B - Operations – Transporting – 31 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
31
B
B31B 3/28 (2006.01) B31F 1/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2719596
A machine a mandrel assembly includes a mandrel having an external shape complimentary to an internal shape of at least a portion of a container, a first lift mechanism operatively coupled to a first servomechanism to wrap a first portion of a blank about the mandrel, a second lift mechanism operatively coupled to a second servomechanism to wrap a second portion of the blank about the mandrel, and a folding arm coupled to the first lift mechanism and operatively coupled to a third servomechanism. A control system is in communication with the first servomechanism, the second servomechanism, and the third servomechanism and is configured to transmit a signal to each of the servomechanisms to independently control movement of the first lift mechanism, the second lift mechanism, and the folding arm to wrap at least the first and second portions of the blank about the mandrel to form the container.
Aganovic Amer
Anderson Ricki D.
Chapman Jeffrey H.
Graham Thomas Dean
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
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