I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a.

Antonio Orillo

Lorenzo Maldina

Alessandro Alessandri

Pierpaolo Di Maio

Paolo Tassin

Giancarlo Tedeschi

Giuseppe Vacchi

A cartoning machine for packaging one or more products in a respective carton includes a product conveyor for conveying the products along an advancement direction, a transport device for transporting the carton along a transport path, an insertion zone wherein the products face an aperture of the carton and are inserted into the carton. The product conveyor includes a first belt on which first edges are mounted and a second belt on which second edges are mounted, each first edge defining with a respective second edge a pair of containment edges of the products. A mutual position of the first belt and of the second belt is adjustable so as to adjust accordingly a distance between the first edges and the second edges to adapt the pair of containment edges to a dimension of the products. The product conveyor further includes a first cam path and a second cam path, each first edge including a first cam follower engaging the first cam path and each second edge including a second cam follower engaging the second cam path, such that the first edges and the second edges are movable transversely to the advancement direction towards the carton at the insertion zone.

Cartoning machine

A unit () for transferring articles () from a machine (MI) for producing the articles to a packaging machine (MA) includes a plurality of hoppers () for receiving the articles (). The hoppers () are situated between an outlet station () of the producing machine (MI) and an inlet station () of the packaging machine (MA). The hoppers () are arranged at a variable distance from one another and move alternatively between a first working configuration (A), in which the hoppers () are moved closer to each other, in order to be situated in the region of, and in registry with, an outlet station () of the producing machine (MI), so as to receive the articles (), and a second working configuration (B), in which the hoppers () are moved far from each other, in order to be situated in the region of, and in registry with, an inlet station () of the packaging machine (MA), so as to transfer the articles () to the inlet station ().

Unit for transferring and spacing articles

A method for carrying out and verifying substitution and/or adjustments of mechanical components in an automatic packaging machine () during the size change over, said machine () being equipped with a computerized unit (UCC,, D) for verifying and storing instructions related to the operations necessary to change over the size of the articles being processed. The operations include substitution of specific mechanical components and/or adjustment of the spatial positioning of specific mechanical components. Information elements relevant to the size change over are stored in the unit (UCC,D) and are recalled and transferred to a palm-size computer (, E).

Method for carrying out a size change over in a packaging machine

In a conveyor including an endless belt ( ) that features equispaced recesses made on an outer surface of the belt, the recesses can be set in communication with a vacuum source when they are moving along an upper run of the conveyor, so as to grip a base ( ) of a container located thereon. A pad ( ) is provided for each recess and is hinged to the belt right behind the respective recess for receiving in abutment and pushing a rear wall ( ) of the container. A connecting rod ( ) is pivoted at the top to the pad and at the bottom to the belt.

Conveyors for feeding containers in equally spaced manner

A device for transferring blister packs comprises an intermediate station situated between a working station (3) and a packaging line. The intermediate station includes a clamp for receiving and holding at least one blister pack. First and second groups of suction cups are driven by a two-arm mechanism situated in the intermediate station. In a first position, the first group of suction cups is placed in the working station for picking up one blister pack while the second group of suction cups is over the intermediate station for picking up another blister pack temporarily held by the clamp. In a second position, the first group of suction cups is located over the intermediate station, to release the blister pack previously picked up, that is received and held by the clamp, while the second group of suction cups is over the packaging line to deliver the blister pack previously picked up. When a blister pack is to be eliminated, the clamp is made to open, so that defective blister pack is not transferred to the packaging line.

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Antonio Orillo