EP3459867B1 - Procédé et machine de fabrication de sachets en feuille remplis, scellés longitudinalement et transversalement, d'une bande de feuille non conservant la forme - Google Patents

Procédé et machine de fabrication de sachets en feuille remplis, scellés longitudinalement et transversalement, d'une bande de feuille non conservant la forme Download PDF

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EP3459867B1
EP3459867B1 EP18193341.7A EP18193341A EP3459867B1 EP 3459867 B1 EP3459867 B1 EP 3459867B1 EP 18193341 A EP18193341 A EP 18193341A EP 3459867 B1 EP3459867 B1 EP 3459867B1
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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
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B—MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
    • B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • B65B11/12—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path 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
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B31B70/00—Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • B31B70/60—Uniting opposed surfaces or edges; Taping
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    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
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    • B65B11/105—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents the axis of the tube being parallel to the conveying direction
    • 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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    • B65B43/08—Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material
    • B65B43/10—Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material by folding the material
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
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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
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
    • B65B51/22—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by friction or ultrasonic or high-frequency electrical means, i.e. by friction or ultrasonic or induction welding
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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for the production of both longitudinally and transversely sealed film bags, each filled with at least one product, from a film that is particularly flat in the initial state, as is made from FIG WO 2013/092081 A1 which represents the closest prior art for claim 1, are known.
  • Such filled, all-round tightly sealed, foil bags are produced in large numbers as tubular bags in the so-called flow pack process, such as from the EP 0368240 A1 known.
  • a sequence of products to be packaged is transported in one transport direction, spaced one behind the other, and a film web brought in in the same direction and at the same speed, viewed in the direction of travel, is placed around the product flow and closed with a longitudinal sealing seam running in the transport direction to form a film tube while the film is running.
  • This tubular film which is produced in a continuous process, is divided downstream into individual tubular bags by means of transverse sealing seams spaced apart in the running direction while the tubular film is running, which can then be separated from one another.
  • This flowpack process has the advantage that high packing rates can be achieved due to the continuous flow.
  • the disadvantage of the method lies in the low variability of the process, since all operations carried out in a continuous flow, such as film feed, arranging / placing the products on a transport device, producing the longitudinal sealing seam, producing the transverse sealing seam, must be carried out at the same speed.
  • the cross-sealing usually takes place by means of two cross-sealing rollers running against each other, on the circumference of which the heat-sealing jaws are located, the sealing time increases with a reduced throughput speed of the film tube and thus a reduced speed of the cross-sealing rollers in an impermissible manner.
  • Another disadvantage is the supply roll for the film to be provided above or below the product flow, which in particular poses problems for changing the supply roll and connecting the end of a first film web to the beginning of a new film web that is on a new supply roll Loss of products and tubular bags during the change causes.
  • the packaging is, for example, cardboard packaging
  • a corresponding cardboard blank is usually placed on the transport device and, for example, in the workstations approached one after the other, the cardboard box is first erected and glued to form a three-dimensional box, which is still open on the upper side, the box filled with products, the top of the box, which is still open, is closed by putting on a lid or turning a lid section of the box, and usually glued.
  • the individual processing operations are carried out at the individual workstations by means of robots positioned there on the transport route.
  • One from the EP 2116489 A1 - which represents the closest prior art for claim 11 - known transport device consists of individual transport carriages that can be moved independently of one another in the transport direction along a guide track - that is, in particular, their speed can be controlled independently of the other transport carriages, also stopped and moved back and forth - as long as this does not lead to collisions with the transport slides traveling ahead or following on the same guideway.
  • Movable independently of one another also means being able to move independently of one another on the same guideway, and not only being able to move independently of one another at individual points on the camouflage sports device, but also being able to move independently of one another essentially over the entire length of the transport route, whereby collisions between the transport sleds must of course be avoided.
  • Transport carriages of a transport device that can be moved independently of one another are also understood to mean that each of the transport carriages can be moved at any time independently of the movements of the other transport carriages with regard to the direction of travel, travel speed and also reduction of the travel speed to zero.
  • the transport carriage can preferably only be moved forwards or backwards in a single transport direction.
  • the guide track is arranged on a track body which also runs in the direction of transport and viewed in the direction of transport carries not just one but several guideways, for example one on its underside and one on its upper side.
  • the track body consists of several modules that are connected to one another in the transport direction
  • individual such track body modules in particular the start module and the end module, can be pivoted about a pivot axis running in the transport direction, so that the previously upper guide track, for example, is then on the underside of the track body and vice versa.
  • a transport carriage located on such a pivotable track body module can be pivoted from the upper to the lower guide track and then moved back to the start module along the lower guide track of the entire transport device, especially when empty. It goes without saying that for this purpose the transport carriages on the guide track must be secured against falling, in particular secured in a form-fitting manner.
  • the packaging material must at least partially retain its shape and be inherently stable.
  • the object is achieved in that the film bags are not made from a running film web - and also not necessarily with the intermediate step of producing a film tube - but from individual, finite sheets of film, which are only produced by appropriate deformation and Sealing areas of this sheet of film against one another to form the film bag, preferably in such a way that the entire sheet of film is used for the film bag and no residue or waste remains.
  • non-dimensionally stable foil sheets are each preferably received individually on one of several transport slides that can be moved independently of one another in a transport device, i.e. usually placed on the transport slide, on the foils -Bow put down at least one product to be packaged.
  • a non-shape-retaining sheet of film is understood to mean that when the sheet of film is supported, the edges of the sheet of film hang down due to gravity only in a central area, in particular only under the center of gravity of the sheet of film, since the sheet of film does not have sufficient inherent stability to maintain its level position.
  • the sheet of film has the same stability and / or the same thickness and / or consists of the same material over its entire extent - in particular along its main plane.
  • a first sealing seam is produced by placing two areas of this sheet of film against one another and sealing them in a first sealing step.
