Krones Ag

Maier Packaging Gmbh

Alban Hutter

Wolfgang Fechter

Christian Canalicchio

Roland Hofstetter

Thomas Stadler

Markus Prinz

Jens Losert

Martin Dietersberger

Christian Westermeier

Andreas Triffo

Pavel Chrzibek

Simon Feller

Provided is a method for labelling first packagings, including at least the following steps: transporting labels to a labelling zone, wherein an adhesive side of the labels is directed upward during the transport; removing the primary packagings to be labelled from a magazine device, wherein the packagings are provided in the magazine device as packaging blanks which are at least in sections flat, and are preferably removed individually from the magazine device; placing the primary packagings onto the labels and adhering the labels to the packagings, wherein the packagings are preferably pressed from above onto the labels; inserting the first labelled packagings into secondary packagings; and introducing several containers into the primary and secondary packagings.

Method and apparatus for labelling primary packagings

The invention relates to an apparatus () for transferring compartments () to outer packagings that comprises at least one stock of compartments (), at least one transport path () for outer packagings, and a working system that is designed to remove compartments from the stock and that can insert compartments () removed from the stock into a respective associated outer packaging. The working system is designed for removing a plurality of compartments () from at least one specific stock, for moving the plurality of compartments () in the direction of the at least one transport path () in a temporally overlapping manner, and for inserting the plurality of compartments () into a respective outer packaging of the at least one transport path ().

Method and apparatus for transferring compartments to outer packagings provided for articles

The invention relates to a folding device () for transporting an outer cardboard package () having folding lines and for folding at least one side flap () of the outer cardboard package (). The folding device () comprises at least one conveyor system with a guiding unit () and with at least two transporting and folding shuttles () disposed on the guiding unit () for the transport of the outer cardboard packages () in a transport direction (TR). The at least two shuttles () are disposed in a row at the conveyor system and are transported in a transport direction (TR) through and/or by the conveyor system. Each shuttle () comprises its own, individually controllable drive () and further at least one folding unit () for folding over at least one side flap () of an outer cardboard package ().

Folding device, packaging facility for articles, and method for folding side flaps of external cardboard packagings

The invention includes an apparatus () and a method for handling articles (). The apparatus () includes a first conveyor () for supplying articles (), a second conveyor () for supplying outer packagings (), a third conveyor () for discharging filled outer packagings (), and a placing surface () arranged between the second conveyor () and the third conveyor (). The apparatus also includes a device () for transferring supplied outer packagings () from the second conveyor () to the placing surface (), a device () for transferring articles () from the first conveyor () into outer packagings (), and a device () for transferring filled outer packagings () from the placing surface () onto the third conveyor (). The method places articles () into outer packagings (), staged on a placing surface (), from one or more article flows lined up one after the other uninterruptedly and/or with gaps between them and/or grouped. The outer packagings () themselves in turn are supplied independently of the articles () in a transport direction () and are transferred () onto the placing surface () individually or groupwise transversely to the transport direction (). After the articles () have been placed in the outer packagings (), they are transferred (), in turn individually or groupwise, transversely to the transport direction () in order to be subsequently discharged in the direction of the transport direction () or opposite to it in parallel to the transport direction ().

Apparatus and method for handling articles

The method of the present invention removes at least a plurality of articles () arriving consecutively in a transport direction (FR) from an infeed (), and subsequently, arranging and grouping the articles (), while simultaneously lifting and collectively transferring the article () from the infeed () to a staging surface (). At the staging area are one or more outer packagings (), and into which the articles () are placed. Individually or groupwise, as seen in a direction in parallel to the transport direction (FR), the individual distances between the articles () corresponding to a defined arrangement () are increased and/or decreased, and finally, the articles () are simultaneously lowered and released into the one or a plurality of outer packagings (). The apparatus of the present invention comprises an infeed () of articles () being transported, at least one staging surface () arranged next to the infeed (). On the staging surface (), outer packagings () are staged, and which will be filled with articles () removed from the infeed (). From the staging surface (), the filled outer packagings () are discharged. A gripping device () is used to simultaneously seize a plurality of articles () from the infeed (). The gripping device () has one gripper head () per article. The gripping device () has at least one manipulator () with a horizontally and vertically movable manipulator head ().

The present invention includes an apparatus () and a method for expanding and erecting collapsed or folded cardboard packagings () to a standing position. The method includes holding the topmost cardboard packaging (), coming from above, at its top flat side () of a cardboard packaging wall () and removing it from a stack () of flatly collapsed cardboard packagings (). Subsequently also holding the cardboard packaging (), at its bottom flat side () from below, and increasing the vertical distance between the top flat side (), and the bottom flat side (), by oppositely pulling so far until the cardboard packaging () has been expanded. Then releasing the top flat side () of the cardboard packaging (), and rotating the lying, expanded set of cardboard packaging () still being held at its bottom flat side (), where the rotating is about a horizontal pivoting axis (). The bottom flat side () is subsequently also released to achieve an expanded and now erected set of compartments and/or the outer packagings (). The apparatus () comprises a cardboard packaging supply () comprising at least one stack () of flatly collapsed cardboard packagings () arranged lying on top of each other, an erecting device () arranged next to the cardboard packaging supply () as seen in the direction of a horizontal axis (), and a gripping device () for simultaneously seizing respectively one topmost cardboard packaging () from each stack () of the cardboard packaging supply ().

Apparatus and method for expanding and erecting collapsed or folded cardboard packagings to standing arranged compartments and/or outer packagings

A device for transporting articles within a packaging machine is disclosed. The device includes at least one conveying system for the articles to be packaged or for the packaging units for the articles to be packaged. The conveying system includes a continuously circulating transport track. The at least one conveying system has several trays that can be connected to each individual transport track. Each conveying system is configured with an upper level and a lower level. A first lifting unit is associated with each conveying system at the beginning and a second lifting unit is associated with each conveying system at the end, said lifting units moving the trays at the beginning and at the end of the conveying system between the upper level and the lower level.

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Alban Hutter