EP3934902B1 - Fertigungslinie für verpackungen in form von faltschachteln - Google Patents

Fertigungslinie für verpackungen in form von faltschachteln Download PDF

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EP3934902B1
EP3934902B1 EP20709497.0A EP20709497A EP3934902B1 EP 3934902 B1 EP3934902 B1 EP 3934902B1 EP 20709497 A EP20709497 A EP 20709497A EP 3934902 B1 EP3934902 B1 EP 3934902B1
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    • 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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    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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  • the present invention relates generally to the field of packaging. More particularly, the invention relates to a line for manufacturing packaging in the form of folding boxes, from sheet elements, for example, made of corrugated cardboard.
  • cardboard boxes are commonly made from sheet metal in the form of flat or corrugated cardboard sheets.
  • the sheet metal is processed in a continuous flow in a packaging manufacturing line where it is printed, die-cut and embossed, folded and assembled by gluing to form the boxes.
  • the plate elements 1 are introduced into the production line in a so-called "transverse" arrangement and are continuously driven in a drive direction DA.
  • the plate element 1 is successively processed by a printing unit, a plate element shaping unit, here formed by a unit also known as a "slotter", and a folder-gluer unit.
  • the printing unit provides printing, typically by flexography, of the plate element 1.
  • the printed plate element 1 a is then shaped by the plate element shaping unit which essentially performs slits 10 and upsets 11 for folding lines, in order to create box sides 12 and box flaps 13.
  • the cut plate element 1 b provided by the plate element shaping unit, is then folded and glued in the folder-gluer unit to obtain packaging 1 c in the form of a folding box.
  • a counting-ejection unit receives the folding boxes 1 c and forms a stack of folding boxes 1 d which is then tied.
  • the tied stack 1 e then leaves for a palletizer, at the end of the packaging manufacturing line.
  • a plate element shaping unit of the type described in the document WO 2013/029768 enables high crate production rates of up to 20,000 crates/hour to be achieved.
  • This plate element shaping unit comprises four pairs of cylindrical shafts which are arranged transversely to the plate element drive direction.
  • the cylindrical shafts rotate at high speed and perform the various processing operations on the plate elements.
  • the majority of bends and cuts are made in the plate element drive direction in the unit.
  • the shapes and dimensions of the slits are determined by cutting tools, mounted on cylindrical tool-holder shafts, which provide rotary cutting.
  • the plates are continuously moved between the cylindrical tool-holder shafts and the cylindrical counter-tool shafts.
  • the cylindrical counter-tool shafts are arranged in parallel and opposite the cylindrical tool-holder shafts, to cooperate with the latter.
  • the rotary cutting tools include laterally spaced blades arranged to create the slits at and from leading and trailing edges 14 and 15 of the plate member.
  • the plate member forming unit also includes laterally spaced rotary upsetting tools arranged to create the fold lines on the plate member.
  • a lateral bonding tab 16 is also cut out of the plate element, as an extension of the body sides 12. After folding, this tab is bonded to the opposite body side, in order to form the folding body 1c .
  • a specific tool is provided in the plate element shaping unit, arranged so as to make two transverse or oblique cuts relative to the direction of drive of the plate element, as well as a first slit from the rear edge and a second slit from the front edge.
  • the document EP2228206 describes a packaging manufacturing line comprising a shaping unit having several rotating shafts, on which shaping tools are arranged.
  • Cardboard sheets are shaped so as to produce two boxes from the same sheet. That is to say, the slitting and creasing operations which define two separate boxes are done on the same sheet.
  • a cutting unit provided with knives is arranged upstream of the folding-gluing module.
  • the invention relates to a packaging manufacturing line producing folding boxes from plate elements.
  • the shaping unit comprises two pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts cooperating to produce in each plate element central slits aligned with a transverse central axis of the plate element, and two pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts cooperating to produce respectively rear edge slits of a rear lay of the two juxtaposed lays of the plate element and front edge slits of a front lay of the two juxtaposed lays of the plate element.
  • the shaping unit comprises a pair of rotating cylindrical shafts arranged to perform operations of cutting a body leg of a rear lay of the two juxtaposed lays of the plate element and operations of pre-upsetting fold lines in the two lays of the plate element.
