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A method (300) for increasing efficiency of a food production plant (100) is provided. The method comprises extracting (302) plant data (102) from a control system (104) of the food production plant (100), wherein the control system (104) is communicatively connected to control units (105a-e) placed in food production units (106 a-e) in the food production plant (100), generating (304) a digital model (108) of the food production plant (100) based on the plant data (102) extracted from the control system (104), wherein the digital model (108) comprises equipment objects (A-E) having actions (i-xii) linked thereto, connections (I-V) between the equipment objects (A-E), and series of actions linked to equipment object arrangements, downloading (306) a plant assistant library (110) comprising a number of assistant objects, each assistant object comprising an initial production scenario (112) comprising an initial series of actions linked to an initial equipment object arrangement, and a recommended production scenario (114) comprising a recommended series of actions linked to a recommended equipment object arrangement, wherein the recommended production scenario (114) provides for an increased efficiency of the food production plant (100) compared to the initial production scenario (112), identifying (308) a current equipment object arrangement in the digital model (108) that corresponds to the initial equipment object arrangement of the initial production scenario (112) of a matching assistant object (116), replacing (310) the current equipment object arrangement and a current series of activities linked to the current equipment object arrangement with the recommended equipment object arrangement and the recommended series of the matching assistant object in the digital model (108), transmitting (312) update data (118) corresponding to the recommended equipment object arrangement and the recommended series in the digital model (108) to the control system (104), updating (314) the food production plant (100) based on the update data (118).

There is described a digital printing apparatus (5) for a packaging machine (1) producing packages (2) comprising a control unit (6) for controlling the digital printing apparatus (5), a conveying device (7) and a digital printing unit (8). The conveying device (7) comprises a planar motor (10) having a plurality of carriers (11) configured to receive respective packages (2) at an inlet station (15) and to deliver the respective packages (2) to an outlet station (16). The digital printing unit (8) is arranged adjacent to the planar motor (10) at a printing station (17). The control unit (6) is configured to selectively control movement of the carriers (11) so as to selectively direct one or more carriers (11) to the printing station (17) and afterwards to the outlet station (17). The digital printing unit (8) is configured to print information and/or messages and/or decorations onto the packages (2) directed to the printing station (17) .

A method (700) for assessing quality of a longitudinal sealing (402, 502) in a roll fed packaging machine. The roll fed packaging machine comprises a packaging material receiver arranged to receive a web (104) of packaging material (202), wherein the packaging material (202) comprises an outer protective layer (204), an inner protective layer (206) and an intermediate strengthening layer (208), and wherein the web (104) has a first (302) and second (304) longitudinal side section, a strip receiver arranged to receive a protective strip (106), wherein the protective strip (106) has a first (306) and a second (308) longitudinal side section, a strip applicator (122) arranged to form a longitudinal strip sealing (502) by applying the protective strip (106) on the web (104) by heating the web (104) and the protective strip (106) and pressing the web (104) and protective strip (106) together and a strip application camera (108) arranged to capture strip application image data from a strip application area (310). The method comprises receiving (710) strip application image data of the strip application area (310), extracting (712) features from the strip application image data, wherein the features are related to effects of the heating provided by the strip applicator (122), determining (714) a strip application status by evaluating the features, wherein the strip application status relates to the quality of the longitudinal strip sealing (502), and transmitting (716) the strip application status, thereby providing a quality assessment of the longitudinal strip sealing (502).

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There is described a spout (3) for a container (2) filled with a pourable product. The spout (3) comprises at least a collar (5) having a pouring outlet (6) configured to allow an out-pouring of the pourable product and a lid assembly (7) having a coupling ring (8) rotatably arranged around the collar (5) and a lid (9) hinged to the coupling ring (8) and angularly movable around a respective hinge axis (C). The lid (9) is controllable between at least a closing configuration, an open configuration and an intermediate configuration. The spout (3) comprises an interaction device (16) partially associated to the collar (5) and partially associated to the lid (9). The interaction device (16) is configured such that control of the lid (9) from the closing configuration to the intermediate configuration is possible only by rotation of the lid (9) and the coupling ring (8) around a rotation axis (E) and such that control of the lid (9) from the intermediate configuration to the closing configuration is possible by a sole angular movement of the lid (9) around the hinge axis (C) from the intermediate angular position to the closing angular position.

The present invention relates to an anvil (402) of an ultrasonic sealing system (200) for sealing a transversal sealing section (302) of a tube (112) of packaging material. The transversal sealing section (302) comprises a first transversal edge section (304), a longitudinal sealing (LS) section (306) and a second transversal edge section (308), said anvil (402) comprising a ridge (410) extending along a first axis (A1) of the anvil (402). The anvil (410) comprises: a middle section (424) arranged to interact with at least the LS section (306) of the tube (112) during a transversal sealing state, a first and a second side section (420, 428) arranged to interact with at least the first and the second transversal edge section (304, 308) of the tube (112), respectively, during the transversal sealing state, a first transition section (422) arranged between the first side section (420) and the middle section (424), and a second transition section (426) arranged between the middle section (424) and the second side section (428), wherein, in the first transition section (422), the ridge (410) transitions from a first height (H1) of the first side section (420) to a second height (H2) of the middle section (424) over a first width (W1) of the first transition section (422), wherein, in the second transition section (426), the ridge (410) transitions from the second height (H2) of the middle section (424) to a third height (H3) of the second side section (428) over a second width (W2) of the second transition section (426), wherein the first width (W1) of the first transition section (422) is smaller than the second width (W2) of the second transition section (426).

