Device and method for producing bags

A device for production of bags that consist mostly of paper, comprising:

• a perforation device that cross perforates a material web,
• a tube formation device that forms a tube from the material web,
• a first separation device including a first roll pair and a second roll pair that separates individual tube sections along perforation lines, with an upper layer of the separated tube section protruding beyond a lower layer thereof at a trailing edge of the separated tube section, including after the separated tube section has left the first separation device,
• a device that forms a bottom on a leading end of the separated tube section by folding over a leading flap which is a part of the lower layer and which protrudes beyond the upper layer, and
• a second separation device that tears off along perforation lines an individual material section from the tube section,
• the second separation device including a first roll pair and a second roll pair, and (i) being spaced from the first separation device in a transport direction (z) of the tube, with which the material section is torn off when the tube section has left the first separation device, and operating independently of the first separation device, and (ii) including a removal device that removes the material section,
• (iii) with rolls of the second separation device second roll pair, which is located downstream of the second separation device first roll pair in the direction of transport (z) of the tube sections, being operated with a peripheral speed that corresponds to a transport speed of the tube sections, and with the material section being grasped by the second separation device first roll pair, with one of the rolls thereof being a needle roll, which is to grasp only the material section of the upper layer, and which is operated, at least at a moment of grasping of the material section, with a reduced peripheral speed relative to the transport speed of the tube sections, or
• (iv) with the second separation device first roll pair having a roll gap, and the second separation device second roll pair having a roll gap, and the second separation device first roll pair roll gap is to grasp only the material section of the upper layer, while the second separation device second roll pair provides for accelerated further transport of the bag,
• wherein to effect the separation of the material section.