Abstract: A cardboard box making maching has a product conveyor system, a brochure device, and a conveyor chain for taking over package inserts from the brochure device. The conveyor chain is capable of going around curves, so that the conveyor chain is guided laterally out of the plane of the product conveyor system directly to a transfer point disposed above and obliquely to the product conveyor system. The carboard box making machine, because of the conveyor chain, has fewer transfer points for the package inserts and therefore functions especially operationally reliably at relatively little effort and expense for equipment.

Abstract: A transfer device for package inserts is disposed between a brochure device and a brochure conveyor system has two pairs of two conveyor belts each. To enable ejection of defective package inserts two of the conveyor belts are disposed pivotably by means of a lever, in order to form an alternative conveyor path that transfers the defective package inserts into a discard bin. The transfer device of the invention makes early ejection of defective package inserts from a cardboard box-making machine possible.

Abstract: A method (and structure) of estimating a cost related to at least one of computer software development, maintenance, and information technology services. A section of computer code is read in accordance with a sampling technique. The cost for a larger subset of the computer code is calculated from the sampling. At least one of the reading, sampling, and calculating is executed on a computer.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for inserting blister packs (1) into collapsible cardboard boxes (2) has an inserter (40) and a covering tab (58). During a stationary phase of a first conveyor device (15) that supplies the blister packs (1), the inserter (40) and covering tab (58) transfer the blister packs (1) into the collapsible cardboard box (2) supplied by a second conveyor device (11). In order to be able to execute a format change without replacement of the inserter (40) or adaptation of the covering tab (58), the invention proposes driving the inserter (40) and the covering tab (58) by means of servomotors (32 to 34).

Abstract: A housing for a packaging machine. The housing has guides for at least one protective plate disposed in side walls of the housing. The at least one protective plate is supported in the guides by rollers. It is essential that the protective plate can be moved in the guides in such a way that the protective plate is possible to freely access a region disposed inside the housing, the opening of the housing does not require any additional floor space for the packaging machine.

Abstract: A conveyor device for erected collapsible box. The conveyor device has a number of conveyor chains with drive ribs for the collapsible boxes. The conveyor chains are made up of chain links that are connected to one another in an articulating relationship. The chain links have guide pins that are guided in an upper and lower guide rail. The conveyor device is made to embody the deflecting regions of the conveyor chains so that the conveyor chains are free of guide elements. This is achieved by a particular disposition of the guide pins and the guide rails. The conveyor device has a particularly simple design and is also suited for small collapsible box formats.

Abstract: An apparatus for pushing bag packages or similar compliant articles into folding boxes which includes first and second endless conveying devices. Open folding boxes are conveyed on the first conveying device to a bag filling station and the bag packages are conveyed in the region of the filling section in alignment with the folding boxes by the second conveying device. For pushing the bag packages into the folding boxes, a pusher rod in combination with a pivotably arranged lever having a covering tongue are used. Guiding the lever by a contact-pressure element and guide member achieves low loading on the bag packages which permits a simple construction of the apparatus.

Abstract: A packaging machine (10) for processing fold boxes (15) with integrated support frames (25) has respectively one raising element (47) moving along with each fold box (15), which raises the support frame (25) lying flat against the inside of the fold box (15). A support element (50) is furthermore associated with each raising element (47), which interlockingly supports the support frame (25) during the insertion of objects (30, 35) into the fold box (15).

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for erecting a folding box and folding the closure flaps or ends. The apparatus has a transfer device, by which the folding boxes are withdrawn from a magazine and conveyed along a cycloidal orbit path and conveyed into a conveying device of a cartoning machine. The folder apparatus has a platelike folder element as well as two folder elements, that protrude from the apparatus into the range of motion of the closure flaps. The closure flaps are bent at right angles in the order of their disposition on the box in the direction of movement of the folding box to the folder elements and the conveying device.

Abstract: A conveyor system in a packaging machine having leading and trailing drivers, which are disposed on endless parallel conveyor chains. To adjust the drivers to various sized boxes, the conveyor chains are adjustable transversely to the conveyor direction and are adjustable in phase. The chain wheels guiding the outer conveyor chains having the trailing drivers are disposed in a manner fixed against relative rotation, and one chain wheel is additionally axially displaceably disposed on the drive shaft. The middle chain wheel, which guides the conveyor chain having the leading drivers, is mounted on a hollow shaft disposed in a rotatable and axially displaceable manner on the drive shaft; this hollow shaft penetrates the hub of one outer chain wheel and has an aperture for an adjusting spring that connects the hub to the drive shaft.

Abstract: A magazine for flat articles, in particular folding boxes lying flat, including a horizontal conveyor apparatus for receiving a supply stack of folded boxes and a vertical receiving chute from which the folding boxes can be withdrawn in succession and delivered to a conveyor in an open condition. In order to keep the pressure on the lowermost folding boxes in the receiving chute constant, the receiving chute is refilled with folding boxes as needed from the conveyor apparatus, so that the stack height in the receiving chute remains constant. The transfer of folding boxes from the supply stack on the conveyor apparatus into the receiving chute is effected via a gap, through which the horizontally delivered holding boxes, resting obliquely, are purposefully tipped via rollers or via a support podium into the receiving chute at the transition from the conveyor apparatus.

