EP2701978B1 - Procédé pour emballer des produits et installation d'emballage pour la mise en oeliguvre du procédé - Google Patents

Procédé pour emballer des produits et installation d'emballage pour la mise en oeliguvre du procédé Download PDF

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EP2701978B1
EP2701978B1 EP12724889.6A EP12724889A EP2701978B1 EP 2701978 B1 EP2701978 B1 EP 2701978B1 EP 12724889 A EP12724889 A EP 12724889A EP 2701978 B1 EP2701978 B1 EP 2701978B1
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Reiner Seger
Jürgen VIEWEG
Michael Bretz
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/44—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/38—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a combination of straight and curved paths
    • B65B11/40—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a combination of straight and curved paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • B65B11/42—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a combination of straight and curved paths to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents and then to form closing folds of similar form at opposite ends of the tube
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/56—Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages
    • B65B61/06—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting

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  • the invention relates to a method for packaging products, in particular of hygiene products, in packaging bags, in which folded after insertion of the products in the packaging bag whose end faces by folding the end walls of the side walls each formed end flaps and then welded, wherein the packaging bag for Welding its end faces in a transport direction is passed through a welding station. It further relates to a packaging system for packaging products in packaging bags, in particular for carrying out the method.
  • Hygiene products such as paper handkerchiefs, panty liners, sanitary napkins, diapers or the like are usually packaged individually or in predetermined batches, for example in the form of five or ten packs, in film and offered ready for consumption or ready for use in this packaged form.
  • the film surrounding the hygiene product or the stack of hygiene products forms a so-called packaging bag, which i.a.
  • packaging bag which i.a.
  • it can be equipped with a perforation for easier opening and / or with adhesive tabs or the like for resealing.
  • other products or product batches such as cigarette packs or the like, can be provided with such a packaging bag in the manner of an overpack.
  • the product in particular the hygiene product or the stack of hygiene products
  • it may be provided, for example, that suitably cut film pieces intended to form the packaging bag are provided in which the product is inserted, the film subsequently being wrapped around it and welded at the edges.
  • a concept for packaging hygiene products in a packaging bag is for example from the DE 101 48 283 A1 known, in which a so-called cell wheel is provided for the eigentli ⁇ chen packaging step.
  • the intended for forming the packaging bag film is first inserted into a chamber of the cell wheel, then a stack of hygiene products is also introduced into the chamber of the cell wheel. Thereafter, the side edges of the film are circumferentially overlapped around the stack of sanitary products and appropriately welded together.
  • a so-called film tube packer can be used, as he, for example, from the DE 10 2008 020 800 A1 is known.
  • the sanitary products or packages of hygiene products to be packaged are positioned in a so-called tubular bag machine in a film tube, which is then welded together and separated between the products.
  • the EP 0 548 047 A1 also describes a foil tube packer, but for wrapping cigarette packets.
  • This packaging machine has a series of endless belt conveyors, with load-bearing sliding elements for transporting the successive packets of cigarettes along a packaging line.
  • US 4,313,290 discloses a method and apparatus for packaging boxes and other products by wrapping the products with wrapping film. At this time, the wrapping film is wrapped around the product, and the end portions of the opposite side edges and the end portions of the upper and lower edges of the film are folded around the product at the product ends.
  • the packaging systems are usually designed in the manner of continuous systems.
  • the products to be packaged are conveyed successively, individually or in batches along a transport direction and during the passage through various, along the transport direction arranged system components with the Surrounding packaging bag.
  • a short-term system downtime is usually to be accepted when folding and welding the side portions of the packaging bag, in which the further transport of the products temporarily interrupted.
  • the system can - as in the not previously published DE 10 2010 046 561.5 be designed for a welding access from the side, which allows the execution of the respective welding step in continuous operation.
  • This page access is particularly useful if the products of the corresponding welding station are particularly well prepared, in particular with already completed folding of the front sides of the packaging bag supplied.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a method for packaging products of the above type, with particularly high throughput and production rates can be achieved by particularly needs-oriented preparation of the products for the front side welding and thus ensures a particularly high production speed with high reliability is. Furthermore, an especially suitable for carrying out the method packaging system should be specified.
