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EP4410690B1 - Appareil de formation d'emballages pour une machine d'emballage et machine d'emballage pour former des emballages remplis d'un produit versable - Google Patents

Appareil de formation d'emballages pour une machine d'emballage et machine d'emballage pour former des emballages remplis d'un produit versable

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EP4410690B1
EP4410690B1 EP24153888.3A EP24153888A EP4410690B1 EP 4410690 B1 EP4410690 B1 EP 4410690B1 EP 24153888 A EP24153888 A EP 24153888A EP 4410690 B1 EP4410690 B1 EP 4410690B1
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tube
angular
forming plate
forming
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Marco Poppi
Ivan Orsini
Fabio Ferrari
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Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA
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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
    • 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
    • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
    • B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
    • B65B9/2049—Package shaping devices acting on filled tubes prior to sealing the filling opening
    • 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
    • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
    • B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
    • B65B9/22—Forming shoulders; Tube formers

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  • the present invention relates to a package forming apparatus for a packaging machine for forming packages filled with a pourable product, preferentially a pourable food product.
  • the present invention also relates to a packaging machine for forming packages filled with a pourable product, preferentially a pourable food product.
  • liquid or pourable food products such as fruit juice, UHT (ultra-high-temperature treated) milk, wine, tomato sauce, etc.
  • UHT ultra-high-temperature treated milk
  • wine tomato sauce
  • etc. are sold in packages made of sterilized packaging material.
  • a typical example is the parallelepiped-shaped package for liquid or pourable food products known as Tetra Brik Aseptic (registered trademark), which is made by sealing and folding laminated strip packaging material.
  • the packaging material has a multilayer structure comprising a base layer, e.g. of paper, covered on both sides with layers of heat-seal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene.
  • the packaging material also comprises a layer of oxygen-barrier material (an oxygen-barrier layer), e.g. an aluminum foil, which is superimposed on a layer of heat-seal plastic material, and is in turn covered with another layer of heat-seal plastic material forming the inner face of the package eventually contacting the food product.
  • Packages of this sort are normally produced on fully automatic packaging machines, which advance a web of packaging material through a sterilization apparatus for sterilizing the web of packaging material at a sterilization station and to an isolation chamber (a closed and sterile environment) in which the sterilized web of packaging material is maintained and advanced.
  • an isolation chamber a closed and sterile environment
  • the web of packaging material is folded and sealed longitudinally at a tube forming station to form a tube having a longitudinal seam portion, the tube being further fed along a vertical advancing direction.
  • the tube is filled with a pourable product, in particular a pourable food product, and is transversally sealed and subsequently cut along equally spaced transversal cross sections within a package forming apparatus of the packaging machine during advancement along the vertical advancing direction.
  • a pourable product in particular a pourable food product
  • Pillow packages are so obtained, each pillow package having a longitudinal sealing band, a top transversal sealing band and a bottom transversal sealing band.
  • a typical packaging machine comprises a conveying device for advancing the web of packaging material along a web advancement path and the tube formed from the web of packaging material along a tube advancement path, the sterilization apparatus for sterilizing the web of packaging material prior to its formation into the tube, a tube forming and sealing device at least partially arranged within the isolation chamber and being configured to form the tube from the advancing web of packaging material and to longitudinally seal the tube, a filling device for filling the tube with the pourable product and the package forming apparatus adapted to form, transversally seal and cut individual packages from the tube of packaging material.
  • the package forming apparatus comprises at least one operative device, typically at least two operative devices, each having at least a first operative group and a second operative group configured to at least partially form and to transversally seal and cut in cooperation the, in use, advancing tube.
  • Each first operative group and each second operative group comprises a respective half-shell configured to at least partially form the tube.
  • Each half-shell comprises a respective main forming plate and two lateral forming plates, which, in use, are brought in contact with the tube so as to at least partially form the tube.
  • the main forming plate is fixed and is brought in contact with the tube through a relative movement of the respective first operative group or the respective second operative group towards and in contact with the tube.
  • the two lateral forming plates are angularly movable about respective rotation axes such to move the lateral forming plates towards and in contact with the tube.