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There is described a molding tool (40) for molding an opening device (3) comprising a collar (6) having a pouring outlet, a lid (7) covering the pouring outlet and a gripping element (8) connected to and protruding from the lid (7). The molding tool (40) comprises a plurality of molding tool portions (41, 42, 43). At least a first molding tool portion (41) and at least a second molding tool portion (42) define a portion of a mold cavity that defines a shape of the gripping element (8) of the opening device (3) to be molded. The first molding tool portion (41) and the second molding tool portion (42) are configured such that the first molding tool portion (41) is, after molding of the opening device (3), in contact with a first gripping surface (17) of the gripping element (8) and the second molding tool portion (42) is, after molding of the opening device (3), in contact with a second gripping face (18) of the gripping element (8), the second gripping face (18) being opposed to the first gripping face (17).

A method (600) for packaging a food product is provided. The method can comprise receiving (602) at least one piece of packaging material (PM) in a packaging machine (500), said packaging material (PM) comprising a cellulose-based mid-layer (400), an inside layer (404) arranged to face the food product (FP), and an outside layer (402), wherein an ink-based print is provided on the outside layer (402), curing (604) the inside layer (404) of the at least one piece of packaging material (PM) such that ink particles (302), released from the outside layer (402) to the inside layer (404), are bound to the inside layer (404), thereby preventing the ink particles (302) from being released into the food product (FP), forming (606) the at least one piece of packaging material (PM) into packages (110), and filling (608) the packages (110) with the food product (FP).

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The present invention relates to an anvil (500) of an ultrasonic sealing system (300) for transversally sealing a tube (112) of packaging material. The anvil (500) comprises a ridge (508) extending along a transversal direction (TD) of the anvil (500), wherein the ridge (508) comprises: a mid-section (504), and a first and a second peripheral section (502, 506), arranged on either side of the mid-section (504), wherein the first and second peripheral section (502, 506) comprises a respective first sub-portion (502b, 506b) and a respective second sub-portion (502d, 506d), wherein the respective first sub-portion (502b, 506b) is arranged between the mid-section (504) and the respective second sub-portion (502d, 506d), and wherein the first sub-portion (502b, 506b) of the ridge (508) has a first height (h1) and the second sub-portion (502d, 506d) of the ridge (508) has a second height (h2), wherein the first height (h1) is different from the second height (h2).

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A method for quality inspection of nozzles of an ink-jet print module. The method comprises: forwarding a paperboard web continuously at a substantially constant speed in a machine direction; printing a decor layer on the paperboard web using the print module; and printing a test pattern comprising a test element on the paperboard web by activating a plurality of the nozzles, which are intended to be inspected. The test pattern has a fixed position in relation to the decor layer, and is indicative of the quality of each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles.

There is described an infeed conveyor (30) for a folding apparatus (19) for folding semi-finalized packs (5) containing a pourable product, the infeed conveyor (30) being configured to receive the semi-finalized packs (5) and to transfer the semi-finalized packs (5) to a folding unit (32) of the folding apparatus (19). The infeed conveyor (30) comprises one or more pushing elements (34), a conveying device (35) for advancing the pushing elements (34) along an advancement path (R) and a carrier (33) for the semi-finalized packs (5). The infeed conveyor (30) further comprises a distance detection device (36) for measuring a distance (d) between the pushing elements (34) and the respective semi-finalized packs (5).

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A stick handling apparatus (100) for handling ice cream sticks (102), said apparatus (100) comprising a magazine arranged to hold ice cream sticks (102), a conveyor band (106) arranged to retrieve ice cream sticks (102) from the magazine, a stacker unit arranged to retrieve ice cream sticks (102) from the conveyor band (106) and to stack the ice cream sticks (102) one after the other, a stick placing unit arranged to receive the ice cream sticks (102) from the stacker unit for positioning the ice cream sticks (102) inside a piece of ice cream mass, and a printer unit (108) configured to print information (210) on the ice cream sticks (102) while the ice cream sticks (102) are conveyed by the conveyor band (106).

The present invention relates to a barrier-coated cellulose-based substrate (25a) and to a method of manufacturing such cellulose-based substrates, by dispersion coating of a ductile base layer pre-coating (12a) and subsequent dispersion coating of a gas barrier composition (13a) and/or vapour deposition coating of a barrier deposition coating (14a).

The present invention relates to a laminated packaging material (20a) comprising a barrier-coated cellulose-based substrate (10a; 25a), which comprises a cellulose-based substrate (11) having a density of at least 900 kg/m<3>, and a grammage from 30 to 80 g/m<2>, and applied on a first side of the cellulose-based substrate, at least one gas barrier coating (13a, 14a; 14b), the laminated packaging material in particular being intended for packaging of oxygen-sensitive products, such as liquid carton food packaging, and to packaging containers comprising the laminated packaging material.

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An ice cream extrusion system (100) comprising a manifold unit (102) and a nozzle unit (104), the manifold unit (102) comprising two manifolds (105, 107) having a respective inlet (106, 108) that branches into a respective set of flow paths (110a-f), and a manifold interface to which all flow paths lead, the manifold interface comprising outlets for all the flow paths, where each flow path has an individual outlet in the manifold interface, the nozzle unit (104) comprising a nozzle interface having inlets that are aligned with the outlets of the manifold interface, and a set of nozzle flow paths leading from the inlets of the nozzle interface, wherein all nozzle flow paths converge into a single and common nozzle flow path that forms an extrusion nozzle.