METHOD FOR PRODUCING PACKAGINGS AND PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD

Abstract

A method for producing packagings (12a; 12b), in particular cartons, wherein in at least one method step packaging parts (32a; 32b), in particular carton parts, are conveyed by means of a transport device (14a; 14b) having a planar drive, wherein the packaging parts (32a; 32b) are in each case moved via at least one platform (30a; 30b) of the transport device (14a; 14b) which is movable by the planar drive, and are processed during a movement that is induced by the platform (30a; 30b), wherein at least one processing step for producing a packaging (12a; 12b) from a packaging part (32a; 32b) is realized at least partly by a force generated by the at least one movable platform (30a; 30b).

Claims

1. A method for producing packagings (12a; 12b), wherein in at least one method step packaging parts (32a; 32b) are conveyed by a transport device (14a; 14b) having a planar drive, wherein the packaging parts (32a; 32b) are in each case moved via at least one platform (30a; 30b) of the transport device (14a; 14b) which is movable by the planar drive, and are processed during a movement that is induced by the platform (30a; 30b), wherein at least one processing step for producing a packaging (12a; 12b) from a packaging part (32a; 32b) is realized at least partly by a force generated by the at least one movable platform (30a; 30b).

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein for an execution of processing steps for producing a packaging (12a; 12b), in at least one method step a packaging part (32a; 32b) passes through a plurality of packaging stations (16a, 18a, 20a, 22a; 18b; 20b; 22b) in succession during a transport via a movable platform (30a; 30b).

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein for producing a packaging (12a; 12b) from a packaging part (32a; 32b), in at least one method step at least one processing step is executed by at least two movable platforms (30a; 30b) moving relative to each other.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein in at least one method step at least one processing step for producing a packaging (12a; 12b) from a packaging part (32a; 32b) is executed by a direct interaction of the packaging part (32a; 32b) moving via a movable platform (30a; 30b) with a tool ((50a, 56a, 60a; 56b, 60b) that is implemented at least substantially immobile relative to the movable platform (30a; 30b).

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein for producing a packaging (12a; 12b), in at least one method step an adhesive material is applied onto a packaging part (32a; 32b) by a tool (56a; 56b) during a movement of the packaging part (32a; 32b) that is transported via a movable platform (30a; 30b) or several movable platforms (30a; 30b).

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein for producing a packaging (12a; 12b), in at least one method step a packaging part (32a; 32b) that is transported via a movable platform (30a; 30b) or several movable platforms (30a; 30b) is folded during a movement.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein for producing a packaging (12a; 12b), in at least one method step a packaging part (32a; 32b) that is transported via several movable platforms (30a; 30b) is rotated around at least one axis by a relative movement of the movable platforms (30a; 30b).

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the packaging parts (32a; 32b) are transported by the transport device (14a; 14b) along one of at least two different possible predetermined production paths (38a, 40a, 42a; 38b, 40b), wherein for checking a processing step in at least one method step packaging parts (32a; 32b) are conveyed on a movable platform (30a; 30b), instead of via one of the production paths (38a, 40a, 42a; 38b, 40b), onto another production path (38a, 40a, 42a; 38b, 40b).

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein in at least one method step products are put into packagings (12a) or packaging parts (32a) during a transport by the transport device (14a), wherein at least one movable platform (30a) actuates a product feed (24a) of a plurality of product feeds (24a) depending on an availability of products at the respective product feed (24a).

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein in at least one method step a plurality of different packaging types is produced at least substantially simultaneously by the transport device (14a; 14b), wherein for producing one of the packaging types, the movable platforms (30a; 30b) of the transport device (14a; 14b) are moved, depending in each case on a type of a packaging part (32a; 32b) transported via the respective platform (30a; 30b), on a predetermined production path (38a, 40a, 42a; 38b, 40b) that is assigned to the respective packaging type.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein in at least one method step, for a transport of a packaging part (32a; 32b), for a processing step for producing a packaging (12a; 12b), at least one movable platform (30a; 30b) is moved in a direction that is oriented transversally to a stator (26a; 26b) of the transport device (14a; 14b), wherein the packaging part (32a; 32b) is at least partly deformed in the processing step.

12. A packaging system for executing a method (100a; 100b) for producing packagings (12a; 12b) according to claim 1, wherein the packaging system comprises: at least one transport device (14a; 14b) for conveying packaging parts (32a; 32b), wherein the transport device (14a; 14b) comprises a planar drive and at least one platform (30a; 30b) which is movable by the planar drive.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] Further advantages will become apparent from the following description of the drawing. In the drawing two exemplary embodiments of the invention are illustrated. The drawing, the description and the claims contain a plurality of features in combination. Someone skilled in the art will purposefully also consider the features individually and will find further expedient combinations.

