EP0337319A1 - Process and machine for packing shrubs - Google Patents

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EP0337319A1
EP0337319A1 EP89106177A EP89106177A EP0337319A1 EP 0337319 A1 EP0337319 A1 EP 0337319A1 EP 89106177 A EP89106177 A EP 89106177A EP 89106177 A EP89106177 A EP 89106177A EP 0337319 A1 EP0337319 A1 EP 0337319A1
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  • the invention relates to a method for baling shrub plants, in particular rose plants, in which a trough is formed from wire mesh in the form of a flat lattice section which has protruding wire ends on at least one of two mutually opposite edges, the trough partially with a moisture-retaining substrate such as Peat is filled, the roots of the lying plant, which have been freed from soil, are placed on the substrate, further substrate is applied to the roots, the wire mesh is deformed into a tube by bending the two edges mentioned, and the edges are firmly connected to one another by inserting wire ends from the other edge through meshes along one edge and then bending these wire ends.
  • a trough is formed from wire mesh in the form of a flat lattice section which has protruding wire ends on at least one of two mutually opposite edges, the trough partially with a moisture-retaining substrate such as Peat is filled, the roots of the lying plant, which have been freed from soil, are placed on the substrate, further substrate is applied to the roots, the
  • the invention further relates to a machine for baling shrub plants, in particular rose plants, with at least one trough onto which a wire mesh can be placed.
  • German utility model 1857927 is a hand-operated device for balling shrubs plants known, in which a mat made of elastic material is suspended from a first rigid horizontal bar on the top of a box-shaped, rectangular in plan view container. This bar is pivotally mounted on the container by means of a linkage about an axis parallel to it. The mat hangs from the first bar at rest, forms a trough of approximately semicircular cross-section in the container, extends over the upper edge of the container removed from the first bar and has a free end to which a second rigid bar provided with a handle is fastened .
  • a wire mesh is placed on the trough formed by the mat, some bale material is poured onto it, the plant with its roots is placed on it, the bale material is poured on again and then the second bar with the handle attached to the free end of the elastic mat against the slightly raised one , first bar attached to the boom pressed.
  • wire ends at the free end of the wire mesh are to be inserted through gaps at its opposite end and bent by pressing on the first strip, thereby closing the cylinder formed by the wire mesh.
  • this known device Compared to the purely manual balling of shrub plants, this known device is advantageous; their handling is quite cumbersome. It is only with great skill and mostly incomplete that wire ends at one end of the wire mesh can penetrate the mesh at the other end in such a way that the wire ends can then easily be bent like hooks in order to securely close the cylinder formed. Mechanization is hardly conceivable because the wire mesh bends differently from case to case.
  • Balling the plants is done by sending everything to the plants. For this purpose, it is common to combine a large number of balled plants in a bundle, for example placing them in a box or on a pallet. In this case, cavities remain between bales which are cylindrically enveloped in the known manner, which mean a very considerable loss of usable container volume and promote drying out of the plant bales during transport and storage.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a method and a machine which make it possible to ball rose plants and other comparable shrub plants in such a way that they have a uniform cross section, can be assembled into containers in a space-saving manner and are therefore better protected against drying out and damage.
  • the plant bale Due to the inventive folding of the wire mesh along precisely defined edge lines, the plant bale has a regularly polygonal, in particular square, cross-section, which ensures that free wire ends can penetrate into opposite meshes of the wire mesh in a safe and thus automated manner, so that the covering formed by the wire mesh is reliably stable . Because of the polygonal cross-sectional shape of the bales, cavities between bales combined into a bundle can be avoided. This will keep the plants out protected from drying. Even when the plants according to the invention are removed from a larger container, the wire mesh covering remains securely closed, which ensures that the plant bales are retained even during planting without any appreciable loss of substrate.
  • the purpose of the machine shown is to embed a rose plant 10, which is delivered with roots 12 freed from soil, in a moisture-retaining substrate 14, for example peat, and to coat the substrate 14 with a wire mesh 16, which in the process has the shape of a slim tube assumes the same square cross-section over its entire length.
  • the wire mesh 16 should extend into the vicinity of the grafting point 18 of the rose plant 10 from which the noble shoots 20 start.
  • the wire mesh 16 has rectangular meshes 22 which are elongated in the horizontal direction. Two edges 24 and 26 of the wire mesh 16 which are vertical when the rose plant 10 is upright are each formed by a vertical wire which extends along a surface line of the tube. The horizontal wires of the wire mesh 16 are briefly cut off at the edge 24, but form wire ends 28 which extend considerably beyond the other edge 26. In the final state of the planting pack, these wire ends 28 are inserted through a stitch 22 adjacent to the edge 24 and bent over such that the both edges 24 and 26 are firmly connected to each other on all meshes 22.
  • the tube thus formed by the wire mesh 16, which contains the substrate 14 and the roots 12, is finally inserted in a manner not shown in a film bag 30 made of biaxially shrinkable film, which extends to the height of the upper ends of the noble shoots 20 and all around the finishing point 18 is shrunk by external heat so that the film bag 30 closely encloses the tube formed by the wire mesh 16.
  • the tube formed by the wire mesh 16 can be circular cylindrical, but preferably has a polygonal cross section, which is square in the example shown. This cross section arises from the fact that a rectangular section of the wire mesh 16 is deformed by a right-angled folding along a central first edge line 32 into a depression which is initially filled with approximately half of the intended amount of substrate 14, whereupon the roots 12 of a plant 10 are placed on and the second half of the substrate 14 is applied. Then the wire mesh 16 is folded along a second edge line 34 which lies in the middle between the first edge line 32 and the edge 26 at which the protruding wire ends 28 are arranged. Finally, the wire mesh 16 is folded along a third edge line 36 which lies in the middle between the first edge line 32 and the edge 24. The wire ends 28 pierce through a mesh 22 at the edge 24 and are then bent like a hook, whereby the edges 24 and 26 are firmly connected to one another.
  • the folds along the edge lines 32 and 34 can be carried out simultaneously before the substrate 14 is applied and the roots 12 of a plant 10 are placed on.
  • the machine shown has a machine frame 38 which carries a peat container 40 with an agitator 42 arranged therein.
  • the machine frame 38 has a stationary column 44, in which an arm star with a plurality of horizontal arms 46 is rotatably mounted.
  • an arm star with a plurality of horizontal arms 46 is rotatably mounted.
  • six arms 46 are provided at intervals of 60 °.
  • Six processing stations are arranged at corresponding angular intervals around the column 44, namely an embossing station A, a first filling station B, an insertion station C, a second filling station D, a closing station E and a removal station F.
  • At the end of each arm 46 there is a trough 48 attached that it passes through all processing stations A to F with each revolution of the arm star.
  • Each trough 48 has two side walls 50 and 52 which are inclined at 45 ° to the horizontal, enclose an angle of 90 ° with one another and thereby form an apex 54 which extends at right angles to the associated arm 46.
  • Each of the two walls 50 and 52 is at its edge which is distant from the apex 54 and is parallel to this connected by a hinge 56 or 58 to flap 60 or 62.
  • the flap 60 lies in the same plane as the wall 50, while the flap 62 lies in the same plane as the wall 52.
  • a plurality of hook-shaped holding devices 64 are arranged on each of the hinges 56 and 58.
  • a coiler 66 is mounted in the embossing station A, from which the wire mesh 16 can be rolled.
  • the wire mesh 16 runs over a guide 68 and from there horizontally through a cutting device 70 to a clamping device 72, which temporarily holds the respective front end of the wire mesh 16.
  • the cutting device 70 cuts off a piece of wire mesh 16, the length of which is noticeably greater than the distance between the free edges on top of the flaps 60 and 62 in their rest position. This is shown in Fig.
  • stamp 74 which has a cross section complementary to the shape of each trough 48 including open flaps 60 and 62 and can be lowered into the trough 48 then standing in the embossing station A in such a way that the wire mesh 16 lying thereon along its central one during each working cycle , first edge line 32 is folded at right angles.
  • the trough 48 in question reaches the first filling station B in the next working cycle.
  • an allocation device 76 is arranged, which allows a predetermined amount of substrate 14 to trickle into the trough formed by the wire mesh 16. This amount of substrate 14 is approximately sufficient to fill the trough formed by the wire mesh 16 up to the vicinity of the hinges 56 and 58, to which the wire mesh 16 is held by the hook-shaped holding devices 64 pivoted through a mesh 22 each.
  • the said trough 48 reaches the insertion station C, in which a conveyor belt 78 for feeding the rose plants 10 ends.
  • a rose plant 10 is placed there on the wire grid 16 prepared in the manner described by a monitoring person in such a way that the roots 12 are lightly pressed into the substrate 14.
  • the said trough 48 comes to rest in the second filling station D under a further allocation device 80, which allows a further predetermined amount of the substrate 14 to trickle onto the roots 12, so that these are completely covered.
  • a stamp 82 which, in alternation with the metering device 80, can be displaced into a position vertically above the trough 48 and lowered from this position, so that it compacts the substrate 14 and compresses the roots 12 somewhat.
  • the plunger 84 is activated first so that it pivots the flap 60 through 90 ° into a position parallel to the wall 52. As a result, the wire mesh 16 is bent at right angles along the second edge line 34. The edge 26 is then perpendicular to the first edge line 32; the wire ends 28, which extend parallel to the wall 52 upwards, are exposed, ie are not covered by the flap 60. Then the plunger 86 is activated so that it also pivots the flap 62 by 90 ° and thereby folds the wire mesh 16 along the third edge line 36 at a right angle.
  • the wire ends 28 pierce through a stitch 22 of the wire mesh 16 adjacent to the edge 24.
  • the The flap 60 is opened again and a further tappet 88 executes a pendulum-like movement, according to FIG. 9 in a clockwise direction, in which it bends the wire ends 28.
  • the same plunger 88 - or another plunger that can only be moved vertically - is lowered in such a way that it completely bends the wire ends 28.
  • the wire mesh 16 now forms a prismatic tube of square cross section which is securely closed along a surface line.
  • the said trough 48 reaches the removal station F.
  • a gripper 90 which can be moved vertically and horizontally and which has a plurality of hooks 92 on a trough 94 which is open at the bottom.
  • the hooks 92 are controlled in such a way that when the gripper 90 is lowered they engage in the two upper surfaces of the prismatic tube formed by the wire mesh 16 and grasp them.
  • the trough 94 compresses this tube even slightly, so that the substrate 14 contained therein is compressed even more strongly and the wire ends are pressed completely into the interior of the tube, so that they are used in later manipulations, for example when inserting the balled rose plant 10 in a foil bag 30, can not interfere.

