CPC B31B 50/00 (2017.08) [B31B 50/28 (2017.08); B31B 50/44 (2017.08); B31B 50/624 (2017.08); B31B 50/81 (2017.08); B31B 2100/00 (2017.08); B31B 2100/0024 (2017.08); B31B 2110/30 (2017.08); B31B 2120/002 (2017.08); B31B 2120/502 (2017.08)] | 9 Claims |
1. A method of forming a container, said method comprising:
positioning a blank in a blank feeder assembly;
feeding the blank to a compression assembly; and
forming the container from the blank within the compression assembly, wherein the compression assembly includes a mandrel assembly, an upper folding arm assembly including a plurality of folding arms moveable between a first position and a second position, a compression plate, and a rollover arm assembly, wherein forming the container comprises:
driving the mandrel assembly downwardly against a bottom panel of the blank;
rotating a first folding arm of the plurality of folding arms from the first position to the second position, said rotating comprising folding a first portion of the blank towards the mandrel assembly and into a perpendicular orientation relative to the bottom panel;
folding, with the compression plate, a second portion of the blank into contact with the first portion of the blank and into a perpendicular orientation relative to the bottom panel; and
folding, with the rollover arm assembly, a third portion of the blank coupled to the second portion of the blank, said folding comprising rotating the third portion of the blank from a perpendicular orientation relative to the bottom panel into a parallel orientation relative the bottom panel.
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