WO2021110604A1 - Horizontalformvorrichtung - Google Patents
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- From US 5 235 792 A is already a horizontal forming device with at least one forming unit, which is provided to form a packaging material web into a packaging material tube, and with at least one shape guide unit, which is provided to the packaging material tube transversely to an inlet direction of the packaging material web on the Continuing the molding unit while maintaining a material tension generated by the molding unit has been proposed.
- the invention is based on a horizontal forming device, in particular for horizontal tubular bag machines, with at least one, in particular roll-free, forming unit, in particular a forming shoulder, which is provided to form a packaging material web, in particular a paper web, into a packaging material tube, and with at least one Form Entryein unit, in particular a further form shoulder, which is provided to continue the packaging material tube transversely to an inlet direction of the packaging material web on the molding unit while maintaining a particularly homogeneous material tension generated by the molding unit.
- the horizontal molding device comprises at least one support surface, in particular a work surface, on which products to be packaged can be transported, the molding unit and the form guide unit being arranged on opposite sides of the support surface.
- a packaging machine in particular a horizontal tubular bag machine, preferably comprises the horizontal forming device.
- the horizontal forming device is provided to guide a packaging material, in particular the packaging material tube, along a horizontal transport direction, in particular along a transport direction running at least substantially perpendicular to a gravitational force acting direction.
- the expression “essentially perpendicular” is intended in particular to define an alignment of a direction relative to a reference direction, the direction and the reference direction, particularly viewed in a projection plane, enclosing an angle of 90 ° and the angle including a maximum deviation of, in particular, smaller than 8 °, advantageously less than 5 ° and particularly advantageously less than 2 °.
- Provided is to be understood in particular as specifically programmed, specially designed and / or specially equipped.
- the fact that an object is provided for a specific function is to be understood in particular to mean that the object fulfills and / or executes this specific function in at least one application and / or operating state.
- the horizontal forming device is preferably provided at least for forming and / or guiding a web of packaging material, the packaging material preferably being designed as a paper.
- the packaging material web is designed as a paper web.
- the horizontal forming device can be provided in addition or at least as an alternative to the formation and / or guidance of a packaging material web, the packaging material being different from a paper, for example as a plastic.
- the packaging material web can alternatively be formed from a plastic.
- the packaging material is provided in particular for packaging, in particular for wrapping, of products, in particular of food products.
- the packaging material is preferably designed as packaging paper.
- a "web of packaging material” should in particular be a flat, in particular two-dimensional dimensional, configuration of the packaging material, in particular the packaging paper, can be understood.
- the packaging machine preferably comprises at least one packaging material unwinding unit which is provided to receive the packaging material, in particular as a packaging material roll.
- the packaging material unwinding unit is preferably provided to unwind the packaging material as a packaging material web, in particular to feed it to a packaging material supply unit of the packaging machine.
- the packaging material feed unit is provided in particular to feed the packaging material web to the horizontal forming device, in particular the forming unit.
- the packaging material supply unit can comprise a plurality of components, in particular known to a person skilled in the art, such as at least one rocking lever, at least one centering button, at least one web edge control and / or at least one printing unit for printing the packaging material.
- a “packaging material tube” is to be understood as meaning, in particular, a reshaped, in particular three-dimensional, configuration of the packaging material, in particular the packaging paper, at least transversely to a plane of the packaging material web.
- the packaging material hose is intended to encase products to be packaged.
- the packaging machine has at least one product feed unit, in particular a conveyor belt, a driver chain or the like, which is provided to wrap the products to be wrapped by the packaging material tube in an area of the horizontal forming device, in particular the forming unit transport.
- a transport direction of the products preferably runs at least substantially parallel to a transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- ““ “Essentially parallel” is intended to mean, in particular, an alignment of a direction relative to a reference direction, in particular in a plane, the direction having a deviation from the reference direction, in particular less than 8 °, advantageously less than 5 ° and particularly advantageously less than 2 °.
- the product feed unit is preferably arranged in front of the horizontal forming device, in particular in front of the forming unit, along the transport direction of the packaging material hose.
- the packaging machine preferably comprises at least one longitudinal sealing unit, which is intended to create a longitudinal sealing seam of the packaging material tube, in particular at least essentially parallel to the transport direction of the packaging material tube, in particular by applying heat to the packaging material and / or by applying pressure the packaging material.
- the longitudinal sealing unit is arranged along the transport direction of the packaging material tube after the horizontal molding device, in particular after the shape guide unit.
- the longitudinal sealing unit comprises at least one pair of sealing rollers, in particular provided with a profile, pressurizable and / or heatable, which are provided, in particular by rotation, to transport the packaging material tube.
- the longitudinal sealing unit preferably comprises a plurality of pairs of sealing rollers, at least a first pair of sealing rollers arranged along the transport direction of the packaging material tube downstream of the horizontal forming device being designed without heating, in particular for heating-free transport of the packaging material tube.
- the packaging machine preferably comprises at least one transverse sealing unit, which is provided to produce transverse sealing seams of the packaging material tube, in particular after each product, which in particular run at least substantially perpendicular to the transport direction of the packaging material tube, in particular by means of targeted pressure on the packaging material and / or through the introduction of heat into the packaging material.
- the transverse sealing unit is provided to isolate the packaging material tube into individual packages, which in particular each enclose a product.
- the transverse sealing unit is arranged along the transport direction of the packaging material tube after the longitudinal sealing unit.
- the forming unit is preferably provided to deflect the web of packaging material.
- the packaging material feed unit is provided to feed the packaging material web to the forming unit along a direction running transversely, in particular at least substantially perpendicularly, to the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the molding unit preferably has at least one folding edge around which the packaging ckungsmaterialbahn is deflectable.
- the folding edge is preferably designed as a shoulder edge and the molding unit is designed as a molding shoulder.
- the forming unit is designed to be free of rollers for deflecting the packaging material web.
- the forming unit is preferably provided to deflect the packaging material web at the folded edge in a direction transverse to the infeed direction of the packaging material web and transversely to the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the folding edge extends at least substantially perpendicular to the inlet direction of the packaging material web and to the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the folding edge is intended to generate a homogeneous material tension in the packaging material.
- the molding unit preferably has at least two contoured edges which, starting from the folded edge, extend transversely to the folded edge, in particular in a V-shape.