  • a second sealing seam is produced, which preferably runs transversely to the first sealing seam and is also preferably produced by placing two areas of the same sheet of film against each other and sealing, so that a filled and all-round tightly sealed film bag is created.
  • the sheet of film usually only one sheet of film is on a transport slide, in exceptional cases several - is transported by the transport slide in the transport direction from one processing station to the next, at which the individual processing steps are carried out become.
  • a first form of bag is a tubular bag: Two opposite edge regions of the sheet of film, preferably running in the transport direction of the transport device, are selected as the two regions to be sealed against each other in the first sealing step, which are sealed against each other, preferably over their entire length.
  • two opposing areas of the film tube formed by the first sealing step are placed against each other and sealed, preferably at each of the two ends of the film tube the opposing areas of the closed circumferential tube, which is thereby pressed flat in this area.
  • the juxtaposition and sealing are preferably carried out over the entire width of the film tube, and if this is done at both ends, two second sealing seams are produced, each of which tightly seals one end of the film tube and thus an overall tightly sealed film bag is produced in the form of a tubular bag.
  • a fin is created in the form of the two mutually opposed and sealed edge areas that form the first sealing seam, in that this fin is radially different from the otherwise ring-shaped, approximately circular, closed cross-section of the The film tube protrudes to the outside.
  • this fin is folded up against the outer circumference of the remaining film tube, i.e. folded over, in one of the two possible pivoting directions, so that when the second sealing seam, the transverse sealing seam, is subsequently produced, this transverse sealing seam is in the area of the folded fin consists of four layers of foil, apart from the fin, on the other hand, consists of only two layers of foil.
  • the folded-over fin is also welded to the other two film layers, and not just the other two film layers to one another, in order to keep the fin permanently in the folded-over state on the circumference.
  • the folded sealing fin is preferably located in the width range of the product in the foil pouch, but provision can also be made for the fin to be deliberately arranged outside of this width range, i.e. viewed in the direction of transport or in the direction of travel first sealing seam, viewed from the width of the product inside, pointing the way.
  • the second sealing seam is preferably not only produced transversely, but also, viewed from above, in particular perpendicular to the first sealing seam. This can be achieved, for example, by producing the second sealing seam running transversely to the transport direction.
  • the sheet of film in particular the already produced tube of film, can stand still in the transport direction and a sealing unit for producing the at least one second sealing seam can be brought up to the tubular bag, in particular in the transverse direction to the transport direction.
  • the other possibility is to produce the at least one second sealing seam running in the direction of transport.
  • the film tube in particular, is rotated, preferably with the aid of the slide on which it is located, in such a way that the direction of the second sealing seam to be produced then runs in the direction of transport.
  • the disadvantage is that the structural effort for the possibility of rotating the film tube, in particular on the transporting carriage, is greater, while the advantage, on the other hand, is that the entire sealing process with all the sealing seams with the film sheet or film sheet moving continuously in the transport direction. Hose can be done.
  • the areas of the sheet of film can be placed against one another and sealed to produce the first sealing seam and / or the sealing fin can also be turned over while the sheet of film is in the transport direction, preferably with the aid of the transport carriage on which it is arranged is moved.
  • the folding of the sealing fin is preferably carried out in a folding unit which has a folding guide surface which folds the fin when the film tube and thus the sealing fin moves along the transport direction through the folding unit.
  • a second bag shape is a bag-bag:
  • a bag that is open on one side, preferably at the top is produced from the sheet of film by, in the first sealing step, two areas of the sheet of film that are to be placed against each other and sealed by two adjoining, strip-shaped areas, in particular one and the same edge area of the foil sheet, are selected, placed against one another and sealed.
  • the two areas preferably each have half the length of the strip-shaped area, in particular the edge area, which is therefore preferably bent exactly in the middle of its length.
  • the selected strip-shaped areas of the sheet of film can lie in the transport direction or across here, in particular perpendicular to it.
  • the at least one first sealing seam produced then runs horizontally or vertically, i.e. whether the bag is lying or standing, preferably also depends on the shape and position of the product enclosed by the bag: This is because the product is placed on the sheet of film and / or the position of the first sealing seams is provided so that the at least one first sealing seam extends laterally outside the product in the direction in which the product does not have its smallest extension direction, but rather in which it has its greatest extension.
  • the first sealing seam should extend along one of the narrow sides of the plate shape.
  • the open side of the bag is then sealed in a second sealing step in that the two areas on both sides of the bag opening which are opposite to one another and to be sealed are placed against one another and sealed, these two Edge areas of the bag should preferably end in the same position, that is, one side wall of the bag should preferably not protrude over the other side wall, in particular not more than 1 mm, better not more than 2 mm.
  • the processing steps are carried out on the foil sheet and / or foil tube and / or foil bag while it is on the slide.
  • the foil will only be removed from the foil carriage for processing in exceptional cases.
  • Holding the sheet of film on the slide is preferably carried out by sucking the sheet of film on the slide by means of negative pressure, this holding, in particular sucking, taking place during the entire processing of the film, i.e. until the finished, all-round, tightly sealed film bag is produced except that the film is removed from the carriage in between.
  • Sealing takes place either by heat sealing a heat-sealable film material, which must include at least one heat-sealable coating if the base material of the film itself is not heat-sealable, or by gluing.
  • the heat sealing can take place by means of ultrasonic sealing or by means of heat sealing stamps, which were heated before sealing, preferably also during sealing, preferably by means of electrical energy.
  • sealing of sealing seams which always have the same number of layers over their entire course, is preferably carried out by means of ultrasonic sealing and / or the production of sealing seams that the number of film layers changes in its course, by means of heat-sealing jaws.
  • a plurality of sheets of film can also be placed next to one another on a transport carriage, in particular one behind the other in the transport direction of the transport carriage.
  • only one sheet of film can be placed on the slide.
