EP2081758A2 - Device and method for forming moulded bodies from a mouldable mass - Google Patents
Device and method for forming moulded bodies from a mouldable massInfo
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for forming moldings from a moldable mass.
- the device comprises a die grid, in which at least one receiving space is formed, and at least one tool, with which the moldable mass in the receiving space can be pressed.
- the invention relates to a method for forming moldings, in which a moldable mass is formed, is supplied to at least one receiving space of a die grid and is then pressed by at least one tool.
- rotary tabletting machines e.g. the mass to be formed, which is present as bulk material, fed via a fixed filling device in a likewise fixed die table, in the receiving spaces (matrices), the bulk material is filled.
- the receiving space stamp Above and below the receiving space stamp are arranged, which are guided for pressing the bulk material over an upper and a lower pressure roller. By the pressure rollers, the stamp are moved towards each other, whereby initially a rising and after exceeding the vertex, a falling pressure is exerted on the bulk material, whereby it is compressed into a tablet.
- a conventional rotary tabletting machine is described for example in DE 37 14 031 A1.
- a disadvantage of known tabletting machines is that the time interval during which the pressure required for pressing is exerted on the moldable mass is limited. For many applications, it is desirable to extend the so-called pressure hold time. This is possible with conventional tableting machines only with a small time window.
- EP 0 358 107 A2 discloses a process for the production of pharmaceutical tablets in which the pharmaceutical mixture is extruded and the still plastic material is solidified in a conventional tabletting machine pharmaceutical moldings is processed. While advantageously an extruder can be used to form and deliver the moldable mass in this process, the disadvantages associated with conventional tabletting machines can not be overcome. In addition, an economic mass feed would not be sufficiently possible.
- the calendering process with two calender rolls is further developed by a so-called chain calender, as described in EP 0 358 105 B1.
- chain calender the still deformable strand of the extruder is between two partially on the lateral surface contacting, in opposite directions and running parallel on the contact line bands or between a roller and a resting on a segment of the roll shell and pressed with this circulating belt into tablets.
- the shaping recesses are mounted in two or only in one of the circumferential shaping elements.
- this manufacturing method has the disadvantage that no specific mass adjustments can be made without bringing the individual doses considerably out of shape, because of the lack of lateral all-round guides.
- mass corrections to the formations are only very limited possible, thereby conditionally a format change is excluded to heavier or lighter forms.
- the device according to the invention is characterized in that the tool is movable along a guideway having a forming section in which the tools exert a constant pressure on the portion of the mouldable mass located in the receiving space over a distance.
- the device according to the invention can therefore be used, inter alia, in particular for molding masses which require a long pressure holding time. Namely, the maximum pressure of the tools can be exerted over the entire distance of the shaping section of the guideway.
- this shaping section can be selected to be long enough to realize any desired pressure holding times.
- the residence time The mass in the section at which it is compressed is therefore also adjustable.
- the tool is mounted in a tool carrier.
- the tool carrier is held in the guideway via a link guide.
- at least one tool carrier along the guide track at least partially run on guide rollers, wherein at least in the forming section of the guide track, the guide rollers are adjustable in terms of their distance to another tool carrier.
- a molding pressure can be set according to the mass properties to be formed.
- the volumes to be set of the different masses to be pressed are adjusted by means of the height-adjustable die grid. In this way, it is very easy to adjust the volume to be compressed in the receiving space of the die grid. In the method according to the invention, it is thus possible to realize an online change of the administration forms with regard to the metering. Furthermore, tolerances of the guideway in the forming section can be compensated.
- the shaping section of the guide track preferably runs in a straight line. In this way, particularly high injection pressures can be realized.
- a further second tool for the at least one receiving space can be guided from the opposite side of the first tool into the receiving space. In this way, the moldable mass can be pressed in the receiving space from two sides.
- a plurality of receiving spaces is formed, each of which a first tool and a second tool are assigned.
- the first tools and / or the second tools may be mounted in a respective tool carrier. They are especially secured floating in the tool carrier.
- the tools can be cooled and / or heated in particular for certain moldable masses.
- a separate guideway is provided in each case for the tool carrier of the first tools and the tool carrier of the second tools.
- a cooling section can be formed by the guideway, in which the pressed moldings cool in the die grid.
- the cooling section is preferably also formed by a straight path of the guideway.
- the cooling time can be adjusted. It is possible to choose a very long cooling-out time, so that moldings with complicated geometries can be demoulded well when carrying out thermal processes. Furthermore, pharmaceutical molds often require long cooling times to be realized to counteract any residual stresses in the molds.
- a sampling station for removing one or more formations can be arranged, which can be fed to a quality control.
