebene des in der Magazinübergabeposition befindlichen Kartonzuschnitts verfahrbaren und eine Positivform der Kartonschale aufweisenden Formoberwerkzeugs an das Formoberwerkzeug,
• - Entnehmen des angesaugten Kartonzuschnitts aus der Magazinübergabeposition, und
• - Verbringen des angesaugten Formoberwerkzeugs mit dem angesaugten Kartonzuschnitt über ein Formunterwerkzeug, welches gleichzeitig ein Folierunterwerkzeug der Folierstation ist,

wobei die Schritte des Ansaugens, Entnehmens und Verbringens bevorzugt mit einer dritten Transporteinheit durchgeführt werden.A second aspect of the invention discloses a method for feeding a carton blank for a carton shell to a filming station for filming the carton shell, in particular comprising the first aspect or one of the embodiments described above, with the steps:

• - Making the carton blank available in a form that has not yet been erected, i.e. still extending in one plane, in a magazine,
• - arranging the magazine in a magazine transfer position of a magazine transfer station, preferably by releasably hanging in at least one opening in the magazine transfer station,
• - Suction of the carton blank with a parallel to the plane of the carton blank in the magazine transfer position movable and having a positive form of the carton shell form upper tool to the form upper tool,
• - Removal of the sucked carton blank from the magazine transfer position, and
• - Spend the sucked upper form tool with the sucked carton blank via a lower form tool, which is also a foiling lower tool of the foiling station,

wherein the steps of suction, removal and transfer are preferably carried out with a third transport unit.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized by reducing the distance between the upper mold and the lower mold, so that the carton blank is set up between the positive mold of the upper mold and the negative mold of the lower mold through the interaction of the positive mold and negative mold in a thus defined shape of the cardboard shell.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized by the upper forming tool being moved out of a space between the lower forming tool carrying the cardboard shell and the upper film tool, so that the lower forming tool can be moved in its function as a lower film tool in the direction of the upper film tool of the filming station.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the movement of bringing the upper form tool from the magazine transfer station via the lower form tool simultaneously moves a finished cardboard shell, which is located on the lower form tool, from its position on the lower form tool to a side of the Form lower tool lying discharge belt is pushed.

A preferred embodiment of the invention for the simultaneous foiling of at least two cardboard shells, with at least two foil sections being cut out of the foil web, is characterized in that before the at least two foil sections sucked onto the lower cutting tool are taken over by the lower cutting tool by the upper foil tool, the at least two foil sections are spaced apart from one another in a plane of the film sections by a film section distance, the film section distance corresponding to a holding section distance from associated holding sections of the film upper tool.

• eine Schneideinheit zum Schneiden einer die Folie aufweisenden, bevorzugt vorgespannten, Folienbahn, mit einem Schneidoberwerkzeug und mit einem zugeordneten Schneidunterwerkzeug, wobei die Schneideinheit ausgebildet ist, dass durch Zusammenführen von Schneidoberwerkzeug und Schneidunterwerkzeug mindestens ein Folienabschnitt aus der Folienbahn herausschneidbar ist,
• eine erste Transporteinheit zum Positionieren des Schneidunterwerkzeugs auf einer dem Schneidoberwerkzeug abgewandten Seite einer Förderebene der Folienbahn, so dass die Folienbahn zwischen dem Schneidoberwerkzeug und dem Schneidunterwerkzeug positionierbar ist,
• wobei das Schneidunterwerkzeug ausgebildet ist zum Ansaugen des herausgeschnittenen Folienabschnitts an das Schneidunterwerkzeug,
• wobei die erste Transporteinheit ausgebildet ist zum Transportieren des an das Schneidunterwerkzeug angesaugten Folienabschnitts zu einem Folieroberwerkzeug der Folierstation,
• und wobei das Folieroberwerkzeug ausgebildet ist zum Übernehmen des an das Schneidunterwerkzeug angesaugten Folienabschnitts von dem Schneidunterwerkzeug.

A third aspect of the invention discloses a device for feeding a foil to a foiling station for foiling at least one cardboard tray, comprising:

• a cutting unit for cutting a preferably pretensioned film web containing the film, with an upper cutting tool and an associated lower cutting tool, the cutting unit being designed so that at least one film section can be cut out of the film web by bringing the upper cutting tool and lower cutting tool together,
• a first transport unit for positioning the lower cutting tool on a side of a conveying plane of the film web that faces away from the upper cutting tool, so that the film web can be positioned between the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool,
• wherein the lower cutting tool is designed to suck the cut-out foil section onto the lower cutting tool,
• wherein the first transport unit is designed to transport the foil section sucked onto the cutting lower tool to a foil upper tool of the foiling station,
• and wherein the film upper tool is designed to take over the film section sucked onto the cutting lower tool from the cutting lower tool.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the positioning by means of the first transport unit includes the lower cutting tool, preferably counter to a conveying direction of the film web provided between the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool, on the side of the conveying plane of the film web facing away from the preferably stationary upper cutting tool by means of the first transport unit can be transported.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool can be brought together by means of the cutting unit essentially orthogonally to the conveying plane provided between the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool for the film web.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the bringing together of the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool by means of the cutting unit includes the fact that, preferably essentially only, the upper cutting tool is movable.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the bringing together of the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool by means of the cutting unit includes that the upper cutting tool can be pressed onto the film web from the side of the film web facing away from the lower cutting tool in order to be able to press the film web onto the lower cutting tool and in this way the at least one film section can be cut out of the film web.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the upper cutting tool has a cutting blade, preferably designed according to a predefined outline of the at least one film section, which can dip into an associated groove in the lower cutting tool that has a cutting edge when the upper cutting tool and lower cutting tool are brought together , in order to be able to shear off the at least one film section from the film web in a contact area of the cutting knife and the cutting edge.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the suction can be carried out with the aid of the lower cutting tool by suction of air from suction openings provided in the lower cutting tool and facing the film web.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the transport can be carried out by means of the first transport unit in the direction of the conveying direction of the film web provided between the upper cutting tool and the lower cutting tool.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the takeover a film section sucked onto the lower cutting tool can be carried out by the lower cutting tool using the upper film tool, in that the film section can be transported on the lower cutting tool carrying the film section in a holding plane by means of the first transport unit into an access area of the upper film tool, the upper film tool from the side of the film section facing away from the lower cutting tool can be moved towards the film section, the film section can be taken over from the lower cutting tool by the upper film tool, preferably by suction, the upper film tool can be moved away from the lower cutting tool orthogonally to the holding plane of the lower cutting tool together with the film section that has been taken over, preferably orthogonally to a plane of the lower cutting tool is, and the cutting lower tool can be moved away from the access area of the film upper tool.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized by
a second transport unit
for feeding at least one cardboard shell mounted in a shell receptacle of a film lower tool, preferably orthogonally to a plane of movement of the cutting lower tool, essentially into a position in an access area of the film upper tool and on the side of the film section facing away from the film upper tool,
and for pressing the cardboard shell, preferably with a shell edge surrounding an access opening of the cardboard shell, starting from the side of the film section facing away from the film upper tool, against the film section hanging on the film upper tool and preferably heatable by the film upper tool.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the film upper tool has air outlet openings, by means of which the film upper tool can blow air against the film section, so that the film section can be blown into the cardboard shell pressed against the film upper tool by means of the second transport unit such that the cardboard shell can be lined with the foil section.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that
the second transport unit is designed in such a way that
the film lower tool with the cardboard shell lined with the film section can be moved essentially orthogonally away from a film section holding plane of the film upper tool,
the cardboard tray lined with the foil section can be pushed out of the tray receptacle in the foiling lower tool by means of a tray ejector in the foiling lower tool.

