The invention relates to a device, a unit and a method for volume-optimised packaging of goods by means of a container made of foldable material such as
cardboard or
paperboard, taking into account its individual product-dependent filling height h, wherein the container (7) has a container base (16) and four container walls (17) arranged opposite one another in pairs, and for partially or completely closing the container (7), at least one container wall (17) is foldable over part of its height in the direction of the opposite container wall (17).The device comprises a unit (8) for detecting the individual fill level h of the container (7) filled with goods, a unit (11) for generating horizontal grooves (20) and / or perforations in the container walls (17) depending on the individual fill level h to create folding lines (21), a unit (12) for generating vertical cuts (23) in the container walls (17) between the
free edge (19) of the container walls (17) and the area of the individual fill level h, a unit (13) for closing the container (7).In order to
package goods in the most efficient and economical manner possible, taking into account the individual fill level of the container (7), the present invention proposes that the unit (12) for producing vertical separations (23) in the container walls (17) have a
support surface (56) for receiving the container base (16) during the production of the separations (23), and at least one separating tool (45, 45', 45") with a separating edge (46, 46', 46"), wherein the separating edge (46, 46', 46") runs in a plane orthogonal to the
support surface (56) and is inclined by an angle α with respect to a perpendicular (55) to the
support surface (56) and extends over the entire length of the vertical separation (23) to be produced.Furthermore, the unit (12) for producing vertical separations (23) in the container walls (17) has adjustment means with which the at least one separating tool (45, 45', 45") can be translationally adjusted from a first inner functional position, in which the separating edge (46, 46', 46") lies inside the container (7) before the container wall (17) is separated, into a second outer functional position, in which the separating edge (46, 46', 46") lies outside the container (7) after the container wall (17) has been separated.