EP3558826A1 - Verpackungsanlage und verfahren zur herstellung einer verpackungseinheit, sowie eine verpackungseinheit aus packungsmänteln und einer umverpackung - Google Patents

Verpackungsanlage und verfahren zur herstellung einer verpackungseinheit, sowie eine verpackungseinheit aus packungsmänteln und einer umverpackung

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Publication number
EP3558826A1
EP3558826A1 EP17828758.7A EP17828758A EP3558826A1 EP 3558826 A1 EP3558826 A1 EP 3558826A1 EP 17828758 A EP17828758 A EP 17828758A EP 3558826 A1 EP3558826 A1 EP 3558826A1
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Prior art keywords
packaging
web material
sealing
unit
packing
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German (de)
English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Kurt Dahlmanns
Dieter Diesinger
Georg Schulte
Richard Leufen
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SIG Services AG
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SIG Technology AG
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Definitions

  • the invention relates to a packaging system for producing a
  • Packaging unit comprising a packing sheath group having a plurality of flat-folded, upright packing shells and an outer packaging. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a packaging unit from a plurality of flat folded, upright packing coats
  • the invention relates to a packaging unit with a plurality of flat-folded, upright packing coats having Packungsmantelange, wherein the
  • a packing sheath group formed from such flat-folded, upright neighboring packing sheaths thus has two
  • the open cut edges can be treated with a liquid sterilant or can be brought into at least indirect contact with inserted sterilized with "sterilized" strips, sheets or the like, so that in the interior of the subsequent outer packaging a correspondingly sufficient
  • outer packaging is known in the field of packaging technology. Outer packagings are packaging whose intended contents are other packagings. Packs are therefore also referred to as primary packaging and outer packaging as secondary packaging. As packs or
  • First-time packs can also be considered packaging jackets.
  • Packing jackets are used as "semi-finished products" for the manufacture of food or beverage packages
  • Packing jackets are made from flat blanks and can be made, for example, by folding the blank and welding or gluing a seam
  • a blank Z known in the art is shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B shows one in the manner described
  • Such a packing jacket P is characterized in that it is closed by welding the longitudinal seam S from FIG. 1A to at least one longitudinal side, but is open on two opposite sides.
  • the packing jacket is stored folded flat and for further transport - for example, to another place for the purpose of filling or production of the finished package - in the already mentioned
  • An outer packaging or secondary packaging thus has, inter alia, the purpose of grouping together several packaging coats into units in order to be able to stack them more easily on pallets or the like and transport them compactly.
  • Another function of outer packaging is to protect the outer packaging, such as impacts, damage or dirt, from the outer packaging.
  • the exempt from the outer packaging units of packing coats are supplied at their destination, for example, directly to a filling machine.
  • a packaging unit is to be understood as meaning a system or a packaging system which has a multiplicity of Packungsmänteln and an outer packaging includes.
  • the variety of packaging coats is regularly in the form of flat-folded, upright
  • the outer packaging usually represents the packaging for the multiplicity of packaging coats.
  • the multiplicity of packaging coats is provided in the outer packaging, inter alia for transport purposes. This is done for example by inserting the packaging coats in the outer packaging or
  • Cartons for unpacking the packaging shells - usually at the place of filling the food or beverage packages - cut open, for example, opened with a circular saw.
  • the packaging coats are subject to increased sterility requirements. Since the packing shells are regularly open on two sides, an environment with good sterile conditions is desirable and any negative external influences such as soiling, especially in the form of dust, should be avoided. If contaminants pass through the open sides into the interior of a packing jacket, they must be removed before filling at great expense. Furthermore, the cartons formed of cardboard or corrugated board are not well protected against moisture or water, since the material has a high water absorption capacity. This can also be an undesirable contact with the
  • the outer cartons are relatively dimensionally stable packages, the outer appearance of which is constant as soon as the outer carton - for example in the form of a folding carton - is made.
  • the stored in the cartons packaging coats regularly regularly after production in the
  • Carton be packaged and the packaging coats thereby still have a relation to the ambient temperature increased temperature, shrink wrapped in a carton packaging coats in the course of their cooling. Due to the associated with the shrinkage of the packaging coats smaller footprint of
  • Packing coats in the outer carton increases the proportion of air in the outer carton.
