EP3931115A1 - Method and device for handling and printing on packaging blanks provided for packaging articles - Google Patents
Method and device for handling and printing on packaging blanks provided for packaging articlesInfo
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- EP3931115A1 EP3931115A1 EP20700902.8A EP20700902A EP3931115A1 EP 3931115 A1 EP3931115 A1 EP 3931115A1 EP 20700902 A EP20700902 A EP 20700902A EP 3931115 A1 EP3931115 A1 EP 3931115A1
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for
- a bundle of several articles is additionally obtained or formed by the outer packaging.
- Such containers represent an effective way of enabling the simultaneous handling of several articles, for example to facilitate the simultaneous transport of several articles.
- Containers made up of several items held together are therefore the most common type of sales unit for many items, such as beverage containers.
- the articles can be, for example, objects such as packaged or unpacked objects, containers such as beverage bottles or cans, or even bundles made up of several objects, the objects being one
- Container can be held together, for example, by means of an enclosure surrounding a group of objects on their periphery, such as strapping, outer packaging, such as wrapping, shrink tubing or cardboard or a support frame, such as a drinks crate, to just a few conceivable configurations to call.
- an enclosure surrounding a group of objects on their periphery such as strapping, outer packaging, such as wrapping, shrink tubing or cardboard or a support frame, such as a drinks crate, to just a few conceivable configurations to call.
- Folding boxes are used as outer packaging each accommodating one or more articles, since these offer high, possibly additional, protection for the articles they contain.
- the folding boxes with the articles they contain can be stacked.
- Are the folding boxes printed it is possible to identify the articles they house by means of information printed or glued on their outside.
- they can serve as an advertising medium through the corresponding information on their outside.
- Folding boxes are industrially prefabricated, mostly cuboid-shaped containers that are folded or collapsed to a particularly small space or pack size and that are transported and stored in the collapsed state to save space until they are used. If necessary, the folding boxes can be unfolded or opened for outer packaging with simple hand movements or by machine, as is known, for example, from folding boxes used for postal parcels. When folded or folded, they take up little space with theirs
- compartments As outer packaging formed by, for example, folding boxes, compartments, also known as so-called baskets, can be designed with or without individual articles which are arranged or can be arranged therein, separating and / or keeping them away from one another.
- a so-called interior device which is to be arranged or arranged in an outer packaging and which can consist, for example, of webs plugged into one another and / or connected to one another, for example by kinked edges and / or adhesive connections, is referred to as a compartment.
- Such compartments assign fixed places to the articles within the outer packaging and thus protect them from colliding and rubbing against each other during further transport and / or storage until the article is removed and consumed, which is otherwise, for example, through traces of abrasion, for example on the articles, for example in Information applied in the form of labels, and / or damage to the articles among one another can result in a negative quality impression.
- Interior fittings can be carried out, which can also be folded or folded up, transported and stored and, if required, can be unfolded with simple movements or by machine.
- Outer packaging is preferably made from one-part or multi-part cardboard boxes made from stabilized types of paper, such as cardboard and / or cardboard. For every type of outer packaging, there are cardboard boxes in various strengths and sizes. Corrugated cardboard, for example, can be used to protect sensitive articles.
- a device and a method for the combined opening and opening of outer packaging are already known from WO 2013/053646 A1.
- a gripper grabs one of the cardboard walls and pulls the captured cardboard wall and thus the entire cardboard box along a path of movement from the magazine.
- the movement path describes a quarter-circular path along which the cardboard box wall grasped by the gripper experiences a 90 ° pivoting movement about an axis running parallel to the kinked edges.
- the cardboard wall of the flat side released by the magazine that is not grasped by the gripper slides, which, when the cardboard is folded flat, forms an obtuse angle of at least approximately 180 ° with the cardboard wall grasped by the gripper, along a backdrop that the not captured
- the separately produced bottom and the separately produced lid of the container are connected to the jacket and the container is filled.
- outer packaging can be printed as
- Outer packaging is available or will be delivered.
- Devices known from the prior art accordingly have limited flexibility if articles are to be packaged in outer packaging that is provided with printing.
- the object of the invention is to provide a possibility with which printed packaging means can be provided with a high degree of flexibility and in an uncomplicated manner.
- the invention relates to a method for packaging articles with printed packaging blanks.
- the articles that can be packed using the packaging blanks can be, for example, beverage containers.
- the beverage containers can, for example, as beverage bottles and / or as
- Packaging blanks can be packaged, for example, be formed by containers which each have a plurality of beverage containers that are already held together.
