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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2025
Syntegon Technology Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Daniel Buckel, Langfurth, DE;
Tim Fleckenstein, Vellberg, DE;
Syntegon Technology GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A packaging machine includes at least one system for detecting the presence and/or absence and/or position of a first packaging element in a packaging machine. The machine includes a profile sensor configured to detect a profile representative of the presence and/or absence and/or position of the first packaging element, and a control unit configured to evaluate the profile detected by the profile sensor and provide at least one piece of information concerning the presence and/or absence and/or position of the first packaging element. The packaging machine includes at least one holding element for holding the first packaging element, and/or a sliding element for moving the first packaging element, wherein a contour of the holding element and/or a contour of the sliding element is part of the profile.