Automated system for supplying packing material on manufacturing and/or packing lines

摘要

The system is for supplying packing material 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 on manufacturing and/or packing lines (1), in particular, cigarette manufacturing and packing lines, and wherein the system provides for the use of at least one store 14 for more than one type of packing material, and at least one truck fitted with an arm (32 Fig. 2 not shown) for taking hold of the packing material and supplying it to operating machines on the said lines (1). The truck 24 travels along rail routes determined by a computer connected to the said operating machines. The routes may alternatively be defined by magnetic floor level tracks. IMAGE