EP3263469B1 - Maschine zum extrahieren, auffalten, füllen und schliessen einer faltschachtel - Google Patents

Maschine zum extrahieren, auffalten, füllen und schliessen einer faltschachtel Download PDF

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EP3263469B1
EP3263469B1 EP17173835.4A EP17173835A EP3263469B1 EP 3263469 B1 EP3263469 B1 EP 3263469B1 EP 17173835 A EP17173835 A EP 17173835A EP 3263469 B1 EP3263469 B1 EP 3263469B1
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Frédéric Barreau
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B5/024—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks
    • 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
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
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    • B65B7/20—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by folding-down preformed flaps

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  • the present invention relates to the field of packaging, in particular casing.
  • the present invention relates to an automatic machine type "casing”, that is to say using boxes flaps called “American boxes”, and, more particularly, a machine for extracting and volume of the side walls of a box and fold the four flaps forming its bottom, to support the box thus formed during its filling and to close the bottom and the lid of said filled box.
  • An American box generally comprises a belt forming the four side walls of the box, at each end of which are reported four flaps arranged in line with each side wall, forming the bottom and the lid of said box.
  • the bottom and the lid may be closed by folding in pairs of small and large flaps, opposite two by two, one pair of flaps being provided to overlap the other pair.
  • Such packers generally comprise a storage magazine having a stack of blanks which is associated with a transfer arm for bringing a blank from the store to a first formatting station.
  • the first shaping station comprises guiding means capable of cooperating with the blank to cause folding of the flaps forming the bottom of the box, as well as means of fastening, especially sizing means, for securing the folded flaps forming the bottom.
  • the crate thus formed with its closed bottom is then transferred by a conveying device to a second filling station where products to be packaged are deposited in the box, then to a third position of constitution of the lid of the box by folding and securing the flaps that constitute it, before the evacuation of the closed box out of the machine.
  • the present invention aims to solve the disadvantages of the prior art by proposing a machine adapted to form a box without securing the flaps constituting its bottom before filling, and to fill the box while maintaining its bottom. closed position but not yet secured.
  • the French patent application FR 2 493 805 A1 discloses a machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the bottom of the box is secured after the filling of the box, so that the volume of the box and its filling are made in a small space, with a bottom maintained in closed position but not secured, which allows to obtain a compact machine.
  • the displacement means comprise an upper plate movable in a horizontal plane, the lower plate being placed below the upper plate, the upper plate having at least one receiving cavity, the or each receiving cavity. being able to receive a box during the movement of the latter along the line of casing, the recess of the lower plate being opposite a receiving cavity during the constitution of the bottom of the box by the means of constitution of the bottom of the box, the first folding means being placed between the upper plate and the lower plate and extending along the line of casing so that the pair of large flaps constituting the bottom of the box is kept folded in closed position between the first folding means and the lower plate during movement of the box by the means of transport along the line of packing.
  • the or each box receiving cavity rectangular in shape, may comprise longitudinal rails for projecting above the cavity, along each of the long sides of the cavity. This facilitates guiding and alignment of the body in the receiving cavity.
  • the or each box receiving cavity comprises a transverse stop, extending along one of the short sides of the cavity and able to be moved by a jack between an advanced position and a position. back, the volume setting means being able to press the body against the stop once the small bottom flaps folded in the closed position.
  • the first folding means comprise a fixed guiding path in the form of a metal sheet, where appropriate whose width is smaller than the width of the receiving cavity of the upper plate, against which the means of volume are able to support the small flaps of the box, one after the other, to initiate their folding movement.
  • the packing line can follow a rectilinear trajectory.
  • the packing line extends along a circular path, the transport means being in the form of a carousel.
  • the transport means being in the form of a carousel.
  • the upper plate and the lower tray are thus in the form of a carousel and the upper plate is a turntable
  • the upper plate preferably comprises three receiving cavities disposed at 120 ° from one another.
  • the second folding means may comprise at least one jack type actuator positioned below the first folding means to fold the large flaps upwardly.
  • the volume-building means may comprise a robotic arm provided with a gripping head capable of grasping a blank disposed flat in the magazine and lifting the blank so as to make the side walls of the box in volume under the effect of gravity and handling of the blank by the gripping head.
  • the blank magazine is preferably a rotating carousel, which allows the magazine to be loaded in masked time.
  • the filling means may comprise a conveyor for supplying the contents to be collected and a robot for gripping and transferring.
  • the machine 1 combines in a single machine the steps of forming, packing and closing a body. Such a machine 1 or packing cell is thus intended to be placed upstream of a palletizer (not shown).