- the web of packaging material can be deformed around the contoured edges to form the tube of packaging material.
- the shape contour edges preferably extend along a running direction of the packaging material and / or along an outer contour of the supplied products from the folded edge to a molding tunnel of the molding unit, which is provided to guide the packaging material hose along the transport direction of the packaging material hose.
- a longitudinal axis of the forming tunnel runs at least substantially parallel to the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the shape guide unit is preferably provided to continue the packaging material tube at least essentially perpendicular to the infeed direction of the packaging material web on the molding unit, in particular along the transport direction of the packaging material tube, while maintaining the homogeneous material tension generated by the molding unit, in particular by the folded edge.
- the shape guide unit is arranged along the transport direction of the packaging material tube after the shape unit and in particular in front of the longitudinal sealing unit.
- the shape guide unit preferably comprises at least one, in particular three-dimensional, shape guide contour, which is provided to support the guided packaging material hose, in particular at least one outer edge of the packaging material hose, in particular for realizing a maintenance the homogeneous material tension.
- the shape guide unit preferably has at least two shape guide contours, which are in particular mirror-symmetrical around an imaginary plane of symmetry which extends at least essentially parallel to the transport direction of the packaging material hose, in which the transport direction of the packaging material hose in particular runs, and which extends at least substantially extending perpendicular to the folding edge of the molding unit, are arranged.
- the shape guide unit in particular about the imaginary plane of symmetry, is mirror-symmetrical.
- the mold guide unit and / or the mold unit are / is asymmetrical.
- the shape guide unit is preferably designed to be free of rollers for deflecting the packaging material hose, in particular as a further shaping shoulder.
- the mold guide unit can have a geometry that is at least substantially analogous to a geometry of the mold unit.
- the support surface preferably forms a piece track on which the products can be transported.
- the support surface preferably extends at least substantially parallel to the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the product feed unit, the longitudinal sealing unit, in particular the sealing rollers, and / or the transverse sealing unit are / is preferably arranged at least in sections within the support surface, extending at least in sections through the support surface.
- axes of rotation of the sealing rollers of the longitudinal sealing unit run at least substantially perpendicular to the support surface.
- the forming unit is preferably arranged on one side of the support surface on which the products can be transported and on which in particular the packaging material unwinding unit and the packaging material supply unit are arranged.
- the shape guide unit is preferably arranged on a further side of the support surface on which in particular the longitudinal sealing unit is arranged at least for a large part, in particular more than 50% of a maximum extent of the longitudinal sealing unit, at least substantially parallel to the axes of rotation of the sealing rollers.
- the shape guide unit can be coupled to the support surface at least in sections.
- the packaging material hose extends at least in sections through the support surface, in particular on the other side of the support surface. Due to the inventive design of the horizontal forming device, the packaging material tube can advantageously be guided precisely on two sides of the support surface facing away from one another. A precise reshaping of a packaging material web into a packaging material tube can advantageously be made possible.
- Packaging material webs made of sensitive, in particular tear-prone and / or very thin materials, in particular made of paper, can advantageously be reshaped into packaging material tubes. At least essentially wrinkle-free packaging tubes can advantageously be produced.
- An advantageously compactly designed horizontal shape device can be provided.
- the mold guide unit be designed, in particular arranged, separately from the mold unit.
- the shape guide unit is preferably designed as an independent component or as an independent assembly, in particular composed of two symmetrical components.
- the shape guide unit is arranged at a distance from the molding unit along a direction at least substantially perpendicular to the transport direction of the packaging material tube, in particular along the entry direction of the packaging material tube, and / or along the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the mold guide unit is designed in one piece with the mold unit, in particular as a mold guide extension of the mold unit. “In one piece” is to be understood in particular as being molded in one piece.
- This one piece is preferably produced from a single blank, a mass and / or a casting, particularly preferably in an injection molding process, in particular a one-component and / or multi-component injection molding process.
- a precise guidance of the packaging material tube over a long distance can advantageously be made possible.
- the horizontal forming device has at least one, in particular U-shaped, product and / or packaging material guide tunnel which is provided to support the packaging material hose.
- the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel can in particular be on the side of the support surface facing the molding unit arranged, in particular attached to the support surface.
- the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel can extend in particular along the transport direction of the packaging material tube from at least in front of the molding unit to the molding unit, preferably up to the mold guide unit and particularly preferably up to the first pair of sealing rollers of the longitudinal sealing unit.
- the product and / or packaging material guiding tunnel preferably has a cross section that is at least substantially analogous to a cross section of products to be packaged, in particular a slightly larger cross section than the products to be packaged.
- the products can be transported within the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel.
- the forming unit is preferably provided to shape the packaging material tube at least in sections around the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel, in particular around outer edges of the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel.
- the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel is intended to support the packaging material tube, in particular in addition to the shape guide unit.
- the horizontal molding device and the packaging machine are free of a product and / or packaging material guide tunnel. A precise enclosing of the products can advantageously be made possible.
- the horizontal forming device comprises at least one adjustment unit which is provided to adjustably mount the forming unit and the form guide unit to implement different packaging material tube geometries, in particular in different adjustment planes.
- the horizontal molding device preferably comprises at least two setting units, one setting unit being provided to mount the mold unit in an adjustable manner, and a further setting unit being provided to mount the mold guide unit in an adjustable manner.
- different packaging material tube geometries can be required for packaging different products.
- the packaging machine is provided for packaging different products, which in particular have different dimensions.
- a maximum extension of the packaging material tube is / is at least essentially perpendicular to the support surface, in particular a height of the packaging material tube, and / or a maximum extension of the packaging material tube at least essentially parallel to it the support surface and transversely to the transport direction of the packaging material tube, in particular a width of the packaging material tube, adjustable.
- the shape guide unit can be adjusted by means of the further adjustment unit in order to correct uneven tension conditions in the packaging material.
- the molding unit is preferably adjustably mounted in at least one adjustment plane extending on the side of the support surface facing the molding unit.
- the shape guide unit is adjustably mounted in at least one further adjustment plane extending on the further side of the support surface facing the shape guide unit.
- the mold unit and / or the mold guide unit are / is adjustably mounted as a whole component or as a whole assembly.
- the mold unit and / or the mold guide unit are / is adjustable in themselves, in particular individual components of the mold unit relative to one another and / or individual components of the mold guide unit relative to one another.