Abstract

PCT No. PCT/EP89/00372 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 21, 1989 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 21, 1989 PCT Filed Apr. 7, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO89/09728 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 19, 1989.For baling shrubs or bushes, in particular rose bushes, the roots (12) of the plants (10) substantially freed from soil are embedded in a moisture-containing substrate (14) such as peat and provided with a sheath or envelope. For this purpose a hollow of wire grating (16) is formed which is then partially filled with substrate (14). Thereafter the roots (12) of the lying plant (10) are placed on the substrate (14). Further substrate (14) is then applied to the roots (12). Finally the wire grating (16) is deformed by bending two edges (24, 26) of the hollow together to form a tube and the edges (24, 26) of the wire grating (16) are fixedly connected together. A machine for carrying out this method comprises at least one trough (48) onto which the wire grating (16) can be placed. A ram (74) is shaped complementary to the trough (48) and adapted to be pressed into the latter to deform the wire grating (16 ) to a hollow. For fixedly holding the wire grating (16) at least at one longitudinal edge of the trough (48) a holding means (64) is provided and at least one flap (60, 62) for pivoting the wire grating (16) is pivotal about said longitudinal edge.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Ballieren von Strauchpflanzen, insbes. Rosenpflanzen, bei dem aus Drahtgitter in Form eines flachen Gitterabschnittes, der an mindestens einem von zwei einander abgewandten Rändern vorspringende Drahtenden aufweist, eine Mulde gebildet wird, die Mulde teilweise mit einem feuchtigkeitshaltenden Substrat wie Torf gefüllt wird, die von Erdreich im we­sentlichen befreiten Wurzeln der liegenden Pflanze auf das Substrat aufgelegt werden, weiteres Substrat auf die Wurzeln aufgebracht wird, das Drahtgitter durch Zusammen­biegen der beiden genannten Ränder zu einer Röhre verformt wird, und die genannten Ränder miteinander fest verbunden werden, indem durch Maschen längs eines Randes Drahtenden vom anderen Rand hindurchgesteckt werden, und diese Draht­enden anschließend umgebogen werden.The invention relates to a method for baling shrub plants, in particular rose plants, in which a trough is formed from wire mesh in the form of a flat lattice section which has protruding wire ends on at least one of two mutually opposite edges, the trough partially with a moisture-retaining substrate such as Peat is filled, the roots of the lying plant, which have been freed from soil, are placed on the substrate, further substrate is applied to the roots, the wire mesh is deformed into a tube by bending the two edges mentioned, and the edges are firmly connected to one another by inserting wire ends from the other edge through meshes along one edge and then bending these wire ends.