  • the invention is based on the consideration that in order to achieve particularly high throughput and production rates a continuous and uninterrupted passage of the products or product stack through the packaging system should be sought. In doing so, system downtime or even short-term All interruptions in the further transport of the products or product stacks should be prevented as far as possible, all processing steps during the introduction of the products or product stacks in the respective packaging bag should be designed consistently for a continuous operation. In order to ensure this, especially in the welding steps in which the overlapping edge pieces are welded together in the edge region of the respective packaging bag, the welding steps and also the preliminary preparatory steps should be designed consistently for accessing the product passing through from the side.
  • the respective welding mirrors which ensure the required heat input into the film material, which finally leads to the welding of the overlapping film parts together, should each be arranged laterally to the transport direction of the products or product stacks, so that the products or product stack seen in the transport direction between the welding mirrors or Heating elements can be passed.
  • a Faltnocken is provided, which is passed in the manner of an "overtaking Faltnockens" from back to front with excess speed on the packaging bag, while the rear front lobe flips forward.
  • the movement or speed profile of the "overtaking" folding cam in relation to the respective packaging bag or its rear end flap should be designed especially for an efficient folding operation.
  • a "non-uniform" movement of the folding cam is provided, in which the relative speed of the folding cam, based on the transport speed of the packaging bag, is adjusted during its passage on the packaging bag depending on the position of the folding cam relative to the rear end flap.
  • a comparatively long contact phase or time can be set, in particular during the overtaking process, in which the folding cam is moved past the front flap to be folded, in which the folding cam is in contact with the front flap and thus laterally guides and fixes, whereas the transfer phase or time, while the Faltnocken introduced from behind to the fold over the frontal lobes or moved away from the fold after folding, can be kept comparatively short.
  • the folding of the rear end flap initially in a transfer or approach phase of the folding cams with a comparatively large velocity excess seen from the rear of the rear end lobe compared to the transport speed of the packaging bag and brought into overlap with this before in a subsequent contact or holding phase, a comparatively lower speed surplus of the folding cam is set relative to the transport speed of the packaging bag.
  • the lateral guidance and stabilization of the folded end flap can in particular also be designed so that a reliable folding of the end flap even with unbroken material, ie in particular without prior introduction of a so-called pre-broken edge or Umfaltkante in the material is possible.
  • front end flap is folded by passing the packaging bag to a stationarily held folding cams. It can accumulate on the stationarily held folding cams by the already provided onward transport of the packaging bag, the front end lobe so that it automatically folds due to the onward transport on the front side.
  • a particularly reliable end folding is possible, since in the comparatively long-lasting contact phase the overtaking folding cams can guide and fix the rear end lobe laterally until the front end lobe is likewise folded over and then the front, fixedly held Faltnocken in the manner of a transfer the fixation and the rear Stirnlappens can continue to ensure.
  • Particularly high throughput rates can be achieved by treating both end faces of the packaging bag together, ie in particular in a common processing step, in a further advantageous embodiment.
  • This is advantageous the packaging system designed symmetrical, so that even when folding the end faces, the respective end tabs of both end faces are folded simultaneously.
  • the products to be packaged are wrapped in a bag film tube, which is then passed through a first welding station and laterally welded in a first welding step, before its end faces are welded in a second welding step.
  • a throughput rate favoring lateral access to allow advantageously after welding the longitudinal side and before the folding of the front sides of the packaging bags provided with the products is rotated relative to the transport direction by an angle spanned by two abutting product pages angle corresponding angle .
  • the welding process is carried out in two stages.
  • a first welding step for example, the open longitudinal side of the packaging bag can first be welded under access from the side.
  • Twisting should be done appropriately according to the basic shape or area of the product or product stack.
  • the product could have a substantially triangular basic shape, so that the rotation takes place about one of the triangular angles.
  • a twist angle of 90 ° is suitably chosen. The twisting can be done by maintaining the transport direction and rotating the product, or by maintaining the orientation of the product and changing the transport direction appropriately.
  • the folding station is assigned a control unit for setting the speed of movement of the folding cam.