  • more unused space is wasted in the outer carton
  • Packing coats come in the outer carton.
  • the packaging jackets stored in the outer carton can be damaged by a bending edge of the outer carton.
  • Due to the outer cartons after their use a great deal of effort is made with regard to the disposal of the outer cartons at the destination of the packaging shells stored in them.
  • the recyclers of the pack coats are faced with a large amount of waste.
  • the disposal of cartons is also problematic because the cartons are relatively sturdy packages.
  • the waste produced by the outer packaging of cardboard also has a high volume and also a high weight.
  • the invention is based on the object
  • This task is initially through a packaging system of the beginning
  • the packaging system has at least one conveying unit for conveying the packing mantle group in a conveying direction perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the packing mantle group and at least one Umverpackungsech for providing a wrapping shaping web material in a normal position and that seen in the conveying direction behind the web material in the basic position a sealing unit for
  • the package cladding group characterized by providing the package cladding group, mounting a web material in a home position, conveying the package cladding assembly by the stretched web material, the web material being biased, passing the webbing material Packing shell group of a sealing unit arranged behind the web material in the basic position, as seen in the conveying direction, sealing the web material by means of the sealing unit and separating the sealed web material in a sealed area.
  • the object is also achieved by a packaging unit of the type described above, wherein the packaging unit is characterized in that the outer packaging is at least made of a web material.
  • the packaging installation according to the invention, the method according to the invention and the packaging unit according to the invention are each characterized by the fact that a packaging unit can be produced in a simple manner, dispensing with the outer carton usually used as an outer packaging.
  • the packing casing group can be effectively conveyed through the packaging installation into a conveyor unit by means of the conveyor unit
  • Packaging system according to the invention is achieved when a slide is provided as a conveying unit.
  • the pusher can convey the package shell group through the packaging equipment by pushing the package shell group perpendicular to its longitudinal extent with the front of the pusher in the conveying direction.
  • the conveyor unit can also be designed as a clamping unit.
  • the clamping unit packs the packing sheath group at their end faces,
  • Packing coat group so that it can be transported as a unit through the packaging system.
  • a two-part clamping unit itself provide for the transport of the pack casing group by the clamping unit moves on rails through the packaging system or moved in rails is suspended.
  • the clamping unit merely provides for the cohesion of the packing casing group and, in interaction with a conveyor belt on which the packing casing group can be transported, constitutes the conveying unit.
  • the conveying direction referred to is a direction along the packing system. In this case, the conveying direction indicates the intended path of the pack casing group through the packaging system. The conveying direction thus runs regularly from the start of the packaging plant, where the packaging plant is equipped with the packing coats to be packed, to the output of
  • Packaging plant where the packaging unit to be produced can be removed.
  • a lightweight and inexpensive outer packaging for the packing mantle group can be achieved by providing a web material through an overwrapping unit.
  • web material can be considered, the web-shaped provided and, in particular on rolls, can be wound up.
  • here are known from the prior art films such as
  • Web material is distinguished, in contrast to the cardboard used in the prior art as outer packaging material in particular by a lighter weight and better deformability.
  • the basic position of the web material is such that the web material seen in the conveying direction in
  • Transport path of the packing sheath group is located. For example, that can
  • the web material is in the basic position at most on the packing sheath group, the orientation of the web material is not affected in the normal position by the packing sheath group. In particular, the web material in the basic position has not yet been displaced by the packing jacket group.
  • the outer packaging can then be produced in a simple manner by the packing sheath group in the
  • Conveying direction is transported by the web material.
  • the packing sheath group is wrapped or sheathed with the web material, wherein in particular the ends lying in the transport direction are fixed and thus hold the packing shells together.
  • the sealing unit can seal the web material and thus provide for completion of the overwrap around the package cladding assembly.
  • the package cladding group is completely encased by the web material from four sides of the six sides and the two end faces are partially encased.
  • closed position of a repackaging is to be understood as a layer or a coating, whereby the packing sheath group, by the web material once surrounded or enclosed, held together and completely covered even in the region of the open upper and lower ends of the individual packing shells.
  • the wrapping of the individual packing shells organized in the packing sheath group achieves an outer packaging which can protect the packing sheath from external influences such as dirt or moisture.
