Abstract: A power tool includes an electric motor, a power supply module, a driver circuit, a control module, and a detection module. Under sensorless control, the power tool can accurately identify an occasion for controlling a brushless motor to switch from an open-loop control mode to a closed-loop control mode.

Abstract: An interfolding machine comprising a first roller unit which comprises a cutting tool and a first roller for guiding a strip, a frame housing the first roller unit and a beam bearing a first cutting tool and fixed to the frame in a first position in which the first cutting tool has a relative first position with respect to the rotation axis of the first roller that is such as to cut or score the strip with the cutting tool of the first roller unit. The beam bears a second cutting tool and is fixable to the frame in a second position in which the second cutting tool has a relative second position with respect to the rotation axis so as to cut or score with the cutting tool of another roller unit.

Abstract: A hydraulic tool can include a pump, a head detached from the pump, and a hose connected between the head and the pump. The pump can pressurize hydraulic fluid within the pump. The head can receive pressurized hydraulic fluid from the pump. The hose can be connected to a pump outlet at a first end and connected to a head inlet at a second, opposite, end to direct pressurized hydraulic fluid from the pump outlet to the head inlet. The hydraulic tool can further include a first control button arranged on the head to trigger the pump to begin directing pressurized hydraulic fluid from the pump outlet to the head inlet via the hose.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an automated process, apparatus and system for decanting containers wherein the form of the container is altered during the decanting process. The decanting includes altering the form of the containers for the separation or removal of the product from the containers. The altering can include a pushing motion, a pulling motion, or both on one or more sides of the containers. In one example, a method of automatically decanting products from containers includes: (1) opening a portion of a container, (2) lifting and rotating the container using a robotic depositing device, and (3) separating product from the container after the lifting and rotating by altering a form of the container using the robotic depositing device.

Abstract: A method for transporting an air-formed cellulose blank structure to a forming mould via a buffering module. The method includes the steps: continuously feeding the cellulose blank structure on a first endless belt unit in a first feeding direction, and redirecting the cellulose blank structure to a second endless belt unit; feeding the cellulose blank structure on the second endless belt unit in a second feeding direction being at least partly opposite the first feeding direction, where the second endless belt unit alternatingly is longitudinally moved in opposite directions relative to the first endless belt unit and a third endless belt unit, and redirecting the cellulose blank structure to the third endless belt unit; intermittently feeding the cellulose blank structure on the third endless belt unit in a third feeding direction at least partly coinciding with the first feeding direction.

Abstract: Electric work equipment includes a body case, a work tool formed to protrude forward from a front portion of the body case, a motor housed in the body case and configured to drive the work tool, a battery removably disposed in the body case and configured to supply power to the motor, a handle protruding from the body case and configured to be gripped, a trigger lever disposed on a lower surface of the handle and configured such that power is supplied from the battery to the motor when pulled, and a switch panel disposed on an upper surface of the handle and including a power switch, the power switch being configured to make the motor operable when turned on and to stop operation of the motor when turned off, and is inclined downward from a right to left side thereof or from the left to right side thereof.

Abstract: The unfolding device includes a frame that provides a space for placing an empty box, a plurality of stress concentrating members that unfolds a plurality of corners of the empty box, a plurality of movable portions, and a power transmission portion that transmits power for moving the stress concentrating member via the movable portion. The stress concentrating member is brought into contact with the inside of the empty box from the opening side of the empty box, thereby placing the empty box. The power transmission portion transmits, to the stress concentrating member, power for moving the stress concentrating member so as to bring the stress concentrating member into contact with the corner. The power transmission portion transmits the power to the stress concentrating member so that the stress concentrating member unfolds the corner by tearing and opening the corner.

Abstract: An isolator system for filling a container with a liquid, the isolator system comprises a filling module having a filling station for filling the container with the liquid, a stopper placing station for placing a stopper on the filled container, and a plurality of handling devices for handling the container within the filling module; a first transfer station for transferring the container to be filled into the filling module; a second transfer station for transferring the filled container out of the filling module; and a control device. The present application also discloses a transfer station for transferring a container and several methods.

Abstract: A food packaging barrier film is provided. The food packaging barrier film includes a base film, an inorganic laminated film formed on a surface of the base film, and a barrier coating layer formed on the inorganic laminated film. The inorganic laminated film includes at least one first inorganic material deposition layer and a second inorganic material deposition layer stacked upon each other, and the at least one first inorganic material deposition layer and the second inorganic material deposition layer are formed in a same vacuum deposition process and in a vacuum condition. The at least one first inorganic material deposition layer and the second inorganic material deposition layer are respectively formed by different inorganic metal oxides in the same vacuum deposition process. The barrier coating layer is formed by coating a barrier coating solution on the inorganic laminated film and then curing the barrier coating solution.

Abstract: An apparatus for packaging articles to provide a corresponding package in the form of a secondary package, such as a bag, for example in plastic or paper film, a box, for example in cardboard or plastic material, and/or in the form of a tertiary package, such as a palletized load, includes a device for supplying the articles, a device for preparing a respective group of articles to be packaged, and a device for using the respective group of articles to be packaged, including a device for packaging the same group of articles to be packaged. The apparatus includes a plurality of independent, or discrete, modules, for the treatment of the articles, which treatment modules, are associated, in a sequential manner, or in succession, to one another to define the apparatus, especially to provide for the packaging of the articles, through the preparation of corresponding groups of articles.

