A SYSTEM FOR FORMING CONTAINERS, IN PARTICULAR CONTAINERS FOR FOOD PRODUCTS

摘要

Containers ( 2 ) for food products are manufactured employing a system that includes a feed station ( 4 ) supplying a succession of tubular elements ( 2 a), and a heat sealer ( 10 ) positioned to close and secure a first open end ( 2 b) of each tubular element ( 2 a) that coincides with the base of the container. The sealing operation occurs at a station associated with a conveyor ( 3 ) consisting in a wheel ( 11 ) rotatable in a feed direction (B) along a path (P) passing both through the feed station ( 4 ) and through the station occupied by the heat sealer ( 10 ). The tubular elements ( 2 a) are carried by radial elements ( 13 ) of the wheel ( 11 ) such as can be indexed between a first operating position, where the tubular elements ( 2 a) are taken up from the feed station ( 4 ), and a second operating position in which the open end ( 2 b) is offered to the heat sealer ( 10 ).