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EP2860119B1
EP2860119B1 EP13187888.6A EP13187888A EP2860119B1 EP 2860119 B1 EP2860119 B1 EP 2860119B1 EP 13187888 A EP13187888 A EP 13187888A EP 2860119 B1 EP2860119 B1 EP 2860119B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/02—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
    • B65B57/04—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of such material, containers, or packages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/12—Feeding webs from rolls
    • B65B41/16—Feeding webs from rolls by rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B47/00—Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • B65B61/025—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
    • B65B9/04—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material

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  • the invention relates to a thermoforming packaging machine according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a method according to the features of claim 11.
  • thermoforming packaging machine with a print mark sensor for detecting a print mark of a lower film known.
  • the print mark sensor is mounted in front of a forming station and communicates data to a controller which positions work stations such as forming station, sealing station and / or cutting station according to the distance between two successive print marks.
  • the EP 2 551 203 A1 discloses a method for cutting packages. In the process, packing troughs, which are formed into a film, are sealed with a cover film. It is described that in this sealing process, a reference element can be introduced. When separating the packs, the position of the sealing seams or of the reference element can be detected by a recognition device and the position of the cuts in the singulation can be adjusted accordingly.
  • WO 2012/116823 A1 is a packaging machine for the production of packaging from printed webs known. This is intended to ensure that a packaging tray formed in a web of material coincides with a printed image printed on the web. For this purpose, the position of a print mark is checked after each feed step. If this needs to be corrected, this is achieved by changing the role guidance by means of a so-called dancer. This changes the stretching of the web such that the print mark is located at the intended location. For non-stretchable webs, it changes the roller guide such that the position of the print mark iteratively approaches the intended position during the following advancing steps.
  • thermoforming packaging machine having a print mark sensor for detecting a print mark of a lid film is known.
  • the print mark sensor is attached to the Folienabroll adopted the lidding film and transmits data to a controller.
  • Workstations such as forming station, sealing station and / or cutting station are motor-driven along a film transport direction and can be positioned according to the distance between two successive print marks.
  • Another print mark sensor can be used between the sealing station and the cutting station may be provided to position the cutting station after the print mark.
  • the DE 101 52 39 A1 discloses a thermoforming machine with roller chains for transporting a film web.
  • the temperature of the roller chains is detected and moved a punching station horizontally with respect to their distance to a forming station by means of a control via a servomotor to compensate for the changing conditions caused by the operation of change of the transport steps of the roller chains can.
  • the EP 1 513 729 B1 discloses a thermoforming packaging machine having forming stations for lower and upper film webs, both films being shrink films.
  • thermoforming packaging machine which has a forming station of a lid film in addition to the forming station of a lower film, and thereby both film webs have a printing and a print mark, it is particularly difficult to merge the molding of both film webs in the sealing station exactly in their desired position to each other and seal.
  • both film webs printed it is often necessary that in addition the respective imprint on the film webs must be positioned in the molding of both half-shells, so that in turn in the sealing station both half-shells and their imprint are exactly in the desired position to each other.
  • Object of the present invention is to provide a thermoforming packaging machine available, which allows the most accurate possible merger of a hollow molding and a lid forming in the sealing station.
  • thermoforming packaging machine with the features of claim 1 or by a method for operating such a thermoforming packaging machine with the features of claim 11.
  • Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.
  • thermoforming packaging machine comprises a controller, a first forming station arranged along a production direction for forming depressions in a lower film and a second, motor-adjustable forming station for forming caps in a top film, and a sealing station stationary in the production direction for sealing a plurality of Troughs with lids. Furthermore, the thermoforming packaging machine comprises at least one transport chain for transporting the lower film in the production direction.
  • thermoforming packaging machine is characterized in that a first detecting means is provided at or in the sealing station for detecting the mark of the lower film and transmitting the information thereon to the controller, the controller being configured to carry out a film feeding step of the transporting chain during transportation the troughs in the sealing station depending on the position of the marking of the lower film to regulate.
  • the first detection device is configured to always detect that marking of the lower film which is associated with the troughs currently located in the sealing station in order to regulate the length of the current film advancing step to the exact target position in the sealing station.
  • the troughs for example, a predetermined position for marking, which in turn is known to the controller and is entered by an operator or was already deposited in the production of the thermoforming packaging machine in the controller.
  • This has the advantage that even existing inaccuracies, sluggishness or changes, for example due to temperature differences on the feed system, in particular on the feed chain, can be detected by the detection of the marking of the lower film at the first detection device and by means of the control, the transport of the lower film into the sealing station can take place in such a way that the depressions can be positioned exactly in their position to or in the sealing station.
