Patent ID: 8591679

Claim:
A retrofit kit, for use in replacement of one or more heat sealing stations of a horizontal or rotary form-fill-seal or pre-made pouch machines with an advanced ultrasonic welding stack and anvil, said retrofit kit comprising: a housing; a linear rail having a portion being fixedly secured to a portion of said housing; a first bearing carriage being slidable upon said linear rail; a second bearing carriage being slidable upon said linear rail; a first fluidic muscle; a second fluidic muscle; a first mounting member being fixedly secured to said first bearing carriage, and thereby being slidable relative to said housing; said first fluidic muscle having a first end being fixed to a portion of said housing and a second end being fixed to said first mounting member; a second mounting member being fixedly secured to said second bearing carriage, and thereby being slidable relative to said housing; said second fluidic muscle having a first end being fixed to a portion of said housing and a second end being fixed to said second mounting member; an anvil, said anvil being adjustably secured to said first mounting member; an ultrasonic stack, said ultrasonic stack being releasably secured to said second mounting member, said ultrasonic stack comprising a sonotrode; and wherein said first and second fluidic muscles are configured to be pressurized to cause simultaneous translation of said first and second mounting members relative to said housing to cause engagement between a surface of said anvil and a surface of said sonotrode.