EP1355824B1 - Tube filling machine - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a tube filling machine with a circulating conveyor, by means of which a tube is transportable through the tube filling machine, wherein it passes through various processing stations, wherein one of the processing stations is a filling unit in which the tube can be filled with a desired product.
- Known tube filling machines have a conveyor device, which is usually designed as an endless belt or chain and carries a multiplicity of receivers or tube holders for one tube each.
- the empty tubes are inserted in a Beschikkungsstation in the tube holder of the conveyor and then go through several workstations, which is in particular a filling unit and a downstream closure unit.
- the tubes are filled with the desired product or medium via a filling tube, which is connected via a metering device to a filling medium reservoir.
- the filled tube is then transported to the closure unit, in which the upper tube end is closed.
- the filling unit which comprises all contaminated with the first product wet pieces, lifted out of the tube filling machine with the aid of a hoist, such as a crane. Since a tube filling machine should be very compact, the space for the expansion and in particular the lifting of the filling unit are very cramped. As a result, the removal of the filling unit is difficult and time-consuming and thus expensive, especially since the tube filling machine during the time of removal and installation of a new filling unit can not be in operation.
- the invention has for its object to provide a tube filling machine of the type mentioned, in which can be removed and install the filling unit in a simple and fast way.
- the filling unit is mounted on an adjustable support structure which is adjustable between an operating position in which the filling unit is arranged in the tube filling machine above the tube to be filled, and a non-operating position in which the filling unit protrudes laterally from the tube filling machine.
- the invention is based on the basic idea not to install the filling unit directly into the tube filling machine, but to store it on a special supporting structure, which can be adjusted if necessary.
- the filling unit is located in a conventional manner above the tubes to be filled, with their supporting structure located in the so-called operating position.
- the support structure is adjusted. It can either be pulled out laterally from the tube filling machine, it is preferably provided that the support structure is pivotally mounted and thus can be pivoted laterally out of the tube filling machine.
- the support structure In the laterally protruding from the tube filling machine position, the support structure is in the so-called non-operating position, in which the filling unit also protrudes laterally from the tube filling machine and thus is easily accessible.
- a conventional hoist in particular a crane or a forklift
- special receptacles for the hoist are provided in a further development of the invention, which may in particular be tubular or rail-like guides for the tines of the forklift.
- the installation or removal of the filling unit can be accelerated even further when the drives of the filling and metering elements are automatically decoupled from the filling and metering elements during the adjustment of the supporting structure or engage with them.
- the filling unit comprises a rotary valve with a rotary valve drive, which is automatically decoupled from the rotary valve during adjustment of the support structure and thus the filling unit in the non-operating position and in adjustment of the support structure and thus the filling unit in the operating position automatically engages with the rotary valve.
- the filling unit may also have at least one shut-off ram with a plunger drive, which is automatically decoupled from the shut-off plunger upon adjustment of the support structure and thus the filling unit in the non-operating position and automatically with adjustment of the support structure and the filling unit in the operating position with the shut-off plunger into engagement occurs.
- the time-consuming release of the connection between the rotary valve and the rotary valve drive or between the Absperrstsammlungel and the plunger drive can be omitted.
- the drives for the corresponding filling and metering elements of different filling units can be used, so that not every filling unit own drive devices must be assigned.
- the support structure has a bottom frame and a support arm pivotally mounted thereon, wherein between the Floor frame and the support arm an adjustment is arranged.
- the adjusting device may be, for example, a spindle drive or else a piston-cylinder unit.
- the tube filling machine 10 comprises an endless circulating conveyor 11 in the form of a conveyor belt, which has a plurality of outwardly projecting tube holders 12, in each of which a tube 13 is inserted.
- the illustrated embodiment shows a working in two adjacent rows tube filling machine, however, the invention is also applicable to single-row or multi-row tube filling machine.
- a filling unit 14 is arranged above this.
- the filling unit 14 has the conventional structure with a feed line 14 for the product to be filled, which ends in vertical filling nozzles 20 which can be inserted from above into the tubes 13 to be filled are.
- a known rotary valve 16 is further provided with a rotary valve drive 17.
- the filling nozzles 20 are each assigned a plunger 18, wherein the plungers 18 are driven by a common plunger drive 19.
- the rotary valve drive 17 and the plunger drive 19 are mounted in a manner not shown fixed within the tube filling machine.
- the other parts of the filling unit 14, i. the supply line 15, the rotary valve 16, the Absperrst Congressel 18 and the filling nozzles 20 are mounted on a support frame 23, the lower side has tubular receptacles 24 for a hoist.