- a horizontal forming device can be provided which enables an advantageously format-flexible adaptation of a packaging material tube geometry to different products to be packaged.
- the at least one setting unit in particular the setting units, is / are provided to mount the mold unit and the mold guide unit so as to be adjustable relative to one another.
- the setting units are provided so that the mold unit and the mold guide unit can be adjusted relative to one another as a whole component or as a whole assembly to store.
- the setting units are preferably provided to mount the form unit and the form guide unit in a linearly movable and / or pivotable manner.
- the setting unit is preferably provided to mount the forming unit, in particular for setting a height of the packaging material tube, at least linearly movably along an adjustment direction running at least substantially perpendicular to the support surface.
- the adjustment unit is provided to support the forming unit in a linearly movable manner along a further adjustment direction running at least substantially perpendicular to the adjustment direction and at least substantially parallel to the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the further adjustment unit is preferably provided to support the shape guide unit in an at least linearly movable manner along at least one adjustment direction running at least substantially parallel to the support surface, in particular transversely to the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the setting units are preferably designed as manual setting units for manual adjustment of the molding unit and the molding guide unit, in particular relative to one another.
- At least one of the setting units has at least one automatic adjustment element, in particular a servomotor, which is provided for automatic adjustment of the mold unit and / or the mold guide unit.
- a servomotor which is provided for automatic adjustment of the mold unit and / or the mold guide unit.
- the at least one setting unit in particular the setting units, is / are provided to mount at least two mold legs of the mold unit and / or the mold guide unit so as to be adjustable relative to one another.
- the mold unit preferably has at least two mold legs which are mounted so as to be adjustable relative to one another, in particular so as to be linearly movable and / or pivotable.
- the mold legs of the mold unit are mounted so as to be at least linearly movable relative to one another, in particular adjustably along a direction running at least substantially parallel to the folded edge, in particular to a folded edge running surface.
- the molded legs of the molding unit form the folding edge, in particular the folding edge running surface, together.
- the shaped legs are of the forming unit, in particular along the direction running at least substantially parallel to the folded edge, in particular to the folded edge running surface, movably towards and away from one another, in particular for setting a width of the packaging material tube.
- the mold legs of the mold unit together form the mold tunnel of the mold unit.
- each mold leg of the mold unit forms at least one contour edge of the mold unit.
- the setting unit preferably has at least one intermediate element, in particular a plurality of intermediate elements, to fill a space between the two mold legs of the mold unit that are moved away from one another, in particular to ensure different product widths.
- the mold guide unit preferably has at least two mold legs which are mounted so as to be adjustable relative to one another, in particular so as to be linearly movable and / or pivotable.
- the further setting unit which is provided for an adjustable mounting of the mold guide unit, can be designed at least essentially analogously to the setting unit, which is provided for an adjustable mounting of the mold unit.
- the mold legs of the mold guide unit are preferably mounted so as to be at least linearly movable relative to one another.
- the further setting unit is provided to mount the mold legs of the mold guide unit in a linearly movable manner along different, in particular transverse, adjustment directions, in particular to ensure different product widths.
- the adjustment directions preferably run in a common plane, in particular extending at least substantially parallel to the support surface, and in particular enclose the same angle with the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the mold legs of the mold guide unit can be at least pivotably mounted relative to one another, in particular in a pivot plane extending at least substantially parallel to the support surface, in particular to adjust the width of the packaging material tube.
- the shaped limbs of the mold guide unit can be mounted such that they can pivot on an end region of the shaped limbs of the mold guide unit facing away from the mold unit along the transport direction of the packaging material.
- the End region of the mold legs of the mold guide unit separately from a remaining region of the mold guide unit, in particular separated from the remaining region along a separating cut, formed, in particular mounted.
- one shaped limb of the shape guide unit each forms at least one shape guide contour of the shape guide unit.
- the mold legs of the mold guide unit are preferably arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another around the imaginary plane of symmetry, in particular mounted. Before geous a positioning of mold legs of the mold unit and / or the mold guide unit relative to one another, which is optimized for different products and / or packaging materials, can be made possible.
- the shaped legs of the shape guide unit converge in a V-shape in the transport direction of the packaging material tube to form the guide area which is provided to bring together seam areas of the packaging material tube that are to be joined together.
- the guide area is provided to bring together de longitudinal sealed seam areas of the packaging material tube that are to be sealed together.
- the mold legs of the mold guide unit are at a greater distance from one another in an end region facing the mold unit along a direction that is at least substantially parallel to the support surface and at least substantially perpendicular to the transport direction of the packaging material tube than in the end region facing away from the mold unit.
- the seam areas of the packaging material tube are in particular areas in which the packaging material, in particular the packaging paper, is sealed, in particular to create a gel seam.
- the guide area is provided to bring the seam areas together in such a way that the seam areas can be transported through to form a seal abutting between two sealing rollers of the pairs of sealing rollers.
- the guide area preferably opens into a support contour formed by the mold legs of the mold guide unit, which is provided to support the packaging material tube, in particular the merged seam areas, in particular during further transport to the longitudinal sealing unit.
- the horizontal molding device comprises at least one heating unit, which is provided to heat the molding unit and / or the mold guide unit at least in sections, in particular to introduce heat into a, in particular into the aforementioned, seam area.
- the heating unit is provided to enable heat to be introduced into the packaging material, in particular into the packaging paper, upstream of a seal, in particular a longitudinal seal, of the packaging material, in particular the packaging paper.
- the heating unit is intended to seal the packaging material, in particular the packaging paper, in particular on the form guide unit, in particular as an alternative to sealing by the longitudinal sealing unit, and / or to ensure increased heat input, in particular in an area of the support contour of the shape guide unit.
- the heating unit can in particular be designed as a heating coil, as a heating cartridge, as a heating plate, as a thick-film heating element or as another heating unit that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art.
- the heating unit is preferably arranged on the mold unit and / or on the mold guide unit, in particular is in direct contact with the mold unit and / or the mold guide unit.
- the horizontal molding device can have a plurality of heating units, with at least one heating unit being assigned to the molding unit and at least one further heating unit being assigned to the molding unit in each case.
- the heating unit is arranged on a side of the molding unit and / or the molding guide unit facing away from a contact surface with the packaging material, in particular with the packaging paper.