  • the packaging system according to the invention thus ensures a simple production of a packaging unit, which saves weight and volume in comparison to the carton known from the prior art, enables a more cost-effective transport of packaging coats, improves the problem of carton dust and reduces the waste arising from the outer packaging can be achieved.
  • the inventive method is carried out with a packaging system according to the invention of the type described above. This is also the already in the context of the embodiments of
  • the packaging unit according to the invention by a method according to the invention of the type described above, and particularly preferably with a packaging system according to the invention of the type described above produced.
  • This is also accompanied by the advantages already described in the context of the embodiments of the packaging installation or of the method.
  • the sealing unit is formed by a pair of sealed against each other arranged sealing jaws.
  • the two sealing jaws of the pair are sealed against each other arranged sealing jaws.
  • Sealing jaws can be essentially flat, opposing
  • the packaging casing group is conveyed behind the sealing unit as seen in the conveying direction during the production of a packaging unit between the sealing jaws of the sealing unit and through the stretched web material. In this way, the web material during the delivery of the
  • the sealing jaws or work rolls are arranged movable relative to one another so that the formation of the outer packaging from the web material can be completed in a simple and automated manner.
  • Sealing jaws after they have been passed by the packing mantle group in the conveying direction, to drive towards each other.
  • the web material which already encloses three longitudinal sides of the packing sheath group, can still be placed around the fourth longitudinal side of the packing sheath group.
  • the outer packaging is already completed except for the end faces of the packing jacket group.
  • the web material can be effectively sealed in a single step by the sealing unit in a structurally simple manner.
  • the web material can be trapped by the Auftechnologyzufahren the sealing jaws or work rolls.
  • the mobility of the sealing jaws on the one hand be designed such that in each case two, oppositely arranged, sealing jaws movable, so each other to be movable, executed.
  • the sealing unit is designed as a sealing and cutting device.
  • the sealing and cutting device has sealing surfaces and a cutting device. This can ensure an effective completion of a layer of outer packaging.
  • the sealing surfaces provide for joining together two pieces of web material. This joining can generally be done by welding or gluing.
  • the cutting device in turn ensures that the sealed web material can be separated again. This is preferably done in a sealed area of the sealed sheet material. Thus, a layer of overwrapping can be completed and the resulting finished package wrapped shroud group separated from the remaining web material.
  • the cutting device may be formed by a knife which is located between the sealing surfaces of the sealing unit and extends outward or can be extended outwardly and is movable back again between the sealing surfaces. This is a structurally simple way to form a
  • a heated wire may be provided as a cutting device, wherein the wire in the heated state as a hot wire can separate the sealed sheet material.
  • both means for detecting the temperature for sealing the web material and means for cooling the joined web material, in particular a unit for introducing compressed air, may be provided. In this way it can be ensured that, on the one hand, a sufficiently high temperature is achieved for the successful sealing of the web material, and that
  • the sealed sheet material has cooled sufficiently before it is separated by the cutting device.
  • the sealing surfaces can provide a welding section in a contact zone of the sealing and cutting device. In this way, the completion of a layer of a web material can be effected in a structurally simple manner, since the sealing surfaces of the sealing and cutting device only have to travel close enough together in their contact zone.
  • the welding section is provided in the form of a heatable section, preferably in the form of heating or welding strips, so that rapid joining of the web material can take place with little effort.
  • the heating or welding belts can be heated by the sealed sealing and cutting device after the sealing and cutting device has come together and after clamping the web material.
  • a compact, stable packaging unit can be achieved by the
  • Viewing direction is arranged in front of the sealing unit.
  • the web brake material can pinch the web material, for example between two mutually movable brake shoes. If the web material is held when the
  • the packaging installation according to the invention can additionally or alternatively have a support for providing the packing jacket group and for at least partially guiding the packing jacket group through the packaging installation. This can be done by the packaging system a safe conveying the packing shroud group.
  • a support for providing the packing jacket group and for at least partially guiding the packing jacket group through the packaging installation This can be done by the packaging system a safe conveying the packing shroud group.
  • under the packing sheath group is generally and below the still completely unpacked packing sheath group of packing shells, as well as the already wrapped with the sheet material packing sheath group, as well as the already covered sheath pack group - so the finished
  • Packaging unit - to understand.