[0026] It is shown in:

[0027] FIG. 1 a schematic illustration of a packaging system according to the invention for executing a method according to the invention for producing packagings, with a transport device having a planar drive,

[0028] FIG. 2 a schematic illustration of an exemplary progression of the method according to the invention for producing packagings,

[0029] FIG. 3 a schematic diagram regarding processing steps, for a production of packagings, on a packaging part during a transport by the transport device having a planar drive, and

[0030] FIG. 4 a schematic illustration of an alternative implementation of a packaging system according to the invention for executing a method according to the invention for producing packagings, with a transport device having a planar drive.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] In FIG. 1 a packaging system 10a for producing packagings 12a and for loading the packagings 12a during production is shown in a schematic plan view. The packaging system 10a is configured for an execution of a method 100a for producing packagings 12a (see FIG. 2). The packaging system 10a comprises a transport device 14a having a planar drive (not shown in detail in the figures), a plurality of packaging stations 16a, 18a, 20a, 22a which are in each case arranged on the transport device 14a, and a plurality of product feeds 24a, which are in each case arranged on the transport device 14a. The transport device 14a comprises a stator 26a which forms an effective surface 28a, and a plurality of movable platforms 30a, which are movable along the effective surface 28a via the stator 26a. In particular, the stator 26a is embodied as part of the planar drive. The movable platforms 30a are implemented such that they are movable in a driven manner via the planar drive along the stator 26a, in particular the effective surface 28a of the stator 26a. The transport device 14a is configured to move the platforms 30a along the effective surface 28a at a distance from the stator 26a, in particular from the effective surface 28a, in particular at least substantially parallel to the effective surface 28a and/or to a main extension plane of the stator 26a. The stator 26a is configured to subject the platforms 30a in each case, via a magnetic field, to a force directed toward the effective surface 28a. The effective surface 28a delimits a plurality of pass-throughs for a flow-through of air (not shown in the figures), distributed over an entire area of the effective surface 28a. The stator 26a is configured to hold the platforms 30a in each case in a state of being at a distanced from the effective surface 28a via the air, in particular via an airgap between the platforms 30a and the stator 26a. A movement of the individual platforms 30a along the effective surface 28a is realized by a reluctance force between the stator 26a, in particular a region of the stator 26a in which the respective platform 30 is to move, and the respective platform 30a. Preferably the stator 26a is configured to adjust a minimal distance at which the platforms 30a move along the stator 26a in each case by an adaption of a flow-through of air and/or by an adaption of the magnetic field in a region in which the respective platform 30a is arranged on the stator 26a, in particular on the effective surface 28a, wherein the platforms 30a in particular move in each case, in a direction that is oriented transversally to the stator 26a, away from the stator 26a, in particular from the effective surface 28a, or towards the stator 26a, in particular towards the effective surface 28a. Preferentially the packaging system 10a is configured for a production of the packagings 12a from packaging parts 32a. Preferably the packaging system 10a is configured to fill the packagings 12a/packaging parts 32a with products during a production of the packagings 12a. In particular, the packaging system 10a is configured to produce respectively one of the packagings 12a from one of the packaging parts 32a. It is also conceivable that the packagings 12a are in each case produced from a plurality of packaging parts. The packaging parts 32a are embodied as carton parts, in particular as carton blanks. In particular, the packaging system 10a and/or the method 100a are/is configured for producing carton packagings. However, other implementations of the packaging parts 32a and/or of the packagings 12a are also conceivable. The platforms 30a of the transport device 14a are in each case implemented so as to be plate-shaped. The platforms 30a of the transport device 14a in each case have a support surface 33a for laying the packaging parts 32a thereupon.

[0032] The packaging system 10a comprises two loading units 34a, which are configured to transfer respectively one packaging part 32a to the transport device 14a. The loading units 34a are in each case configured for transferring one of two different packaging parts 32a, which are in each case configured for a production of one of two different packaging types. The two loading units 34a are arranged side by side on the transport device 14a and are in each case configured to transfer the respective packaging parts 32a to respectively two of the movable platforms 30a in one point of the transfer device 14a. In particular, in a transfer to the transport device 14a, the packaging parts 32a are in each case laid upon two of the movable platforms 30a, such that the individual packaging parts 32a are preferably supported by the two platforms 30a. Alternatively, it is conceivable that the packaging parts 32a are in each case supported by only one movable platform 30a (see FIG. 4) or by more than two movable platforms 30a, and/or that the individual packaging parts 32a are clamped between the two platforms 30a for a transport.

[0033] The stator 26a of the transport device 14a has a closed effective surface 28a. Alternatively, it is also conceivable that the transport device 14a comprises more than one stator 26a and/or that the stator 26a comprises several effective surfaces 28a implemented separately from one another, wherein in the production by the packaging system 10a, in particular the packaging parts 32a, respectively the packagings 12a, are transferred from an effective surface 28a to another effective surface 28a by a transfer unit, for example conveyor belts, robot arms, suction cups or the like. It is conceivable that the packaging parts 32a, respectively the packagings 12a, are transferred with the platform/s 30a which transport the respective packaging part 32a, respectively the respective packaging 12a. The packaging system 10a comprises a control unit 36a, which is configured to control the movable platforms 30a via the stator 26a, respectively the planar drive, during a movement along the effective surface 28a. The control unit 36a is in particular configured to control the movable platforms 30a in such a way that packaging parts 32a/packagings 12a transported via the platforms 30a are moved along a designated production path 38a, 40a, 42a along the stator 26a, in particular along the effective surface 28a.