- a heater which is arranged parallel to a surface of the molding unit, in particular at a distance from the molding unit, is conceivable, which heats the packaging material on an inside.
- the molding unit and / or the molding guide unit are / is provided to transfer thermal energy absorbed by the heating unit to the packaging material, in particular to the packaging paper.
- the mold unit, in particular the mold legs of the mold unit, and / or the mold guide unit, in particular the mold legs of the mold guide unit are made of a thermally conductive material, in particular made of a metal.
- the molding unit and / or the molding guide unit on the contact surface with the packaging material, in particular with the packaging paper are intended to transfer heat energy provided by the heating unit to the packaging material, in particular in the seam areas.
- at least one sealing layer of the packaging paper can be activated by introducing heat into the seam areas. An efficient sealing of the packaging material, in particular the packaging paper, can advantageously be made possible.
- the horizontal molding device comprises at least one air pressure unit, which is provided to exert a negative pressure and / or an overpressure on a packaging material on the molding unit and / or on the shape guide unit.
- a “negative pressure” is to be understood in particular as an air pressure which is lower than an ambient air pressure of the horizontal forming device.
- An “overpressure” is to be understood as meaning, in particular, an air pressure that is higher than an ambient air pressure of the horizontal forming device.
- the air pressure unit can in particular be designed as a blower, as a suction device or as another air pressure unit that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art.
- the Horizontalformvorrich device can have a plurality of air pressure units, with at least one air pressure unit being assigned to the molding unit and at least one further air pressure unit being assigned to the mold guide unit.
- the air pressure unit is arranged on the side of the mold unit and / or the mold guide unit facing away from the contact surface with the packaging material, in particular with the packaging paper.
- the form unit, in particular the form legs of the form unit, and / or the form guide unit, in particular the form legs of the form guide unit, are / is preferably perforated at least in sections, in particular from a porous material.
- air of an air flow generated by the air pressure unit can flow at least in sections through the mold unit and / or the mold guide unit.
- the air pressure unit is preferably provided to generate a negative pressure for suction of the packaging paper to the form unit and / or to the form guide unit, in particular to achieve a low-fold abutment of the packaging paper on the form unit and / or on the form guide unit.
- the unit is air pressure provided to generate an overpressure to form an air cushion on the molding unit and / or on the molding guide unit, in particular to achieve low-friction transport of the packaging paper along the molding unit and / or along the molding guide unit.
- the air pressure unit can preferably be switched between generating a negative pressure and generating an overpressure, in particular as a function of an application situation, for example as a function of a packaging material used. A particularly gentle transport of the packaging paper can advantageously be made possible.
- the horizontal forming device comprises at least one driven pressure unit, in particular a pressure roller, which is provided to apply a pressure force to a packaging material against the form guide unit.
- the horizontal molding device preferably comprises the at least one driven pressure unit as an alternative or in addition to an air pressure unit assigned to the mold guide unit.
- the horizontal molding device comprises at least two driven pressure units, with at least one driven pressure unit being assigned to a mold leg of the mold guide unit, in particular it is provided to apply a pressure force to the packaging material against the mold leg.
- the horizontal molding device comprises at least one additional driven pressure unit, in particular an additional pressure roller, which is provided to strike the packaging material against the molding unit with a pressure force.
- the driven pressure units are preferably designed as pressure rollers that can be driven to perform rotational movements, in particular for transporting the packaging material tube along the transport direction of the packaging material tube.
- the driven pressure units are provided to guide the packaging material hose between the driven pressure units and the mold guide unit, in particular the mold legs of the mold guide unit.
- Particularly precise guidance of the packaging material can advantageously be made possible.
- the invention is based on a packaging machine, in particular a horizontal tubular bag machine, with at least one horizontal forming device according to the invention.
- the packaging machine preferably additionally comprises at least the packaging material unwinding unit, the packaging material supply unit, the product supply unit, the longitudinal sealing unit and the transverse sealing unit.
- a packaging machine can advantageously be provided which enables products to be packaged in a way that is particularly gentle on the material.
- the horizontal forming device according to the invention and / or the packaging machine according to the invention should / should not be restricted to the application and embodiment described above.
- the horizontal forming device according to the invention and / or the packaging machine according to the invention can have a number of individual elements, components and units that differs from a number of individual elements, components and units mentioned herein to fulfill a function described herein.
- values lying within the stated limits should also be deemed disclosed and can be used in any way.
- FIG. 1 shows a part of a packaging machine according to the invention in a schematic representation
- FIG. 2 shows part of a horizontal forming device according to the invention of the packaging machine according to the invention from FIG. 1 in a schematic perspective illustration
- FIG. 3 shows a part of the packaging machine according to the invention from FIG. 1 in a schematic perspective illustration
- FIG. 4 shows a part of the horizontal forming device according to the invention of the packaging machine according to the invention from FIG. 1 in a further schematic perspective illustration
- Fig. 5 is a part of a first alternative Hori zontalformvoroplasty according to the invention in a schematic perspective view
- Fig. 6 shows a part of a second alternative Hori zontalformvoroplasty according to the invention in a schematic perspective view
- Fig. 7 shows part of a third alternative Hori zontalformvoroplasty according to the invention in a schematic perspective view.
- FIG. 1 shows part of a packaging machine 50a in a schematic representation.
- the packaging machine 50a preferably comprises a horizontal forming device 10a, in particular for horizontal tubular bag machines, with at least one, in particular roll-free, forming unit 12a, in particular a forming shoulder, which is provided to form a packaging material web 14a, in particular a paper web and / or a film web Forming packaging material hose 16a.
- the packaging machine 50a is especially designed as a horizontal tubular bag machine.
- the horizontal shaping device 10a is provided to guide a packaging material 46a, in particular the packaging material tube 16a, along a horizontal transport direction 38a, in particular along a transport direction 38a running at least substantially perpendicular to a gravitational force acting direction 52a.
- the horizontal forming device 10a is preferably provided at least for shaping and / or guiding the packaging material web 14a, the packaging material 46a preferably being formed as a paper and / or as a film.
- the packaging material web 14a is designed as a paper web and / or as a film web.
- the horizontal shaping device 10a can preferably be provided in addition or at least as an alternative to shaping and / or guiding a packaging material web 14a, the packaging material 46a being configured differently from a paper, for example as a plastic.