- a removal and camera inspection station for removal and examination of the moldings, a cleaning station and finally a shaping space coating device can be arranged, in which the parts of the device which come into contact with the moldable mass are cleaned and coated to prevent buildup ,
- the tool cleaning and the molding space coating can be carried out continuously during the ongoing production process.
- an online control during the ongoing manufacturing process and an online mass correction of the moldings are possible.
- an online 100% visual inspection using a camera as well as online NIR for various analytical data collections is possible.
- the tool carrier is connected via a telescopic arm with a rotatable drive unit. coupled, so that the tool carrier can be guided over a closed curve.
- the drive unit may be the only driven unit of the device according to the invention.
- a telescopic arm is provided in each case for the tool carrier of the first tools and the tool carrier of the second tools.
- the telescopic arm or the telescopic arms can in particular be pivotably mounted about an axis tangential with respect to the rotation of the drive unit.
- the length of the telescopic arm is variable.
- the tool carrier is coupled to the telescopic arm via a horizontal / twin-axis fork joint. In this way, the tool carrier can move radially along the guide track toward the drive unit or away from the drive unit.
- the tool carrier can be pivoted upwards and downwards in a horizontal plane of rotation.
- a malleable mass is understood to mean any mass which changes its shape under the action of a force.
- powdered bulk materials can be supplied to the matrix grid.
- the bulk material is e.g. filled via a known filling device in the receiving spaces of Matrizengitters.
- the filling device may be e.g. to act a powder distribution system for the uniform discharge of flowable, moldable, powdery bulk materials, in which the bulk materials are continuously fed. It is possible with the device according to the invention in particular to compress polymer granules with high restoring force to formations. Because of the adjustable shaping time for the molding process, the device according to the invention can preferably be used for processing flowable and shapable powdered bulk goods, e.g. in the pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics and hygiene industries.
- the moldable mass may be a melt ribbon.
- the device may in particular comprise an extruder, wherein the melt ribbon is continuously fed to the die grid.
- a forming station for smoothing and aligning a melt strand ejected from the extruder to the melt ribbon is arranged.
- the width of the melt belt can be so be shaped so that it corresponds to the width of the matrix grid.
- the thickness of the melt ribbon can thereby be adjusted so that the weight of the individual portions of the mass is adjusted.
- the melt ribbon may comprise several layers of different composition.
- the extruder can be designed for two-component or three-component extrusion, with the various components being able to lie in different sequences.
- films and moldings with a product sequence ABA or ABCBA can be formed.
- product sequences may be used for the manufacture of medical products, e.g. used in the manufacture of lingual and sublingual foils / tablets as well as transdermal patches. Such products can be very easily produced on the device according to the invention.
- the device of the invention may further comprise a displacement barrier for portioning the moldable mass movable toward the die grid, the displacement barrier comprising side boundaries corresponding to side boundaries defining the receiving spaces of the die grid.
- the displacement bulkhead By the displacement bulkhead, the moldable material is displaced into the receiving space of the matrix grid and thereby simultaneously portioned, so that the mass can then be pressed in a completely enclosed form with adjustable volume.
- the side boundaries of the displacement bulkhead are aligned with the lateral boundaries of the matrix grid.
- the thickness of the side boundaries of the die grid corresponds in particular to the thickness of the side boundaries of the displacement partition.
- the side boundaries of the displacement bulkhead and the side boundaries of the matrix grid may have end faces which at least partially come to rest when the displacement bulkhead and the matrix grid are moved completely towards one another.
- the respective end faces have in particular the same geometry.
- the matrix grid may comprise a square, rectangular, diamond-shaped or circular grid.
- the same grid is then formed by the side boundaries of the displacement bulkhead, so that the end faces each match.
- the transition from the end faces to the side boundaries of the die grid and / or the displacement partition can in particular be rounded or bevelled.
- the tool can be guided from the side boundaries of the displacement bulkhead into the receiving space.
- the displacement bulkhead can thus fulfill a dual function. On the one hand, it serves to portion the moldable mass. On the other hand, it serves as a guide for the tool.
- the displacement bulkhead can be coupled to the tool carrier for the first tools.
- the displacement bulkhead is in particular movable relative to the tool carrier against the force of at least one spring.
- a moldable mass is formed and fed to at least one receiving space of a die grid. At least one tool then presses a portion of the moldable mass in the receiving space by moving the tool along a guideway is having a forming portion, in which the tool is applied a constant pressure on the portion located in the receiving space of the moldable mass on a route.
- the route is in particular a straight stretch.
- a further second tool for the at least one receiving space is preferably guided from the opposite side of the first tool into the receiving space.