[0034] The packaging system 10a implements by the transport device 14a, in particular by the platforms 30a which are movable on the stator 26a, a plurality of production paths 38a, 40a, 42a. Preferentially, for a production of a packaging 12a and/or for a filling, the packaging parts 32a are respectively moved via the platforms 30a along one of the production paths 38a, 40a, 42a. The production paths 38a, 40a, 42a in each case extend over a different number of packaging stations 16a, 18a, 20a, 22a, respectively over different ones of the packaging stations 16a, 18a, 20a, 22a of the packaging system 10a. The packaging system 10a comprises a first packaging station 16a and a further first packaging station 16a′, which are in each case configured for folding packaging parts 32a when the packaging parts 32a are moved past them via the platforms 30a. The packaging parts 32a in each case have several pre-fold seams 44a (see FIG. 3), via which in each case a wall 46a and a further wall 48a of the packaging parts 32a (see FIG. 3) are connected with each other. During a transport via the platforms 30a, wherein the packaging parts 32a are in particular moved through the first packaging station 16a or through the further first packaging station 16a′, the packaging parts 32a are folded at the pre-fold seams 44a, wherein in particular the walls 46a are moved relative to the further walls 48a. The first packaging station 16a is configured to process packaging parts 32a for a production of a first packaging type. The further first packaging station 16a′ is configured to process packaging parts 32a for a production of a second packaging type. Alternatively, it is conceivable that a single first packaging station 16a or two at least substantially identically constructed first packaging stations 16a is/are configured for a folding of the packaging parts 32a, wherein for example, depending on the respective packaging type, a movement of the packaging parts 32a, when moving through the first packaging station 16a via the transport device 14a, in particular the stator 26a, in each case follows a different movement path, in particular such that the different packaging types get folded in different ways. The production paths 38a, 40a, 42a of the packaging system 10a in each case run through the first packaging station 16a or the further first packaging station 16a′. The first packaging station 16a and the further first packaging station 16a′ respectively comprise a plurality of tools 50a, which are embodied as slotted-link elements (see also FIG. 3). The tools 50a of the first packaging station 16a and the further first packaging station 16a′ are in each case implemented at least substantially immobile. In particular, for an interaction with one of the tools 50a of the first packaging station 16a and the further first packaging station 16a′, the packaging parts 32a are configured to be brought into contact with the respective tool 50a via the platforms 30a, wherein in particular the packaging parts 32a are in each case folded/processed. The tools 50a of the first packaging station 16a and the further first packaging station 16a′ are in each case configured, in a movement of the packaging parts 32a via the platforms 30a, to interact with a wall 46a, 48a of the packaging parts 32a, wherein in particular the respective wall 46a, 48a is moved relative to one or several other wall/s 46a, 48a of the packaging part 32a, wherein in particular the packaging part 32a is folded. The first packaging station 16a and the further first packaging station 16a′ are in each case configured to fold the packaging parts 32a in such a way that a respective packaging volume 52a (see FIG. 3) is delimited by walls 46a, 48a of the individual packaging parts 32a. In particular, the packaging parts 32a/packagings 12a are configured to respectively receive products via the packaging volume 52a.

[0035] Downstream of the first packaging station 16a, respectively the further first packaging station 16a′, in particular viewed along the production paths 38a, 40a, 42a, the product feeds 24a of the packaging system 10a are arranged. Preferentially the product feeds 24a form a filling station 54a of the packaging system 10a. In particular, the platforms 30a are configured, during a transport after leaving the first packaging station 16a or the further first packaging station 16a′, to move the packaging parts 32a through one of the product feeds 24a. The packaging system 10a comprises three product feeds 24a, which are in particular arranged side by side at the transport device 14a. The product feeds 24a are in each case configured for filling a product into the processed packaging parts 32a, in particular while the packaging parts 32a are moved past or below them. The product feeds 24a are in each case configured to output a same product type. Alternatively, it is conceivable that different product feeds 24a are configured for filling the packaging parts 32a each with a different product type. Alternatively or additionally, it is conceivable that the packaging system 10a comprises only one product feed 24a (see FIG. 4) or two product feeds 24a or more than three product feeds 24a. In particular, the product feeds 24a are configured in each case to put a respective predetermined quantity of products into the individual packaging parts 32a. In particular, the platforms 30a are configured, preferably by way of an actuation by the control unit 36a, to actuate a respective product feed 24a of the plurality of product feeds 24a of the transport device 14a, depending on an availability of products at the respective product feed 24a. Preferably, for a filling of the packaging part 32a transported on a respective production path 38a, 40a, 42a with products, the production paths 38a, 40a, 42a in each case run past at least one product feed 24a.