• ein Magazin, um den Kartonzuschnitt in noch nicht aufgestellter Form, d.h. in einer sich noch in einer Ebene erstreckenden Form, zur Verfügung zu stellen,
• eine Magazinübergabestation zum Anordnen des Magazins in einer Magazinübergabeposition der Magazinübergabestation, bevorzugt durch lösbares Einhängen in mindestens eine Öffnung in der Magazinübergabestation, und
• eine dritte Transporteinheit, die ausgebildet ist
• zum Ansaugen des Kartonzuschnitts mit einem parallel zur Ebene des in der Magazinübergabeposition befindlichen Kartonzuschnitts verfahrbaren und eine Positivform der Kartonschale aufweisenden Formoberwerkzeug an das Formoberwerkzeug,
• zum Entnehmen des in der Magazinübergabeposition von dem Formoberwerkzeug angesaugten Kartonzuschnitts aus der Magazinübergabeposition, und
• zum Verbringen des Formoberwerkzeugs mit dem angesaugten Kartonzuschnitt über ein Formunterwerkzeug, welches gleichzeitig als Folierunterwerkzeug der Folierstation ausgebildet ist.

A fourth aspect of the invention discloses a device for feeding a carton blank for a carton shell to a filming station for filming the carton shell, in particular comprising the third aspect or one of the embodiments described above, having:

• a magazine to make the carton blank available in a form that has not yet been erected, ie in a form that still extends in one plane,
• a magazine transfer station for arranging the magazine in a magazine transfer position of the magazine transfer station, preferably by releasably hanging in at least one opening in the magazine transfer station, and
• a third transport unit that is formed
• for sucking the carton blank onto the upper mold tool with an upper mold tool that can be moved parallel to the plane of the carton blank in the magazine transfer position and has a positive mold of the carton shell,
• for removing the carton blank sucked in by the upper forming tool in the magazine transfer position from the magazine transfer position, and
• for moving the upper form tool with the sucked-on carton blank over a lower form tool, which is also designed as a foiling lower tool of the foiling station.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the second transport unit is designed to reduce the distance between the upper forming tool and the lower forming tool, so that the cardboard blank hanging on the upper forming tool serving as the third transport unit passes between the positive mold of the upper forming tool and the negative mold of the lower forming tool Cooperation of positive form and negative form can be set up in a thus defined form of the cardboard shell.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the third transport unit is designed to move the upper mold tool out of a gap between the lower mold tool carrying the cardboard shell and the upper film tool such that the lower mold tool can be moved in the direction of the upper film tool of the film wrapping station.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the third transport unit is designed in such a way that the movement of bringing the upper mold from the magazine transfer station over the lower mold simultaneously moves a cardboard tray lined with film, which is located on the lower mold, from its position the lower mold is displaceable onto a removal belt lying away from the magazine transfer station of the lower mold.

A preferred embodiment of the invention for the simultaneous foiling of at least two cardboard shells, wherein the cutting unit is designed to cut at least two foil sections out of the foil web, is characterized in that before the at least two foil sections are taken over by means of the upper foil tool, the at least two foil sections are preferably by means of the first transport unit, the film sections can be spaced apart from one another in a plane by a film section distance, the film section distance corresponding to a holding section distance from associated holding sections of the film upper tool.

Further preferred embodiments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.

• 1 zeigt eine schematische Seitenansicht einer Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung;
• 2 zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Teils der Vorrichtung der 1;
• 3 zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Teils der 2;
• 4 zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Teils der Vorrichtung der 1;
• 5 zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht der Transporteinheit gemäß 4, wobei die Schneidunterwerkzeuge in 5 zueinander beabstandet sind;
• 6 zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht von unten auf einen Teil der 2;
• 7 zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht eines Teils der Vorrichtung der 1;
• 8 zeigt eine alternative Ausführungsform eines Schneidoberwerkzeugs;
• 9 zeigt in einer perspektivischen und schematischen Ansicht eine Ausführungsform eines Magazins;
• 10 zeigt in einer schematischen und perspektivischen Ansicht eine Ausführungsform eines Magazinwagens;
• 11 zeigt eine perspektivische und schematische Ansicht einer Ausführungsform einer Magazinübergabestation;
• 12 zeigt die Magazinübergabestation der 11 mit einem eingehängten Magazin gemäß 9;
• 13 zeigt in einer perspektivischen und schematischen Ansicht eine dritte Transporteinheit; und
• 14 zeigt eine perspektivische und schematische Ansicht einer Ausführungsform eines Abförderbandes.

The invention is described in more detail below with reference to the drawing. In the figures of the drawing, identical or functionally identical parts are denoted by the same reference symbols. The sizes, dimensions and distances in the drawings are not always to scale. The figures of the drawing each show schematic views. The figures show in detail:

• 1 shows a schematic side view of an embodiment of a device according to the invention;
• 2 FIG. 12 shows a perspective view of part of the device of FIG 1 ;
• 3 shows a perspective view of part of the 2 ;
• 4 FIG. 12 shows a perspective view of part of the device of FIG 1 ;
• 5 shows a perspective view of the transport unit according to FIG 4 , with the cutting dies in 5 are spaced apart;
• 6 shows a perspective view from below of a part of the 2 ;
• 7 FIG. 12 shows a perspective view of part of the device of FIG 1 ;
• 8th shows an alternative embodiment of a cutting upper tool;
• 9 shows an embodiment of a magazine in a perspective and schematic view;
• 10 shows an embodiment of a magazine carriage in a schematic and perspective view;
• 11 shows a perspective and schematic view of an embodiment of a magazine transfer station;
• 12 shows the magazine transfer station 11 with a mounted magazine according to 9 ;
• 13 shows a third transport unit in a perspective and schematic view; and
• 14 shows a perspective and schematic view of an embodiment of a discharge conveyor.

1 shows a schematic side view of an embodiment 1 of a device for feeding a foil 2 to a foiling station 4 for foiling at least one cardboard tray 6. The device 1 comprises a cutting unit 8 for cutting a foil web 10 having the foil 2. The cutting unit 8 has a cutting upper tool 12 and an associated lower cutting tool 14, the cutting unit 8 being designed such that at least one film section 16 can be cut out of the film web 10 by bringing the upper cutting tool 12 and the lower cutting tool 14 together. The film web 10 is preferably prestressed between a film supply and feed roller 18 and a film take-up roller 20 receiving the edge that has not been cut out of the film web 10 by the cutting unit 8 .

The device 1 also has a first transport unit 22 for positioning the lower cutting tool 14 on a side facing away from the upper cutting tool 12 in the 1 illustrated embodiment lying in the film web 10 conveying plane of the film web 10, so that the film web 10 between the upper cutting tool 12 and the lower cutting tool 14 can be positioned. in the in 1 In the snapshot shown, the lower cutting tool 14 is positioned directly vertically below the upper cutting tool 12 with the aid of the first transport unit 22 .

The lower cutting tool 14 is also designed to suck the film section 16 that has been cut out onto the lower cutting tool tool 14. This suction of the cut-out film section 16 with the aid of the lower cutting tool 14 is preferably effected by suction of air from suction openings 24 provided in the lower cutting tool 14 and facing the film web 10. These suction openings 24 are in 1 lines, not shown, with an in 1 not shown connected vacuum unit.

The first transport unit 22 is further designed to transport the film section 16 sucked onto the cutting lower tool 14 to a film upper tool 26 of the film wrapping station 4. For this purpose, the first transport unit 22 has a frame 28 by which the cutting lower tool 14 is held. The frame 28 of the first transport unit 22 is, for example, with the aid of rollers 30 on a surface 32 of a housing 34 of the device 1 from FIG 1 illustrated position, in which the lower cutting tool 14 is located vertically below the upper cutting tool 12, to an in 1 position, not shown, in which the lower cutting tool 14 is located vertically below the upper film tool 26 .

The film upper tool 26 is designed to take over the film section 16 sucked onto the cutting lower tool 14 from the cutting lower tool 14. For this purpose, the film upper tool 26 also has suction openings 36, which are also connected via lines (not shown) to a device (not shown) that generates pressure.

