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AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsJohn Lees, Terry Erickson, Terry Berglin, Mike Robertson, Nicholas Cook, Russell Stacy-Ryan, Jens Mogard
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A form, fill and seal packaging machine for forming, filling and sealing a carton, molds a closure directly onto the carton. The machine includes a carton erection station adapted to receive a carton in a generally flat form and to erect the flat form carton into a tubular form defining an internal carton region. A direct injection molding station has an internal mold tool and an external mold tool. The internal mold tool is configured for receipt within the internal carton region and the internal mold tool and the external mold tool are configured to receive and clamp the carton therebetween. The direct injection molding station further includes a polymer injection system for injecting polymer from a location external of the carton to the internal mold tool. The closure is directly molded in place on the carton. A mold tool set, a method for carrying out the molding and a closure molded thereby are also disclosed.
A direct injection molding station for use on a form, fill and seal packaging machine for forming, filling and sealing a carton, the molding station being configured to mold a closure on a predetermined portion of the carton, the molding station comprising:
A mold tool set for directly molding a closure to a package material, the mold tool set being in flow communication with a polymer injection system for providing polymer to the mold tool set, the mold tool set being positioned within a frame in a form, fill and seal packaging machine, comprising:
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