  • the machine 1 makes it possible to set the volume of the side walls of a flap box 2 from a blank 3 by means of setting up volume 4 of a blank 3 of a box in a box 2 ( Figure 2 ), folding the flaps forming the bottom of the box 2 through means 5 of constitution of the bottom of the box ( Figures 3 to 5 ), to transfer the body 2 thus formed to a filling station via means 6 of transport ( Figures 9A and 9B ), to fill the box 2 by means of filling means 7 ( Figures 5 and 6 ), then transfer the filled box 2 to the closing and evacuation station 8 ( Figure 8 ).
  • the boxes 2 are formed from blanks 3 folded and stored flat in a magazine 9.
  • the blanks 3 are folded so that the side walls of the belt of the body 2 are plated two two to one against the other, and the flaps arranged in the extension of the side walls are also pressed two by two against each other.
  • the machine 1 comprises a frame (not shown for the sake of clarity of the drawings) on which are fixed amounts (not shown) carrying the magazine 9.
  • the magazine 9 comprises a rotating carousel, about a vertical axis, having a rotating platform 9a for receiving the blanks 3 box folded flat.
  • the rotating platform 9a is separated into two compartments by at least one substantially vertical wall 9b extending from one end to the other of the platform 9a.
  • Each compartment comprises an inclined bottom 9c having an upper end and a lower end.
  • An inclined abutment wall 9d is provided at the lower end of the inclined bottom 9c.
  • one of the compartments of the magazine 9 is located outside the machine 1 and therefore accessible to an operator, while the other compartment is located on the inside of the machine 1, in the vicinity of the extraction means 4 and 2.
  • the operator loads the accessible compartment in blanks 3 box, positioning the blanks 3 stacked one above the other and abut against the wall forming abutment 9d.
  • the carousel of the magazine 9 is rotated 180 degrees in order to bring the loaded compartment 3 in the cash register inside the machine 1, in the vicinity of the volume setting means 4.
  • the operator loads the other compartment in 3 cash flanks. Therefore, the rotating carousel can load the magazine 9 in masked time, while the machine 1 is in operation.
  • Each blank 3 is extracted from the magazine 9 by the volume-setting means 4 which conventionally comprise at least one gripping head 41 in two articulated parts, on which several suction cups 42 are distributed, and fixed at the end of the blank.
  • a manipulator robot arm 43 The suction cups 42 are connected by flexible conduits 44 to a vacuum generator located on the frame of the machine 1 or on the robot.
  • the suction cups 42 of a first part of the head 41 are intended to catch the short side of the box 2 while the suction cups 42 of the other part of the head 41 are intended to catch the long side of the box 2.
  • the arm 43 is movable in at least three degrees of freedom.
  • the robotic arm 43 is controlled so as to grip a blank 3 stored in the magazine 9, by pressing the suction cups 42 of a part of the head 41 on the exposed face of the blank 3, which will form one of the long sides of the belt of the body 2.
  • the arm 43 is then controlled to lift the blank 3 to extract it from the magazine 9 and bring it above the next station, namely the 2.
  • the other part of the head 41 When the blank 3 is lifted by the robotic arm 43, the other part of the head 41 is folded so that the suction cups 42 it carries catch the short side of the belt of the box 2, then the two parts of the head 41 are pivoted to extend at 90 ° from each other, the side walls forming the belt of the box 2 then folding at 90 degrees, the flaps intended to form the bottom of the body 2 thus unfolding under the effect of gravity and manipulation by the t te 41, so that the volume of the box 2 is formed.
  • the box 2 is brought to cooperate with the means 5 of constitution of the bottom of the box, namely means 51 for folding small flaps ( Figure 3 ) and means 52 for folding the large flaps ( Figure 4 ).
  • the body 2 volume is moved by the robotic arm 43 being gripped by two adjacent side walls of the belt of the box 2, so that one of the small flaps intended to form the bottom, including the small flap located forward in the direction of movement, bears against a guide path 50 disposed along the packing line of the machine 1, while being inclined relative to the guide path 50.
  • This movement initiates the folding of this small flap towards the inside of the body 2.
  • the arm 43 is then manipulated to initiate the movement folding the other small flap, namely the back flap, intended to form the bottom, again by pressing against the guide path 50.
  • the small flaps forming part of the bottom of the box 2 are supported on the guide path 50 and prevented by the latter from pivoting downwards under their own weight.
  • the guide path 50 thus constitutes the folding means 51 of the small flaps.
