Machine for automatically manufacturing customized packaging items

A machine for automated creation of custom packages from continuous sheet material, such as corrugated cardboard, which machine comprises at least the following units:

• a cutting and creasing unit to form sheets of material with a plurality of cuttings and/or bending lines;
• at least one variable-geometry die-forming unit for forming the cut and creased sheet and create a package having preset dimensions;
• and
• a multifunctional robotized manipulator for automatically picking up one sheet at the time from the cutting and creasing unit and feeding said die-forming unit, said manipulator being designed to automatically adapt to the dimensions of the package that have been preset on said die-forming unit and interact therewith to form the package,
• wherein:
• said die-forming unit has a die-forming cavity having variable dimensions, matching those of the package to be created;
• said manipulator comprises an anthropomorphic arm, connected to a fixed base and adapted to rotatably support a movable head;
• and
• said head comprises a beam for supporting a plurality of substantially vertical pressure members, which are designed to penetrate said die-forming cavity once the sheet has been positioned in said die-forming unit, said pressure members being adjustable in the directions substantially parallel and transverse to said beam to adapt to the dimensions of said die-forming cavity.