Vertical form fill sealing machine and method for operating the vertical form fill sealing machine

A vertical form fill sealing machine (10a-10g) comprising:

• a machine frame (12a-12g),
• at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) for a sealing of a packaging material transversely,
• wherein the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) is mounted on the machine frame (12a-12g) such that the at least one transverse sealing device can be rotated around a rotation axis (16a-16g) of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) as a whole, and
• a first guide unit (32a-32g) to guide the rotation of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) around the rotation axis (16a-16g) as a whole,
• wherein the first guide unit (32a-32g) comprises at least one guide element (124a-124g) that delimits at least partially a circular cylindrical receiving area (126a-126g) within which the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) is at least substantially completely arranged,
• wherein the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) comprises at least one movement unit (36a-36g), at least two sealing jaws (18a-18g;
• 20a-20g) and at least one second guide unit (82a-82g) to guide the at least two sealing jaws (18a-18g, 20a-20g) during a movement,
• wherein the at least one movement unit (36a-36g) is provided for moving the at least two sealing jaws (18a-18g;
• 20a-20g) along a horizontal movement axis (38a-38g) of the at least one second guide unit (82a-82g) of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) and for moving the at least two sealing jaws (18a-18g;
• 20a-20g) along a vertical movement axis (40a-40g) of the at least one second guide unit (82a-82g) of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g),
• wherein the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) comprises at least two drive units (42a-42g, 44a-44g) for driving the at least one movement unit (36a-36g) so as to generate the horizontal movement and/or the vertical movement of the at least two sealing jaws (18a-18g;
• 20a-20g) relative to a frame (70a-70g) of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) and/or relative to the machine frame (12a-12g),
• wherein the first guide unit (32a-32g) has one or more bearing points, in which the frame (70a-70g) of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) is movably connected to the first guide unit (32a-32g),
• wherein all components of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) other than the frame (70a-70g) of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) are mounted on the frame (70a-70g) of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g),
• wherein the frame (70a-70g) of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) is arranged rotatably on the machine frame (12a-12g),
• wherein all components of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) are simultaneously rotatable around the rotation axis (16a-16g) of the at least one transverse sealing device (14a-14g) relative to the machine frame (12a-12g).