Stamping for Rapid Package Component Production

Cell-based cushioning material that combines the protective function of plastic with the sustainability of paper. The material has a flat structure with deformed, curved cells instead of the usual straight walls. It is made by pressing a flat cell structure to deform the cells. The curved walls provide impact protection without losing shape. The material is suitable for packaging, insulation, furniture, sports mats, etc.

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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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Packaging design and method for protecting spinning machine parts during transportation while reducing resource requirements. The packaging has a receptacle to receive and secure the spinning parts. It also has support elements that close cavities in the parts to prevent movement. The packaging is optimized through digital twin planning and production using fiber pulp to form the assignment of parts inside. This provides better protection and density compared to conventional packing.

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Clear, rigid medical packaging that can be sterilized by autoclave steam without warping or shrinking. The packaging is made by extruding a crystalline thermoplastic like PET, then partially stretching the film, heating it, and thermoforming it into the final shape. This process limits crystal growth to small spherulites rather than large crystals that cause warpage. The film is then sealed around the device and steam sterilized. The spherulitic crystals provide clarity and strength, but the restricted crystal growth prevents warping during sterilization. The packaging can be made by coextruding layers of different thicknesses that are split and stacked by multiplier units to form the final multilayer structure.

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Retail packaging solutions that address issues with securing movable product components, protecting complex curved surfaces, and maintaining product positioning during shipping. These solutions include: 1. Removable tear strip between lid and base box that clamps product inside when engaged, leaving a desirable remnant when torn. 2. Collar system for products with movable parts that provides support without constraining motion. The collars conform to the product's shape and connect with interlocking arms to form a closed loop. 3. Non-developable paper protective film for curved surfaces made by molding the paper to match the shape. The film has adhesive on both sides and a central paper layer.

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Automated machine for making pouch packages with cushioning. The machine converts sheets into a strip of expanded dunnage and then folds it into a pouch. The conversion step involves layering an upper cover sheet, lower cover sheet, and expanded slit sheet with adhesive between them. Pressure is applied to bond the cover sheets together. The folded pouch is formed by creasing the strip, applying adhesive to the edges, and compressing them to seal.

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Eco-friendly food packaging container made of paper coated with synthetic resin that can be sealed using thermoplastic film. The container has a square base, vertical walls, and an outward flange on the top. The base is inserted into a mold, sides rolled up to form a cylinder, then the bottom is bent inward, pressed, and heated to form a heel. The upper circumference is rolled outward to create a curling portion. The curled portion is pressed to form the flange. The container is loaded after removal.

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A transport packaging that provides high shock absorption without additional cushioning elements. The packaging is made from corrugated cardboard and has a prism shape with an elliptical base. The item being shipped is wedged between the corrugations and has space to deform the walls in case of impacts. The packaging is produced on a customized line with measuring, creasing, cutting, and folding stations. The line calculates and generates the optimized prism shape for each item. This allows the packaging to conform to the item and absorb shocks without added cushions.

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A package forming apparatus for a packaging machine that improves efficiency and quality of forming packages filled with pourable products like juice or milk. The apparatus uses movable half-shells to form the packages instead of traditional folding. This allows precise shaping and sealing of the packages without needing to incline the forming devices. The half-shells assemble around the product-filled tube and seal transversely to create the package shape. The half-shells can be moved angularly between an open configuration for assembly and a closed configuration for sealing. This allows consistent and accurate package shaping and sealing compared to folding.

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Packaging material manufacturing machine that pulls material from the inside of a roll to make products like cushioning packaging. The machine has a feed mechanism with a deflection roller to introduce the material from the roll interior. This reduces the risk of web breaks compared to feeding from the outside. The feed mechanism has a guide wall that funnels the material towards the deflection roller. The guide wall covers a section of the rollers and protrudes over them. This helps deflect the material into the rollers. The feed mechanism also has a shorter guide path compared to the roller length. The shorter path reduces the material's travel distance. The machine further includes a forming device downstream to shape the material into the final product.

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Packaging container with a press plate to prevent movement of packed items. The press plate has a main body section and cut-and-raised sections that are partially cut and raised along contours. The main body section has openings. The cut-and-raised sections have insertions that fit into the openings. The insertions have protrusions, bends, and non-parallel connections between the main body and cut-and-raised sections. This configuration allows the insertions to fit into the openings while preventing horizontal force deformation of the cut-and-raised sections.