  • Number 1 indicates as a whole a packaging machine for producing sealed packages 2 of a pourable product, in particular a pourable food product, such as milk, milk drinks, yoghurt, yoghurt drinks, fruit juice, wine, tomato sauce, emulsions, beverages containing pulp, salt, sugar, etc.
  • a pourable food product such as milk, milk drinks, yoghurt, yoghurt drinks, fruit juice, wine, tomato sauce, emulsions, beverages containing pulp, salt, sugar, etc.
  • packaging machine 1 may be configured to produce packages 2 from a multilayer packaging material.
  • a multilayer packaging material having heat seal properties i.e. portions of the multilayer packaging material can be sealed to one another).
  • the multilayer packaging material may comprise at least one layer of fibrous material, such as e.g. paper or cardboard, and at least two layers of heat-seal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene, interposing the layer of fibrous material in between one another.
  • the multilayer packaging material may comprise at least one layer of fibrous material, such as e.g. paper or cardboard, and at least two layers of heat-seal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene, interposing the layer of fibrous material in between one another.
  • one of these two layers of heat-seal plastic material may define the inner face of packages 2 contacting the pourable product.
  • the multilayer packaging material may also comprise a layer of gas- and light-barrier material, e.g. aluminum foil or ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) film, preferentially being arranged between one of the layers of the heat-seal plastic material and the layer of fibrous material.
  • gas- and light-barrier material e.g. aluminum foil or ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) film
  • the packaging material may also comprise a further layer of heat-seal plastic material being interposed between the layer of gas- and light-barrier material and the layer of fibrous material.
  • the multilayer packaging material may be provided in the form of a web 3.
  • packaging machine 1 may be configured to produce packages 2 by forming a tube 4 from web 3, longitudinally sealing tube 4, filling tube 4 with the pourable product and to transversally seal, and preferentially transversally cut tube 4.
  • each package 2 may extend along a longitudinal axis A.
  • each package 2 may comprise at least a first transversal sealing band 5, and preferentially also a second transversal sealing band arranged at opposite ends of package 2.
  • each first transversal sealing band 5 may be substantially spaced apart from the respective second transversal sealing band along the respective longitudinal axis A.
  • each first transversal sealing band 5 may define a transversal top sealing band and each second transversal sealing band may define a transversal bottom sealing band.
  • each package 2 may also comprise a longitudinal seam portion 6.
  • each first transversal sealing band 5 and/or each second transversal sealing band may be transversal, preferentially perpendicular, to the respective longitudinal seam portion 6.
  • packaging machine 1 comprises a package forming apparatus 10 configured to at least partially form tube 4, preferentially to also transversally seal and/or to transversally cut tube 4, for obtaining packages 2.
  • package forming apparatus 10 may comprise an advancement space within which, in use, tube 4 advances.
  • packaging machine 1 may also comprise:
  • packaging machine 1 may also comprise an isolation chamber 14, preferentially delimiting an inner environment 15 from an outer environment 16.
  • inner environment 15 may be a sterile environment, preferably containing a controlled atmosphere.
  • tube forming and sealing device 12 may be at least partially arranged within isolation chamber 14, in particular inner environment 15, and being configured to fold and longitudinally seal tube 4 within isolation chamber 14, in particular inner environment 15.
  • packaging machine 1 may also comprise a sterilization unit configured to sterilize the, in use, advancing web 3, preferentially the sterilization unit being arranged upstream of tube forming and sealing device 12 along web advancement path P.
  • conveying device 11 may be configured to advance tube 4 and any intermediates of tube 4 along tube advancement path Q, preferentially from tube forming and sealing device 12 to and/or at least partially within package forming apparatus 10.
  • any configuration of web 3 is meant prior to obtaining the tube structure and after folding of web 3 by tube forming and sealing device 12 has started.
  • the intermediates of tube 4 are a result of the gradual folding of web 3 so as to obtain tube 4, preferentially by overlapping the (longitudinal) edges of web 3 with one another.
  • tube forming and sealing device 12 may be arranged such that tube 4 may have a vertical orientation.
