EP1409348B1 - Verpackungssystem für Schüttgut - Google Patents

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EP1409348B1
EP1409348B1 EP00950654A EP00950654A EP1409348B1 EP 1409348 B1 EP1409348 B1 EP 1409348B1 EP 00950654 A EP00950654 A EP 00950654A EP 00950654 A EP00950654 A EP 00950654A EP 1409348 B1 EP1409348 B1 EP 1409348B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • This invention pertains to a packaging system and more particularly to a system for forming particulate material into a desired bulk shape and packaging the material bulk with minimal material loss and/or fibrous lumps.
  • a similar problem occurs where a material bulk is permitted to rebound in the direction of compression prior to packaging. Palletization becomes difficult where one or more dimensions of the material bulk exhibit a non-uniform size when packaged.
  • Another problem is that the material bulk had to be deposited in a bag which requires additional bag production, material and labor costs and possible particulate dislodgement during bagging.
  • GB 1,023,990 and US 5,979,145 relate to the compression and packaging of panels or boards, US4,010,680 to the packaging of cotton and US 4,343,131 to the baling of tobacco.
  • a particulate packaging system which comprises a vertical compression tower for shaping the particulate matter into a bulk-like form.
  • the compression tower includes an internal ram which compresses the loose particulate material into a bulk form at the bottom of the tower.
  • the bottom floor of the tower is presented by a conveyor belt, this conveyor belt with the formed material bulk thereon being vertically displaced from the tower proper.
  • the underlying conveyor belt directs the bulk into a horizontally adjacent packaging system which includes vertically spaced apart upper and lower conveyor belt assemblies. The bulk is then compressed again between first portions of upper and lower conveyor assemblies so as to regulate the height of the material bulk while maintaining a fixed length and width thereof.
  • Spanking the space between the upper and lower conveyor belt assemblies is a sheet of packaging material.
  • the material bulk is conveyed through this packaging sheet so that' the sheet envelops the bulk material for conveyance between second portions of upper and lower conveyor assemblies.
  • the packaging sheet is severed and sealed.
  • the use of the conveyor systems precludes the need to slide the material bulk and diminishes, if not precludes, the above discussed problems.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a system, as aforesaid, utilizing a particulate compression tower and a reciprocative conveyor belt associated therewith.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a system, as aforesaid, wherein the conveyor belt horizontally directs a shaped material bulk for downstream conveyance through a vertical sheet of packaging material.
  • a still further object of this invention is to provide a system, as aforesaid, wherein the sheet of packaging material spans upper and lower spaced conveyor systems which recompress and direct the bulk material through the packaging system.
  • Still another object of this invention is to provide a system, as aforesaid, which diminishes the separation of the particulate material from the material bulk mass.
  • a particular object of this invention is to provide a system, as aforesaid, which diminishes the production of fibrous lumps in the material bulk.
  • a further particular object of the invention is to provide a system, as aforesaid, wherein the height of the material bulk can be regulated to provide for packaging weight modifications without deviating from the length and width requirements necessary for palletization.
  • a still further object of this invention is to provide a system, as aforesaid, which presents the material bulk for packaging in a shrink wrap material.
  • Another particular object of this invention is to provide a system, as aforesaid, wherein a ram induced movement of the material bulk is precluded.
  • Fig. 1 shows the system as comprising a, compression tower 100 for forming the loose particulate material into a bulk form 1000 and a downstream packaging station 500 for compressing and wrapping the resulting material bulk 1000 ( Fig. 4 ) in plastic wrap 800a, 802a or the like.
  • the compression 100 tower comprises a top wall 102, vertical side walls 104, 106 and end walls 108, 110.
  • a mounting plate 150 adjacent the top wall 102 with a piston/cylinder combination 160 depending therefrom ( Fig. 6 ).
  • a compression plate 200 At the free bracketed end of the reciprocating piston rod 162 is attached a compression plate 200, the plate having a configuration generally congruent to the lower open end 120 of the tower 100.
  • the piston rod 162 is reciprocatively extendable between a position in which the plate 200 is above the material inlet 130 ( Fig. 4 ) and a second functional position adjacent the open bottom 120 of the tower ( Fig. 10 ).
  • the tower 100 is supported by a framework which comprises a plurality of vertical legs 608 with side cross struts 610, 612 and end struts 614, 616 extending therebetween and through support flanges 620, 630 extending from the sidewalls 108, 110 of the tower 100.