  • one possibility is that only one film bag is created from the one film sheet, that is to say that the entire material of the film sheet is required for the production of this one film tube.
  • the sheet of film can also extend laterally - that is, in the transport direction of the transport carriage and / or in the transverse direction thereto - beyond the supporting surface of the transport carriage.
  • this object is achieved in that, on the one hand, a transport device with an independently of one another along the transport device, in particular the guideways of the transport device, movable transport carriages are present, the transport carriages having a holding device for holding at least one sheet of film lying thereon.
  • the sheet of film itself does not retain its shape, that is, it is not stable transversely to its main plane, it will rest flat on the transport carriage due to the generally flat support surface of the carriage. Even if the sheet of film protrudes laterally over the support surface and hangs down there, this should still fall under the concept of a flat initial state of the sheet of film.
  • the erecting station must be designed in such a way that it is able to place areas, in particular edge areas, of the foil sheet against one another by deforming, in particular without additional stretching of the material of the sheet of film, and the sealing station must be designed in this way be that it is able to seal these opposing areas, in particular one and the same sheet of film, tightly against each other.
  • the placing of the sheet of film on the transport carriage and / or the placing of the product on the sheet of film lying on the transport carriage is carried out, preferably by means of at least one robot.
  • film bags can be produced very variably, in particular with regard to the size and material of the film very different film bags, in particular if the individual work stations and in particular the work devices used therein can be adjusted with regard to different processing parameters.
  • the holding device for holding the applied sheet of film is at least one vacuum suction device, the transport carriage preferably comprising its own vacuum pump to generate the required vacuum for the at least one suction device.
  • the support surface of the transport carriage for the sheet of film viewed in the top view can be smaller than the sheet of film placed on the transport carriage.
  • the transport slide preferably comprises a format plate that can be easily exchanged, in particular exchangeable without tools, in particular plug-on, the side of which, freely accessible from the outside, forms the support surface.
  • transport plates adapted to it can be attached to the transport carriage, which enables the device to be quickly converted to another film bag to be produced.
  • the format plate is preferably pivotable with respect to the rest of the transport slide, i.e. the base body of the transport slide, or the entire transport slide, about a pivot axis running transversely, in particular perpendicular, to the main plane of the format plate or the support surface of the format plate, preferably by at least 90 °, in particular rotatable.
  • the film pouch or already film tube or film bag lying on it can be aligned in such a way that the extension direction of the next sealing seam to be produced corresponds to the transport direction or runs straight transversely to this, depending on what is being attacked by the Sealing unit on the film is cheaper.
  • this is preferably arranged in the direction of passage through the device after the filling station in which the product is placed on the sheet of film.
  • the filling station can also be used after the erecting station and even after the first sealing station to produce the first sealing seams, i.e. after creating the still open foil Bag to be arranged in the device.
  • the erection i.e. the deformation of the foil sheet into a three-dimensional shape, is preferably carried out with the aid of guide surfaces that are part of the erecting station, which contact areas of the foil sheet by moving along the foil sheet and are shaped in such a way that they are Relocate these areas to the desired position and, if necessary, keep them in this position.
  • sealing station there is at least one, but preferably two, sealing stations spaced apart in the direction of passage along the transport device.
  • the sealing station preferably comprises a sealing unit which is able to produce a longitudinal sealing seam on a sheet of film running through the sealing unit or along the sealing unit, moved by means of the transport carriage.
  • the sealing unit is preferably stationarily positioned on the transport device in the direction of passage, but can approach the transport carriage in the transverse direction or move away from it.
  • the sealing station can further comprise a sealing unit which is capable of producing a transverse sealing seam running transversely to the direction of flow, horizontally or vertically, but then preferably on the sheet of film that is stationary in the direction of passage through the sealing unit .
  • a sealing unit is also preferably arranged in a stationary manner on the transport device in the direction of passage, but is designed to be movable in the transverse direction relative to the transport device, that is to say in particular the transport carriage running on it.
  • the sealing unit can be an adhesive unit, but is preferably an ultrasonic sealing unit or heating-jaw-sealing unit, since no additional adhesive is required for this.
  • the placement station either comprises a storage container in which cut-to-size, finite sheets of film are stored, and are individually removed from there and placed on the transport carriages, or a manufacturing unit for such sheets of film:
  • a production unit the foil sheets are produced as required from a supply roll that is present in the production unit by using a separating device, in particular a cutting device, to remove the foil tape which is pulled from the supply roll. Sections of the foil tape are made.
  • such a cut foil strip can have the dimensions of the desired foil sheet or a multiple of the dimensions of the required foil sheets, so that the foil strip then has to be cut again into several foil sheets which also happens within the manufacturing unit.
  • the reverse procedure is also possible, namely to divide the film strip withdrawn from the supply roll in the pulling direction into several narrower film strips lying next to one another, each of which has the width of a required sheet of film and of these individually Foil tapes cut off those sections that correspond to the length of the desired foil sheet.
  • such a transfer station can preferably comprise a further transport device for the outer packaging, in particular cardboard boxes, whose transport direction is preferably parallel and preferably in the opposite direction to the transport direction for the foils -Bogenes and the resulting film bag runs, whereby the two transport devices can be controlled and driven independently of one another.
  • the device generally comprises a machine frame which carries the components described, that is to say both the one or both transport devices as well as the individual processing stations and processing units and, if applicable, the robots performing the relocating processes.
  • foil pouches can be carried out very flexibly with such a device, that is to say different foil pouches can be produced in terms of size and material and different products can be packaged in them.
  • Figure 1a and as well Figure 1b show the machine for the production of the foil bags in a top view from above.
  • a product belt 30 runs parallel next to one another in a product feed direction 10 ', on which the products P lying on it in a disordered manner are transported, as well as a transport device 110 which initially carries the film sheets 100 and downstream the tubular bags 102 resulting therefrom in the direction of passage 10 the machine is transported.