- the pressure in the receiving space of the die grid is then exerted by the first tool and the second tool.
- a tool carrier can be provided which is guided in each case on a separate guide track.
- the molded articles cool in the die grid after the pressing. After cooling, a molding or several moldings can be removed for inspection.
- FIG. 1 shows schematically the overall structure of the device according to an embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 2 shows a detail of the device shown in Fig. 1, in which the various stations of the device can be seen,
- FIG. 3 shows the travel curve of the upper and lower part of the shaping unit, which can be adjusted in height on both sides, when cornering after the shaping process
- FIG. 5 shows a side view of the driving curves of the device according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 3 and 4
- FIG. 6A shows the nozzle of an extruder of the device according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention, in particular for the production of multilayer tablets / multilayer tablets
- FIG. 6B shows a detail view of FIG. 6A
- FIG. 6A shows a side view of the driving curves of the device according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 3 and 4
- FIG. 6A shows the nozzle of an extruder of the device according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention, in particular for the production of multilayer tablets / multilayer tablets
- FIG. 6B shows a detail view of FIG. 6A
- Fig. 7A shows another embodiment of the nozzle of the extruder of the device according to an embodiment of the invention, in particular for the
- FIG. 7B shows a detail view of FIG. 7A, FIG.
- Fig. 10 shows the telescopic arm of the device according to the embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 1 1 shows the travel and movement of the tool carrier lower part in the region of the forming portion of the device according to the Embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 12 shows a detail view of the guide pin in the region of the shaping section of the device according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 14A shows a detail of the guide pin in the slide guide
- FIG. 14A shows a plan view of an example of a tool
- FIGS. 14B and 14C show perspective views of an example of a tool
- FIG. 15A shows a plan view of another tool
- FIG. 16B shows a perspective view of another tool
- FIG. 17B shows a sectional view of the tool in the tool carrier of the device according to FIG Embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 18 shows a special tool of the apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 19 shows a detail of the special tool shown in Fig. 18;
- Fig. 20 shows a sectional view of the upper tool carrier and the associated parts of the device according to the embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 22 shows the lower tool carrier and its associated parts of the device according to the embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 23 shows the die grid of the device according to the embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 24A shows the interaction of the upper and lower tool carrier in the processing of Melting
- FIG. 24B shows the interaction of the upper and the lower tool carrier in the processing of bulk materials
- FIG. 24A shows the interaction of the upper and lower tool carrier in the processing of Melting
- Figs. 25A and 25B illustrate the effect of a first example of the displacement bulkhead of the apparatus according to the embodiment of Figs.
- Figs. 26A and 26B illustrate the effect of a second example of the displacement bulkhead of the device according to the embodiment of the invention
- Figs. 27A and 27B illustrate the distribution of forces in the receiving space of the matrix grid of the device according to the embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 29 shows the cleaning station of the apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 30 shows another part of the cleaning station of the apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 31 shows the molding space coating unit of the apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 an overview of the overall structure of the apparatus for forming moldings from the moldable mass is given:
- the device comprises an extruder 1, with which a moldable mass can be formed. From the nozzle of the extruder 1, the moldable material is transferred into a rotating mechanical system in which the moldings are formed.
- the basic structure of this rotating mechanical system will be explained below.
- a rotatable drive unit 2 is provided, are attached to which radially outwardly extending telescopic arms 5. At the radially outer ends of the telescopic arms 5 forming units 4 are attached.
- a molding unit is composed of an upper part 4A and a lower part
- Part 4B together. Both for the upper part 4A and for the lower part 4B a telescopic arm 5A and 5B is provided.
- the telescopic arm 5A for the upper part 4A and that 5B for the lower part 4B of the forming unit 4 are arranged vertically one above the other vertically.
- the drive unit 2 thus comprises, in an upper horizontal plane, the telescopic arms 5A for the upper part 4A of FIG.
- the telescopic arms 5 with the shaping units 4 are thus moved by the drive unit 2 essentially in an upper and a lower horizontal plane.
- the shaping units 4 are guided on a guideway 3.
- the guide track 3 describes a closed curve with straight sections A and B (FIG. 2) and a semicircular section which is arranged opposite to the sections A and B. So that the shaping units 4 can be guided by a rotation of the drive unit 2 on this guideway 3, the radial length of the telescopic arms 5 is variable.
- the guide track 3 can also change the position of the shaping units 4 in the vertical direction.
- the telescopic arms 5 can perform a vertical pivoting movement, ie a pivoting movement about axis, which is parallel to a tangential with respect to the rotational movement of the drive unit 2 axis.
