Cryovac, Inc.

Riccardo Palumbo

Giulio Benedetti

Peter Thurig

Dario Distefano

Serena Della Bianca

Alessandra Secchi

Jvanohe Rizzi

Stefan Landolt

Haris Nazic

Silvia Bottini

Stefano Landolt

Glen Samuel Kirkpatrick

Isabella Ferri

Antonio Liperoti

Andrea Granili

Peter Thürig

Carmen Roveda

Stefano Santagostino

Peter THÜRIG

A vacuum skin package includes a tray and a product loaded on an inner surface of the tray. The tray includes a circumferential side wall upwardly extending from the bottom wall. The side wall defines at least one hole. A film is draped over the product and welded to the inner surface of the tray not occupied by the product to form a skin over the product and the inner surface of the tray and to hermetically close the at least one hole in the side wall of the tray.

Method for vacuum skin packaging a product arranged in a tray

Heat shrink apparatuses and devices can heat shrink selected portions of containers made from heat shrinkable plastic film. The apparatuses and devices selectively heat shrink a main portion of the container where a product is housed, or a terminal portion of the same container. A packaging line including one or more of the heat shrink apparatuses and devices.

Heat shrink apparatus and device for packaging, and packaging line and process using said heat shrink apparatus and device

A package comprises a plastic bag delimiting a seat sealingly housing a product. The plastic bag has plastic film walls () and at least one sealing band connecting together opposed wall portions of the plastic film walls at a connecting zone. A tab is coupled with the connecting zone of the plastic bag. The tab includes an easy opening feature at one or more of its perimeter edges.

A method and a device can be used for setting vacuum time in a packaging apparatus and in a packaging process. The method and device provide for determining, from pressure signals or from humidity signals detected in the vacuum chamber, a reference time instant. The method and device also provide for commanding a vacuum device either to stop extracting gas from the vacuum chamber or to execute one or more prescribed steps preluding to end of the vacuum cycle at expiration of a delay time interval following said reference time instant.

Device and method for setting vacuum time in packaging apparatuses and processes

A packaging apparatus includes a frame, a lower tool engaged with the frame and configured to receive one or more supports, and an upper tool configured to engage a film portion with at least one support. The lower tool is movable relative to the frame at least between: a packaging position, in which the lower tool is aligned with the upper tool, and a loading position spaced from the packaging position in which the lower tool is configured to receive said support. The packaging apparatus comprises a barrier configured to intercept the package during the movement of the lower tool from the packaging position to the loading position.

Apparatus and process for packaging products

A plant for vacuum packaging of products includes a plurality of packaging stations, a vacuum pump, a first circuit, an auxiliary pressure device, and a second circuit. The plurality of packaging stations are distinct from each other and configured to separately perform the vacuum packaging of products. The first circuit is configured to put said vacuum pump in fluid communication with said packaging stations. The second circuit is configured to put at least one of said packaging stations in fluid communication with the auxiliary pressure device. The auxiliary pressure device is configured to suction a gas through the second circuit from at least one of said packaging stations.

Plant and process for vacuum packaging products

A device () for evacuating gas from a package () in a packaging apparatus, the package () having an open end (), the open end () having a terminal portion (), a non-terminal portion (), and an intermediate portion () located between the terminal portion () and the non-terminal portion () of the open end (), the device () comprising a vacuum chamber () having an elongated opening () extending along a longitudinal axis of the vacuum chamber (), an evacuation means configured for providing the vacuum chamber () with an internal vacuum pressure that is lower than an ambient pressure outside the vacuum chamber (), means for moving () a package () relative to the vacuum chamber (), and a control unit () programmed for controlling the means for moving () to relatively move a package () to be evacuated with respect to the vacuum chamber (), the package () and the means for moving () each being arranged with respect to the vacuum chamber () so that a main movement direction () of packages () placed on the means for moving () and the longitudinal axis of the vacuum chamber () are substantially parallel to one another, the package () to be evacuated being positioned so that, during the relative movement of the package () with respect to the vacuum chamber (), a terminal portion () of the open end () of the package () relatively moves within the vacuum chamber () and a non-terminal portion () of the open end () relatively moves outside the vacuum chamber (), an intermediate portion () of the open end () passing through and relatively moving along the opening (), and activating the evacuation means to provide the vacuum chamber () with the internal vacuum pressure. A packaging process using the gas evacuation device and a packaging apparatus including the device are also disclosed.