  • tube forming and sealing device 12 may comprise at least two forming ring assemblies 17, preferentially arranged within isolation chamber 14, even more preferentially arranged within inner environment 15, being configured to gradually fold in cooperation with one another web 3 into tube 4, preferentially by overlapping the edges of web 3 with one another. Thereby, in use, seam portion 6 of tube 4 may be formed.
  • tube forming and sealing device 12 may comprise a sealing head 18, preferentially arranged within isolation chamber 14, even more preferentially within inner environment 15, and, configured to longitudinally seal tube 4, preferentially along longitudinal seam portion 6.
  • tube forming and sealing device 12 may also comprise a pressure assembly configured to exert a mechanical force on longitudinal seam portion 6 to ensure sealing of tube 4 along longitudinal seam portion 6.
  • filling device 13 may comprise a filling pipe 19 being configured to direct, in use, the pourable product into tube 4.
  • filling pipe 19 may, in use, be at least partially placed within tube 4 for feeding, in use, the pourable product into tube 4.
  • package forming apparatus 10 comprises one or more, preferentially a plurality of, operative devices 25 (only partially shown to the extent necessary for the comprehension of the present invention), each one configured to at least partially form, and preferentially to transversally seal and/or transversally cut tube 4.
  • package forming apparatus 10 may be configured to control each operative device 25 such to at least partially form tube 4 between two spaced transversal cross sections. Additionally, package forming apparatus 10 may transversally seal and transversally cut tube 4 along the equally spaced transversal cross sections, more preferentially thereby forming the respective first transversal sealing bands 5 and/or the respective second transversal sealing bands.
  • package forming apparatus 10 may comprise at least two operative devices 25, preferentially exactly two.
  • each operative device 25 comprises at least a first operative group 26 and a second operative group 27 configured to cooperate with one another so as to at least partially form, and preferentially so as to transversally seal and/or transversally cut, tube 4.
  • each first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27 may be movable with respect to one another, preferentially so as to move each first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27 towards and away from one another.
  • each operative device 25 may be controllable between an active configuration, in which the respective first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27 are approached to one another for at least partially forming, and preferentially transversally sealing and/or transversally cutting, tube 4 and a rest configuration, in which the respective first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27 are withdrawn from one another, and preferentially from tube 4.
  • package forming apparatus 10 may also comprise a conveying unit configured to advance each first operative group 26 and each second operative group 27 along a respective first advancement path and a respective second advancement path, respectively.
  • each first advancement path and each second advancement path may comprise an operative portion along which each first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27 advance, in use, in a direction of advancement of tube 4, and a return portion along which each first operative group 26 and each second operative group 27 advance, in use, in a direction opposite to the direction of advancement of tube 4 so as to bring each first operative group 26 and each second operative group 27 back to the respective operative portion.
  • each operative device 25 may be controlled from the respective rest configuration to the respective active configuration during advancement of the respective first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27 along the respective operative portion, preferentially to at least partially form, and preferentially to at least transversally seal and transversally cut, tube 4.
  • package forming apparatus 10 may comprise one or more actuation units configured to selectively control each operative device 25 between the respective active configuration and the respective rest configuration.
  • package forming apparatus 10 may comprise a support structure movably carrying operative devices 25.
  • the support structure may comprise one or more support assemblies, each one movably carrying at least one, preferentially exactly one, respective operative device 25.
  • package forming apparatus 10 may comprise at least two, preferentially exactly two, operative devices 25, and the support structure may comprise at least two, preferentially exactly two, support assemblies.
  • support assemblies may be spaced apart from one another thereby defining the advancement space.
  • each first operative group 26 and each second operative group 27 comprises a respective half-shell 28 (only shown with respect to second operative group 27) for at least partially forming tube 4 and a respective control device 29 (only shown with respect to second operative group 27) for controlling the respective half-shell 28.
  • the respective two half-shells 28 of each operative device 25 are configured to at least partially form tube 4 in cooperation with one another, more preferentially with the respective operative device 25 being controlled in the respective active position.
  • each operative device 25 is moved towards one another and withdrawn from one another with operative device 25 being controlled in the active configuration and the rest configuration, respectively.
  • the respective two half-shells 28 engage with tube 4 for at least partially forming tube 4.
  • each control device 29 may be configured to control the respective half-shell 28 such that the respective packages 2 have a determined volume.