- the support frame 23 is detachably mounted on a support structure 21 which includes a bottom frame 25 which is supported by feet 26 on a substrate.
- a support arm 22 is pivotally mounted about a joint 28, on which the support frame 23 is placed with said components of the filling unit 14.
- an adjusting device 27 is arranged in the form of a spindle drive, via which the support arm 22 can be pivoted relative to the bottom frame 25.
- the filling unit 14 In the operating position shown in Fig. 1, the filling unit 14 is in its usual arrangement within the tube filling machine, the filling nozzles 20 sit above the tubes to be filled 13 and are supplied via the feed line 15 with the medium to be filled.
- the rotary valve 16 is coupled to the rotary valve drive 17 and the shut-off plunger 18 are connected to the plunger drive 19.
- the support arm 22 is in an upright position.
- the tube filling machine is stopped and the support arm 22 by actuating the adjustment 27 pivoted out of the tube filling machine in the non-operating position shown in Fig. 2, in which the support arm 22 with the seated on it support frame 23, which carries the wet parts of the filling unit 14, laterally protrudes from the tube filling machine.
- the rotary valve drive 17 and the plunger drive 19 remain in the tube filling machine, wherein the connection of the rotary valve drive 17 with the rotary valve 16 and the plunger drive 19 with the shut-off ram 18 by pivoting the support arm 22 is automatically decoupled.
- the two receptacles 24 of the support frame 23 are aligned substantially horizontally side by side, so that a forklift with his teeth retract into the receptacles 24 and the support frame 23 with the supply line 15, the rotary valve 16, the Absperrst Congresseln 18 and the filling nozzles 20 can lift up from the support arm 22, as indicated in Fig. 2 by the arrow A.
- a forklift with his teeth retract into the receptacles 24 and the support frame 23 with the supply line 15, the rotary valve 16, the Absperrst Congresseln 18 and the filling nozzles 20 can lift up from the support arm 22, as indicated in Fig. 2 by the arrow A.
- another support frame with cleaned filling and dosing elements can then be placed on the support arm 22, whereupon the latter pivots into the operating position shown in FIG. 1 by actuating the adjusting device 27 into the tube filling machine, whereby the rotary valve 16 moves with the stationary rotary slide valve.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Tubenfüllmaschine mit einer umlaufenden Fördervorrichtung, mittels der eine Tube durch die Tubenfüllmaschine transportierbar ist, wobei sie verschiedene Bearbeitungsstationen durchläuft, wobei eine der Bearbeitungsstationen eine Fülleinheit ist, in der die Tube mit einem gewünschten Produkt füllbar ist.The invention relates to a tube filling machine with a circulating conveyor, by means of which a tube is transportable through the tube filling machine, wherein it passes through various processing stations, wherein one of the processing stations is a filling unit in which the tube can be filled with a desired product.
Bekannte Tubenfüllmaschinen besitzen eine üblicherweise als Endlos-Band oder -Kette ausgebildete Fördervorrichtung, die eine Vielzahl von Aufnahmen oder Tubenhaltern für jeweils eine Tube trägt. Die leeren Tuben werden in einer Beschikkungsstation in die Tubenhalter der Fördervorrichtung eingesetzt und durchlaufen dann mehrere Arbeitsstationen, bei denen es sich insbesondere um eine Fülleinheit und eine nachgeschaltete Verschlußeinheit handelt. In der Fülleinheit werden die Tuben über ein Füllrohr, das über eine Dosiereinrichtung an einen Füllmediumspeicher angeschlossen ist, mit dem gewünschten Produkt oder Medium gefüllt. Die gefüllte Tube wird dann zu der Verschlußeinheit weitertransportiert, in der das obere Tubenende verschlossen wird.Known tube filling machines have a conveyor device, which is usually designed as an endless belt or chain and carries a multiplicity of receivers or tube holders for one tube each. The empty tubes are inserted in a Beschikkungsstation in the tube holder of the conveyor and then go through several workstations, which is in particular a filling unit and a downstream closure unit. In the filling unit, the tubes are filled with the desired product or medium via a filling tube, which is connected via a metering device to a filling medium reservoir. The filled tube is then transported to the closure unit, in which the upper tube end is closed.