Die Erfindung betrifft ferner eine Maschine zum Ballieren von Strauchpflanzen, insbesondere Rosenpflanzen, mit min­destens einem Trog, auf den ein Drahtgitter auflegbar ist.The invention further relates to a machine for baling shrub plants, in particular rose plants, with at least one trough onto which a wire mesh can be placed.

Aus dem deutschen Gebrauchsmuster 1857927 ist eine von Hand betätigbare Vorrichtung zum Ballieren von Strauch­ pflanzen bekannt, bei der an der Oberseite eines kasten­förmigen, in Draufsicht rechteckigen Behälters eine Matte aus elastischem Material an einer ersten starren waage­rechten Leiste aufgehängt ist. Diese Leiste ist mittels eines Gestänges um eine zu ihr parallele Achse schwenkbar am Behälter gelagert. Die Matte hängt in Ruhestellung an der ersten Leiste, bildet im Behälter einen Trog von etwa halbkreisförmigem Querschnitt, erstreckt sich über den von der ersten Leiste entfernten oberen Behälterrand hinweg und hat ein freies Ende, an dem eine mit einem Handgriff versehene zweite starre Leiste befestigt ist. Auf den von der Matte gebildeten Trog wird ein Drahtgeflecht aufge­legt, auf dieses etwas Ballenmaterial geschüttet, die Pflanze mit ihren Wurzeln darauf gelegt, wieder Ballenma­terial aufgeschüttet und dann die mit dem Handgriff ver­sehene, am freien Ende der elastischen Matte befestigte zweite Leiste gegen die etwas angehobene, am Gestänge be­festigte erste Leiste gedrückt. Dadurch erhält das Ballen­material eine zylindrische Form und wird gleichzeitig unter einem gewissen Druck in das Drahtgeflecht einge­hüllt. Dabei sollen Drahtenden am freien Ende des Draht­geflechts durch Zwischenräume an dessen entgegengesetztem Ende gesteckt und durch Andrücken der ersten Leiste abge­bogen werden und dadurch den vom Drahtgeflecht gebildeten Zylinder schließen.From the German utility model 1857927 is a hand-operated device for balling shrubs plants known, in which a mat made of elastic material is suspended from a first rigid horizontal bar on the top of a box-shaped, rectangular in plan view container. This bar is pivotally mounted on the container by means of a linkage about an axis parallel to it. The mat hangs from the first bar at rest, forms a trough of approximately semicircular cross-section in the container, extends over the upper edge of the container removed from the first bar and has a free end to which a second rigid bar provided with a handle is fastened . A wire mesh is placed on the trough formed by the mat, some bale material is poured onto it, the plant with its roots is placed on it, the bale material is poured on again and then the second bar with the handle attached to the free end of the elastic mat against the slightly raised one , first bar attached to the boom pressed. This gives the bale material a cylindrical shape and at the same time it is enveloped in the wire mesh under a certain pressure. In this case, wire ends at the free end of the wire mesh are to be inserted through gaps at its opposite end and bent by pressing on the first strip, thereby closing the cylinder formed by the wire mesh.

Gegenüber dem rein manuellen Ballieren von Strauchpflanzen ist diese bekannte Vorrichtung vorteilhaft; ihre Handha­bung ist aber doch recht umständlich. Dabei gelingt es nur mit großem Geschick und meist unvollständig, Drahtenden an einem Ende des Drahtgeflechts im Maschen an deren anderem Ende so eindringen zu lassen, daß die Drahtenden anschlie­ßend ohne weiteres hakenartig umgebogen werden können, um den gebildeten Zylinder sicher zu schließen. Eine Mechani­sierung ist kaum denkbar, weil das Drahtgeflecht sich von Fall zu Fall unterschiedlich biegt.Compared to the purely manual balling of shrub plants, this known device is advantageous; their handling is quite cumbersome. It is only with great skill and mostly incomplete that wire ends at one end of the wire mesh can penetrate the mesh at the other end in such a way that the wire ends can then easily be bent like hooks in order to securely close the cylinder formed. Mechanization is hardly conceivable because the wire mesh bends differently from case to case.

Das Ballieren der Pflanzen geschieht von allem zum Ver­schicken der Pflanzen. Zu diesem Zweck ist es üblich, eine größere Anzahl ballierter Pflanzen zu einem Gebinde zu­sammenzufassen, wobei sie beispielsweise in eine Kiste oder auf eine Palette gestellt werden. Dabei bleiben zwischen in der bekannten Weise zylindrisch umhüllten Bal­len Hohlräume, die einen recht erheblichen Verlust an nutzbarem Gebindevolumen bedeuten und das Austrocknen der Pflanzenballen während des Transports und der Lagerung be­günstigen.Balling the plants is done by sending everything to the plants. For this purpose, it is common to combine a large number of balled plants in a bundle, for example placing them in a box or on a pallet. In this case, cavities remain between bales which are cylindrically enveloped in the known manner, which mean a very considerable loss of usable container volume and promote drying out of the plant bales during transport and storage.

Der Erfindung liegt deshalb die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Ver­fahren und eine Maschine zu schaffen, die es ermöglichen, Rosenpflanzen und andere vergleichbare Strauchpflanzen derart zu ballieren, daß sie einen einheitlichen Quer­schnitt haben, raumsparend zu Gebinden zusammensetzbar und dadurch besser gegen Austrocknen und Beschädigungen ge­schützt sind.The invention is therefore based on the object of providing a method and a machine which make it possible to ball rose plants and other comparable shrub plants in such a way that they have a uniform cross section, can be assembled into containers in a space-saving manner and are therefore better protected against drying out and damage.