- the telescopic arms 5 can thus be moved horizontally by the drive unit 2, wherein they can perform vertical pivoting movements during this movement, the paths being predetermined by the guide track 3.
- a forming section A in which the guide track 3 extends on a straight line.
- the shaping section A is adjoined by a cooling-down section B, which can also run on a straight path.
- the guideway 3 changes its direction in a 90 ° bend and feeds the forming units 4 at the section C to a sampling station 6.
- the guideway 3 describes a semicircle on which the forming units 4 are fed at a section D of a blank removal and camera inspection station 7, at section E to a cleaning station 8 and at section F to a forming space coating device 9.
- the individual stations and facilities of these sections will be described later in detail.
- the forming units 4 After the forming units 4 have left the forming space coating device 9, they are guided back to the forming section A via a 90 ° bend. Since the shaping units 4, which are arranged close to one another, can not perform a curved movement over their diagonal in this constellation, deflection curves are formed for the guide track, which are explained below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5:
- FIG. 3 shows an upper guide track 3A for the upper part 4A of the molding unit 4 and a lower guide track 3B for the lower part 4B of the molding unit 4.
- FIG. 3 shows the moving apart of the upper and lower parts 4A and 4B, respectively Shaping unit 4 shown.
- 4 shows the moving together of the respective parts of the molding unit 4.
- the upper guide track 3A and the lower guide track 3B each share again in an upper and lower part, on each of which alternately the two parts of the forming unit 4 are supplied.
- the control is carried out via points, which causes the diversion into the respective travel curve.
- Fig. 5 is a side view showing the movement of the upper telescopic arm 5A for the upper part 4A of the forming unit 4 and the lower telescopic arm 5B for the lower part 4B of the forming unit 4.
- an extruder 1 known per se can be used.
- the design of the extruder 1 depends on the mass that is to be processed in the extruder 1.
- the masses to be processed may be e.g. be intended for use in the pharmaceutical industry, in the food industry as well as in the cosmetics and hygiene industries.
- a plastic melt is produced, which is ejected as melt strand 11 in extruder die 10.
- the melt strand 11 can be formed from only one melt.
- a multilayered melt strand 11 may also be formed, e.g. comprises two components A and B in three layers of sequence ABA.
- the extruder 1 may be configured to undergo three component extrusion in five plies of sequence ABCBA.
- the melt strand 11 ejected from the extruder die 10 is fed to a molding station 13 where counter rotating rolls 12A and 12B smooth the melt strand 11 into a melt ribbon 14. Furthermore, at the forming station 13, the width of the melt belt 14 can be set exactly. The width of the melt belt 14 depends on the width of the die grid 19, as will be explained later. The width is created by taperedêtsleitbleche. Corresponding side-prone preform prisms 12B assume the task of mass reduction on the sides of the melt belt. 8B to 8D show the interaction of the rollers 12A and 12B of the molding station and the molding of the melt strand 11 to the melt belt 14 after the material exit from the nozzle 10. The roll and prism movements can thereby depending on the volume and the density of the melt be controlled by a software.
- the Ausformstation thus the thickness and the width of the melt strip from which the moldings are formed, adjusted exactly. This setting ensures that the masses of the individual blanks are always the same. Furthermore, the height and thus the mass of the molded article to be formed can be adjusted via the thickness of the melt belt 14. In the forming station, a precompression of the moldable mass takes place, which leads to a higher stability of the melt belt 14. The thickness of the melt belt 14 depends on the consistency of the melt, their density and the desired individual weights of the moldings to be produced therefrom.
- the forming units 4 are guided on the guide track so that the upper part 4A of the forming unit 4 has approached the lower part 4B of the forming unit 4 behind the molding station 13 for the melt of the extruder 1.
- this forming section A (FIG. 2), they form a unit through which the shaped articles are formed from the melt strip 14.
- the forming unit 4 comprises a tool carrier 15 which is divided into an upper tool carrier 15A and a lower tool carrier 15B.
- the upper tool carrier 15A is fixed to an upper telescopic arm 5A
- the lower tool carrier 15B is fixed to a lower telescopic arm 5B.
- the telescopic arms 5A and 5B are arranged in a vertical plane parallel to each other. As already described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, they are moved horizontally, wherein they can perform vertical pivoting movements corresponding to the guide track 3.
- the upper and lower tool carriers 15A and 15B as in FIG 9, adjacent to each other, as is the case with the forming section A, for example, the upper and lower tool carriers 15A and 15B are aligned with each other by guide rods 22. Guided by these guide rods 22, the upper and lower tool carriers 15A and 15B can be further moved toward each other.
