Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Jimmy Liljenberg

Göran Hermodsson

Ulf Mossberg

Mattias Darmell

Tobias Wegbrant

Magnus Meijer

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products for package waste management in a filling machine. A waste event is detected during operation of the filling machine. The waste event is associated with a waste event detection point in the filling machine and a corresponding web segment position of the packaging material. One or more filled packages to be discarded are identified. The identification is made based on a predetermined distance along a path to be traversed by the packaging material from the waste event detection point to a waste chute of the filling machine. The predetermined distance is expressed in a standardized length measurement format. In response to determining that the web segment position has progressed a distance equaling the predetermined distance, one or more packages formed at or in close proximity to the web segment position are ejected through the waste chute.

Filling machine package waste management

The disclosure relates to a filling machine () for filling a package () of a web of packaging material with a food product. The filling machine () comprises a jaw system () adapted to seal the package () after being filled with the food product. The jaw system () is equipped with means () for providing a unique mark () on the package (). The filling machine () further comprises a sensor () arranged downstream of the jaw system () which is adapted to detect the mark () on the package (), and a cutting knife () adapted to cut the package () from the web of packaging material. The cutting knife () is movably arranged in the filling machine (), such that the cutting knife () can be adjusted in relation to the package () based on the detected mark () before cutting the package () from the web of packaging material. The disclosure also relates to a method for filling a package () of a web of packaging material with a food product.

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Jimmy Liljenberg