Strapping device and method for producing strapped packages

A device for producing finished packaging units (30) formed from at least two articles (20) combined by at least one strap, comprising:

• a strapping device (4), comprising:
• a handling device (10) with two pivoting arms (11, 12), which can be adjusted relative to each other, and wherein each of the two pivoting arms (11, 12) is equipped with clamping devices (14, 15) for fixing two belt ends (27) of a strapping belt (26) or a strapping blank (28) in a clamped manner,
• wherein a distance between the clamping devices (14, 15) in an open state of the two pivoting arms (11, 12) corresponds substantially to a length of the strapping belt (26) or strapping blank (27) clamped by the clamping devices (14, 15),
• wherein the two pivoting arms (11, 12) pivot and fold to produce an overlapping arrangement of the two belt ends (27) when the two pivoting arms (11, 12) are in a closed state, and to be temporarily connected to one another in the closed state to facilitate pretensioning of the strapping belt (26) or the strapping blank (28), and
• wherein, during pivoting by the two pivoting arms (11, 12), the clamping devices (14,15) move relative to the two pivoting arms, and
• a fixing device (18) for connecting the two belt ends (27) of the strapping belt (26) or the strapping blank (28) to form a finished packaging unit (30).