An apparatus and method for packaging individual medication doses in blister bags includes a plurality of storage and dispensing stations, at least one guide and collection arrangement for picking up the medication doses and passing them on, or conducting them, to a packaging station, the packaging station forming a strand of connected blister bags from packaging material. Also included is a labeling and printing station for applying data to the packaging material, an optical detection device that optically detects characteristics of the individual blister bags of the strand, an evaluation device that compares the characteristics detected for an individual blister bag with reference characteristics, and a storage station that stores the strand of the blister bags in an ordered manner.

An apparatus and method for packaging individual medication doses in blister bags includes a plurality of storage and dispensing stations, at least one guide and collection arrangement for picking up the medication doses and passing them on, or conducting them, to a packaging station, the packaging station forming a strand of connected blister bags from packaging material. Also included is a labeling and printing station for applying data to the packaging material, an optical detection device that optically detects characteristics of the individual blister bags of the strand, an evaluation device that compares the characteristics detected for an individual blister bag with reference characteristics, and a storage station that stores the strand of the blister bags in an ordered manner.

The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a pouch for cooking a food product and a method of making a pouch for cooking The pouch for cooking a food product may have a film, a longitudinal seal so as to form a sealed tube, a first transverse seal at a first end of the pouch, and a second transverse seal at a second end of the pouch. The pouch may have a surface area to food product volume ratio from 3:1 to 9:1. The pouch may have at least one layer with at least 5% polybutylene. The longitudinal seal may extend from the first end of the pouch to the second end of the pouch. The longitudinal seal may seal the film to itself.

The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a pouch for cooking a food product and a method of making a pouch for cooking The pouch for cooking a food product may have a film, a longitudinal seal so as to form a sealed tube, a first transverse seal at a first end of the pouch, and a second transverse seal at a second end of the pouch. The pouch may have a surface area to food product volume ratio from 3:1 to 9:1. The pouch may have at least one layer with at least 5% polybutylene. The longitudinal seal may extend from the first end of the pouch to the second end of the pouch. The longitudinal seal may seal the film to itself.

A web packaging machine for enclosing a food product within a food product package has a first sealing station that seals an upper web of packaging material to a lower web of packaging material to thereby partially enclose the food product in the food product package and a second sealing station configured to further seal the upper web of packaging material to the lower web of packaging material to thereby fully enclose the food product in the food product package. A lower web transport conveyor conveys the lower web of packaging material from upstream to downstream first through the first sealing station and then through the second sealing station.

A web packaging machine for enclosing a food product within a food product package has a first sealing station that seals an upper web of packaging material to a lower web of packaging material to thereby partially enclose the food product in the food product package and a second sealing station configured to further seal the upper web of packaging material to the lower web of packaging material to thereby fully enclose the food product in the food product package. A lower web transport conveyor conveys the lower web of packaging material from upstream to downstream first through the first sealing station and then through the second sealing station.

Provided is a bag making and packaging machine having superior workability in film joining work. A bag making and packaging machine is a bag making and packaging machine that uses film having at least one character or a figure printed on its front side, and is equipped with a film roll support unit, a conveyance unit, a bag making unit, and a light emitting component. The film roll support unit supports a film roll in which the film is wound in a roll. The bag making unit processes the film to make bags. The conveyance unit is positioned between the film roll support unit and the bag making unit. The conveyance unit feeds the film to the bag making unit. The light emitting component illuminates, from the direction of the front side of the film, the film positioned between the film roll support unit and the conveyance unit.

Provided is a bag making and packaging machine having superior workability in film joining work. A bag making and packaging machine is a bag making and packaging machine that uses film having at least one character or a figure printed on its front side, and is equipped with a film roll support unit, a conveyance unit, a bag making unit, and a light emitting component. The film roll support unit supports a film roll in which the film is wound in a roll. The bag making unit processes the film to make bags. The conveyance unit is positioned between the film roll support unit and the bag making unit. The conveyance unit feeds the film to the bag making unit. The light emitting component illuminates, from the direction of the front side of the film, the film positioned between the film roll support unit and the conveyance unit.

There is described a packaging apparatus for forming a plurality of sealed packages from a tube of a web of packaging material which is continuously filled with a pourable product. The packaging apparatus comprises a delimiting element arranged, in use, within the tube and being designed to divide the tube, in use, in a first space and a second space. The packaging apparatus also comprises a pressurizing device for pressurizing the second space by a sterile gas withdrawn from the inner environment of an isolation chamber within which the tube is formed. Furthermore, the delimiting element is also designed to allow, in use, a leakage flow of sterile gas from the second space into the first space.

There is described a packaging apparatus for forming a plurality of sealed packages from a tube of a web of packaging material which is continuously filled with a pourable product. The packaging apparatus comprises a delimiting element arranged, in use, within the tube and being designed to divide the tube, in use, in a first space and a second space. The packaging apparatus also comprises a pressurizing device for pressurizing the second space by a sterile gas withdrawn from the inner environment of an isolation chamber within which the tube is formed. Furthermore, the delimiting element is also designed to allow, in use, a leakage flow of sterile gas from the second space into the first space.