  • each half-shell 28 comprises a main forming plate 30 and two lateral forming plates 31 interposing main forming plate 30 in between one another.
  • Each main forming plate 30 is angularly movable about a first rotation axis B and between a first angular position (see Figures 3a and 4a ) and a second angular position (see Figures 3c and 4c ).
  • each main forming plate 30 may be positioned in the first angular position and the second angular position with the respective operative device 25 being in the rest configuration and the active configuration, respectively.
  • each main forming plate 30 may engage tube 4 when being in the second angular position.
  • each lateral forming plate 31 is angularly movable about a second rotation axis C transversal, preferentially perpendicular, to the respective first rotation axis B and between a third angular position (see Figures 3a and 4a ) and a fourth angular position (see Figures 3c and 4c ).
  • each lateral forming plate 31 may be positioned in the third angular position and the fourth angular position with the respective operative device 25 being in the rest configuration and the active configuration, respectively.
  • each lateral forming plate 31 may engage tube 4 when being in the fourth angular position.
  • each half-shell may be substantially C-shaped with the respective main forming plate 30 and the respective lateral forming plates 31 being in the second angular position and the fourth angular positions, respectively.
  • Each control device 29 is configure to control, in use, an angular movement of the respective main forming plate 30 from the respective first angular position to the respective second angular position for moving, in use, the respective main forming plate 30 onto tube 4 and a respective angular movement of each respective lateral forming plate 31 from the respective third angular position to the respective fourth angular position for moving, in use, the respective lateral forming plate onto tube 4.
  • each control device 29 is configured such to actuate the angular movement of the respective main forming plate 30 from the first angular position to the second angular position and the angular movement of the respective lateral forming plates 31 from the respective third angular positions to the respective fourth angular positions asynchronously, in particular such that the respective main forming plate 30 gets, in use, in contact with tube 4 prior to the respective lateral forming plates 31 getting in contact with tube 4 and/or each main forming plate 30 reaches the respective second angular position prior to the respective lateral forming plates 31 reaching the respective fourth angular positions.
  • a respective angular distance of each main forming plate 30 from the respective first angular position to the respective second angular position may be smaller than a respective angular distance of the respective lateral forming plates 31 from the respective third angular positions to the respective fourth angular positions.
  • the angular distance between the first angular position and the second angular position is smaller than the angular distance between the third angular position and the fourth angular position.
  • each control device 29 may comprise a shaft 32 rotatable about a third rotation axis E, preferentially parallel to the respective first rotation axis B and/or transversal, more preferentially perpendicular to, the respective second rotation axes C.
  • each shaft 32 may be operatively coupled to the respective main forming plate 30 and the respective lateral forming plates 31 such that the angular position of the respective main forming plate 30 about the respective first rotation axis B and of the respective lateral forming plates 31 about the respective second rotation axes C are determined in dependence of the angular position of the respective shaft 32 about the respective third rotation axis E.
  • Figures 3a and 4a show a condition in which shaft 32 is in an angular position about the respective third rotation axis E such that the respective main forming plate 30 is in the respective first angular position and the respective lateral forming plates 31 are in the respective third angular positions.
  • Figures 3c and 4c show a condition in which shaft 32 is in an angular position about the respective third rotation axis E such that the respective main forming plate 30 is in the respective second angular position and the respective lateral forming plates 31 are in the respective fourth angular positions.
  • Figures 3b and 4b illustrate an intermediate condition between the one of Figures 3a and 4a and the one of Figures 3c and 4c .
  • Figures 3a and 4a show a configuration of half-shell 28 with the respective operative device 25 being in the rest configuration
  • Figures 3c and 4c show a configuration of half-shell 28 with the respective operative device 25 being in the active configuration
  • Figures 3b and 4b illustrate an intermediate configuration of half-shell 28 during transition between the rest configuration and the active configuration.
  • each shaft 32 may be configured to rotate about the respective third rotation axis E so as to move the respective main forming plate 30 between the respective first angular position and the respective second angular position and the respective lateral forming plates 31 between the respective third angular positions and the respective fourth angular positions.
