G.d Societa' Per Azioni

Volpak. S.a.u.

Sauro Uccellari

Andrea Biondi

Umberto Zanetti

Alessandro Minarelli

Luca Cavazza

Michele Ferrari

Silvio Quaglia

Automatic packaging machine () for filling a bag () made of heat-sealable material, having an open upper end () with a dose of loose product; the packaging machine () has: a packaging conveyor (); a pick-up head (), which is supported by the packaging conveyor () to advance along a packaging path (P); an input station (S) where the empty bag () is grabbed by the pick-up head (); an output station (S) where the full, sealed bag () leaves the pick-up head (); a filling device () that is mounted on the packaging conveyor () to move together with the pick-up head () along the entire packaging path (P) and is adapted to supply the dose of product inside the bag () through the upper open end (); and a sealing device () that is mounted on the packaging conveyor () to move together with the pick-up head () along the entire packaging path (P) and is adapted to seal the full bag () through a heat-seal at the open upper end ().

Automatic packaging machine for filling a bag made of a heat-sealable material with a dose of a loose product

Unit and method for applying a wall to a hollow body in a manufacturing process for producing a beverage capsule; are provided: a sealing conveyor which advances along a sealing path; a sealing head conveyed by the sealing conveyor and which supports a gripping device for gripping the wall and a retaining device suited to retain the hollow body; a first feed station for feeding the wall to the sealing head, so that the wall is gripped by the gripping device; and a second feed station arranged downstream from the first feed station along the sealing path, for feeding the hollow body to the sealing head, so the hollow body is coupled to the wall gripped by the gripping device, and is retained by the retaining device.

Application unit and method for applying a wall to a hollow body in a manufacturing process for producing a beverage capsule

A variable-capacity FIFO store having a powered endless conveyor belt defining a conveying branch for transferring a mass of articles from an input station to an output station, and a return branch extending from the output station to the input station; and an adjusting assembly for adjusting the lengths of the conveying and return branches in complementary manner, so as to adjust the storage capacity of the store; an expulsion station is located along an output conveyor, downstream from the output station, to expel a given mass of articles from the output conveyor, and is controlled by a control unit for identifying the location of a mass of articles in the store, and for activating the expulsion station when the previously identified mass of articles travels through the expulsion station.

Variable-capacity FIFO store with an expulsion station

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Bologna, Italy

Sauro Uccellari