Wenn bei einer Tubenfüllmaschine nach dem Abfüllen eines ersten Produkts oder Mediums ein Wechsel auf ein anderes Produkt oder Medium stattfinden soll, ist es aus hygienischen Gründen notwendig, die Fülleinheit vollständig von Resten des ersten Produktes zu reinigen. Dies geschieht in der Regel dadurch, daß die Fülleinheit aus der Tubenfüllmaschine ausgebaut wird und an einem externen Ort gereinigt wird. Zum Ausbau der Fülleinheit müssen zunächst die Befestigungsschrauben gelöst werden, über die die Fülleinheit in der Tubenfüllmaschine gehalten ist. Anschließend müssen die Antriebe der Füll- und Dosierelemente, d.h. üblicherweise der Antrieb des Drehschiebers und der Antrieb der Absperrstößel, von den jeweiligen Füll- und Dosierelementen, d.h. dem Drehschieber und dem Absperrstößel gelöst werden. Daraufhin wird die Fülleinheit, die alle mit dem ersten Produkt verunreinigten Naßteile umfaßt, unter Zuhilfenahme eines Hebezeugs, beispielsweise eines Krans, aus der Tubenfüllmaschine herausgehoben. Da eine Tubenfüllmaschine sehr kompakt aufgebaut sein soll, sind die Platzverhältnisse für den Ausbau und insbesondere das Herausheben der Fülleinheit sehr beengt. Dadurch ist der Ausbau der Fülleinheit schwierig und zeitaufwendig und somit kostenintensiv, zumal die Tubenfüllmaschine während der Zeit des Ausbaus und des Einbaus einer neuen Fülleinheit nicht in Betrieb sein kann.If, after filling a first product or medium, a tube-filling machine is to change to another product or medium, it is necessary, for hygienic reasons, to completely clean the filling unit from residues of the first product. This is usually done in that the filling unit is removed from the tube filling machine and cleaned at an external location. To remove the filling unit, the fastening screws must first be loosened, via which the filling unit is held in the tube filling machine. Subsequently, the drives of the filling and metering elements, i. usually the drive of the rotary valve and the drive of the Absperrstößel, of the respective filling and dosing, i. the rotary valve and the Absperrstößel be solved. Then, the filling unit, which comprises all contaminated with the first product wet pieces, lifted out of the tube filling machine with the aid of a hoist, such as a crane. Since a tube filling machine should be very compact, the space for the expansion and in particular the lifting of the filling unit are very cramped. As a result, the removal of the filling unit is difficult and time-consuming and thus expensive, especially since the tube filling machine during the time of removal and installation of a new filling unit can not be in operation.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Tubenfüllmaschine der genannten Art zu schaffen, bei der sich die Fülleinheit in einfacher und schneller Weise aus- und einbauen läßt.The invention has for its object to provide a tube filling machine of the type mentioned, in which can be removed and install the filling unit in a simple and fast way.
Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß bei einer Tubenfüllmaschine der genannten Art dadurch gelöst, daß die Fülleinheit auf einer verstellbaren Tragkonstruktion gelagert ist, die zwischen einer Betriebsstellung, in der die Fülleinheit in der Tubenfüllmaschine oberhalb der zu füllenden Tube angeordnet ist, und einer Nicht-Betriebsstellung verstellbar ist, in der die Fülleinheit aus der Tubenfüllmaschine seitlich hervorsteht.This object is achieved in a tube filling machine of the type mentioned in that the filling unit is mounted on an adjustable support structure which is adjustable between an operating position in which the filling unit is arranged in the tube filling machine above the tube to be filled, and a non-operating position in which the filling unit protrudes laterally from the tube filling machine.
