METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATIC PACKAGING OF A FRAGILE OBJECT IN A FOLDING BOX

摘要

1. Process for the automatic packaging of a fragile product (8) in a folding carton with a rectangular or square base, wherein the process is carried out in the following stages in the course of a continuous forward movement : 1.1 the individual folding carton blank is removed from a magazine and is formed initially by folding the side panels (3) parallel to the transport direction upwards and the lid flaps (5) adjacent to them outwards parallel to the transport surface ; 1.2 the product is filled in the base section of the folding carton which has been formed in this way but which is still open at the front and the back ; 1.3 the lid flaps (5) are folded into the closing position and their overlapping edges (12) are glued together ; 1.4 the individual filled folding carton is turned through 90 degrees around a vertical axis during a continuous advance operation ; 1.5 the side panels (6) and closure flaps (7) that are now located at the sides are folded into the closing position and are glued to the lid flaps (5).