CA2177458A1 - Method and apparatus for testing containers - Google Patents
Method and apparatus for testing containersInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
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Abstract
In the testing of containers transported on a conveyor, gas is removed from the containers by a sniffer and is fed to an analysing unit. To facilitate the withdrawal of gas, compressed air is blown into the containers by at least one nozzle ahead of the gas removal point, the distance between the nozzle and the gas removal point being selected so as to allow optimum analysis of the gas withdrawn.
Description
2177~58 ~ETHOD AND APPA~ATUS FOR TESTING CONTAINERS
The invention relates to a method for testing containers, in particular multi-trip bottles, for the presence of contamination, in which a gas or gas mixture, in particular air, is blown by a testing device into containers being transported on a conveyor, and gas samples are removed from the containers by the testing device and analysed. The invention also relates to an apparatus for testing containers, in particular multi-trip bottles, having a testing device for containers transported on a conveyor, in which the testing device i8 arranged to blow a gas or gas mixture, in particular air, into the containers, and to remove a gas sample from the containers.
A corresponding method and such an apparatus is known from EP-A 0579952. In this, gas samples are removed from the containers by means of probes and are analysed to detect contamination in the bottles. The probes are provided with conduits to inject air while the sample is being removed in order to increase the concentration of the contaminants contained in the gas sample. The air containing analysable traces of the contaminants is expelled from the container, and fed to the sampling element by the injected air. The arrangement described in EP-A 0579952 with combined injection means and sampling means dipping together into the container has proved effective where sufficient time is available for the injection and sampling. This is so when used multi-trip 2177~58 bottles are being tested, even at high rates of bottle throughput, for example where the testing apparatus has a carousel assuring an adequate dwell time of the bottles in the testing device, even at high rates of throughput.
However, a testing device with a carousel i8 technically complex, and correspondingly expensive. Hence the problem arises of providing for reliable removal and analysis of gas samples even with conveyor systems which impose a shorter dwell time, in particular linear conveyor systems.
The problem especially arises in the testing of glass bottles, whose conveyor lines run at very high speeds (eg.
at 40,000 to 60,000 bottles per hour) and where contaminants such as solvents, white spirit, petrol, diesel fuel and engine oil need to be reliably detected, as these substances, even in small amounts, can spoil the wash solution with which the bottles are cleaned.
The problem is solved, in a method of the abovementioned kind, by injecting the gas before the container reaches the gas sample removal point.
According to the invention, instead of injecting gas at the gas removal point as hitherto, the injection is performed before the container reaches the gas removal point. This injection with allowance for the speed of the container, that is to say made ahead (in both space and time) of the gas removal point, can solve the problem.
When the container reaches the gas removal point, the injection is already completed and the injected gas has had time to influence the air in the container, so that this air is ready for removal. Hence the whole of the container's dwell time at the gaæ removal point is available for the gas removal, and the container no longer has to be detained at this point for the injection to take place and/or for the injected gas to take effect.
In an apparatus of the abovementioned kind, the problem can be solved by arranging upstream of the gas sample removal point in the conveying direction, at least one injection means enabling gas to be injected into the container before the container reaches the gas removal point.
Preferably, the gas is injected at a predetermined and adjustable distance from the gas removal point. The apparatus may be provided with several nozzles for this purpose. Preferably, the distance is also adjusted in dependence upon the height of the container and/or the speed of the conveyor. It is also preferable for the distance to be regulated eg. to match the speed of the conveyor.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described in detail by way of example, with reference to the drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 shows, highly schematically, a conveyor line with a testing device; and Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of the apparatus, also in highly schematic form.
Fig. 1 shows a section 1 of a conveyor line for the containers 2. This conveyor line may be straight, as ,~. 2l779s8 suggested by the figure. However, it may also be curved, and in particular it may be a carousel conveyor. In the illustrated example of a straight conveyor, a screw conveyor 8 is additionally provided, giving the containers precisely defined positions in the region of the testing device. On the other hand, the bottles may also be freely conveyed at not precisely uniform intervals (without the screw conveyor). In this case, the position of each individual bottle is detected and the blowing operation, and possibly the sniffing operation, is triggered by the bottle itself.
The testing device comprises a sniffer which removes a gas sample from the container and supplies it to an analysing device. In Fig. 1 the sniffer is represented by a probe 3 which sucks in gas above the mouth of the individual container 2 and supplies it via a line 7 to the analysing device 4. Of course, this schematically illustrated arrangement for removing gas samples is only intended as an example. Gas sampling as in EP-A 05799S2 could also be provided, that is, gas sampling with a sampling tube dipping into the individual container. Any other desired gas sampling arrangement with an element dipping into the individual container, or an element simply positioned above the container, may be provided. The sample removed from the container is fed to the analysing device 4. This is one of a number of known analysing devices, such as a mass spectrometer, a photoionization detector, or a sensor for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
2177~58 These sensors are already known and commercially available for testing gas samples takèn from containers, and will therefore not be described in detail here.
