Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Tobias Wegbrant

Göran Hermodsson

Ulf Mossberg

Markus Florentzson

Jimmy Liljenberg

Johnny Månsson

Mattias Darmell

Niklas Tegman

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.

Filling machine and a method for filling a package of a web of packaging material with a food product

A turning wheel comprising a number of blades. Each blade has a front side provided with a front projection, and a back side provided with a back projection. Each two consecutive blades form a gap between the backside of a first blade and a front side of a second blade. The gap comprises an inner gap formed radially inward from the back projection and the front projection. During rotation of the turning wheel a container can be held in the gap and an end portion of the container can be held in the inner gap, thereby protecting the end portion from being damaged.

Turning wheel

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Malmö, Sweden

Tobias Wegbrant