EP1945522A1 - Procede de fabrication d'un couvercle de boite presentant une bague de couvercle et une membrane de fermeture - Google Patents

Procede de fabrication d'un couvercle de boite presentant une bague de couvercle et une membrane de fermeture

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EP1945522A1
EP1945522A1 EP06806178A EP06806178A EP1945522A1 EP 1945522 A1 EP1945522 A1 EP 1945522A1 EP 06806178 A EP06806178 A EP 06806178A EP 06806178 A EP06806178 A EP 06806178A EP 1945522 A1 EP1945522 A1 EP 1945522A1
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Prior art keywords
lid
sealing flange
closure membrane
membrane
ring
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EP1945522B1 (fr
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Sven Bauer
Christoph Dietrich
Reinhart Geisler
Andreas Ziegler
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3A Composites International AG
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Alcan Technology and Management Ltd
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Priority to PL06806178T priority patent/PL1945522T3/pl
Priority to SI200630493T priority patent/SI1945522T1/sl
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D17/00Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/50Non-integral frangible members applied to, or inserted in, preformed openings, e.g. tearable strips or plastic plugs
    • B65D17/501Flexible tape or foil-like material
    • B65D17/502Flexible tape or foil-like material applied to the external part of the container wall only
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D51/00Making hollow objects
    • B21D51/16Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects
    • B21D51/38Making inlet or outlet arrangements of cans, tins, baths, bottles, or other vessels; Making can ends; Making closures
    • B21D51/44Making closures, e.g. caps

