A utensil wrapping apparatus including belt rollers, conveyor belts, a bracket assembly, napkin folders, fold actuators, and a rolling station is provided. The conveyor belts wound around the belt rollers accommodate and convey a napkin with one or more utensils placed thereon from an entry end to a release end of the conveyor belts. The bracket assembly folds a leading corner of the napkin over the utensils. The napkin folders, actuated by the fold actuators, fold opposing corners of the napkin around the utensils. The rolling station receives and initiates rolling and tucking of the napkin folded around the utensils. A set of rolling belts in the rolling station moving in a direction counter to movement of the conveyor belts rolls the napkin folded around the utensils and facilitates conveyance of the rolled napkin with the utensils over the conveyor belts to a release end of the conveyor belts.

A utensil wrapping apparatus including belt rollers, conveyor belts, a bracket assembly, napkin folders, fold actuators, and a rolling station is provided. The conveyor belts wound around the belt rollers accommodate and convey a napkin with one or more utensils placed thereon from an entry end to a release end of the conveyor belts. The bracket assembly folds a leading corner of the napkin over the utensils. The napkin folders, actuated by the fold actuators, fold opposing corners of the napkin around the utensils. The rolling station receives and initiates rolling and tucking of the napkin folded around the utensils. A set of rolling belts in the rolling station moving in a direction counter to movement of the conveyor belts rolls the napkin folded around the utensils and facilitates conveyance of the rolled napkin with the utensils over the conveyor belts to a release end of the conveyor belts.

A method for packaging articles in a box includes the steps of depositing at least one article in a mandrel, and folding a blank around the mandrel in correspondence with at least one folding line of the blank. The blank is folded along the folding line abutting the folding line and an edge of the mandrel only for a first part of the folding line, while a second part of the folding line remains not abutted by the mandrel.

A method for packaging articles in a box includes the steps of depositing at least one article in a mandrel, and folding a blank around the mandrel in correspondence with at least one folding line of the blank. The blank is folded along the folding line abutting the folding line and an edge of the mandrel only for a first part of the folding line, while a second part of the folding line remains not abutted by the mandrel.

A device for packaging articles in boxes includes a mandrel, configured to accommodate one or more of said articles inside it and to be wound at least partially by a blank to form a partially closed box, and a closing group provided to at least partially overlap and fix an outer flap of the blank on an inner flap of the blank. The closing group includes an abutting element movable with respect to the mandrel between a rest position, at least one folding position, and a pressure position, and a displacement member configured to displace the abutting element between the rest position, the at least one folding position, and the pressure position.

A packaging device for packaging articles in boxes includes a mandrel adapted to be wrapped at least partially by a blank to form a partially closed box, and a closing group arranged to at least partially overlap and fix an outer flap of the blank onto an inner flap of the blank. The closing group includes an abutting element and a displacement member. The abutting element is movable with respect to the mandrel between a rest position, in which the abutting element is in a remote position with respect to the mandrel, and a pressing position, in which the abutting element is in an abutting position to press the outer flap on the inner flap and against an abutment surface of said mandrel. The displacement member is configured to displace the abutting element between the rest position and the pressing position. The abutting element includes at least one contact surface intended to abut the mandrel at said abutment surface and one or more compensating elements configured to compensate for a misalignment between the abutment surface of the mandrel and the at least one contact surface of the abutting element.

A packaging device for packaging articles in boxes includes a mandrel adapted to be wrapped at least partially by a blank to form a partially closed box, and a closing group arranged to at least partially overlap and fix an outer flap of the blank onto an inner flap of the blank. The closing group includes an abutting element and a displacement member. The abutting element is movable with respect to the mandrel between a rest position, in which the abutting element is in a remote position with respect to the mandrel, and a pressing position, in which the abutting element is in an abutting position to press the outer flap on the inner flap and against an abutment surface of said mandrel. The displacement member is configured to displace the abutting element between the rest position and the pressing position. The abutting element includes at least one contact surface intended to abut the mandrel at said abutment surface and one or more compensating elements configured to compensate for a misalignment between the abutment surface of the mandrel and the at least one contact surface of the abutting element.

A diagnostic method for analysing the operation of an automatic machine which processes products in the tobacco industry includes the following steps: introducing into the machine an endoscopic probe whose shape and size correspond to the shape and size of the products the machine is designed to process and which the machine processes as if it were a real product. During processing in the machine, the probe acquires data through a sensor of its own. The method also includes determining the positions adopted by the probe while it is being processed in the machine and associating them with the data acquired by the probe while it is being processed in the machine.

A diagnostic method for analysing the operation of an automatic machine which processes products in the tobacco industry includes the following steps: introducing into the machine an endoscopic probe whose shape and size correspond to the shape and size of the products the machine is designed to process and which the machine processes as if it were a real product. During processing in the machine, the probe acquires data through a sensor of its own. The method also includes determining the positions adopted by the probe while it is being processed in the machine and associating them with the data acquired by the probe while it is being processed in the machine.

A method for packaging articles in a box includes the steps of depositing at least one article in a mandrel, and folding a blank around the mandrel in correspondence with at least one folding line of the blank. The blank is folded along the folding line abutting the folding line and an edge of the mandrel only for a first part of the folding line, while a second part of the folding line remains not abutted by the mandrel.