Die Erfindung geht von der Grundüberlegung aus, die Fülleinheit nicht direkt in die Tubenfüllmaschine einzubauen, sondern sie auf einer speziellen Tragkonstruktion zu lagern, die bei Bedarf verstellt werden kann. Bei Betrieb der Tubenfüllmaschine befindet sich die Fülleinheit in herkömmlicher Weise oberhalb der zu befüllenden Tuben, wobei ihre Tragkonstruktion sich in der sogenannten Betriebsstellung befindet. Bei einem gewünschten Produktwechsel wird die Tragkonstruktion verstellt. Dabei kann sie entweder aus der Tubenfüllmaschine seitlich herausgezogen werden, vorzugsweise ist vorgesehen, daß die Tragkonstruktion schwenkbar gelagert ist und somit seitlich aus der Tubenfüllmaschine herausgeschwenkt werden kann. In der seitlich aus der Tubenfüllmaschine hervorstehenden Position befindet sich die Tragkonstruktion in der sogenannten Nicht-Betriebsstellung, in der die Fülleinheit ebenfalls seitlich aus der Tubenfüllmaschine hervorsteht und somit gut zugänglich ist. Auf diese Weise ist es insbesondere möglich, die auf der Tragkonstruktion sitzende Fülleinheit mittels eines herkömmlichen Hebezeugs, insbesondere eines Krans oder eines Gabelstaplers, zu erfassen und von der Tragkonstruktion abzuheben. Zu diesem Zweck sind in Weiterbildung der Erfindung spezielle Aufnahmen für das Hebezeug vorgesehen, wobei es sich insbesondere um rohr- oder schienenartige Führungen für die Zinken des Gabelstaplers handeln kann.The invention is based on the basic idea not to install the filling unit directly into the tube filling machine, but to store it on a special supporting structure, which can be adjusted if necessary. During operation of the tube filling machine, the filling unit is located in a conventional manner above the tubes to be filled, with their supporting structure located in the so-called operating position. For a desired product change, the support structure is adjusted. It can either be pulled out laterally from the tube filling machine, it is preferably provided that the support structure is pivotally mounted and thus can be pivoted laterally out of the tube filling machine. In the laterally protruding from the tube filling machine position, the support structure is in the so-called non-operating position, in which the filling unit also protrudes laterally from the tube filling machine and thus is easily accessible. In this way, it is particularly possible to detect the filling unit sitting on the support structure by means of a conventional hoist, in particular a crane or a forklift, and to lift it off the supporting structure. For this purpose, special receptacles for the hoist are provided in a further development of the invention, which may in particular be tubular or rail-like guides for the tines of the forklift.
Es hat sich gezeigt, daß durch das seitliche Herausfahren oder Herausschwenken der Fülleinheit deren Einbau oder Ausbau wesentlich schneller durchgeführt werden kann, wodurch die Stillstandszeiten der Tubenfüllmaschine bei einem Produktwechsel wesentlich verringert sind.It has been shown that by the lateral retraction or swinging out of the filling unit whose installation or removal can be performed much faster, whereby the downtime of the tube filling machine are significantly reduced in a product change.
Der Einbau bzw. Ausbau der Fülleinheit läßt sich noch weiter beschleunigen, wenn die Antriebe der Füll- und Dosierelemente bei der Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion selbsttätig von den Füll- und Dosierelementen entkoppelt werden bzw. mit diesen in Eingriff treten. Zu diesem Zweck ist in bevorzugter Ausgestaltung der Erfindung vorgesehen, daß die Fülleinheit einen Drehschieber mit einem Drehschieber-Antrieb aufweist, der bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion und somit der Fülleinheit in die Nicht-Betriebsstellung selbsttätig von dem Drehschieber entkoppelbar ist und bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion und somit der Fülleinheit in die Betriebsstellung selbsttätig mit dem Drehschieber in Eingriff tritt. Entsprechend kann die Fülleinheit auch zumindest einen Absperrstößel mit einem Stößelantrieb aufweisen, der bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion und somit der Fülleinheit in die Nicht-Betriebsstellung selbsttätig von dem Absperrstößel entkoppelbar ist und bei Verstellung der Tragkonstruktion und der Fülleinheit in die Betriebsstellung selbsttätig mit dem Absperrstößel in Eingriff tritt. Auf diese Weise kann das zeitaufwendige Lösen der Verbindung zwischen dem Drehschieber und dem Drehschieber-Antrieb bzw. zwischen dem Absperrstößel und dem Stößelantrieb entfallen. Darüber hinaus ist der weitere Vorteil gegeben, daß die Antriebe für die entsprechenden Füll- und Dosierelemente verschiedener Fülleinheiten verwendet werden können, so daß nicht jeder Fülleinheit eigene Antriebsvorrichtungen zugeordnet werden müssen.The installation or removal of the filling unit can be accelerated even further when the drives of the filling and metering elements are automatically decoupled from the filling and metering elements during the adjustment of the supporting structure or engage with them. For this purpose, the invention is provided in a preferred embodiment that the filling unit comprises a rotary valve with a rotary valve drive, which is automatically decoupled from the rotary valve during adjustment of the support structure and thus the filling unit in the non-operating position and in adjustment of the support structure and thus the filling unit in the operating position automatically engages with the rotary valve. Accordingly, the filling unit may also have at least one shut-off ram with a plunger drive, which is automatically decoupled from the shut-off plunger upon adjustment of the support structure and thus the filling unit in the non-operating position and automatically with adjustment of the support structure and the filling unit in the operating position with the shut-off plunger into engagement occurs. In this way, the time-consuming release of the connection between the rotary valve and the rotary valve drive or between the Absperrstößel and the plunger drive can be omitted. In addition, there is the further advantage that the drives for the corresponding filling and metering elements of different filling units can be used, so that not every filling unit own drive devices must be assigned.