[0036] Downstream of the filling station 54a and/or of the product feeds 24a, in particular viewed along at least one of the production paths 38a, 40a, 42a, a second packaging station 18a is arranged. The second packaging station 18a comprises a tool 56a, which is realized as an exit opening and is implemented for outputting an adhesive material. Preferentially the second packaging station 18a, in particular the tool 56a of the second packaging station 18a, is configured, in a movement of the packaging parts 32a through the second packaging station 18a via the platforms 30a, to apply the adhesive material onto designated points of the packaging part 32a. The tool 56a of the second packaging station 18a is implemented at least substantially immobile, wherein in particular the packaging parts 32a are moved via the platforms 30a to the tool 56a with the points of the packaging parts 32a which are to be provided with the adhesive material, wherein in particular the packaging parts 32a respectively interact with the tool 56a of the second packaging station 18a. Alternatively it is conceivable that, instead of or in addition to gluing, packagings 12a are for example stuck together, riveted and/or clamped by means of the packaging system 10a.

[0037] The packaging system 10a comprises a third packaging station 20a, which is in particular configured for an inspection of processed and/or filled packaging parts 32a. The third packaging station 20a comprises a camera 58a for a registration of packaging parts 32a which are moved through the third packaging station 20a via movable platforms 30a. However, different implementations of the third packaging station 20a are also conceivable, for example with a scanner for a registration of an identifier marking on the packaging parts 32a, with a distance meter for a registration of outer dimensions of the individual packaging parts 32a, or the like. For example, the third packaging station 20a is configured for registering, in particular by means of the camera, a shape of the respective packaging part 32a, a filling level of the respective packaging part 32a, a quantity of the adhesive material and/or an area of the respective packaging part 32a that is covered in the adhesive material, or the like. In particular, only part of the production paths 38a, 40a, 42a of the packaging system 10a runs through the third packaging station 20a. It is conceivable that the transport device 14a is configured and/or actuated such that packaging parts 32a are moved via the platforms 30a from the first packaging station 16a or the further first packaging station 16a′, from the filling station 54a and/or from one of the product feeds 24a and/or from the second packaging station 18a to the third packaging station 20a, in particular directly. It is conceivable that a packaging part 32a is moved to the third packaging station 20a only at regular intervals, for example at predetermined time intervals and/or following a given number of processed packaging parts 32a. For example, it is conceivable that a packaging part 32a passes through the third packaging station 20a directly after a processing by the first packaging station 16a or the further first packaging station 16a′. Alternatively or additionally, it is conceivable that a packaging part 32a passes through the third packaging station 20a directly after a processing by the second packaging station 18a. Preferably the transport device 14a is configured to transport the packaging parts 32a via the platforms 30a, after passing through the third packaging station 20a, to one of the product feeds 24a, to the third packaging station 20a or to one of two fourth packaging stations 22a of the packaging system 10a, in particular depending on which stations of the packaging system 10a the respective packaging part 32a has already passed through before the third packaging station 20a.

[0038] The two fourth packaging stations 22a are arranged downstream of the second packaging station 18a and/or of the third packaging station 20a, in particular viewed along the respective production path 38a, 40a, 42a. The two fourth packaging stations 22a are realized so as to be substantially identical with regard to their construction. Alternatively, it is conceivable that the two fourth packaging stations 22a are in each case configured for a processing of one of the two different packaging types. The two fourth packaging stations 22a are in each case configured to close packaging parts 32a which move past via the platforms 30a by means of a tool 60a that is embodied as a slotted link, wherein in particular the packaging volume 52a is closed and/or at least a region of the respective packaging part 32a is pressed onto a point of the respective packaging part 32a that is covered in the adhesive material. The tools 60a of the two fourth packaging stations 22a are in each case implemented at least substantially immobile. Preferentially the two fourth packaging stations 22a, in particular the tools 60a of the two fourth packaging stations 22a, are in each case configured for processing the packaging parts 32a independently from the respective packaging type. The transport device 14a is configured for moving the platforms 30a, in a movement through one of the two fourth packaging stations 22a, depending on a packaging type assigned to the respective packaging part 32a, at different minimal distances from the stator 26, in particular the effective surface 28a of the stator 26a. In particular, the platforms 30a are implemented so as to be movable by the stator 26a transversally to the stator 26a, in particular the effective surface 28a. Preferably, for a closing of the packaging part 32a, the platforms 30a are configured, when passing through one of the fourth packaging stations 22a, respectively when moving past the tool 60a of one of the fourth packaging stations 22a, to be moved transversally to the effective surface 28a into a predetermined height relative to the tool 60a, depending on the packaging type of the packaging part 32a transported via the respective platforms 30a. It is conceivable that the packaging parts 32a move along the stator 26a via the platforms 30a in subregions of one of the production paths 38a, 40a, 42a with a different speed than in the remaining portion of the respective production path 38a, 40a, 42a. For example, the packaging parts 32a move via the platforms 30a, in a region of the two fourth packaging stations 22a, with a smaller speed than in a region before the two fourth packaging stations 22a, in particular in order to ensure a sufficiently long drying period for the adhesive material. Alternatively, it is conceivable that the platforms 30a with the packaging parts 32a move in subregions of the stator 26a faster or that they move over the entire stator 26a at a speed that remains substantially constant. In particular, the transport device 14a is configured to distribute the packaging parts 32a to the two fourth packaging stations 22a via the movable platforms 30a, wherein in particular a throughput of packaging parts 32a to be processed through the two fourth packaging stations 22a is substantially the same.