  • each shaft 32 may be rotatable in a first rotation direction so as to move the respective main forming plate 30 from the respective first angular position to the respective second angular position and the respective lateral forming plates 31 from the respective third angular positions to the respective fourth angular positions.
  • each shaft 32 may be rotatable in a second rotation direction opposed to the respective first rotation direction so as to move the respective main forming plate 30 from the respective second angular position to the respective first angular position and the respective lateral forming plates 31 from the respective fourth angular positions to the respective third angular positions.
  • each control device 29 may comprise a first lever mechanism 33 coupled to the respective shaft 32 and the respective main forming plate 30 and two second lever mechanisms 34 each one coupled to the respective shaft 32 and one respective lateral forming plate 31.
  • each first lever mechanism 33 and the respective second lever mechanisms 34 may be configured such to actuate an angular movement of, respectively, the respective main forming plate 30 and the respective lateral forming plate 31, in dependence of an angular movement of the respective shaft 32.
  • each first lever mechanism 33 and the respective second lever mechanisms 34 may be configured to actuate during an angular movement of the respective shaft 32 about the respective third rotation axis E and in the first rotation direction the angular movement of the lateral forming plates 31 from the respective third angular positions to the respective fourth angular positions and of the respective main forming plate 30 from the respective first angular position to the respective second angular position such that the respective main forming plate 30 reaches the second angular position prior to the respective lateral forming plates 31 reaching the respective fourth angular positions.
  • each first lever mechanism 33 may comprise at least one coupling element 35, preferentially two coupling elements 35 spaced apart from one another and, fixed to the respective shaft 32 and at least one coupling bar 36, preferentially two coupling bars 36, hinged to one respective coupling element 35 and the respective main forming plate 30.
  • each coupling bar 36 may be hinged to the respective coupling element 35 about a respective first hinge axis and may be hinged to the respective main forming plate 30 about a respective second hinge axis.
  • each first hinge axis and the respective second hinge axis may be parallel to one another.
  • each first hinge axis and the respective second hinge axis may be parallel to the respective first rotation axis B and/or the respective third rotation axis E.
  • each second lever mechanism 34 may comprises a first connecting element 40 connected to the respective shaft 32, a second connecting element 41 connected to the respective lateral forming plate 31 and a coupling mechanism 42 coupled to the respective first connecting element 40 and the respective second connecting element 41.
  • each coupling mechanism 42 may comprise a ball joint assembly 43.
  • each ball joint assembly 43 may comprise a first ball joint group 44 coupled to the respective first connecting element 40 and a second ball joint group 45 coupled to the respective second connecting element 41.
  • each first ball joint group 44 may be connected to, more preferentially fixed to, the respective second ball joint group 45.
  • each first ball joint group 44 may comprise a first ball element 46 connected to the respective first connecting element 40 and a first element 47 movably arranged about the first ball element 46.
  • each second ball joint group 45 may comprise a second ball element 48 connected to the respective second connecting element 41 and a second element 49 movably arranged about the second ball element 48.
  • each first element 47 and the respective second element 49 may be connected to, preferentially fixed to, one another.
  • each first operative group 26 and each second operative group 27 may comprise a respective support 50 rotatably carrying the respective shaft 32, in particular such that the respective shaft 32 is rotatable about the respective third rotation axis E.
  • each main forming plate 30 may be hinged to the respective support 50 and about the respective first rotation axis B.
  • each lateral forming plate 31 may be hinged to the respective support 50 and about the respective second rotation axis C.
  • package forming apparatus may comprise an actuating device configured to control operation of each control device so as to control the angular position of the respective main forming plate 30 and of the respective angular positions of the respective lateral forming plates 31.
  • the actuating device may be configured to control the angular position of shafts 32.
  • the actuating device may be configured to control the respective angular position of shafts 32 in dependence of the respective position of the respective first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27 along the respective advancement path.
  • each operative device 25 may comprise a respective sealing element 55 and a respective counter-sealing element 56 configured to transversally seal in cooperation with one another tube 4.
  • each first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27 may comprise the respective sealing element 47 and the other one of each first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27 may comprise the respective counter-sealing element 56.