  • the first detection device is also configured to always detect the mark of the lower film, which is associated with the wells and thus the format, which are currently in the sealing station, and to control the film feed to the exact position.
  • the first detection device z. B. have a camera and be arranged at a defined distance from the sealing station so that it detects during or directly after the destination of certain wells in the sealing station, the location of belonging to these wells marker to influence based on the positioning of the wells at the finish line or readjust.
  • the first detection means is provided at or in the sealing station when it is positioned so that it can detect the position of a mark associated with those troughs (or a format, ie a related group of troughs) currently located in the sealing station are located, or the maximum of one power stroke (ie a feed length) before or after the sealing station.
  • a second detecting means is provided between the first forming station and the first detecting means for detecting the mark of the lower film and transmitting the information thereon to the controller, the controller being configured to position the second forming station so that the the second mold station in the upper film shaped lid and the associated trough of the lower film in the sealing station in their mutually provided position are sealable.
  • the controller being configured to position the second forming station so that the the second mold station in the upper film shaped lid and the associated trough of the lower film in the sealing station in their mutually provided position are sealable.
  • the exact position of the lid in the sealing station and thus the exact position can be achieved to the trough.
  • Lid and wells can be positioned congruent to each other in the sealing station. This is particularly advantageous in the case of spherical or egg-shaped packages, which have, for example, a centrally located sealing plane or division, in order to be able to produce a shapely packaging.
  • the second forming station is preferably arranged a maximum of five, preferably a maximum of three film advance steps in front of the sealing station in order to minimize tolerances or changes in the film transport of the top film to the sealing station.
  • the marking is a print mark on the lower film and a third detection means is provided in front of the first forming station to detect the print mark of the lower film and the information about it to the controller wherein the controller is configured to position the first forming station in dependence on the print mark of the lower film.
  • a stretching device for the top film is provided to stretch a printed top film according to the transport direction, so that the printed image fits the later finished packaging.
  • the stretching device is preferably arranged in the transport direction of the top film upstream of the second forming station in order to stretch the printed image to the desired size even before forming into a lid.
  • the stretching device has a print mark detection device, for example a print mark sensor, for the upper film in order to communicate the position of the print mark to the control.
  • the controller includes a print mark control, so that the controller in turn can control actuators such as clamping devices and / or drives of the stretching device such that a proposed stretching of the upper film can take place.
  • thermoforming packaging machine a fourth detection device is provided downstream of the sealing station for detecting the marking of the lower film or the print mark of the upper film and transmitting the information thereon to the controller, the controller being configured one located downstream of the sealing station Position the cutting station in dependence on the position of the marking of the lower film or the print mark of the upper film.
  • the position of the cutting station can be aligned exactly to the packaging or the sealed seam, since the seal is predetermined in their position to the associated marking.
  • the cutting can be carried out without the addition of tolerances and a particularly shapely packaging with the least possible protrusion of the sealing edge or the sealed seam can be produced.
  • At least one of the detection devices is preferably a camera in order to detect the position of the marking even during and above all at the end of the film advance step of the lower film until the film advance step has ended and the lower film has been transported exactly into the sealing station.
  • the marking is preferably provided as a marking on the lower film, which is applied by means of a printing device, or as a shaping, which is produced in the lower film in the forming station, or as a punch, in which the lower film by means of a Punching device is introduced.
  • a marking on the lower film which is applied by means of a printing device, or as a shaping, which is produced in the lower film in the forming station, or as a punch, in which the lower film by means of a Punching device is introduced.
  • the first detection device is configured to always detect that marking of the lower film which is associated with the troughs currently located in the sealing station in order to regulate the length of the current film advancing step to the exact target position in the sealing station.
  • the troughs have a fixed relative position to the mark. This has the advantage that even existing inaccuracies, sluggishness or changes, for example due to temperature differences on the feed system, in particular on the feed chain, by detecting the marking of the lower film at the first detection means can be detected and by means of the control of the transport of the lower film in the sealing station can be made such that the wells can be positioned exactly in their desired position to the sealing station.
  • the first detection device is also able to detect the marking of the lower film, which is assigned to the troughs that are currently located in the sealing station, and to control the film feed to the exact position. For this purpose, the first detection device z. B.
  • the sealing station have a camera and be arranged at a defined distance to the sealing station so that they during or directly after the destination entrance certain Troughs in the sealing station detects the position of the mark associated with these troughs in order to influence or readjust the positioning of the troughs at the destination entrance based thereon.
