Patent ID: 7716900

Claim:
A method for strapping a package with a strapping machine that includes a motor drive having a drive shaft that rotates 360° within a strapping cycle and controls work components including at least one clamping device for the strap to be strapped, the method comprising: removing a package already strapped in a first strapping cycle and feeding in a leading strap end of a strap to be strapped in a subsequent, second strapping cycle while said drive is in motion; clamping said leading strap end, said clamping occurring during said first strapping cycle, in a time between a beginning of said removing the package already strapped in the first strapping cycle and an end of an addition of a new package to be strapped; stopping the drive; at the beginning of the second strapping cycle, tensioning the strap, which has previously been fed-in during said first strapping cycle, about the new package; and starting the drive and continuously rotating said drive 360° without an intermediate stop during said second strapping cycle until a subsequent leading strap end has been clamped.