Form-Fill-Seal for Integrated Package Processing

Packaging Cannabis in pre-measured doses without requiring users to portion themselves. The method involves compressing the Cannabis mixture into rounded capsule molds and sealing it inside. This allows consistent dosage without estimation or weighing. The rounded mold shape ensures the pucks fit into smoking devices. The compression and sealing are done in one step to avoid handling and reduce manufacturing costs compared to separate molds and packaging.

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Eco-friendly packaging solution for food products that allows using biodegradable materials in existing packaging machines. The solution involves creating stackable packs of biodegradable packaging pots that can be used in existing thermoforming/filling/sealing (FFS) machines. The packs have interlocking elements on opposite edges to connect adjacent packs into chains. This allows stacking the packs without additional equipment. The interlocking elements stabilize the stack. The packs can be made from biodegradable materials like molded cellulose. The packs can be filled and sealed using FFS machines without modification. This provides a way to transition to eco-friendly packaging without replacing the existing FFS machines.

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Automated device for sealing sawdust bags used in mushroom cultivation. It automates the process of filling, sealing, and binding the bags to improve productivity and reduce defects compared to manual methods. The device feeds roll plastic bags into a fusing machine, seals them, cuts them, and loads them into a stirrer. It discharges the sawdust into bags moved by suction and grippers. A clip tool binds the top of the bag. The device automates the sealing, filling, and binding steps instead of manual methods to improve efficiency and consistency.

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Automated crop graining and packaging system that reduces manual labor and improves efficiency compared to traditional methods. The system cleans crops, measures and fills bags, and seals them all automatically. It uses motors, conveyors, stitching machines, and weighing systems to streamline the process. The system starts with cleaning crops on belts, then transfers cleaned grains to bags. It configures bag weight limits, fills and weighs bags, and seals them with a machine. This automated system saves time, reduces errors, and optimizes resource use compared to manual methods.

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A chip packaging structure and method for digital PCR chips that allows complete filling of the micro-traps with sample and prevents bubbles. The structure has through holes in the sample substrate connected by channels between the cover plates. Samples are injected into the channels until they fully fill and flow out. Sealing covers are added and the chips turned over to block the covers and inject sealing medium. This prevents bubbles and ensures complete filling of the traps.

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A food processing and packaging system that enhances food preservation, safety, and efficiency by integrating processing and packaging steps. The system has a core structure to transfer liquids and particulates, an adjustable gate to regulate flow, and a scrubbing unit to clean. An actuation mechanism controls the gate opening. This allows precise liquid transfer, prevention of contamination, and temperature management. The integrated design improves efficiency compared to separate processing and packaging steps.

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Vertical bag-making machine for efficiently manufacturing film packaging bags with a spout on the top gusset fold. The machine forms the bag shape by folding, heat sealing, and filling the film. The key feature is a sequence of steps that creates the top gusset with a spout and uniform pleat widths. This involves folding one side into a Z shape, folding the center, pulling the first pleat upright, forming the spout, then heat sealing the second pleat. This allows a spout on one gusset pleat with uniform fold depths for stable filling. The machine also has features like correcting the filled shape and squeezing the bag.

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Eco-friendly packaging material that releases gas without tearing or contamination, and a manufacturing process that reduces complexity, shortens time, increases productivity, and lowers costs. The packaging has sealing sections on opposite sides and a curved section with a cutout in between. This forms an internal space with an airflow path. The cutout allows gas to escape when contents expand. The manufacturing involves stacking fabrics, aligning centers, simultaneous vertical sealing/punching, cutting, and horizontal sealing.

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Automatic packaging machine that folds and seals products in customized packages without using preformed packages. The machine has a feeder, folding assembly, and sealing assembly. The feeder supplies material. The folding assembly receives products and wraps the material around them. The sealing assembly seals the wrapped material to form packages. The folding and sealing are synchronized to create customized packages without preformed forms.

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Food packaging assistive device that automatically detects and fills food items in bags while monitoring the packaging process to prevent damage. It uses sensors to detect food weight, temperature, odor, and bag integrity. The device has a telescopic arm with grippers and sealers to fill bags without user intervention. It also has a camera to guide the filling process. The device allows customizable sealing options and provides optimum bag temperature to prevent spoilage.

