Machine for automatically manufacturing customized packaging items
AssigneeInternational Boxes S.R.L.
InventorGiuseppe CAPOIA
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Abstract
A machine for automatically manufacturing customized packaging items (I) from continuous laminar material, comprising at least one cutting and creasing unit (2) to form sheets (F) of laminar material with a plurality of cuttings and/or bendinglines (C), at least one variable-geometry forming unit (5) for forming the sheet (F) so cut and creased into a package (I) of predetermined dimensions, a multifunctional robotized manipulator (24) for automatically picking up one sheet (F) at a time from the cutting and creasing unit (2) and feeding the forming unit (5), the manipulator (24) being designed to automatically adapt to the predetermined dimensions of the packaging (I) on the forming unit (5) and interact therewith to form the packaging (I).
Claims12
A machine for automated creation of custom packages from continuous sheet material, such as corrugated cardboard, which machine comprises at least the following units:
- a cutting and creasing unit to form sheets of material with a plurality of cuttings and/or bending lines;
- at least one variable-geometry die-forming unit for forming the cut and creased sheet and create a package having preset dimensions;
- a multifunctional robotized manipulator for automatically picking up one sheet at the time from the cutting and creasing unit and feeding said die-forming unit, said manipulator being designed to automatically adapt to the dimensions of the package that have been preset on said die-forming unit and interact therewith to form the package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.