Die Aufgabe ist, soweit sie ein Verfahren betrifft, mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1, und soweit sie eine Maschi­ne betrifft, mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 2 gelöst. Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen sind Gegenstand der Unter­ansprüche.The problem is solved, insofar as it relates to a method, with the features of claim 1, and insofar as it relates to a machine, with the features of claim 2. Advantageous further developments are the subject of the dependent claims.

Durch das erfindungsgemäße Abkanten des Drahtgitters längs genau definierter Kantenlinien erhält der Pflanzenballen einen regelmäßig polygonalen, insbes. quadratischen Quer­schnitt, der ein sicheres und somit auch automatisierbares Eindringen von freien Drahtenden in gegenüberliegende Ma­schen des Drahtgitters gewährleistet, so daß die vom Drahtgitter gebildete Umhüllung zuverlässig haltbar ist. Wegen der polygonalen Querschnittsform der Ballen lassen sich Hohlräume zwischen zu einem Gebinde zusammengefaßten Ballen vermeiden. Dadurch bleiben die Pflanzen vor Aus­ trocknung geschützt. Selbst noch beim Entnehmen erfin­dungsgemäß verpackter Pflanzen aus einem größeren Gebinde bleibt die Drahtgitterumhüllung sicher geschlossen, wo­durch sichergestellt wird, daß die Pflanzballen ohne nen­nenswerten Substratverlust auch noch beim Einpflanzen er­halten bleiben.Due to the inventive folding of the wire mesh along precisely defined edge lines, the plant bale has a regularly polygonal, in particular square, cross-section, which ensures that free wire ends can penetrate into opposite meshes of the wire mesh in a safe and thus automated manner, so that the covering formed by the wire mesh is reliably stable . Because of the polygonal cross-sectional shape of the bales, cavities between bales combined into a bundle can be avoided. This will keep the plants out protected from drying. Even when the plants according to the invention are removed from a larger container, the wire mesh covering remains securely closed, which ensures that the plant bales are retained even during planting without any appreciable loss of substrate.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel einer erfindungsgemäßen Maschine und deren Arbeitsweise sowie -ergebnis werden im folgenden anhand schematischer Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Es zeigt:

  • Fig. 1 eine teilweise als senkrechter Schnitt I-I in Fig. 2 gezeichnete Seitenansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Maschine,
  • Fig. 2 die zugehörige, teilweise als waagerechter Schnitt II-II in Fig. 2 gezeichnete Drauf­sicht,
  • Fig. 3 bis 5 den ersten bis dritten Arbeitsschritt beim Ballieren einer Rosenpflanze, jeweils in Seitenansicht,
  • Fig. 6 die zu Fig. 5 gehörige Draufsicht,
  • Fig. 7 bis 11 den vierten bis achten Arbeitsschritt, jeweils in Seitenansicht und
  • Fig. 12 eine fertig ballierte und verpackte Rosenpflanze.
An embodiment of a machine according to the invention and its operation and result are explained in more detail below with the aid of schematic drawings. It shows:
  • 1 is a side view, partly as a vertical section II in FIG. 2, of a machine according to the invention,
  • 2 shows the associated top view, partly drawn as a horizontal section II-II in FIG. 2,
  • 3 to 5, the first to third step in balling a rose plant, each in side view,
  • 6 the top view belonging to FIG. 5,
  • 7 to 11 the fourth to eighth work step, each in side view and
  • 12 shows a fully balled and packaged rose plant.

Zweck der dargestellten Maschine ist es, eine Rosenpflanze 10, die mit von Erdreich befreiten Wurzeln 12 angeliefert wird, in ein feuchtigkeitshaltendes Substrat 14, bei­spielsweise Torf, einzubetten und das Substrat 14 mit einem Drahtgitter 16 zu umhüllen, das dabei die Form einer schlanken Röhre mit auf ihrer gesamten Länge gleichem, quadratischem Querschnitt annimmt. Das Drahtgitter 16 soll dabei bis in die Nähe der Veredelungsstelle 18 der Rosen­pflanze 10 reichen, von der Edeltriebe 20 ausgehen.The purpose of the machine shown is to embed a rose plant 10, which is delivered with roots 12 freed from soil, in a moisture-retaining substrate 14, for example peat, and to coat the substrate 14 with a wire mesh 16, which in the process has the shape of a slim tube assumes the same square cross-section over its entire length. The wire mesh 16 should extend into the vicinity of the grafting point 18 of the rose plant 10 from which the noble shoots 20 start.

Das Drahtgitter 16 hat rechteckige, in waagerechter Rich­tung langgestreckte Maschen 22. Zwei bei aufrechtstehender Rosenpflanze 10 senkrechte Ränder 24 und 26 des Drahtgit­ters 16 sind von je einem senkrechten Draht gebildet, der sich längs einer Mantellinie der Röhre erstreckt. Die waagerechten Drähte des Drahtgitters 16 sind am Rand 24 kurz abgeschnitten, bilden aber erheblich über den anderen Rand 26 hinausgehende Drahtenden 28. Diese Drahtenden 28 sind im Endzustand der Pflanzpackung durch je eine an den Rand 24 angrenzende Masche 22 hindurchgesteckt und derart umgebogen, daß die beiden Ränder 24 und 26 an allen Maschen 22 fest miteinander verbunden sind.The wire mesh 16 has rectangular meshes 22 which are elongated in the horizontal direction. Two edges 24 and 26 of the wire mesh 16 which are vertical when the rose plant 10 is upright are each formed by a vertical wire which extends along a surface line of the tube. The horizontal wires of the wire mesh 16 are briefly cut off at the edge 24, but form wire ends 28 which extend considerably beyond the other edge 26. In the final state of the planting pack, these wire ends 28 are inserted through a stitch 22 adjacent to the edge 24 and bent over such that the both edges 24 and 26 are firmly connected to each other on all meshes 22.