Abstract: A transfer apparatus for folding boxes including suction heads disposed on a carrier and for holding the folding boxes by negative pressure. To enable adjusting the suction heads to a format of folding boxes to be manipulated, the suction heads have a plurality of cup-shaped suction devices, individual ones of which can be adjusted out of the working position into a position of repose and which can be blocked off from the negative pressure. To this end, the adjustable suction devices are mounted on necks displaceable in carriers, and the necks can be arrested in two positions.

Abstract: An apparatus for taking folded flat blanks out of a magazine and transferring them to a conveyor apparatus of a box-making machine is disposed between the vertically oriented magazine and the conveyor apparatus extending horizontally beneath it at some distance therefrom. The apparatus has three suction cups offset by 120.degree., on a star-shaped rotor which travel over a self-contained cycloid path (C) having four reversal points (F, G, H, I) and concave arcs between them. This cycloid path is generated by a revolving crank that rotatably supports the rotor with an eccentricity (E) and by a planetary gear associated with the crank, the sun gear of which is disposed coaxially with the axis of rotation of the crank, and the planet gear of which is firmly connected coaxially to the rotor; an intermediate gear is incorporated between the sun gear and the planet gear.

Abstract: An apparatus for taking flat erectable blanks out of a magazine and transferring them to a conveyor apparatus has a rotor, on the circumference of which suction cups are distributed, offset uniformly. The rotor is rotatably supported as a planet part in a rotating planet carrier and upon revolving is additionally rotated about its shaft by a planetary gear. In this process the suction cups travel over a self-contained cycloid path (C) having four reversal points (F, G, H, I) and intervening concave arcs. For acting upon the articles, for instance pressing on a foldable box or rotating it about a transverse axis, a cam disk is rotatable supported on the shaft of the rotor and is hindered from rotating with the rotor by being coupled to a rocker arm supported in stationary fashion. A lever guided by a roller in the cam race acts upon a pivotable pressing prong or upon the rotatably supported suction cup.

Abstract: Molten metal passing through an outlet opening is guided in free fall by a magnetic field which rotates about the vertical axis of the opening to impress a rotation in the stream of molten metal. A further magnetic field rotating at the same rate but out of phase with the first can increase the rotation. At least one toroidal magnetic field coaxial with the rotating field can be used to shape the cross section of the pouring stream.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for the control of the strike positions of a plurality of electron beams on a melting bath. In this case, the light beams issuing from the surface of the melting bath are sent to a radiation splitter, the separated beams of which, as the case may be, are sent via additional radiation splitters to photoelectric sensors. The output signals of these sensors are sent to a control, which guides the electron beam guns, from which the electron beams issue.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for cleaning sulphur and nitrogen containing flue gases by supplying a gaseous reagent such as ammonia gas. The reaction mixture is converted in a reaction chamber through which the reactants flow at a pressure of between 1 and 5 bar under the action of electron beams. The electron beams are injected into the reaction chamber from the vacuum required at the beam source through at least one pressure step stage surrounding the beam path.

Abstract: Melting furnace (1) for the production of strand-cast ingots (17, 18) in a protective gas atmosphere, has a charging apparatus (8) for feeding starting material (11) into a melting area (14). Within a melting chamber provided with a chamber floor (2d) and at least one energy source (4,5) there is situated a strand-casting mold (15) for the transformation of the melt to an ingot (17, 18) and underneath the strand-casting mold is disposed an offbearing apparatus (25) for offbearing the ingot, and an offbearing chamber enveloping the ingot and the offbearing apparatus. To solve the problem of operating such a melting furnace virtually continuously, the strand-casting mold (15) together with at least one additional strand-casting mold (16) is disposed in the chamber flow (2d) in such a manner that each of the strand-casting molds (15, 16) can be brought into the drop path of the melt by a preferably horizontal relative movement.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for cleaning sulphur and nitrogen containing flue gases by adding gaseous reagents and by a reaction in a reaction chamber which the reactants pass through in the axial direction and are exposed to at least one electorn beam. The apparatus includes at least one reaction chamber and at least one electron beam source from which the electron beam is admitted into the reaction chamber through at least one pressure step zone. The electron beam source is structurally combined with the reaction chamber in such a manner that the axis of the pressure step stage runs parallel to the axis of the reaction chamber and that the electron beam can be rotationally deflected about this axis to traverse each surface element of a flow cross section of the reaction chamber running perpendicular to the axis at at least one position in the flow path.

Abstract: A vaporization arrangement for coating substrates disposed in an areal region, or past through an areal region, comprises a rectangular vaporization crucible with a crucible rim, as well as plurality of electron guns each having an X-Y deflecting system. The electron guns are disposed on one side of the drucible axis separately from the crucible in such a manner that their beam axis extend parallel to one another and are directed on a plane passing vertically through the longitudinal axis of the crucible. The arrangement further comprises means for deflecting the electron means onto the surface of the contents of the crucible. Such means include an alternating serial arrangement of linear coils, on the side of the crucible opposite to the electron guns, and pole plates disposed both between the linear coils and at their ends.