- the packaging material web 14a can alternatively be formed from a plastic.
- the packaging material 46a is provided in particular for packaging, in particular for wrapping, of products 24a, in particular of food products (cf. FIG. 3).
- the packaging material 46a is preferably designed as a packaging paper.
- the packaging machine 50a preferably comprises at least one packaging material unwinding unit 54a, which is provided to receive the packaging material 46a, in particular as a packaging material roll 56a.
- the packaging material unwinding unit 54a is preferably provided to unwind the packaging material 46a as a packaging material web 14a, in particular to feed it to a packaging material supply unit 58a of the packaging machine 50a.
- the packaging material feed unit 58a is provided in particular to feed the packaging material web 14a to the horizontal forming device 10a, in particular to the forming unit 12a.
- the packaging material feed unit 58a can comprise a plurality of components, in particular known to a person skilled in the art, such as at least one rocking lever, at least one centering button, at least one web edge control and / or at least one printing unit for printing the packaging material 46a.
- the packaging material hose 16a is provided to encase products 24a to be packaged.
- the packaging machine 50a has at least one product feed unit 60a, in particular a conveyor belt, a driver chain or the like, which is provided for wrapping the products 24a to be wrapped by the packaging material hose 16a in an area of the horizontal forming device 10a , in particular the molding unit 12a, to be transported.
- a transport direction preferably runs device 62a of the products 24a at least substantially parallel to a transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the packaging machine 50a preferably comprises at least one longitudinal sealing unit 64a, which is provided to create a longitudinal sealing seam of the packaging material tube 16a, in particular at least essentially parallel to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a, in particular by applying pressure to the packaging material 46a and / or by introducing heat into the packaging material 46a.
- the longitudinal sealing unit 64a is arranged along the transport direction 38a of the packaging material hose 16a after the horizontal shaping device 10a, in particular after a shape guide unit 18a of the horizontal shaping device 10a (see FIG. 2).
- the longitudinal sealing unit 64a comprises at least one pair of, in particular heatable, profiled and / or pressurized sealing rollers 66a, 68a, which are provided, in particular by rotation, to transport the packaging material tube 16a (see FIG. 2).
- the longitudinal sealing unit 64a preferably comprises a plurality of pairs of sealing rollers 66a, 68a, with at least a first pair of sealing rollers 66a arranged along the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a after the horizontal forming device 10a without heating, in particular for a heating-free transport of the packaging material tube 16a .
- the packaging machine 50a comprises at least one transverse sealing unit 70a, which is provided, in particular after each product 24a, transverse sealing seams of the packaging material tube 16a, which in particular run at least substantially perpendicular to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a, in particular through a pressure on the packaging material 46a and / or by a heat input into the packaging material 46a.
- the transverse sealing unit 70a is provided to separate the packaging material tube 16a into individual packagings, which in particular each enclose a product 24a.
- the transverse sealing unit 70a is arranged along the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a after the longitudinal sealing unit 64a.
- the forming unit 12a is preferably provided to deflect the web of packaging material 14a.
- packaging material feed unit 58a is provided to provide the forming unit 12a with the packaging Packing material web 14a along a direction running transversely, in particular at least substantially perpendicularly, to the transport direction 38a of the packing material tube 16a, in particular the inlet direction 20a.
- FIG. 2 shows part of the horizontal forming device 10a of the packaging machine 50a from FIG. 1 in a schematic perspective illustration.
- the horizontal forming device 10a preferably comprises at least one, in particular the aforementioned, form guide unit 18a, in particular a further forming shoulder, which is provided to maintain the packaging material tube 16a transversely to one, in particular transversely to the aforementioned, inlet direction 20a of the packaging material web 14a on the forming unit 12a a, in particular homogeneous, material tension generated by the molding unit 12a.
- the forming unit 12a preferably has at least one folding edge 72a, around which the packaging material web 14a can be deflected.
- the folding edge 72a is preferably designed as a shoulder edge and the molding unit 12a is designed as a molded shoulder.
- the forming unit 12a is designed to be free of rollers for deflecting the packaging material web 14a.
- the forming unit 12a is preferably provided to deflect the packaging material web 14a at the folding edge 72a in a direction transverse to the inlet direction 20a of the packaging material web 14a and transversely to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the folding edge 72a extends at least substantially perpendicular to the inlet direction 20a of the packaging material web 14a and to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the folding edge 72a and / or at least one further folding edge 110a of the forming unit 12a is / is provided to generate a homogeneous material tension in the packaging material 46a.
- the shape guide unit 18a is preferably provided to the packaging material hose 16a at least substantially perpendicular to the inlet direction 20a of the packaging material web 14a on the forming unit 12a, in particular along the transport direction 38a of the packaging material hose 16a, while receiving the from the forming unit 12a, in particular from the Fold edge 72a and / or from the further fold edge 110a, generated homogeneous material tension to continue.
- the shape guide unit 18a along the Transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a is arranged after the forming unit 12a and in particular in front of the longitudinal sealing unit 64a.
- the shape guide unit 18a is free of rollers for deflecting the packaging material tube 16a, in particular as a further shape shoulder.
- the shape guide unit 18a can have a geometry that is at least substantially analogous to a geometry of the shape unit 12a.
- the mold guide unit 18a is preferably embodied, in particular arranged, separately from the mold unit 12a.
- the form guide unit 18a is preferably designed as an independent component or as an independent assembly, in particular composed of two symmetrical components.
- the shape guide unit 18a is at least substantially perpendicular to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a in the direction, in particular along the inlet direction 20a of the packaging material web 14a, and / or, in the present embodiment example, and spaced along the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a arranged by the molding unit 12a.
- the mold guide unit 18a is designed in one piece with the mold unit 12a, in particular as a mold guide extension of the mold unit 12a.
- the horizontal molding device 10a preferably comprises at least one support surface 22a, in particular a work surface, on which products 24a to be packaged can be transported, the molding unit 12a and the mold guide unit 18a being arranged on opposite sides 26a, 28a of the support surface 22a.
- the support surface 22a preferably forms a piece track on which the products 24a can be transported.
