Method for packing articles, in particular pharmaceutical articles

1. A method for packing articles, in particular pharmaceutical articles, comprising:

completing stages of production of a succession of blister packs containing the articles,

stacking the blister packs in piled groups and packing the resulting piled groups of the blister packs in a plurality of first cartons adapted for storing the piled groups of blister packs, closing the first cartons, and storing the closed first cartons in at least a first warehouse unit, the method further comprising:

transferring the closed first cartons to at least a second warehouse unit, re-opening the first cartons and extracting and removing in sequence, all of the piled groups of blister packs from the opened first cartons and then inserting information on each piled group of blister packs or on each blister pack of an extracted piled group, and then introducing and thereby inserting and packing the piled group of blister packs, provided with the information, into second cartons adapted for final marketing of the blister packs.

2. The method of claim 1 , characterized in that the inserting of information comprises application by printing of data or codes on each blister pack.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of inserting of information comprises associating relative information sheets or booklets to the groups of blister packs.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising, after the step of inserting information, the steps of:

separating individual blister packs from each other;

inspecting each individual blister pack and detecting any defective blister packs;

removing any defective blister packs;

reforming the remaining blister packs into piled groups of blister packs; and,

introducing and thereby inserting and packing the reformed piled group of blister packs, provided with the information, into the second cartons adapted for final marketing of the blister packs.

5. A method for packing articles, in particular pharmaceutical articles, comprising:

completing a plurality of operating stages realized in a sequence in a first warehouse unit, among which at least one stage comprises unwinding a first strip of packaging material, a stage of formation on the first strip of a plurality of cells to form a celled strip, a stage of inserting articles in the cells, a stage of sealing the celled strip filled with the articles, a stage of applying on the celled strip at least a code relating to the articles, a stage of cutting the sealed celled strip in order to form a succession of single blister packs, a stage of piling the blister packs to define piled groups of the blister packs, a stage of inserting the piled groups in succession into partially open first cartons adapted for storing the piled group of blister packs and a stage of closing the first cartons;

the method further comprising transferring the closed first cartons to a second warehouse,

re-opening the first cartons in succession,

extracting and removing in sequence all of the piled groups of the blister packs from the open first cartons,

inserting information on each piled group of blister packs or on each blister pack of an extracted piled group, and

introducing and thereby inserting and packing the piled groups of blister packs provided with the information into a plurality of second cartons suitable for final marketing of the blister packs.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising, after the step of inserting information, the steps of:

separating individual blister packs from each other;

inspecting each individual blister pack and detecting any defective blister packs;

removing any defective blister packs;

reforming the remaining blister packs into piled groups of blister packs; and,

introducing and thereby inserting and packing the reformed piled group of blister packs, provided with the information, into the plurality of second cartons suitable for final marketing.