Multi-row sealing station
AssigneeMultivac Sepp HaggenmüLler SE & Co. KG
InventorAlbert Gabler
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Abstract
The invention relates to a sealing station for sealing a cover film onto packaging trays, wherein the sealing station comprises a sealing tool and a bar chain and the sealing tool includes a tool upper part and a tool lower part. The bar chain is configured for conveying the packaging trays into the sealing tool and out of the sealing tool. The invention is characterized in that a tool lower part accommodates the packaging trays in at least a first and a second row, and that the tool lower part includes at least one lowerable supporting disc for lowering at least one of the first and second rows of packaging trays.
Claims14
A sealing station for sealing a cover film onto packaging trays, the sealing station comprising:
- a sealing tool including a tool upper part and a tool lower part, the lower tool part being configured for accommodating the packaging trays in at least a first row and a second row, the lower tool part including at least one lowerable supporting disc for lowering at least one of the first and second rows of packaging trays;
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- a bar chain configured for conveying the packaging trays into the sealing tool and out of the sealing tool.
A method of operating a sealing station, said method comprising the following steps:
- conveying a first row of packaging trays in a first plane by means of a bar chain into a sealing tool;
- accommodating the first row of packaging trays on at least one lowerable supporting disc;
- lowering the first row of packaging trays from the first plane to a second plane extending on a lower level by lowering the at least one lowerable supporting disc;
- conveying a second row of packaging trays into the sealing tool, said second row being accommodated on a further supporting disc;
- lifting the first row of packaging trays from the second plane to the first plane;
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- sealing the first row and second rows of packaging trays with a cover film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.