- the support surface 22a preferably extends at least substantially parallel to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the product feed unit 60a, the longitudinal sealing unit 64a, in particular the sealing rollers 66a, 68a, and / or the transverse sealing unit 70a are / is preferably arranged at least in sections within the support surface 22a, extend / extend at least in sections through the support surface 22a.
- axes of rotation 74a, 76a of the sealing rollers 66a, 68a of the longitudinal sealing unit 64a run at least essentially perpendicular to the support surface 22a.
- the molding unit is 12a is arranged on a side 26a of the support surface 22a, on which the products 24a can be transported and on which in particular the packaging material unwinding unit 54a and the packaging material feed unit 58a are arranged.
- the shape guide unit 18a is preferably arranged on a further side 28a of the support surface 22a, on which in particular the longitudinal sealing unit 64a at least for a large part, in particular more than 50% of a maximum extension of the longitudinal sealing unit 64a, at least substantially parallel to the axes of rotation 74a, 76a of the sealing rollers 66a, 68a, is arranged.
- the shape guide unit 18a can be coupled at least in sections to the support surface 22a.
- the packaging material hose 16a extends at least in sections through the support surface 22a, in particular onto the further side 28a of the support surface 22a.
- FIG. 3 shows part of the packaging machine 50a from FIG. 1 in a schematic perspective illustration.
- the horizontal forming device 10a preferably has at least one, in particular U-shaped, product and / or packaging material guide tunnel 78a which is provided to support the packaging material tube 16a.
- the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel 78a is arranged in particular on the side 26a of the support surface 22a facing the molding unit 12a, in particular fastened to the support surface 22a.
- the product and / or packaging material guide stunnel 78a extends in particular along the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a from at least in front of the molding unit 12a to the molding unit 12a, preferably to the molding guide unit 18a and particularly preferably to the first pair of sealing rollers 66a of the longitudinal sealing unit 64a.
- the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel 78a preferably has a cross section that is at least substantially analogous to a cross section of products 24a to be packaged, in particular a slightly larger cross section than the products 24a to be packaged. In particular, the products 24a can be transported within the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel 78a.
- the forming unit 12a is preferably provided to shape the packaging material hose 16a at least in sections around the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel 78a, in particular around outer edges of the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel 78a.
- the product and / or packaging Packing material guide tunnel 78a is provided to support the packing material hose 16a, in particular in addition to the shape guide unit 18a.
- the horizontal forming device 10a and the packaging machine 50a are free of the product and / or packaging material guide tunnel 78a.
- FIG. 4 shows part of the horizontal forming device 10a of the packaging machine 50a from FIG. 1 in a further schematic perspective illustration.
- the molding unit 12a preferably has at least two contoured edges 80a which, starting from the folded edge 72a, extend transversely to the folded edge 72a, in particular in a V-shape.
- the packaging material web 14a can be deformed around the contoured edges 80a and around the further folded edge 110a to form the packaging material tube 16a.
- the contoured edges 80a preferably extend along a running direction of the packaging material 46a and / or along an outer contour of the supplied products 24a from the folded edge 72a to the further folded edge 110a, in particular up to a mold tunnel 82a of the mold unit 12a, which is provided for the To guide packaging material hose 16a along the transport direction 38a of the packaging material hose 16a.
- a longitudinal axis 84a of the molding tunnel 82a runs at least substantially parallel to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the shape guide unit 18a preferably comprises at least one, in particular three-dimensional, shape guide contour 86a, which is provided to support the guided packaging material tube 16a, in particular at least one outer edge of the packaging material tube 16a, in particular to maintain the homogeneous material tension.
- the shape guide unit 18a preferably has at least two shape guide contours 86a, which are in particular mirror-symmetrical around an imaginary plane of symmetry which extends at least essentially parallel to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a, in which the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a runs in particular, and which are arranged at least substantially perpendicular to the folding edge 72a of the forming unit 12a.
- the shape guide unit 18a is preferably designed to be mirror-symmetrical, in particular around the imaginary plane of symmetry. Alternatively, it is conceivable that the mold guide unit 18a and / or the mold unit 12a are / is asymmetrical.
- the horizontal shaping device 10a preferably comprises at least one setting unit 30a, 32a, which is provided to adjustably mount the shaping unit 12a and the shaping unit 18a for realizing different packaging material tube geometries, in particular in different adjustment planes.
- the horizontal molding device 10a preferably comprises at least two setting units 30a, 32a, one setting unit 30a being provided to adjustably mount the molding unit 12a, and another setting unit 32a being provided to mount the mold guide unit 18a in an adjustable manner.
- different packaging material tube geometries may be required for packaging different products 24a.
- the packaging machine 50a is provided for packaging different products 24a, which in particular have different dimensions.
- different packaging material tube geometries for packaging different products 24a the different maximum extensions at least essentially perpendicular to the support surface 22a, in particular different heights, and / or the different maximum extensions at least substantially parallel to the support surface 22a and at least essentially perpendicular to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a, in particular having different widths.
- a maximum extension of the packaging material tube 16a is / is at least substantially perpendicular to the support surface 22a, in particular a height of the packaging material tube 16a, and / or a maximum extension of the packaging material tube 16a adjustable at least substantially parallel to the support surface 22a and at least substantially perpendicular to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a, in particular a width of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the shape guide unit 18a can be adjustable by means of the further setting unit 32a to correct uneven tension conditions in the packaging material 46a.
- the mold unit 12a is adjustably mounted in at least one adjustment plane extending on the side 26a of the support surface 22a facing the mold unit 12a.
- the mold guide unit 18a is mounted adjustably in at least one further adjustment plane extending on the further side 28a of the support surface 22a facing the mold guide unit 18a.
- the mold unit 12a and / or the mold guide unit 18a are / is adjustably mounted as a whole component or as a whole assembly.
- the mold unit 12a and / or the mold guide unit 18a are / is adjustable in themselves, in particular individual components of the mold unit 12a relative to one another and / or individual components of the mold guide unit 18a relative to one another.
- the at least one setting unit 30a, 32a in particular the setting units 30a, 32a, is / are preferably provided to mount the mold unit 12a and the mold guide unit 18a so as to be adjustable relative to one another.
- the setting units 30a, 32a are provided to mount the mold unit 12a and the mold guide unit 18a so that they can be adjusted relative to one another as a whole component or as a whole assembly.
- the setting units 30a, 32a are preferably provided to mount the mold unit 12a and the mold guide unit 18a in a linearly movable and / or pivotable manner.