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An open top packaging box design that enables faster assembly and better load support compared to conventional open top boxes. The box has walls that extend inward from the bottom corners to form a support area on the upper part of one side wall. This area is reinforced with a separate wall piece that can be pressed to bend the upper support inward. This prevents box collapse when stacked with heavy loads on top. The reinforcing wall also extends outward from the other side wall. When the inner-bent side wall is pressed, it bends the outward-extending support wall inward as well. This interconnected reinforcement provides stable load support.

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Automated blister packaging system that allows processes like molding, sealing, cutting, and punching to proceed by moving the product appropriately. The system uses sensors to detect eye marks on the molded film and corrects the position of the forming, sealing, cutting, and punching devices based on the eye mark locations. This ensures accurate positioning of the devices to minimize defects and improve productivity when manufacturing blister packaging units.

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Improved rollers/gears for pressing packaging material layers together and/or curling/bending the packaging material layers in cold seal packaging machines to prevent jamming and improve performance. The rollers have tooth profiles that mate together to press the packaging layers while also curling the edges at an angle. This avoids getting caught in machines like roller conveyors that can cause jams due to the thin, rigid, and sometimes curling nature of cold seal packaging materials.

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A method to form a bubble valve for sealing and dispensing fluids from flexible packages. The method involves using two aligned formable films, like thermoformed sheets, where one is placed on top of the other. Channels are sealed between them to create a pathway. Then both films are thermoformed into pockets simultaneously. Finally, a separate film is sealed over the bottom of the pockets to trap air and form the bubble valve. This allows precise alignment and registration of the pockets compared to forming them separately.

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Biodegradable, compostable, sealable, thermoformable packaging made from a paper substrate coated with a biodegradable resin derived from vegetable sources like castor oil and palm oil. The coating process involves applying the resin to one side of the paper and scraping off excess to create a coated material. The coated paper is then thermoformed into trays at elevated temperatures. The packaging is compostable, recyclable, and can withstand cooking oven temperatures due to the vegetable resin.

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A simple and resource-efficient paper packaging box with impact protection for fragile items that requires no additional attachments like inserts or manuals. The box has a unique curved shape where the sides transition from one side panel to the opposite side panel as you move towards the lid. This creates a convexly curved interior that holds the contents between the lid and the curved surface. A retaining plate inside the box holds the contents in place against the curved interior. The curved shape provides impact protection and prevents items from shifting during transport. The box has a simple structure with no complex folds or attachments.

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Laminate sheet for food packaging with improved moldability and processability. The laminate sheet contains a high percentage of inorganic powder, like calcium carbonate, in the inner layer. The powder particle size distribution is critical to avoid variations in moldability during mass production. The particle size range is 0.9-2.9 μm (D10), 2.2-4.2 μm (D20), 3.6-5.6 μm (D30), 5.0-7.0 μm (D40), and 6.4-8.4 μm (D50). The inner layer contains more powder than the outer layers. This composition provides stable moldability and processability of the laminate sheet and resulting food packaging containers, even with high filler content.

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Vertical packaging machine with improved sheet positioning for accurate packaging. The machine has a feed module to supply the sheet, a fold-forming module to create folds, and a forming tube to seal the tube. Actuators move the modules. Detection sensors monitor sheet references. The machine detects sheet position between the forming tube and fold module, then between the feed module and fold module. It uses the first detection to adjust the feed/fold module positions. The second detection adjusts just the fold module. This allows independent positioning of the sheet before and after folding to prevent misalignment issues.

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Laminated metal sheet for packaging applications with improved adhesion and barrier properties compared to conventional methods. The laminated metal sheet has a predominantly uniaxially oriented laminate layer with an adhesion layer containing a specific copolyester and a bulk layer of poly(ethylene terephthalate). The laminate layer is preheated before application to provide initial adhesion, then post-heated without melting the bulk layer. This produces a specific Euclidean distance matrix between ATR FTIR spectra. The uniaxial orientation reduces deformation during forming. The specific copolyester in the adhesion layer improves adhesion to the metal. The post-heating prevents crazing and delamination during forming and opening.

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