Die so vom Drahtgitter 16 gebildete Röhre, die das Sub­strat 14 und die Wurzeln 12 enthält, wird schließlich in nicht dargestellter Weise in einen Folienbeutel 30 aus zweiachsig schrumpbarer Folie gesteckt, der sich bis in die Höhe der oberen Enden der Edeltriebe 20 erstreckt und rings um die Veredelungsstelle 18 durch äußere Einwirkung von Hitze derart geschrumpft wird, daß der Folienbeutel 30 die vom Drahtgitter 16 gebildete Röhre eng umschließt.The tube thus formed by the wire mesh 16, which contains the substrate 14 and the roots 12, is finally inserted in a manner not shown in a film bag 30 made of biaxially shrinkable film, which extends to the height of the upper ends of the noble shoots 20 and all around the finishing point 18 is shrunk by external heat so that the film bag 30 closely encloses the tube formed by the wire mesh 16.

Die vom Drahtgitter 16 gebildete Röhre kann kreiszylin­drisch sein, hat aber vorzugsweise einen polygonalen Quer­schnitt, der im dargestellten Beispiel quadratisch ist. Dieser Querschnitt entsteht dadurch, daß ein rechteckiger Abschnitt des Drahtgitters 16 durch rechtwinkliges Abkan­ten längs einer mittigen ersten Kantenlinie 32 zu einer Mulde verformt wird, die zunächst mit etwa der Hälfte der vorgesehenen Menge Substrat 14 gefüllt wird, worauf die Wurzeln 12 einer Pflanze 10 aufgelegt und die zweite Hälf­te des Substrats 14 aufgebracht wird. Dann wird das Draht­gitter 16 längs einer zweiten Kantenlinie 34 abgekantet, die in der Mitte zwischen der ersten Kantenlinie 32 und dem Rand 26 liegt, an dem die vorstehenden Drahtenden 28 angeordnet sind. Schließlich wird das Drahtgitter 16 längs einer dritten Kantenlinie 36 abgekantet, die in der Mitte zwischen der ersten Kantenlinie 32 und dem Rand 24 liegt. Dabei stechen die Drahtenden 28 durch je eine Masche 22 am Rand 24 hindurch und werden dann hakenartig umgebogen, wo­durch die Ränder 24 und 26 fest miteinander verbunden wer­den.The tube formed by the wire mesh 16 can be circular cylindrical, but preferably has a polygonal cross section, which is square in the example shown. This cross section arises from the fact that a rectangular section of the wire mesh 16 is deformed by a right-angled folding along a central first edge line 32 into a depression which is initially filled with approximately half of the intended amount of substrate 14, whereupon the roots 12 of a plant 10 are placed on and the second half of the substrate 14 is applied. Then the wire mesh 16 is folded along a second edge line 34 which lies in the middle between the first edge line 32 and the edge 26 at which the protruding wire ends 28 are arranged. Finally, the wire mesh 16 is folded along a third edge line 36 which lies in the middle between the first edge line 32 and the edge 24. The wire ends 28 pierce through a mesh 22 at the edge 24 and are then bent like a hook, whereby the edges 24 and 26 are firmly connected to one another.

Als nicht dargestellte Alternative zu dieser Verfahrens­weise können die Abkantungen längs der Kantenlinien 32 und 34 gleichzeitig durchgeführt werden, ehe das Substrat 14 aufgebracht und die Wurzeln 12 einer Pflanze 10 aufgelegt werden.As an alternative to this procedure, not shown, the folds along the edge lines 32 and 34 can be carried out simultaneously before the substrate 14 is applied and the roots 12 of a plant 10 are placed on.

Die dargestellte Maschine hat ein Maschinengestell 38, das einen Torfbehälter 40 mit darin angeordnetem Rührwerk 42 trägt. Unterhalb des Torfbehälters 40 weist das Maschinen­gestell 38 eine ortsfeste Säule 44 auf, in der ein Arm­stern mit mehreren waagerechten Armen 46 drehbar gelagert ist. Im dargestellten Beispiel sind sechs Arme 46 in Ab­ständen von 60° vorgesehen. In entsprechenden Winkelab­ständen sind rings um die Säule 44 sechs Bearbeitungs­stationen angeordnet, nämlich eine Prägestation A, eine erste Füllstation B, eine Einlegestation C, eine zweite Füllstation D, eine Schließstation E und eine Entnahme­station F. Am Ende jedes Arms 46 ist ein Trog 48 derart befestigt, daß er bei jeder Umdrehung des Armsterns sämtliche Bearbeitungsstationen A bis F durchläuft.The machine shown has a machine frame 38 which carries a peat container 40 with an agitator 42 arranged therein. Below the peat container 40, the machine frame 38 has a stationary column 44, in which an arm star with a plurality of horizontal arms 46 is rotatably mounted. In the example shown, six arms 46 are provided at intervals of 60 °. Six processing stations are arranged at corresponding angular intervals around the column 44, namely an embossing station A, a first filling station B, an insertion station C, a second filling station D, a closing station E and a removal station F. At the end of each arm 46 there is a trough 48 attached that it passes through all processing stations A to F with each revolution of the arm star.

Jeder Trog 48 hat zwei seitliche Wände 50 und 52, die gegen die Waagerechte um je 45° geneigt sind, miteinander einen Winkel von 90° einschließen und dabei einen Scheitel 54 bilden, der sich im rechten Winkel zum zugehörigen Arm 46 erstreckt. Jede der beiden Wände 50 und 52 ist an sei­nem vom Scheitel 54 entfernten, zu diesem parallelen Rand durch ein Scharnier 56 bzw. 58 mit Klappe 60 bzw. 62 verbunden. In Ruhestellung liegt die Klappe 60 in dersel­ben Ebene wie die Wand 50, während die Klappe 62 in der­selben Ebene wie die Wand 52 liegt. An jedem der Scharnie­re 56 und 58 sind mehrere hakenförmige Haltevorrichtungen 64 angeordnet.Each trough 48 has two side walls 50 and 52 which are inclined at 45 ° to the horizontal, enclose an angle of 90 ° with one another and thereby form an apex 54 which extends at right angles to the associated arm 46. Each of the two walls 50 and 52 is at its edge which is distant from the apex 54 and is parallel to this connected by a hinge 56 or 58 to flap 60 or 62. In the rest position, the flap 60 lies in the same plane as the wall 50, while the flap 62 lies in the same plane as the wall 52. A plurality of hook-shaped holding devices 64 are arranged on each of the hinges 56 and 58.

