Method for Processing and/or Filling Packagings

Abstract

Described and depicted is a method for processing and/or filling packagings, in particular cardboard composite packagings, in a processing and/or filling machine. In order to reduce the mechanistic effort required for high throughput and/or to enable more flexible operation, it is provided that packaging blanks are transferred in a take-over station in a cyclical sequence to the mandrels of a cyclically rotating mandrel wheel passing the take-over station, that regularly after a certain number of packaging blanks have been taken over in the take-over station by the mandrels passing the take-over station to a further certain number of mandrels subsequently passing the take-over station, no packaging blank is transferred in the take-over station, in at least one moulding station, the packaging blanks transferred to the mandrel wheel in the take-over station are cyclically processed on a mandrel of the mandrel wheel, in that after passing the at least one moulding station in a transfer station to all cells of a transport device passing the transfer station, packagings which are open on one side are transferred cyclically one after another from the mandrel wheel, and that the packagings which are transferred to the cells and are open on one side are fed in the cells of the transport device to at least one processing station for processing and/or to at least one filling station for filling.

1 . A method for processing and/or filling packagings, in particular cardboard composite packagings, in a processing and/or filling machine
 in which packaging blanks are transferred in a take-over station cyclically one after another to the mandrels, passing the take-over station, of a cyclically rotating mandrel wheel;   in which regularly after a certain number of packaging blanks have been taken over in the take-over station by the mandrels passing the take-over station, no packaging blank is transferred in the take-over station to a further certain number of mandrels subsequently passing the take-over station,   in which in at least one moulding station the packaging blanks transferred to the mandrel wheel in the take-over station are processed cyclically on a mandrel of the mandrel wheel,   in which, after passing the at least one moulding station in a transfer station, packagings which are open on one side are cyclically transferred in succession from the mandrel wheel to all cells of a transport device passing the transfer station, and   in which the packagings transferred to the cells and open on one side are fed in the cells of the transport device to at least one processing station for processing and/or at least one filling station for filling.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which the packagings transferred to the cells and open on one side are stopped cyclically in the cells of the transport device in at least one processing station for processing and/or in at least one filling station for filling.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which the processing and/or filling duration, in particular the duration of a cycle during processing and/or filling, in the at least one processing station and/or the at least one filling station is longer than the duration of a cycle of the mandrel wheel.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 2 ,
 in which a distance is provided between two successive processing stations between two successive filling stations, a processing station and a subsequent filling station and/or between a filling station and a subsequent processing station, which distance is longer than the distance covered by the cells in one cycle and   in which, preferably, the distance at least substantially corresponds to the gap between the last packaging transferred in the transfer station of a specific number of packagings transferred to the cells and the first packaging transferred in the transfer station of a subsequent specific number of packagings transferred to the cells after a specific number of mandrels of the mandrel wheel not provided with packaging blanks have passed the transfer station.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which in at least one moulding station the packaging blanks transferred to the mandrel wheel in the take-over station are cyclically folded, heated, scaled and/or closed on one side on a mandrel of the mandrel wheel.   
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which the packagings, which are transferred to the cells and are open on one side, are stopped in the cells of the transport device cyclically in at least one processing station for heating, sterilising, drying and/or closing.   
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which regularly after the take-over of one, two, three, four or five packaging blanks in the take-over station to the mandrels passing the take-over station, no packaging blank is transferred in the take-over station to one, two, three, four or five mandrels subsequently passing the take-over station.   
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which the duration of at least one cycle during processing and/or filling in the at least one processing station and/or the at least one filling station exceeds the duration of the cycle of the mandrel wheel at least substantially by twice, three times, four times or five times.   
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which the packaging blanks are transferred to a mandrel wheel with four, five or six mandrels.   
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which the successive cells of the transport device are transported by the transport device individually or at least in groups at least in sections and/or temporally independently of other successive cells or at least groups of successive cells.   
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which the successive cells are connected to one another exclusively via at least one transport device, in particular via at least one guide of the transport device.   
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which the packagings open on one side are transported in successive cells of different, successive and separate cell carriers, in particular not directly connected to one another.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 1 ,
 in which the successive cells and/or the successive cell carriers are transported at least in sections by at least one linear drive and/or at least one belt drive of the transport device.