Patent ID: 8015783

Claim:
A form-fill-seal machine for manufacturing pouches of a plurality of types having different shapes, the form-fill-seal machine comprising: a tubular part that is replaceable according to a shape of the pouch to be manufactured; a conveying part configured and arranged to convey tubular packaging material along the tubular part with an internal surface of the packaging material facing an external surface of the tubular part, a position of the conveying part with respect to the tubular part being selectively movable according to the shape of the pouch to be manufactured, the position of the conveying part with respect to the tubular part being selectively movable between a first position and a second position that is further downstream than the first position in a direction of conveyance of the packaging material; and a sealing part configured and arranged to seal a prescribed position on the packaging material conveyed by the conveying part.