- One step of the method involves positioning several
- Packaging blanks in a magazine For example, embodiments in which the multiple packaging blanks are positioned upright and arranged one behind the other in the magazine have proven successful. In this case, several packaging blanks can be positioned upright and arranged one behind the other in the magazine in such a way that immediately adjacent packaging blanks are in surface contact with a respective broad side surface or are adjacent to one another. It is conceivable that a manipulator or a handling device is provided which positions the multiple packaging blanks upright and arranged one behind the other in the magazine. In the respective upright position, a respective broad side surface of the packaging blank arranged in the magazine can be oriented obliquely or at least approximately perpendicularly.
- the plurality of packaging blanks are positioned horizontally and possibly stacked on top of one another in the magazine.
- Packaging blanks can be positioned lying in the magazine and possibly stacked one on top of the other in such a way that immediately adjacent packaging blanks are in surface contact with their respective broadside surfaces or that immediately adjacent packaging blanks rest on one another with their broadside surfaces. It is conceivable that a manipulator or a handling device is provided which the several packaging blanks lying and possibly stacked in the magazine.
- Another step in the process involves removing the
- Packaging blanks from the magazine It can be the case that a packaging blank is removed from its magazine or that the
- Packaging blanks are taken one after the other from their common magazine.
- One step of the method can thus provide for removal of the packaging blanks, which may be arranged vertically and one behind the other, from the magazine.
- One step of the method can also provide for the removal of the packaging blanks positioned horizontally and possibly stacked on top of one another in the magazine from the magazine.
- the packaging blanks arranged one behind the other or on top of one another are removed from the magazine, pulled up and each transported in the direction of at least one article which is provided for packaging with the packaging blank that has been removed and opened up to that point.
- the multiple packaging blanks can thus be put together and positioned one behind the other in the magazine.
- the multiple packaging blanks can also be put together and positioned in the magazine stacked on top of one another. Temporally during the removal and / or temporally during the transport in the direction of the at least one article which is provided for packaging with the respective removed packaging blank, the respective packaging blank can be unfolded or opened.
- the multiple packaging blanks arranged in the magazine can thus be combined or
- packaging blanks are arranged upright and one behind the other or, if necessary, stacked on top of one another and positioned in the magazine, which are designed as flat, rimless packaging blanks that form a standing surface for articles.
- Such packaging blanks referred to in practice as PAD, can contribute to the stability of several articles packed via the PAD.
- the packaging blanks can also be put together and positioned standing one behind the other or possibly stacked on top of one another in the magazine, temporally during removal and / or temporally during the
- packaging blank is therefore to be understood broadly in the present case and includes all printable packaging means which are used for
- the packaging means are preferably made of cardboard, cardboard and / or plastic.
- Another step involves merging the from the magazine
- Packaging cut thereby a respective packaging or a respective one
- a respective packaging blank removed from the magazine is deposited for the purpose of merging, and several articles are inserted into the deposited packaging blank, preferably coming from above. It can be the case that a packaging blank that is still open at least in some areas until the several articles are inserted in the direction from above is closed after the several articles have been inserted. For this purpose, a tab of the
- the packaging blank can be folded in and, if necessary, fixed in a folded orientation by means of a cohesive connection or adhesive connection.
- Packaging unit formed packaging blank is used in another packaging.
- Such other packaging is referred to in practice as tertiary packaging
- Packaging can be provided in order to combine several packaging units into one larger packaging unit.
- Packaging blank is applied to several articles and / or deposited, wherein the several articles may be on a horizontal conveyor.
- packaging blanks are printed, with the printing of a respective packaging blank taking place after it is in the magazine and before it is brought together with the respective at least one article. If the several packaging blanks are positioned upright in the magazine, it may be that the packaging blanks are printed Printing of a respective packaging blank takes place temporally after its standing position in the magazine and temporally before its respective merging with the respective at least one article. If the several packaging blanks are positioned horizontally and possibly stacked one on top of the other in the magazine, the packaging blanks may be printed, with the printing of a respective packaging blank after its lying and possibly stacked
- Inserting articles can also ensure that a sufficient amount of printed outer packaging can always be provided or manufactured.
- a print image can be applied to the respective
- Packaging blank are applied, which is designed for example as a QR code, as a spray label and / or as a country code. This can also be done in
- Print image information such as an expiration date
- An RFID code and / or an option for BIO tracking can also be used on the print image
- Packaging blanks can be put together and positioned standing one behind the other or put together and stacked on top of one another in the magazine.