[0039] The packaging system 10a comprises two removal units 62a, which are configured for removing the completed, in particular processed and filled, packagings 12a from the transport device 14a, in particular from the platforms 30a. For example, the removal units 62a respectively comprise at least one gripper or sucker or clamp or a different gripping and/or removal element. Alternatively, it is conceivable that the removal units 62a are in each case embodied as a conveyor belt, wherein in particular the platforms 30a are configured, for example by a movement relative to each other, to push and/or drop the packagings 12a on one of the removal units 62a respectively. It is conceivable that the removal units 62a remove the packagings 12a and the respectively two platforms 30a transporting the individual packagings 12a together or separately from one another, the removed platforms 30a being preferably configured to be re-arranged on the stator 26a via one of the loading units 34a together with packaging parts 32a. Alternatively it is conceivable that, following the removal of the packagings 12a, the non-loaded platforms 30a are moved back to the loading units 34a via the stator 26a. It is conceivable that the stator 26a forms a re-conveying path (not shown in FIG. 1), which is configured to convey the non-loaded platforms 30a back to the loading units 34a separately from the platforms 30a loaded with packaging parts 32a.

[0040] The production paths 38a, 40a, 42a of the transport device 14a and/or the movement paths of the movable platforms 30a for a transport of the packaging parts 32a are preferably individually adjustable, in particular for the different packaging types, by means of the control unit 36a. Preferentially the individual movable platforms 30a of the transport device 14a are individually controllable by means of the control unit 36a. In particular, the control unit 36a is configured, in each case depending on a packaging type of the packaging part 32a transported via the respective platform 30a, to control the movable platforms 30a automatically and/or via a process parameter given by a user.

[0041] It is conceivable that one or several packaging station/s 16a, 18a, 20a, 22a of the packaging system 10a comprises/comprise movable tools for a processing of the packaging parts 32a, for example as a robot arm or as a pivoting arm, or on a robot arm or on a pivoting arm, or the like. It is conceivable that the platforms 30a comprise holding elements for fixing a packaging part 32a that is to be transported, for example at least one gripper or sucker, or via a negative pressure at the support surface 33a, or the like. In addition, implementations of the transport device 14a are conceivable in which the packaging parts 32a are transported while suspended from the platforms 30a. Generally, further implementations of the packaging system 10a are also conceivable, for example implementations having a different number and/or sequence and/or different embodiments of packaging stations 16a, 18a, 20a, 22a, product feeds 24a and/or production paths 38a, 40a, 42a (see for example FIG. 4) and/or additional packaging stations. The packaging system 10a described in FIGS. 1 to 3, in particular the transport device 14a as well, shall not be limited to the number of packaging stations 16a, 18a, 20a, 22a, product feeds 24a and/or production paths 38a, 40a, 42a described here.

[0042] In FIG. 2 an exemplary progression of the method 100a for producing packagings 12a by means of the packaging system 10a is illustrated schematically. The packaging parts 32a are transported by means of the transport device 14a along one of several different possible predetermined production paths 38a, 40a, 42a. Two different packaging types are produced at least substantially simultaneously by means of the packaging system 10a, respectively the transport device 14a.

[0043] In a method step 102a of the method 100a, the packaging parts 32a are transferred to the transport device 14a via the two loading units 34a, and are in particular in each case laid upon two of the movable platforms 30a, in particular upon the support surfaces 33a of the movable platforms 30a. For producing one of the packaging types, the movable platforms 30a of the transport device 14a are in each case moved, depending on a type of the packaging part 32a transported via the respective platform 30a, on a predetermined production path 38a, 40a, 42a assigned to the respective packaging type (see FIG. 1).

[0044] In a further method step 104a of the method 100a, the packaging parts 32a are conveyed by means of the transport device 14a having a planar drive, wherein the packaging parts 32a are in each case moved via two of the platforms 30a of the transport device 14a which are movable by means of the planar drive, and are processed during a movement induced by the platform 30a. The processing steps, carried out via the packaging stations 16a, 18a, 20a, 22a for a production of the packagings 12a from the packaging parts 32a, are in each case realized at least partly by a force induced by the movable platforms 30a. During a transport via the movable platforms 30a, for executing several processing steps for a production of a packaging, the packaging parts 32a successively pass through at least part of the packaging stations 16a, 18a, 20a, 22a of the packaging system 10a.

[0045] In a further method step 106a of the method 100a, the packaging parts 32a are moved through one of the first packaging stations 16a, 16a′, in particular the first packaging station 16a or the further first packaging station 16a′, in particular depending on a packaging type that is to be produced from the respective packaging part 32a. For producing the packagings 12a, in a method step of the method 100a, in particular the method step 106a, the packaging parts 32a, transported in each case via two movable platforms 30a, are in each case folded during a movement by means of the tools 50a of one of the first packaging stations 16a, 16a′. In particular, in a folding of the packaging parts 32a, in each case the packaging volume 52a is formed from walls 46a, 48a of the individual packaging parts 32a. In a method step of the method 100a, in particular the method step 106a, a processing step is executed for producing the packagings 12a from the packaging parts 32a, in particular for folding, by a direct interaction of the packaging parts 32a, which in each case move via two movable platforms 30a, with the tools 50a of one of the first packaging stations 16a, 16a′, which are implemented at least substantially immobile relative to the movable platform 30a. Preferably the packaging parts 32a, implemented as carton blanks, are erected by one of the first packaging stations 16a, 16a′.