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a method for producing a can lid with a cover ring with an annular sealing flange and sealed on the sealing flange and peelable from this closure membrane, the sealing flange with an inner edge a perpendicular to a lid ring axis lying, defining a lid plane opening cross-sectional area delimited as a removal opening and merges with an outer edge in a substantially perpendicular to the lid plane annular wall whose free end is formed into an outer crimp for connecting the can lid with the opening edge of a can body, and wherein the sealing flange with the lid plane forms an acute angle and the sealing membrane over the removal opening is curved, wherein the curvature of the closure membrane through the removal opening between two substantially mirror-symmetrical lying to the opening cross-sectional area end positions is displaceable.
  • the axially extending edges of the tube are pressed together and welded together, which takes place by means of a laser beam and leads to the formation of a butt weld seam.
  • the tube is then divided into equal length tube sections or cylindrical rings. Each cylindrical ring is converted into a cover ring with a beaded edge for attachment to a can body and to an annular bearing surface for the subsequent determination of the closure membrane.
  • the above-mentioned method for producing a cover ring starting from a cylindrical ring has the advantage of a significantly reduced scrap fraction compared to the classic cover ring production, in which first a sheet metal disk is formed and then the discharge opening is punched out to form the cover ring.
  • a major disadvantage of conventional cover rings with peelable sealing membrane is that cans can be sterilized with such can lids only with controlled back pressure.
  • the field of application of conventional cover rings with peelable sealing membrane is thereby severely limited, in particular in the important market of cans for food.
  • WO-A-2005/005277 and DE-A-103 38 445 disclose can ends with a cover ring, in which the sealing flange encloses an acute angle with the cover plane and seals the sealing membrane over the cover. arched opening is. During the production of these can ends, the sealing membrane is sealed onto the sealing flange, which has previously been inclined in relation to the cover plane.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an alternative to the method of the type mentioned method, which can be realized inexpensively by simple means.
  • a closure membrane is sealed onto a cover ring with a sealing flange located in the cover plane, the cover ring with sealed closure membrane is adjusted such that it encloses an acute angle with the cover plane, and the closure membrane passes through the removal opening is deep-drawn.
  • a tangent applied to the curved sealing membrane at the transition of the curvature into the sealing flange at the inner edge encloses an acute angle ⁇ in one of the end positions with the cover plane which is smaller than or equal to the angle ⁇ between sealing flange and cover plane.
  • the curvature of the sealing membrane is in both end positions within a predetermined by the height of the annular wall core depth.
  • the angle ⁇ between the sealing flange and the cover plane is preferably 10 ° to 60 °.
  • the angle ⁇ between the tangent to the curved sealing membrane at the transition of the curvature into the sealing flange at the inner edge and the cover plane is preferably 10 ° to 60 °.
  • the closure membrane is preferably a deformable by deep drawing, conveniently by peeling from the sealing flange detachable aluminum foil or aluminum / plastic composite film.
  • a material for the cover ring are all known for can production metals such as aluminum, steel or tinplate. These metals can also be painted or reshaped with a plastic coating of, for example, polypropylene.
  • the can lid produced by the method according to the invention is particularly suitable as a closure for cans with sterilizable filling material.
  • Fig. 1 shows a section through a cover ring with sealed closure membrane lying in the top plane
  • FIG. 2 shows a section through a lid ring with respect to the lid level hired sealing flange with sealed closure membrane.
  • - Fig. 3 is a section through the lid ring withexcellentgelter
  • - Fig. 4 is a section through the lid ring with ordersiegelter
  • FIG. 5 is a section through a can body with attached
  • FIG. 6 shows a section through a combination of tools for carrying out the method according to the invention for the production of the cover ring with sealed-on closure membrane from FIG. 2.
  • a shown in Fig. 1 cover 10 'with a rotationally symmetrical to a ring axis z lying lid ring 11' has a in a right angle to Ring axis z standing lid plane E arranged annular sealing flange 12.
  • the outer edge of the sealing flange 12 merges into an annular wall 18 which is substantially concentric with the ring axis z.
  • the free end of the annular wall 18 is formed into an outer flange 20.
  • the distance between cover plane E and outer flange 20 is referred to as core depth t.
  • the inner edge of the sealing flange 12 is rolled into a rolled edge 22 and defines a removal opening 24 with a circular opening cross-sectional area F.
  • a closure membrane 14 closing the removal opening 24 is sealed.
  • the closure membrane 14 rests against the sealing flange 12 and is connected thereto via an adhesive or sealing layer.
  • the material used for the closure membrane 14 is, for example, an aluminum or sheet-steel foil optionally having a heat-sealable coating.
  • the seal between sealing membrane 14 and sealing flange 12 is adjusted so that the sealing membrane from the sealing flange by peeling (peeling) can be removed.
  • a tear-open tab 16 arranged on the edge of the closure membrane 14 serves to remove or peel the closure membrane 14 from the sealing flange 12, releasing the removal opening 24.
  • a lid 10 shown in Fig. 2 with a lid ring 11 differs from the lid 10 'with a lid ring 11' according to the prior art by the following features:
  • the sealing flange 12 encloses an acute angle ⁇ with the cover plane E.
  • the closure membrane 14 is spherically curved over the opening cross-sectional area F defined by the inner rolled edge 22 of the sealing flange 12 and is passed through the removal opening 24 between the two substantially mirror-symmetrical to the opening cross-sectional area F.
  • movable end positions A and B displaceable.
  • a lid ring 11 ' is first produced in a known manner and a closure membrane 14 is sealed onto the sealing flange 12 located in the lid plane E. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 6, the cover ring 11 'is clamped in a first tool 40 with the closure membrane 14 sealed on. With a second tool 42, the sealing flange 12 is set to the desired angled position. With a third tool 44, z. B. with a spherical punch made of Teflon, the closure membrane 14 is formed by deep drawing in the ring axis z to a curvature with a camber s. Instead of a mechanical deep drawing with a stamp, the deformation can also be done pneumatically or hydraulically.
  • curl height ⁇ s of the closure membrane 14 is dimensioned so that the closure membrane 14 lies completely in its end positions A and B within the high can edge predetermined by the large core depth t.
  • the problem of the upright tear tab occurring in lid rings with low core depth is also solved. Due to the high edge of the can, the flap remains protected and can not get caught in filling lines and transport processes. This is especially important when using laminates with poor deadfold properties.
  • the deep drawing step can be carried out in both directions, since the curved closure membrane 14 between the end position A and the lying in substantially mirror-symmetrical to the removal opening 24 end position B within the defined by the annular wall 18 and the resulting high dose edge interior space is displaceable.
  • the deep-drawing step takes place in the end position A.
  • the deep-drawing step can also take place before the sealing flange 12 is set up in the angled position.
  • the volume of the contents increases as a result of the increased temperature.
  • the internal pressure increases by an amount + ⁇ P relative to the vapor pressure at the filling temperature.
  • the closure membrane 14 is pushed from the initial lower end position A through the discharge opening 24 into the upper end position B and is in this position under an increased relative to atmospheric pressure internal pressure.
  • a possible plastic deformation of the closure membrane 14 can be counteracted, for example, with a thicker membrane material, with support foils of, for example, oriented polyamide (oPA), oriented polyethylene terephthalate (oPET), oriented polypropylene (oPP) or with a fiber-reinforced plastic film.
  • oPA oriented polyamide
  • OPET oriented polyethylene terephthalate
  • oPP oriented polypropylene
  • the volume of the contents decreases as a result of the falling temperature.
  • the internal pressure drops as a result of the now reduced vapor pressure of the filling liquid at the sterilizing temperature compared to the vapor pressure at the filling temperature by an amount - ⁇ P.
  • the closure membrane 14 is pulled from the upper end position B through the removal opening into the lower end position A and is in this position under an atmospheric pressure reduced to the internal pressure.
  • the angle ⁇ between sealing flange 12 and cover level E can be reduced and holds the closing membrane 14 under tension and thus virtually without wrinkles due to the resulting restoring forces.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Closing Of Containers (AREA)
  • Pressure Vessels And Lids Thereof (AREA)
  • Casings For Electric Apparatus (AREA)
  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
EP06806178A 2005-10-20 2006-10-11 Procede de fabrication d'un couvercle de boite presentant une bague de couvercle et une membrane de fermeture Active EP1945522B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP06806178A EP1945522B1 (fr) 2005-10-20 2006-10-11 Procede de fabrication d'un couvercle de boite presentant une bague de couvercle et une membrane de fermeture
PL06806178T PL1945522T3 (pl) 2005-10-20 2006-10-11 Sposób wytwarzania pokrywy puszki z pierścieniem pokrywy i przeponą zamykającą
SI200630493T SI1945522T1 (sl) 2005-10-20 2006-10-11 Postopek za izdelavo pokrova doze z obročem pokrova in zaporno membrano
CY20091101287T CY1110072T1 (el) 2005-10-20 2009-12-09 Διεργασια για την παραγωγη καλυμματος κυτιου με δακτυλιο και μεμβρανη σφραγισης