  • the shaping unit comprises a pair of rotating cylindrical shafts arranged to perform cutting operations on a leg. of a front pose of the two juxtaposed poses of the plate element, and operations of upsetting fold lines in the two poses of the plate element, and a pair of rotating cylindrical shafts arranged so as to carry out crushing operations in the two poses of the plate element.
  • the shaping unit comprises first and second plate element processing units, associated in series, and having the same architecture with the pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts carrying shaping tools and traversed by the plate elements.
  • the first and second plate element processing units each comprise four pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts aligned and arranged transversely to the drive direction, the first and second plate element processing units being associated so as to form an alignment of eight pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts.
  • the first plate member processing unit comprises second and fourth pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts cooperating to make in each plate member central slits aligned with a transverse central axis of the plate member
  • the second plate member processing unit comprises second and fourth pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts cooperating to make respectively rear edge slits of a rear lay of the two juxtaposed lays of the plate member and front edge slits of a front lay of the two juxtaposed lays of the plate member.
  • the first plate member processing unit comprises a third pair of rotating cylindrical shafts arranged to perform operations of cutting a body leg of a rear lay of the two juxtaposed lays of the plate member and operations of pre-upsetting fold lines in the two lays of the plate member, and a first pair of rotating cylindrical shafts arranged to perform driving of the plate member.
  • the second plate member processing unit comprises a third pair of rotating cylindrical shafts arranged to perform operations of cutting a body leg of a front lay of the two juxtaposed lays of the plate member and operations of upsetting fold lines in the two lays of the plate member, and a first pair of rotating cylindrical shafts arranged to perform crushing operations in the two lays of the plate member.
  • the cutting unit is a rotary cutter with rotating cylindrical shafts.
  • the folding box separation unit comprises two folding box separators arranged in series, one after the other.
  • the line comprises a printing unit located upstream of the plate element shaping unit, relative to the drive direction.
  • the line comprises a tying unit located upstream of the folding box separation unit, relative to the drive direction, the tying unit comprising two individual tying machines responsible for independently tying two sets of folding boxes stacked in the stack of folded sets.
  • the longitudinal direction is defined by referring to the direction of travel or drive of the plate elements in the packaging manufacturing line, along their median longitudinal axis.
  • the transverse direction is defined as the direction perpendicular in a horizontal plane to the direction of travel of the plate elements.
  • the upstream and downstream directions are defined by referring to the direction of movement of the plate elements, along the longitudinal direction in the entire packaging manufacturing line, from the line entry to the line exit.
  • the proximal and distal edges of the plate element are defined in this non-limiting example relative to the drive side and the opposite drive side of the machine and the plate element forming unit during the travel of the plate element.
  • a particular embodiment 2 of a packaging manufacturing line according to the invention is now described by way of example, from plate elements, in the form of corrugated cardboard sheets.
  • the plate elements in their different treatment states are globally referenced by the reference 4 in the Figs. 2 to 4 , with index letters a, b, c and d associated with reference 4 which indicate the processing status of the plate element considered.
  • Plate element 4 is shown in Fig. 3 in different processing states, explained below, with the markers 4a , 4b , 4c and 4d .
  • the driving direction of the plate elements 4 from upstream to downstream in the packaging manufacturing line 2 is indicated by the arrow FD in all of the Figs. 2 to 4 .
  • the packaging manufacturing line 2 comprises a plurality of units and equipment 20 to 33 which are synchronized on the same machine step, and which successively carry out the various operations necessary for the production of packaging in the form of folding boxes. All of the units and equipment of the packaging manufacturing line 2 are controlled in synchronism by one or more control units 32 provided with human-machine interface means.
  • the packaging production line 2 comprises in the exemplary embodiment essentially an automatic plate element feed station 20, a feeder 21, four flexographic printing units 22 a to 22 d , a shaping unit 33 with plate element processing unit 23 and cutting unit 24, a peeler-vibrator 25, a folder-gluer 26, a counter-ejector 27, a double tying machine 28, a folding box separation unit 29 and a palletizer 30.
  • the plate element processing unit 23 in association with the cutting unit 24 forms a plate element shaping unit 33 ( Figs. 2 And 4 ).