In der Prägestation A ist eine Haspel 66 gelagert, von der das Drahtgitter 16 abrollbar ist. Das Drahtgitter 16 ver­läuft dabei über eine Führung 68 und von dieser waagerecht weiter durch eine Schneidvorrichtung 70 hindurch bis zu einer Klemmvorrichtung 72, die das jeweils vordere Ende des Drahtgitters 16 vorübergehend festhält. Bei jedem Ar­beitszyklus schneidet die Schneidvorrichtung 70 ein Stück Drahtgitter 16 ab, dessen Länge merklich größer ist als der Abstand zwischen den oben liegenden freien Kanten der Klappen 60 und 62 in deren Ruhestellung. Dies ist in Fig. 3 dargestellt; dort ist außerdem ein Stempel 74 abgebil­det, der einen zur Form jedes Troges 48 samt geöffneten Klappen 60 und 62 komplementären Querschnitt hat und bei jedem Arbeitszyklus derart in den dann in der Prägestation A stehenden Trog 48 absenkbar ist, daß das daraufliegende Drahtgitter 16 längs seiner mittleren, ersten Kantenlinie 32 rechtwinklig abgekantet wird.A coiler 66 is mounted in the embossing station A, from which the wire mesh 16 can be rolled. The wire mesh 16 runs over a guide 68 and from there horizontally through a cutting device 70 to a clamping device 72, which temporarily holds the respective front end of the wire mesh 16. During each working cycle, the cutting device 70 cuts off a piece of wire mesh 16, the length of which is noticeably greater than the distance between the free edges on top of the flaps 60 and 62 in their rest position. This is shown in Fig. 3; there is also shown a stamp 74 which has a cross section complementary to the shape of each trough 48 including open flaps 60 and 62 and can be lowered into the trough 48 then standing in the embossing station A in such a way that the wire mesh 16 lying thereon along its central one during each working cycle , first edge line 32 is folded at right angles.

Der betreffende Trog 48 erreicht beim nächsten Arbeits­zyklus die erste Füllstation B. Dort ist eine Zuteilvor­richtung 76 angeordnet, die eine vorbestimmte Menge Sub­strat 14 in die vom Drahtgitter 16 gebildete Mulde rieseln läßt. Diese Menge des Substrats 14 reicht annähernd aus, um die vom Drahtgitter 16 gebildete Mulde bis in die Nähe der Scharniere 56 und 58 zu füllen, an denen das Draht­gitter 16 von den durch je eine Masche 22 hindurchge­schwenkten hakenförmigen Haltevorrichtungen 64 festgehal­ten ist.The trough 48 in question reaches the first filling station B in the next working cycle. There, an allocation device 76 is arranged, which allows a predetermined amount of substrate 14 to trickle into the trough formed by the wire mesh 16. This amount of substrate 14 is approximately sufficient to fill the trough formed by the wire mesh 16 up to the vicinity of the hinges 56 and 58, to which the wire mesh 16 is held by the hook-shaped holding devices 64 pivoted through a mesh 22 each.

Beim nächsten Arbeitszyklus erreicht der genannte Trog 48 die Einlegestation C, in der ein Förderband 78 zum Zufüh­ren der Rosenpflanzen 10 endet. Dort wird von einer Über­wachungsperson eine Rosenpflanze 10 derart auf das in der beschriebenen Weise vorbereitete Drahtgitter 16 gelegt, daß die Wurzeln 12 leicht in das Substrat 14 eingedrückt werden. Nach dem nächsten Arbeitszyklus kommt der genannte Trog 48 in der zweiten Füllstation D unter einer weiteren Zuteilvorrichtung 80 zu stehen, die eine weitere vorbe­stimmte Menge des Substrats 14 auf die Wurzeln 12 rieseln läßt, so daß diese vollständig abgedeckt werden.In the next working cycle, the said trough 48 reaches the insertion station C, in which a conveyor belt 78 for feeding the rose plants 10 ends. A rose plant 10 is placed there on the wire grid 16 prepared in the manner described by a monitoring person in such a way that the roots 12 are lightly pressed into the substrate 14. After the next working cycle, the said trough 48 comes to rest in the second filling station D under a further allocation device 80, which allows a further predetermined amount of the substrate 14 to trickle onto the roots 12, so that these are completely covered.

In der zweiten Füllstation D ist zusätzlich ein Stempel 82 angeordnet, der im Wechsel mit der Zuteilvorrichtung 80 in eine Stellung senkrecht oberhalb des Troges 48 verschieb­bar und aus dieser Stellung heraus absenkbar ist, so daß er das Substrat 14 verdichtet und die Wurzeln 12 etwas zusammendrückt.In the second filling station D there is additionally a stamp 82 which, in alternation with the metering device 80, can be displaced into a position vertically above the trough 48 and lowered from this position, so that it compacts the substrate 14 and compresses the roots 12 somewhat.

In der Schließstation E sind zwei waagerecht verschiebbare Stößel 84 und 86 angeordnet, die in Fig. 8 bzw. 9 mit nur je einem Pfeil angedeutet sind. Als erster wird der Stößel 84 aktiviert, so daä er die Klappe 60 um 90° in eine Stel­lung parallel zur Wand 52 schwenkt. Dadurch wird das Drahtgitter 16 längs der zweiten Kantenlinie 34 rechtwink­lig abgekantet. Der Rand 26 steht dann senkrecht über der ersten Kantenlinie 32; die Drahtenden 28, die sich paral­lel zur Wand 52 nach oben erstrecken, liegen frei, sind also durch die Klappe 60 nicht abgedeckt. Anschließend wird der Stößel 86 aktiviert, so daß er die Klappe 62 um ebenfalls 90° schwenkt und dadurch das Drahtgitter 16 längs der dritten Kantenlinie 36 rechtwinklig abkantet. Dabei stechen die Drahtenden 28 durch je eine dem Rand 24 benachbarte Masche 22 des Drahtgitters 16 hindurch. Dar­aufhin wird, ebenfalls noch in der Schließstation E, die Klappe 60 wieder geöffnet und ein weiterer Stößel 88 führt eine pendelartige Bewegung, gemäß Fig. 9 im Uhrzeigersinn aus, bei der er die Drahtenden 28 umbiegt. Unmittelbar darauf wird derselbe Stößel 88 - oder ein anderer, nur senkrecht bewegbarer Stößel - derart abgesenkt, daß er die Drahtenden 28 vollends umbiegt. Das Drahtgitter 16 bildet nun eine längs einer Mantellinie sicher verschlossene, prismatische Röhre von quadratischem Querschnitt.Arranged in the closing station E are two horizontally displaceable plungers 84 and 86, which are indicated in FIGS. 8 and 9 with only one arrow each. The plunger 84 is activated first so that it pivots the flap 60 through 90 ° into a position parallel to the wall 52. As a result, the wire mesh 16 is bent at right angles along the second edge line 34. The edge 26 is then perpendicular to the first edge line 32; the wire ends 28, which extend parallel to the wall 52 upwards, are exposed, ie are not covered by the flap 60. Then the plunger 86 is activated so that it also pivots the flap 62 by 90 ° and thereby folds the wire mesh 16 along the third edge line 36 at a right angle. The wire ends 28 pierce through a stitch 22 of the wire mesh 16 adjacent to the edge 24. Thereupon, also in the closing station E, the The flap 60 is opened again and a further tappet 88 executes a pendulum-like movement, according to FIG. 9 in a clockwise direction, in which it bends the wire ends 28. Immediately thereafter, the same plunger 88 - or another plunger that can only be moved vertically - is lowered in such a way that it completely bends the wire ends 28. The wire mesh 16 now forms a prismatic tube of square cross section which is securely closed along a surface line.