  • a first conveyor belt assembly 300 including a conveyor belt 310 mounted about rollers 320 extending between rails 324, 326.
  • a support plate 340 ( Fig. 8 ) underlies the top surface of the conveyor belt 310. Plate 340 is configured to approximate the lower open end 120 of the tower 100.
  • the first conveyor system 300 is movable between a first position in which the conveyor belt 310 and underlying plate 340 closes the bottom aperture 120 of the tower 100 and a second position vertically displaced from the tower. This movement is provided by first and second piston/cylinder combinations 342, 344 attached to brackets 352 and 354 which are connected to the flange walls 620, 630 of the tower ( Fig. 9 ).
  • each respective cylinder Attached to the lower end of each respective cylinder is a mounting flange 382, 384 to which depending mounting plates 392, 394 are attached ( Fig. 10 ). These plates 392, 394 are attached to the rails 324, 326 of the conveyor assembly 300. Roller chains 380 extending between the respective brackets 352, 354 and plates 392, 394 provide further support. Accordingly, the conveyor system 300 can be reciprocated by operation at the piston/cylinder combinations 342, 344 between a first position in which the top surface of the conveyor belt 310 with plate 340 therein closes the tower aperture 120 and a second lower position displaced from the tower 100 as shown in the drawings.
  • the packaging station 500 Downstream from the tower 100 is the packaging station 500 which includes a conveyor belt assembly 550 horizontally adjacent the conveyor belt assembly 300 when the conveyor belt is at its second vertically displaced position relative to the tower 100 ( Fig 6 ).
  • the conveyor system 550 includes a belt 510 mounted about rollers 520 extending between first and second laterally spaced apart rails 524, 526.
  • the operation of the tower 100 is also as described in my pending application as above identified.
  • the packaging system 500 is supported by a framework 810 having laterally spaced apart upper 812, 814 and lower rails 816, 818 with vertical legs 820 extending therebetween.
  • Cross struts 822 extend between legs 820 for further support.
  • the packaging system 500 includes lower 600 and upper 700 conveyor assemblies, each assembly having first 610, 710 and second portions 650, 750 respectively ( Figs. 15 and 16 ).
  • the first portion 610 of the lower conveyor assembly 600 includes a conveyor belt 620 mounted about rollers 622 extending between rails 624, 626 ( Fig. 17 ).
  • a supporting plate 628 underlies the top surface of the conveyor belt 620.
  • the first portion 610 of the lower conveyor assembly 600 is movable between a first position in which the conveyor belt 620 is horizontally adjacent conveyor belt 510 upstream of conveyor assembly 550 ( Fig. 14 ) and a second raised position horizontally adjacent second portion 650 of the lower conveyor assembly 600 ( Fig. 15 ). This movement is provided by first and second piston/cylinder combinations 630, 632 ( Figs. 13 and 17 ) as described below.
  • each piston/cylinder combination 630, 632 is attached to a vertically movable support beam 634, 636, each support beam having upper 638 and lower plates 640 attached thereto ( Figs. 13 and 17 ).
  • Each plate 638, 640 is slidably coupled to laterally spaced apart guide bars 642, 644, lower and upper ends of the guide bars being fixedly attached to mounting plates 646 on lower rails 816, 818 and to upper beams 648, respectively.
  • Each lower plate 640 is further fixedly attached to rails 624, 626 of the first portion 610 of the lower conveyor assembly 600 ( Fig. 2 ). Accordingly, the first portion 610 of the lower conveyor assembly 600 can be reciprocated by operating the piston/cylinder combinations 630, 632 between a first position horizontally adjacent the upstream conveyor belt assembly 550 at which the lower plate 640 on each support beam 634, 636 is adjacent the base of the framework. Upon extension of the piston the beams 634, 636 will likewise move upward which moves plates 640 along guide bars 642, 644 and the lower conveyor assembly 600 attached thereto. Thus, assembly 600 is at a second raised position horizontally adjacent the second downstream portion 650 of the lower conveyor assembly 600 and spaced from the first portion 710 of the upper assembly at a selected distance.
  • the first portion 710 of the upper conveyor assembly 700 is attached to upper rails 812, 814 with bars 712 and includes a conveyor belt 720 mounted about rollers 720 extending between rails 724, 726 ( Fig. 17 ).
  • a supporting plate 728 underlies the bottom surface of the conveyor belt 720.
  • the second downstream portion 650 of the lower conveyor assembly 600 includes a conveyor belt 652 mounted about rollers 654 extending between rails 656.