On a high-speed conveyor line, each container has only a very short dwell time at the gas removal point at the sniffer 3. For example, at 1000 bottles/minute and with a bottle spacing of 100mm, 16.7 bottles per second are conveyed at a speed of 1700mm/second. Assuming a bottle neck diameter of 18mm, the opening is opposite the sniffer 3 for only 10.5ms. In accordance with the invention, air is injected into the individual container before the container reaches the gas removal point at the sniffer 3.
In Fig. 1, a nozzle 5 is provided for this purpose above the container 2, allowing a gas, preferably air, to be blown into the individual container as it passes the nozzle and before it reaches the gas removal point at the sniffer 3. The nozzle 5 is supplied with compressed air via a line 9 from a compressed air source which is not shown. The air can be injected with a velocity of eg. 50m/sec. For a bottle height of 300mm, the time taken by the injected air to expel the air present in the bottle is approximately 6-10ms. With the bottle travelling at the assumed speed, this corresponds to a distance of approximately 10 to 17mm from the nozzle 5 to the gas removal point at the sniffer 3. Thus the said distance between the injection nozzle 5 and the sniffer 3 depends on the time constant of injection/ejection reaction time and the speed of the conveyor line. It is therefore preferable for the distance of the nozzle 5 from the gas removal point to be adjustable, so that it can be adapted to the parameter stated. Another possibility is for the distance of the nozzle from the sniffer to be adjustable by means of a drive mechanism (not shown). The distance can then be constantly controlled so that, depending on the conveyor speed, optimum conditions for gas withdrawal are always obtained. Of course, it is also possible to vary the position of the sniffer unit, rather than the injection nozzle, to adjust or control the distance between them.
Fig. 2 shows an embodiment in which a number of nozzles are provided. This allows the distance to be varied by selecting the corresponding nozzle. In detail, Fig. 2 shows a conveyor line 10 on which containers 12 are being transported. So far as the conveyor line is concerned, the previous remarks apply. Also visible in the figure is the sniffer 13, which is connected by the line 17 to the analysing device 14; for these components also, the previous considerations apply. The air injection nozzles 18,19 and 20 provided above the containers are positioned at different distances from the gas removal point. The nozzles are supplied by a common line 29 from a compressed air source (not shown). Valves 21,22 and 23 enable the nozzles 18,19 and 20 to be coupled to, or disconnected from, the compressed air line. The valves are switched through electrical control lines 16 by a control unit which in Fig. 2 is combined with the analysing device 14, but which of course may also be a separate unit. In the manner which is illustrated, depending on the speed of the conveyor, it is possible to activate one of the nozzles whose distance from the gas removal point is equal to the required distance. It is also possible to activate more than one nozzle at once, if this should be found advantageous. Also, the multiple nozzles may be repositioned in a controlled manner, as has been described above for the single nozzle.
With both of the embodiments shown, it is also possible to vary the time constant between the injection of air and ejection of the container contents by modifying the air velocity. Therefore, when the speed is reduced, it is also possible to inject at lower pressure. On the other hand, when the container speed i8 increased, injection can be at higher pressure. Moreover, pulsed or steady injection may be adopted. Pulsed injection at low speed, and steady injection at high speed, are preferred.
Instead of the single nozzle illustrated in Fig.
1, or the three nozzles illustrated in Fig. 2, it is of course possible to adopt some other number of nozzles, eg.
two or four. Also, the nozzle arrangement with several nozzles may additionally be adjustable and/or controllable in its distance from the gas removal point. Determining the most favourable distance for the individual case from the parameters stated above is well within the capabilities of an expert, and it can also be determined empiri~ally in any event.
The invention relates to a method for testing containers, in particular multi-trip bottles, for the presence of contamination, in which a gas or gas mixture, in particular air, is blown by a testing device into containers being transported on a conveyor, and gas samples are removed from the containers by the testing device and analysed. The invention also relates to an apparatus for testing containers, in particular multi-trip bottles, having a testing device for containers transported on a conveyor, in which the testing device i8 arranged to blow a gas or gas mixture, in particular air, into the containers, and to remove a gas sample from the containers.
A corresponding method and such an apparatus is known from EP-A 0579952. In this, gas samples are removed from the containers by means of probes and are analysed to detect contamination in the bottles. The probes are provided with conduits to inject air while the sample is being removed in order to increase the concentration of the contaminants contained in the gas sample. The air containing analysable traces of the contaminants is expelled from the container, and fed to the sampling element by the injected air. The arrangement described in EP-A 0579952 with combined injection means and sampling means dipping together into the container has proved effective where sufficient time is available for the injection and sampling. This is so when used multi-trip 2177~58 bottles are being tested, even at high rates of bottle throughput, for example where the testing apparatus has a carousel assuring an adequate dwell time of the bottles in the testing device, even at high rates of throughput.