  • Two conveyor tables 31 are arranged one after the other in this packaging manufacturing line 2, in order to obtain a 180 degree change of direction of the line to allow its installation on a limited floor area.
  • Other configurations are possible, for example without any table so that the tied stack 1 e keeps the same straight direction up to the folding box separation unit 29, or with a single table for a 90 degree change of direction of the tied stack 1 e .
  • the automatic plate element feeding station 20 has the function of feeding the packaging manufacturing line 2 with plate elements 4 a .
  • the plate elements 4 a are the blank plate elements to be processed by the line 2 to form the packages.
  • the plate element 4a is typically a rectangular sheet of cardboard.
  • the plate elements 4a are inserted successively, one by one, into the packaging manufacturing line 2 at a rate corresponding to the machine step on which the different units of line 2 are synchronized.
  • the plate element 4a After being inserted into the line 2, the plate element 4a is fed into the feeder 21.
  • the feeder 21 performs an alignment operation and corrects, for example, a position of an edge of the plate element 4a in order to obtain the desired positioning for printing operations performed by the four printing groups 22a to 22d .
  • the printing units 22 a to 22 d perform four-color printing on the plate element 4 a by flexography, the units 22 a to 22 d each printing a different color on the plate element 4 a .
  • the printing units 22 a to 22 d output a printed plate element 4 b , visible at the Fig. 3 , which is fed into the plate element shaping unit 33.
  • the plate element shaping unit 33 is associated with the cutting unit 24 to manufacture a cut plate element 4 d , formed of two poses P1 and P2, called “front pose” and “rear pose” respectively, from the printed plate element 4 b .
  • the poses P1 and P2 are arranged juxtaposed, relative to the drive direction FD, and are connected by attachment points 45.
  • the attachment points 45 are aligned on a transverse central axis AL of the plate element 4 d .
  • Each pose P1 and P2 corresponds to a folding packaging box.
  • the plate member processing unit 23 processes the printed plate member 4 b and provides a cut plate member 4 c .
  • slitting and upsetting operations have been performed to form body sides 40 and body flaps 41 for each of the poses P1 and P2.
  • Other cutting operations have also been performed, such as an edge cut on a distal side edge 42 of the plate member and tab cuts, on the opposite proximal side edge 43, to form a body tab 44 1 and 44 2 for each of the poses P1 and P2.
  • the plate member processing unit 23 performs in a single machine step all the processing operations on the printed plate element 4 b , in order to obtain the cut plate element 4 c .
  • the cutting unit 24 is typically a rotary cutter with rotating cylindrical shafts.
  • the cutting unit 24 has the function of producing the attachment points 45 between the poses P1 and P2 in the cut plate element 4 c supplied by the plate element processing unit 23, in order to obtain the cut plate element 4 d .
  • the plate element processing unit 23 is formed by the series association of two plate element processing units 23 a and 23 b , called "slotters", preferably having the same general architecture.
  • the first unit 23 a is crossed before the second unit 23 b by the plate element moving in the drive direction FD.
  • the performance of the processing operations on the plate element is optimized by judiciously distributing these processing operations between the two units 23 a and 23 b .
  • the plate element processing units 23 a and 23 b are of the type having four pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts.
  • the double plate element processing unit 23 formed by the combination of the units 23 a and 23 b therefore comprises eight pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts, 230 a to 233 a for the unit 23 a and 230 b to 233 b for the unit 23 b .
  • the eight pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts, 230 a to 233 a and 230 b to 233 b are spaced apart from each other by the same center distance AX, as shown in FIG . Fig. 4 .
  • the center distance length AX typically corresponds to a minimum format of plate element that can be processed in the packaging manufacturing line 2.
  • the first plate element processing unit 23 a makes central slits 46 12 in the sheet. As shown in the cut plate element 4 c , the central slits 46 12 are aligned in a transverse central axis AL of the plate element and participate in the formation of the body sides 40 and the body flaps 41 of the poses P1 and P2.
  • the central slits 46 12 are made here by the second and fourth pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts 231 a and 233 a which are equipped with suitable tools.
  • the first plate element processing unit 23 a also performs first complementary processing operations which include the operations of cutting the box leg 44 2 of the set P2 and pre-upsetting operations 47 12 for producing in particular folding lines in the sets P1 and P2. These first complementary processing operations are performed by tools mounted, for example, on the third pair of rotating cylindrical shafts 232 a of the first plate element processing unit 23 a .