  • the overlay can be a worktable. This constitutes one
  • the support is thus at least a passive component of the conveyor system of the packaging installation, wherein the support can also be designed as a conveyor belt.
  • the overlay can also become an active component of the conveyor system and, alternatively to or interacting with the conveyor unit, transport the packshell group through the conveyor
  • the outer packaging unit are formed by a pair of supply rolls with the wound sheet material.
  • the supply rolls of the pair supply rolls on two, based on the
  • Packing coat group opposite sides can be arranged. That the
  • Overlay forming web material may be wound on the supply reels. So can a web material in one between the pair supply rolls
  • a pair of stock rolls is regularly characterized in that two stock rolls have substantially parallel axes.
  • Stock rolls can be arranged so that the two supply rolls are arranged on opposite sides of the packing shell group, resulting in a space-saving design of the packaging system.
  • a brake may be integrated in the supply rolls, so that upon actuation of this brake and at the same time conveying the packing casing group through the stretched web material, the web material can be put under tension. This brings with it the advantages previously described in the course of the web brake.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides that the packaging installation has, behind the outer packaging unit, a heat treatment unit for applying the projecting web material to the end faces of the packing jacket group.
  • a heat treatment unit for applying the projecting web material to the end faces of the packing jacket group.
  • Heat tunnel has an opening as an inlet for through the heat tunnel
  • Packungsmantel preferably four hot air nozzles or blower are arranged.
  • round or slot nozzles are suitable, wherein the use of slot nozzles is more expedient in order to achieve a uniform concern of the protruding portions of the web material.
  • Packungsmantel devise is changeable. If, in particular, centrally arranged regions of the end faces of the packing sheath group remain free or uncovered, then, in the context of the present invention, it should nevertheless be said that the outer packaging is closed. Alternatively, it is possible, with sufficiently large supernatant, to shrink the end faces in such a way that the end faces of the package container are completely closed.
  • the front projection can also be welded or sealed, so that forms a closed interior as quickly as possible and without the influence of high air movements.
  • the loose front projections can then be applied by shrinking to the container body.
  • the sealing of the web material can take place according to a further embodiment of the invention by means of joining.
  • the joining is welding or gluing. In this way, the formation of a layer of a web material as packaging is completed quickly. The reached
  • the sealing of the web material can be done quickly in a simple manner.
  • the sealing jaws can also guide the web material and thus bring together two to be sealed or mating parts of the web material and pinch between them.
  • sealing surfaces of the sealing jaws can seal the web material. This is done in particular by means of heating, preferably a heatable section, preferably in the form of heating or welding strips. In this way, a simple and quick joining of the web material parts to be sealed can be achieved.
  • the web material can thus be welded together.
  • the sealed web material can be separated according to a further embodiment of the invention.
  • the formation of a closed layer of web material can be completed as outer packaging.
  • the sealed web material is separated in a sealed area. This sealed area may be glued or welded, for example.
  • the sealing jaws may again move away from each other after sealing the web material or after separating the sealed web material.
  • the sealing jaws can drive back to their original positions. This is not a problem, because after the sealing of the web material, the function of guiding the web material through the
  • a particularly compact and stable packaging unit can alternatively or additionally be achieved in that the web material after a
  • predetermined conveying path of the packing mantle group through the web material in particular by means of a web material brake, braked, preferably held, is.
  • Packing shell group and the web brake adjustable This applies both to the packing sheath group and to the packing sheath group sheathed with the web material.
  • Packaging unit is finally proposed that the web material is formed as a film.
  • a polyethylene (PE) film is suitable as
  • Web material for overpacking as PE is a cheaper yet lighter material for use as a web material.
  • Stretch films have the advantage that they are highly elastic and can thus withstand high tensions.
  • the web material can withstand the stretching caused by the conveyance of the package cladding group through the web material without damage.
  • a packaging unit comprising packing sheaths and stretch film is characterized by a strong cohesion, since the stretch foil, after a layer has been formed around the packing sheath group, exerts a pressure on the packing sheath group and thus ensures a compact, stable unit.
  • stretch films that are stickable but not weldable.
  • stretch films which are not adhesively but weldable these second-mentioned, weldable stretch films are preferably used.