- the adjustment unit 30a is preferably provided to support the shaping unit 12a, in particular to adjust the height of the packaging material tube 16a, at least linearly along an adjustment direction 88a running at least substantially perpendicular to the support surface 22a.
- the setting unit 30a comprises at least one linear guide 90a, which is provided to support the forming unit 12a in a linearly movable manner along the adjustment direction 88a.
- the setting unit 30a comprises at least one further linear guide 112a, which is provided to mount the forming unit 12a in a linearly movable manner along a further adjustment direction 114a that is at least substantially perpendicular to the adjustment direction 88a and at least substantially parallel to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material hose 16a (see Figure 3).
- the further setting unit 32a is preferably provided to make the shape guide unit 18a at least linearly movable along at least one at least substantially parallel to the support surface 22a, in particular transversely to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a, extending adjustment direction 92a, 116a to be supported.
- the setting units 30a, 32a are preferably designed as manual setting units for manual adjustment of the mold unit 12a and the mold guide unit 18a, in particular relative to one another.
- at least one of the setting units 30a, 32a has at least one automatic adjustment element, in particular a servomotor, which is provided for automatic adjustment of the mold unit 12a and / or the mold guide unit 18a.
- the at least one setting unit 30a, 32a, in particular the setting units 30a, 32a, is / are preferably provided to mount at least two mold legs 34a, 36a of the mold unit 12a and / or the mold guide unit 18a so as to be adjustable relative to one another.
- the molding unit 12a preferably has at least two molding legs 34a which are mounted so as to be adjustable relative to one another, in particular so as to be linearly movable and / or pivotable.
- the mold legs 34a of the mold unit 12a are mounted so as to be at least linearly movable relative to one another, in particular along a direction running at least substantially parallel to the folded edge 72a, in particular to a folded edge running surface.
- the setting unit 30a comprises at least one transverse bearing element 94a, which is provided to mount the shaped legs 34a of the shaped unit 12a so as to be at least linearly movable relative to one another.
- the molded legs 34a of the molded unit 12a jointly form the folded edge 72a, in particular the folded edge running surface.
- the mold legs 34a of the mold unit 12a, in particular along the direction running at least substantially parallel to the folding edge 72a, are mounted movably towards and away from one another, in particular for setting a width of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the mold legs 34a of the mold unit 12a together form the mold tunnel 82a of the mold unit 12a.
- each molded leg 34a of the molded unit 12a forms at least one molded contour edge 80a of the molded unit 12a.
- the setting unit 30a preferably has at least one intermediate element 96a, in particular a plurality of intermediate elements 96a, to fill a space between the two mold legs 34a of the mold unit 12a that are moved away from one another, in particular to ensure different product widths.
- the mold guide unit 18a preferably has at least two mold legs 36a which are mounted so as to be adjustable relative to one another, in particular so as to be linearly movable and / or pivotable.
- the further adjustment unit 32a which is provided for an adjustable mounting of the mold guide unit 18a, can be designed in an alternative embodiment at least essentially analogously to the setting unit 30a, which is provided for an adjustable mounting of the mold unit 12a.
- the mold legs 36a of the mold guide unit 18a are preferably mounted so as to be at least linearly movable relative to one another.
- the further setting unit 32a is provided to mount the mold legs 36a of the mold guide unit 18a in a linearly adjustable manner along different, in particular transverse, adjustment directions 92a, 116a, in particular to ensure different product widths.
- the adjustment directions 92a, 116a preferably run in a common plane, in particular extending at least substantially parallel to the support surface 22a, and in particular enclose the same angle with the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the shaped legs 36a of the shape guide unit 18a can be at least pivotably mounted relative to one another, in particular in a pivot plane extending at least substantially parallel to the support surface 22a, in particular to adjust the width of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the mold legs 36a of the form guide unit 18a can be pivotably mounted in an alternative embodiment on an end region 98a of the mold legs 36a of the form guide unit 18a facing away from the mold unit 12a along the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the end region 98a of the mold legs 36a of the mold guide unit 18a can be designed, in particular mounted, separately from a remaining region of the mold guide unit 18a, in particular separated from the remaining region along a separating cut 118a.
- each mold leg 36a of the mold guide unit 18a forms at least one mold guide contour 86a of the mold guide unit 18a.
- the shaped legs 36a of the shape guide unit 18a are preferably arranged mirror-symmetrically to one another around the imaginary plane of symmetry, in particular mounted.
- the shaped limbs 36a of the shape guide unit 18a preferably form a guide area 40a which tapers in a V-shape in the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a and is provided to join seam areas of the packaging material tube 16a that are to be joined to bring together sealing longitudinally sealed seam areas of the packaging material tube 16a.
- the mold legs 36a of the mold guide unit 18a in an end region 100a facing the mold unit 12a are at a greater distance from one another along a direction that is at least substantially parallel to the support surface 22a and at least substantially perpendicular to the transport direction 38a of the packaging material tube 16a than in the end region 98a facing away from the molding unit 12a.
- the seam areas of the packaging material tube 16a are in particular areas in which the packaging material 46a, in particular the packaging paper, is sealed, in particular to create a sealed seam.
- the guide area 40a is intended to bring the seam areas together in such a way that the seam areas can be transported through between two sealing rollers 66a, 68a of the pairs of sealing rollers 66a, 68a to form a seal.
- the guide region 40a preferably opens in the end region 98a facing away from the mold unit 12a into a support contour 102a formed by the mold legs 36a of the mold guide unit 18a, which is provided to support the packaging material tube 16a, in particular the seam regions that are brought together, in particular during transport up to the longitudinal sealing unit 64a.
- FIG. 5 shows part of a first alternative horizontal shaping device 10b in a schematic perspective illustration.
- the horizontal molding device 10b comprises in particular at least one molding unit 12b and at least one molding guide unit 18b.
- the horizontal molding device 10b preferably comprises at least one heating unit 42b, which is provided to heat the molding unit 12b and / or the shape guide unit 18b at least in sections, in particular for introducing heat into a seam area, in particular a packaging material.
- the heating unit 42b is provided to enable a seal, in particular a longitudinal seal, of the packaging material, in particular packaging paper, an upstream heat input into the packaging material, in particular into the packaging paper.