  • the direction of passage 10 for the sheet of film is in the Figures 1a , b directed from left to right.
  • Figure 1a the machine including the machine frame 20 carrying all the components of the machine is shown, which consists of several frame modules 20.1, 20.2 arranged one behind the other in the flow direction 10, which are rectangular when viewed from above and are mostly aligned with one another in the flow direction, but can also have an offset , as in Figure 1a between the last sealing station 5 and the 1st turnover station 6 is evident and necessary, as explained later.
  • Each of these frame modules 20.1 consists of - in this supervision of the Figure 1a not visible, only in Figure 1c shown - upright frame columns 20a in the corners of the frame module 20.1, 20.2, which are square in plan view, which are connected to one another in their upper end area by longitudinal traverses 20b running in the direction of passage 10, the longitudinal direction of the machine, and transverse traverses 20a .
  • safety doors 7 which, when opened during operation of the machine, trigger an alarm signal or the machine shut down.
  • the individual frame modules 20.1 are mechanically connected to one another, in particular screwed, and also connected to one another in terms of data technology and energy.
  • the transport device 110 for the production of film bags in particular for the production of tubular bags, extends in the machine in the direction of passage 10 from the beginning of the first frame module 20.1 to the last frame module and possibly beyond, while the in Figure 1a underneath visible product band coming in from the right 30 in the second frame module 20.2 from the left, that is to say in the direction of passage 10, ends.
  • frame module 20.1 there is on the one hand a sheet station 1 in the form of a sheet production unit 22 for producing these foil sheets 100 from a foil web wound on a supply roll 23 and on the other hand a placement station 2 for placing the foil sheets 100 on a transport carriage 120 of the transport device 110 housed.
  • the supply roll 23 is attached to the frame module 20.1, but on its in Figure 1a lower outside, which primarily serves to make it easier to change the supply roll 23 when it is outside the frame module 20.1.
  • FIG Figure 1c Such a supply roll unit with a supply roll 23 located therein is shown in FIG Figure 1c shown separately, two of the upright frame columns 20a of the frame module 20.1 to which the supply roll unit and thus also the supply roll 23 are attached can also be seen.
  • the axial direction 23 'of which runs parallel to the longitudinal direction 10 of the machine, the throughput direction 10, the film web 98 wound on it is drawn off in the transverse direction 11 and into the interior of the frame module 20.1, and there by means of the in Figure 1a
  • the indicated cutting devices 24 are initially separated from the film web 98 by cuts parallel to the axial direction 23 'of the supply roll 23, which are then divided into individual film sheets 100 spaced apart in the axial direction 23' by cuts or punchings in the pull-off direction. This represents the arch station 1.
  • foil sheets 100 are in Figure 1a only indicated by arrows and in Figure 1b shown robot 50 ', which only needs to have two degrees of freedom, taken and transferred in the transverse direction 11 within this first frame module 20.1 of the machine to a transport slide 120 of the transport device 110, which of course for this purpose in the passage direction 10 at the corresponding point of the transport device 110 must be positioned. This represents the lay-up station 2.
  • Such a transport carriage 120 which is usually loaded with several foil sheets 100 arranged one behind the other in the flow direction 10, is then moved in the flow direction 10 to a filling station 3 which is usually arranged in the next frame module 20.2 and which can also take up several frame modules 20.2 and in by means of a - in Figure 1a for reasons of clarity only indicated and Figure 1b - or several robots 50, which hang above the transport device 110 and the product belt 30, each one or more products P are picked up by the product belt 30 and placed in the correct rotational position and position on each one of the film sheets 100.
  • the transport carriage 120 with the now filled film sheets 100 lying on it is transported on to an erecting station 4, then to a first sealing station 5 for producing a longitudinal sealing seam 101 ', then on to a further sealing station 5 for producing the transverse sealing seam 102', which in all Usually each housed in its own frame modules 20.3 to 20.5.
  • a further transport device 110 'begins which preferably with regard to the independently movable carriages 120' as well as the transport direction 10 is designed analogously to the transport device 110, and extends from this transfer station 6 further to the right.
  • outer packaging in particular cardboard boxes 130, are arranged on the individual transport slides 120', which are initially made of flat cardboard blanks in the first of the two frame modules 20.6 in the passage direction 10 by means of an indicated erector created and placed on the transport device 110 '.
  • the finished tubular bags 102 which are on the carriage 120 of the first transport device 110, are grasped and transferred to the outer packaging 130 on the carriage 120 'of the other, further transport direction 110' and from this transported away for further handling, in particular beyond the end of the last frame module 20.7 to a separate station, not shown, further away, such as a palletizing station.
  • the frame modules 20.6, 20.7 with the additional transport device 111 'therein are offset to the frame modules 20.1 to 20.5 upstream in the direction of passage 10 to such an extent that the first transport device 111 extends through all of the frame modules 20.1 to 20.7, however, the product belt 30 opposite the additional transport device 111 'with respect to the first transport device 111 runs next to the frame modules 20.6, 20.7 with the additional transport device 111' therein.
  • FIG. 3 The show a first procedural sequence Figures 2 :
  • Figures 3 is a part of a somewhat different, second process sequence with regard to the states c, d and e shown, again with the Figures 3c1, 3d1, 3e1 a representation viewed in the top view of the machine and the numbered analogously Figures 3c2 and 3d2 the representation of the same manufacturing step viewed in the direction of passage 10, again the Figure 3e1 does not contain an analogous representation viewed in the flow direction 10, since this state of the tubular bag 102 is already shown in FIG Figure 3d2 can be seen.
  • First procedural sequence First, the foil sheets are made available and one or more foil sheets are placed on a carriage 120.
  • the product P which is cuboid here, is according to FIG Figure 2a1 so placed on a sheet of film 100 that this in the plan when viewed from all sides protrudes beyond the product P.