The positioning of the lower cutting tool 14 by means of the first transport unit 22 includes that the lower cutting tool 14, preferably counter to a conveying direction 38 of the film web 10 provided between the upper cutting tool 12 and the lower cutting tool 14, on the side facing away from the preferably stationary upper cutting tool 12 of the in the 1 in the plane of the conveyor track 10 lying conveying plane of the film web 10 can be transported by means of the first transport unit 22.

The upper cutting tool 12 and lower cutting tool 14 are brought together by means of the cutting unit 8 essentially orthogonally to the conveying plane provided for the film web 10 between the upper cutting tool 12 and the lower cutting tool 14, which is in the 1 illustrated embodiment is perpendicular to the plane of the paper in the plane of the conveyor track 10.

In the illustrated embodiment of the 1 the upper cutting tool 12 and lower cutting tool 14 are brought together by means of the cutting unit 8 in that essentially only the upper cutting tool, as indicated by double arrow 40, can be moved towards the lower cutting tool 14 and away from the lower cutting tool 14 again. To generate this lifting movement 40 of the upper cutting tool 12, a corresponding, in 1 However, not shown lifting device provided. This lifting device, which provides the stroke according to double arrow 40, is able to move the upper cutting tool 12 towards the lower cutting tool 14 until knives 44 arranged on the side of the upper cutting tool 12 facing the film web 10 move into corresponding ones on the top side facing the film web 10 of the lower cutting tool 14 provided grooves 46 and in this way cut out the foil section 16 from the foil web 10 . After the cut, the upper cutting tool 12 moves again according to the double arrow 40 in FIG 1 upwards out of the cutting contact with the lower cutting tool 14 and above the film web 10.

The one in the 1 shown distances between cutting upper tool 12, film web 10 and cutting lower tool 14 can be significantly smaller in reality; however, these distances are in the 1 selected to optimize the display.

The bringing together of upper cutting tool 12 and lower cutting tool 14 by means of cutting unit 8 includes in particular that upper cutting tool 12 can be pressed onto film web 10 from the side of film web 10 facing away from lower cutting tool 14 in order to be able to press film web 10 onto lower cutting tool 14 and open cutting out the at least one film section 16 from the film web 10 in this way.

The cutting blade(s) 44 of the upper cutting tool 12 describes a predefined outline, preferably parallel to the plane of the conveyor track 10, which corresponds to the at least one film section 16. Likewise, the groove 46 or grooves 46 is/are embedded in a manner in the side of the lower cutting tool 14 facing the conveyor track 10 in accordance with a predefined outline of the desired film section 16 . Thus, when the upper cutting tool 12 and the lower cutting tool 14 are brought together, the cutting blades 44 plunge into the grooves 46 in order to be able to shear the at least one film section 16 from the film web 10 in a contact area of the cutting blade 44 and the cutting edge of the groove 46.

Preferably, the lower cutting tools 14 are transported by means of the first transport unit 22 in the direction between Schneido ber tool 12 and cutting lower tool 14 provided conveying direction 38 of the film web 10 instead.

The device 1 in 1 The embodiment illustrated is further designed such that a film section 16 sucked onto the cutting lower tool 14 can be taken over from the cutting lower tool 14 by means of the film upper tool 26 by the film section 16 being placed on the cutting lower tool 14 carrying the film section 16 in a holding plane by means of the first transport unit 22 in an access area 46 of the upper film tool 26, the upper film tool 26 can be moved from the side of the film section 16 facing away from the cutting lower tool 14 to the film section 16, the film section 16, preferably by suction by means of suction openings 36 formed in the film upper tool 26, by the film upper tool 26 can be taken over from the lower cutting tool 14, the upper film tool 26 can be moved away from the lower cutting tool 14 orthogonally to the holding plane of the lower cutting tool 14 together with the film section 16 that has been taken over, preferably orthogonally to a plane of the lower cutting tool 14, and the lower cutting tool 14 can be moved out of the access area 46 again of the upper film tool in the opposite direction to 38 or back to the in 1 shown original position is movable.

The in 1 illustrated embodiment 1 of the device according to the invention has a second transport unit 48 . The second transport unit 48 is preferably also attached to the housing 34 of the device 1 . The second transport unit 48 is designed to feed at least one cardboard tray 6 mounted in a tray receptacle 50 of a foiling lower tool 52, preferably orthogonally to a plane of movement 38 of the cutting lower tool 14, essentially into a position in an access area 46 of the foiling upper tool 26 and on that facing away from the foiling upper tool 26 Side of the film section 16 as soon as it is sucked onto the lower cutting tool 14 by the first transport unit 22 and is located below the upper film tool 26 .

The second transport unit 48 is further designed to press the cardboard tray 6, preferably with a tray edge 56 surrounding an access opening 54 in the cardboard tray 6, starting from the side of the film section 16 facing away from the film upper tool 26 against the edge hanging on the film upper tool 26, preferably by a not shown Heating in the film upper tool 26, heatable film section 16. In this way, the preferred heated film section 16 preferably adheres or sticks to the tray edge 56.

Furthermore, it is preferred if the film upper tool 26 has air outlet openings 36, by means of which the film upper tool 26 can blow air against the film section hanging on the film upper tool 26, so that the surface 58 of the film upper tool 26 facing between the film lower tool 52 and the tray edge 56 is pinched Foil section 16 is fixed in an airtight manner, so that the unfixed part of the foil section 16 can be blown into the cardboard shell 6 pressed against the foil upper tool 26 by means of the second transport unit 48, so that the cardboard shell 6 is lined with the foil section 16.

The second transport unit 48 is preferably designed such that the foil lower tool 52 with the lined with the foil section 16 tray 6 substantially orthogonal from a in the 1 foil section holding plane 60 of the upper film tool 26 shown in dashed lines, the cardboard tray 6 lined with the film section 16 preferably being able to be pushed out of the tray receptacle 50 of the lower film tool 52 by means of a tray ejector 62 in the lower film tool 52. In the 1 the shell ejector 62 is shown in its lowered position below the shell receptacle 50 . To eject the cardboard tray 6, the tray ejector 62 moves orthogonally to the foil section holding plane 60 in FIG 1 upwards in the direction of the upper film tool 26 out of the bottom area of the shell receptacle 50 and thus pushes the shell 6 upwards out of the lower film tool 52 .

2 shows a perspective view of part of the device 1 of FIG 1 . in the in 2 The view shown is essentially only the upper side 32 of the housing 34 of the device 1 together with the cutting unit 8 with five identical upper cutting tools 12, and with five sized upper foiling tools 26 as the upper part of the foiling unit 4. The lower part of the foiling unit 4, ie the foiling lower tool 52 as Part of the second transport unit 48 is in the 2 not shown.

The upper cutting tools 12 are on the housing 42 of the cutting unit 8 according to the double arrow 40 of 1 movably mounted, the housing 42 in turn having an in 1 bracket 64 shown only symbolically is attached to the housing 34 of the device 1.

The foil upper tools 26 are fastened to a plate 66, which in turn has 1 Brackets 68 shown only schematically are connected to the housing 34 of the device 1.

3 shows a perspective view of only part of the 2 . Because the 3 shows only the upper part of the cutting unit 8, ie the cutting upper tools 12 on the housing plate 62 and the holder 64. As in FIG 3 but also in the 2 can be seen, five upper cutting tools 12 are provided, so that five film sections 16 can be cut out of the film web 10 . For this purpose, five lower cutting tools 14 are then correspondingly in the 1 to provide the cutting upper tools 12 associated manner.

The scaling of the number of film sections 16 made available in this way with the aid of the cutting unit 8 significantly increases the performance of the device 1 according to the invention for supplying a film in the form of such film sections to the filming station 4 for filming, since the same as with the cutting in the cutting unit 8 as well as in the foiling unit 4, an almost arbitrarily scalable multiplicity of cardboard trays 6 can be lined with foil sections 16 at the same time.

As also from the 3 As can be seen, an outline 70 of the cutting blades 44 is arranged essentially point-symmetrically in the center of the respective upper cutting tool 12 or in the shape of a racetrack around this center.