- the multiple packaging blanks can each be designed as a collapsed outer packaging, with an end face and a side wall, which can form the respective opened outer packaging, are arranged next to one another in the collapsed orientation of the respective packaging blank and are at least approximately in a common plane.
- a respective end face and a respective side wall which a respective
- the packaging blanks can therefore be printed while the packaging blanks are still in the magazine.
- the multiple packaging blanks are positioned upright and arranged one behind the other in the magazine, the packaging blanks being printed after they have been positioned vertically and one behind the other in the magazine and before they are removed from the magazine.
- At least one print head can print a respective packaging blank positioned in the magazine, while the respective packaging blank positioned in the magazine is located in the magazine. It can be the case here that the multiple packaging blanks are positioned in the magazine, in particular upright and arranged one behind the other, and that at least one print head prints a respective packaging blank that is positioned in the magazine, in particular, while the packaging blank, in particular, that is positioned in the magazine is located in the magazine. It is also conceivable that the multiple packaging blanks are positioned horizontally and possibly stacked on top of one another in the magazine and that at least one print head prints a respective packaging blank positioned horizontally in the magazine while the respective packaging blank positioned horizontally in the magazine is in the magazine.
- the at least one print head can, in particular, be positioned upright or lying down in the magazine during the printing of the respective one
- Execute packaging blank oriented in the horizontal direction and / or in the vertical direction travel movement.
- the at least one print head can be in surface contact with the respective packaging blank, which is positioned in the magazine, in particular standing or possibly lying down. It may be that a vertical position of the at least one print head is fixed
- the at least one print head When printing on a packaging blank positioned foremost in the magazine, the at least one print head can be moved horizontally while maintaining the fixed, predetermined or fixed vertical position. As a result, a vertical position of the at least one print head can be flexibly matched to a dimensioning of a respective packaging blank and / or to a respective print image to be generated.
- Embodiments have proven themselves in which a vertical position of the at least one Printhead can be preset or permanently set by a user and possibly without tools.
- the at least one print head can have a first print head and a second print head or be formed by a first print head and a second print head. It can be the first print head and the second print head
- the first printhead and the second printhead can each have a packaging blank, which is positioned in the magazine, in particular upright or possibly lying down, with a
- first print head and the second print head are moved synchronously or simultaneously during the printing of a respective packaging blank, which is positioned in the magazine, in particular standing upright or possibly lying down.
- a respective packaging blank which is positioned upright or possibly lying in the magazine, is printed via the first print head, while the second print head is in a waiting position during the printing of the respective packaging blank, which is positioned in the magazine, in particular standing forwards or possibly lying down remains. If necessary, the second printhead may need to be serviced or repaired in the waiting position.
- a sensor system can be provided, by means of which it is checked whether a person is positioned in the magazine, in particular standing forwards or possibly lying down
- Packaging blank is located in a defined printing area.
- a release is given for printing a respective packaging blank positioned in the magazine, in particular standing upright or possibly lying down, if by means of the sensors within the scope of the
- a sensor system can also be provided, by means of which a position and / or orientation of a respective one, in particular standing up front or above the magazine possibly horizontally positioned packaging blank is determined.
- a movement of the at least one print head provided for printing can be matched to the respective position and / or orientation determined by the sensor system.
- a travel movement of the at least one print head provided for printing can be coordinated with the respective position and / or orientation determined by the sensor system in such a way that, after printing, a print image produced within the scope of the printing is at least approximately at a provided or determined position on the respective Packaging blank is located.
- a respective packaging blank positioned in front of the magazine or possibly lying down in the magazine can be removed from the magazine via a suction and / or gripping device after the printing, whereby a packaging blank positioned in particular in front of the magazine or possibly lying down in the magazine can be used intended movement of the suction and / or gripping device and a travel movement of the at least one print head provided for printing are timed so that the suction and / or gripping device and the at least one print head do not collide with each other.
- a movement of the specific suction and / or gripping device and the travel movement of the at least one print head provided for printing can be timed to one another in such a way that an unwanted collision of the specific suction and / or gripping device with the at least one print head can be excluded.
- the packaging blanks can also be provided with an imprint during a respective removal and / or during a transport in the direction of the article.
- Packaging blank is applied and that, temporally after removal and / or temporally during transport in the direction of the article to be packed, a second printing is applied to a respective packaging blank. It is also conceivable for various embodiments that a respective packaging blank is provided with an imprint exclusively during removal and / or during transport in the direction of the article to be packed.
