US 12,384,583 B2
Packaging material sealing device, packaging machine and method for operating a packaging material sealing device
Tom Kok, Weert (NL); Maurice Hennissen, Weert (NL); and Patrick Lagarde, Weert (NL)
Assigned to Syntegon Packaging Solutions B.V., Weert (NL)
Filed by Syntegon Packaging Solutions B.V., Weert (NL)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/461,677.
Claims priority of application No. 22194168 (EP), filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076083 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 51/30 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 51/303 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
22. A packaging material sealing device (12) comprising:
a first sealing jaw (16) and at least a second sealing jaw (18);
at least one movement unit (20), which comprises a first actuator (26) and at least a second actuator (28) for actuating the two sealing jaws (16, 18) along a sealing direction (30); and
at least one control unit (32),
wherein in at least one operating state the at least one control unit (32) controls the two actuators (26, 28) for setting an asymmetrical sealing force for the two sealing jaws (16, 18),
wherein in at least one operating state the at least one control unit (32) controls a rotation of the two sealing jaws (16, 18) relative to a transport direction (72) of a packaging material (14, 14′).