  • each sealing element 55 and the respective counter-sealing element 56 may be configured to at least transversally compress, in particular flat-lay and squeeze, and to transversally seal tube 4, in particular during advancement of tube 4 along tube advancement path Q.
  • each sealing element 55 and the respective counter-sealing element 56 may be configured to engage tube 4 from opposite sides thereof.
  • each sealing element 55 may comprise a source configured to generate the energy needed to obtain the sealing effect.
  • sealing element 55 may be a sonotrode having ultrasound-emitters or sealing element 55 may have an electromagnetic induction source.
  • Each counter-sealing element 56 may be a passive element (i.e. not having an active source).
  • counter-sealing element 56 may be a metal anvil or a deformable pad.
  • each operative device 25 may comprise at least one cutting element configured to transversally cut tube 4.
  • each cutting element may be configured to transversally cut tube 4 after sealing of tube 4 by means of the respective sealing assembly.
  • Each cutting element may be associated with one of the respective first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27.
  • each operative device 25, preferentially one of the respective first operative group 26 and the respective second operative group 27, may comprise a pair of movable interaction tabs 57 configured to interact, in use, with tube 4 from opposite sides thereof.
  • packaging machine 1 produces packages 2 filled with the pourable product.
  • conveying device 11 advances web 3 along web advancement path P.
  • Tube forming and sealing device 12 forms tube 4 from the advancing web 3 and longitudinally seals tube 4.
  • filling device 13 fills tube 4 with the pourable product and package forming apparatus 10 forms, transversally seals and transversally cuts tube 4 so as to obtain packages 2.
  • operative devices 25 at least partially form, and preferentially transversally seal and transversally cut, tube 4.
  • each operative device 25 is cyclically controlled between the respective rest configuration and the respective active configuration.
  • the respective first operative groups 26 and the respective second operative groups 27 advance along the respective advancement paths and are cyclically moved towards and away from one another so as to at least partially form, transversally seal and cut tube 4 for forming packages 2.
  • the partial forming of tube 4 is controlled by the respective half-shells 28.
  • the respective main forming plates 30 are moved from the respective first angular position to the respective second angular position, and the respective lateral forming plates 31 are moved from the respective third angular position to the respective fourth angular position, preferentially by controlling the respective angular position of the respective shaft 32.
  • the respective main forming plate 30 and the respective lateral forming plates 31 move asynchronously.
  • main forming plates 30 with respect to the respective lateral forming plates 31 allows to precisely control the volume of packages 2 by means of controlling the movement of lateral forming plates 31.

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  1. Appareil (10) de formation d'emballage destiné à une machine (1) d'emballage et configuré pour former au moins partiellement un tube (4) en vue d'obtenir des emballages (2) à partir du tube (4) ;
    l'appareil (10) de formation d'emballage comportant au moins un dispositif fonctionnel (25) comprenant un premier groupe fonctionnel (26) et un deuxième groupe fonctionnel (27) configurés pour former au moins partiellement en coopération entre eux le tube (4) servant à former les emballages (2) ;
    chaque premier groupe fonctionnel (26) et chaque deuxième groupe fonctionnel (27) comportant une demi-coque (28) respective destinée à former au moins partiellement le tube (4) et un dispositif (29) de commande respectif destiné à commander la demi-coque (28) respective ;
    chaque demi-coque (28) comportant une plaque principale (30) de formation et deux plaques latérales (31) de formation interposant la plaque principale (30) de formation entre elles ;
    chaque plaque principale (30) de formation étant mobile angulairement autour d'un premier axe (B) de rotation et entre une première position angulaire et une deuxième position angulaire ;
    chaque dispositif (29) de commande étant configuré pour commander, en cours d'utilisation, un mouvement angulaire de la plaque principale respective (30) de formation de la première position angulaire respective à la deuxième position angulaire respective pour amener, en cours d'utilisation, la plaque principale respective (30) de formation sur le tube (4) et un mouvement angulaire respectif de chaque plaque latérale respective (31) de formation de la troisième position angulaire respective à la quatrième position angulaire respective pour amener, en cours d'utilisation, la plaque latérale respective de formation sur le tube (4) ;
    caractérisé en ce que chaque plaque latérale de formation est mobile angulairement autour d'un deuxième axe de rotation transversal au premier axe respectif de rotation et entre une troisième position angulaire et une quatrième position angulaire ;
    chaque dispositif (29) de commande étant configuré de façon à actionner le mouvement angulaire de la plaque principale respective (30) de formation de la première position angulaire à la deuxième position angulaire et le mouvement angulaire des plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation des troisièmes positions angulaires respectives aux quatrièmes positions angulaires respectives de façon asynchrone.