  • the product P lies with its greatest extension direction in the direction of passage 10.
  • the sheet of film 100 is wider in the transverse direction 11 than the format plate 15 of the carriage 120, on the upper side of which the sheet of film 100 is held by means of suction cups 13 subjected to negative pressure.
  • edges or edge regions 100a, b of the sheet of film 100 which preferably run in the direction of passage 10, are then cut according to the method shown in FIG Figure 2a2 and placed against each other in the transverse direction 11 above the product P, preferably over its center, so that the product P, viewed in this longitudinal direction, the direction of passage 10, is enveloped by the sheet of film 100 and the edge regions 100a, b placed against each other are one of the Form top of the product P upwardly protruding fin 101c, which initially have two separate film layers according to FIG Figure 2b1, 2b2 are sealed against one another to form a longitudinal sealing seam 101 ′ running in the longitudinal direction 10.
  • sealing jaws 19a, b of a sealing unit 19, which are introduced in the transverse direction 11, engage on both sides of the initially two-layer fin 101c and press the two layers of the fin 101c against each other and weld them together due to the temperature of the sealing jaws 19a, b.
  • FIG Figure 2b1 The plan view shows that the roller axes 19 ', which are aligned in the vertical 12, are preferably already biased against each other and driven to rotate, and thereby weld the two-layer fin 101c introduced between them, which is done solely by moving the carriage 120 forwards in the direction of passage 10 can, so that the sealing rollers 19a, b can be positioned in a stationary manner.
  • a film tube 101 is now formed, which is still open on the front and rear end faces in the direction of passage 10.
  • the fin 101c is first folded down from the upright position onto the area of the outer circumference of the film tube located next to it, which is stabilized by the product P, which is usually relatively tightly enclosed therein, as in FIG Figure 2c2 shown in the direction of the arrow.
  • this protrusion is closed in the transverse direction 11 by producing a transverse sealing seam 102 ':
  • approximately fork-shaped sealing unit 19 vertically pressed against one another by means of two sealing jaws 19a, 19b that can be moved vertically against one another to form a transverse sealing seam 102 'running in the transverse direction 11 approximately at the middle of the height of the product P in front of and behind it.
  • the lower sealing jaw 19a moves in the transverse direction under the protrusion with which the film tube 101 protrudes over the product in and against the longitudinal direction 10, and preferably lifts this lower section of the protrusion to approximately half the height of the product P, while the bottom of the upper sealing jaw 19b is still at a level above the product P and the film tube 101.
  • the vertically movable upper sealing jaw 19b lowers on the lower sealing jaw 19a until the two layers of the overhang of the film tube 101 are pressed together and by means of the sealing jaws 19a, b are welded to one another to form the transverse sealing seam 102 '.
  • the fork-shaped sealing tool 19 can be displaced so far in the transverse direction 11 that, on the one hand, it can be moved out of the path of movement of the film tube 101 into a deactivated position and, on the other hand, with a film tube 101 positioned at the corresponding longitudinal position, it can be moved so far towards it that the The protrusion of the film tube 101 is located between the sealing jaws 19a, b of one of the prongs of the fork-shaped sealing tool 19.
  • both prongs - whose free distance in the longitudinal direction 10 is somewhat greater than the length of the product P in this direction - consists of such a pair of sealing jaws 19a, b, both protrusions of the film tube 101 are transversely sealed in a single operation.
  • the film tube 101 with the product P located therein is rotated by 90 ° about an upright axis 12 ′, so that the film tube 101 extends in the transverse direction 11.
  • the format plate 15 is in the direction of passage 10 is subdivided into several plate sections, each of which carries a sheet of film 100 and which are each individually rotatable about a vertical axis 12 ′ with respect to the base body 16 of the transport slide 120.
  • the protrusions 101a, b of the film tube 101 then protrude beyond the product in the transverse direction 11 on both sides.
  • transverse sealing seams 102 'during the passage of the film tube 101 in the transport direction 10 for example by placing sealing rollers 19a, b above and below the film tube 101 in a stationary manner below and above the transverse sealing seam 102' to be produced in the transverse area of the respective protrusion 101a, 101b - as in Figure 3d2 shown on the right-hand side - which rotate about axes of rotation 19 'running horizontally in the transverse direction 11.
  • transverse sealing seam 102 'in the region of the folded fin of the longitudinal sealing seam has four layers, otherwise only two layers.
  • the transverse sealing seam 102 ' is therefore preferably produced by means of heated sealing jaws and not by means of ultrasonic sealing jaws.
  • FIG Figures 1a , b How to proceed with the finished tubular bags 102, which are still located on the carriage 120 of the transport device 111, is again shown in FIG Figures 1a , b: Because downstream of the last sealing station 5, at which the last sealing seam, usually the transverse sealing seam 102 ', is produced, two transfer stations 6 follow in this case, in which the finished tubular bags 102 are transferred from the transport carriage 120 of the first transport device 110 to outer packaging 130, mostly cardboard boxes are moved that are brought up and transported away on a further transport device 110 ′, the transport direction 10 of which here runs parallel to, but possibly also in the opposite direction, to the first transport device 110.
  • the transfer takes place by means of one or more further robots 50, which as in FIG Figure 1B can be seen above the two transport devices 110, 110 'are arranged.
  • the frame modules 20.6, 20.7, in which the further transport device 110' is already present are in the transverse direction 11 to the frame modules 20.1 - 20.5 arranged offset in order to be able to fasten both transport devices 110, 110 'therein.
  • the cardboard boxes 130 can in turn be arranged on carriages 120 'that can be moved independently of one another along a track body 111', i.e. the basic structure of the two transport devices 110, 110 'can be the same, or the cardboard boxes 130 are placed on a conveyor belt on which they are transported and transported away after filling.
  • the transport device 110, 110 ' is shown separately in detail in FIGS Figures 4 a - d shown.