  • Shrink films can continue to shrink after processing.
  • Shrink wrap a packaging unit, which is a unit of packing coats and shrink film, be made particularly compact.
  • the space occupied by the packaging unit can be reduced, for example during transport.
  • Packing coats are compressed by the web material, thereby reducing the gap between two adjacent package coats located in the overwrap. It thus fit more packing coats in an outer packaging and - ultimately for onward transport - on a pallet and in a means of transport such as a truck. Furthermore, a packaging unit is achieved which has a high stability due to the close-fitting packing shells. Another advantage of using a weldable stretch film or
  • PE shrink film is that the stretch film or shrink film is welded under tension. In this way, a simple processability of the
  • a PE shrink film with a thickness in the range of 15 to 45 ⁇ , preferably with a thickness in the range of 25 to 40 ⁇ and particularly preferably used with the strength 35 ⁇ .
  • the film used for the outer packaging may not be quite airtight or perforated.
  • the shrink-wrapped directly after the production packaged, still warm packing coats emerging may not be quite airtight or perforated.
  • the risk of damage to the repacked packaging coats is avoided by a formed, for example, from cardboard or corrugated, kinked carton, since the risk of buckling in a repackaging of sheet material or foil no longer exists.
  • Packaging system the method according to the invention or the packaging unit according to the invention described benefits are not on the respective
  • FIG. 1A shows a known from the prior art blank for folding a
  • Packing jacket a known from the prior art packing jacket, which is formed from the blank shown in Fig. 1A, in the flat folded state, a first embodiment of a packaging system according to the invention, in a schematic side view, Fig. 2B shows a further embodiment of an inventive
  • Packaging plant in a schematic side view, a detailed view of the area C of the packaging installation of FIG. 2A or 2B, the detail view of FIG. 3A in a step subsequent to the step shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 3D shows the packaging installation from FIG. 3A in a manner similar to that in FIG. 3C
  • FIG. 3E shows the packaging installation from FIG. 3A in a step subsequent to the cutting through of the web material following the step shown in FIG. 3D, the packaging installation from FIG
  • FIG. 4A in a step subsequent to the step illustrated in FIG. 4A in sealing the web material, the sealing unit of FIG. 4A in a step subsequent to the sealing of the web material at the step shown in FIG. 4B, the treatment the perspective view of the protruding ends of the web material at the end faces of a jacketed packing jacket group by means of hot air with sufficient length of the projecting web material, the treatment of the projecting ends of the web material on the end faces of a jacketed packing jacket group by means of hot air with only short protruding web material in a perspective view and FIG 6 shows a pallet with a multiplicity of inventive devices
  • a known from the prior art blank Z is shown, from which a packing jacket can be formed.
  • the blank Z may comprise several layers of different materials, for example paper, cardboard, plastic or metal, in particular aluminum, and is usually laminated.
  • the blank Z has a plurality of fold lines which are intended to facilitate the folding of the blank and divide the blank into several areas.
  • a packing jacket can be formed by folding the blank Z such that a sealing surface S to be recognized on the right side of the blank Z coincides with the left edge of the blank
  • Blank Z connected, in particular welded, can be.
  • a packing jacket P known from the prior art and folded and connected in the manner described above is shown in a flat folded condition.
  • a packing jacket P known from the prior art and folded and connected in the manner described above is shown in a flat folded condition.
  • the packing shells P are stacked, for example, at the place of manufacture and transported in batches to their destination, such as the place of filling. There, the packaging coats P can be stacked and unfolded to be filled with content, such as food.
  • the packing shells P to be stacked and to be transported are open on two opposite sides - in the illustration according to FIG. 1B at the top and bottom.
  • Fig. 2A shows a schematic side view of a first embodiment of a packaging system according to the invention.
  • Individual packing shells P are first fed to the packaging installation and stacked in a magazine 1.
  • a removal unit indicated in the region A a group of packaging shells P is removed from a magazine and arranged in a transport direction in the region B, on a support as a pack sheath group 2 transversely to a transport direction indicated by unspecified arrows.
  • This Packmantelmantelelle 2 is on a support then the area C of the packaging system, which in more detail in FIG. 3A to 3F.