  • the first pair of rotating cylindrical shafts 230 a of the first plate element processing unit 23 a is used here for driving the sheet.
  • the second plate element processing unit 23 b performs front edge slits 46 1 and rear edge slits 46 2 .
  • the slits 46 1 are performed on a transverse front edge 48 AV of the plate element and participate in the formation of the body sides 40 and the body flaps 41 of the P1 layer.
  • the slits 46 2 are performed on a transverse rear edge 48 AR of the plate element and participate in the formation of the body sides 40 and the body flaps 41 of the P2 layer.
  • the front edge slits 46 1 and rear edge slits 46 2 are performed here by the fourth and second pairs of rotating cylindrical shafts 233 b and 231 b , respectively, which are equipped with suitable tools.
  • the second plate element processing unit 23 b also performs second complementary processing operations which include operations of cutting the body tab 44 1 of the laying P1 and final upsetting operations 47 12 for producing in particular the folding lines in the layings P1 and P2. These second complementary processing operations are performed by tools mounted, for example, on the third pair of rotating cylindrical shafts 232 b of the second plate element processing unit 23 b .
  • the first pair of rotating cylindrical shafts 230 b performs a third complementary processing operation which is a crushing of the cardboard at the box legs 44 1 and 44 2 on the proximal lateral edge 43, as well as a crushing of the cardboard at the level of the opposite distal lateral edge 42.
  • This crushing of the box legs 44 1 and 44 2 and of the opposite distal lateral edge 42 makes it possible to reduce the thickness and is intended to avoid excess thickness in the folded and glued assembly 5 ( Fig. 3 ), at the level of the bonding of the legs 44 1 and 44 2 on their respective opposite distal lateral edge 42 of the corresponding body sides.
  • the performance by the double plate element processing unit 23 of the above-mentioned processing operations makes it possible to obtain the cut plate element 4 c shown in FIG. Figs. 3 and 4 .
  • the cut plate element 4 c is then fed into the cutting unit 24.
  • Suitable tools are mounted in the rotating cylindrical shafts of the cutting unit 24 and perform selective cuts in the plate element in order to obtain the attachment points 45.
  • the cutting unit 24 outputs the cut plate element 4 d comprising the poses P1 and P2 connected only by the attachment points 45.
  • the cut plate element 4 d leaving the cutting unit 24, is brought into the vibrating sheller 25.
  • the plate element is dusted and freed from waste generated in particular by the slitting and cutting operations.
  • the cut plate element 4 d is then brought into the folder-gluer 26.
  • the cut plate element 4 d is folded and the box legs 44 1 and 44 2 are glued to corresponding box sides to obtain the folded-glued assembly 5 formed of two folding boxes CA1 and CA2 connected by the attachment points 45, the two folding boxes CA1 and CA2 corresponding respectively to the positions P1 and P2.
  • the ejector counter 27 recovers the folded sets 5 successively exiting the folder-gluer 26, ensures a count of these and forms a stack of folded sets 6 comprising a determined number of folded-glued sets. 5 superimposed. The stack of folded sets 6 is then brought into the double tying machine 28.
  • the double tying machine 28 comprises two individual tying machines 28 a and 28 b responsible for independently tying the set of stacked folding boxes CA1 and the set of stacked folding boxes CA2.
  • Two strapping strips, or ties, 70 1 and 70 2 are thus placed on the stack of folded sets 6, one 70 1 for the set of stacked folding boxes CA1 and the other 70 1 for the set of stacked folding boxes CA2.
  • a stack of tied folded sets 7 is thus obtained which is then brought into the folding box separation unit 29.
  • the folding box separation unit 29 is formed by the series association of two folding box separators 29 a and 29 b , also known as "breakers".
  • the two successive folding box separators 29 a and 29 b have the function of separating the stack of tied folded assemblies 7 into two batches of stacked and tied folding boxes 8 1 and 8 2 , as visible in FIG. Fig. 3
  • the separation into two lots 8 1 and 8 2 is obtained by breaking the attachment points 45.