  • the marking is a marking which is applied by means of a printing device on the lower film, or a molding which is introduced into the lower film in the forming station, or a punch, which is punched into the lower film by means of a punching device.
  • the marking is a print mark on the lower film and a third detection device detects the print mark of the lower film in front of the first forming station and transfers this information to the controller to position the first mold station according to the detected print mark, wherein the first mold station is adjustable by motor.
  • a lid is formed into an upper foil in order to be able to produce a packaging which has two formations, one shaping being the depression in the lower foil and a further shaping of the lids in the upper foil.
  • This is a ball-shaped and centrally divided or
  • a second detection device which is arranged between the first forming station and the sealing station, detects the marking of the lower film and transfers this information to the controller.
  • the second forming station is preferably positioned along the transport direction of the top film by means of the controller as a function of the position of the marking of the bottom film which was detected by the second recording device.
  • a cutting station is positioned along the production direction by means of the control in dependence on the position of the marking of the lower film, which was detected by the first detection device, in order to achieve an improved position of the cutting to the packaging or sealed seam.
  • a fourth detection device is provided at or in the cutting station; and the cutting station is positioned along the production direction by means of the control depending on the position of the mark of the lower film or the mark of the upper film detected by the fourth detecting means.
  • the cutting station is positioned along the production direction by means of the control depending on the position of the mark of the lower film or the mark of the upper film detected by the fourth detecting means.
  • Fig. 1 shows an inventive, cyclically working thermoforming packaging machine 1 with a machine frame 2, which is aligned along a production direction R.
  • a first unwinding device 3 is provided for a lower film 4.
  • the lower film 4 is by means of two driven by a servo motor M feed chains or transport chains 30 (s. Fig. 2 ) with a feed length V per cycle in the production direction R of a first forming station 5, wherein the first forming station 5 is generated by deep drawing in the film 4 wells 8 and is designed to be motorically movable in the production direction R.
  • an insertion path 6 for inserting a product 7 into molded hollows 8 downstream of the first forming station 5 is shown.
  • the first cutting station 11 can also be designed as a complete cutting station, which is motor-movable in the production direction R, then the second cutting station 12 omitted.
  • a conveyor belt 14 the isolated packaging 13 are transported out of the thermoforming packaging machine 1.
  • a first detection device 16 in the form of a camera or a print mark sensor for the sealing station 9 is arranged upstream of the sealing station 9 in the production direction R.
  • a second detection device 17 in the form of a camera or a print mark sensor for a second molding station 18, which forms cover 24 in the upper film 10, is arranged between the first molding station 5 and the first detection device 16.
  • An optionally provided third detection device 15 in the form of a camera or a Print mark sensor for the first forming station 5 is arranged in the production direction R upstream of the first forming station 5.
  • the top film 10 is unwound from a second unwinding device 19 and fed to a stretching device 20, which is arranged in a transport direction T of the top film 10 in front of the second forming station 18.
  • the stretching device 20 has a print mark sensor 21, which transfers the position of print marks 10a of the upper film 10 to a controller 22, so that the controller 22 by means of at least one actuator 23, the upper film 10 is stretched, so that a predetermined distance of two adjacent print marks 10a of the top film 10 is generated.
  • a power stroke also includes a film advance step with feed V.
  • thermoforming packaging machine 1 The lower film 4 unrolled by the first unwinding device 3 is detected on both sides by the feed chains 30 and fed to the forming station 5.
  • the forming station 5 one or more depressions 8 are formed in the lower film 4 and in a defined position relative to a marking 4a of the lower film 4.
  • the position of the marking 4a is determined by the third detection device 15 and the forming station 5 is adjusted or positioned in the direction R before each molding process if necessary.
  • the marking 4a is already present as a print mark on the lower film 4.
  • the first forming station 5 is statically attached to the machine frame 2 and the mark 4a is first generated in the forming station 5.
  • the marking 4a is a forming in the lower film 4, which can be produced by a forming die 31, or a punching which is produced by means of a punching device 32 in, in front of or directly after the forming station 5 and thus obtains a defined position with respect to the recess 8. It would also be conceivable to print the marking 4a in the form of a marking by a printing device 33 on the lower film 4.
  • the lower film 4 with the shaped recesses 8 is transported intermittently along the insertion path 6.
  • the troughs 8 are filled manually or automatically, for example by means of pickers with products 7.
  • the marking 4a is detected by the first detection device 16, which is designed as a camera, and the current position of the marking 4a is transmitted to the control 22, to regulate the length of the current film advancing step to the exact target position in the sealing station 9.
