There is provided a method of manufacturing sachets. The method involves moving a web of semi-rigid material through a cutting station and simultaneously cutting a discrete cut in the web of semi-rigid material while the web of semi-rigid material continues to move through the cutting station. The method also includes sandwiching the web of semi-rigid material between a first flexible web of material and a second web of flexible material such that the first web of flexible material seals the discrete cuts in the semi-rigid web of material and the second web of flexible material forms a continuous elongate reservoir with the web of semi-rigid material. There is also provided an apparatus for cutting a web of material. The apparatus has a cutting roller and at least one cutting element protruding beyond the exterior surface of the roller, wherein the cutting element has a cutting profile that is at least partly a zigzag shape. Another apparatus for cutting a web of material the apparatus has a first cutting element and a second opposing cutting element, each cutting element having a cutting profile that is at least partly a zigzag shape. Each cutting element is associated with a cam and a rail that are arranged such that the first cutting element follows a path and the second cutting element follows a path that mirrors the path of the first cutting element. The paths have adjacent sections and/or intersecting sections in which the cutting elements come together to discretely cut the web of material while leaving the material intact.

A squeezable, flexible tubular package for an edible product is compartmented to simultaneously hold a first edible product in one compartment separate from a second edible product in another juxtaposed compartment. The package includes an elongated enclosure defined by a pair of transparent, flexible film strips bonded to one another around the periphery thereof by a liquid tight seal; and a membrane situated between the film strips, bonded to the periphery of the film strips by a liquid tight seal, partitioning the enclosure into a pair of juxtaposed, liquid tight compartments. An extrudable, edible product is separately contained in each of the compartments. Apparatus for continuously and successively forming, filling and sealing articulated arrays of such packaged products is also disclosed.

Comprises a flexible band feeding unit (10); a positioning unit (14) to position and fix on the flexible band (12) some first functional elements (3); a flexible band cross-cutting unit (16) providing cut sheets pieces (17) with a first functional element (3) fixed to it; a station (18) configured to shape the container by folding a cut sheet piece (17) including a supporting rod (22) with retention means of the cut sheet piece; a station (19) welding lateral sides of the folded cut sheet piece (17) forming the container (2) with un upper non-sealed edge and a station (20) transferring the formed container (2) to a line configured for filling a dosed product into the container (2) and closing the non-sealed edge of the container (2).

An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.

A method of manufacturing an aerosol generating pod includes providing aerosol generating material; positioning sheet material over opposite sides of the aerosol generating material; and punching the aerosol generating material and the sheet material from one of the opposite sides to form an aerosol generating pod including aerosol generating material covered by the sheet material. An apparatus for manufacturing an aerosol generating pod is also provided.

Comprises a flexible band feeding unit (10); a positioning unit (14) to position and fix on the flexible band (12) some first functional elements (3); a flexible band cross-cutting unit (16) providing cut sheets pieces (17) with a first functional element (3) fixed to it; a station (18) configured to shape the container by folding a cut sheet piece (17) including a supporting rod (22) with retention means of the cut sheet piece; a station (19) welding lateral sides of the folded cut sheet piece (17) forming the container (2) with un upper non-sealed edge and a station (20) transferring the formed container (2) to a line configured for filling a dosed product into the container (2) and closing the non-sealed edge of the container (2).

A fill-packaging method for plural rows, a fill-packaging machine for plural rows and a fill-packaged body include a wide-width cylindrical body forming process for continuously longitudinal-sealing a plastic film longitudinally unreeled in the longitudinal direction to continuously form a single wide-width cylindrical body, a sealing and cutting process for continuously heat-sealing one or more widthwise positions of the wide-width cylindrical body to form longitudinally border sealed portions and continuously cutting the longitudinally border sealed portions in the longitudinal direction to cut out the wide-width cylindrical body into a plurality of narrow-width cylindrical body rows independently arranged in parallel, and a bag-making process for continuously manufacturing packaged bodies by applying horizontal sealing to each of the narrow-width cylindrical body rows separated and run independently in the longitudinal direction at predetermined intervals while filling a packing material therein.

A squeezable, flexible tubular package for an edible product is compartmented to simultaneously hold a first edible product in one compartment separate from a second edible product in another juxtaposed compartment. The package includes an elongated enclosure defined by a pair of transparent, flexible film strips bonded to one another around the periphery thereof by a liquid tight seal; and a membrane situated between the film strips, bonded to the periphery of the film strips by a liquid tight seal, partitioning the enclosure into a pair of juxtaposed, liquid tight compartments. An extrudable, edible product is separately contained in each of the compartments. Apparatus for continuously and successively forming, filling and sealing articulated arrays of such packaged products is also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a method for portion-packing of an oral pouched snuff product (1′, 1″). The method comprises a) supplying and advancing a tubular web (19, 19′, 19″) of packaging material enveloping a continuous feed (23, 23′, 23a″, 23b″) of filling material in a direction of travel (L), b) forming transverse seals (39) in the tubular web across the continuous feed of filling material by means of ultrasonic welding, the transverse seals extending in a transverse direction (T) being perpendicular to the direction of travel. The present invention further relates to an arrangement (17, 17′, 17″) for portion-packing of an oral pouched snuff product.

There are provided a thermoplastic resin film suitable for forming a meltable bag for packaging a hot-melt adhesive, the thermoplastic resin film having a high melting rate and high bag breakage resistance because adhesion between thermoplastic resin films is suppressed when packaged hot-melt adhesives are stored in a stacked manner and thus the breakage of the meltable bags is suppressed when the meltable bags are peeled apart, a meltable bag formed of the thermoplastic resin film, and a packaged hot-melt adhesive. A thermoplastic resin film contains at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene resin and an ethylene-based copolymer, wherein (1) the film has at least one embossed surface, and the at least one embossed surface has a ten point height of irregularities Rzjis of 10 to 200 μm, (2) the film has a melting point of 60° C. to 120° C., and (3) an elastic modulus in a TD direction and an elastic modulus in an MD direction are both 15 MPa or more.