- a respective packaging blank can possibly have a suction and / or
- Gripping device can be removed from the magazine in particular standing and then transported in the direction of the respective article, with which articles the respective packaging blank is then brought together, the suction and / or gripping device taking a respective packaging blank temporally during removal and / or temporally during transport in the direction of the respective article printed.
- the invention also relates to a device for handling packaging blanks provided for packaging articles.
- a device for handling packaging blanks provided for packaging articles can also be provided in various embodiments of the device described below and are not mentioned multiple times.
- Features described below, which relate to various embodiments of the device, can also be provided in various embodiments of the method already described above.
- the device can optionally be designed to implement the embodiments of the method described above.
- the device comprises a magazine via which packaging blanks can be provided.
- the device can comprise a magazine, over which packaging blanks are arranged upright and one behind the other
- the device comprises precisely one magazine, via which several packaging blanks can be provided, in particular standing and arranged one behind the other.
- the device comprises precisely one magazine, via which several packaging blanks can be provided, in particular standing and arranged one behind the other.
- the device can comprise a plurality of magazines, via which a plurality of packaging blanks can be provided, in particular standing and arranged one behind the other. It can also be the case that the device comprises a magazine, via which packaging blanks can be made available lying and stacked.
- the device further comprises a transfer device which
- the device can comprise a transfer device which
- the device further comprises at least one printing device for printing packaging blanks.
- the at least one printing device is designed to print packaging blanks stored in the magazine and / or that the at least one printing device is arranged on the delivery device or that the at least one printing device is carried by the delivery device. It is conceivable here that the at least one printing device is designed for printing packaging blanks stored upright in the magazine. It can also be the case that the at least one printing device is designed to print on packaging blanks stored horizontally and possibly stacked in the magazine.
- the at least one printing device can comprise at least one print head which can print a respective packaging blank positioned in the magazine.
- the at least one printing device can comprise at least one print head which can print on a respective packaging blank positioned foremost in the magazine.
- the device can further comprise a memory in which
- Hydraulic fluid or printing ink is added to supply the printing device.
- the memory can be arranged in a stationary manner or, if necessary, not be moved together with the at least one print head.
- the memory can be designed as an external memory, which is used to supply the printing device with
- Printing fluid or printing ink can be fluidically coupled to the printing device.
- the at least one printing device can also comprise a first print head and a second print head. It may be that the first print head and the second print head interact in order to print a respective packaging blank, which is positioned in the magazine, in particular standing forwards and possibly collapsed. It can furthermore be that a respective packaging blank, which is positioned in front of the magazine, can optionally be printed using the first print head or the second print head, the respective first or second print head not intended for printing being able to assume a waiting position.
- the waiting position can be formed to the side of the magazine or to the side of a respective packaging blank, in particular positioned in the front of the magazine.
- the waiting position can be designed such that the respective one is not for printing provided first or second print head in the assumed waiting position can be serviced and / or repaired as required.
- the device can include a control and / or regulating device as well as a sensor system connected to the control and / or regulating device.
- the control and / or regulating device can, if necessary, use the sensor system to check whether someone is positioned in the magazine, in particular standing forwards or possibly lying down
- Packaging blank is located in a defined printing area.
- the control and / or regulating device can be designed in such a way that the control and / or regulating device for the at least one print head has a respective release for printing a respective one, in particular upright or possibly lying in the
- Magazine-positioned packaging blank is issued if the control and / or regulating device determines in the course of the check that a packaging blank positioned in the front of the magazine or possibly lying in the magazine is located in the printing area.
- the control and / or regulating device can be designed in such a way that the control and / or regulating device prevents a release for printing for the at least one print head if the control and / or regulating device determines in the context of a respective check that the
- the device can also be used to determine a position and / or
- Orientation of a respective packaging blank, in particular positioned foremost in the magazine comprise sensor systems, the sensor system and the at least one printing device being operatively connected to one another in such a way that a movement of the at least one print head intended for printing to a respective position and / or orientation determined by the sensor system of a respective one in particular positioned foremost in the magazine
- Packaging cut is coordinated.
- Transfer device comprises a suction and / or gripping device, which
- a travel movement of the at least one print head provided for printing on a movement of the suction and / or gripping device is coordinated such that the suction and / or gripping device and the at least one print head do not collide with one another.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of an embodiment of a
- Fig. 2 shows a schematic plan view of the embodiment of a
- Fig. 3 shows individual aspects as they are in various embodiments of the device according to the invention and in various embodiments of the
- Figures 4 show exemplary embodiments of packaging blanks, as they are for implementation in various embodiments of the invention
- Embodiments of the device according to the invention can be stored.