- the upper and lower tool carriers 15A and 15B each include a plurality of guide pins 16A and 16B, respectively, which hold and guide the upper tool carrier 15A in two upper guide tracks 3A.
- the two upper guide tracks 3A are arranged at the same level at different radii with respect to the rotational movement of the drive unit 2.
- the lower guide bolts 16B hold and guide the lower tool carrier 15B in lower guide tracks 3B, respectively.
- three guide pins 16A and 16B are respectively provided for the upper and lower tool carriers 15A and 15B. They hold the two tool carrier parts 15A and 15B in a horizontal position, respectively.
- two guide pins 15A and 15B are respectively disposed on the outer guide track 3A and 3B, and the single guide pins 16A and 16B on the inner track 3A and 3B, respectively, for safe cornering of the tool carrier 15 receive.
- the upper and lower tool carriers 15A and 15B receive the same number of identical tools 17 and 18, respectively. Further, between the upper tool carrier 15A and the lower tool carrier 15B, a die grid 19 and a displacement barrier 38 are arranged, as will be explained later in detail. Both the matrix grid 19 and the displacement barrier 38 are guided by means of the guide rods 22.
- the telescopic arm 5 comprises two mutually displaceable parts, so that the length of the telescopic arm is variable. In this way, the radial distance of the tool carrier 15 from the drive unit 2 can be changed.
- a horizontal ⁇ / ertikal-Zweachsengabelgelenk 23 is attached.
- the two-axis fork joint 23 comprises a fixing unit 24, which is fastened to the radially outer end of the telescopic arm 5.
- the horizontal joint 26 of the two-axis fork joint 23 is fastened to the fastening unit 24 via a bolt 25.
- the horizontal joint 26 is pivotable about the axis of the bucket 25 in a first plane.
- this first plane is aligned horizontally.
- the vertical joint 28 of the two-axis fork joint 23 is attached via a further bolt 27.
- the vertical joint 28 is pivotable in a second plane, which is perpendicular to the first plane.
- the vertical joint 28 is pivotable in a vertical plane.
- the upper or lower tool carrier 15A or 15B is fastened to the vertical joint 28.
- the two-axis fork joint 23 thus provides a firm connection between the telescopic arm 5 and the corresponding part of the tool carrier 15. In this way, the tool holder 15 can smoothly and smoothly reach all positions in all three spatial axes within the path of the guideway 3.
- the telescopic arms 5 ensure that the force of the drive unit 2 is transmitted to the tool carriers 15 connected to them, so that they lie on the predetermined guideway 3 can move.
- the two-axis fork joint 23 and the vertical pivotability of the telescopic arm 5 ensure that each individual movement of the tool carrier 15 on the guideway 3 can be compensated in a force-transmitting manner.
- the lower guide pins 16B comprise a mushroom head 29 which is held and guided in all sections of the guide track 3 except for the shaping section A (FIG. 2) in a slotted guide 33.
- This slotted guide is shown in FIG. 13. provides.
- the storage and guidance in the forming section A is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.
- the guide pin 16B leaves the slide guide 33 and is guided and held by a guide roller system.
- the guide roller system comprises closely spaced guide rollers 30 which are rotatable in the direction of the guide track 3B.
- the end face of the mushroom head 29 always rests on two guide rollers 30 in order to ensure smooth running of the lower tool carrier 15B.
- two side guide plates 32 are arranged on both sides of the mushroom head 29 of the guide pin 16B.
- a separately controllable level control 31 is provided, which can move or adjust the height of the guide roller 30.
- the Endverformungs can be regulated.
- the level control 31 can be coupled to a weighing cell unit, which adjoins the camera inspection station 7.
- the load cell unit may have a programmable logic controller to transmit a controlled variable to the level control 31 to control the immersion depths of the individual tools 17 and 18 respectively, thereby achieving mass variation of the individual moldings, as will be explained later.
- the mounting and guiding of the upper tool carrier 15A over the upper guide pins 16A in the upper guide tracks 3A essentially corresponds to the guidance and the mounting of the lower tool carrier 15B.
- the mushroom head 29 of the upper guide pin 16A is received by a slotted guide 33 of the upper guide track 3A.
- a slotted guide 33 is also provided in the shaping section A, since it is not necessary to adjust both the lower tool carrier 15B and the upper tool carrier 15A in the vertical direction.
- FIGS. 14 to 19 show the tools 18 which are attached to the lower tool carrier 15B. are solidified.
- the tools 17 may be identical or similar to the tools 18 and similarly secured to the upper tool carrier 15A.
- the tools 17 and 18 are formed like a stamp. They have an end face 35, which, as shown in FIGS. 14A to 16A, is selected according to the desired molding surface.
