Abstract: A guide position adjustment device includes upstream side guide members and downstream side guide members arranged in order starting from the upstream side in the sheet traveling direction. Each of the upstream side guide members and each of the downstream side guide members are mounted in pairs on the right and left sides of a folder gluer. The guide position adjustment device includes an outlet side guide moving mechanism, which is mounted on a folding guide device provided with a frame moving mechanism for translating, by a first actuator, a supporting frame that supports the upstream side guide members and the downstream side guide members, in the device width direction perpendicular to the sheet traveling direction. The outlet side guide moving mechanism moves, by a second actuator, an outlet side tip end regulation part of the upstream side guide members relative to the supporting frame in the device width direction.

Abstract: A dunnage conversion system for making a coil of dunnage from a sheet stock includes a coiler, a movable dancer upstream of the coiler and interposed in a path of the sheet stock, and a controller communicatively coupled to each of the coiler and the movable dancer. The coiler is configured to wind the sheet stock, and the controller is configured to control the speed of the coiler based on the position of the movable dancer to control tension of the sheet stock upstream of the coiler. The sheet stock drawn about the movable dancer may be a slit-sheet stock having a plurality of slits configured to expand under tension applied in a feed direction. The controller may be configured to control expansion of the slit-sheet stock upstream of the coiler allowing conversion of the sheet stock into a coil of relatively less dense dunnage prior to or during winding.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a slide rail base, including two mutually parallel first slide rails and two mutually parallel second slide rails. The two first slide rails and the two second slide rails are respectively located in an upper and a lower surface and intersect with each other. A slider is respectively provided on the intersection point of each first slide rail and the second slide rail. Each slider on the intersection point is respectively movably connected to and limited in the corresponding first slide rail and the second slide rail. An auxiliary folding fixture includes a slide rail base. A clamp assembly is slidably connected to the slide rail base, which is configured to support and guide the paperboard when the carton is folded. A clamping area is formed between the clamp assemblies.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for making a package comprising at least one sheet of packaging material including at least one layer of paper, which is shaped so as to present a hollow portion surrounded by a perimetral portion. The hollow portion of the shaped sheet has a ratio between depth and width higher than 0.39, preferably between 1:1.8 and 1:2.5.

Abstract: A transfer device having an active member comprising a main body having an inlet and an outlet that can communicate with one another such that material may pass therethrough by means of a moveable/extendable conduit moveable between a stowed configuration in which the inlet and outlet are not directly linked and an extended configuration in which the conduit extends between the outlet and inlet and in which the outlet and inlet are in communication with one another via the conduit and material may pass therebetween via the conduit.

Abstract: A method of forming a structural honeycomb includes cutting and folding a substrate sheet according to predetermined cutting and folding patterns and fold angles that cause the sheet to form a honeycomb having cells that each have at least one face abutting, or nearly abutting, the face of another cell. The honeycomb is then stabilized by joining abutting, or nearly abutting, faces to hold the honeycomb together. The honeycomb may have a prespecified three-dimensional shape. The folding pattern may include corrugation, canted corrugation, or zig-zag folds. Joining may employ fixed and/or reversible joinery, including slotted cross section, tabbed strip, angled strip, integral skin, sewn, or laced. At least some folds may be partially-closed to create bends and twists in the honeycomb structure. Some surfaces of the honeycomb may be covered with a skin or face sheet. The substrate sheet may have flexible electronic traces.

Abstract: A moving body of the present disclosure is a moving body for placing a loading object on a loading platform and transporting the loading object, and the moving body includes a driving device configured to move the moving body, and a control device configured to set at least one of speed and acceleration/deceleration of the moving body based on a parameter related to at least one of a mass, a size, a shape, and a center of gravity of the loading object, and control the driving device based on at least one of the set speed and acceleration/deceleration.

Abstract: A system for scoring a web of a roll of material comprises a plate, a scoring punch, a scoring station actuator, and a controller. The plate has a slot extending about a shape representing an outline of a pressware product. The scoring punch has a protruding blade operable to enter the slot of the plate. The scoring station actuator is configured to shift the scoring punch or the plate to press the blade against the web to form a slot in the web. The controller is configured to direct the scoring station actuator to press the blade to a first predetermined scoring depth within the web.

Abstract: A machine for applying safety strips to the upper part of containers. The machine has, along a container advancement path, at least one application station which includes at least one application assembly provided with at least one crimping device which includes a first pad, designed to make contact, with a working face thereof, with a first end of the safety strip applied to the corresponding container at a transfer station, and a second pad, which is provided, on its working face, with at least one suction port, for the removable retention of a second end of the safety strip; each application assembly includes a respective suction device which is connected to the suction port of the corresponding second pad.

Abstract: A system and method for transferring beverage such as wine from a source container to a destination container. First and second transfer heads can be configured to sealingly engage with an opening of source and destination containers, respectively. The container opening(s) can have a closure such as a cork or septum and the transfer heads can sealingly engage with the container opening without removing the closure, e.g., by passing one or more needles through the closure. The transfer heads and the source container can be held by a support, and the first transfer head can be mounted for pivotal movement relative to the support, e.g., about a horizontal axis, to accommodate differently sized and/or shaped containers. Pressurized gas, e.g., used to purge and/or pressurize the containers, and beverage flow can be routed from one of the transfer heads to the other.