  2. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon la revendication 1, chaque dispositif (29) de commande étant configuré de façon à actionner le mouvement angulaire de la plaque principale respective de formation de la première position angulaire à la deuxième position angulaire et le mouvement angulaire des plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation des troisièmes positions angulaires respectives aux quatrièmes positions angulaires respectives de telle façon que la plaque principale (30) de formation entre, en cours d'utilisation, en contact avec le tube (4) avant que les plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation n'entrent en contact avec le tube (4) et/ou que chaque plaque principale (30) de formation atteigne la deuxième position angulaire respective avant que les plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation n'atteignent la quatrième position angulaire respective ; et/ou
    une distance angulaire respective de chaque plaque principale (30) de formation de la première position angulaire respective à la deuxième position angulaire respective étant plus petite qu'une distance angulaire respective des plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation de la troisième position angulaire respective à la quatrième position angulaire respective.
  3. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon la revendication 1 ou 2, chaque dispositif (29) de commande comportant un arbre (32) pouvant tourner autour d'un troisième axe (E) de rotation et qui est couplé fonctionnellement à la plaque principale respective (30) de formation et aux plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation ;
    la position angulaire de chaque plaque principale (30) de formation autour du premier axe respectif (B) de rotation et de chaque plaque latérale (31) de formation autour du deuxième axe respectif (C) de rotation étant déterminée en fonction de la position angulaire de l'arbre (32) respectif autour du troisième axe respectif (E) de rotation.
  4. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon la revendication 3, chaque arbre (32) étant configuré pour tourner autour du troisième axe (E) de rotation de façon à déplacer la plaque principale respective (30) de formation entre la première position angulaire respective et la deuxième position angulaire respective et les plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation entre les troisièmes positions angulaires respectives et les quatrièmes positions angulaires respectives.
  5. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon la revendication 4, chaque dispositif (29) de commande comportant un premier mécanisme (33) de levier couplé à l'arbre (32) et à la plaque principale respective (30) de formation et deux deuxièmes mécanismes (34) de levier dont chacun est couplé à l'arbre (32) et à une plaque latérale respective (31) de formation ;
    chaque premier mécanisme (33) de levier et les deuxièmes mécanismes respectifs (34) de levier étant configurés de façon à actionner un mouvement angulaire de, respectivement, la plaque principale respective (30) de formation et les plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation en fonction d'un mouvement angulaire de l'arbre (32) respectif autour du troisième axe (E) de rotation ; et/ou
    chaque premier mécanisme (33) de levier et les deuxièmes mécanismes respectifs (34) de levier étant configurés pour actionner pendant un mouvement angulaire de l'arbre (32) autour du troisième axe (E) de rotation et dans un premier sens de rotation le mouvement angulaire des plaques latérales (31) de formation des troisièmes positions angulaires respectives aux quatrièmes positions angulaires respectives et de la plaque principale respective (30) de formation de la première position angulaire respective à la deuxième position angulaire respective de telle façon que la plaque principale respective (30) de formation atteigne la deuxième position angulaire avant que les plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation n'atteignent les quatrièmes positions angulaires respectives.
  6. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon la revendication 5, chaque premier mécanisme (33) de levier comportant un élément (35) d'accouplement fixé à l'arbre (32) respectif et une barre (36) d'accouplement articulé à l'élément (35) d'accouplement et à la plaque principale respective (30) de formation.
  7. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon la revendication 6, chaque barre (36) d'accouplement étant articulée à l'élément respectif (35) d'accouplement autour d'un premier axe d'articulation et étant articulée à la plaque principale respective (30) de formation autour d'un deuxième axe d'articulation ;
    chaque premier axe d'articulation et le deuxième axe respectif d'articulation étant parallèles entre eux ; et/ou
    chaque premier axe d'articulation et/ou le deuxième axe respectif d'articulation étant parallèles au troisième axe respectif (E) de rotation et/ou au premier axe respectif (B) de rotation.
