Method and apparatus for packaging products, and associated package blank
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorAlfred Wipf
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Abstract
A method for packaging products including the steps of delivering an initial packaging material to a package assembly line; reshaping the initial packaging material into self-supporting initial packages; packaging the products in these initial packages; delivering second packaging material to the package assembly line and packaging the initial packages, filled with the products, in the second packaging material. The initial packaging material is delivered in the form of strip stock which is converted in the package assembly line into individual package blanks; and reshaped into the initial packages. This makes packaging possible in the shortest possible time, with nevertheless high flexibility.
Claims17
In a method for packaging products, the method having the following steps:
- delivering an initial packaging material in the form of strip stock to a conveyor in a package assembly line;
- converting the strip stock on the conveyor into individual package blanks;
- reshaping the initial packaging blanks on the conveyor into open, self-supporting initial packages;
- packaging the products in the open, self-supporting initial packages;
- delivering second packaging material to a bag-making machine located in the package assembly line;
- delivering the open, self-supporting initial packages, filled with the products, to the bag-making machine by means of the conveyor;
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- packaging the initial packages, filled with the products, in the second packaging material.
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