Method and apparatus for forming a product package box and a product package box
AssigneeOy Jopamac AB
InventorJouni Suokas
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Abstract
The object of the disclosure is a method and an apparatus for mechanically forming a product package box. According to the disclosure, a product package box is formed with a box-forming apparatus from a tubular sleeve folded flat, which sleeve is mechanically opened into the correct shape of the product package box and to which is affixed an essentially integral base panel. On the basis of online data coming from a picking system, for each product package box, a sleeve is selected from a sleeve bundle, the height of which sleeve corresponds most suitably to the online data, or a sleeve of suitable height is cut from a sleeve blank.
Claims17
A method of mechanically forming a product package box in a picking system, comprising:
- forming the product package box with a box-forming apparatus from
- a tubular sleeve folded flat, which tubular sleeve is mechanically opened into the correct shape of the product package box and to which is affixed an essentially integral base panel;
- wherein, on the basis of online data coming from the picking system:
- the tubular sleeve is selected from a sleeve bundle, the height of the tubular sleeve corresponding to the online data, or
- the tubular sleeve is cut to the height from a sleeve blank.
An apparatus for forming a product package box provided with a base in a picking system, the apparatus comprising:
- a box-forming apparatus;
- a feeder line for feeding material into the box-forming apparatus;
- an output line;
- and
- a plurality of actuators for forming the product package box;
- wherein, for each product package box, the apparatus is arranged, on the basis of online data coming from the picking system, either:
- to select a sleeve from a sleeve bundle, the height of the sleeve corresponding corresponds most suitably to the online data, or
- to cut the sleeve to the height from a sleeve blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.