- FIG. 5 shows individual steps as they can be provided individually or in the combination shown in various embodiments of the method according to the invention.
- Embodiments applicable provided that the features are not incompatible.
- Invention can be designed and do not represent an exhaustive limitation.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of an embodiment of a device 1 according to the invention.
- the device 1 is for handling
- Packaging blanks 2 formed, which packaging blanks 2 for receiving not shown in the figures of the present patent application
- Beverage containers are provided.
- the device 1 comprises a magazine 4 via which several components
- Packaging blanks 2 are stored upright and collapsed. 2 also shows that several or, in the present case, three magazines 4 are provided which each store packaging blanks 2.
- a transfer device 6 is provided, which is designed as a suction and / or gripping device 8.
- the suction and / or gripping device 8 can position a respective one in front of the magazine 4 standing and collapsed
- a horizontal conveying device can be provided on which the suction and / or gripping device 8 deposits the packaging blanks 2 that have been drawn up, whereupon the suction and / or gripping device 8 moves in the direction of the magazine 4
- the packaging blank 2 which is then deposited, is brought together with articles on the horizontal conveyor device.
- the Packaging blank 2 which is still opened, several beverage containers used.
- the packaging blank 2 is then transported away and closed via the horizontal conveying device, for which purpose an upper and / or side tab of the packaging blank 2 can be folded in and, for example, fixed with adhesive.
- packaging blanks 2 are printed and only subsequently inserted into a magazine 4.
- Such an imprint can contain, for example, information about the respective beverage containers received by the packaging blank 2.
- Printing can also show QR codes or information on the respective manufacturer.
- imprints can contain graphic representations by means of which the packaging blanks 2 have an appealing visual appearance
- the device 1 comprises a printing device 12 with a print head 15
- Packing blank 2 provided still folded. Via the printing device 12 or via the print head 15 of the printing device 12, the upright packaging blank 2, which was initially provided via the magazine 4 and which has been collapsed until then, is then printed, while the respective packaging blank 2 is in the magazine 4 during printing. Only after the printing of a respective packaging blank 2 has been completely completed, the respective packaging blank 2 can then be removed from the magazine 4 via the transfer device 6 or the suction and / or gripping device 8, pulled up and brought to the respective destination 20. To avoid a collision of the suction and / or
- a movement of the print head 15 and a movement of the suction and / or gripping device 8 are coordinated with one another.
- the printing device 15 and the suction and / or gripping device 8 are connected to the control and / or regulating device S, which specifies the movement of the print head 15 and the movement of the suction and / or gripping device 8.
- Transfer device 6 comprise its own suction and / or gripping device 8, via which the transfer device 6 can remove packaging blanks 2 from the respective magazine 4 and deposit them at its own destination 20.
- the printhead 15 or a single printhead 15 can here previously along the several
- Magazines 4 are moved and packaging blanks 2, which are positioned above the magazine 4 standing and collapsed, with a respective one
- a single print head 15 can be sufficient to
- Packing blanks 2 which are arranged in several magazines 4, to apply a respective print image.
- the device 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 can, in addition to the components already shown, comprise further components which are not shown.
- the control and / or regulating device S can be connected to a sensor system which detects whether a respective packaging blank 2 of the respective magazine 4 is ready for printing. Only in this case can the control and / or regulating device S trigger the printing device 12 to move the print head 15. If the control and / or regulating device S detects that, possibly due to an error or an exhausted supply of packaging blanks 2 in a magazine 4, no packaging blank 2 is provided for printing, the control and / or regulating device S can move the print head 15 prevent. In this way, it can be avoided that the print head 15 is unintentionally damaged or that there are problems with the packaging of articles, since packaging blanks 2 are missing at the destination 20.
- the printing device 12 has a plurality of printheads 15, which may be used for printing a respective one
- FIG. 3 shows individual aspects as they are in various embodiments of the device 1 according to the invention and in various embodiments of the
- FIG. 3 shows a respective packaging blank 2 which is arranged foremost in a respective magazine 4 according to FIG. 2.
- the packaging blanks 2 are each designed as an outer packaging in Fig. 3 and are collapsed in their respective magazine 4. Via a suction and / or gripping device 8, as shown in Fig. 1, the packaging blanks 2 are removed from the respective magazine 4 and then pulled or unfolded, including the
- Packaging blanks 2 each include defined kink and bending lines.