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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EP05405593A EP1777165A1 (fr) 2005-10-20 2005-10-20 Couvercle pour une boîte comportant une collerette et une membrane de fermeture
EP06806178A EP1945522B1 (fr) 2005-10-20 2006-10-11 Procede de fabrication d'un couvercle de boite presentant une bague de couvercle et une membrane de fermeture
PCT/EP2006/009808 WO2007045385A1 (fr) 2005-10-20 2006-10-11 Procede de fabrication d'un couvercle de boite presentant une bague de couvercle et une membrane de fermeture

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EP1945522A1 true EP1945522A1 (fr) 2008-07-23
EP1945522B1 EP1945522B1 (fr) 2009-09-16

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AT (1) ATE442996T1 (fr)
CY (1) CY1110072T1 (fr)
DE (1) DE502006004890D1 (fr)
DK (1) DK1945522T3 (fr)
ES (1) ES2333167T3 (fr)
PL (1) PL1945522T3 (fr)
PT (1) PT1945522E (fr)
SI (1) SI1945522T1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2007045385A1 (fr)

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DK1945522T3 (da) 2010-01-25
SI1945522T1 (sl) 2010-01-29
CY1110072T1 (el) 2015-01-14
EP1777165A1 (fr) 2007-04-25
ES2333167T3 (es) 2010-02-17
WO2007045385A1 (fr) 2007-04-26
PL1945522T3 (pl) 2010-02-26
ATE442996T1 (de) 2009-10-15
EP1945522B1 (fr) 2009-09-16
DE502006004890D1 (de) 2009-10-29
PT1945522E (pt) 2009-12-11

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