PACKAGING ARRANGEMENT

A method and a packaging arrangement for packaging products, such as contact lenses, in packages such as blister pack. The arrangement has a movable support base having on its upper surface a plurality of substantially identical support pallets, spaced equally apart along the movable support base. Each of the pallets is particularly designed to support and align an array of individual package bases. The support base is sequentially moved through substantially equal incremental movements, with stops between each sequential movement, such that each support pallet with an array of individual package bases thereon is sequentially stopped at spaced stations in the packaging arrangement. At a first station, a loader loads an array of package bases in the support pallet then at the first station. At a subsequent foil placement station, a placer unit places a sheet of laminated covers over the array of package bases. At a still subsequent heat sealing station, a heated seal head heat seals the laminated covers to the package bases. At a subsequent unloading station, an unloader unloads the sealed packages from the packaging arrangement for subsequent processing.