Modular packaging system
A modular packaging system includes a base system configured to manipulate a product and configured to receive at least one of a group of packaging modules, wherein the base system is used with a variety of packaging modules depending on a desired packaged output. The system also includes a first packaging module selectively coupled to the base system, the packaging module having a first member coupled to the packaging module, the member configured to manipulate an object. The system may also include a second packaging module selectively coupled to the base system, the second packaging module having a lifting device coupled to the second packaging module, the lifting device configured to manipulate an object.
1. A modular packaging system for packaging a product, comprising:
a base system configured to manipulate a product and configured to receive at least one of a group of packaging modules, wherein the base system is used with a variety of packaging modules depending on a desired packaged output; and
a first packaging module selectively coupled to the base system, the first packaging module configured to further manipulate and package the product:
wherein the first packaging module is a bundler module having an upender system for upending an object coupled to the first packaging module, the upender system configured to manipulate an object from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation, the upender system comprising:
a cam plate having a cam groove;
a cam following device having a first end inserted in the cam groove;
a shaft having a first end coupled to a second end of the cam following device; and
a lifting device coupled to the shaft.
2. The modular packaging system of claim 1 further comprising a transport device coupled to the first packaging module, the transport device configured to move the first packaging module.
3. The modular packaging system of claim 2 wherein the transport device is self propelled.
4. The modular packaging system of claim 1 further comprising a cutting and sealing element slidably coupled to the first packaging module adjacent the upender system.
5. The modular packaging system of claim 1 further comprising multiple belts attached to the first packaging module, the multiple belts configured to move a product through the first packaging module.
6. The modular packaging system of claim 5 wherein the multiple belts are located inside a former.
7. The modular packaging system of claim 1 wherein the lifting device is a plurality of fingers.
8. The modular packaging system of claim 1 further comprising multiple lifting devices coupled to multiple shafts.
9. The modular packaging system of claim 1 wherein the lifting device remains in a vertical orientation after manipulating the object from the horizontal orientation to the vertical orientation.
10. The modular packaging system of claim 9 wherein the lifting device pushes the object forward in the vertical orientation after manipulating the object from a horizontal orientation to the vertical orientation.