Pouch Conditioner

A system for conditioning a plurality of flexible product containers comprises:

• a pouch conditioner, the pouch conditioner comprising a roller frame positioned over a bottom condition belt, the roller frame comprising:
• a housing, the housing having a pair of opposed guide plates, positioned between the guide plates are a plurality of conditioning rollers, a top conditioning belt, and a top conditioning belt drive, the top conditioning belt disposed about the conditioning rollers, each of the conditioning rollers being coupled to the guide plates by a pair of actuators, each pair of actuators providing one of the conditioning rollers with independent articulation and individual compressive force;
• the bottom conditioning belt and the top conditioning belt defining a conditioning gap therebetween, the conditioning gap has a condition gap height, the conditioning gap height is variable;
• the plurality of conditioning rollers comprising at least:
• a first conditioning roller, a second conditioning roller, and at least two parallel conditioning rollers;
• the parallel conditioning rollers are positioned above the bottom conditioning belt at the same height, the same height is an exit height, the second conditioning roller has a transitional height, the transitional height is 0.5 inches greater than the exit height, the first conditioning roller has an opening height, the opening height is 0.5 inches greater than the transitional height;
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• the plurality of flexible product containers being passed through the conditioning gap, each of the plurality of flexible product containers having an initial thickness before being passed through the conditioning gap, each of the plurality of flexible product containers having a consistently reproducible package thickness after passing through the conditioning gap, the package thickness being less than the initial thickness.