  • the distance X of the third detection means 15 to the forming station 5 and thus to the wells 8 corresponds to the distance X 'of the first detection means 16 to the sealing station 9 and thus to the wells 8.
  • the second forming station 18 is positionable by the controller 22 in conjunction with an electromotive drive, preferably a servomotor or linear drive in order to adapt the shaping of the lid 24 at a distance Y to the sealing station 9 and thus to the troughs 8.
  • the designated second detection means 17 for the marking 4a of the lower film 4 is arranged at a distance Y 'in front of the sealing station 9 along the insertion path 6 and the distance Y' corresponds to the distance Y.
  • the position of the marking 4a is from the second detection means 17 at transmits the controller 22, which positions the second forming station 18, so that the lid 24 can be exactly merged with the associated trough 8, the position of which was detected via the marking 4a, in the sealing station 9 in order to produce a very attractive packaging 13 can.
  • the invention has a very positive effect.
  • the top film 10 is stretched in front of the second forming station 18, since the repeating Print images and print marks 10a on the top film 10 have a minimally shorter distance from one another than the distance that the cover 24 after molding in the transport direction T to each other and should correspond to the spacing of the wells 8 in the production direction R.
  • the stretching process also known as print mark control, can proceed as follows.
  • the print mark sensor 21 detects the print marks 10a of the upper film 10 during the advancing movement of the upper film 10 in the transport direction T, which is produced by sealing the upper film 10 to the lower film 4 in the sealing station 9 and transporting the film as well as the lower film 4 the upper film 10 unwinds from the second unwinding device 19.
  • the signal of the print mark sensor 21 is transmitted to the controller 22.
  • the controller 22 compares the determined distance between two successive print marks 10 a with the distance required in the sealing station 9.
  • the controller 22 controls the actuator 23, which may be implemented as one or more pneumatic cylinders, to clamp the top film 10 between the second unwinding device 19 and the print mark sensor 21 at the end of the current film advancing step and to stretch the top film 10 to a certain extent , in which the clamping takes place shortly before the end of the film advancing step.
  • a servomotor not shown is provided on a clamp to stretch the top film 10 by a linear or rotary movement of the clamp.
  • a fourth detection device 25 is provided for detecting the marking 4a of the lower film 4, which is, for example, a complete cutting station 11 and is motor-driven along the production direction R by means of the control 22.
  • the fourth detection device 25 has a distance X ", which corresponds to the distance X and X ', upstream of the complete cutting station 11 or the troughs 8.
  • thermoforming packaging machine 1 of Fig. 1 the second forming station 18 is arranged two film feeding steps of the sealing station 9 upstream along the transport direction T of the top film 10 above the lower film 4.
  • the first forming station 5 is designed to be motor-adjustable in order to position the forming station 5 in accordance with the print mark 4a by means of the controller 22.
  • the print mark 4 a is detected by the third detection device 15 in front of the first forming station 5 and this information is transferred to the controller 22.

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  1. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage (1), comprenant une commande (22) un premier poste de formage (5) agencé le long d'une direction de production (R) pour assurer le formage de cavités (8) dans une feuille inférieure (4), et un deuxième poste de formage (18) déplaçable pour assurer le formage de couvercles (24) dans une feuille supérieure (10), ainsi qu'un poste de scellage (9) pour fermer par scellage des cavités (8) avec des couvercles (24), et au moins une chaine de transport (30) pour le transport de la feuille inférieure (4) dans la direction de production (R), caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu un premier dispositif de détection (16) dans ou sur le poste de scellage (9), pour détecter et relever la position d'un marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4) et transmettre l'information la concernant à la commande (22), la commande (22) étant configurée pour réguler une étape d'avance de feuille de la chaine de transport (30) pendant le transport des cavités (8) dans le poste de scellage (9), en fonction de la position du marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4), et
    ledit premier dispositif de détection (16) étant configuré pour toujours détecter et relever le marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4), qui est affecté aux cavités (8) qui se trouvent actuellement dans le poste de scellage (9), pour réguler la longueur de l'étape d'avance de feuille actuelle jusqu'à la position cible exacte dans le poste de scellage (9).
  2. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu un deuxième dispositif de détection (17) entre le premier poste de formage (5) et le premier dispositif de détection (16), pour détecter et relever la position du marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4) et transmettre l'information la concernant à la commande (22), la commande (22) étant configurée pour positionner le deuxième poste de formage (18) de manière à ce que le couvercle (24) et la cavité (8) qui lui correspond, puissent être scellés mutuellement dans le poste de scellage (9) dans leur position réciproque prévue.