- the heating unit 42b is provided to seal the packaging material, in particular the packaging paper, in particular on the shape guide unit 18b, in particular as an alternative to sealing by a longitudinal sealing unit of a packaging machine, and / or to increase the heat input ensure, in particular in a region of a support contour 102b of the shape guide unit 18b.
- the heating unit 42b can in particular be designed as a heating coil, as a heating cartridge, as a heating plate, as a thick-film heating element or as another heating unit that appears useful to a person skilled in the art.
- the heating unit 42b is preferably arranged on the mold unit 12b and / or on the mold guide unit 18b, in particular is in direct contact with the mold unit 12b and / or the mold guide unit 18b.
- the horizontal molding device 10b can have a plurality of heating units 42b, with at least one heating unit 42b being assigned to the molding unit 12b and at least one further heating unit 42b being assigned to the molding guide unit 18b.
- the heating unit 42b is arranged on a side of the molding unit 12b and / or the molding guide unit 18b that is remote from a contact surface 104b with the packaging material, in particular with the packaging paper.
- the horizontal molding device 10b has, for example, a single heating unit 42b, which is attached to the molding unit 12b, in particular on the contact surface 104b with the packaging material. facing side of the mold unit 12b, is arranged, in particular is in direct contact with the mold unit 12b.
- a heater which is arranged parallel to a surface 120b of the molding unit 12b, in particular at a distance from the molding unit 12b, is conceivable, which heats the packaging material on an inside.
- the molding unit 12b and / or the molding guide unit 18b are intended to transfer thermal energy absorbed by the heating unit 42b to the packaging material, in particular to the packaging paper.
- the mold unit 12b, in particular the mold legs 34b of the mold unit 12b, and / or the mold guide unit 18b, in particular the mold legs 36b of the mold guide unit 18b, in the present exemplary embodiment at least the mold unit 12b are made from a thermally conductive material, in particular from a metal.
- the form unit 12b and / or the form guide unit 18b, in the present exemplary embodiment, the form unit 12b, on the contact surface 104b with the packaging material, in particular with the packaging paper, is intended to transfer a thermal energy provided by the heating unit 42b to the Transfer packaging material, especially in the seam areas.
- at least one gel layer of the packaging paper can be activated by introducing heat into the seam areas.
- FIG. 6 shows part of a second alternative horizontal forming device 10c in a schematic perspective illustration.
- the Horizontalformvorrich device 10c comprises in particular at least one mold unit 12c and at least one mold guide unit 18c.
- the horizontal molding device 10c preferably comprises at least one air pressure unit 44c, which is provided to exert a negative pressure and / or an overpressure on a packaging material on the mold unit 12c and / or on the shape guide unit 18c.
- the horizontal molding device 10c has, for example, two air pressure units 44c, one of the air pressure units 44c being provided to exert a negative and / or positive pressure on the packaging material on a respective mold leg 36c of the mold guide unit 18c.
- the air pressure units 44c can in particular be used as a blower, as a sauna ger or as other air pressure units that appear sensible to a person skilled in the art.
- the horizontal molding device 10c in an alternative embodiment can have a plurality of air pressure units 44c, at least one air pressure unit 44c being assigned to the molding unit 12c and at least one further air pressure unit 44c being assigned to the molding guide unit 18c.
- the air pressure units 44c are arranged on a side of the mold unit 12c and / or the mold guide unit 18c, in the present embodiment example the mold guide unit 18c, facing away from a contact surface 106c with the packaging material, in particular with a packaging paper.
- the mold unit 12c in particular the mold leg 34c of the mold unit 12c, and / or the mold guide unit 18c, in particular the mold legs 36c of the mold guide unit 18c, in the present exemplary embodiment for example the mold guide unit 18c, are preferably perforated at least in sections, in particular made of a porous material , educated.
- the mold legs 36c of the mold guide unit 18c have a perforation 108c.
- air from an air flow generated by the air pressure units 44c can flow at least in sections through the mold unit 12c and / or the mold guide unit 18c, in the present exemplary embodiment, for example, through the mold guide unit 18c.
- the air pressure units 44c are preferably provided to generate a vacuum for suction of the packaging paper to the form unit 12c and / or to the form guide unit 18c, in the present exemplary embodiment, for example, to the form guide unit 18c, in particular to achieve a low-fold application of the packaging paper the mold unit 12c and / or on the mold guide unit 18c, in the present embodiment example on the mold guide unit 18c.
- the air pressure units 44c are preferably provided to generate an overpressure to form an air cushion on the mold unit 12c and / or on the mold guide unit 18c, in the present exemplary embodiment, for example, on the mold guide unit 18c, in particular to achieve low-friction transport of the packaging paper along the mold unit 12c and / or along the mold guide unit 18c, in the present exemplary embodiment, for example, along the mold guide unit 18c.
- the air pressure units 44c can be switched between generating a negative pressure and generating an overpressure, in particular depending on an application. application situation, for example depending on the packaging material used.
- FIG. 7 shows part of a third alternative horizontal shaping device 10d in a schematic perspective illustration.
- the horizontal shaping device 10d comprises at least one shaping unit 12d and at least one shaping unit 18d.
- the horizontal forming device 10d preferably comprises at least one driven pressure unit 48d, in particular a pressure roller, which is intended to apply a pressure force to a packaging material against the form guide unit 18d.
- the horizontal mold device 10d preferably comprises the at least one driven pressure unit 48d as an alternative or in addition, in the present exemplary embodiment as an alternative, to an air pressure unit assigned to the mold guide unit 18d.
- the horizontal molding device 10d preferably comprises at least two driven pressure units 48d, with at least one driven pressure unit 48d being assigned to a mold leg 36d of the mold guide unit 18d, in particular being intended to apply a pressure force to the packaging material against the molded leg 36d.
- the horizontal forming device 10d comprises at least one additional driven pressure unit 48d, in particular an additional pressure roller, which is provided to apply a pressure force to the packaging material against the forming unit 12d.
- the driven pressure units 48d are preferably designed as pressure rollers which can be driven to perform rotational movements, in particular to transport a packaging material tube along a transport direction 38d of the packaging material tube.
- the driven pressure units 48d are provided to guide the packaging material tube between the driven pressure units 48d and the mold guide unit 18d, in particular the mold legs 36d of the mold guide unit 18d.
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