Beim nächsten Arbeitszyklus gelangt der genannte Trog 48 in die Entnahmestation F. Dort ist ein senkrecht und waagerecht bewegbarer Greifer 90 angeordnet, der mehrere Haken 92 an einem nach unten offenen Trog 94 aufweist. Die Haken 92 sind so gesteuert, daß sie beim Absenken des Greifers 90 in die beiden oberen Flächen der vom Draht­gitter 16 gebildeten prismatischen Röhre eingreifen und diese erfassen. Der Trog 94 staucht diese Röhre noch geringfügig zusammen, so daß das in ihr enthaltene Sub­strat 14 noch etwas stärker verdichtet wird und die Draht­enden vollständig in das Innere der Röhre hineingedrückt werden, so daß sie bei späteren Handhabungen, beispiels­weise beim Einsetzen der ballierten Rosenpflanze 10 in einen Folienbeutel 30, nicht stören können.During the next working cycle, the said trough 48 reaches the removal station F. There is a gripper 90 which can be moved vertically and horizontally and which has a plurality of hooks 92 on a trough 94 which is open at the bottom. The hooks 92 are controlled in such a way that when the gripper 90 is lowered they engage in the two upper surfaces of the prismatic tube formed by the wire mesh 16 and grasp them. The trough 94 compresses this tube even slightly, so that the substrate 14 contained therein is compressed even more strongly and the wire ends are pressed completely into the interior of the tube, so that they are used in later manipulations, for example when inserting the balled rose plant 10 in a foil bag 30, can not interfere.