  • the web material 5 is initially provided by the outer packaging unit 7 in a basic position. When conveying the packing sheath group 2 through the web material 5, the web material 5 is placed around the packing sheath group 2, wherein the web material 5 is no longer in the normal position. Finally, this results in a wrapped by the web material 5 Packungsmantel devis 2 '. This encased packing sheath group 2 'is then in the area D of
  • a warming of the already wrapped with sheet material 5 Packungsmantelelle 2 'in a heat treatment unit 8 is therefore expedient, because in the above-mentioned production in the outer packaging unit 7, although all the long sides of the Packungsmantelelle 2 and, due to the bias and extensibility of the web material 5 used also the end faces in their corner areas and, as a result, also along their peripheral edges form-fitting with
  • Web material 5 are covered, depending on the length of the supernatant, so the difference in the width of the web material 5 and the length of the packing sheath group 2, in the region of the end faces the web material 5 protrudes more or less far from the end face.
  • the heat treatment in the heat tunnel 9 can be, in particular by a correspondingly guided leadership of the hot air, projecting in the region of the end faces web material 5 on the front side and there connect with the other folded areas of the projecting web material 5 more or less firmly, the Softening point of the expediently used PE film can be exploited.
  • FIG. 2B it is also possible, as shown in FIG. 2B, to completely dispense with a heat tunnel 9 and instead use a plurality of hot air nozzles 10, which are arranged in the region of the end faces such that the hot air from the
  • Hot air nozzles 10 the portions of the sheet material 5 to the center of the end face of the packing sheath group 2 'folded and there, optionally solidified by the supply of cold air.
  • the exact application of hot air will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B.
  • the packaging unit 11 to be produced is thus a system or a packaging system comprising a multiplicity of packing shells P, such as one illustrated by way of example in FIG. 1B, and an outer packaging of web material 5.
  • a multiplicity of packing sheaths P are shown arranged upright in a flat folded state.
  • FIG. 3A shows the area C of the packaging installation of Fig. 2A or 2B in a more detailed view.
  • the Packungsmantel devise 2 is held by the conveyor unit 3 on the support 1.
  • the conveyor unit 3 comprises at the end faces of
  • Packungsmantelen 2 each have a holding plate 4, between which the
  • Packungsmantel devise 2 is compressed and thus overcomes existing in all flat-folded Packmänteleln P restoring forces.
  • the holding plates 4 are suspended by means of guide elements 12 movable on a rail 13.
  • a slider which is not visible in FIG. 3A, preferably packs the package shell group 2 on its rear longitudinal side, the slider length corresponding to the length of the package shell group 2, around all the upright ones
  • the outer packaging unit 7 has a pair of supply rolls 14, 15. It is the
  • FIG. 3B shows a step subsequent to the step shown in FIG. 3A during the production of a packaging unit 11. It is the
  • FIG. 3C The further transport of the pack casing group 2 is shown in FIG. 3C, where the upper and lower longitudinal sides are already covered with web material 5 and the conveying unit 3 is almost shown in its end position. If necessary, the pack casing group 2 can also be stabilized after release by the conveying unit 3 by further holding or guiding elements (not shown) arranged laterally and / or above the packing casing group 2.
  • FIG. 3D shows, in a next step, that the widths of the package shell 2 'encased in the longitudinal direction of the web material 5 are in their end position moved by the conveying unit 3, while the conveying unit 3 returns to its position
  • Packing shell group 2 which is completely sheathed along longitudinal sides, is thereby moved further in the conveying direction, preferably with a transporting means 1B, which supports the
  • the packing sheath group 2 'in this case has a front and a rear weld 5E.
  • the packaging installation has web material brakes 16, which can clamp or release the web material 5.
  • the web material 5 can be stretched or stretched by the web material 5 during conveyance of the package shell group 2, so that a tension is imposed on the web material 5.
  • FIG. 3B This condition is illustrated in FIG. 3B where the web brake 16 is closed. As a result, the web material 5 is clamped while the
  • FIG. 4A shows a sealing unit 18 of the packaging installation according to the invention in a first step during sealing of the web material 5.
  • the sealing unit 18 is known as Sealing and cutting device formed.
  • the sealing jaws 19 of the sealing unit 18 have outer clamping jaws 22, the ends of which are illustrated in FIG.
