Apparatus and methods for producing tubular packages

    公开(公告)号:US12037156B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17291589

    申请日:2020-02-04

    IPC分类号: B65B9/087 B65B9/06

    摘要: Apparatus (10) for producing tubular packages includes a packaging material dispenser (12) and a forming section (20). The forming section (20) comprises a series of package formers (22a-22e) aligned in the machine direction, each defining a packaging material folding channel (24) through which the packaging material passes. The channels (24) of the package formers in the series vary in shape such that as the packaging material passes through the forming section it is gradually folded about a longitudinal axis from a planar configuration into a tubular structure. A series of items (44) to be packaged is conveyed in the machine direction and may be sequentially introduced proximal to the packaging material (14) at a location such that the packaging material is subsequently folded about each item in turn as it continues through the forming section. The apparatus may be a horizontal or vertical form, fill seal type apparatus. The packaging material (14) may be a semi-rigid packaging material such as paperboard, cartonboard, or semi-rigid plastics.

    DRUG SUPPLY APPARATUS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240228087A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18615842

    申请日:2024-03-25

    IPC分类号: B65B9/087 B65B1/30 B65B41/16

    CPC分类号: B65B9/087 B65B1/30 B65B41/16

    摘要: A drug supply apparatus of the present disclosure includes a drug supply unit configured to supply a drug to a drug delivery position; a downstream conveying unit configured to convey a strip-shaped first drug packaging paper, folded in half in advance along its longitudinal direction, in such a way that the first drug packaging paper receives the drug at the drug delivery position; an upstream conveying unit configured to convey a strip-shaped second drug packaging paper folded in half in advance along its longitudinal direction toward the first drug packaging paper; and a connecting part configured to connect a downstream end part of the second drug packaging paper to the first drug packaging paper.

    INDUSTRIAL CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, PACKAGING MACHINE, AND PACKAGING MACHINE CONTROL APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20180297731A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-18

    申请号:US15922996

    申请日:2018-03-16

    申请人: OMRON Corporation

    摘要: A control apparatus for controlling a production or manufacturing apparatus that performs processing for sequentially producing an item to be produced through units arranged in a line, includes: a physical quantity acquirer that acquires a physical quantity representing a state of processing in a unit subjected to monitoring for each cycle, the cycle being defined as unit processing time of processing performed by each unit; an abnormality determiner that determines occurrence of an abnormality in the unit, based on the physical quantity or a feature value extracted from the physical quantity; and a control instructor that specifies, when it is determined that an abnormality occurs in the unit, a cycle during which a downstream unit performs processing on an item to be produced that is affected by the abnormality, and perform control so that abnormality handling processing is performed as processing in the specified cycle by the downstream unit.

    MEDICINE PACKAGING APPARATUS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180065765A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-08

    申请号:US15561505

    申请日:2016-03-16

    发明人: Naoki KOIKE

    摘要: A medicine packaging apparatus 10 has a packaging paper supplying part 42; a sealing device 50 for forming a packaging bag; a medicine introducing part 80 for introducing the medicines M from an opening portion of the packaging bag P in an unsealed-state; a detecting part 90 for detecting presence of the medicines M in an introducing path for the medicines M by the medicine introducing part 80 and a determining part which can determine that a packaging failure occurs under a condition that the presence of the medicines M is detected by the detecting part 90 within a time period after a timing of starting to seal the packaging bag P in which the medicines M have been introduced and before a timing of introducing the medicines M to be packaged in a subsequent packaging bag P through the medicine introducing part 80.