[0046] In a further method step 108a of the method 100a, the packaging parts 32a are moved to one of the product feeds 24a via the movable platforms 30a. In a method step of the method 100a, in particular the method step 108a, products are put into the processed, in particular folded, packaging parts 32a, in particular into the packaging volumes 52a, during a transport by the transport device 14a, wherein the movable platform 30a actuates a product feed 24a of the plurality of product feeds 24a of the transport device 14a, depending on an availability of products at the respective product feed 14a.

[0047] In a further method step 110a of the method 100a, during a movement of the packaging parts 32a which are in each case transported via two of the movable platforms 30a, the adhesive material is applied onto the individual packaging parts 32a by the tool 54a of the second packaging station 18a for a production of the packagings 12a. In a method step of the method 100a, in particular the method step 110a, a processing step, in particular the application of the adhesive material, for producing the packagings 12a from the packaging parts 32a is brought about by two movable platforms 30a moving relative to each other. In a method step of the method 100a, in particular the method step 110a, the packaging parts 32a, transported in each case via two movable platforms 30a, are rotated around at least one axis by a relative movement of the movable platforms 30a for a production of the packagings 12a, in particular for an application of the adhesive material.

[0048] In a further method step 112a of the method 100a, individual packaging parts 32a are moved through the third packaging station 20a, wherein in particular those points of the packaging parts 32a are checked which were provided with the adhesive material. Alternatively or additionally, it is conceivable that individual packaging parts 32a are moved through the third packaging station 20a after folding, after filling and/or after closing, in particular for the purpose of checking a shape of the processed packaging part 32a, a filling quantity and/or a gluing point of the processed and/or filled packaging part 32a and/or of a closure region of the produced packaging 12a. In a method step of the method 100a, in particular the method step 112a, for checking a previously executed processing step, at regular intervals a portion of the transported packaging parts 32a is deflected onto a different production path 40a, 42a, which in particular comprises the third packaging station 20a. It is thus conceivable that the method step 112a is carried out at a different stage of the method 100a, for example following one of the method steps 102a, 104a, 106a, 108a. Preferably, at the third packaging station 20a, the packaging parts 32a are rotated around at least one axis by a relative movement of the two movable platforms 30a transporting the respective packaging part 32a for the purpose of checking, in particular via the camera 58a, in particular for a complete registration of the packaging part 32a that is to be checked. It is conceivable that for an evaluation, the data captured via the camera 58a for checking the packaging parts 32a are processed by means of a computing unit and/or control unit of the third packaging station 20a and/or by means of the control unit 36a. If deficiencies are detected in the checking process, it is conceivable that the respective packaging part 32a is removed from the transport device 14a and/or further packaging parts 32a are checked.

[0049] In a further method step 114a of the method 100a, the packaging parts 32a are moved via the movable platforms 30a through one of the two fourth packaging stations 22a for closing and/or producing the filled packagings 12a. Preferentially the packaging parts 32a are closed by means of the tool 60a of one of the fourth packaging stations 22a. In particular, the packaging parts 32a directly interact with one of the tools 60a of one of the fourth packaging stations 22a for closing, wherein during a movement via the movable platforms 30a relative to the respective tool 60a, the packaging parts 32a are subjected to a force by means of the respective tool 60a by moving and approaching via the platforms 30a. In a method step of the method 100a, in particular the method step 114a, for a transport of the packaging parts 32a and for closing the packaging parts 32, the movable platforms 30a are in each case moved in a direction that is oriented transversally to the stator 26a of the transport device 14a for a processing step, in particular for closing, in particular depending on the respective packaging type, wherein the packaging part 32a transported via the respective platform 30a is at least partly deformed in the processing step. Preferentially the packaging parts 32a are lifted or lowered via the platforms 30a to a predetermined height relative to the tool 60a, such that the tool 60a is appropriate for a closing of the respective packaging type.

[0050] In a further method step 116a of the method 100a, the finished, in particular closed and filled, packagings 12a are removed, for example lifted, slid or pushed, from the movable platforms 30a by means of the removal units 62a.