  3. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le deuxième poste de formage (18) est agencé avant le poste de scellage (9), d'une valeur au maximum égale à cinq fois, de préférence trois fois la valeur d'une étape d'avance de feuille.
  4. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le marquage (4a) est une marque imprimée sur la feuille inférieure (4), et il est prévu un troisième dispositif de détection (15) avant le premier poste de formage (5), pour détecter et relever le marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4) et transmettre l'information le concernant à la commande (22), la commande (22) étant configurée pour positionner le premier poste de formage (5) en fonction de la position du marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4), le premier poste de formage (5) étant déplaçable et réglable par voie motorisée.
  5. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu un dispositif d'étirage (20) pour la feuille supérieure (10).
  6. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'étirage (20) est agencé, en se référant à la direction de transport (T) de la feuille supérieure (10), en amont du deuxième poste de formage (18).
  7. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon la revendication 5 ou la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif d'étirage (20) comporte un dispositif de détection de marque imprimée (21) pour la feuille supérieure (10).
  8. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu un quatrième dispositif de détection (25) en aval du poste de scellage (9), pour détecter et relever le marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4) ou la marque imprimée (10a) de la feuille supérieure (10) et transmettre l'information les concernant à la commande (22), la commande (22) étant configurée pour positionner un poste de coupe (11) agencé en aval du poste de scellage (9), en fonction de la position du marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4) ou de la marque imprimée (10a) de feuille supérieure (10).
  9. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins l'un des dispositifs de détection (15, 16, 17, 25) présente une caméra.
  10. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon l'une des revendications précédentes 1 à 3 et 5 à 9, caractérisée en ce que le marquage (4a) est prévu en tant que marque caractéristique produite au moyen d'un dispositif d'impression (33) sur la feuille inférieure (4), en tant que formage dans la feuille inférieure (4) dans le poste de formage (5), ou en tant que découpe dans la feuille inférieure (4) au moyen d'un dispositif de découpage (32).
  11. Procédé de fonctionnement d'une machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage (1) comprenant une commande (22), un premier poste de formage (5), un poste de scellage (9) et un premier dispositif de détection (16), comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - formage de cavités (8) dans une feuille inférieure (4) dans le premier poste de formage (5),
    - formage de couvercles (24) dans une feuille supérieure (10) au moyen d'un deuxième poste de formage (18),
    - exécution d'étapes d'avance de feuille pour le transport de la feuille inférieure (4) dans la direction de production (R),
    - détection et relevé de la position d'un marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4) au moyen du premier dispositif de détection (16) dans ou sur le poste de scellage (9), ainsi que transfert de cette information de position à la commande (22),
    - au moyen de la commande (22) : régulation de l'étape d'avance de feuille pendant laquelle les cavités (8) sont transportées dans le poste de scellage (9), en fonction de la position du marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4) ;
    le premier dispositif de détection (16) étant configuré pour toujours détecter et relever le marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4), qui est affecté aux cavités (8) qui se trouvent actuellement dans le poste de scellage (9), pour réguler la longueur de l'étape d'avance de feuille actuelle jusqu'à la position cible exacte dans le poste de scellage (9).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que le marquage (4a) est une marque caractéristique appliquée au moyen d'un dispositif d'impression (33) sur la feuille inférieure (4), ou est un formage exécuté dans la feuille inférieure (4) dans le poste de formage (5), ou est une découpe produite dans la feuille inférieure (4) au moyen d'un dispositif de découpage (32).
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que le marquage (4a) est une marque imprimée sur la feuille inférieure (4), et un troisième dispositif de détection (15) détecte et relève la position de la marque imprimée (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4) avant le premier poste de formage (5), et transmet cette information à la commande (22), pour positionner le premier poste de formage (5) conformément à la marque imprimée (4a), le premier poste de formage (5) étant déplaçable et réglable par voie motorisée.
  14. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 11 à 13, caractérisé en ce qu'un deuxième dispositif de détection (17), qui est agencé entre le premier poste de formage (5) et le poste de scellage (9), détecte et relève la position du marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4) et transmet cette information à la commande (22).
  15. Procédé selon les revendications 11 et 14, caractérisé en ce que le deuxième poste de formage (18) est positionné le long de la direction de transport (T) de la feuille supérieure (10), au moyen de la commande (22), en fonction de la position du marquage (4a) de la feuille inférieure (4), qui a été détectée et relevée par le deuxième dispositif de détection (17).
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