Apparatus and process for evacuation of packages

A modular packaging facility has independent packaging units configured to receive one or more product loaded supports. The upper tool and the lower tool of each unit are relatively movable the one with respect to the other between at least a first position, allowing placement of the supports in the respective seats of the lower tool, and a second position, allowing coupling of a film portion of said film to said one or more product loaded supports received by the lower tool. Each unit has a vacuum arrangement and/or a controlled atmosphere arrangement and is configured to execute a packaging cycle wherein gas is removed and/or injected via holes in the supports and/or via nozzles placed between the support and the respective film portion. The process and the infrastructure may be used to contemporaneously process and pack supports of different types.

Process of packaging and modular packaging facility for packaging products on supports

A process for packaging a product (P) arranged in a support () comprising unrolling a film (), transversely cutting the unrolled portion of film () and preparing cut film sheets (), moving the cut film sheets () to a packaging assembly () defining at its inside a packaging chamber (), progressively moving a number of supports () inside the packaging chamber () of a packaging assembly (), keeping the packaging chamber () open for a time sufficient for a number of supports () and for a corresponding number of film sheets () to properly position inside said packaging chamber (), hermetically closing the packaging chamber () with the film sheets held above the respective support () and at a distance sufficient to allow gas circulation inside the support (), optionally causing one or both of: a gas withdrawal from the hermetically closed packaging chamber () and gas injection of a gas mixture of controlled composition, heat sealing the film sheet () to said support (), wherein the cutting of the film () into film sheets () takes place outside the packaging chamber () at a station remote from the location where the film sheets are coupled to the supports. An apparatus () for performing the above process is also disclosed.

Apparatus and process for packaging a product

A packaging apparatus includes a conveyor that moves one or more supports towards a packaging station, while a plastic film to be applied to said one or more supports is simultaneously transported to the packaging station itself. A longitudinally cutting unit longitudinally cuts the plastic film in order to form two or more film strips, and a compensating device exerts a tensioning action on one or more portions of said film strips. A packaging method includes longitudinally cutting the plastic film into strips and compensating to suitably tautly hold the film strips during their movement.

Apparatus and method of packaging a product

A method and apparatus can be used for vacuum skin packaging of a product. The product can be arranged on a support comprising providing a film sheet above the support with the product being arranged between the support and the film sheet. The film sheet can be air tightly fixed to the support. The wall of the support can be perforated to form at least one through hole. At least a portion of air from within the support underneath the film sheet can be removed through the at least one hole. A packaged product is obtainable using the method and apparatus.

Apparatus and method for vacuum skin packaging of a product

A process and apparatus can be used to vacuum skin package a product arranged on a support comprising providing a film portion above said support with the product being arranged between the support and the film portion; air tightly fixing the film portion to the support; removing at least a portion of air from a volume underneath said film portion through said at one nozzle inserted in an interspace between the film portion and the support.

Apparatus and process for vacuum skin packaging of a product and a vacuum skin package

A tray for containing a product includes a base, a lateral wall emerging from the base to define a containing seat adapted to receive the product. The lateral wall comprises at least one movable portion configurable between a first stable position, wherein the movable portion is placed in continuity with respect to the lateral wall, and a second stable position, wherein the movable portion protrudes from the lateral wall and defines an access passing through the lateral wall itself. Moreover, the present invention refers to a process and an associated apparatus of making said tray. Further, the present invention refers to a vacuum package using the above described tray and to a plastic film sealingly applied on the tray and closing the access, and also to a process and a packaging apparatus for making said package.

Tray, package, apparatus and process of making said tray and said package

It is described an apparatus () for packaging a product (P) comprising: a forming station () configured for receiving a base film () and for forming with it a precursor body () having a plurality of tray-shaped elements () adjacent to each other, and a packaging station () configured for receiving said precursor body () and a closing film (), the packaging station () being configured for attaching the closing film () to the precursor body () at least at an upper opening () of a predetermined number of said tray-shaped elements () for forming packages (C) flanked to each other. A movement device () is configured for moving at least one of said forming () and packaging stations (), for conferring to the precursor body () a step-by-step discontinuous movement along a predetermined advancement path (T). It is also described a packaging process using the apparatus ().

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Arona, Italy

Riccardo Palumbo