Abstract: A dosing and packaging apparatus (1) for long pasta comprising at least one dosing unit (2) and a cartoner (3) below the dosing unit. The dosing unit comprises a weighing device (21, 22) for doses of long pasta, and the cartoner comprises trays (31, 33) for containing doses of weighed long pasta, a chain conveyor (32) for horizontally moving the trays, and a device for forming and filling cartons with the doses of long pasta from the trays. The dosing unit comprises a rotor (23) with more than one compartment (25) for pouring doses of weighed long pasta directly into the trays. The rotation of the rotor and the horizontal motion of the trays are synchronized so that each compartment pours a dose of weighed long pasta into a respective tray placed immediately below the rotor.

Abstract: A dosing and packaging apparatus (1) for long pasta comprising at least one dosing unit (2) and a cartoner (3) below the dosing unit. The dosing unit comprises weighing means (21, 22) for doses of long pasta, and the cartoner comprises trays (31, 33) for containing doses of weighed long pasta, a chain conveyor (32) for horizontally moving the trays, and a device for forming and filling cartons with the doses of long pasta from the trays. The dosing unit comprises a rotor (23) with more than one compartment (25) for pouring doses of weighed long pasta directly into the trays. The rotation of the rotor and the horizontal motion of the trays are synchronized so that each compartment pours a dose of weighed long pasta into a respective tray placed immediately below the rotor. (FIG. 1).

Abstract: Herein described is a device for sealing and cutting film in packaging systems for loose product, comprising transversal rotating shafts synchronised with each other, to which a couple of pincers is engaged comprising sealing and cutting means. Said pincers are connected to mechanisms comprising lower prestretching plates and upper prestretching plates forced in predefined positions by springs that react to a set almost circular path that brings the two pincers into contact one in front of the other so that the upper ones hold back the loose product and the lower ones carry out a prestretching of the film, so as to prepare the film for sealing and cutting without any interpositioning of loose product.