Abstract: An apparatus for producing bags made of tube pieces having fabric made of stretched plastic strips and with two material webs lying on top of each other includes a transport device, via which the tube pieces are conveyed in a horizontal position in a transport direction (x) extending transversely to the direction of extension (z) of the tube pieces, a bottom-opening station, via which open bottom squares are produced on at least one end of a tube piece, a closing station, via which the bottoms opened at the bottom-opening station are folded up, and a bottom-patch station, via which a bottom patch is applied for closing the bag bottom. At least one processing station on the operating side (BS) is disposed such that it is at least partly offset to a similar processing station on the drive side (AS).

Abstract: The invention describes an apparatus (1) for producing bags made of tube pieces (2), which (2) comprise fabric made of stretched plastic strips and comprise two material webs lying on top of each other. Provision is made at least for the following devices: a transport device, by means of which the tube pieces (2) can be conveyed in a horizontal position in a transport direction (x) extending transversely to the direction of extension (z) of the tube pieces, a bottom-opening station (3), by means of which (3) open bottom squares (5) can be produced on at least one end (5) of a tube piece (2), a closing station (7), by means of which (7) the bottoms (4) opened at the bottom-opening station (3) can be folded up, a bottom-patch station (8), by means of which (8) a bottom patch can be applied for closing the bag bottom.