- the tools 17 and 18 are floating in the tool carrier 15A, secured once or twice by means of internal locking bars 34 against falling out. This ensures a very dense arrangement of the tools 17 and 18, respectively.
- the number of securing rods 34 depends on the intended use of the tools 17 and 18 and on their function.
- a special tool 36 is shown. It includes heating or cooling holes 37 into which a fluid may be introduced to heat or cool the tool 36.
- the radially inner side of the upper tool carrier 15A is connected to the telescopic arm 5A via the two-axis fork joint 23, as explained with reference to FIG.
- the upper side of the upper tool carrier 15A is mounted on the upper guide pin 16A in the slotted guide 33 of the upper guide track 3A.
- the tools 17 are mounted on the securing rods 34 in the lower side of the upper tool carrier 15A, as explained with reference to FIGS. 14 to 19.
- the displacement barrier 38 is coupled to the upper tool carrier 15A via the connection mechanism 41.
- the linkage mechanism 41 includes a spring 42 which holds the displacement bulkhead 38 in the rest position of the spring 42 so that the upper surface of the displacement bulkhead 38 is spaced from the lower surface of the upper tool carrier 15A. Against the force of the spring 42, the displacement barrier 38 can be moved vertically in the direction of the upper tool carrier 15A.
- the displacement barrier 38 is shown in detail in FIG. 21. It comprises a grid in which the openings of the grid are delimited by lateral boundaries 39 of the displacement barrier 38. In the rectangular grid structure shown in Fig. 21, each opening of the grid is demarcated by four side walls. The underside of the grid of the displacement bulkhead 38 has a grid-like end face 40. Finally, the displacement barrier 38 has bores 44 for the guide rods 22 of the tool carrier 15 (FIG. 9).
- the lower tool carrier 15B is coupled to the lower telescopic arm 5B via the two-axis fork joint 23, as explained with reference to FIG.
- the lower side of the lower tool carrier 15B is guided and supported via the lower guide pins 16B via the slotted guide 33 or via the guide roller system explained with reference to FIG. 11.
- the tools 18 are mounted on the securing rods 34 in the upper side of the lower tool carrier 15B.
- the die grid 19 is coupled via the height-adjustable link mechanism 46 to the lower tool carrier 15B.
- the matrix grid 19 includes receiving spaces 21, which are delimited from lateral boundaries 20.
- the lower openings of the receiving spaces 21 of the die grid 19 are closed by the tools 18 projecting into the receiving spaces 21. Since the volume of the receiving space 21 determines the volume of the molding to be formed and thus at a certain density and the mass or weight, the mass or the weight of the moldings can be adjusted via the height adjustment of the tools 18.
- a plan view of the die grid 19 is shown in FIG.
- the rectangular grid structure can be seen, which is formed by the end face 45 of the die grid 19.
- the end faces 35 of the tools 18 can be seen, which protrude into the receiving spaces 21 and which are held over the securing rods 34 in the lower tool carrier 15B.
- bores for the guide rods 22 are provided in the matrix grid.
- the tools 17 move in the displacement bulkhead 38 and the tools 18 are located in the receiving spaces 21 of the die grid 19, the tools 17 are also referred to as displacement bulkhead-side tools and the tools 18 as die-side tools.
- the molding operation takes place on the straight path of the molding section A of the guide track 3 (FIG. 2).
- the upper part 4A of the molding unit 4 i. the upper tool carrier 15A and the parts connected thereto are vertically applied to the lower part 4B of the forming unit 4, i. the lower tool carrier 15B and the associated parts, to move.
- the melt belt 14 formed by the forming station 13 is supplied to the lower part 4B of the molding unit 4.
- the melt belt 14 comes on top of the die grid 19, i. in particular on the end face 45, which is formed by the side boundaries 20 of the die grid 19, for resting.
- the melt strip 14 is thus located above the receiving spaces 21 of the die grid 19.
- the distance between the bottom of the displacement bulkhead 38 and the top of the die grid 19 is initially greater than the thickness of the melt belt 14, so that this introduced between the die grid 19 and the displacement barrier 38 can be.
- the upper tool carrier 15A is moved with the displacer. tion barrier 38 further lowered until the lower end face 40 of the displacement bulkhead 38 touches the upper surface of the melt belt 14.
- the portion 14A of the melt belt 14, which is located between the end face 45 of the die grid 19 and the end face 40 of the displacement bulkhead 38 is now displaced in the direction of the adjacent receiving spaces 21, as shown in FIGS Figs. 25A and 25B and Figs. 26A and 26B, respectively.
