A tray sealer comprises a conveyor arrangement for conveying packaging trays along a conveying direction. The conveyor arrangement comprises a first conveyor device for conveying a first line of packaging trays along the conveying direction, a second conveyor device running laterally alongside the first conveyor device for conveying a second line of packaging trays along the conveying direction, and a center guide which is arranged between the first conveyor device and the second conveyor device and extends along the conveying direction. The conveyor arrangement further comprises a third conveyor device for conveying packaging trays along the conveying direction. The third conveyor device extends adjoining the second conveyor device in terms of the conveying direction laterally alongside the first conveyor device.

An improved robot for packing produce such as fruit or other produce is provided. The robot includes a plurality of longitudinal carriage arms arranged in an array, and cantilevered off a support unit such that each longitudinal carriage arm is independently movable between an extended condition and retracted condition. Each arm includes a head connected to it that is independently movable in a vertical direction to pick up, hold and/or drop off an item of produce. Each longitudinal carriage arm is further independently movable in a lateral direction to alter the relative spacing between the plurality of heads such that the heads can move across lanes of the robot. The cantilevered arrangement of each carriage arm allows for compact set-out and other advantages.

An automatic roll change system for a stretch wrapping machine may include multiple mechanically-actuated load stations capable of being actuated by a common actuator assembly, as well as pivotable support members for use in positioning packaging material in a tortuous path for loading into a packaging material dispenser.

The present invention relates to a machine arrangement, in particular for processing pharmaceutical products, comprising a processing station (2) for filling and sealing containers (9), in particular with pharmaceutical products, a handling device (3) for feeding and removing the containers into the machine arrangement, wherein the handling device (3) is designed to feed and remove containers only from exactly one side of the machine arrangement into the machine arrangement, wherein the processing station (2) has at least one work region (4) for receiving an empty container, at which the empty container is filled and sealed, wherein the processing station (2) has at least one storage region (5) for the temporary storage of filled and sealed containers, and wherein the handling device (3) is designed to feed empty containers (9) to the processing station (2) and remove filled and sealed containers from the storage region (5).

An apparatus for dispensing lids has at least one magazine lane including an entrance end, an exit end, and a longitudinal length defined therebetween. The at least one magazine lane further includes a plurality of side guides along the longitudinal length for guiding the lids therebetween and a pair of rollers for carrying the lids thereon. The apparatus further has a throat plate at or near the exit end, the throat plate including an opening. At least one of the throat plate, the side guides, or the rollers is adaptable so as to accommodate different sizes and/or shapes of lids.

An apparatus (1) for the packaging of products in pre-made containers (100, 101) that comprises a receiving station (2) for containers and at least two workstations (3, 4) each on one side of that receiving station; the apparatus comprising container transfer means (5) that are equipped with at least two holding groups (6, 7) prepared to hold containers in a suspended way and that can move between at least two positions, one that coincides with the container receiving station (2) and the other that coincides with one of the two workstations (3 or 4), such that the transfer means are able to serve the pre-made containers received in that receiving station to one side and to the other side of the receiving station, and to corresponding workstations, in an alternating way.

The invention relates to a tubular bag machine having a longitudinal sealing element for forming a film tube, having two transverse sealing jaws, which are moveable against each other and which thereby transversely seal the film tube, for forming sealed tubular bags, having a mechanism, which has a drive and which moves the transverse sealing jaws, having a filling device for filling the unsealed tubular bags with a filling material, having a separating element for separating individual filled tubular bags, a dosing device being disposed upstream of the filling device, said dosing device allowing for the dosing of a prespecified filling quantity of the filling material to be filled into a tubular bag, a transfer element having several transfer containers being provided between the filling device of the tubular bag machine and the dosing device, the prespecified filling quantity of the filling material being transferred from the dosing device to the transfer containers in an input station, and the transfer containers being transported to a dispensing station along a transfer line, and the filling material being transferred from the transport containers to the filling device in the dispensing station, and the transfer containers being transported back to the input station along a return transfer line.

A twin-tube tubular bag machine having two longitudinal sealing elements for forming two parallel film tubes, two parallel transverse sealing jaws, which are moveable against each other and which thereby transversely seal the film tube, being provided for each of the two film tubes for forming sealed tubular bags, having a mechanism which has a drive and which moves the transverse sealing jaws, and having two filling devices for filling the tubular bags formed by the film tubes with filling material, and having two separating elements for separating individual filled tubular bags from the two film tubes, a dosing device being disposed upstream of each of the filling devices, said dosing device allowing for the dosing of a prespecified filling quantity of the filling material to be filled into the tubular bags, a transfer element having several transfer containers being provided between the filling devices and the dosing device, the prespecified filling quantity of the filling material being transferred from the dosing device to the transfer containers in an input station, and the transfer containers being transported to a pairing of two dispensing stations along a transfer line, and the filling material being transferred from the transport containers to the two filling devices in the pairing of two dispensing stations, and the transfer containers being transported back to the input station along a return transfer line.

Equipment for the automated assembly of consumable units for use in an inhalation device from components that include a mouthpiece, a container defining a chamber for aerosolisable material, and a closure for the chamber, is disclosed. The equipment comprise at least one assembly line having one or more assembly stations that each comprises tooling for performing an assembly operation on the components, and a transport system for supplying the components to the assembly stations and advancing the components through the assembly stations in a sequence to assemble at least part of the device from the components. A process for the serial production of consumable units for use with an inhalation device 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).