  • a supporting plate 658 underlies the upper surface of the conveyor belt 652.
  • the second portion 650 of the lower assembly 600 is pivotally attached to a lower cross-strut 660 with first and second pairs of spaced apart lower rocker arms 662.
  • a mounting plate 664 is sandwiched between each lower rocker arm 662 and rail 656 of the second portion 650 of the lower assembly 600.
  • the second downstream portion 750 of the upper conveyor assembly 700 includes a conveyor belt 752 mounted about rollers 754 extending between rails 756.
  • a supporting plate 760 underlies the bottom side of the conveyor belt 752.
  • the second portion 750 of the upper assembly 700 is attached to upper rails 812, 814 of the framework 810 with upper rocker arms 762.
  • a mounting plate 769 is sandwiched between each upper rocker arm 762 and rail 756 of the second portion. At least one pair of upper 762 and slower 662 rocker arms (right side as viewed in Fig. 15 ) are fixedly joined together with braces 766.
  • braces 766 link the upper rocker arms 762 to lower rocker arms 662 this motion is transferred to upper portion 750 to likewise vary the gap between the upper first and second conveyor portions.
  • piston rods 774 into cylinder 772 reverses the rocker arm movement so as to narrow the gap between the longitudinally adjacent portion of the conveyor assemblies. This action diminishes the decompression of the bulk as it passes across the gap.
  • first portions 610, 710 and second portions 650, 750 of lower 600 and upper 700 conveyor assemblies is regulated to prevent loss of material bulk fibers as the bulk is conveyed between first and second portions ( Fig. 15 ).
  • the upper conveyor assembly 700 is spaced from the lower assembly 600 such that the respective belts 652, 752 of the second portions 650, 750 contact the bottom and top surfaces of' the bulk 1000 once positioned therebetween.
  • the spaced relationship between upper 700 and lower 600 conveyor assemblies may be manually adjustable.
  • conveyor assembly 600 may be displaced by user movement of the support beams 634, 636 along the guide bars 642, 644 and maintenance thereat such as by bolts extending through apertures in the guide bars precluding movement of the lower plates 640.
  • Assembly 650 may be mounted in different vertical positions or the framework according to the desired distance between the upper 752 and lower 652 belts. This vertical adjustment allows the height of the material bulk 1000 to be user adjusted prior to packaging thereof.
  • the rocker arms 662, 762 are simultaneously pivoted in an opposed direction by operation of piston/cylinder 770 to shift second portions to the first position in the manner previously described ( Fig. 16 ). This action also aids in envelopment of the packaging material about the bulk as to be described.
  • the packaging station frame 810 supports a pair of bolts of packaging material 800, 802 presenting sheets 800a, 802a of packaging material which span the space between second portions 650, 750 of lower 600 and upper 700 conveyor belt assemblies.
  • the packaging station 500 includes a cutter/sealer 850 of a type known in the art having upper 852 and lower 854 portions for first thermally sealing the packaging sheets 800a, 802a into a single sheet which spans the distance between upper and lower conveyor belt assemblies ( Figs 15 and 16 ).
  • Piston/cylinder combinations 856 are utilized to move upper 852 and lower 854 portions of the cutter/sealer 850 from a first spaced apart position which allows a material bulk 1000 to pass through second portions 650, 750 of lower 600 and upper 700 conveyor belt assemblies and spanning material sheets ( Fig. 15 ) to a second position wherein upper 852 and lower 854 portions of the cutter/sealer close behind the bulk ( Fig. 16 ).
  • the cutter/sealer 850 cuts the package material and thermally seals the cut ends thereof.
  • Upper 852 and lower 854 portions of the cutter/sealer 850 are coupled together and slidably mounted to a guide bar 858 so as to simultaneously move in opposed directions.
  • a sealer 870 of a type known in the art having a pair of upper sealing plates 872 oppositely disposed about rails 756 of the second portion 750 of upper conveyor belt assembly 700 and a pair of lower sealing plates 874 oppositely disposed about rails 656 of the second portion 650 of lower conveyor assembly 600 ( Fig. 2 ).
  • Upper 872 and lower 874 sealing plates are coupled together and slidably mounted to guide bars 876 so as to move in opposed directions.
  • Piston/cylinder combinations 878 ( Fig. 13 ) are utilized to move the sealing plates between a first open position and a second position in which lower sealing plates 874 contact upper sealing plates 872 thus to seal the packaging material sandwiched therebetween ( Fig. 16 ).