The 4 shows the correspondingly assigned five lower cutting tools 14 with corresponding also racetrack-shaped grooves 46, in which the cutting blade 44 of the cutting upper tools 12 of 3 as above with reference to 1 described in detail when cutting the film web 10 can immerse. Furthermore, the 4 a part of the frame 28 of the first transport unit 22. The suction openings 24 in the lower cutting tools 14 are also shown in the lower cutting tools. The support frame 28 for the cutting dies 14 is supplied with power or pressure via a movable supply arm 72 .

As can be seen from all the figures described above, the device 1 is able to provide at least one film section 16, but is also able to provide two or more than two, for example as in FIGS 2 until 4 shown, to provide a total of five foil sections 16 by means of the first transport unit 22 of the foiling station 4 by means of the first transport unit 22 by means of the upper cutting tools 12 and lower cutting tools 14, which are also provided five times. Likewise, the foiling station 4 is then able, by a corresponding number of, for example, two ( 1 ) or five ( 2 until 4 ) Cardboard trays 6 with the respective film sections 16 to be lined with the film sections 16 by means of upper film tools 26 and lower film tools 52 provided in the respective number.

When foiling at least two cardboard shells at the same time, in which case the cutting unit 8 is designed to cut at least two foil sections 16 out of the foil web 10, it is preferred if, before the at least two foil sections 16 are taken over by means of the foil upper tool 26, the at least two foil sections 16, preferably by means of the first transport unit 22, in a plane of the film sections 16, ie for example according to 4 and 5 in the plane of cutting edges 47 of the grooves 46, can be spaced apart from one another by a film section distance 74, the film section distance 74 corresponding to a holding section distance 76 from associated holding sections 78 of the film upper tool. To produce this distance 74 between the lower cutting tools 14 and thus also between the cut-out film sections 16 on the lower cutting tools 14 of the first transport unit 22, the transport unit 22 has drive elements 80 for driving the lower cutting tools 14 relative to the frame 28 4 Lower cutting tool 14 shown on the far right is the first to be moved until the distance 74 to that in FIG 4 second cutting lower tool 14 seen from the right. Then this in the 4 Seen from the right in second place cutting lower tool 14 also from that in FIG 4 in third place from the right-hand cutting lower tool 14 to the right in FIG 4 moves until also between the third from the right-hand cutting lower tool 14, a distance 74 between the in the 4 seen in third place from the right cutting lower tool 14 and in the 4 is produced in the fourth position seen from the right cutting lower tool 14. The same is then repeated with the in the 4 Fourth cutting die 14 from the right with respect to the leftmost one in FIG 4 shown lower cutting tool 14 made. In this way, the in 5 realize the state shown that the desired distance 74 is produced between each of the lower cutting tools 14, which matches the distance 76 between the holding sections 78 of the upper film tools 26.

6 shows the in a perspective view from below 2 shown below right Upper film tool 26 with the holding sections 78 and the distances 76 between the holding sections 78 along the holding plane of the holding sections 78 and parallel to the conveyor track 10 level in the 1 . The holes in the holding sections of the film upper tools 26, which serve both as suction openings 36 and as exhaust openings 36, are also shown.

7 shows a perspective view of part of the 1 . Because the 7 shows only the lower part of the foiling unit 4, the second transport unit 48 attached to the frame 34 of the device 1 with five foiling lower tools 52 that match the upper foiling tools 26. In FIG 7 The work situation of the foiling lower tools 52 shown are those in 1 symbolically represented shell ejector 62, which in the more detailed representation of 4 are designed as two tray ejectors 62 per tray receptacle 50, shown in an ejecting position, i.e. shown in the position in which the tray ejectors 62 previously located in the tray receptacle 50 and lined with the foil sections 16 in the foiling station 4 cardboard trays 6 and in the in 7 state shown have been ejected from the shell receptacles 50 using the shell ejector 62.

8th shows an alternative embodiment of a cutting upper tool 12 as an alternative to the one shown in FIG 3 embodiment shown in detail. In the embodiment according to 8th the upper cutting tool 12 has no cutting knives 44 arranged in the shape of a racetrack as in 3 shown on, but only straight knives 44` arranged parallel to one another. in the in 8th In the embodiments shown, only four film sections 16' are cut out of the film web 16, which is indicated by dashed lines. Accordingly, only four lower cutting tools would then be available for transporting the foil sections 16' and correspondingly four upper foiling tools 26 or four lower foiling tools 52. All other elements and functions related to the 1 until 7 Device 1 described would also be in accordance with the use of straight cutting blades 44 ' 8th be present essentially unchanged.

9 shows a magazine 81 in a perspective and schematic view in order to provide a carton blank 82 in a form that has not yet been erected, ie in a form that still extends in one plane. in the in 9 In the illustrated embodiment of the magazine 82, the magazine 81 has five identical magazine slots 81a to 81e. In each of the shafts 81a to 81e there is a large number of carton blanks 82 in a form that has not yet been erected.

10 shows a schematic and perspective view of a magazine carriage 84 which can be moved on rollers 86, preferably automatically or remotely controlled by a drive (not shown). The magazine carriage has carriage suspension openings 88 into which the magazine 81 can be suspended using corresponding bolts 90 designed to match the openings 88 . This hanging can also be done automatically by a robot, for example. In the 10 to simplify the illustration, the cardboard blanks 82 in the magazine shafts 81a to 81e are not shown.

11 shows a perspective view of a magazine transfer station 92 for arranging the magazine 81 in a magazine transfer position of the magazine transfer station 92, preferably by releasably hanging it in the openings 96 provided in a frame 94 of the magazine transfer station 92. For this purpose, the bolts 90 of the in 9 Magazine 81 shown in the openings 96 is preferably automatically suspended. The 11 shows the magazine transfer station 92 without the magazine 81 for illustrative reasons.

The 12 shows the magazine transfer station 92 of FIG 11 together with the bolt 90 of the magazine 81 suspended in the openings 96. In the in 12 In the state shown, the cardboard blanks 82 are thus made available in a form that has not yet been erected.

13 shows a perspective and schematic view of a third transport unit 100. The third transport unit 100 is designed to suck in at least one cardboard blank 82, in which 3 illustrated embodiment for sucking five carton blanks 82 with a plane parallel to the in the magazine transfer position according to 12 in each case at the top of one of the magazine shafts 81a to 81e, the non-erected carton blank 82, which can be moved and has a positive mold 102 of the carton shell 6, is attached to the upper mold 104, preferably by means of in the 13 suction openings, not shown, in the upper mold tool 104. The upper mold tools 104 are fastened to a holding frame 106 of the third transport unit 100.

The third transport unit 100 is further designed to remove the magazine transfer position according to FIG 12 of the upper form tool 104 sucked carton blank 82 from the magazine transfer position and for moving the upper form tool 104 with the respective sucked carton blank 82 over a lower form tool. Such a lower forming tool is preferred at the same time as a lower filming tool of a filming station tion trained. Such a lower mold is preferred in the in 13 illustrated embodiment identical to that in 7 illustrated lower mold tool 52.

For this purpose, it is preferred if the second transport unit 48 carrying the lower forming or foiling tool 52 is designed to reduce the distance between the upper forming tool 104 and the lower forming or foiling tool 52, so that the upper forming tool 104 serving as the third transport unit 100 is suspended Cardboard blank 82 between the positive mold 102 of the upper mold 104 and the negative mold 50 of the lower mold 52 can be set up in a thus defined form of the cardboard shell 6 by the interaction of the positive mold 102 and negative mold 50 .

For this the in 13 illustrated frame 106 with the forming upper tool in the direction of the double arrow 108 via the 12 illustrated magazine transfer position or precisely with the upper forming tools 104 each designed as a suction element over a respective carton blank 82 in each of the magazine shafts 81a to 81e, simultaneously sucks out one carton blank 82 from each of the magazine shafts 81a to 81e and moves according to arrow 108 from the Position above magazine 81 in the 12 to a position above the dies 52 according to FIG 7 in order to be able to bring about the above-described interaction of the positive mold 102 of the mold upper tool 104 and the negative mold 50 of the mold lower tool 52.