  8. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 7, chaque deuxième mécanisme (34) de levier comportant un premier élément (40) de liaison relié à l'arbre (32), un deuxième élément (41) de liaison relié à la plaque latérale respective (31) de formation et un mécanisme (42) d'accouplement couplé au premier élément (40) de liaison et au deuxième élément (41) de liaison.
  9. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon la revendication 8, chaque mécanisme (42) d'accouplement comportant un ensemble joint (43) à rotule.
  10. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon la revendication 9, chaque ensemble joint (43) à rotule comportant un premier groupe (44) de joint à rotule couplé au premier élément (40) de liaison et un deuxième groupe (45) de joint à rotule couplé au deuxième élément (41) de liaison ;
    chaque premier groupe (44) de joint à rotule étant relié au deuxième groupe respectif (45) de joint à rotule.
  11. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon la revendication 10, chaque premier groupe (44) de joint à rotule comportant un premier élément sphérique (46) relié au premier élément respectif (40) de liaison et un premier élément (47) disposé de façon mobile autour du premier élément sphérique (46) et le deuxième groupe respectif (45) de joint à rotule comportant un deuxième élément sphérique (48) relié au deuxième élément respectif (41) de liaison et un deuxième élément (49) disposé de façon mobile autour du deuxième élément sphérique (48) ;
    chaque premier élément (47) et le deuxième élément respectif (49) étant reliés entre eux.
  12. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 11, chaque premier groupe fonctionnel (26) et chaque deuxième groupe fonctionnel (27) comportant un support respectif (50) guidant en rotation l'arbre (32) respectif ;
    la plaque principale respective (30) de formation étant articulée au support respectif (50) et autour du premier axe respectif (B) de rotation ; et
    les plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation étant articulées au support respectif (50) et autour du deuxième axe respectif (C) de rotation.
  13. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, et comportant en outre un dispositif d'actionnement servant à commander le fonctionnement de chaque dispositif de commande de façon à commander la position angulaire de la plaque principale respective (30) de formation et les positions angulaires respectives des plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation.
  14. Appareil de formation d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, chaque dispositif fonctionnel (25) pouvant être commandé entre une configuration active, dans laquelle la demi-coque respective du premier groupe fonctionnel (26) et la demi-coque respective du deuxième groupe fonctionnel (27) sont approchées l'une de l'autre pour former au moins partiellement le tube (4) et une configuration de repos, dans laquelle la demi-coque respective du premier groupe respectif fonctionnel (26) et la demi-coque respective du deuxième groupe respectif fonctionnel (27) sont écartées l'une de l'autre ;
    chaque plaque principale (30) de formation étant positionnée dans la deuxième position angulaire respective et les plaques latérales respectives (31) de formation étant positionnées dans les quatrièmes positions angulaires respectives tandis que le dispositif fonctionnel respectif (25) est commandé dans la configuration active ; et
    chaque plaque principale (30) de formation étant positionnée dans la première position angulaire respective et les plaques latérales respectives de formation étant positionnées dans les troisièmes positions angulaires respectives tandis que le dispositif fonctionnel respectif (25) est commandé dans la configuration de repos.
  15. Machine (1) d'emballage destinée à former des emballages (2) d'un produit versable à partir d'un tube (4) en progression formé et scellé longitudinalement à partir d'une bande de matériau (3) d'emballage ;
    la machine (1) d'emballage comportant :
    - un dispositif (11) de transport configuré pour faire avancer la bande de matériau (3) d'emballage le long d'un trajet (P) de progression de bande et pour faire avancer le tube (4) le long d'un trajet (Q) de progression de tube ;
    - un dispositif (12) de formation et de scellage de tube configuré pour former le tube (4) à partir de la bande de matériau (3) d'emballage et pour sceller longitudinalement le tube (4) ;
    - un dispositif (13) de remplissage servant à remplir le tube (4) avec le produit versable ; et
    - un appareil (10) de formation d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
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