  • the various conveyor belt assemblies 300, 550, 600, 700 are powered by electric motors 900 so as to convey and transfer materials therebetween. It is also understood that the extensions and retractions of the above described piston/cylinder combinations 160, 342, 344, 630, 856, 878 are controlled in a conventional manner. These assemblies may be remotely controlled by a control station 910 or through direct electrical connections 920. Moreover, the unrolling of the package material from bolts 800 and 802 so as to present sheets 800a and 802a may be automatically or directly controlled.
  • the conveyor belt assembly 300 is positioned at its first position wherein the belt 310 and underlying plate 340 close the bottom aperture 120 of the tower 100.
  • the loose particulate matter is deposited through aperture 130 and will fall to the bottom of the tower atop the belt 310.
  • the compression plate 200 is above the intake aperture 130 so as to preclude interference with the incoming particulate.
  • the piston/cylinder combination Upon a select amount of material being fed into the tower 100 the piston/cylinder combination is operated so as to move the compression plate 200 into a dwelling, tamping relationship atop the particulate matter.
  • the compression presented by the combination of the compression and support plates 200, 340 and the surrounding tower walls forms a cube 1000 of the particulate material. It is understood that the amount of material deposited and the dwelling relationship of the compression plate 200, relative to the support plate 340, may be adjusted so as to regulate the height of bulk 1000 while the length and width thereof remaining fixed.
  • the operation of the piston/cylinder combinations 342, 344 along with the downward pressure of plate 200, displaces the conveyor assembly 300 with bulk 1000 thereon to a position below the bottom of the tower.
  • the conveyor belt 310 at this ground adjacent position, then transfers the material bulk 1000 to the subsequent conveyor 550 and then to the packaging station 500.
  • the bulk 1000 is conveyed to a first ground adjacent position atop first portion 610 of the lower conveyor belt assembly 600 and then raised to a second position in which the bulk is compressed between first portions 610, 710.
  • the bulk 1000 then passes through second portions 650, 750 of lower 600 and upper 700 conveyor belt assemblies across the diminished longitudinal gap and through the spanning sheet so that the sheet envelops the material bulk, the slack being minimized by tension spring/dancer combinations 880 and shifting of the second position away from the first positions so as to enhance the envelopment.
  • the contact of the conveyor belt assemblies 650, 750 with the lower and upper surfaces of bulk 1000 further aids in bulk conveyance and sheet envelopment.
  • this conveyor belt 650, 750 contact precludes the compressed bulk 1000 from expansion towards its original non-compressed volume. Thus, the desired package height is maintained.
  • the second portions 650, 750 then convey this bulk 1000, as enveloped by the packaging material, to a subsequent downstream station for palletization.
  • a subsequent span of packaging sheets 800a, 802a may then be unrolled from bolts 800, 802 for enveloping the next bulk 1000 formed in tower 100.
  • the use of the vertical tower 100 presents a material bulk 1000 which is efficiently formed.
  • the downstream conveyance of the material bulk 1000 by the above combination of conveyor assemblies precludes the need to ram induce the horizontal movement of the material bulk 1000.
  • the elimination of frictional force diminishes, if not precludes, the separation of particulate matter from the material bulk 1000 and/or the formation of fibrous lumps therein.
  • the presentation of the material sheets 800a, 802a precludes the need to utilize separate bags and avoids the associated expenses thereof. Accordingly, elimination of the particulate material loss along with the cost effective use of packaging material presents an efficient system for the formation and packaging of particulate materials into a bulk form.
  • the additional compression of the bulk material 1000 immediately prior to packaging, as well as the longitudinal shifting of the conveyor assemblies enhances palletization of the particulate packages.