It is preferred if the third transport unit 100 can be moved out of an intermediate space between the lower mold 52, which carries the erected cardboard tray in the tray receiver 50, and the film upper tool 26, after the cardboard trays 6 have been formed in the tray receptacle 50, in order to move the upper mold 104 out, in such a way that the forming lower tool 52 can be moved in the direction of the film upper tool 26 in the form of its function as a film lower tool 52 of the film station 4 in order to perform the above-described lining of the erected cardboard shell 6 with the film section 16.

It is also preferred if the third transport unit 100 is designed, for example by providing a rod 110 running parallel to the frame, such that the movement of bringing the upper mold tool 104 from the magazine transfer station according to FIG 12 At the same time, a cardboard shell 6 lined with film, which is located on the lower mold 52 in a position lifted out by the ejectors 62, can be displaced via the lower mold 52 from its raised position on the lower mold 52 onto a conveyor belt 112 that is remote from the magazine transfer station 92 is.

14 shows such a conveyor belt 112 in a perspective and schematic view together with a drive motor 114.

The present invention thus advantageously makes it possible for lower tool 52 to be used on the one hand as foiling lower tool 52 for pressing the cardboard shells onto the foil sections 16 made available by first transport unit 28 from a direction 38 and thus as foiling lower tool 52, while lower tool 52 can also be used at the same time as a lower forming tool 52 if carton blanks 82 that have not been erected are moved in a direction 108, using the third transport unit 100, transversely to the conveying direction 38 but also in a plane parallel to the path plane of the conveying track 10, using the third transport unit 100 over the lower forming tool 52 Supplied carton blanks 82 can be set up by the interaction of upper form tool 104 and lower form tool 52. The necessary movement perpendicular to the conveying plane of the conveyor track 10 is in the 1 and 7 symbolized by the double arrow 116.

• - Positionieren, bevorzugt mittels einer ersten Transporteinheit 22, eines Schneidunterwerkzeugs 14 auf einer einem zugeordneten Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 abgewandten Seite einer Förderebene einer die Folie 2 aufweisenden, bevorzugt vorgespannten, Folienbahn 10, so dass sich die Folienbahn 10 zwischen dem Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 und dem Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 befindet,
• - Zusammenführen von Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 und Schneidunterwerkzeug 14, um mindestens einen Folienabschnitt 16 aus der Folienbahn 10 herauszuschneiden,
• - Ansaugen des herausgeschnittenen Folienabschnittes 16 an das Schneidunterwerkzeug 14,
• - Transportieren, bevorzugt mittels einer ersten Transporteinheit 22, des an das Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 angesaugten Folienabschnitts 16, bevorzugt mittels einer ersten Transporteinheit 22, zu einem Folieroberwerkzeug 26 der Folierstation 4,
• - Übernehmen des an das Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 angesaugten Folienabschnitts 16 von dem Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 durch das Folieroberwerkzeug 26 der Folierstation 4,

wobei das Positionieren umfasst, dass das Schneidunterwerkzeug 14, bevorzugt entgegen einer zwischen Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 und Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 vorgesehenen Förderrichtung 38 der Folienbahn 10, auf die dem, bevorzugt ortsfesten, Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 abgewandte Seite der Förderebene der Folienbahn 10, bevorzugt in eine Ebene parallel zu einer Ebene der Folienbahn 10, transportiert wird,
wobei das Zusammenführen von Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 und Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 im Wesentlichen orthogonal zu der zwischen Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 und Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 für die Folienbahn 10 vorgesehenen Förderebene vorgenommen wird,
wobei das Zusammenführen von Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 und Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 umfasst, dass, bevorzugt im Wesentlichen nur, das Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 bewegt wird,
wobei das Zusammenführen von Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 und Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 umfasst, dass das Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 von der dem Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 abgewandten Seite der Folienbahn 10 her auf die Folienbahn 10 gedrückt wird, um die Folienbahn 10 auf das Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 zu drücken und auf diese Weise den mindestens einen Folienabschnitt 16 aus der Folienbahn 10 herauszuschneiden,
wobei das Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 ein, bevorzugt einem vordefinierten Umriss 70 des mindestens einen Folienabschnitts 16 entsprechend ausgebildetes, Schneidmesser 44 aufweist, welches beim Zusammenführen von Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 und Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 in eine zugeordnete, einen Schneidrand aufweisende Nut 46 im Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 eintaucht, um den mindestens einen Folienabschnitt 16 in einem Kontaktbereich von Schneidmesser 44 und Schneidrand von der Folienbahn 10 abzuscheren, wobei das Ansaugen durch Absaugen von Luft aus in dem Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 vorgesehenen, der Folienbahn 10 zugewandten Ansaugöffnungen 24 erfolgt,
wobei das Transportieren des an das Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 angesaugten Folienabschnitts 16 zu dem Folieroberwerkzeug 26 der Folierstation 4 in Richtung der zwischen Schneidoberwerkzeug 12 und Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 vorgesehenen Förderrichtung 38 der Folienbahn 10 erfolgt,
wobei das Übernehmen des an das Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 angesaugten Folienabschnitts 16 von dem Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 durch das Folieroberwerkzeug 26 erfolgt, indem der Folienabschnitt 16 auf dem den Folienabschnitt 16 in einer Halteebene tragenden Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 in einen Zugriffsbereich 46 des Folieroberwerkzeugs 26 transportiert wird,
das Folieroberwerkzeug 26 von der dem Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 abgewandten Seite des Folienabschnitts 16 an den Folienabschnitt 16 heranbewegt wird,
der Folienabschnitt 16, bevorzugt durch Ansaugen, durch das Folieroberwerkzeug 26 von dem Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 übernommen wird,
das Folieroberwerkzeug 26 orthogonal zu der Halteebene des Schneidunterwerkzeugs 14 zusammen mit dem übernommenen Folienabschnitt 16 wieder, bevorzugt orthogonal zu einer Ebene des Schneidunterwerkzeugs 14, von dem Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 weg bewegt wird,
und das Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 wieder aus dem Zugriffsbereich 46 des Folieroberwerkzeugs 26 weg bewegt wird,

• - Zuführen, bevorzugt mittels einer zweiten Transporteinheit 48, mindestens einer in einer Schalenaufnahme 50 eines Folierunterwerkzeugs 52 gelagerten Kartonschale 6, bevorzugt orthogonal zu einer Bewegungsebene des Schneidunterwerkzeugs 14, im Wesentlichen in eine Position in einem Zugriffsbereich 46 des Folieroberwerkzeugs 26 und auf der dem Folieroberwerkzeug 26 abgewandten Seite des Folienabschnitts 16 liegend, und
• - Drücken, bevorzugt mittels einer zweiten Transporteinheit 48, von der dem Folieroberwerkzeug 26 abgewandten Seite des Folienabschnitts 16 her, bevorzugt mit einem eine Zugriffsöffnung der Kartonschale 6 umgebenden Schalenrand, gegen den am Folieroberwerkzeug 26 hängenden, bevorzugt von dem Folieroberwerkzeug 26 erwärmten, Folienabschnitt 16,

wobei von dem Folieroberwerkzeug 26 gegen den Folienabschnitt 16 Luft geblasen wird, so dass der Folienabschnitt 16 in die Kartonschale 6 eingeblasen wird und die Kartonschale 6 mit dem Folienabschnitt 16 ausgekleidet wird,
wobei das Folierunterwerkzeug 52 mit der mit dem Folienabschnitt 16 ausgekleideten Schale im Wesentlichen orthogonal von einer Folienabschnittshalteebene des Folieroberwerkzeugs 26 wegbewegt wird,
die Schale mittels eines Schalenauswerfers 62 aus der Schalenaufnahme 50 herausgedrückt wird,
und die Schale auf ein Abförderband geschoben wird,

