Packaging machine for producing cigarette packs

A packaging machine for producing packs with a group (23) of cigarettes (29) as pack content, wherein the packaging machine (10) has at least the following in succession in a manufacturing flow direction:

• a forming unit (11) for forming respective cigarette groups (23) comprising cigarettes (29) originating from a cigarette magazine;
• a first folding unit (13) at which an inner blank composed of cardboard or of some other material suitable for forming a dimensionally stable inner pack is folded at least in certain regions around the respective cigarette group (23) so as to form an inner pack (22) with the respective cigarette group (23) as pack contents;
• a sealing inner pack unit (14) adjoining said first folding unit (130, in which sealing inner pack (14) a sealing inner pack (26) is manufactured in each case from the inner pack (22) or in which the sealing inner pack (26) is folded into a final state or in which in each case one sealing inner pack (26) comprising the inner pack (22) is manufactured;
• a second folding unit (15) at which an outer blank composed of cardboard or of some other material suitable for forming a dimensionally stable outer pack is in each case folded around the sealing inner pack (26) in each case so as to form an outer pack (27);
• a conveying device located between the first and second folding units (13, 15), the conveying device having a rectilinear conveying path for conveying the respective cigarette group (23);
• and
• a turning device (60) arranged between the first and second folding units (13, 15),
• wherein the conveying device conveys the respective cigarette group (23), which is integrated into the inner pack (22) or the sealing inner pack (26), namely with cigarettes (29) oriented parallel to the conveying direction, into the region of the turning device (60), the turning device (60) rotating the respective cigarette group (23) within or parallel to a conveying plane of the conveying device, and the turning device (60) being designed so as to rotate the respective cigarette group (23) about at least one axis of rotation which is arranged perpendicular to a cigarette longitudinal extent of cigarettes (29) in the respective cigarette group (23).