  • the transport device 110 consists on the one hand of a track body 111, on which a guide track 112a, 112b is formed on each of two opposite sides, along which the transport carriages 120 can be moved, namely along each guide track 112a or 112b independently of one another, so that those on the same and even more so the transport carriages 120 moving independently of one another can have different speeds and even different directions of travel independently of one another and can thus be stopped individually and independently of the other transport carriages.
  • a transport slide 120 consists of a base body 16, which is moved along the guide track 112a or 112b, and on the side facing away from the guide track a format plate 15 is attached, which is adapted to the respective transport task in terms of size and equipment is adapted.
  • the format plate 15 is of such a length in the transport direction 10 that three sheets of film 100 can be placed on it one behind the other, and the upper side of the format plate 15 is equipped with suction cups 13 that can be acted upon by negative pressure, which are positioned so that not only the sheet of film 100 that is still flat of which is held on the format plate 15, but also the tubular bag 102, which has a significantly smaller base area than the original sheet of film 100.
  • the track body 111 which consists of individual modules arranged one behind the other in the transport direction 10 with virtually no gaps, not only has one or mostly several fixed track body modules 111a, the track body 111 of which is fixedly mounted, but - especially as the first and last module of the transport device in the transport direction 10 - comprises a turning module 111b, in which the track body 111 of this module can be pivoted at least 180 degrees about a pivot axis 17 that runs in the transport direction 10, so that the previously upper Guide track 112a, then, that is, after pivoting through 180 degrees, is in alignment with the lower guide track 112b of the adjoining, fixed track body module 111a.
  • transport carriages 120 in particular their base body 16 are also guided captively in the vertical 12 on the respective guide track 112a, 112b, during this pivoting a carriage 12 initially located on the upper side of the track body 111 can be displaced by pivoting on its underside and on the then lower guide track 112b - for example in the empty state - can be moved back to the starting point of the transport route in order to be turned up there with the help of the other turning module 111b, reloaded and used for the transport of film bottoms 100 or products P.
  • the track body 111 and thus the entire transport device 110 is of course connected to the base frame 20 of the machine, but again in such a way that the rotatability of the track body modules in the turning modules 111b, even with the transport carriage 120 attached, without colliding with other parts of the machine, in particular the base frame 20 thereof is possible, as is the movement of the transport carriage 120 with the film sheets 100 or products P placed thereon along the entire transport route.
  • the pivotable track body modules in the turning modules 111b are pivoted by means of a controlled turning motor 114.
  • a drive in the base body 16 of the respective carriage 120 in the form of a drive motor 8 which, for example, can drive a pinion rotatably mounted in the base body 16 in a controlled manner, which with a pinion in the track body 111 in the transport direction 10 extending, not shown, meshes rack.
  • a vacuum pump 14 is preferably present in each base body 16, as well as a vacuum container 14 'from which the suction cups 13 are subjected to vacuum, while the vacuum pump 14 maintains the vacuum in the vacuum container 14' receives.
  • the individual carriages 120 are supplied with electrical energy for the traction motor 8 as well as for the vacuum pump 14 by preferably Contactlessly, for example by means of induction, absorb electrical energy from a current conductor 115 running in the center of the track body 111 in the transport direction 10.
  • FIG. 5 shows the Figures 5 , so Figures 5a1 to 5i1 , a possible third process sequence in representations analogous to the designation and arrangement of Figures 2 , whereby in the following also primarily the differences to the first process sequence according to the Figures 2 explained:
  • a first difference is that according to Figure 5a1 and following the product P viewed in plan with its greatest direction of extent not in the direction of passage 10, the transport direction of the film sheets 100 through the machine, as in FIG Figures 2 , is placed, but with its greatest extent transverse to the direction of passage 10.
  • the transverse sealing seam 101' is also created here transversely to the flow direction 10, as described below.
  • the longitudinal sealing seam 101 ′ can also be arranged in the direction of the smaller extent of the product P viewed in plan view.
  • the second obvious difference the Figures 5 compared to the Figures 2 consists in the fact that the individual film sheets 100 at the beginning of the process sequence are not placed directly on a format plate 15 with a flat top, but in each case in a channel-shaped depression 25a, here formed in the top of a format tray 25 that is separate for each sheet of film 100.
  • the channel-shaped recess 25a which is open on both sides, runs - like the largest direction of extent of the product P - also transversely to the direction of passage 10, that is, in the horizontal transverse direction 11, so that the format tray 25 represents a profile part.
  • the length of the format tray 25 measured in the transverse direction 11 and thus the channel-shaped recess 25a is at most as long as the product P measured in the transverse direction 11, preferably somewhat shorter as shown, so that the product P protrudes slightly over the channel-shaped depression 25a on both sides.
  • the channel-shaped depression 25a has inclined flanks which diverge from the bottom to the upper end of the channel 25a and which are spaced from one another increasingly larger upwards.
  • the depth of the grooves 25a is at most as great as the height of the product P to be inserted, preferably slightly less, so that the sealing jaws 19a, b can be moved just above the product over the edges of the groove 25a, i.e. here the format tray 25.
  • the sheet 100 In the bottom of the channel-shaped recess 25a there are preferably vacuum suction devices 13 in order to pull the sheet 100, which is flat or already sagging downward, from above against the bottom of the channel 25a, whereby the sheet 100 is already placed before the product P is placed on the Foil sheet 100 assumes an approximately U-shaped contour when viewed in the transverse direction in the channel 25a, which facilitates the further handling of the foil sheet 100 deformed in this way
  • Neither the holding means in the form of suction cups 13 is mandatory here - both between the format plate 15 and the format tray 25 and between the sheet of film 100 and the channel 25a - but other holding means can also be used for this purpose.
  • the format plate 15 and the format trays 25 seated individually on it can also be functionally combined, in particular in one piece together, in the form of a format plate in which the several trough-shaped recesses 25a are incorporated in the upper side, because on a carriage 120 should preferably be in the flow direction 10 one behind the other several foil sheets 100 are placed and processed into foil bags.
