Method and Apparatus For Making Sealed Pouches

摘要

A method and apparatus for making pouches is disclosed. It includes using one or more of the following features: using two servo motors to drive a platen, providing a calibration routine is run at start-up and/or after the machine has been operating; controlling in response to feed back from the servo motor(s) such as feedback indicative of the distance the platen travels; the feedback is not of force exerted by the platen; and/or the platen is controlled to prevent unacceptable fracturing of the film laminate.

主权项

1. A machine for making pouches from a laminate film, comprising:
an infeed section, disposed to receive the laminate film; a sealing section, disposed to receive the laminate film from the infeed section, including a sealing platen having a dimension in the cross machine direction of at least two pouches and having a die surface that forms a plurality of pouches, at least two servo motors connected to drive the sealing platen to intermittently contact the laminate film, wherein the at least two servo motors have at least one control input and a feedback output, wherein the sealing section further includes at least one driven roll to move the laminate film through the sealing section; an outfeed section, disposed to receive the laminate film from the sealing section; and a controller, connected to receive feedback from the feedback outputs, and having a control output responsive to the feedback and connected to the at least one control input.