Method and system for wrapping ties in a facemask manufacturing process

An automated production line system for wrapping fastening ties around a body of a continuous stream of facemasks conveyed through the production line, comprising:

• a conveyor on which the facemasks are conveyed at an orientation such that each facemask has a leading pair of ties and a trailing pair of ties extending from a body in a conveying direction of the production line;
• a wrapping station location in the production line;
• at or upstream of the wrapping station in the conveying direction, means for drawing the leading pair of ties below the body as the facemask continues to be conveyed in the conveying direction such that the leading pair of ties wraps under the body;
• the wrapping station comprising a plurality of conveyor sections oriented at angles such that a vertical conveying direction of the body changes at a junction from one conveyor section to an adjacent conveyor section;
• and
• at the junctions between conveyor sections, means for directing an impinging force to the body that causes the body to flip, thereby causing the leading and trailing pairs of ties to further wrap around the body.