Abstract: A sheet conveying device includes a sensor, a movement control portion, a detection processing portion, and a switching processing portion. The sensor detects a position in a width direction of a sheet conveyed by a pair of conveying members. The movement control portion controls the movement along the width direction of the pair of conveying members which is nipping the sheet, based on an amount of shift between the position detected by the sensor and a reference position. The detection processing portion detects a sheet size of the sheet. The switching processing portion switches between permitting and not permitting the movement of the pair of conveying members based on a sheet size associated with a sheet feed source and the sheet size detected by the detection processing portion.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of cargo loading and unloading, and discloses a lifting type carriage cargo loading and unloading device, which includes a frame, a cargo carrying mechanism and a power mechanism. The frame includes a cargo carrying platform, lifting oil cylinders and a supporting platform. The lifting oil cylinders are connected to both sides of the cargo carrying platform. The supporting platform is arranged on an upper surface of the cargo carrying platform. The cargo carrying mechanism is movably installed on the cargo carrying platform and includes a push-and-pull assembly and at least two cargo carrying assemblies. Each cargo carrying assembly is provided with a liftable upper cover. The push-and-pull assembly is used for driving the upper cover to rise or restoring the upper cover. The lifting oil cylinders drive the cargo carrying platform to move up and down.

Abstract: The present application discloses a pallet truck for transporting window-shaped pallets, comprising a forklift body, a fork arm assembly and two load-bearing wheels. The fork arm assembly is movably arranged on the forklift body. The fork arm assembly has a movement stroke that moves up and down relative to the forklift body. The fork arm assembly comprises two fork arms spaced apart along a width direction of the forklift body. The two load-bearing wheels are respectively movably arranged on each fork arm. In an up and down direction, the load-bearing wheels have a movement stroke close to and away from the fork arms.

Abstract: An example scanner includes a tray, a document feeding member, a document feed error detection sensor, a reading member, and a processor. The processor, in a case where a document feed error is detected by the document feed error detection sensor, is to move the tray between a first position to feed a document, and a second position deviated from the first position, and control the document feeding member to perform a reverse feeding operation of feeding an erroneous document toward the tray. Based on performing the reverse feeding operation, the processor is to move the tray between the second position and the first position and control the document feeding member to perform a re-feeding operation of feeding the erroneous document to the reading member.

Abstract: A sealing element for sealing a package, the sealing element configured to cooperate with an abutment for engaging the package for providing a seal to the package and a device for sealing a package. The sealing element includes a sealing element, an abutment and a base, the sealing element is releasably supported by the base, and at least one of the base and the abutment is moveably arranged for engagement with the package from opposing sides for providing a seal to the package.

Abstract: Film seal assemblies that seal one or more reagents within a sample cartridge, which allow for single lid cartridge designs. Such film seal assemblies can include one or more layers, a bottom-most layer that permanently seals with a sample cartridge having multiple chambers for one or more reagents, and top-most layer that releasably seals vent opening(s) in the film seal assembly and is removable by the end user. This configuration allows use of a single lid, which can be integrally formed with cartridge body or a separate component attached atop the cartridge body. The film seal assembly can include peelable liner(s) or can releasably attached to an underside of the single lid. Such film assemblies can include multiple layers that include a polypropylene layer for permanently sealing to a rigid propylene cartridge body and polyester top layers for releasably and hermetically sealing with a liner or the lid.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of double-sheet detection, and discloses a double-sheet detection device. The double-sheet detection device includes a paper feeding machine body, wherein a main body plate is arranged on an outer side of the paper feeding machine body; a detection mechanism is arranged on an inner side of the main body plate; the paper feeding machine body is provided with a storage assembly; the detection mechanism includes a U-shaped plate; and the U-shaped plate is arranged on the inner side of the main body plate. When a detection wheel rolls on the paper feeding machine body, after a piece of paper passes, a moving distance of the detection wheel on the paper is matched with a thickness of the paper, so as to determine the number of pieces of paper and achieve the purpose of double-sheet detection.

Abstract: A method for controlling, through a mobile device, wrapping operations in a wrapper for wrapping a round bale with a film, comprises the following steps, performed by a processor of the mobile device: coupling the mobile device to a control unit of the wrapper, by sending a coupling signal to the control unit; receiving control inputs from a user, through an interaction of the user with the mobile device; elaborating the control inputs and generating, based on the control inputs, a command message; sending the command message to the control unit of the wrapper; receiving, at the processor of the mobile device, operation data from the control unit of the wrapper, the operation data being representative of operations performed by the wrapper.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for automatic wrapping of a wrapping blank (3) on lateral walls of a cardboard box (2), the wrapping blank (3) having a base (301) and a plurality of flaps (302, 303, 304, 305) connected thereto, comprises a plurality of folding heads (5) for folding the flaps of the wrapping blank (3) and tucking in their outer portions. Each folding head (5) includes a pair of fingers (502A), positionable inside the box (2) and movable reciprocally towards and away from each other so that the fingers (502A) can be reciprocally moved in sliding contact with the wrapping blank (3) on the internal surface of the lateral wall of the box (2).

Abstract: Disclosed is a production machine which is used in producing the cornet cone packages used in the packaging of cornet-type ice-creams and which provides for the cornet cone packages to be vertically fed and brought into a cone shape by being crimped.