Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Jose Morral Roca

Charles Galantine

The present invention is directed to a process for manufacturing a flexible package suitable for containing a food or beverage ingredient and suitable for use with a food or beverage preparation machine, wherein said process comprises punching a flexible flat blank sheet between a plunger and a cavity that are movable relative to one another. According to the invention, the plunger has a concave end side and convex lateral sides, and the profile curvature of its end side is identical to the profile curvature of each of its lateral sides.

Process and equipment for manufacturing a reinforced sachet

Comprises a flexible band feeding unit (); a positioning unit () to position and fix on the flexible band () some first functional elements (); a flexible band cross-cutting unit () providing cut sheets pieces () with a first functional element () fixed to it; a station () configured to shape the container by folding a cut sheet piece () including a supporting rod () with retention means of the cut sheet piece; a station () welding lateral sides of the folded cut sheet piece () forming the container () with un upper non-sealed edge and a station () transferring the formed container () to a line configured for filling a dosed product into the container () and closing the non-sealed edge of the container ().

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Barcelona, Spain

Jose Morral Roca