Patent ID: 9254632
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B30B,B31B,B32B,B65D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A machine for making pouches from a laminate film, comprising: an infeed section, disposed to receive the laminate film; a sealing section, disposed to receive the laminate film from the infeed section, including a sealing platen having a dimension in the cross machine direction of at least two pouches and having a dimension in the machine direction of at least two pouches and having a die surface that forms a plurality of pouches in the machine direction and in the cross machine direction, further including at least one servo motor connected to move the sealing platen to intermittently contact the laminate film, wherein the at least one servo motor has a control input and a feedback output indicative of the sealing platen position, wherein the sealing section further includes at least one driven roll to move the laminate film through the sealing section; an outfeed section, disposed to receive the laminate film from the sealing section; and a controller, connected to receive feedback from the feedback output, and having a control output responsive to the feedback and connected to the control input, wherein the controller includes a distance module, and the control output is responsive to a servo motor position, wherein the controller includes a calibration module connected to the control output and the feedback output.