An apparatus and a method for packaging substantially plate-shaped or cuboid-shaped products in the food industry in a packaging material film, the apparatus having feeding devices for feeding products to a packaging station; guiding devices for feeding a blank of the packaging material film to the packaging station, wherein the product is inserted into the blank such that the packaging material film substantially wraps around the product; discharge devices for discharging the product from the packaging station in a wrapped state; and holding devices being movably configured and arranged to move with the product through the packaging station.

A bale bagging apparatus and method are provided. The bale bagging apparatus includes a bale feeding station, a bale chute, a bale bagging station, and a transportation system that transports a bale to be bagged from the bale feeding station through the bale chute and into the bale bagging station. The bale bagging station includes a bag receptacle, a first opening, and a bag retrieval assembly. The bag receptacle is positioned on a side opposite of the first opening from the side of the first opening on which the bale to be bagged is to be transported. The bag retrieval assembly retrieves a bag from the bag receptacle through the first opening. The bag retrieval assembly positions a first end of said bag around at least a portion of the bale chute before the bale to be bagged is transported through the bale chute by the transportation system.

A bale bagging apparatus and method are provided. The bale bagging apparatus includes a bale feeding station, a bale chute, a bale bagging station, and a transportation system that transports a bale to be bagged from the bale feeding station through the bale chute and into the bale bagging station. The bale bagging station includes a bag receptacle, a first opening, and a bag retrieval assembly. The bag receptacle is positioned on a side opposite of the first opening from the side of the first opening on which the bale to be bagged is to be transported. The bag retrieval assembly retrieves a bag from the bag receptacle through the first opening. The bag retrieval assembly positions a first end of said bag around at least a portion of the bale chute before the bale to be bagged is transported through the bale chute by the transportation system.

An apparatus for placing elongated products with a widened head in containers, particularly suitable for placing swabs inside containers during the production process. The apparatus has at least one preloading unit which is supplied with the number of products to be placed in the container at one time and which executes a duty cycle that causes the controlled ejection of the number of products supplied, the preloading unit being equipped with a plunger which can move between a loading position and an expelling position and which, when actuated from its loading position to its expelling position, is configured to push and follow the number of products supplied to the preloading unit through an outlet spout of the preloading unit, in a single stroke.

An apparatus for placing elongated products with a widened head in containers, particularly suitable for placing swabs inside containers during the production process. The apparatus has at least one preloading unit which is supplied with the number of products to be placed in the container at one time and which executes a duty cycle that causes the controlled ejection of the number of products supplied, the preloading unit being equipped with a plunger which can move between a loading position and an expelling position and which, when actuated from its loading position to its expelling position, is configured to push and follow the number of products supplied to the preloading unit through an outlet spout of the preloading unit, in a single stroke.

A weighing and conveying apparatus includes: a conveying unit that conveys the article weighed by the weighing unit by operating a drive motor; a conveying control unit that starts conveyance of the article by the conveying unit when a weight of the article weighed by the weighing unit is not greater than an upper limit weight, or is less than the upper limit weight; a switching unit that switches between conveying speeds of the conveying unit; and a storage unit that stores the upper limit weight for each of the conveying speeds switched by the switching unit. The upper limit weight stored in the storage unit is a weight of the article at which a load current generated in the drive motor reaches an allowable maximum load current of the drive motor when the article is conveyed at the corresponding one of the conveying speeds.