  • channel-shaped depressions 25a are also not tied to the direction of support of the product P with its greatest direction of extent in the transverse direction 11, but could also be used in the method sequence according to FIG Figures 2 are used, in which case the direction of extent of the channel-shaped depression 25, that is to say the profile direction, would then lie in the direction of passage 10.
  • Sealing jaws 19a, b are then again spaced apart from one another in their starting position, in which they occupy a greater distance from one another than the edge regions 100a, b of the as yet unsealed sheet of film 100 protruding upward from channel 25a.
  • the resulting film tube 101 is still in the channel-shaped depression 25a of the format tray 25 - as in FIG Figure 5b1 with the sealing jaws 19a, b still shown in the sealing position and in Figure 5c1 already without the sealing jaws for reasons of clarity - but protrudes on both sides over the channel 25a with the protrusion 101a, b on both sides, as in FIG Figure 5b1 recognizable.
  • the upwardly protruding fin 101c of the longitudinal sealing seam 101' is first folded over onto the upper side of the film tube 101 - in this case opposite to the Passage direction 10 - by moving a strip-shaped fold-over 18 extending in the transverse direction 11 just above the top of the film tube 101 against the fin 101c and folds it over, the fold-over 18, the underside of which represents the effective guide surface 18 ', in the turned-down position of the Fin 101c remains seated on this - as in Figure 5c2 shown - until the production of the transverse sealing seams 102 'is finished.
  • the lateral protrusions 101a, 101b of the film tube 101 are pressed against each other from above and below and sealed with the help of sealing jaws 19a, b which engage the protrusion 101a, b from above and below and which are to be brought closer together and which extend over the entire extent in the direction of passage 10 of the film tube 101 and also seal the folded-over fin 101c present in the protrusion 101a, b.
  • sealing jaws 19a, b are usually moved in the transverse direction 11 from the side in a spaced-apart state in order to accommodate the protrusions 101a, b between them, a flap 18 protruding far beyond the channel 25a in the transverse direction 11 would collide with the sealing jaws 19a, b lead.
  • the sealing jaws 19a, b can pass through several or all sealing jaws 19a, b of the slide 120 and seal them all together transversely.

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  1. Procédé de fabrication de sacs en film (102) remplis, scellés longitudinalement et transversalement, à partir de feuilles de film (100) ne conservant pas la forme, dans lequel
    c1) au moins un produit (P) est placé sur les feuilles de film (100),
    d1) au moins un premier joint de scellage (101') respectif est réalisé dans une première étape de scellage en plaçant deux zones (100a, 100b) de la feuille de film (100) l'une contre l'autre et en les scellant, et
    e) dans une deuxième étape de scellage, il est réalisé respectivement au moins un deuxième joint de scellage (102'), qui s'étend transversalement par rapport au premier joint de scellage (101'),
    f) de manière à produire au moins un sac en film (102) rempli et scellé de manière étanche sur sa circonférence,
    caractérisé en ce que
    a1) les feuilles de film sont des feuilles de film individuelles, finies et ne conservant pas la forme (100),
    a2) au moins une feuille de film (100), ne conservant pas la forme, est placée dans une position précise sur l'un de plusieurs chariots de transport (120) d'un dispositif de transport (110), qui peuvent être déplacés indépendamment les uns des autres au moins dans une direction de transport (10),
    b) dans lequel la feuille de film (100) est maintenue fermement sur le chariot de transport (120),
    c2) le produit (P) est placé sur la feuille de film (100) dans la région du chariot de transport (120),
    g) la feuille de film (100) est transportée au moyen du chariot de transport (120) pour effectuer les étapes de traitement dans la direction de transport (10) successivement vers des stations de traitement où les étapes de traitement susmentionnées sont effectuées.
    (1. forme de sac = sac tubulaire)
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    dans la première étape de scellage
    - deux zones de bordure (100a, 100b) de la feuille de film (100), qui se font face et qui s'étendent en particulier dans la direction de transport (10), sont choisies comme les deux zones (100a, 100b) à placer l'une contre l'autre et à sceller,
    - les zones de bordure (100a, 100b) sont scellées les unes contre les autres, en particulier sur toute la longueur des zones de bordure (100a, 100b),
    - en particulier lorsque le chariot de transport (12) se déplace avec la feuille de film (100) dans la direction de transport (10) le long d'une unité de scellage (19).
  3. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    dans la deuxième étape de scellage
    - respectivement, deux zones opposées (101a, 101b) du tube de film (101) formé lors de la première étape de scellage, en particulier des extrémités du tube de film (101), sont placées l'une contre l'autre et scellées, sur toute la largeur du tube de film (101), et au moins deux deuxièmes joints de scellage (102') sont réalisés.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    - après la réalisation du premier joint de scellage (101') et avant la réalisation du deuxième joint de scellage (102'), l'aileron de scellage (101c) qui fait sailli radialement du reste du tube de film (101) est repliée vers le reste du tube de film (101),
    - en particulier, vu de dessus, l'aileron de scellage (101c) est situé dans la zone de largeur du produit (P).
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'on réalise ledit au moins un deuxième joint de scellage (102') s'étendant transversalement, en particulier perpendiculairement, vu de dessus, au premier joint de scellage (101'), en ce que
    - soit le deuxième joint de scellage (102') est réalisé s'étendant transversalement par rapport à la direction de transport (10),
    - en particulier lorsque le chariot (120) avec ladite au moins une feuille de film (100), en particulier le tube de film (101), est immobile dans la direction de transport (10) et une unité de scellage (19), en particulier dans la direction transversale (11) par rapport à la direction de transport (10), est amenée par rapport au chariot (120) pour le scellage,
    - soit le deuxième joint de scellage (102') est réalisé s'étendant dans la direction de transport (10), en ce que
    - la feuille de film (100), en particulier le tube de film (101), est tournée sur le chariot (120) de telle sorte que la direction du deuxième joint de scellage (102') à réaliser soit dans la direction de transport (10), et
    - en particulier, le deuxième joint de scellage (102') est réalisé pendant que le chariot (120) avec la feuille de film (100) se déplace dans la direction de transport (10) le long d'une unité de scellage (19).