- outer packagings each have an end face and a side wall.
- the front side is denoted in Fig. 3 with the reference number 22 and the side wall with the number 24. Is the respective packaging blank 2 as
- both the end face 22 and the side wall 24 of a respective packaging blank 2 can advantageously be printed using a single print head 15, the print head 15 having to be moved exclusively in the horizontal direction for this purpose according to the arrow representation. It is also not necessary to rotate the packaging blank 2 in order to print on both the end face 22 and the side wall. The printing can thus take place by means of a device 1, which has a simple and uncomplicated structure, since the devices previously required for rotating packaging blanks 2 can be dispensed with.
- Packaging blank 2 from the respective magazine 4 is the respective
- Side wall 24 is only to be provided as an example. It can thus be the case, for example, that an extension of the end face 22 compared to an extension of the respective
- Side wall 24 is formed enlarged in the horizontal direction or that a
- Extension of the end face 22 and an extension of the side wall 24 in the horizontal direction are at least approximately identical.
- FIGS. 4 show exemplary embodiments of
- Packaging blanks 2 as they can be provided for implementation in various embodiments of the method 10 according to the invention (cf. FIG. 5) and in one Magazine 4 (cf. FIGS. 1 and 2) can be stored in various embodiments of the device 1 according to the invention.
- the packaging blank 2 shown in FIG. 4A is designed as a so-called tray.
- the tray can form an outer packaging for several articles and comprises several lateral edge areas 7 (cf. FIG. 4A).
- a print can be applied by means of a printing device 12.
- Packaging blank 2 is designed as a so-called PAD and comprises two broad-side surfaces on opposite sides, of which a broad-side surface lying on top forms a standing surface for articles.
- the PAD or one or both of the two opposite broad side surfaces can continue to have a
- Printing device 12 or possibly via a print head 15 can be printed.
- FIG. 4C a packaging blank 2 designed as a cardboard box can be seen, which can accommodate several beverage containers or in which several beverage containers can be inserted.
- a packaging blank 2 designed as a cardboard box can be seen, which can accommodate several beverage containers or in which several beverage containers can be inserted.
- Cardboard box designed packaging blank 2 according to FIG. 4C is printed on at least one outer side, while the packaging blank 2 designed as cardboard box is collapsed in a magazine 4 (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
- FIG. 4D shows a further embodiment of a packaging blank 2, which in FIG. 4D holds several beverage cans 9 together.
- the packaging blank 2 and the beverage cans 9 here form a container 17. Also a
- Packaging blank 2 corresponding to the embodiment according to FIG. 4D can be printed in various areas or completely in various embodiments of the method 10 according to the invention and by means of various embodiments of the device 1 according to the invention. It can be provided here that the packaging blank 2 according to FIG. 4D is printed while the packaging blank 2 is in a magazine 4 (cf. FIGS. 1 and 2). Then the then printed
- Packaging blank 2 are removed from the magazine 4 and brought together with the beverage cans 9, so that the packaging blank 2 thereupon the
- FIG. 5 shows individual steps as they can be provided individually or in the combination shown in various embodiments of the method 10 according to the invention.
- the method 10, which is described for FIG. 5 can be implemented by means of a device 1 in accordance with the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2.
- the method 10 is described for FIG. 5 can be implemented by means of a device 1 in accordance with the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2. In order to implement the method 10
- Packaging blanks 2 are used, as shown in FIGS.
- a manipulator can be provided which receives the multiple packaging blanks 2 and then positions them in the magazine 4 upright and arranged one behind the other. It can also be the case that a user positions the multiple packaging blanks 2 upright and arranged one behind the other in the magazine 4.
- step 120 a is arranged in front of the magazine 4
- Packaging blank 2 is printed while this packaging blank 2, which is in front of the magazine and is arranged in the magazine 4, is still in the magazine 4.
- the printing can be carried out, for example, in accordance with the description of FIG. 3, with a single print head 15 applying a respective print image to an end face 22 and to a side wall 24 of a respective folded packaging blank 2.
- step 130 is carried out in which the packaging blank 2, which is then printed and which has been arranged in the magazine 4 until then, is removed from the magazine 4 and deposited at a destination 20.
- step 140 in which the packaging blank 2 already deposited at the destination is brought together with several articles, the several articles coming from above being introduced into the packaging blank 2 already deposited at the destination 20.
- step 150 the packaging blank 2 is then closed and thereby forms a packaging unit together with the articles used.
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