Apparatus and method for creating on demand customized corrugated cardboard for forming individually designed packaging boxes
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Sep 12, 2023
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Abstract
Apparatus to create on demand customized cardboard for forming individually designed packaging boxes, said cardboard having at least one corrugated layer sandwiched between two flat layers, the apparatus comprising a joining station that attaches a second flat layer to a corrugated layer attached to a first layer, supply system to supply said corrugated layer with the first flat layer attached thereto to said joining station, supply system to supply said second flat layer to said joining station, a control system operable to obtain information on the dimensions of a packaging box to be formed and on a design selected for that box and further operable to match the selected design to the dimensions of the box and a printing unit to print the matched design on the first and/or on the second flat layer.
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SPARCK TECHNOLOGIES B V | 9201 BX DRACHTEN |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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De, Boer Fokke | Drachten, NL | 10 | 44 |
# of filed Patents : 10 Total Citations : 44 | |||
Polet, Marco | Drachten, NL | 1 | 2 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 2 |
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