- a displacement barrier 38 is shown in which the edges of the transition from the end face 40 to the side surfaces of the side boundaries 39 of the displacement bulkhead 38 are rounded.
- Shown in Fig. 26B is a displacement barrier in which these edges are chamfered. This configuration of the edges serves a lossless and economically optimal production process. In this case, all material supernatants are to be forced into the receiving spaces 21 of the die grid 19.
- the displacement bulkhead 38 is moved toward the die grid 19 until the end face 40 of the displacement bulkhead 38 rests on the end face 45 of the die grid 19.
- the geometric shape of the displacement bulkhead 38 corresponds to that of the die grid 19.
- the side boundary 39 of the displacement bulkhead 38 be aligned with the side boundaries 20 of the die grid 19 and thus with the side boundaries 39 or 20 formed end faces 40 and 45 corresponds.
- These side boundaries 39 and 20 form the identical lattice structure.
- the side boundary 39 of the displacement bulkhead 38 has in particular the same thickness as the side boundary 20 of the die grid 19. Furthermore, the side boundaries 39 and 20 are aligned with one another. During the movement of the displacement bulkhead 38 in the direction of the die grid 19, the side boundaries 39 and 20 are aligned exactly parallel to one another.
- the upper tool carrier 15A further lowers with the tools 17, without the vertical position of the displacement bulkhead 38 being able to continue to change since it rests on the die grid 19.
- the tools 17 are thus moved in the openings of the displacement bulkhead 38.
- the side delimitations 39 of the displacement bulkhead 38 serve as a guide for the tools 17.
- the displacement bulkhead 38 thus serves as a guide chamber for the lowering tools 17 as well as an antechamber for the mass to be deformed.
- Fig. 27A shows the distribution of force in the receiving space 21 during pressing.
- pressure is exerted by the tools 17 and 18 from above and below. From the side of the portions of the side boundaries 20 of the matrix grid 19 are enclosed. Since the same pressure is exerted on the lateral boundaries 20 by two adjacent receiving chambers 21, the forces applied to the lateral boundaries 20 cancel each other out. For this reason can the side boundaries 20 and thus also the side boundaries 39 of the displacement 38 are made very thin, whereby any residual portion of the melt belt 14, which is not compressed, can be kept extremely low.
- the pressure exerted by the tools 17 and 18 on the melt portions 14 can be selected depending on the moldings to be formed.
- a special feature of the device according to the invention is that the pressure holding time, i. the time interval at which the maximum pressure is exerted on the mass to be compacted, can be individually adjusted to the mass to be deformed and tuned to this.
- the pressure holding time can be chosen to be very long, in particular in comparison to conventional tableting machines. It is essentially determined by the rotational speed of the drive unit 2 and the length of the straight forming section A. If the forming section A is chosen to be very long, the maximum pressure exerted on the mass to be formed is maintained for a very long time.
- the cooling section B connects.
- the upper part 4A of the forming unit 4 with the upper tool carrier 15A is again removed in this section B in the vertical direction from the lower part 4B of the forming unit 4 with the lower tool carrier 15B.
- the compressed moldings can cool during the residence time in the cooling section B.
- this cooling section B can be chosen so long that it is ensured that no unwanted internal stresses remain in the formed products.
- the cooling station B is followed by the sampling station 6 in the section C. In this station 6 can each be removed by means of a randomized, memory-controlled, individually controllable vacuum molding extraction unit a certain number of moldings and transferred to a control device.
- the blanks removed from the population or their free spaces on the lower tool carrier 15B are transmitted to the blank removal and camera inspection station 7 by means of the integrated programmable logic controller in order to avoid false control messages.
- the task of this in-process control station is to To control controlled operation of the device according to the invention, to confirm them or possibly regulating in the process by means of a programmable programmable controller and correspondingly via the level control 31 intervene.
- the section C with the sampling station 6 is followed by the section D with the blank removal and camera inspection station 7, which will be explained with reference to FIG. 28.
- the rejected goods 7B are separated from the goods 7A (see Fig. 2).
- the tools 18 are moved completely into the receiving space 21 of the die grid 19, so that the shaped articles 57 formed are pushed out of the die grid 19 and ready for removal.
- the vacuum blank removal unit 58 is pivoted between the upper tool carrier 15A and the lower tool carrier 15B so that vacuum pick-up tubes of the molding receiving head 59 are located immediately above the molds 57.
- the vacuum molding removal unit 58 has the same number of individually controllable vacuum hoses for receiving the moldings 57 as tools 18 and receiving spaces 21 are provided. The moldings are sucked in by the vacuum hoses and lifted off the die grid 19.