  • sealing jaws 19 clamp the web material 5.
  • 22 sealing surfaces 23 are provided in the sealing jaws 19 between the jaws, which are also designed to be movable.
  • Sealing surfaces 23 are also moved towards each other. In the illustration according to FIG. 4A, the sealing surfaces 23 are arranged in an extended position.
  • the sealing surfaces 23 may generally provide a weld portion such as a heatable portion, particularly in the form of heating or welding bands, in the contact zone of the sealing surfaces 23.
  • Fig. 4B the sealing unit 18 is shown in a step subsequent to the step shown in Fig. 4A in sealing the sheet material 5.
  • the sealing surfaces 23 are arranged moved together, so that the web material 5 is located between the sealing surfaces 23 in the contact zone of the sealing and cutting device. Further, for example, by heating the heatable portion in the contact zone of the sealing surfaces 23, a sealed portion 24 of the web material 5 has been formed. The two parts of the web material 5 are thus joined together in the sealed area 24.
  • the knife 20 of the cutter is in a non-extended condition, i. in a not retracted into the receptacle 21 state, arranged.
  • Fig. 4C shows the sealing unit 18 in a step subsequent to the step shown in Fig. 4B in sealing the web material 5.
  • the blade 20 of the cutting device is disposed in an extended position.
  • the knife 20 is in the in the opposite sealing jaw 19 arranged receptacle 21 retracted.
  • the web material 5 has been severed in the sealed area 24 or between the two sealed areas 24 of the web material 5.
  • the knife 20 of the cutting device can drive back between the sealing surfaces 23.
  • the entire sealing jaws 19 can also move apart again, so that the starting position of the sealing unit 18 is reached again. In this way, on the one hand, the at least partially sheathed packing sheath group 2 'is released, on the other hand also provided a new sheet material 5 in the basic position.
  • Figs. 5A and 5B show, for better understanding in perspective view, how the projecting ends of the sheet material 5 at the end faces of Figs.
  • Packungsmantel devis 2 ' can be deflected by means of hot air.
  • four hot-air nozzles 10A, 10B, 10C and 10D are preferably arranged on both end faces of the packing jacket group 2 ', of which only the front nozzles are shown. It can be seen immediately that the application of the protruding ends of the web material 5 causes them to lie on the end faces of the packing jacket group 2 'and to be welded together there, as can be seen in the right image, where a ready-made packaging unit 11 is shown. Due to the relatively large amount of material of the welded ends of the web material 5, this has an irregularly shaped structure in the central region of the end faces, which, however, is harmless for the function of the outer packaging. It can also be seen that also the welds 5E are folded on the end faces.
  • hot air is first added to the opposing nozzles 10A and 10B to allow the projecting upper and lower ends of the web material to face the end face of the web
  • FIG. 5B shows an alternative representation in which the width of the web material 5 is shorter with respect to the length of the package shell group 2 ', so that only a few projecting web material 5 results. This results in that the end faces of the packing sheath group 2 'can not be completely covered with web material 5, when the protruding ends are folded over on the end face and welded together.
  • a type of window F is formed in the interior of the end faces.
  • FIG. 6 shows a conventional pallet 25 known from the prior art, which is loaded with a multiplicity of packaging units 11 according to the invention.
  • the individual packaging units 11, which are formed from a packing shell group 2 having a plurality of packing shells P and an outer packaging formed from a sheet material 5, are stacked on the pallet 25.
  • Such pallets 25 loaded with the packaging units 11 according to the invention are provided for the further transport of the packaging shells P, for example to the designated place for the purpose of filling and producing the finished packs.
  • Packaging units 11 and edge protection strip 26 and at least the support side of the pallet 25 is then wrapped with a shrink film and / or stretch film and if necessary, applied with heat, so that it forms a solid unit, which can not slip during transport by truck.
  • a system shown by way of example in FIG. 6 has various advantages over the systems known from the prior art, for example the packaging units made of packing shells packed in an outer carton as outer packaging.
  • the packaging units made of packing shells packed in an outer carton as outer packaging.
  • the weight may be reduced in contrast to the solutions in the prior art.
  • the waste resulting from the outer packaging can also be reduced and also better prepared
  • Packing unit 11 or 11 ' can be achieved.

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