Abstract: A method for filling packaging including an outer paper packaging member and an inner plastic film bag member with a filling material that is contained in a filling material container arranged above the packaging. The method includes, in the vicinity of the filling material container, forming the plastic film bag member from a tubular film by providing a welded seam along a lower edge. The bag is spread apart at an open upper edge. The plastic film bag member is separated from the tubular film. The plastic film bag member is inserted over the filling material container. The filling material container is lowered together with the plastic film bag member into the outer packaging member. The filling material container is emptied into the plastic film bag member. The material filling container is moved back to a starting position above the packaging.

Abstract: In an apparatus for forming, filling and closing packages made of cardboard, cassettes for receiving the package are provided, which may be rearranged in differing processing positions. These cassettes are designed in such a way that they may be either exchanged for one another altogether, or reset for various format sizes. With such a device, format resetting, which has heretofore required considerable retooling times for such devices, may be achieved in a very short time and without great difficulty.