EP2029468A1 - Procédé de détermination du couple final de fermeture lors de la fermeture de bouteilles ou de contenants similaires, et capsuleuse - Google Patents

Procédé de détermination du couple final de fermeture lors de la fermeture de bouteilles ou de contenants similaires, et capsuleuse

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EP2029468A1
EP2029468A1 EP07725438A EP07725438A EP2029468A1 EP 2029468 A1 EP2029468 A1 EP 2029468A1 EP 07725438 A EP07725438 A EP 07725438A EP 07725438 A EP07725438 A EP 07725438A EP 2029468 A1 EP2029468 A1 EP 2029468A1
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closing
torque
capping
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opening
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Enrico Schulz
Karl Lorenz
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KHS GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/26—Applications of control, warning, or safety devices in capping machinery
    • B67B3/261—Devices for controlling the tightening of threaded caps, e.g. testing the release torque
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/20—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
    • B67B3/2013—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines
    • B67B3/2033—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines comprising carousel co-rotating capping heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/20—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
    • B67B3/2073—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps comprising torque limiting means
    • B67B3/2093—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps comprising torque limiting means whereby the applied torque limit is varied

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  • the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a closing machine according to the preamble of claim 12.
  • screw caps In the case of containers, for example bottles, with screw caps, it is desirable that the consumer only open a certain force, i.e. only a certain maximum opening torque has to be applied, such screw closures are therefore not closed too tightly. However, it is also imperative that screw caps are screwed sufficiently tightly to the respective container to achieve a tight seal and, for example, the escape of ingredients, e.g. Avoid carbonic acid, but also the penetration of foreign substances, such as harmful germs, into the original sealed container.
  • the method according to the invention has the advantage that practically no personnel, in any case no personnel, is required for the adjustment of several screwing or closing units of a closing machine, which personnel must carry out special measurements by hand.
  • the method according to the invention enables the screwing or closing units to be compared in a much shorter time and leads to reproducible results at lower costs.
  • FIG. 3 shows one of the screwing or sealing units of the sealing machine of FIG. 2, with a screw spindle and with an associated drive;
  • Fig. 5 diagrams of the angular velocity and the torque when closing, depending on the angle of rotation or screw.
  • each closure position 5 has, in the manner also known to the person skilled in the art, a closure unit 6 with a screw spindle or closure head 7 with the associated drive, with which (screw head) the respective closure 2 is screwed onto the thread 1.1 on the bottle mouth becomes.
  • Each closing unit 6 can be controlled individually, specifically in order to achieve a closing final torque corresponding to the respectively desired opening torque when closing, as will be explained in more detail below.
  • the drives assigned to the individual closing units 6 are preferably those drives which allow an individual setting of speeds, directions of rotation and / or torques independent of the other drives. It can e.g. are known servo, stepper or synchronous motors in which the desired operating parameters can be specified and implemented in a controlled and / or regulated manner.
  • an individual adjustment (tuning) of the individual closing units 6 or their drives takes place, specifically in the form that initially taking known parameters, such as, for. B. those relating to the design and / or geometry of the thread 1.1, the design and geometry of the closures 2, the type of materials used, etc., and taking into account the desired opening torque, the final closing torque or the corresponding torque on the screw or capping head 7 is calculated, for example on the basis of a mathematical model which also maps or takes into account the mechanical and / or electromagnetic conditions of the capping units 6.
  • the capping units 6 are then individually compared at each capping position 5, in such a way that in this tuning a bottle 1 is closed with the calculated torque specification or with this calculated torque and then opened again.
  • the moments, speeds and angles of rotation that occur are recorded and recorded by appropriate sensors or saved for subsequent calculations and optimizations.
  • the maximum value of the current at the end of the closing (as a measurement for the final closing torque) and also the maximum value of the current when opening (as a measurement for the opening torque) are determined.
  • the opening speed is also determined.
  • the torque exerted by the closing unit 6 or its head 7 on the closure 2 when closing and opening can be calculated with sufficient accuracy.
  • the original closing moment determined for example on the basis of the model calculation or empirically determined is then corrected for each closing unit 6 individually on the basis of the measured values determined during the adjustment or tuning phase when opening, in particular on the basis of the determined opening torque, such that the result of the final closing moment Opening torque corresponds to the desired value.
  • This correction is carried out, for example, by multiplying the originally calculated or empirically determined final closing torque by a correction factor which corresponds to the quotient of the setpoint for the opening torque and the actual value of the opening torque determined during the adjustment phase.
  • the bottles 1 are closed with the closures 2 by screwing in a subsequent production phase in such a way that for each bottle 2 there is an opening torque with the results in the desired value.
  • the individual closing units 6 there is the possibility of adapting the individual closing units 6 in such a way that the original closing end torque for the closing elements 6 of all closing positions 5 is stored as a common value in a control unit 8 and the correction or tuning factor for each closing unit 6 individually.
  • the maximum screwing angle corresponds to the number of turns of a gear in rad:
  • FIG. 5 shows in diagrams a and b the typical course of the angular velocity of the respective closure unit 6 or of the head 7 and the torque transmitted to a closure 2 when a bottle 1 is closed with the closure during the production phase.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Sealing Of Jars (AREA)
  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de détermination du couple de fermeture lors de la fermeture de bouteilles ou de contenants similaires à fermeture à vis au moyen d'une unité de fermeture entraînée par un moteur sur une capsuleuse. Selon l'invention, dans une phase de comparaison, au moins une fermeture d'un contenant précédemment fermé est de nouveau ouverte. Au moins le couple d'ouverture nécessaire à la réouverture du contenant détermine une valeur de correction et la fermeture subséquente du contenant est réalisée par l'unité de fermeture avec un couple final de fermeture tenant compte de cette valeur corrective.
EP07725438.1A 2006-05-31 2007-05-23 Procédé de détermination du couple final de fermeture lors de la fermeture de bouteilles ou de contenants similaires Active EP2029468B1 (fr)

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DE102006025811A DE102006025811A1 (de) 2006-05-31 2006-05-31 Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Verschließ-Endmoments beim Verschließen von Flaschen oder dergleichen Behälter sowie Verschließmaschine
PCT/EP2007/004538 WO2007137737A1 (fr) 2006-05-31 2007-05-23 Procédé de détermination du couple final de fermeture lors de la fermeture de bouteilles ou de contenants similaires, et capsuleuse

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