• - Zurverfügungstellen des Kartonzuschnitts 82 in noch nicht aufgestellter Form, d.h. sich noch in einer Ebene erstreckend, in einem Magazin 81,
• - Anordnen des Magazins 81 in einer Magazinübergabeposition einer Magazinübergabestation 92, bevorzugt durch lösbares Einhängen in mindestens eine Öffnung in der Magazinübergabestation 92,
• - Ansaugen des Kartonzuschnitts 82 mit einem parallel zur Ebene des in der Magazinübergabeposition befindlichen Kartonzuschnitts 82 verfahrbaren und eine Positivform der Kartonschale 6 aufweisenden Formoberwerkzeugs 104 an das Formoberwerkzeug 104,
• - Entnehmen des angesaugten Kartonzuschnitts 82 aus der Magazinübergabeposition, und
• - Verbringen des angesaugten Formoberwerkzeugs 104 mit dem angesaugten Kartonzuschnitt 82 über ein Formunterwerkzeug, welches gleichzeitig ein Folierunterwerkzeug 52 der Folierstation 4 ist,

wobei die Schritte des Ansaugens, Entnehmens und Verbringens bevorzugt mit einer dritten Transporteinheit 100 durchgeführt werden,

• - Verringern des Abstandes zwischen Formoberwerkzeug 104 und Formunterwerkzeug, so dass der Kartonzuschnitt 82 zwischen der Positivform des Formoberwerkzeugs 104 und der Negativform des Formunterwerkzeugs durch Zusammenwirken von Positivform und Negativform in eine somit definierte Form der Kartonschale 6 aufgestellt wird,
• - Herausfahren des Formoberwerkzeugs 104 aus einem Zwischenraum zwischen dem die Kartonschale 6 tragenden Formunterwerkzeug und dem Folieroberwerkzeug 26, so dass das Formunterwerkzeug in seiner Funktion als Folierunterwerkzeug 52 in Richtung auf das Folieroberwerkzeug 26 der Folierstation 4 bewegt werden kann,

wobei durch die Bewegung des Verbringens des Formoberwerkzeugs 104 von der Magazinübergabestation 92 über das Formunterwerkzeug gleichzeitig eine fertig aufgestellte Kartonschale 6, die sich auf dem Formunterwerkzeug befindet, von ihrer Position auf dem Formunterwerkzeug auf ein von der Magazinübergabestation 92 abgewandten Seite des Formunterwerkzeugs liegendes Abförderband geschoben wird,
zum gleichzeitigen Folieren von mindestens zwei Kartonschalen 6, wobei mindestens zwei Folienabschnitte 16 aus der Folienbahn 10 herausgeschnitten werden,
wobei vor dem Übernehmen der mindestens zwei an das Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 angesaugten Folienabschnitte 16 von dem Schneidunterwerkzeug 14 durch das Folieroberwerkzeug 26 die mindestens zwei Folienabschnitte 16 in einer Ebene der Folienabschnitte 16 mit einem Folienabschnittsabstand 74 voneinander beabstandet werden, wobei der Folienabschnittsabstand 74 einem Halteabschnittsabstand 76 von zugeordneten Halteabschnitten 78 des Folieroberwerkzeugs 26 entspricht.The 1 until 14 also show in their overall view a method according to the invention for feeding a foil 2 to a foiling station 4 for foiling at least one cardboard tray 6, with the steps:

• - Positioning, preferably by means of a first transport unit 22, a lower cutting tool 14 on a side of a conveying plane facing away from an associated upper cutting tool 12 of a preferably pretensioned film web 10 having the film 2, so that the film web 10 is located between the upper cutting tool 12 and the lower cutting tool 14 ,
• - Bringing the upper cutting tool 12 and lower cutting tool 14 together in order to cut out at least one film section 16 from the film web 10,
• - Suction of the cut-out foil section 16 to the lower cutting tool 14,
• - Transporting, preferably by means of a first transport unit 22, the foil section 16 sucked onto the cutting lower tool 14, preferably by means of a first transport unit 22, to a foil upper tool 26 of the foiling station 4,
• - Taking over the film section 16 sucked onto the lower cutting tool 14 from the lower cutting tool 14 by the upper film tool 26 of the filming station 4,

positioning comprises that cutting lower tool 14, preferably counter to a conveying direction 38 of film web 10 provided between cutting upper tool 12 and cutting lower tool 14, on the side of the conveying plane of film web 10 facing away from the preferably stationary cutting upper tool 12, preferably in a plane parallel to a Level of the film web 10, is transported,
the upper cutting tool 12 and the lower cutting tool 14 being brought together essentially orthogonally to the conveying plane provided between the upper cutting tool 12 and the lower cutting tool 14 for the film web 10,
the bringing together of upper cutting tool 12 and lower cutting tool 14 comprises moving, preferably essentially only, upper cutting tool 12,
The bringing together of upper cutting tool 12 and lower cutting tool 14 comprises pressing upper cutting tool 12 onto film web 10 from the side of film web 10 facing away from lower cutting tool 14 in order to press film web 10 onto lower cutting tool 14 and in this way the at least one to cut out the film section 16 from the film web 10,
upper cutting tool 12 has a cutting blade 44, preferably designed to correspond to a predefined outline 70 of the at least one film section 16, which, when upper cutting tool 12 and lower cutting tool 14 are brought together, dips into an associated groove 46 in lower cutting tool 14 that has a cutting edge, in order to cut the at least one Shear the film section 16 from the film web 10 in a contact area between the cutting blade 44 and the cutting edge, with the suction taking place by suction of air from suction openings 24 provided in the lower cutting tool 14 and facing the film web 10,
the film section 16 sucked onto the lower cutting tool 14 is transported to the upper film tool 26 of the film wrapping station 4 in the direction of the conveying direction 38 of the film web 10 provided between the upper cutting tool 12 and the lower cutting tool 14,
the film section 16 sucked onto the lower cutting tool 14 being taken over from the lower cutting tool 14 by the upper film tool 26 in that the film section 16 is transported on the lower cutting tool 14 carrying the film section 16 in a holding plane into an access area 46 of the upper film tool 26,
the film upper tool 26 is moved towards the film section 16 from the side of the film section 16 facing away from the cutting lower tool 14,
the film section 16 is taken over by the upper film tool 26 from the lower cutting tool 14, preferably by suction,
the upper film tool 26 is moved away from the lower cutting tool 14 orthogonally to the holding plane of the lower cutting tool 14 together with the transferred film section 16, preferably orthogonally to a plane of the lower cutting tool 14,
and the lower cutting tool 14 is moved away from the access area 46 of the upper film tool 26 again,

• - Feeding, preferably by means of a second transport unit 48, at least one cardboard tray 6 mounted in a tray receptacle 50 of a foiling lower tool 52, preferably orthogonally to a plane of movement of the cutting lower tool 14, essentially into a position in an access area 46 of the foiling upper tool 26 and on the foiling upper tool 26 Facing away from the film section 16 lying, and
• - Pressing, preferably by means of a second transport unit 48, from the side of the film section 16 facing away from the film upper tool 26, preferably with a shell edge surrounding an access opening of the cardboard tray 6, against the film section 16 hanging on the film upper tool 26 and preferably heated by the film upper tool 26,

air being blown from the film upper tool 26 against the film section 16, so that the film section 16 is blown into the cardboard shell 6 and the cardboard shell 6 is lined with the film section 16,
wherein the film lower tool 52 with the shell lined with the film section 16 is moved away substantially orthogonally from a film section holding plane of the film upper tool 26,
the shell is pushed out of the shell receptacle 50 by means of a shell ejector 62,
and the shell is pushed onto a discharge conveyor belt,

• - Providing the carton blank 82 in a form that has not yet been erected, ie still extending in one plane, in a magazine 81,
• - Arranging the magazine 81 in a magazine transfer position of a magazine transfer station 92, preferably by releasably hanging in at least one opening in the magazine transfer station 92,
• - Suction of the carton blank 82 with a parallel to the plane of the carton blank 82 in the magazine transfer position movable and having a positive mold of the carton shell 6 forming upper tool 104 on the forming upper tool 104,
• - Removing the sucked carton blank 82 from the magazine transfer position, and
• - Spend the sucked form upper tool 104 with the sucked carton blank 82 over a form lower tool, which is at the same time a foiling lower tool 52 of the foiling station 4,

wherein the steps of suction, removal and transfer are preferably carried out with a third transport unit 100,