In bevorzugter Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß die Tragkonstruktion einen Bodenrahmen und einen daran schwenkbar gelagerten Tragarm aufweist, wobei zwischen dem Bodenrahmen und dem Tragarm eine Verstellvorrichtung angeordnet ist. Bei der Verstellvorrichtung kann es sich beispielsweise um einen Spindeltrieb oder auch um eine Kolben-Zylinder-Einheit handeln.In a preferred embodiment of the invention it is provided that the support structure has a bottom frame and a support arm pivotally mounted thereon, wherein between the Floor frame and the support arm an adjustment is arranged. The adjusting device may be, for example, a spindle drive or else a piston-cylinder unit.
Weitere Einzelheiten und Merkmale der Erfindung sind aus der folgenden Beschreibung eines Ausführungsbeispiels unter Bezugnahme auf die beigefügte Zeichnung ersichtlich. Es zeigen:
Figur 1- eine schematische Seitenansicht der wesentlichen Elemente einer Tubenfüllmaschine in der Betriebsstellung und
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- die Elemente gemäß Fig. 1 in der Nicht-Betriebsstellung.
- FIG. 1
- a schematic side view of the essential elements of a tube filling machine in the operating position and
- FIG. 2
- the elements of FIG. 1 in the non-operating position.
In den Fig. 1 und 2 sind nur diejenigen konstruktiven Elemente einer Tubenfüllmaschine 10 dargestellt, die zur Erläuterung der Erfindung notwendig sind. Die Tubenfüllmaschine 10 umfaßt eine endlos umlaufende Fördervorrichtung 11 in Form eines Förderbandes, die eine Vielzahl von nach außen vorstehenden Tubenhaltern 12 besitzt, in die jeweils eine Tube 13 eingesetzt ist. Das dargestellte Ausführungsbeispiel zeigt eine in zwei nebeneinanderliegenden Reihen arbeitende Tubenfüllmaschine, jedoch ist die Erfindung auch auf einreihige oder mehrreihige Tubenfüllmaschine anwendbar.In Figs. 1 and 2, only those structural elements of a
In einem Bereich der Fördervorrichtung 11,in dem die Tuben 13 im wesentlichen vertikal ausgerichtet sind, ist oberhalb von diesem eine Fülleinheit 14 angeordnet. Die Fülleinheit 14 weist den herkömmlichen Aufbau mit einer Zuleitung 14 für das abzufüllende Produkt aus, die in vertikalen Fülldüsen 20 endet, die von oben in die zu füllenden Tuben 13 einführbar sind. In der Zuleitung ist weiterhin ein an sich bekannter Drehschieber 16 mit einem Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 vorgesehen. Den Fülldüsen 20 ist jeweils ein Stößel 18 zugeordnet, wobei die Stößel 18 über einen gemeinsamen Stößelantrieb 19 angetrieben sind.In a region of the
Der Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 und der Stößelantrieb 19 sind in nicht dargestellter Weise ortsfest innerhalb der Tubenfüllmaschine gelagert. Die weiteren Teile der Fülleinheit 14, d.h. die Zuleitung 15, der Drehschieber 16, die Absperrstößel 18 und die Fülldüsen 20 sind auf einem Tragrahmen 23 gelagert, der unterseitig rohrartige Aufnahmen 24 für ein Hebezeug besitzt. Der Tragrahmen 23 sitzt lösbar auf einer Tragkonstruktion 21, die einen Bodenrahmen 25 umfaßt, der über Füße 26 auf einem Untergrund abgestützt ist. An dem Bodenrahmen 25 ist um ein Gelenk 28 ein Tragarm 22 schwenkbar gelagert, auf den der Tragrahmen 23 mit den genannten Bauteilen der Fülleinheit 14 aufgesetzt ist. Zwischen dem Bodenrahmen 25 und dem Tragarm 22 ist eine Verstellvorrichtung 27 in Form eines Spindeltriebes angeordnet, über die der Tragarm 22 relativ zum Bodenrahmen 25 verschwenkt werden kann.The
In der in Fig. 1 dargestellten Betriebsstellung befindet sich die Fülleinheit 14 in ihrer üblichen Anordnung innerhalb der Tubenfüllmaschine, wobei die Fülldüsen 20 oberhalb der zu füllenden Tuben 13 sitzen und über die Zuleitung 15 mit dem abzufüllenden Medium versorgt werden. Der Drehschieber 16 ist mit dem Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 gekoppelt und die Absperrstößel 18 sind mit dem Stößelantrieb 19 verbunden. Der Tragarm 22 befindet sich in einer aufrechten Position.In the operating position shown in Fig. 1, the