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  1. System zum Stromabwärtsbefördern eines komprimierten Materials in einer Blockform, wobei das System Folgendes umfasst:
    ein Gerüst (500),
    ein zweites Beförderungsmittel (610), das an dem Gerüst angebracht ist und eine Fördermittelfläche bereitstellt, um eine Basis zum Tragen einer komprimierten Blockform (1000) zu bilden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das System zusätzlich Folgendes umfasst:
    ein drittes Beförderungsmittel (710), das an dem Gerüst angebracht und mit Zwischenraum in Vertikalrichtung von dem zweiten Beförderungsmittel angeordnet ist, um an einem Oberteil des Materialblocks anzuliegen, um die Kompressionsbeziehung der Blockform aufrechtzuerhalten, wobei das zweite und das dritte Beförderungsmittel das Blockmaterial stromabwärts drängen,
    Mittel (630, G32) zum Einstellen des vertikalen Raums zwischen dem zweiten und dem dritten Beförderungsmittel entsprechend der Höhe der Blockform, um dadurch die Blockform auf der Fördermittelfläche des ersten Beförderungsmittels wieder zu komprimieren,
    ein viertes Beförderungsmittel (650), das an dem Gerüst angebracht ist und bewegt werden kann zwischen einer ersten Position, mit Zwischenraum in Längsrichtung von dem zweiten Beförderungsmittel angeordnet, und einer zweiten Position, in Längsrichtung angrenzend an das zweite Beförderungsmittel,
    ein fünftes Beförderungsmittel (750), das an dem Gerüst angebracht ist und bewegt werden kann zwischen einer ersten Position, mit Zwischenraum in Längsrichtung von dem dritten Beförderungsmittel angeordnet, und einer zweiten Position, in Längsrichtung angrenzend an das dritte Beförderungsmittel wobei das fünfte Beförderungsmittel entsprechend dem vertikalen Raum zwischen dem zweiten und dem dritten Beförderungsmittel in Vertikalrichtung gegenüber dem vierten Beförderungsmittel verschoben ist, um einen Raum für die Aufnahme des Materialblocks zwischen denselben bereitzustellen, und
    Mittel (770) zum Regulieren des Längsraums zwischen dem zweiten und dem dritten und dem vierten und dem fünften Beförderungsmittel, die mit Zwischenraum in Längsrichtung angeordnet sind.
  2. System nach Anspruch 1, das ferner Folgendes umfasst:
    eine vertikale Bahn von Verpackungsmaterial (800, 802), die den Längsraum zwischen den Beförderungsmitteln quert, wobei ein Betätigen der Beförderungsmittel den Materialblock (1000) von dem zweiten und dem dritten Beförderungsmittel (610, 710) zu dem vierten und dem fünften Beförderungsmittel (650, 750) umsetzt, wobei das Betätigen den Materialblock zum Umhüllen durch dieselbe durch die Verpackungsmaterialbahn führt, zum Befördern zu einer stromabwärts gelegenen Position.
  3. System nach Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2, wobei das Längsraum-Regulierungsmittel Folgendes umfaßt:
    wenigstens eine Kolben-Zylinder-Baugruppe (700) einschließlich einer Stange (774), die an dem Gerüst (500) befestigt ist,
    mehrere Schwinghebel (662, 762), die ein erstes Ende, das schwenkbar an dem Gerüst befestigt ist, und ein zweites Ende, das an dem vierten oder dem fünften Beförderungsmittel (650, 750) befestigt ist, haben, wobei die wenigstens eine Kolben-Zylinder-Baugruppen an wenigstens einem der Schwinghebel befestigt ist,
    Mittel (776) zum Verknüpften der Bewegung der an dem vierten Beförderungsmittel befestigten Schwinghebel mit den an dem fünften Beförderungsmittel befestigten Schwinghebeln,
    wobei ein Ausfahren der Stange aus dem Zylinder die Schwinghebel in einer ersten Richtung schwenkt, um das vierte und das fünfte Beförderungsmittel (650, 750) zu dem zweiten und dem dritten Beförderungsmittel (610, 710) hin zu bewegen, um den Längsraum zwischen dem zweiten und dem dritten und dem vierten und dem fünften Beförderungsmittel zu verringern, wobei ein Einziehen der Stange in den Zylinder das vierte und das fünfte Beförderungsmittel in einer Richtung bewegt, um den Längsraum zwischen dem zweiten und dem dritten und dem vierten und dem fünften Beförderungsmittel zu steigern.
  4. System nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei das Vertikalraum-Einstellungsmittel Folgendes umfasst:
    wenigstens eine Kolben-Zylinder-Baugruppe (630, 632) einschließlich einer Stange (632), die an dem Gerüst (500) und dem zweiten Beförderungsmittel (610) befestigt ist.
    Mittel (634, 636) zum Verknüpfen der Bewegung der Stange der Kolben-Zylinder-Baugruppe mit dem zweiten Beförderungsmittel,
    wobei eine Bewegung der Stange das erste Fördermittel in einer Aufwärts- oder einer Abwärtsrichtung im Verhältnis zu dem dritten Beförderungsmittel bewegt, um dadurch den vertikalen Raum zwischen dem zweiten und dem dritten Beförderungsmittel einzustellen.