• - Reducing the distance between the upper form tool 104 and the lower form tool, so that the carton blank 82 is set up between the positive mold of the upper form tool 104 and the negative form of the lower form tool through the interaction of the positive mold and negative mold in a thus defined shape of the cardboard shell 6,
• - Moving the upper form tool 104 out of a space between the lower form tool carrying the cardboard shell 6 and the upper film tool 26, so that the lower form tool can be moved in its function as a lower film tool 52 in the direction of the upper film tool 26 of the film station 4,

whereby the movement of bringing the upper mold 104 from the magazine transfer station 92 over the lower mold simultaneously pushes a finished cardboard tray 6, which is located on the lower mold, from its position on the lower mold to a side of the lower mold that faces away from the magazine transfer station 92 ,
for the simultaneous foiling of at least two cardboard shells 6, with at least two foil sections 16 being cut out of the foil web 10,
before the at least two film sections 16 sucked onto the cutting lower tool 14 are taken over from the cutting lower tool 14 by the film upper tool 26, the at least two film sections 16 are spaced apart from one another in a plane of the film sections 16 by a film section spacing 74, the film section spacing 74 being a holding section spacing 76 from associated Holding sections 78 of the film upper tool 26 corresponds.

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Method for feeding a foil (2) to a foiling station (4) for foiling at least one cardboard shell (6), with the steps: - Positioning, preferably by means of a first transport unit (22), a lower cutting tool (14) on a side of a conveying plane of a film web (10) having the film (2) that is remote from an associated upper cutting tool (12), so that the film web (10) is located between the upper cutting tool (12) and the lower cutting tool (14), - Bringing the upper cutting tool (12) and lower cutting tool (14) together in order to cut out at least one film section (16) from the film web (10), - suction of the cut-out foil section (16) to the lower cutting tool (14), - transporting, preferably by means of a first transport unit (22), the film section (16) sucked onto the cutting lower tool (14) to a film upper tool (26) of the filming station (4), - Taking over the film section (16) sucked onto the lower cutting tool (14) from the lower cutting tool (14) by the upper film tool (26) of the filming station (4). procedure after claim 1 , wherein the positioning comprises that the lower cutting tool (14), preferably counter to a conveying direction (38) of the film web (10) provided between the upper cutting tool (12) and the lower cutting tool (14), on the side facing away from the preferably stationary upper cutting tool (12). the conveying plane of the film web (10), preferably in a plane parallel to a plane of the film web (10). Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the upper cutting tool (12) and lower cutting tool (14) are brought together essentially orthogonally to the conveying plane provided between the upper cutting tool (12) and lower cutting tool (14) for the film web (10). Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the bringing together of the upper cutting tool (12) and lower cutting tool (14) comprises that, preferably essentially only, the upper cutting tool (12) is moved. Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the bringing together of the cutting upper tool (12) and the cutting substructure tool (14) comprises that the upper cutting tool (12) is pressed onto the film web (10) from the side of the film web (10) facing away from the lower cutting tool (14) in order to press the film web (10) onto the lower cutting tool (14). and in this way to cut out the at least one film section (16) from the film web (10). Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the upper cutting tool (12) has a cutting blade (44), preferably designed to correspond to a predefined outline (70) of the at least one film section (16), which when the upper cutting tool (12) and lower cutting tool (14 ) plunges into an associated groove (46) in the lower cutting tool (14) that has a cutting edge, in order to shear the at least one film section (16) from the film web (10) in a contact area of the cutting blade (44) and cutting edge. Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which the suction takes place by suction of air from suction openings (24) provided in the lower cutting tool (14) and facing the film web (10). Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the transporting of the film section (16) sucked onto the lower cutting tool (14) to the upper film tool (26) of the film wrapping station (4) in the direction of the conveying direction (38 ) of the film web (10). Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the film section (16) sucked onto the lower cutting tool (14) is taken over from the lower cutting tool (14) by the upper film tool (26), in that the film section (16) is transported on the cutting lower tool (14) carrying the film section (16) in a holding plane into an access area (46) of the film upper tool (26), the film upper tool (26) is moved towards the film section (16) from the side of the film section (16) facing away from the cutting lower tool (14), the film section (16), preferably by suction, through the film upper tool (26) from the cutting lower tool (14) is taken over the upper film tool (26) is moved away from the lower cutting tool (14) orthogonally to the holding plane of the lower cutting tool (14) together with the film section (16) taken over, preferably orthogonally to a plane of the lower cutting tool (14), and the cutting die (14) is again moved away from the access area (46) of the film die (26). Method according to one of the preceding claims, - Feeding, preferably by means of a second transport unit (48), at least one cardboard shell (6) mounted in a shell receptacle (50) of a foiling lower tool (52), preferably orthogonally to a plane of movement of the cutting lower tool (14), essentially into a position in an access area (46) of the film upper tool (26) and lying on the side of the film section (16) facing away from the film upper tool (26), and - Pressing, preferably by means of a second transport unit (48), from the side of the foil section (16) facing away from the foil upper tool (26), preferably with a tray edge surrounding an access opening of the cardboard tray (6), against the hanging on the foil upper tool (26), foil section (16) preferably heated by the upper foil tool (26). Method according to the preceding claim, wherein air is blown from the film upper tool (26) against the film section (16), so that the film section (16) is blown into the cardboard shell (6) and the cardboard shell (6) with the film section (16) is lined. Method according to the preceding claim, wherein the film lower tool (52) with the shell lined with the film section (16) is moved away essentially orthogonally from a film section holding plane of the film upper tool (26), the shell is pushed out of the shell receptacle (50) by means of a shell ejector (62), and the tray is pushed onto a discharge conveyor. Method for feeding a carton blank (82) for a carton shell (6) to a foiling station (4) for wrapping the carton shell (6), in particular according to one of the preceding claims, - providing the carton blank (82) in a form that has not yet been erected, i.e still extending in one plane, in a magazine (81), - arranging the magazine (81) in a magazine transfer position of a magazine transfer station (92), preferably by hanging it detachably in at least one opening in the magazine transfer station (92), - sucking in the carton blank (82 ) with a carton blank (82) that can be moved parallel to the plane of the carton blank (82) located in the magazine transfer position and a positive form of the carton shell (6). sending the upper form tool (104) to the upper form tool (104), - removal of the sucked-up carton blank (82) from the magazine transfer position, and - moving the sucked-in upper form tool (104) with the sucked-in carton blank (82) via a lower form tool, which at the same time is a foil lower tool (52 ) of the foiling station (4), the steps of sucking in, removing and moving being preferably carried out with a third transport unit (100). Method according to the preceding claim, - Reducing the distance between the upper form tool (104) and the lower form tool, so that the cardboard blank (82) is set up between the positive mold of the upper form tool (104) and the negative form of the lower form tool through the interaction of the positive mold and negative mold in a thus defined form of the cardboard shell (6). . Method according to the preceding claim, - Moving the upper form tool (104) out of a space between the lower form tool carrying the cardboard shell (6) and the upper film tool (26) so that the lower form tool, in its function as a lower film tool (52), moves in the direction of the upper film tool (26) of the film station (4 ) can be moved. Procedure according to one of Claims 13 until 15 , whereby the movement of bringing the upper form tool (104) from the magazine transfer station (92) over the lower form tool simultaneously moves a finished cardboard shell (6), which is located on the lower form tool, from its position on the lower form tool to one of the magazine transfer station (92 ) facing away from the lower mold lying discharge conveyor belt is pushed. Method according to one of the preceding claims, for the simultaneous foiling of at least two cardboard shells (6), wherein at least two foil sections (16) are cut out of the foil web (10), wherein before the transfer of the at least two foil sections sucked onto the lower cutting tool (14) ( 16) the at least two film sections (16) are spaced apart from one another by the cutting lower tool (14) by the film upper tool (26) in a plane