However, a testing device with a carousel i8 technically complex, and correspondingly expensive. Hence the problem arises of providing for reliable removal and analysis of gas samples even with conveyor systems which impose a shorter dwell time, in particular linear conveyor systems.
The problem especially arises in the testing of glass bottles, whose conveyor lines run at very high speeds (eg.
at 40,000 to 60,000 bottles per hour) and where contaminants such as solvents, white spirit, petrol, diesel fuel and engine oil need to be reliably detected, as these substances, even in small amounts, can spoil the wash solution with which the bottles are cleaned.
The problem is solved, in a method of the abovementioned kind, by injecting the gas before the container reaches the gas sample removal point.
According to the invention, instead of injecting gas at the gas removal point as hitherto, the injection is performed before the container reaches the gas removal point. This injection with allowance for the speed of the container, that is to say made ahead (in both space and time) of the gas removal point, can solve the problem.
When the container reaches the gas removal point, the injection is already completed and the injected gas has had time to influence the air in the container, so that this air is ready for removal. Hence the whole of the container's dwell time at the gaæ removal point is available for the gas removal, and the container no longer has to be detained at this point for the injection to take place and/or for the injected gas to take effect.
In an apparatus of the abovementioned kind, the problem can be solved by arranging upstream of the gas sample removal point in the conveying direction, at least one injection means enabling gas to be injected into the container before the container reaches the gas removal point.
Preferably, the gas is injected at a predetermined and adjustable distance from the gas removal point. The apparatus may be provided with several nozzles for this purpose. Preferably, the distance is also adjusted in dependence upon the height of the container and/or the speed of the conveyor. It is also preferable for the distance to be regulated eg. to match the speed of the conveyor.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described in detail by way of example, with reference to the drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 shows, highly schematically, a conveyor line with a testing device; and Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of the apparatus, also in highly schematic form.
Fig. 1 shows a section 1 of a conveyor line for the containers 2. This conveyor line may be straight, as ,~. 2l779s8 suggested by the figure. However, it may also be curved, and in particular it may be a carousel conveyor. In the illustrated example of a straight conveyor, a screw conveyor 8 is additionally provided, giving the containers precisely defined positions in the region of the testing device. On the other hand, the bottles may also be freely conveyed at not precisely uniform intervals (without the screw conveyor). In this case, the position of each individual bottle is detected and the blowing operation, and possibly the sniffing operation, is triggered by the bottle itself.
The testing device comprises a sniffer which removes a gas sample from the container and supplies it to an analysing device. In Fig. 1 the sniffer is represented by a probe 3 which sucks in gas above the mouth of the individual container 2 and supplies it via a line 7 to the analysing device 4. Of course, this schematically illustrated arrangement for removing gas samples is only intended as an example. Gas sampling as in EP-A 05799S2 could also be provided, that is, gas sampling with a sampling tube dipping into the individual container. Any other desired gas sampling arrangement with an element dipping into the individual container, or an element simply positioned above the container, may be provided. The sample removed from the container is fed to the analysing device 4. This is one of a number of known analysing devices, such as a mass spectrometer, a photoionization detector, or a sensor for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
2177~58 These sensors are already known and commercially available for testing gas samples takèn from containers, and will therefore not be described in detail here.
On a high-speed conveyor line, each container has only a very short dwell time at the gas removal point at the sniffer 3. For example, at 1000 bottles/minute and with a bottle spacing of 100mm, 16.7 bottles per second are conveyed at a speed of 1700mm/second. Assuming a bottle neck diameter of 18mm, the opening is opposite the sniffer 3 for only 10.5ms. In accordance with the invention, air is injected into the individual container before the container reaches the gas removal point at the sniffer 3.
In Fig. 1, a nozzle 5 is provided for this purpose above the container 2, allowing a gas, preferably air, to be blown into the individual container as it passes the nozzle and before it reaches the gas removal point at the sniffer 3. The nozzle 5 is supplied with compressed air via a line 9 from a compressed air source which is not shown. The air can be injected with a velocity of eg. 50m/sec. For a bottle height of 300mm, the time taken by the injected air to expel the air present in the bottle is approximately 6-10ms. With the bottle travelling at the assumed speed, this corresponds to a distance of approximately 10 to 17mm from the nozzle 5 to the gas removal point at the sniffer 3. Thus the said distance between the injection nozzle 5 and the sniffer 3 depends on the time constant of injection/ejection reaction time and the speed of the conveyor line. It is therefore preferable for the distance of the nozzle 5 from the gas removal point to be adjustable, so that it can be adapted to the parameter stated. Another possibility is for the distance of the nozzle from the sniffer to be adjustable by means of a drive mechanism (not shown). The distance can then be constantly controlled so that, depending on the conveyor speed, optimum conditions for gas withdrawal are always obtained. Of course, it is also possible to vary the position of the sniffer unit, rather than the injection nozzle, to adjust or control the distance between them.