  5. System zum Formen und Verpacken von teilchenförmigem Material in einer Blockform, wobei das System das System nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4 umfasst und zusätzlich Folgendes umfasst:
    einen Kompressionsturm (100), der Folgendes umfasst:
    eine Kammer, die durch eine Reihe von Wänden (102, 104, 106, 108, 110) bereitgestellt wird,
    eine Stößelbaugruppe (160, 200) in der Kammer, die eine erste Position, angrenzend an einen Oberteil des Turmes, hat und selektiv zu einer zweiten Position, angrenzend an ein unteres Ende des Turms, ausgefahren werden kann,
    eine Öffnung (120) am unteren Ende des Turms,
    ein erstes Beförderungsmittel (300), das eine Fördermittelfläche (310) bereitstellt, um eine Basis des Turms zu bilden, wobei das erste Beförderungsmittel bewegt werden kann zwischen einer ersten Position, in der die Fläche (310) die Öffnung (120) verschließ, und einer zweiten Position, in der die Fläche gegenüber der Öffnung des Turms nach unten verschoben ist,
    einen Einlass (130) in dem Turm, eingerichtet zum Ablagern von teilchenförmigem Material in demselben, wobei das abgelagerte Material an der ersten Position auf die erste Beförderungsmittelfläche (310) fällt, wobei ein Ausfahren des Stößels (160, 200) zu der zweiten Position dafür eingerichtet ist, das Material in eine Blockform (1000) oben auf der Beförderungsmittelfläche zu komprimieren, wobei der Block auf die Bewegung der ersten Beförderungsmittelfläche (310) zu der zweiten Position hin von der Öffnung (120) des Turms unter den Turm verschoben wird, wobei das erste Beförderungsmittel ein Förderband (510) einschließt, um den Block stromabwärts von dem Turm zu bewegen.
  6. Verfahren zum Befördern eines Blockmaterials (1000) in einer komprimierten Form, wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    anfangs Formeln einer Zufuhr von teilchenförmigem Material zu einer Blockform,
    Komprimieren der Blockform,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verfahren zusätzlich die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    Befördern der Blockform längs einer ersten Fläche (510) zu einer zweiten Fläche (610), stromabwärts von der ersten Fläche,
    Bereitstellen einer dritten Fläche (710) in einem vertikalen Abstand oberhalb der zweiten Fläche,
    Erhöhen der zweiten Fläche hin zu der dritten Fläche für eine weitere Kompression des Blockmaterials stromabwärts zwischen der zweiten und der dritten Fläche,
    Befördern des komprimierten Blockmaterials längs der erhöhten zweiten Fläche,
    Bereitstellen einer vierten Fläche (650), die bewegt werden kann zwischen einer ersten Position, mit Zwischenraum in Längsrichtung von der zweiten Fläche angeordnet, und einer zweiten Position, in Längsrichtung angrenzend an die zweite Fläche,
    Bereitstellen einer fünften Fläche (750), die bewegt werden kann zwischen einer ersten Position, mit Zwischenraum in Längsrichtung von der dritten Fläche angeordnet, und einer zweiten Position, in Längsrichtung angrenzend an die dritten Fläche, und
    Umsetzen des Blockmaterials zu der stromabwärts gelegenen vierten Fläche, wenn sich die vierte Fläche in der zweiten Position befindet, wobei sich die fünfte Fläche in einem Abstand oberhalb der vierten Fläche befindet, wobei der Abstand zwischen der vierten und der fünften Fläche das umhüllte Blockmaterial weiter komprimiert.
  7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 6, das ferner die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    Queren einer Bahn von Verpackungsmaterial (800, 802) über ein Ende der zweiten und der dritten Fläche (610, 710),
    Befördern des Blockmaterials (1000) durch das Verpackungsmaterial zum Umhüllen durch dasselbe und
    Umsetzen des umhüllten Materials zu der stromabwärts gelegenen vierten Fläche (650), die in Längsrichtung gegenüber der zweiten Fläche verschoben ist.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, das ferner den Schritt umfaßt, das umhüllte Blockmaterial (1000) auf der vierten Fläche (650) zu einer stromabwärts gelegenen Position zu befördern.
  9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, das ferner die Schritte umfasst, auf die Umsetzung hin die vierte Fläche (650) zu der zweiten Fläche (610) hin zu verschieben, um die Lüngsverschiebung zwischen der zweiten und der vierten Fläche auf ein Minimum zu verringern.
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