  • the guide path 50 is in the form of a flat sheet having a first portion 50a in a circular path, from one end of which extends a second portion 50b which follows a rectilinear path ( Figure 9B ).
  • This guide path 50 is interposed and fixedly mounted between two plates 61, 62, including a movable upper plate 61 and a fixed lower plate 62, as shown in FIGS. Figures 9A and 9B .
  • the fixed lower plate 62 is a plate supported by the frame of the machine 1.
  • the guide path 50 is supported by the lower plate 62 and disposed above it with a small spacing therebetween, which spacing corresponds substantially to the thickness of a large flap forming the bottom of the body 2.
  • the upper plate 61 is under the shape of a circular sheet.
  • the sheet comprises, in its center, a through hole 61a for the passage of a vertical shaft around which the upper plate 61 may be rotated by a motor, well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the upper plate 61 also comprises three receiving cavities 61b distributed along the plate 61. Each cavity 61b opens on one end of the plate, so that the cavity 61b comprises two lateral edges 61b1 and a transverse edge 61bt. The length of each receiving cavity 61b is greater than the length of a box 2 and the width of the cavity 61b is substantially equal to the width of a box 2.
  • a longitudinal rail 63 extends over the entire length of each of the lateral edges 61b1 of the receiving cavities 61b.
  • Each longitudinal rail 63 has a substantially V-shaped section, having a first leg fixed against the upper face of the upper plate 61, and a second leg, formed of a square with the first leg, projecting above the upper plate 61 , in the extension of the edge of the cavity 61b.
  • a transverse stop 64 extends along the transverse edge 61bt of each receiving cavity 61b.
  • the stop 64 is in the form of a plate controlled by a jack 65.
  • the jack 65 makes it possible to move the stop 64 between an advanced position, in which the stop extends inside the receiving cavity 61b, and a retracted position, in which the stop 64 comes to bear against the transverse edge 61bt along which it extends.
  • this stop 64 makes it possible to facilitate the folding of the small bottom flaps of the box 2 (advanced position) and also to wedge the box 2 received in the receiving cavity 61b in order to allow its transfer without risk of damaging the box 2 ( retracted position).
  • the upper plates 61 and lower 62 and the guide path 50 are arranged one above the other so that the portion along a circular path of the guide path 50 extends under two successive receiving cavities 61b and that the part following a straight path of the guide path 50 extends under the remaining receiving cavity 61b.
  • the lower plate 62 comprises, in the area in the vicinity of the magazine 9 and volume-setting means 4, a recess 62a whose dimensions are substantially equal to the dimensions of a box 2.
  • This recess 62a allows the passage of large flaps constituting the bottom of the box 2, between the edges of the recess 62a and the edges of the guide path 50.
  • the position of the upper plate 61 is rotated to place facing the recess 62a a receiving cavity 61b, through which will extend a portion of the guide path 50 against the upper surface of which the small flaps can be folded.
  • actuators such as cylinders 52a, which form the second folding means 52, each actuate a respective pivot arm assembly 52b whose upper end 52c rotates the two large bottom flaps to bend them upwards.
  • the Large bottom flaps are each caused to bend inwards from below, so as to be interposed between the guide path 50 and the upper ends 52c of the arm assemblies 52b.
  • the upper plate 61 can be rotated, in which case the small flaps are held in the closed position by the guide path 50 on which they press, and the large flaps become kept closed by the guide path 50 and the lower tray 62 between which they are received and sandwiched, as can be seen on the Figure 5 .
  • the lower plate 62 'and the upper plate can each be in the form of a rectangular plate, the guide path 50' next then a rectilinear trajectory, as represented on the Figures 10 and 11 .
  • the means for forming, filling, closing and evacuation of the body 2 are the same as in the first embodiment described.
  • the upper plate is movable in translation and only the shape of the means for transporting and holding the flaps constituting the bottom in the closed position differs.
  • the movable upper tray could also be replaced by any system for moving the box along the line of casing, such as a cylinder placed behind the body and pushing it on the guide path 50 '.
  • the movable top plate 61 is rotated to move the receiving cavity 61b into which is received the box 2 to the filling station.
  • the receiving cavity 61b is then in the vicinity of the filling means 7 for the casing.
  • the filling means 7 may comprise a conveyor 71 for supplying the contents to be collected and a robot 72 for gripping and transferring, possibly upstream with means for locating the contents on the conveyor 71.
  • the supply conveyor 71 is presents, for example, in the form of a treadmill on which the content to be cased is loaded and moved.
  • a conventional gripping robot 72 then takes, for example by means of suction cups, the contents to be collected and deposited at the bottom of the box 2, through the open lid of the box 2. It is therefore a case vertical vertical.
