Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Marco Poppi

Stefano Andreotti

Marcello Barbieri

Roberto De Pietri Tonelli

Ivan Orsini

Davide Morciano

Alberto Mameli

Jonas Dickner

Siegrid Putzer

Massimiliano Cereda

Dino Neri

Andrea Donati

Stefano Caselli

Matteo Galloni

Luca Ronchetti

Andrea Giampieri

Roberto De Pietri

Alessandro Pedrazzi

Nicola Spano'

Roberto Magelli

A package forming unit comprises plural jaw units, each having at least one respective operative assembly for engaging the tube and for at least partially forming the advancing tube, one respective sealing element for at least partially transversally sealing the tube along a transversal sealing band and a pair of interaction tabs for interacting with the tube. Each jaw unit is controllable as a function of the tube filling level in an operative configuration in which the respective operative assembly, the respective sealing element and the respective pair of interaction tabs are controlled in respective active states while advancing along respective operative portions and a partial operative configuration in which the respective sealing element is controlled in the respective active state and the respective operative assembly and/or the respective pair of interaction tabs is/are controlled in a respective inactive state while, in use, advancing along the respective operative portion.

Package forming unit, packaging apparatus having a package forming unit and method for forming packages

There is described a pre-creased sheet packaging material for forming a sealed package comprising: a plurality of longitudinal crease lines, which extend along a longitudinal direction; a plurality of transversal crease lines, which extend along a transversal direction; at least one first additional crease line, which extends along a further direction, which is slanted with respect to longitudinal direction and transversal direction; a first joining point, at which longitudinal crease line and a transversal crease line join with respect to one another; and at least one first area, which is bounded by longitudinal crease line, transversal crease line and additional crease line; further direction being incident to first longitudinal crease line and to first transversal crease line in first joining point; at least one of first longitudinal crease line, first transversal crease line and first additional crease line being interrupted at first joining point.

Sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products, sealed package for pourable food products and a method of manufacturing a sealed package for pourable products

A packaging unit for producing sealed packages from a tube of packaging material advanced along a first axis includes: at least two jaws arranged on opposite sides of the first axis and movable between a closed position, in which they grip and seal the tube and an open position, in which they are detached from the tube; at least two forming members supported by the respective jaws in a movable manner between a first operating position, in which, in relation to the position of the jaws, they have the maximum distance from one another, and a second operating position, in which they mate with one another and an actuator to produce movement of the forming members; the actuator includes at least one mover connected to both forming members and selectively activated to perform opposite strokes, along which the mover itself produces the movement of each forming members.

Packaging unit for producing sealed packages containing a pourable food product from a tube of packaging material

A sheet packaging material for producing a package comprises at least one first crease line and at least one second crease line, at least one third crease line which intersects said first crease line in at least one first point and said second crease line in at least one second point, at least one fourth crease line, at least one fifth crease line, which extends between said first point and said fourth crease line, at least one sixth crease line, which extends between said second point and said fourth crease line, said first point and said fourth crease line being spaced by a first distance, said second point and said fourth crease line being spaced by a second distance, said first crease line and said second crease line being spaced by a third distance, wherein the sum of said first distance and said second distance is less than said third distance.

Sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products

A packaging unit for producing sealed packages from a tube of a sheet packaging material fed along a feed path having a first axis; unit comprises: jaws movable cyclically along path between a seal position in which they grip and seal tube to form sealing bands of packages, and a rest position in which they are detached from tube; and folding flaps fitted movably to jaws; folding flaps are movable between: an open position in which they are detached from tube, and a fully closed position in which they cooperate with tube for forming folded flaps in package; the jaws are also cyclically movable in an intermediate position, which is arranged between rest position and seal position; folding flaps are movable relative to the jaws into a partly closed position, which is arranged between open position and fully closed position, when the jaws are set in intermediate position.

Packaging unit and method for producing sealed packages

A method of producing a sealed package of a pourable food product involving feeding a tube of packaging material along an axis; moving a pair of first jaws and a pair of second jaws cyclically and alternately along sealing paths parallel to the axis, and along repositioning paths; moving the jaws, as they travel along the sealing paths, into a closed position in which the sealing members grip the tube and respectively form, at different times, a first and a second seal sealing the tube and defining respective opposite ends of the package; and moving the jaws, as they travel along the respective repositioning paths, into an open position, in which they are detached from the tube; acquiring a desired value of a quantity related to the package weight; and forming the second seal at a distance, which is a function of the value, from the first seal.

Packaging method for producing sealed packages of a food product pourable into a tube of packaging material

A unit () for separating opening devices () supplied in the form of a row () and to be applied singly to respective sealed packages () of pourable food products, the unit having a separating assembly (), in turn having a first and a second jaw () movable along a path (P) and defining a seat (), which is movable between an open configuration, in which it receives an opening device () from the row () at a first station (I) along the path (P), and a closed configuration, in which it moves the opening device () singly along the path (P) to detach it from the rest of the row (); the unit () also has elastic means () for loading at least the first jaw () towards the second jaw (); a conveyor () for conveying the opening devices (), and which is separate from the separating assembly (); and at least a first cam () activated by the conveyor () and cooperating cyclically with a cam follower (), integral with the first jaw (), to move the first jaw (), in opposition to the elastic means (), away from the second jaw () and move the seat () into the open configuration.

Separating unit for separating opening devices to be applied singly to respective packages of pourable food products

A form-and-seal unit for producing aseptic sealed packages from a tube of packaging material filled with a pourable food product. The unit comprises a fixed structure and two forming assemblies which interact alternately and cyclically with the tube of packaging material, and have respective pairs of jaws movable between an open position and a closed position in which they grip the packaging material tube between respective sealing means, and respective forming flaps selectable from different types of forming flaps for producing different types of packages, and having respective half shell forming portions which surround the tube of packaging material to determine the volume and shape of the packages. The approach movement of the forming flaps towards the packaging material tube is controlled by a fixed cam mechanism having different work profiles selectively engaged by cam-follower rollers of the forming flaps depending on the type of forming flaps used.

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Modena, Italy

Marco Poppi