· The folded cartons (filled with frozen products) are handed ov er lying flat with the broad side leading

· Sensors detect in the infeed whether the cartons are aligned correctly

· The products are lined up via a grouping conveyor and positio ned in front of a transverse pusher

· To ensure reliable pre-grouping, a gap is created using a product clamp and a follow-up control system

· The lateral pusher moves the aligned products onto a stacking plate – the specified layers are formed

here according to the desired format

· The folding boxes are taken over by a feeding device and tran sferred to a rotary star wheel

· The required rows for the final package are formed via the rot ary star wheel

· A 90° rotation positions the fully formed package in front of the loading station

· The blank is taken from the magazine and placed in the indexi ng chain

· The indexing chain transports the U-shaped erected blank to the loading station

· The feeding device pushes the product layers into the blank p ositioned at the loading station

· During the continuous process, gluing and flap folding take pl ace