Abstract: A multistage press machine for applying pressure to a blank to form a part comprises an upper plate assembly, a lower plate assembly, a top tool, and a bottom tool. The upper plate assembly couples to a system which lowers and raises the upper plate assembly. The lower plate assembly couples to the system to raise and lower the lower plate assembly. The top tool is attached to the upper plate assembly and configured to form a plurality of upper features in an upper surface of the blank, wherein each upper feature is formed in a respective one of a plurality of stages of a press operation. The bottom tool is attached to the lower plate assembly and configured to form a plurality of lower features in a lower surface of the blank, wherein each lower feature is formed in a respective one of the stages of the press operation.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems including stretch-hood machines configured to vertically and horizontally apply tubular stretch film to loads of goods and to methods for wrapping loads of goods with multiple segments of tubular stretch film.

Abstract: A process for making a water-soluble detergent pouch containing a solid component is provided, where the process employs a scraper and a vacuum. The process includes deforming a first water-soluble film into a cavity and over a surrounding edge to form an open recess and a film-covered surrounding edge, filling the open recess with a solid component, passing a scraper over the top of the filled recess to remove some of the solid component, applying a vacuum to remove some of the solid component, and positioning a second water-soluble film to close the filled recess by sealing the second water-soluble film to the first water-soluble film.

Abstract: A bag made of flexible material has a first and a second segment having cheeks along their selvages, the cheeks being joined together so as to form two gussets joining the segments together, one end of the bag perpendicular to the selvages being closed. The bag has a system of at least one reinforcing panel extending over a central part of the segments, between the gussets, each segment having a fold marking line, one opposite the other, in order to delimit a bottom at the closed end. Method and machine for manufacturing such a bag.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a drive unit, and an impact mechanism. The drive unit is supported by the housing and includes a motor configured to drive rotation of an output shaft to provide a torque output. The impact mechanism is supported by the housing. The impact mechanism includes a camshaft, a first mass, a second mass, an anvil, and a spring. The camshaft receives the torque output from the drive unit. The first mass is mounted to the camshaft and is configured to translate along the camshaft. The second mass is mounted to the camshaft. The anvil is configured to receive an impact torque from the first mass. The anvil includes an output portion that is configured to apply the torque from the first mass to a workpiece.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an expansion system for expanding expandable slit sheet paper is provided that includes: a roll of expandable slit sheet paper, and a friction member for applying friction along a lateral side of said expandable slit sheet paper. In some examples, the friction member includes a brush including a plurality of elongated bristles or fibers. In some examples, the friction member imparts sufficient resistance to an expandable slit sheet paper that is pulled past said friction member such that said expandable slit sheet paper expands to form fully opened cells.

Abstract: A device for shrinking a heat-shrink film placed around a palletized stack of goods includes a shrinking frame movable on a rack in vertical direction and forming an opening for the stack of goods. A shrinking device for shrinking the heat-shrink film includes a surrounding side wall, forming a shrinking space, comprising a shrink hood open downward and a cover. The shrink hood is movable in the vertical direction, and includes a blower that generates an air flow in the interior of the shrink hood. The blower includes an impeller driven by a drive. At least one air-guide section includes a nozzle on its end opposite the impeller, so that the air suctioned by the impeller from the shrinking space surrounded by the shrink hood can be reintroduce in a directed manner via the nozzle into the shrinking space surrounded by the shrink hood.

Abstract: The present invention involves a sterilizable vacuum chamber that provides for sealing a pharmaceutical fluid into a plurality of containers, the chamber comprising a vertically movable container nest holder for holding a container nest bearing a plurality of pharmaceutical containers filled with a pharmaceutical fluid, a container closure nest holder for holding a closure nest bearing a plurality of corresponding container closures and for locating a closure vertically above each corresponding container, a ram for vertically moving the container nests to engage the containers with corresponding closures, and an elastically deformable closure nest restraining element disposed on an opposing side of the closure nest from the container nest. A method is provided for sealing the pharmaceutical fluid into the containers.

Abstract: Provided is a mason jar sealing device, including a main machine and an adapter component. The separation plate is provided in the main machine, a through hole is provided in the separation plate, the through hole is connected to an extraction tube of a vacuum pump, and the separation plate is provided with a peripheral bone and an inner peripheral bone arranged concentrically on a side of a sleeve. The adapter component includes a straight cylindrical bracket whose both ends are pluggably fixed in the sleeve. The device is adaptable to mason jars of two different mouth diameters, and when a bottle top used for sealing a mouth of a mason jar is stuck in the mason jar sealing device, the bottle top can be removed by hand without the help of a tool, which is convenient and safe to use.

Abstract: A method and a system for filling and sealing a liquid-filled hard capsule are provided. The method includes: separating a capsule body and a capsule cap, filling a material into the capsule body, and inflating an inert gas into the capsule cap, wherein the material at least includes a liquid; fitting the capsule cap and the capsule body obtained in step S1 to obtain a liquid-filled capsule; injecting a glue into a fitting gap, while applying pressure to the liquid-filled capsule, so that the glue fills the fitting gap using negative pressure, and then heating the fitting gap to implement sealing.