  • the movable upper plate 61 is again rotated to the closing station and evacuation.
  • this station comprises, at the end of the rectilinear portion of the guide path 50, closure means 8 (shown schematically) adapted to secure the flaps forming the bottom of the body 2, in particular by applying an adhesive tape.
  • closure means 8 allow, in a conventional manner, to close the flaps forming the lid of the box and to secure them.
  • the body 2 is displaced in translation from the position represented on the Figure 6 to the closing means 8 by any appropriate means, such as for example by a cylinder pushing the body 2 along the straight portion of the guide path 50. Once closed, the box 2 can be removed from the machine 1, in particular to a palletizer.
  • the machine 1 of simple and reliable structure, thus makes it possible to form the body 2 and to fill it in a small space, the forming and filling stations being next to one another along the carousel formed by the upper trays 61 and lower 62 and the guide path 50.
  • the upper trays 61 and lower 62 and the guide path 50 allow the body 2 to be moved along the packing line while maintaining the flaps forming the bottom of the box 2 folded in the closed position.
  • such an arrangement makes it possible to move the box 2 with its bottom maintained folded in the closed position regardless of the content to be packaged, including both incompressible objects that compressible objects and fragile.
  • transport means 6 in the form of a rotary carousel with three receiving cavities arranged at 120 ° from one another, makes it possible to maintain a high rate: when the bottom flaps of a first box 2 were folded to the bottom formation station (in the vicinity of volume setting means 4) and that the carousel was rotated 120 ° to bring the first box 2 to the filling station, a receiving cavity 61b is located opposite the recess 62a of the lower plate 62 and a second box 2 can be put in volume and folded its bottom flaps at the bottom formation station.
  • the carousel is rotated 120 ° and the first box is then at the closing station, from which it can to be closed and evacuate, while simultaneously the second crate is at the filling station to be filled and a third crate has its bottom flaps folded in the closed position at the bottom formation station.

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  1. Automatische Maschine (1) zur Extraktion, zum Aufrichten, zum Füllen und zum Schließenvon Kisten mit Klappen (2) vom Typ amerikanische Kisten, wobei die Maschine (1) Folgendes umfasst:
    - Mittel zum Aufrichten (4), die ausgelegt sind, um eine Matrize (3) aus einem Lager (9) von Matrizen (3) zu extrahieren, die insbesondere flach gefaltet und gestapelt sind, und die seitlichen Wände der Kiste (2) aufzurichten, wobei die Matrizen (3) zwei große einander gegenüber liegende Seiten umfassen, die jeweils an den zwei Enden durch zwei große Klappen verlängert sind, und zwei kleine einander gegenüber liegende Seiten, die jeweils durch zwei kleinen Klappen verlängert sind;
    - Mittel (5) zum Aufbau des Bodens der Kiste (2)durch Falten der kleinen Klappen und der großen Klappen, die dazu bestimmt sind, den Boden der Kiste aufzubauen, wobei die Mittel (5) zum Aufbau des Bodens der Kiste (2) erste Faltmittel (51) umfassen, um das Paar kleiner Klappen in die geschlossene Position zu falten, und zweite Faltmittel (52), um das Paar großer Klappen in die geschlossene Position zu falten;
    - Mittel (7) zum Füllen der Kiste (2), die ermöglichen, die Kiste (2) mit einem Inhalt zu füllen;
    - Mittel zum Schließen (8), die ermöglichen, die Klappen, die den Boden und den Deckel der Kiste (2) bilden, vor ihrer Entleerung fest miteinander zu verbinden; und
    - Transportmittel (6),die ermöglichen, die Kiste (2) entlang der Verpackungslinie zu verschieben, die von den Mitteln zum Aufbau des Bodens (5) der Kiste (2) zu den Verschlussmitteln (8) gebildet ist,
    wobei die Verpackungsmittel (7) nachgelagert von den Mitteln (5) zum Aufbau des Bodens der Kiste (2)und vorgelagert von den Verschlussmitteln (8) platziert sind und die Transportmittel (6) ausgelegt sind, um die Kiste (2) entlang der Verpackungslinie zu verschiebenund gleichzeitig die Klappen, die den gefalteten Boden bilden, in der geschlossenen Position gefaltet zu halten,
    wobei die Maschine (1) dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass die Transportmittel (6) ein Mittel zur Verschiebung (61) der Kiste (2) entlang der Verpackungslinie umfassen, wobei eine feste untere Platte (62) eine Aussparung (62a) gegenüber den Mittel (5) zum Aufbau des Bodens der Kiste (2) umfasst, wobei die ersten Faltmittel (51) über die untere Platte (62) platziert sind und sich entlang der Verpackungslinie derart erstrecken, dass das Paar großer Klappen, das den Boden (2) der Kiste bildet, gefaltet in der geschlossenen Position zwischen den ersten Faltmitteln (51) und der unteren Platte (62) gehalten wird, wenn die Kiste (2) von den Verschiebungsmitteln (61) entlang der Verpackungslinie verschoben wird.