of the film sections (16) with a film section spacing (74), the film section spacing (74) corresponding to a holding section spacing (76) of associated holding sections (78) of the film upper tool (26). Device (1) for feeding a foil (2) to a foiling station (4) for foiling at least one cardboard shell (6), having: a cutting unit (8) for cutting a preferably pretensioned film web (10) containing the film (2), with an upper cutting tool (12) and with an associated lower cutting tool (14), the cutting unit (8) being designed such that by bringing them together of cutting upper tool (12) and Lower cutting tool (14) at least one film section (16) can be cut out of the film web (10), a first transport unit (22) for positioning the lower cutting tool (14) on a side of a conveying plane of the film web (10) remote from the upper cutting tool (12), so that the film web (10) can be positioned between the upper cutting tool (12) and the lower cutting tool (14). is, the lower cutting tool (14) being designed to suck the cut-out foil section (16) onto the lower cutting tool (14), wherein the first transport unit (22) is designed to transport the film section (16) sucked onto the lower cutting tool (14) to an upper film tool (26) of the film wrapping station (4), and wherein the upper foil tool (26) is designed to take over the foil section (16) sucked onto the lower cutting tool (14) from the lower cutting tool (14). Device (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein the positioning by means of the first transport unit (22) comprises that the lower cutting tool (14), preferably counter to a conveying direction (38) of the film web (10 ) can be transported by means of the first transport unit (22) to the side of the conveying plane of the film web (10) facing away from the preferably stationary upper cutting tool (12). Device (1) according to one of the two preceding claims, wherein the bringing together of the upper cutting tool (12) and lower cutting tool (14) by means of the cutting unit (8) is essentially orthogonal to that between the upper cutting tool (12) and lower cutting tool (14) for the film web (10 ) provided funding level is feasible. Device (1) according to one of the three preceding claims, wherein the bringing together of the upper cutting tool (12) and lower cutting tool (14) by means of the cutting unit (8) comprises that, preferably essentially only, the upper cutting tool (12) is movable. Device (1) according to one of the four preceding claims, wherein the bringing together of the upper cutting tool (12) and lower cutting tool (14) by means of the cutting unit (8) comprises that the upper cutting tool (12) is moved from the side of the film web (1) remote from the lower cutting tool (14). 10) can be pressed onto the film web (10) in order to be able to press the film web (10) onto the lower cutting tool (14) and in this way the at least one film section (16) can be cut out of the film web (10). Device (1) according to one of the five preceding claims, wherein the upper cutting tool (12) has a cutting blade (44), preferably designed to correspond to a predefined outline (70) of the at least one film section (16), which when the upper cutting tool (12 ) and lower cutting tool (14) in an associated groove (46) having a cutting edge in the lower cutting tool (14) in order to cut the at least one foil section (16) in a contact area of the cutting knife (44) and cutting edge of the foil web (10) to be able to shear off. Device (1) according to one of the six preceding claims, wherein the suction can be carried out with the aid of the lower cutting tool (14) by suction of air from suction openings (24) provided in the lower cutting tool (14) and facing the film web (10). Device (1) according to one of the seven preceding claims, wherein the transporting by means of the first transport unit (22) can be carried out in the direction of the conveying direction (38) of the film web (10) provided between the upper cutting tool (12) and the lower cutting tool (14). Device (1) according to one of the eight preceding claims, wherein a film section (16) sucked onto the lower cutting tool (14) can be taken over from the lower cutting tool (14) by means of the upper film tool (26), in that the film section (16) on the cutting lower tool (14) carrying the film section (16) in a holding plane can be transported by means of the first transport unit (22) into an access area (46) of the film upper tool (26), the film upper tool (26) from the dem the lower cutting tool (14) can be moved towards the film section (16) on the side facing away from the film section (16), the film section (16), preferably by suction, can be taken over by the film upper tool (26) from the cutting lower tool (14), the upper film tool (26) can be moved away from the lower cutting tool (14) orthogonally to the holding plane of the lower cutting tool (14) together with the film section (16) taken over, preferably orthogonally to a plane of the lower cutting tool (14), and the cutting lower tool (14) can be moved away from the access area (46) of the film upper tool (26) again. Device (1) according to one of the nine preceding claims, comprising: a second transport unit (22) for feeding at least one cardboard shell (6) mounted in a shell receptacle (50) of a foiling lower tool (52), preferably orthogonally to a plane of movement of the cutting lower tool (14), essentially into a position in an access area (46) of the foiling upper tool (26) and on the side of the foil section (16) facing away from the upper foil tool (26), and for pressing the cardboard shell (6), preferably with a shell edge surrounding an access opening of the cardboard shell (6), starting from the side of the film section (16) facing away from the film upper tool (26) against the hanging on the film upper tool (26), preferably from the Foil upper tool (26) heatable foil section (16). The device (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein the film upper tool (26) has air outlet openings, by means of which the film upper tool (26) can blow air against the film section (16), so that the film section (16) is pushed into the area by means of the second transport unit (22) cardboard shell (6) pressed against the film upper tool (26) can be blown in, so that the cardboard shell (6) can be lined with the film section (16). Device (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein the second transport unit (22) is designed in such a way that the film lower tool (52) with the cardboard shell (6) lined with the film section (16) can be moved away essentially orthogonally from a film section holding plane of the film upper tool (26), the cardboard tray (6) lined with the foil section (16) can be pushed out of the tray receptacle (50) in the foiling lower tool (52) by means of a tray ejector (62) in the foiling lower tool (52). Device (1) for feeding a cardboard blank (82) for a cardboard shell (6) to a foiling station (4) for foiling the cardboard shell (6), in particular according to one of the above claims 18 - 29 , having: a magazine (81) to make the carton blank (82) available in a form that is not yet erected, ie in a form that still extends in one plane, a magazine transfer station (92) for arranging the magazine (81) in a magazine transfer position Magazine transfer station (92), preferably by being detachably suspended in at least one opening in the magazine transfer station (92), and a third transport unit (22) which is designed to suck in the carton blank (82) with a carton blank (82) parallel to the plane of the carton blank ( 82) moveable upper form tool (104) having a positive form of the cardboard shell (6) to the upper form tool (104), for removing the carton blank (82) sucked by the upper form tool (104) in the magazine transfer position from the magazine transfer position, and for moving the upper form tool ( 104) with the carton blank (82) that has been sucked in via a lower forming tool, which is also designed as a lower filming tool (52) of the filming station (4). Device (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein the second transport unit (22) is designed to reduce the distance between the upper form tool (104) and the lower form tool, so that the carton blank hanging on the upper form tool (104) serving as the third transport unit (22). (82) can be erected between the positive mold of the upper mold (104) and the negative mold of the lower mold by interaction of the positive mold and negative mold in a thus defined shape of the cardboard shell (6). Device (1) according to the preceding claim, wherein the third transport unit (22) is designed to move the upper mold (104) out of a gap between the lower mold carrying the cardboard shell (6) and the upper film tool (26) such that the lower mold in the direction can be moved onto the foil upper tool (26) of the foiling station (4). Device (1) according to one of claims 30 until 32 , wherein the third transport unit (22) is designed in such a way that by moving the upper mold (104) from the magazine transfer station (92) over the lower mold, a cardboard shell (6) lined with film (2) that is on the lower mold located, is displaceable from its position on the lower mold tool to a removal belt lying away from the magazine transfer station (92) of the lower mold tool. Device (1) according to one of claims 18 - 33 , for the simultaneous foiling of at least two cardboard shells (6), the cutting unit (8) being designed to cut at least two foil sections (16) out of the foil web (10), whereby before the at least two foil sections (16) are taken over by means of the foil upper tool (26) the at least two film sections (16) can be spaced apart from one another in a plane of the film sections (16) by a film section spacing (74), preferably by means of the first transport unit (22), the film section spacing (74) corresponding to a holding section spacing (76) of associated holding sections (78) of the film upper tool (26).

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