  • the control unit is designed to adjust the speed of movement of the folding cam depending on its position relative to the respective packaging bag. In this case, it is provided in particular that the control unit adjusts a comparatively large speed surplus of the folding cam relative to the transport speed of the packaging bag during the approach of the folding cam from behind, whereas, when the folding cam has reached the front flap and overlaps it, a comparatively lesser velocity surplus or even a temporary standstill of the folding cam against the packaging bag, so aligned speeds, is provided.
  • the adaptation of the speed of the folding cam to the relative position to the packaging bag could take place by detecting a position signal for the respective packaging bag and taking into account this signal in the control unit in the manner of an active control.
  • a clocked operation of the packaging plant and a control of the Faltnockens depending on the system clock is provided.
  • the folding station additionally comprises a further folding cradle held stationary, in particular for folding over the front end tabs seen in the transporting direction of the packaging bag by passing the packing bag past.
  • the folding station is designed for simultaneous or simultaneous processing of both end faces of the packaging bag.
  • the folding station advantageously comprises, for each of the end faces, a further folding cam which can be guided past the packaging bags from the rear to the front in the transport direction and / or a further folding cam which is held stationary.
  • the support element for the respective movable folding cams could for example be designed as a gear-driven link chain or as a turntable.
  • the carrier element for the overtaking folding cams is advantageously designed as a folding wheel rotatable about a horizontal axis of rotation.
  • two folding wheels with correspondingly attached folding cams namely one for each one of the end faces of the packaging bag, be mounted on a common axis of rotation.
  • the design of the carrier element as a folding wheel with a horizontal axis of rotation, corresponding to a vertical plane of the wheel, also allows a single-surface configuration of the folding cam in its contact area with the front flap.
  • the resulting contact surface with the end flap is designed with regard to its geometry and dimensions for a particularly stable and reliable lateral guidance of the folded end flap.
  • the support element is expediently provided with a number of Faltnocken, each having a contact surface for the fold over end flap, which is at least half as large as the surface of the respective end flap.
  • the packaging system advantageously comprises a transport system, via which the hygiene products to be packaged can first be fed from a wrapping station to a first welding station and from this from a second welding station. It is particularly preferred seen in the transport direction of the hygiene products between the first welding station and the folding station a deflection unit for rotation of the provided with the hygiene products packaging bag relative to the transport direction by a predetermined angle of rotation, preferably by 90 °, is provided.
  • the packaging installation furthermore has a separating unit for the packaging bags arranged after the first welding station, as seen in the transporting direction.
  • the advantages achieved by the invention are in particular that the frontal folding can also be achieved with respect to the rear end lobe in a comparatively simple and reliable manner with lateral access and without system standstill by the intended use of an overhauling folding cam.
  • the packaging system 1 according to FIG. 1 is intended for packaging hygiene products in a packaging bag.
  • tissue handkerchiefs are to be introduced in batches, ie as a stack of individual handkerchiefs, with a batch size of ten each into a packaging bag as hygiene products.
  • other batch sizes For example, the packaging of three or five paper tissues in a packaging bag, or other hygiene products such as panty liners, sanitary napkins or the like may be provided.
  • the packaging system 1 is designed as a so-called film tube packer, in which the paper tissues to be packaged or batch are first taken in a bag film tube 4.
  • the packaging installation 1 comprises a feed unit 8, via which the paper tissues in the form of product stacks 6, in each case comprising ten paper tissues lying one above the other, are fed to a transport system 12.
  • the feed unit 8 is executed in the exemplary embodiment two lanes, d. h., In the manner of a parallel arrangement of two feed rails 14, the product stacks 6 are fed parallel to each other to the transport system 12.
  • This two-lane arrangement makes it possible, in particular, to combine a plurality of transport strands for a common further processing of the product stacks 6.
  • doubled throughput rates during packaging and during further processing of the product stacks 6 can be achieved.
  • the transport system 12 is u.a. a wrapping station 16 is assigned, in which in a suitable film storage, for example in the form of rolls or the like provided for forming the packaging bag bag film 10 is kept.
  • a suitably shaped form shoe 18 is provided, over which the bag film 10 is placed around the product stack 6 transported along the transport system 12, wherein the paper handkerchiefs are wrapped in the film.
  • the form shoe 18 is designed such that the supplied film completely surrounds the continuous product stack 6, wherein an overlap of the corresponding edge regions of the film is set on the longitudinal edge of the resulting bag film tube 4.