[0051] In FIG. 2 an exemplary implementation of the method 100a is described. The sequence of the method steps 102a, 104a, 106a, 108a, 110a, 112a, 114a, 116a of the method 100a applies for individual packaging parts 32a for a production of the packagings 12a, wherein in particular the method steps 102a, 104a, 106a, 108a, 110a, 112a, 114a, 116a are gone through in such a sequence substantially simultaneously by a plurality of packaging parts 32a during the method 100a. Other implementations of the method 100a are also conceivable, for example with a different sequence of the method steps 102a, 104a, 106a, 108a, 110a, 112a, 114a, 116a and/or with a different number of method steps. In addition, it is conceivable that in the method 100a the packaging parts 32a are printed and/or something is pasted on the packaging parts 32a, for example at one of the packaging stations 16a, 16a′, 18a, 20a, 22a of the packaging system 10a or at a different further packaging station. It is conceivable that a pasting and/or a printing of the packaging parts 32a will be checked in at least one method step of the method, for example the method step 112a. For example, it is conceivable that a logo, a sell-by date, or something like that is printed or pasted onto the packaging parts 32a. In addition, it is conceivable that only part of the transported packaging parts 32a is printed/pasted, for example only every fourth packaging part 32a. Alternatively or additionally, it is conceivable that the packaging parts 32a and/or the packagings 12a are weighed during the transport, for example by the third packaging station 20a or by a different further packaging station of the packaging system 10a. It is in particular conceivable that for a weighing the packaging parts 32a/packagings 12a are shortly removed from the platforms 30a or that they are weighed together with the platforms 30a.

[0052] In FIG. 3, by way of example, several processing steps for folding, closing and inspecting a packaging 12a, respectively a packaging part 32a, are shown schematically together with the tools 50a, 56a, 60a which are provided therefor. In particular, in FIG. 3 the processing steps are not shown in the afore-described sequence predetermined by the transport device 14a but as a schematic diagram with a packaging part 32a. The tools 50a, 60a, which are embodied as slotted links, in each case have an at least partially round form-fitting surface 64a for an even movement of a wall 46a of a packaging part 32a which is to be folded, to be deformed and/or to be closed. The packaging parts 32a are moved to the respective tool 50a, 56a, 60a via the platforms 30a along a predetermined processing direction 66a. The wall to be processed 46a of the individual packaging parts 32a is in each case moved to the form-fitting surface/s 64a of the respective tool 50a, 60a via the platforms 30a. The form-fitting surfaces 64a of the tools 50a, 60a embodied as slotted links are in each case configured to interact with the respective wall to be processed 46a of the packaging parts 32a, wherein in particular the wall 46a is moved, in particular bent/folded, relative to the remaining portion of the packaging part 32a. In particular, in an interaction with one of the tools 50a, 60a that are embodied as slotted links, the walls to be processed 46a of the packaging parts 32a are moved around a pre-fold seam 44a, which preferably extends substantially in a straight line. In a closing of the packaging parts 32a, in each case, by an interaction with at least one tool 50a, 60a embodied as a slotted link, at least one cover wall 68a of the packaging parts 32a is folded in such a way that the packaging volume 52a of the respective packaging part 32a is realized so as to be completely enclosed by the walls 46a, 48a of the packaging part 32a, which in particular comprise the at least one cover wall 68a. In particular, the filled-in products are arranged within the packaging volume 52a and are at least substantially completely enclosed by the walls 46a, 48a of the packaging part 32a.

[0053] In FIG. 4 a further exemplary embodiment of the invention is shown. The following description and the drawing are substantially limited to the differences between the exemplary embodiments wherein principally, regarding components having the same denomination, in particular regarding components having the same reference numerals, the drawings and/or the description of the respective other exemplary embodiment, in particular of FIGS. 1 to 3, may be referred to. For distinguishing between the exemplary embodiments, the letter a has been added to the reference numerals of the exemplary embodiment in FIGS. 1 to 3. In the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 4 the letter a has been substituted by the letter b.

