Bagmaking and packaging apparatus

A bagmaking and packaging apparatus comprising

• a film supply unit disposed in a rear portion of the apparatus and configured to supply sheet-form film;
• a former mechanism including a former and a tube and being disposed forward of the film supply unit, the former mechanism configured to form in a tubular shape the sheet-form film supplied from the film supply unit,
• a transverse sealing mechanism configured to transversely seal the tubular film in which a product being supplied from above;
• and
• a plurality of upright support posts that form a frame that surrounds at least part of each of the film supply unit, the former mechanism, and the transverse sealing mechanism,
• wherein the support posts include a first support post group including a plurality of the support posts disposed on one lateral side of the bagmaking and packaging apparatus in a left and right direction;
• and a second support post group including a plurality of the support posts disposed on the other lateral side in the left and right direction,
• a first support post disposed foremost among the support posts of the first support post group extends from a low position to a position higher than the transverse sealing mechanism and, when viewed from above, is disposed forward of a center of the tube, and
• a second support post disposed foremost among the support posts of the second support post group extends from a low position to a position higher than the transverse sealing mechanism and, when viewed from above, is disposed rearward of the center of the tube.