  • the breaking of the attachment points is carried out in the separators 29 a and 29 b , by an automatic process using, for example, a pressure hold of the set of stacked folding boxes CA1 and the set of stacked folding boxes CA2 on two respective support panels and a spacing, or an inclination, between these support panels to cause the breaking.
  • the batches of folding boxes 8 1 and 8 2 are then taken care of by the palletizer 30 which automatically manages groupings 9 ( Fig. 2 ) on shipping pallets.
  • the series association of the two separators 29 a and 29 b , forming the folding box separation unit 29, makes it possible to optimize and achieve the desired manufacturing rate for the production of folding boxes, from cut plate elements comprising two poses.
  • the present invention makes it possible to double the production rate of folding boxes compared to the production line of prior art packaging, described with reference to the Fig. 1 .
  • the packaging manufacturing line 2 according to the invention makes it possible to achieve a production rate of folding boxes of approximately 40,000 boxes/hour.

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  1. Fertigungslinie (2) für Verpackungen, die ausgehend von Plattenelementen (4) Faltschachteln (CA1, CA2) produziert, wobei die Fertigungslinie umfasst:
    eine Plattenelementezufuhrstation (20), die die Linie (2) ununterbrochen mit Plattenelementen (4) versorgt, die in einer Antriebsrichtung (FD) in der Linie (2) vorgeschoben werden,
    eine Plattenelementegestaltungseinheit (33), die die Plattenelemente (4) nacheinander durch Schlitz-, Press- und Schneidevorgänge gestaltet, die mit Paaren von zylindrischen Drehwellen (230a - 233a, 230b - 233b) und mit einer Schneideeinheit (24) ausgestattet sind, die zusammenwirken, um im gestalteten Plattenelement (3) zwei nebeneinanderliegende Faltschachtellagen (P1, P2) herzustellen, die in Bezug auf die Antriebsrichtung (FD) querverlaufend in Reihe assoziiert angeordnet sind und durch Befestigungspunkte (45) miteinander verbunden sind,
    eine Falt-Klebe-Einheit (26), die durch Falten und Kleben der gestalteten Plattenelemente (4) gefaltete Anordnungen (5) bildet,
    eine Auswurf-Zähleinheit (27), die Stapel gefalteter Anordnungen (6, 7) bildet, und eine Faltkistentrenneinheit (29), die Mittel umfasst, die derart eingerichtet sind, dass sie durch Bruch der Befestigungspunkte (45) zwei verschiedene Chargen (81, 82) von Faltschachteln produzieren, die ausgehend von jedem Stapel gefalteter Anordnungen (6, 7) gestapelt werden, und dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Faltkistentrenneinheit (29) in der Antriebsrichtung (FD) stromabwärts der Falt-Klebe-Einheit (26) eingerichtet ist.
  2. Fertigungslinie nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Gestaltungseinheit (33) zwei Wellenpaare (231a, 233a) umfasst, die mit angepassten Werkzeugen ausgestattet sind und zusammenwirken, um in jedem Plattenelement (4) mittlere Schlitze (4612) herzustellen, die auf einer querverlaufenden mittleren Achse (AL) des Plattenelements (4) ausgerichtet sind, und zwei Wellenpaare (231b, 233b), die mit angepassten Werkzeugen ausgestattet sind und zusammenwirken, um Hinterkantenschlitze (462) einer hinteren Lage (P2) bzw. Vorderkantenschlitze (461) eine vorderen Lage (P1) herzustellen.
  3. Fertigungslinie nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Gestaltungseinheit (33) ein Wellenpaar (232a) umfasst, das mit angepassten Werkzeugen ausgestattet ist und derart eingerichtet ist, dass es Schneidevorgänge einer Kistenlasche (442) einer hinteren Lage (P2) und Vorpressvorgänge (4712) von Faltlinien in den zwei Lagen (P1, P2) durchführt.
