Product Packaging System With Tipping System

A product packaging system comprising:

• a discharge platform that is configured to receive a product stack in a first orientation relative to a vertical plane;
• a tipping system that is located downstream of the discharge platform, the tipping system comprising a turn plate that is selectively pivotable about a horizontal pivot axis from a first position in which the turn plate extends horizontally and supports the product stack in the first orientation thereof to a second position in which the turn plate turns the product stack to a second, horizontal orientation;
• and
• a product platform that is located downstream of the tipping system, the product platform being configured to receive the product stack after the product is turned to the second orientation thereof.

A method comprising:

• using a stacking system, stacking articles to form a product stack;
• using a turning system, turning the product stack from a first orientation thereof to a second orientation thereof relative to a vertical plane;
• then
• discharging the product stack from the turning system while the product stack is in the second orientation thereof.