  • the impact station 16 is provided with suitable means for the local synchronization of the product stack 6 with the bag film 10.
  • This can be ensured, for example, that a formed by a perforation in the bag film 10 access opening in the packaging bag is also suitably positioned relative to the embraced in the packaging bag product stack 6.
  • the first welding station 20 has in a lateral arrangement a suitably designed, in particular designed as a welding mirror heater 22, via which the film tube 4 is heated to a sufficiently high temperature for welding. As a result of the heating, the overlapping edge regions of the film are welded together so that the actual film tube 4 is formed in the first welding station 20.
  • the film tube 4 thus forms a continuous enclosure of several consecutive product stacks 6 of tissue paper towels.
  • the transport direction of the product stack 6 of the paper tissues on the transport system 12 is indicated. Seen in this transport direction after the first welding station 20, a separating unit 26 is provided, via which the bag film tube 4 provided with the hygiene products is separated into packaging bags 27 each containing a product stack 6.
  • the separation unit 26 can have, for example, suitable cutting blades for cutting through the bag film tube 4 between two successive product stacks 6.
  • the transport system 12 opens into a deflection unit 28, in which the bag film tube 4 provided with the hygiene products is rotated relative to the transport direction by a predetermined angle of rotation 32.
  • the angle of rotation 32 is chosen such that, after the rotation, lateral access to the not yet welded end faces 34 of the packaging bag 27 containing the respective product stack 6 is possible. Accordingly corresponds to Twist angle 32 based on the base area of the product stack 6 the angle spanned by two sides of the product stack 6 angle. In the execution area, the product stack 6 has a substantially rectangular base area, so that a twist angle 32 of 90 ° is selected.
  • the deflecting unit 28 is designed such that in the region of the deflecting unit 28 - as indicated by the arrow 30 - there is a change in the transport direction of the hygiene products on the transport system 12 by 90 °. This change in the transport direction is provided without any change in the orientation of the product stack 6 with the packaging bag 27 surrounding it, so that the orientation of the product stack 6 in the deflection unit 28 changes by approximately 90 ° relative to the transport direction.
  • the product stacks 6 taken in the bag film 10 can be fed via the transport system 12 to a downstream second welding station 36.
  • the welding of the end faces 34 of the packaging bag 2 takes place for the product stacks 6, wherein due to the orientation of the stack 6 relative to the transport direction, the welding can also take place from the side.
  • the second welding station 36 also comprises laterally arranged heating means 38, which may be designed, for example, as a heating mirror arranged on both sides of the product flow.
  • the transport system 12 opens into a second welding station 36 downstream cooling device in which a cooling of the freshly welded packaging bag 27 takes place.
  • a so-called end folding that is to say a preliminary folding of the end faces 34 of the packaging bags 27, is initially provided.
  • the representation of the product stack 6 containing a packaging bag 27 in the FIG. 2, 3 can be removed comprises the substantially cuboid packaging bag 27 in addition to its two end faces 34 four side walls 40, namely a front 42, a back 44 and two lateral narrow sides 46.
  • Each of the side walls 40 forms each end face a front flap 48.
  • the front flap 48 of the side walls 40 are folded over and, as shown in FIG FIG. 2 is removable, folded and overlapped. For this purpose, first the narrow sides 46 associated end tabs 48 are taken and then the front and rear sides 42 and 44 associated front flap 48 folded over.
  • the packaging installation 1 comprises a folding station 50 arranged on the transport system 12, as shown in an enlarged view in plan view in FIG FIG. 4 is shown.
  • the folding station 50 comprises on both sides of the transport system 12 each designed as a folding wheel with a horizontal axis of rotation 51 support member 52.
  • carrier element 52 On carrier element 52 is a number of seen in the transport direction from behind to front of the packaging bags 27 passing folding cams 54 arranged.
  • the folding cam 54 is designed in the manner of an "overtravelling folding cam" in such a way that it is brought to the rear end flap 48 from behind with a higher speed compared to the transport speed of the packaging bag 27. After the folding cam 54 has reached the front flap 48, he folds it over because of the speed surplus forward.
  • the folding station 50 in FIG. 4 is removable, it is designed for simultaneous processing of both end faces 34 of the packaging bag 27 symmetrical and includes on both sides of the measures provided for the transport of the packaging bag 27 conveyor belt 56 each have the required folding elements.
