Magazine unit, packaging apparatus and method for combining article groupings
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsChristian CANALICCHIO, Simon FELLER, Herbert SPINDLER, Thomas STADLER, Philipp SCHARTNER, Johann LUBER
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Abstract
The invention relates to a magazine unit (1) for consumable material (20), comprising at least two receiving units (2) for consumable material (20), at least one removal position (AP) and at least one filling position (BP), wherein the receiving units (2) are configured to be movable between the removal position (AP) and the filling position (BP). The invention also relates to a packaging apparatus (15) and to a method for combining article groupings (33) with a packaging means (21).
Claims15
A magazine unit (1) for consumable material (20), comprising:
- at least two receiving units (2) for consumable material (20),
- at least one removal position (AP) and at least two filling positions (BP),
- and wherein each of the at least two receiving units (2) is configured to be movable between the at least one removal position (AP) and at least one of the at least two filling positions (BP).
A packaging apparatus (15) comprising:
- a packaging module (19) for creating article groupings (33) with packaging (21), and
- a magazine unit (1) storing the packaging (21) that is provided as consumable material (20), wherein the magazine unit (1) comprises at least two receiving units (2) for consumable material (20),
- at least one removal position (AP) and at least two filling positions (BP),
- wherein each of the at least two receiving units (2) is configured to be movable between the at least one removal position (AP) and one of the at least two filling positions (BP).
The packaging apparatus (15) wherein at least one protective device (36) is assigned to the at least one removal position (AP), wherein the protective device (36) is configured to prevent any manual intervention during ongoing production operation in the receiving unit (2) arranged in the removal position (AP).
A method for combining article groupings (33) with packaging (21), the method comprising:
- providing packaging (21) a consumable material (20) in a magazine unit (1), wherein the magazine unit (1) comprises at least two receiving units (2) for consumable material (20), at least one removal position (AP) and at least two filling positions (BP),
- configuring each of the at least two receiving units (2) to be movable between the at least one removal position (AP) and one of the at least two filling positions (BP),
- removing the packaging (21) from one of the at least two receiving unit (2) arranged in the removal position (AP).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.