METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CONTAINER CARRIER WITH A ROTARY DIE PRESS

摘要

A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures is formed using a rotary die within a rotary die press resulting in carriers having complex configurations including close tolerance cuts and complex perforation patterns.

主权项

1. A method for manufacturing a flexible carrier comprising:
moving a plastic sheet of material through a rotary die press; removing a plurality of slugs of material from the plastic sheet of material with a rotary die to form a generally continuous web; controlling a tension within the generally continuous web; and forming at least three lanes of a generally continuous string of container carriers from the continuous web with the rotary die, wherein each container carrier of the generally continuous string of container carriers includes at least one of tight radii and non-linear perforations.