  • the carrier element 52 for the respective movable folding cams 54 are arranged on a common axis of rotation 51.
  • the folding station 50 for each of the end faces 34 each still another, held stationary Faltnocken 60.
  • the folding station 50 is associated with a control unit 62, via which the rotational speed of the rotation axis 51 and thus the speed of movement of the overtrawn Faltnocken 54 is adjustable.
  • the control unit 62 is designed in such a way, in particular by means of a suitably stored speed profile for the overturning folding cams 54, that a comparatively large excess of speed of the folding cam 54 occurs during the approach of the folding cam 54 from the rear to the respective front flap 48 relative to the transport speed of the respective packaging bag 27 sets, whereas when the Faltnocken 54 has reached the end flap 48 and overlaps with this, a comparatively lesser speed excess or even a temporary stoppage of the folding cam 54 relative to the packaging bag 27, so aligned velocities, is provided.
  • the resulting motion sequence is schematically in the sequence a - n in FIG. 5 shown.
  • one of the folding wheels with a horizontal axis of rotation 51 running carrier elements 52 are shown with molded folding cam 54 and in addition a number of conveyed on the conveyor belt 56 packaging bag 27, wherein due to the lateral view of the end face 34 of the respective packaging bag 27 is visible.
  • the carrier element 52 provided with the folding cams 54 is moved thereon.
  • sequence step b is the respective Faltnocken 54 in the transport or pre-accession phase and is - brought by suitably set, comparatively large rotational speed of the rotation axis 51 - with relatively high speed from behind to the packaging bag 27.
  • sequence step c the folding cam 54 reaches the rear end flap 48 of the packaging bag 27 and begins to fold it over due to the overlap with its contact surface 64 (on the inside, ie facing the packaging bag 27). At about this time, the rotation speed of the rotation shaft 51 and thus the moving speed of the folding cam 54 are lowered and slowed down.
  • the folding cam 54 is in lateral contact with the front flap 48 and guides it, the front flap 48 being folded over. In this phase, the folding cam 54 is moved with only a slight excess of speed relative to the packaging bag 27, resulting in a comparatively long-lasting contact phase. During this leads and stabilizes the Faltnocken 54 the folded front flap 48 laterally.
  • the folded rear end flap 48 reaches the fixed front fold cam 60 and is further fixed and guided by the latter; So there is a "transfer” from the overtrawn Faltnocken 54 to the stationary Faltnocken 60 instead.
  • next folding cams 54 can be brought to the next packaging bag 27 with a suitable speed.
  • the relative velocity between folding cam 54 and packaging bag 27 that is particularly preferred during the passage of the folding cam 54 past the packaging bag 27 is particularly clear in the path-time diagram according to FIG. 6 recognizable.
  • the time is on the x-axis and on the y-axis the time Removed component position, through the curve 66 for the packaging bag 27 and through the curve 68 for the Faltnocken 54.
  • the straight-line shape of the curve 66 illustrates that the packaging bag 27 is moved at a uniform speed on the conveyor belt 56.
  • the velocity of the fold cam 54 (corresponding to the slope of the curve 68) is adjusted depending on its position relative to the packaging bag 27, with higher velocity phases of the fold cam 54 (ie, curve 68 is steeper than curve 66) and lower Speed of Faltnockens 54 (ie, curve 68 is shallower than curve 66) relative to the packaging bag 27 there.