- the molding receiving head 59 is swung out of the molding unit 4 by means of the motor 62 and the shaft 61, whereupon the moldings 57 are deposited on a transparent conveyor belt 63.
- the moldings 57 of a camera inspection unit with an upper camera 64 and a lower camera 65 for examining the top and bottom side and the side edges of the moldings 57 are supplied.
- the entirety of the formed moldings 57 can be optically examined.
- the entire geometric shape of the moldings 57 can be examined.
- the moldings 57 can be examined without contact by means of infrared spectroscopy, in particular NIR spectroscopy. Since the geometrical arrangement of the shaped articles on the conveyor belt 63 corresponds exactly to that in the die grid 19, in the case of faulty formations 57, if necessary, Conclusions can be drawn on false production in the matrix grid 19. NIR spectroscopy works on the qualitative and quantitative analytical sorting of good production 7A with the aid of chemomethical evaluation methods.
- the individual weights of the moldings 57 can be detected. Deviations from predetermined weight tolerances can be detected in this way and used to sort out faulty blanks. Furthermore, the weighing cell unit can transmit a controlled variable to the level control 31 and / or to the guide rollers, as already explained.
- the section D is followed by the section E with the cleaning station 8, which will be explained with reference to FIGS. 29, 30A and 3OB:
- a brush head receptacle 49 is attached, which has cleaning bristles 48 in the direction of the upper part 4A and the lower part 4B of the molding unit 4.
- the bristle head 47 rotates, thus cleaning all parts which have come into contact with the moldable mass.
- the displacement barrier 38 and the tools 17 as well as the die grid 19 and the tools 18 are cleaned.
- the brush shaft 50 is unscrewed from the molding unit 4.
- a rotating device 51 which may comprise three brush heads 47 and corresponding numbers of brush shafts 50.
- the brushes 50 turned out of the forming unit 4 are then cleaned by means of compressed air 52, which is supplied via the pipe system 53A to the compressed-air nozzles 53B.
- the entire cleaning process is fully automatic and is integrated in the guideway 3.
- the cleaning station 8 may operate during ongoing operation of the continuously moving forming units 4.
- the cleaning station 8 may be equipped with different brushes, compressed air and suction devices. It is fully mobile in all three coordinate directions and equipped with proximity sensors and replacement units.
- the section E with the cleaning station 8 is followed by the section F with the forming space coating device 9, which will be explained with reference to FIG. 31:
- the molding space coating device 9 comprises a pipe system 54, with which a coating fluid 56 or a coating powder (mold release agent) can be supplied.
- the coating fluid 56 or the coating powder exits at the nozzles 55.
- the number of nozzles 55 corresponds to the number of tools 17 and 18.
- the task of the molding space coating device 9 is to reduce or eliminate possible adhesion tendencies of the different materials to be processed in order to ensure a smooth production process.
- the parts of the device which come into contact with the mass to be processed, coated with the coating fluid 56 and the coating powder.
- the choice of coating fluid depends on the mass to be molded and the intended field of use of the moldings 57 to be formed.
- the forming units 4 for re-forming molding are supplied to the molding section A on the guide track 3.
- the moldable mass from which the moldings 57 are formed is not formed by extrusion technology.
- the mouldable mass is a bulk material 14B of arbitrary composition.
- the bulk material 14B is in particular powdery, flowable and moldable. It may be, for example, a powdered granules.
- the device according to the invention can advantageously be used in particular for a bulk material 14B, for example, from the granule technology, which is very poorly deformable, since the pressure holding time in the device according to the invention can be set to a very long period.
- the bulk material 14B can be filled directly into the receiving spaces 21 of the die grid 19, the displacement bulkhead 38 could be omitted in the apparatus of the second embodiment. Preferably, however, it still serves to guide the tools 17.
- the bulk material 14B is filled directly into the receiving spaces 21 by means known per se, as used in conventional tabletting machines, as shown in FIG. 24B is shown.
- the device can be, for example, a powder distribution system for the uniform discharge of flowable, formable, powdery bulk materials 14B, in which the bulk materials 14B can be continuously fed. After filling the receiving spaces 21, the pressing is carried out by the tools 17 and 18 (see Fig. 27B) and the further process steps, as described above.
- the resulting during the molding process pressure energy is transmitted over a longer period of time to the mass to be formed, ie, a high pressure is applied over a longer period of time to the mass to be formed, thereby forces the material-specific restoring forces to counteract the masses to be deformed.
- the pressure can be maintained even during the Auskühlabitess B by the upper part 4A and the lower part 4B of the forming unit 4 apart only after this Auskühlabites B apart. In this way, masses are held with increased elastic restoring forces until solidification or cooling in the plasticizing position.
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