Method and apparatus for manufacturing spouted pouch containers

A method for manufacturing a plurality of individual spouted pouch containers, wherein each spouted pouch container comprises walls made of sheet material and a spout fitment sealed to one of the walls, the walls being sealed along their peripheral edges to form a pouch cavity, the method comprising the steps of:

• arranging an elongated upper strip and an elongated lower strip of wall sheet material with their inner sides on top of each other, the upper and lower strips configured to form side walls of the pouch containers;
• folding at least one longitudinal edge of the upper strip away from the lower strip to expose both an inner side portion of the folded at least one longitudinal edge of the upper strip and an inner side portion of the lower strip;
• arranging at least one spouted elongated cover strip on top of the exposed inner side portion of the upper strip and the exposed inner side portion of the lower strip, wherein spout fitments of the at least one spouted elongated cover strip are sealed to an upper side of the at least one spouted elongated cover strip and extend in an upward direction relative to the at least one spouted elongated cover strip, the at least one spouted elongated cover strip configured to form spouted top walls of the plurality of pouch containers;
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• sealing edges of the side walls of the lower and upper strips to each other and to the at least one spouted elongated cover strip to form the pouch cavity.