  2. Maschine (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dassdie Verschiebungsmittel (61) eine bewegliche obere Platte (61) in einer horizontalen Ebene umfassen, wobei die untere Platte (62) unter die obere Platte (61) platziert ist, wobei die obere Platte (61) mindestens einen Aufnahmehohlraum (61b) umfasst, wobei der oder jeder Aufnahmehohlraum (61b) ausgelegt ist, um eine Kiste (2) während der Verschiebung dieser Letzteren entlang derVerpackungslinie aufzunehmen, wobei sich die Aussparung (62a) der unteren Platte (62) gegenüber einem Aufnahmehohlraum (61b) beim Aufbau des Bodens der Kiste (2) durch die Mittel (5) zum Aufbau des Bodens der Kiste (2) befindet, wobei die ersten Faltmittel (51) zwischen der oberen Platte (61) und der unteren Platte (62) platziert sind und sich entlang der Verpackungslinie derart erstrecken, dass das Paar großer Klappen, das den Boden (2) der Kiste bildet, gefaltet in der geschlossenen Positionzwischen den ersten Faltmitteln (51) und der unteren Platte (62) gehalten wirdwenn die Kiste (2) von den Transportmitteln (6) entlang der Verpackungslinie verschoben wird.
  3. Maschine (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dassder oder jeder Aufnahmehohlraum (61b) der Kiste auf rechtwinklige Weise Längsschienen (63) umfasst, die dazu bestimmt sind, über dem Hohlraum (61b) entlang jeder der großen Seiten des Hohlraums (61b) hervorzuspringen.
  4. Maschine (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 2 und 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dassder oder jeder Aufnahmehohlraum (61b) der Kisteauf rechtwinklige Weise einen Queranschlag (64) umfasst, der sich entlang einer der kleinen Seiten des Hohlraums (61b) erstreckt und ausgelegt ist, um durch eine Winde zwischen einer vorgerückten Positionund eine zurückgezogenen Position verschoben zu werden, wobei die Mittel zum Aufrichten (4) ausgelegt sind, um die Kiste (2) gegen den Anschlag zu drücken, nachdem die kleinen Bodenklappen in ihre geschlossenen Position gefaltet sind.
  5. Maschine (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Faltmittel (51) einen festen Führungsweg (50) umfassen, der die Form eines Blechs aufweist, gegebenenfalls dessen Länge kleiner als die Länge des Aufnahmehohlraums (61b) der oberen Platte (61) ist, ein Blech, gegen das die Mittel zum Aufrichten (4) die kleinen Klappen der Kiste (2) eine nach der anderen zur Auflage bringen können, um ihre Faltbewegung zu starten.
  6. Maschine (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dasssich die Verpackungslinie entlang einem runden Weg erstreckt, wobei die Transportmittel (6) die Form eines Rundlaufs aufweisen.
  7. Maschine (1) nach Anspruch 6in Abhängigkeit vonAnspruch 2, wobei die obere Platte (61) und die untere Platte (62) somit die Form eines Rundlaufs aufweisenund die obere Platte (61) eine drehende Platte ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die obere Platte (61) drei Aufnahmehohlräume (61b) umfasst, die 120° voneinander angeordnet sind.
  8. Maschine (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zweiten Faltmittel (52) mindestens eine Betätigungsvorrichtung vom Typ Winde (52a) umfassen, die unter ersten Faltmitteln (51) platziert sind, um die großen Klappen nach oben zu falten.
  9. Maschine (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dassdie Mittel zum Aufrichten (4) einen Roboterarm (43) umfassen, der mit einem Greifkopf (42) ausgestattet ist, der ausgelegt ist, um eine Matrize (3) zu erfassen, die flach im Lager (9) angeordnet ist, und die Matrize (3) anzuheben, und die seitlichen Wände der Kiste (2) unter der Wirkung der Schwerkraft und der Handhabung der Matrize (3) durch den Greifkopf (42) aufzurichten.
  10. Maschine (1) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Lager (9) der Matrizen (3) ein drehender Rundlauf ist.
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