Cartoning machine for multiple, different carton configurations and method of use

A cartoning apparatus comprising:

• a handling station comprising a robot;
• and
• a carton supply station comprising:
• a rotating support;
• a plurality of magazines operatively coupled to the rotating support for holding cartons, the plurality of magazines comprising a first magazine configured to hold a plurality of first cartons and at least a second magazine configured to hold a plurality of second cartons, wherein the plurality of first cartons have one or more first attributes and the plurality of second cartons have one or more second attributes that are different than the one or more first attributes, and wherein the plurality of magazines are movable with respect to the robot by rotating the rotating support;
• a controller operatively coupled to the robot and the carton supply station, and wherein the controller is configured to:
• communicate with the robot to pick a first carton from the first magazine based on the one or more first attributes of the plurality of first cartons;
• transporting, by the robot, the first carton after picking from the first magazine to a downstream station for forming, filling, or closing the carton;
• communicate with the carton supply station to selectively rotate the rotating support to move the plurality of magazines based on the one or more second attributes of the plurality of second cartons;
• wherein as the robot is transporting the first carton from the first magazine in the carton supply station or after the robot has transported the first carton to the downstream station and the robot is moving to select a second carton from the second magazine, the carton supply station rotates the rotating support for locate the second magazine for picking of the second carton by the robot.