Fig. 2 shows an embodiment in which a number of nozzles are provided. This allows the distance to be varied by selecting the corresponding nozzle. In detail, Fig. 2 shows a conveyor line 10 on which containers 12 are being transported. So far as the conveyor line is concerned, the previous remarks apply. Also visible in the figure is the sniffer 13, which is connected by the line 17 to the analysing device 14; for these components also, the previous considerations apply. The air injection nozzles 18,19 and 20 provided above the containers are positioned at different distances from the gas removal point. The nozzles are supplied by a common line 29 from a compressed air source (not shown). Valves 21,22 and 23 enable the nozzles 18,19 and 20 to be coupled to, or disconnected from, the compressed air line. The valves are switched through electrical control lines 16 by a control unit which in Fig. 2 is combined with the analysing device 14, but which of course may also be a separate unit. In the manner which is illustrated, depending on the speed of the conveyor, it is possible to activate one of the nozzles whose distance from the gas removal point is equal to the required distance. It is also possible to activate more than one nozzle at once, if this should be found advantageous. Also, the multiple nozzles may be repositioned in a controlled manner, as has been described above for the single nozzle.
With both of the embodiments shown, it is also possible to vary the time constant between the injection of air and ejection of the container contents by modifying the air velocity. Therefore, when the speed is reduced, it is also possible to inject at lower pressure. On the other hand, when the container speed i8 increased, injection can be at higher pressure. Moreover, pulsed or steady injection may be adopted. Pulsed injection at low speed, and steady injection at high speed, are preferred.
Instead of the single nozzle illustrated in Fig.
1, or the three nozzles illustrated in Fig. 2, it is of course possible to adopt some other number of nozzles, eg.
two or four. Also, the nozzle arrangement with several nozzles may additionally be adjustable and/or controllable in its distance from the gas removal point. Determining the most favourable distance for the individual case from the parameters stated above is well within the capabilities of an expert, and it can also be determined empiri~ally in any event.
Claims (17)
1. Method for testing containers, in particular multi-trip bottles, for the presence of contamination, in which a gas or gas mixture, in particular air, is blown by a testing device into containers being transported on a conveyor, and gas samples are removed from the containers by the testing device and analysed, characterized in that the gas is injected before the container reaches the gas sample removal point.
2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the gas is injected at a predetermined and adjustable distance from the gas sample removal.
3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the distance between gas injection and gas sample removal is selectable to suit the conveyor speed or the size.
4. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the distance between gas injection and gas removal is adjustable in operation and is set by regulation or control.
5. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the distance between gas injection and gas sample removal is selected in dependence upon the pressure of the gas to be injected.
6. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the gas injection is steady or pulsed.
7. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the distance between gas injection and gas sample removal is selectable to suit the conveyor speed and the size.
8. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the distance between gas injection and gas sample removal is selectable to suit the height of the container.
9. Method according to claim 1, 2, 7 or 8, characterized in that the distance between gas injection and gas removal is adjustable in operation and is set by regulation or control to suit the speed of the conveyor.
10. Method according to claim 9, characterized in that the distance between gas injection and gas sample removal is selected in dependence upon the pressure of the gas to be injected.
11. Method according to claim 7, 8 or 10, characterized in that the gas injection is steady or pulsed.
12. Apparatus for testing containers, in particular multi-trip bottles, with a testing device for containers transported on a conveyor, in which the testing device is arranged to blow a gas or gas mixture, in particular air, into the containers, and to remove a gas sample from the containers, characterized in that at least one injection means is arranged upstream of the gas sample removal point in the conveying direction, enabling gas to be injected into the container before the container reaches the gas removal point.
13. Apparatus according to claim 12, characterized in that the injection means comprises a number of nozzles at different distances from the gas sample removal point.
14. Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the nozzles can be individually supplied with gas by means of valves.
15. Apparatus according to claim 12, 13 or 14, characterized in that the injection means is operable in a steady or pulsed manner.
16. Apparatus according to claim 12, 13 or 14, characterized in that the injection means can be set by a drive mechanism at the required distance from the gas sample removal point, and in that a control means or regulating means is provided which determines the distance.
17. Apparatus according to claim 12, 13 or 14, characterized in that in the region of the apparatus the conveyor runs in a straight line.
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