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    - les deux zones de bordure opposées (102a, 102b) de la feuille de film (100) sont placées l'une contre l'autre pour produire le premier joint de scellage (101') et/ou l'aileron de scellage (101c) est replié avec le premier joint de scellage (101'), tandis que le chariot (12) avec la feuille de film (100) se déplace dans la direction de transport (10') le long d'une unité de pliage (18), en particulier le long d'une surface de guidage de pliage (18').
    (2. forme de sac = sachet)
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    dans la première étape de scellage
    - deux sections adjacentes de la même zone en forme de bande, en particulier la zone de bord (102a, 102b), de la feuille de film (100) s'étendant dans la direction de transport (10) ou transversalement à celle-ci sont choisies comme les deux zones (102a, 102b) à placer l'une contre l'autre et à sceller.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 7,
    caractérisé en ce que
    dans la deuxième étape de scellage
    - les deux zones de bord (102a, 102b) de la feuille de film (100) qui sont situées l'une en face de l'autre et qui n'ont pas encore été scellées l'une contre l'autre sont choisies comme les deux zones (102a, 102b) à placer l'une contre l'autre et à sceller.
    (en général)
  9. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    - les étapes de traitement sont effectuées sur la feuille de film (100) placée sur le chariot (120).
  10. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    - soit plusieurs feuilles de film (100) sont placées les unes à côté des autres, en particulier les unes derrière les autres dans la direction de transport (10), sur le chariot (120),
    ou
    - une seule feuille de film (100) est placée sur le chariot (120), les étapes f) et g) sont effectuées plusieurs fois à intervalles dans la direction de transport (10'), et le film de tube (101) scellé transversalement est ensuite découpé en plusieurs sacs tubulaires (102) qui sont à chaque fois scellés de manière étanche sur toute la circonférence.
  11. Machine pour la fabrication de sacs en film (102) remplis, scellés longitudinalement et transversalement, à partir de feuilles de film (100) ne conservant pas la forme, selon l'une des revendications de procédé précédentes, comprenant
    - un dispositif de transport (110) comportant plusieurs chariots de transport (120) qui peuvent être déplacés indépendamment les uns des autres le long du dispositif de transport (110) avec un dispositif de maintien (13) pour maintenir au moins une feuille de film (100) placée sur celui-ci,
    - un système de contrôle (9) pour contrôler au moins les parties mobiles du dispositif,
    caractérisé par
    - se succédant le long du dispositif de transport (110) dans la direction de passage (10) à travers le dispositif de transport (10)
    - au moins une station de placement (2) pour placer au moins un matériau d'emballage plat et ne conservant pas la forme sur un chariot de transport (120),
    - au moins une station de remplissage (3) pour placer au moins un produit (P) sur le matériau d'emballage placé sur le chariot de transport (120),
    - au moins une station de montage (4) pour la déformation tridimensionnelle du matériau d'emballage plat en un emballage,
    - au moins une station de scellage (5) pour sceller de manière étanche l'emballage,
    dans lequel
    - la station de placement (2) est adapté pour placer une feuille de film (100) ne conservant pas la forme comme matériau d'emballage,
    - la station de montage (4) est capable de placer des zones de la feuille de film (100) ne conservant pas la forme les unes contre les autres en les déformant
    - la station de scellage (5) est capable de sceller de manière étanche les zones (100a, b) d'une même feuille de film (100) ne conservant pas la forme, qui sont placées l'une contre l'autre.
  12. Machine selon la revendication 11,
    caractérisée en ce que
    - le chariot de transport (120) comprend comme surface de placement au moins une plaque de format (15) qui peut être facilement remplacée, en particulier sans outils, en particulier enfichable, qui est fixée sur le côté d'un corps de base (16) opposé à la voie de guidage,
    et/ou
    - la plaque de format (15), qui est fixée sur le côté d'un corps de base (16) opposé à la voie de guidage, peut être tournée, de préférence d'au moins 90°, par rapport au corps de base (16) du chariot de transport (120) autour d'un axe de pivotement (12') s'étendant perpendiculairement au plan principal de la plaque de format (15).
  13. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes de dispositif,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la station de placement (2)
    - soit comprend un conteneur de stockage pour les feuilles de film (100)
    - ou une unité de fabrication (22) pour les feuilles de film (100), comprenant en particulier
    - un rouleau d'alimentation (23) pour un ruban de film (98), ainsi que
    - au moins un dispositif de coupe (24) pour couper des bandes de film (99) s'étendant dans la direction axiale (23') du rouleau d'alimentation (23) à partir de l'extrémité libre du ruban de film (98), et
    - en particulier un dispositif de coupe (24) pour couper le ruban de film (98) ou la bande de film (99) sectionnée en plusieurs feuilles de film (100) se suivant dans la direction axiale (23').
  14. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes de dispositif,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la station de scellage (5) présente au moins une unité de scellage (19) qui est positionnée de manière fixe sur le dispositif de transport (10), en particulier dans la direction de passage (10), et qui est capable
    - de produire au moins un joint de scellage longitudinal (101'), s'étendant dans la direction de passage (10), sur la feuille de film (100) passant à travers l'unité de scellage (5) dans la direction de passage (10'),
    et/ou
    - de produire au moins un joint de scellage transversal (102') s'étendant horizontalement ou verticalement dans une direction transversale (11) à la direction de passage (10) sur la feuille de film (100) immobile dans la direction de passage (10') à travers l'unité de scellage (5).
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