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1. Verfahren zum Ballieren von Strauchpflanzen, insbes. Rosenpflanzen, bei dem
- aus Drahtgitter (16) in Form eines flachen Gitterab­schnittes, der an mindestens einem (26) von zwei einander abgewandten Rändern (24, 26) vorspringende Drahtenden (28) aufweist, eine Mulde gebildet wird,
- die Mulde teilweise mit einem feuchtigkeitshaltenden Substrat (14) wie Torf gefüllt wird,
- die von Erdreich im wesentlichen befreiten Wurzeln (12) der liegenden Pflanze (10) auf das Substrat (14) aufgelegt werden,
- weiteres Substrat (14) auf die Wurzeln (12) aufgebracht wird,
- das Drahtgitter (16) durch Zusammenbiegen der beiden ge­nannten Ränder (24, 26) zu einer Röhre verformt wird, und
- die genannten Ränder (24, 26) miteinander fest verbunden werden, indem durch Maschen (22) längs eines Randes (24) Drahtenden (28) vom anderen Rand (26) hindurchgesteckt werden, und diese Drahtenden (28) anschließend umgebogen werden,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
- das Drahtgitter (16) zum Bilden der Mulde längs einer ersten Kantenlinie (32), die ungefähr in der Mitte zwischen den genannten beiden Rändern (24, 26) liegt, ungefähr rechtwinklig abgekantet wird,
- das Drahtgitter (16) nach dem Aufbringen von Substrat (14), Auflegen der Wurzeln (12) und Aufbringen weiteren Substrats (14) längs einer zweiten Kantenlinie (34), die ungefähr in der Mitte zwischen der ersten Kantenlinie (32) und einem der genannten Ränder (26) liegt, erneut ungefähr rechtwinklig abgekantet wird, wobei das Drahtgitter (16) an dieser zweiten Kantenlinie (34) festgehalten wird, und
- das Drahtgitter (16) längs einer dritten Kantenlinie (36), die ungefähr in der Mitte zwischen der ersten Kantenlinie (32) und dem anderen der genannten Ränder (24) liegt, ungefähr rechtwinklig abgekantet wird, wobei das Drahtgitter (16) längs dieser dritten Kantenline (36) festgehalten wird.1. Method for balling shrub plants, esp. Rose plants, in which
a trough is formed from wire mesh (16) in the form of a flat mesh section which has at least one (26) of two mutually facing edges (24, 26) projecting wire ends (28),
- The trough is partially filled with a moisture-retaining substrate (14) such as peat,
- The roots (12) of the lying plant (10), substantially freed from soil, are placed on the substrate (14),
- Another substrate (14) is applied to the roots (12),
- The wire mesh (16) is deformed by bending the two said edges (24, 26) into a tube, and
- said edges (24, 26) are firmly connected to one another by inserting wire ends (28) through meshes (22) along one edge (24) from the other edge (26) and then bending these wire ends (28),
characterized in that
- The wire mesh (16) for forming the trough along a first edge line (32), which lies approximately in the middle between said two edges (24, 26), is bent approximately at right angles,
- The wire mesh (16) after the application of substrate (14), laying on the roots (12) and application of further substrate (14) along a second edge line (34), which is approximately in the middle between the first edge line (32) and one of said edges (26), is again bent approximately at right angles, the wire mesh (16) being held on this second edge line (34), and
- The wire mesh (16) along a third edge line (36), which is approximately midway between the first edge line (32) and the other of said edges (24), is bent approximately at right angles, the wire mesh (16) along this third edge line (36) is held. 2. Maschine zum Ballieren von Strauchpflanzen, insbesonde­re Rosenpflanzen, mit mindestens einem Trog (48), auf den ein Drahtgitter (16) auflegbar ist,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
- der Trog (48) einen V-förmigen Querschnitt mit zwei Wänden (50, 52) aufweist, die gegen die Waagerechte um je ungefähr 45° geneigt sind und einen unten liegenden Schei­tel (54) bilden,
- ein Stempel (74), der zum Trog (48) komplementär gestal­tet ist, in diesen hineindrückbar ist, um das Drahtgitter (16) zu einer Mulde zu verformen,
- jede der genannten Wände (50, 52) durch ein im Abstand vom Scheitel (54) angeordnetes Scharnier (56, 58) mit einer Klappe (60, 62) verbunden ist, die aus einer Offen­stellung, in der sie ungefähr in der gleichen Ebene wie die benachbarte Wand (50, 52) liegt, in eine Schließstel­lung schwenkbar ist, in der sie mit der benachbarten Wand (50, 52) einen ungefähr rechten Winkel einschließt, und
- an jedem Längsrand des Troges (48) eine Haltevorrichtung (64) zum Festhalten des Drahtgitters (16) angeordnet ist.2. machine for baling shrub plants, in particular rose plants, with at least one trough (48) onto which a wire mesh (16) can be placed,
characterized in that
- The trough (48) has a V-shaped cross section with two walls (50, 52) which are inclined by approximately 45 ° to the horizontal and form an apex (54) lying at the bottom,
a stamp (74) which is complementary to the trough (48) and can be pressed into it in order to deform the wire mesh (16) into a trough,
- Each of said walls (50, 52) is connected by a hinge (56, 58) arranged at a distance from the apex (54) to a flap (60, 62), which is in an open position in which it is approximately in the same plane how the adjacent wall (50, 52) lies, can be pivoted into a closed position in which it encloses an approximately right angle with the adjacent wall (50, 52), and
- A holding device (64) for holding the wire mesh (16) is arranged on each longitudinal edge of the trough (48). 3. Maschine nach Anspruch 2,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an jedem Scharnier (56, 58) mindestens eine hakenförmige Halte­vorrichtung (64) angeordnet ist, die zum Festhalten des Drahtgitters (16) in die von diesem gebildete Mulde hineinschwenkbar ist.3. Machine according to claim 2,
characterized in that at least one hook-shaped holding device (64) is arranged on each hinge (56, 58) and can be pivoted into the trough formed by it to hold the wire mesh (16). 4. Maschine nach einem der Ansprüche 2 oder 3,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
- mehrere in Winkelabständen voneinander angeordnete Tröge (48) gemeinsam um eine zentrale Achse drehbar sind, und
- rings um die zentrale Achse in Winkelabständen von­einander, die den Abständen der Tröge (48) voneinander entsprechen, mehrere Bearbeitungsstationen angeordnet sind, darunter
- eine Prägestation (A) mit Stempel (74) für das Verformen des Drahgitters (16) zu einer Mulde,
- eine erste Füllstation (B) mit Zuteilvorrichtung (76) für das Substrat (14),
- eine Einlegestation (C) zum Einlegen je einer Pflanze (10) in die Tröge (48),
- eine zweite Füllstation (D) mit Zuteilvorrichtung (80) für das Substrat (14),
- eine Schließstation (E) zum Schließen der Klappen (60, 62) an den Trögen (48) sowie zum Verbinden der Ränder (24, 26) der Drahtgitter (16) und
- eine Entnahmestation (F) zum Entnehmen der ballierten Pflanzen (10).4. Machine according to one of claims 2 or 3,
characterized in that
- A plurality of troughs (48) arranged at an angular distance from one another can be rotated together about a central axis, and
- Around the central axis at angular distances from each other, which correspond to the distances of the troughs (48) from each other, several processing stations are arranged, including
- an embossing station (A) with a stamp (74) for deforming the wire mesh (16) into a depression,
a first filling station (B) with an allocation device (76) for the substrate (14),
- an insertion station (C) for inserting one plant (10) into each of the troughs (48),
- a second filling station (D) with allocation device (80) for the substrate (14),
- A closing station (E) for closing the flaps (60, 62) on the troughs (48) and for connecting the edges (24, 26) of the wire mesh (16) and
- A removal station (F) for removing the balled plants (10). 5. Maschine nach Anspruch 4,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an der zwei­ten Füllstation (D) ein im Wechsel mit der Zuteilvorrich­tung (80) in Arbeitsstellung bringbarer Stempel (82) zum Verdichten des Substrats (14) angeordnet ist.5. Machine according to claim 4,
characterized in that a stamp (82) which can be brought into the working position in alternation with the metering device (80) for compacting the substrate (14) is arranged at the second filling station (D). 6. Maschine nach Anspruch 4 oder 5,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an der Schließstation (E) zwei gegenläufig bewegbare Stößel (84, 86) zum Schließen der Klappen (60, 62) und mindestens ein weiterer Stößel (88) zum Umbiegen von Drahtenden (28) der Drahtgitter (16) angeordnet sind.6. Machine according to claim 4 or 5,
characterized in that two oppositely movable plungers (84, 86) for closing the flaps (60, 62) and at least one further plunger (88) for bending wire ends (28) of the wire grids (16) are arranged at the closing station (E) . 7. Maschine nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 6,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an der Ent­nahmestation (F) ein heb- und senkbarer Greifer (90) an­geordnet ist, der Haken (92) zum Eingreifen in das zu einer Röhre verformte Drahtgitter (16) aufweist.7. Machine according to one of claims 4 to 6,
characterized in that a lifting and lowering gripper (90) is arranged at the removal station (F) and has hooks (92) for engaging in the wire mesh (16) deformed into a tube. 8. Maschine nach Anspruch 7,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Greifer (90) einen nach unten offenen Trog (94) zum Nachverdichten des vom röhrenförmigen Drahtgitter (16) umhüllten Sub­strats (14) aufweist.8. Machine according to claim 7,
characterized in that the gripper (90) has a trough (94) which is open at the bottom and for the subsequent densification of the substrate (14) enveloped by the tubular wire mesh (16).
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