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A packaging machine for forming sealed packages filled with pourable products like juice or milk that allows flexible production speeds without modifying the machine. The machine has a feature to maintain hydrostatic pressure inside the tube during package formation without requiring long extensions. It uses a delimiter inside the tube, pressurized auxiliary gas, and level sensing to maintain consistent pressure for proper sealing. The delimiter prevents collapse of the product column. Pressurized auxiliary gas acts on the product column to match the inner environment pressure. Level sensing detects the column height and adjusts the auxiliary gas pressure to compensate for variations. This allows shortening the tube length needed for hydrostatic pressure compared to traditional methods.

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A packaging machine and apparatus for forming packages of pourable products like juice or milk that allows faster and more efficient production compared to existing methods. The machine uses a unique sealing and cutting mechanism to form the packages directly from a sterilized packaging material web. The apparatus has two operative groups that cooperate to form, seal, and cut the tube into individual packages. This eliminates the need for separate tube forming and sealing steps. The packages have transverse sealing bands at each end. The machine sterilizes the web before forming, then advances it into an isolated chamber to seal and cut the packages. This enables high-speed production of aseptic packages without the need for separate sterilization and tube forming steps.

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A pepper vacuum packaging system that compresses peppers, vacuums packs them, and seals the pouches. The compression unit has a seating jig with spreading prevention bars to support peppers while compressing. An additional compression piston further squeezes the peppers. After compression, a cleaning block scrapes the jig. The vacuum unit has a table with intake line to suck air from the pouch. The system jointly bonds and vacuums pouches. This reduces pepper volume, improves compression, cleans peppers, and prevents contamination.

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Automated packing machine for efficiently packing articles in inflatable airbags. The machine has three stations connected by a rail. Two linear actuators on the rail can move back and forth to grab and move the folded sheet of airbags between stations. An inflatable air tube runs between the stations. At the first station, a horizontal sealer seals the flaps above the air tube to enclose the airbag. The actuators move the sheet to the second station to inflate the airbag using the tube, then to the third station to seal the bag and perforate it for separation. This allows packing articles in inflatable bags on a continuous sheet, automating the process of inflating, sealing, and separating bags.

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Automatic popcorn preparation and packing device that allows customization of popcorn flavor and quantity, removes husks and dries kernels, and seals packs to prevent contamination. The device has a touch screen to specify popcorn quantity and flavor, robotic grippers to remove husks, a segregator to separate kernels, an air blower to dry kernels, a heating unit to pop them, and a sealing system to pack flavored popcorn in air-tight packets.

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A liquid and powder pouch packaging device that enables rapid and automated packaging of both liquids and powders in pouches without needing separate machines for each. The device has a main frame with upper and lower spaces. A storage hopper above the upper space holds the liquid or powder. Below the upper space are two pouch loading boxes. The lower space has a moving part that moves pouches along a closed curve path using transfer jigs. The upper space has symmetrically arranged packaging units with content supply units. This allows simultaneous packaging of liquids and powders as the moving part transports pouches between loading and packaging.

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A packaging machine for filling bags with material like food products. The machine has a rotary table with sealing parts that fold and seal a strip of material into bags. The sealing parts move in and out of the rotation path to form the bags. A movable seal part can engage a fixed seal part during rotation to seal the bags, or disengage to allow the material to pass. A guide mechanism moves the movable seal part between sealed and non-sealed positions. This allows the machine to continuously form and fill the bags.

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Packaging method and apparatus for producing sealed packages filled with injectable products like food products. The packaging apparatus has a sterilization unit, a tube forming unit, and a filling unit. Inside an isolated sterile chamber, the apparatus forms a tube from a sterilized web, fills it with the product, and seals it. An auxiliary gas compression unit sterilizes the tube's interior by pressurizing gas between the product column and a separator. This avoids needing long product columns to generate hydrostatic pressure. The pressurized gas sterilizes instead.

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Packaging comestibles like candy directly after forming instead of conditioning them first. The method involves forming the candy into its final shape using a machine, then applying packaging material while the candy is still in contact with the forming station. This eliminates the need for separate conditioning steps and allows continuous in-line packaging. The candy avoids contact with force-generating components during packaging.

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Automatic parcel packaging system for fast and efficient parcel packing that can quickly pack parcels into plastic packaging packs. The system uses a machine with a conveyor, scanner, printer, and heat compression mechanism. The parcel is scanned and printed with delivery info. The packed parcel with label is sealed by heat compression. The machine compares scanned data to ensure correct parcel. This allows fully automated parcel packing with sealed and labeled bags.

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