[0054] In FIG. 4 an alternative implementation of a packaging system 10b for producing packagings 12b is illustrated. The packaging system 10b is configured for executing a method 100b for producing packagings 12b, which is preferentially realized essentially analogously to the method 100a described in FIG. 2, wherein preferably in a method step of the method 100b packaging parts 32b, in particular realized as carton parts/carton blanks, are conveyed via a transport device 14b having a planar drive of the packaging system 10b, wherein the packaging parts 32b are in each case moved via at least one platform 30b of the transport device 14b, which is movable by means of the planar drive, and are processed during a movement induced by the platform 30b, wherein at least one processing step for producing a packaging 12b from a packaging part 32b is brought about at least partly by a force induced by the at least one movable platform 30b. The packaging system 10b comprises the transport device 14b having a planar drive, a plurality of packaging stations 18b, 20b, 22b, in each case arranged at the transport device 14b, and a product feed 24b arranged at the transport device 14b. The packaging system 10b shown in FIG. 4 is implemented at least substantially identically to the packaging system 10a illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3. Therefore, the description of FIGS. 1 to 3 is generally referred to for a description of similar components of the packaging system 10b. Differently than in the packaging system 10a shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the packaging system 10b shown in FIG. 4 comprises only one product feed 24b, only one loading unit 34b, only one removal unit 62b and preferably a different number of packaging stations 18b, 20b, 22b. The loading unit 34b is configured to transfer to the transport device 14b packaging parts 32b which are already pre-formed and glued or premounted in a different fashion. The transport device 14b is configured for moving the individual packaging parts 32b in each case via a movable platform 30b along a stator 26b of the transport device 14b, in particular along an effective surface 28b of the stator 26b. The transport device 14b, in particular the individual platforms 30b, is/are configured—in particular after a transfer by the loading unit 34b— to rotate the packaging parts 32b around an axis that is vertical, in particular relative to the effective surface 28b, and to move them to the product feed 24b. The product feed 24b is configured for filling the packaging parts 32b with products. It is conceivable that the product feed 24b is configured for filling several packaging parts 32b with products in succession or substantially simultaneously. The transport device 14b is configured to move the packaging parts 32b via the movable platforms 30b downstream of the product feed 24b to a first packaging station 18b. The first packaging station 18b is in particular substantially identical to the second packaging station 18a of the packaging system 10a described in FIGS. 1 to 3. The first packaging station 18b comprises a tool 56b, which is embodied as an exit opening and is implemented for outputting an adhesive material. Preferentially, the first packaging station 18b, in particular the tool 56b of the first packaging station 18b, is configured, in a movement of the packaging parts 32b via the platforms 30b through the first packaging station 18b, to apply the adhesive material onto designated points of the packaging parts 32b. The tool 56b of the first packaging station 18b is implemented at least substantially immobile relative to the platforms 30b, wherein in particular the packaging parts 32b are moved via the platforms 30b to the tool 56b with those points of the packaging parts 32b that are to be provided with the adhesive material, wherein in particular the packaging parts 32b respectively interact with the tool 56b of the first packaging station 18b. Alternatively it is conceivable that, instead of or in addition to a gluing, packagings 12b are for example stuck together, riveted and/or clamped via the packaging system 10b. Preferentially, when passing through the first packaging station 18b, the individual packaging parts 32b are rotated around an axis that is oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to the effective surface 28b via a respective one of the movable platforms 30b. It is also conceivable that the movable platforms 30b are in each case configured for moving the individual packaging parts 32b, when passing through the first packaging station 18b, in a direction that is oriented transversally to the stator 26b, in particular to the effective surface 28b. For example, the movable platforms 30b are in each case configured for moving the individual packaging parts 32b, when moving past the tool 56b of the first packaging station 18b, temporarily away from the stator 26b in a direction oriented transversally to the stator 26b, in particular to the effective surface 28b, so as to enable the tool 56b to apply the adhesive material onto a point of the packaging part 32b. The transport device 14b is configured to move packaging parts 32b at regular intervals downstream of the first packaging station 18b to a second packaging station 20b. The second packaging station 20b is configured for checking the, in particular processed and/or filled, packaging parts 32b. In particular, the second packaging station 20b is implemented substantially identically to the third packaging station 20a of the packaging system 10a described in FIGS. 1 to 3. Preferably the transport device 14b is configured, after a predetermined number in a sequence of processed packaging parts 32b and/or respectively after a predetermined time interval, to move a packaging part 32b to the second packaging station 20b, for example every 10th packaging part 32b and/or one packaging part 32b per minute. The second packaging station 20b comprises a camera 58b for a registration of the packaging parts 32b transported on the movable platforms 30b. The transport device 14b is preferably configured to rotate the packaging parts 32b via the respective movable platform 30b around an axis at the second packaging station 20b, in particular in a registering range of the camera 58b. This in particular allows complete registration of the respective packaging part 32b for the purpose of checking the packaging part 32b, for example a shape, a filling level and/or gluing points of the packaging part 32b. The transport device 14b is configured to move the packaging parts 32b via the movable platforms 30b on different production paths 38b, 40b, wherein in particular one production path 38b extends through the first packaging station 18b and the second packaging station 20b is omitted, and preferentially a further production path 40b extends through the first packaging station 18b and the second packaging station 20b in succession.

[0055] The transport device 14b is configured, depending on a production path 38b, 40b on which the respective packaging part 32b is transported, to move the packaging parts 32b downstream of the first packaging station 18b, respectively of the second packaging station 20b, to a third packaging station 22b. The third packaging station 22b is configured for closing packaging parts 32b, which move past the third packaging station 22b via the platforms 30b, by means of a tool 60b that is implemented as a slotted link, wherein in particular a packaging volume 52b is closed and/or at least one region of the respective packaging part 32b is pressed onto a point of the respective packaging part 32b that is covered in the adhesive material. The tool 60b of the third packaging station 22b is implemented at least substantially immobile. The third packaging station 22b, in particular the tool 60b of the third packaging station 22b, is configured for processing the packaging parts 32b independently from a course of their production path 38b, 40b. It is conceivable that the transport device 14b is configured to move the packaging parts 32b along the stator 26b via the platforms 30b at different speeds in different subregions of a production path 38b, 40b. For example, it is conceivable that the transport device 14b is configured to move the packaging parts 32b for a registration by the camera 58b in the second packaging station 20b at a lower speed than, for example, in a region between the product feed 24b and the first packaging station 18b, or in particular to shortly stop the packaging parts 32b completely. Alternatively or additionally, it is conceivable that the transport device 14b is configured to move the packaging parts 32b through the third packaging station 22b during or after closing, for the purpose of allowing the adhesive material to dry, at a lower speed than, for example, in a region between the first packaging station 18b, respectively the second packaging station 20b, and the third packaging station 22b. The transport device 14b is configured to move the finished, in particular closed and filled, packagings 12b via the movable platforms 30b downstream of the third packaging station 22b to the removal unit 62b.