Packaging machine for packaging products in cartons and method for this

A packaging machine (100) for packaging products (O) in cartons (K), wherein the packaging machine (100) comprises:

• a product feed (110) for feeding products (O) to be packaged in the cartons (K);
• a carton magazine (120) in which a plurality of carton blanks are arranged collapsed at least substantially flat;
• a stationary erecting station (130) for erecting the carton blanks to form at least substantially block-shaped open cartons (K), wherein the product feed (110) has an at least substantially horizontal first conveying direction, the erecting station (130) is positioned next to the carton magazine (120) in an at least substantially horizontal transverse direction perpendicular to the first conveying direction, and wherein the erecting station (130) is stationary at least in the horizontal transverse direction, whereby no movement of the cartons (K) along either of the horizontal first conveying direction or the horizontal transverse direction takes place within the stationary erecting station (130) during a carton erecting process;
• wherein the carton magazine (120) is positioned above the product feed (110) in such a way that the product feed (110) guides the products (O) under the carton magazine (120), and the erecting station (130) is configured to erect the carton blanks at a height in the first conveying direction at which the carton magazine (120) is also positioned;
• and
• a carton packing station (140) for packing the cartons (K) with the products (O), wherein the carton packing station (140) is positioned downstream in the first conveying direction next to the erecting station (130), a product slot (112) is positioned at an end of the product feed (110), at which the product slot of a group of products (O) to be packaged is collected, and a slide (113) is positioned at the product slot (112), wherein the slide is embodied to slide the group of products (O) to be packaged in an at least substantially horizontal sliding direction into one of the cartons (K) at the carton packing station (140), and the sliding direction is at least substantially perpendicular to the first conveying direction.