Bei einem Produktwechsel wird die Tubenfüllmaschine angehalten und der Tragarm 22 durch Betätigung der verstellvorrichtung 27 aus der Tubenfüllmaschine in die in Fig. 2 dargestellte Nicht-Betriebsstellung herausgeschwenkt, in der der Tragarm 22 mit dem auf ihm sitzenden Tragrahmen 23, der die Naßteile der Fülleinheit 14 trägt, seitlich aus der Tubenfüllmaschine hervorsteht. Der Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 und der Stößelantrieb 19 verbleiben in der Tubenfüllmaschine, wobei die Verbindung des Drehschieber-Antriebs 17 mit dem Drehschieber 16 und des Stößelantriebs 19 mit dem Absperrstößel 18 durch Schwenkung des Tragarms 22 selbsttätig entkoppelt wird.In a product change the tube filling machine is stopped and the
In der Nicht-Betriebsstellung sind die beiden Aufnahmen 24 des Tragrahmens 23 im wesentlichen horizontal nebeneinander ausgerichtet, so daß ein Gabelstapler mit seinen Zinken in die Aufnahmen 24 einfahren und den Tragrahmen 23 mit der Zuführleitung 15, dem Drehschieber 16, den Absperrstößeln 18 und den Fülldüsen 20 nach oben von dem Tragarm 22 abheben kann, wie in Fig. 2 durch den Pfeil A angedeutet ist. Mittels des Gabelstaplers kann dann ein anderer Tragrahmen mit gereinigten Füll- und Dosierelementen auf den Tragarm 22 aufgesetzt werden, woraufhin dieser durch Betätigung der Verstellvorrichtung 27 in die Tubenfüllmaschine in die in Fig. 1 gezeigte Betriebsstellung schwenkt, wobei der Drehschieber 16 mit dem ortsfesten Drehschieber-Antrieb 17 und die Absperrstößel 18 mit dem ortsfest ausgebildeten Stößelantrieb 19 selbsttätig in Eingriff treten. In dieser Stellung ist der Wechsel der Fülleinheit 14 abgeschlossen.In the non-operating position, the two
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- Tube filling machine comprising a circulating conveying device (11) by means of which a tube (13) can be transported through the tube filling machine for passing differing processing stations with one of the processing stations being a filling unit (14) in which the tube (13) can be filled with a desired product, characterized in that the filling unit (14) is disposed on an adjustable support structure (21) which is actuated between an operating position in which the filling unit (14) is located in the tube filling machine above the tube (13) to be filled, and a non-operating position in which the filling unit (14) projects sidewardly out of the tube filling machine.
- Tube filling machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the support structure (21) is pivotably disposed.
- Tube filling machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the filling unit (14) has receptacles (24) for a hoist to lift the filling unit (14) from the support structure (21) in the non-operating position.
- Tube filling machine according to any one of the claims 1 through 3, characterized in that the filling unit (14) comprises a rotary valve (16) with associated rotary valve drive (17), wherein the rotary valve drive (17) can be automatically decoupled from the rotary valve (16) when the support structure (21) is adjusted into the non-operating position.
- Tube filling machine according to any one of the claims 1 through 4, characterized in that the filling unit (14) comprises at least one shut-off tappet (18) with associated tappet drive (19), wherein the tappet drive (19) can be automatically decoupled from the shut-off tappet (18) when the support structure (21) is adjusted into the non-operating position.
- Tube filling machine according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the rotary valve drive (17) and the tappet drive (19) are fixed within the tube filling machine.
- Tube filling machine according to any one of the claims 1 through 6, characterized in that the support structure (21) comprises a bottom frame (25) and a support arm (22) pivotably disposed thereon, wherein an adjustment device (27) is disposed between the bottom frame (25) and the support arm (22).
- Tube filling machine according to claim 7, characterized in that the adjustment device (27) is a spindle drive or a piston cylinder unit.
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| DE10104069A DE10104069A1 (en) | 2001-01-29 | 2001-01-29 | tube filling machine |
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| PCT/EP2002/000624 WO2002060755A1 (en) | 2001-01-29 | 2002-01-23 | Tube filling machine |
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