An apparatus for making a product, preferably a food product for making a drink by infusion in a respective liquid, preferably in water, especially in hot Water; the product being obtained from a raw material including or fonned by respective particles, in particular powder, granules, pieces or the like, for example of roasted and ground coffee; the apparatus includes supporting means for means for making respective products starting from a respective predetermined or measured portion of raw material, which making means include means for aggregating particles of the predetermined portion of raw material.

An apparatus for making a product, preferably a food product for making a drink by infusion in a respective liquid, preferably in water, especially in hot Water; the product being obtained from a raw material including or fonned by respective particles, in particular powder, granules, pieces or the like, for example of roasted and ground coffee; the apparatus includes supporting means for means for making respective products starting from a respective predetermined or measured portion of raw material, which making means include means for aggregating particles of the predetermined portion of raw material.

A process and apparatus for shaping a box by wrapping around, wherein a blank is wrapped around a content to be packaged, including the steps of: conveying a content to be packaged onto an inlet transport plane, arranged horizontally, the content to be packaged being laid on said inlet transport plane; transferring the content to be packaged onto a shaping support which moves continuously along an annular path, on a portion of which the shaping support moves on a shaping plane; and wrapping a box around the content to be packaged while the shaping support moves on said shaping plane. The inlet transport plane, and the shaping plane are coplanar to reduce the stress on the final product during packaging.

A process and apparatus for shaping a box by wrapping around, wherein a blank is wrapped around a content to be packaged, including the steps of: conveying a content to be packaged onto an inlet transport plane, arranged horizontally, the content to be packaged being laid on said inlet transport plane; transferring the content to be packaged onto a shaping support which moves continuously along an annular path, on a portion of which the shaping support moves on a shaping plane; and wrapping a box around the content to be packaged while the shaping support moves on said shaping plane. The inlet transport plane, and the shaping plane are coplanar to reduce the stress on the final product during packaging.

A packaging unit for packaging articles in boxes includes a mandrel, a movement device, a feeding device, a first abutment surface, and a retaining device. The mandrel is configured to accommodate at least one of said articles inside it. The movement device is configured to move said mandrel along a movement trajectory. The feeding device is configured to feed at least one blank along a feeding trajectory which intersects said movement trajectory towards said mandrel to form one of said boxes around said mandrel. The first abutment surface is defined on said mandrel as the surface of said mandrel intended to abut said blank when positioned in said movement trajectory. The retaining device is displaceable between an operating position in which said retaining device approaches said first abutment surface to retain said blank against said first abutment surface and a non-operating position in which said retaining device is spaced apart from said first abutment surface.

A system for forming and wrapping a plurality of stacks of sheet like product is provided. The system includes a separator apparatus for converting a stream of spaced apart sets of stacks into a repeating stepped configuration. The system includes a mechanism for merging the stepped configuration of stacks into a single file stream of stacks. The system includes a cutoff apparatus for cutting a plastic sleeve in which the stacks are wrapped. The system includes a turner apparatus for changing the direction of travel of individual units comprising of a stack of product within a length of the sleeve 90 degrees while maintaining the orientation of the units.

A packaging unit for packaging articles into boxes includes a mandrel and a folding device. The mandrel is configured to accommodate at least one of the articles and is adapted to be at least partially wrapped by a blank. The blank has an outer flap and an inner flap intended to be mutually overlapped and fixed so as to form a partially closed box. The folding device is configured to abut and fold the inner flap of the blank in the direction of the mandrel when the blank is at least partially wrapped onto the mandrel. A method for packaging articles into boxes includes arranging, abutting, and folding with the packaging unit.

A packaging device for packaging articles into boxes including a mandrel, a handling unit, a first retaining device, and a closing unit. The mandrel is adapted to be wrapped at least partially by panels of a blank to form a partially closed box. The handling unit is configured to move said mandrel along a feed trajectory. The first retaining device is configured to retain at least a first panel of the blank wrapped at least partially on the mandrel. The closing unit is arranged to at least partially overlap and fix an outer panel onto an inner panel of the blank. The closing unit includes a hitting element movable along a displacement trajectory between a rest position, wherein the hitting element is in a position far from the mandrel, and a pressure position, wherein the hitting element is in a position such to press the outer panel on the inner panel and against a second abutment surface of the mandrel, and a displacement member configured to displace the hitting element between the rest position and the pressure position.

A packaging device for packaging articles into boxes including a mandrel, a handling unit, a first retaining device, and a closing unit. The mandrel is adapted to be wrapped at least partially by panels of a blank to form a partially closed box. The handling unit is configured to move said mandrel along a feed trajectory. The first retaining device is configured to retain at least a first panel of the blank wrapped at least partially on the mandrel. The closing unit is arranged to at least partially overlap and fix an outer panel onto an inner panel of the blank. The closing unit includes a hitting element movable along a displacement trajectory between a rest position, wherein the hitting element is in a position far from the mandrel, and a pressure position, wherein the hitting element is in a position such to press the outer panel on the inner panel and against a second abutment surface of the mandrel, and a displacement member configured to displace the hitting element between the rest position and the pressure position.

A packaging unit for packaging articles in boxes includes a mandrel, a movement device, a feeding device, a first abutment surface, and a retaining device. The mandrel is configured to accommodate at least one of said articles inside it. The movement device is configured to move said mandrel along a movement trajectory. The feeding device is configured to feed at least one blank along a feeding trajectory which intersects said movement trajectory towards said mandrel to form one of said boxes around said mandrel. The first abutment surface is defined on said mandrel as the surface of said mandrel intended to abut said blank when positioned in said movement trajectory. The retaining device is displaceable between an operating position in which said retaining device approaches said first abutment surface to retain said blank against said first abutment surface and a non-operating position in which said retaining device is spaced apart from said first abutment surface.