  4. Fertigungslinie nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Gestaltungseinheit (33) ein Wellenpaar (232b) umfasst, das mit angepassten Werkzeugen ausgestattet ist und derart eingerichtet ist, dass es Schneidevorgänge einer Kistenlasche (441) eine vorderen Lage (P1) und Pressvorgänge (4712) von Faltlinien in den zwei Lagen (P1, P2) durchführt, und ein Wellenpaar (230b), das derart eingerichtet ist, dass es Quetschvorgänge der zwei Lagen (P1, P2) durchführt, und wobei die Gestaltungseinheit (33) eine erste und eine zweite Plattenelementeverarbeitungseinheit (23a, 23b) umfasst, die in Reihe assoziiert sind und einen gleichen Aufbau wie die Wellenpaare (230a - 233a, 230b - 233b) aufweisen, ein Gestaltungswerkzeug tragen und von den Plattenelementen (4) durchquert werden.
  5. Fertigungslinie nach Anspruch 4, wobei die erste und die zweite Verarbeitungseinheit (23a, 23b) jeweils vier Wellenpaare (230a - 233a, 230b - 233b) umfassen, die ausgerichtet sind und in Bezug auf die Antriebsrichtung (FD) querverlaufend angeordnet sind, wobei die erste und die zweite Verarbeitungseinheit (201, 202) derart assoziiert sind, dass sie eine Ausrichtung von acht Wellenpaaren (2001 - 2032) bilden.
  6. Fertigungslinie nach Anspruch 4 oder 5, wobei in der Antriebsrichtung (FD) die erste Verarbeitungseinheit (23a) ein zweites und ein viertes Wellenpaar (231a, 233a) umfasst, die mit angepassten Werkzeugen ausgestattet sind und zusammenwirken, um in jedem Plattenelement (4) mittlere Schlitze (4612) herzustellen, die auf einer querverlaufenden mittleren Achse (AL) des Plattenelements (4) ausgerichtet sind, und die zweite Verarbeitungseinheit (23b) ein zweites und ein viertes Wellenpaar (231b, 233b) umfasst, die mit angepassten Werkzeugen ausgestattet sind und zusammenwirken, um Hinterkantenschlitze (462) einer hinteren Lage (P2) bzw. Vorderkantenschlitze (461) einer vorderen Lage (P1) herzustellen.
  7. Fertigungslinie nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 6, wobei in der Antriebsrichtung (FD) die erste Verarbeitungseinheit (23a) ein drittes Wellenpaar (232a) umfasst, das mit angepassten Werkzeugen ausgestattet ist und derart eingerichtet ist, dass es Schneidevorgänge einer Kistenlasche (442) einer hinteren Lage (P2) und Vorpressvorgänge (4712) von Faltlinien in den zwei Lagen (P1, P2) durchführt, und ein erstes Wellenpaar (230a), das mit angepassten Werkzeugen ausgestattet ist und derart eingerichtet ist, dass es einen Plattenelementantrieb (4) durchführt.
  8. Fertigungslinie nach Anspruch 5, wobei in der Antriebsrichtung (FD) die zweite Verarbeitungseinheit (23b) ein drittes Wellenpaar (232b) umfasst, das mit angepassten Werkzeugen ausgestattet ist und derart eingerichtet ist, dass es Schneidevorgänge einer Kistenlasche (441) einer vorderen Lage (P1) und Pressvorgänge (4712) von Faltlinien in den zwei Lagen (P1, P2) durchführt, und ein erstes Wellenpaar (230b), das derart eingerichtet ist, dass es Quetschvorgänge der zwei Lagen (P1, P2) durchführt.
  9. Fertigungslinie nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Schneideeinheit (24) ein Drehschneider mit zylindrischen Drehwellen ist.
  10. Fertigungslinie nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Faltkistentrenneinheit (29) zwei Faltkistentrenneinrichtungen (29a, 29b) umfasst, die in Reihe angeordnet sind.
  11. Fertigungslinie nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, umfassend eine Druckeinheit (22a - 22d), die relativ zur Antriebsrichtung (FD) stromaufwärts der Plattenelementegestaltungseinheit (33) gelegen ist.
  12. Fertigungslinie nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, umfassend eine Schnüreinheit (28), die relativ zur Antriebsrichtung (FD) stromaufwärts der Faltkistentrenneinheit (29) gelegen ist, wobei die Schnüreinheit (28) einzelne Schnüreinrichtungen (28a, 28b) umfasst, die dazu dienen, zwei Anordnungen gestapelter Faltkisten (CA1, CA2) im Stapel gefalteter Anordnungen unabhängig voneinander zu verschnüren (701, 702).
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