Abstract: A method and wet lamination station for lamination of a barrier film or sheet to a bulk layer of paper or paperboard or other cellulose-based material, the bulk layer being provided with going-through holes.

Abstract: A method for facilitating provision of food product information is provided. The method comprises providing a food package, wherein the food package is provided with a visual marker, capturing, by a camera of a user device, authentic image data depicting the visual marker, extracting marker data from the authentic image data, retrieving artificial image data linked to the marker data from an artificial image database, wherein the artificial image data depicts at least one food product component of a food product held in the food package, determining an artificial image spatial reference point based on the visual marker, generating augmented image data by combining the authentic image data, the artificial image data and the artificial image spatial reference point, providing the augmented image data to a screen of the user device.

Abstract: A dust collection device and method for filtering powder from powder-filled air in a food product processing system. The dust collection device includes a venturi mixer having an inlet for receiving powder-filled air, a liquid inlet for receiving liquid, and a nozzle. The nozzle is arranged to eject the liquid into a mixing zone of the venturi mixer. The powder-filled air and the liquid meet in the mixing zone to form a liquid mixture. The dust collection device includes a chamber that receives the liquid mixture from the mixing zone, a recirculation line that feeds the liquid mixture back to the liquid inlet of the venturi mixer, and an air outlet that discharges air from the chamber.

Abstract: A method of classifying a package based on stiffness of the package, wherein the package includes carton and is filled with food product, the method including applying a force on the package, retrieving a sample value by measuring a deformation of the package caused by the force, determining a difference between the sample value and a reference value, and classifying the package as belonging to a first category if the difference is within a threshold interval, otherwise classifying the package as belonging to a second category.

Abstract: A method for filtering a dairy product is used in a filter system that includes at least one pump loop having a pump and a filter, with the pump being arranged to feed a feed product to the filter for filtering the feed product and outputting a permeate product and a retentate product. The method includes supplying the feed product to the pump at a feed pressure, during a first operational mode in which the feed pressure is below a first predefined threshold, controlling the pump to operate at a first power that is within a first percentage range of a maximum rated power of the pump, and during a second operational mode in which the feed pressure is above the first predefined threshold, controlling the pump to operate within a second percentage range of the maximum rated power which is higher than the first percentage range.

Abstract: A laminated packaging material is provided. The laminated packaging material comprises a bulk layer of paper or paperboard or other cellulose-based material comprising a plurality of longitudinally distributed holes extending through the bulk layer, one or more outside layers being laminated to the bulk layer, one or more inside layers being laminated to the bulk layer, wherein said inside and outside layers covering said holes on the bulk layer and so form the plurality of longitudinally distributed laminated holes, and a plurality of longitudinally distributed primary holes extending through the entire thickness of the of the associated laminated hole and wherein the each primary hole is surrounded by the edges of the laminated hole.

Abstract: A method for recalling a food product using a server (140). The method comprises receiving a recall request and an identification associated to a food package holding the food product, identifying identification registrations linked to the identification from a number of identification checkpoints provided in a logistic network connecting a packaging site with a consumer, wherein each of the identification registrations are associated to a time stamp, identifying a most recent identification registration from the identification registrations, identifying a current logistic node in the logistic network associated with the most recent identification registration, identifying a communication device associated with the current logistic node, and transferring a recall notification to the communication device.

Abstract: There is described lid-spout assembly for a package having a designated pour opening and being filled with a pourable product. The lid-spout assembly comprises at least a collar, a coupling ring arranged around a portion of the collar, a lid and a connecting element connecting the lid and the coupling ring with one another. The collar comprises a first annular interaction ridge and the coupling ring has at least one flap including at least one engagement surface abutting and/or designed to abut against an abutment surface of the first annular interaction ridge. The collar also comprises a second annular interaction ridge protruding from the outer surface of the collar and being axially displaced from the first annular interaction ridge. The flap further comprises at least one contact surface designed to interact and/or interacting with a guiding surface of the second annular interaction ridge so as to direct the engagement surface towards and/or against the abutment surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a product comprising cellulose fibers wherein the cellulose fibers are at least partly modified to contain dialcohol cellulose and a melt-processing method of preparing the same.

Abstract: A filter bag support system arranged to support a filter bag for separating food powder and air, comprising a support cage arranged to be placed inside the filter bag, and a lock ring arranged to be placed inside a top section of the support cage, wherein the top section of the support cage is expandable in a radial direction by the lock ring which is arranged to expand the top section of the support cage in the radial direction, towards an edge of the opening of a cell plate when the filter bag support system is located in the cell plate and when the lock ring is rotated within the top section.

Abstract: An automatic heat-sealing quality control system to automatically control a quality of a heat-sealing of a sealing strip to a longitudinal edge of a packaging web at a heat-sealing station in a packaging machine, where sealed packages containing pourable food products are continuously produced from a continuous vertical tube filled with the pourable food product and formed by longitudinally folding the packaging web to overlap longitudinal edges thereof and then heat-sealing the overlapping longitudinal edges. The system comprises a visible-light imaging camera designed to operate in the electromagnetic spectrum visible to human eye to capture and output visible-light digital images; a thermal imaging camera designed to operate in the electromagnetic spectrum invisible to human eye to capture and output thermal digital images.

Abstract: A drinking straw structure is disclosed. The drinking straw structure comprising: a U-shaped drinking straw comprising a first portion, a second portion and a bending portion, wherein the first and second portions are connected via the bending portion, and a drinking straw wrap enclosing the U-shaped drinking straw, wherein the first and second portions of the U-shaped drinking straw extend substantially parallel along a longitudinal axis of the drinking straw structure, the drinking straw wrap comprising: a main seal being arranged along a circumference of the drinking straw wrap thereby forming a first unsealed area of the drinking straw wrap, and a longitudinal seal extending in a longitudinal direction of the drinking straw structure from the main seal at a first edge of the drinking straw wrap along a longitudinal seal length.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus for advancing packages from an inlet station to an outlet station comprises an intermediate track between the inlet and outlet stations, an endless belt to engage the packages during advancement along at least the track; and a tensioning device to tension the endless belt. The tensioning device comprises a spring unit comprising first and second spring assemblies having first and second pre-loaded spring forces respectively, with the second spring force larger than the first spring force. The conveying apparatus is in a rest configuration in the absence of packages along the track and is in a loaded configuration with plural packages arranged along the track. The first spring assembly determines the spring force of the spring unit when the conveying apparatus is in the rest configuration and the second spring assembly determines the spring force of the spring unit when the conveying is in the loaded configuration.

Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of carts movable independently from one another along an endless track and configured to perform at least one task in order to carry out at least one operation onto respective articles; the method including the steps of: advancing the carts along the track, the track including at least one task section and at least one transient section; advancing each cart along a task-assignment section of the track arranged upstream of the at least one task section; advancing a plurality of articles along a feeding path and through an operation station; detecting the passage of each article at a detection station of the feeding path located upstream of the operation station; and controlling one respective cart to perform the at least one task if an article is detected, during the step d) of detecting, when the cart is moving along the task-assignment section.

Abstract: An automatic heat-sealing quality control system to automatically control a quality of a heat-sealing of a sealing strip to a longitudinal edge of a packaging web at a heat-sealing station in a packaging machine, where sealed packages containing pourable food products are continuously produced from a continuous vertical tube filled with the pourable food product and formed by longitudinally folding the packaging web to overlap longitudinal edges thereof and then heat-sealing the overlapping longitudinal edges. The system comprises a thermal imaging camera designed to operate in the electromagnetic spectrum invisible to human eye to capture and output thermal digital images.