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  1. Procédé d'emballage de produits, en particulier de produits d'hygiène, dans des sachets d'emballage (27), dans lequel, après l'introduction des produits dans le sachet d'emballage (27) respectif, les côtés frontaux (34) de celui-ci sont pliés par pliage des languettes frontales (48) formées respectivement sur le côté frontal par les parois latérales (40) et puis soudés, dans lequel le sachet d'emballage (27) est conduit à travers une station de soudage (36) dans une direction de transport pour le soudage de ses côtés frontaux (34), et dans lequel, lors du pliage des côtés frontaux (34), la languette frontale (48) arrière, vue dans la direction de transport du sachet d'emballage (27), est pliée d'arrière en avant, vue dans la direction de transport du sachet d'emballage (27), par le passage d'une came de pliage (54) le long du sachet d'emballage (27), caractérisé en ce que la vitesse relative de la came de pliage (54), rapportée à la vitesse de transport du sachet d'emballage (27), est réglée pendant son passage le long du sachet d'emballage (27) en fonction de la position de la came de pliage (54) par rapport à la languette frontale (48) arrière, dans lequel
    pour le pliage de la languette frontale (48) arrière, la came de pliage (54) est d'abord, dans une phase d'approche, amenée par l'arrière vers la languette frontale (48) arrière avec un excédent de vitesse relativement important en comparaison avec la vitesse de transport du sachet d'emballage (27) et mise en chevauchement avec celui-ci avant qu'un excédent de vitesse de la came de pliage (54) relativement plus faible par rapport à la vitesse de transport du sachet d'emballage (27) soit réglé dans une phase de maintien suivante.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel, lors du pliage des côtés frontaux (34), la languette frontale (48) avant, vue dans la direction de transport du sachet
    d'emballage (27), est pliée par le passage du sachet d'emballage (27) le long d'une came de pliage (60) retenue de façon fixe.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les languettes frontales (48) respectives des deux côtés frontaux (34) sont pliées simultanément.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel les produits à emballer sont introduits dans une feuille tubulaire de sachet (4) et celle-ci est ensuite conduite à travers une première station de soudage (20) pour le soudage de son côté longitudinal, dans lequel, après le soudage du côté longitudinal et avant le pliage des côtés frontaux (34), le sachet d'emballage (27) muni des produits (6) est tourné par rapport à la direction de transport selon un angle de torsion (32) correspondant à l'angle défini par deux côtés de produits placés bout à bout.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le sachet d'emballage (27) muni des produits (6) est tourné d'environ 90° par rapport à la direction de transport.
  6. Installation d'emballage (1) pour l'emballage de produits (6), en particulier de produits d'hygiène, dans des sachets d'emballage (27), en particulier pour la réalisation du procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, avec une station de pliage (50), prévue pour le pliage des côtés frontaux (34) et disposée sur un système de transport (12) pour les sachets d'emballage (27), qui comprend une came de pliage (54) disposée sur un élément de support (52) et pouvant être conduite à passer le long du sachet d'emballage (27) d'arrière en avant vu dans la direction de transport, caractérisée en ce qu'une unité de commande conçue pour le réglage de la vitesse de déplacement de la came de pliage (54) en fonction de sa position par rapport au sachet d'emballage (27) respectif est affectée à la station de pliage (50).
  7. Installation d'emballage (1) selon la revendication 5 ou 6, dont la station de pliage (50) comprend une autre came de pliage (60) retenue de façon fixe.
  8. Installation d'emballage (1) selon l'une des revendications 5 à 7, dont la station de pliage (50) comprend pour chacun des côtés frontaux (34) respectivement une came de pliage (54, 60) pouvant être amenée à passer le long des sachets d'emballage (27) d'arrière en avant, vue dans la direction de transport, et/ou retenue de façon fixe.
  9. Installation d'emballage (1) selon l'une des revendications 5 à 8, dont l'élément de support (52) est constitué en tant que roue de pliage pouvant tourner autour d'un axe de rotation (51) horizontal.
  10. Installation d'emballage (1) selon la revendication 9, dont l'élément de support (52) est muni d'un certain nombre de cames de pliage (54) qui présentent respectivement une surface de contact (64) pour la languette frontale (48) à plier qui est au moins égale à la moitié de la surface de la languette frontale (48) respective.
  11. Installation d'emballage (1) selon l'une des revendications 5 à 10, par le biais du système de transport (12) de laquelle les produits (6) à emballer peuvent être acheminés à partir d'une première station de soudage (20) vers la station de pliage (50), avec une unité de renvoi (28), disposée entre la première station de soudage (20) et la station de pliage (50), vue dans la direction de transport des produits, pour la rotation, selon un angle de torsion (32) prévu par rapport à la direction de transport, des sachets d'emballage (27) munis des produits.
  12. Installation d'emballage (1) selon la revendication 11, avec une unité de séparation pour les sachets d'emballage disposée après la première station de soudage (20), vue dans la direction de transport.
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