A system and process for making a container or pouch that separates the cutting and sealing steps into two distinct steps with a separate step of rotating the container or pouch template 90 degrees relative to a direction of travel between the cutting and sealing steps.

The invention relates to a method for producing at least one stack (9) formed of bags (1), comprising the following steps: feeding tubular or semitubular material in order to form a bottom material layer (s) and a top material layer (3), introducing at least one weld seam (4) in order to connect the bottom material layer (2) and the top material layer (3) in order to form individual, but still connected bags (1), introducing a formatting fold (8) into the layer web, formed of still connected bags (1), separating the bags (1) connected in the formatted layer web into individual bags (1), wherein said bags (1) still have the formatting field (8), forming a packet of individual bags (1) into a stack (9) having a defined number of bags (1), and introducing at least one fold into the stack (9). The invention further relates to a bag (1), a stack (9), and a dispensing box (12).

An envelope formed from a sheet of flexible material and including: a lower section, an upper section superposed on the lower section, the sections being joined together by lateral edges, leaving an opening between the lateral edges, a protective strip on a layer of closing adhesive, the layer of closing adhesive being intended to ring about the closure of the envelope after the protective strip has been removed, and at least one precut region that is able to be detached from the envelope, the protective strip and the layer of closure adhesive extending at least partially over the precut region. Associated method and production machine.

According to a method for forming packs of flat bags, a continuous line of bags moving in an oriented direction of advance is received. The bags are moved onto a receiving table on which the bags are stacked while being stopped from moving in the oriented direction of advance by an abutment. The continuous line of bags is converted into a line of overlapped bags before stacking the latter, and the bags are separated on the receiving table by separating means comprising a separating device. During this operation, a separating device is inserted by a movement in the separating direction perpendicular to the plane of the bags between a preceding bag and a following bag in the overlapped line in such a way that, when the following bag stops against the abutment, it is supported at least partially by the separating means.

The invention relates to an assembly for storing a plurality of flexible containers (1) with dispensing spouts, the assembly comprising one or more elongated guiding elements (15) configured to carry rows of dispensing spouts, wherein the guiding elements (15) are configured to be maintained in a substantially tubular arrangement while storing the containers in the interior formed by the tubular arrangement. The guiding elements (15) may be straight elements arranged in a parallel manner to form a tube-like arrangement. The guiding elements are also arranged to allow the containers to be attached in such a manner that they are positioned along a generally helical trajectory in the interior of the tubular arrangement.

Envelopes include a cover for covering and isolating a closure sealing element on the envelope before the envelope is loaded and sealed. The cover can be formed as part of an adjacent wall of the envelope, and can be separated from the wall by a cut or a line or weakness between the cover and the wall.

A bagger device is provided. The bagger device can include a bag handler configured to handle packaging material configured to define a bag that has first and second walls enclosing an interior cavity configured to contain an object therein for shipping, the first wall including an expansion material that has an expandable configuration and that is expandable to an expanded configuration for providing padding to the first wall to protect the object contained within the interior cavity. The bagger device can further include an expansion device configured to apply expanding conditions to the packaging material, the expanding conditions configured to cause the expandable material to expand from the expandable configuration to the expanded configuration.

Thermoplastic bags with phased deformation patterns are described. In particular, one or more implementations comprise thermoplastic bags with ring rolling, SELFing, or other deformation patterns phased or aligned relative to the sides of the bags. The phased deformation patterns can allow for reducing or eliminating deformation patterns in areas of the thermoplastic bag in which side seals or other seals are formed. Additionally or alternatively, the phased deformation patterns can provide for zones that provide differing properties (e.g., functional or aesthetic). Such zones can vary aligned along a width of the thermoplastic bag and optionally also vary along a height of the thermoplastic bag. The differing zones can provide the thermoplastic bags with phased deformations that provide leak prevention, liquid containment, and other benefits.