EP2254824B1 - Machine de remplissage et procédé pour remplir des récipients - Google Patents

Machine de remplissage et procédé pour remplir des récipients Download PDF

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EP2254824B1
EP2254824B1 EP09713250.0A EP09713250A EP2254824B1 EP 2254824 B1 EP2254824 B1 EP 2254824B1 EP 09713250 A EP09713250 A EP 09713250A EP 2254824 B1 EP2254824 B1 EP 2254824B1
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Volker Till
Lothar Wilhelm
Hartmut Evers
Thomas Stienen
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/002—General lay-out of bottle-handling machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/004—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a circular path

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  • Filling machines for filling containers are known in different designs.
  • filling machines of rotating design are also known, in which a multiplicity of filling points are formed on the circumference of a rotor driven circumferentially about a vertical machine axis, at which the filling of the containers takes place between a container inlet and a container outlet during the rotary movement of the rotor.
  • This functioning device in principle solves the hygiene problem quite well, but has disadvantages because of the complete housing, as regards the accessibility and cleaning possibility, furthermore, it is structurally quite complex.
  • the object of the invention is to show a filling machine revolving design that allows high accessibility for maintenance and cleaning purposes.
  • a filling machine according to claim 1 is formed.
  • a method is the subject of claim 8.
  • a special feature of the filling machine according to the invention is that it below the filling points or below the movement path on which the provided on the rotating transport element, such as rotor fillers are driven with driven transport element, floor or substantially êtfrel formed.
  • “Floor-free” means in the sense of the invention that at least below the filling stations no or substantially no further elements of the filling machine, in particular also no planar elements or components are provided, which adhere to falling or dripping liquids and thereby possibly form nests or germs could. Rather, the space below the filling machine is at least below the filling points and their Trajectory optimally accessible for cleaning and maintenance purposes. As a result, there is also the possibility of keeping the space below the filling points and the ground there, for example, a hall in which the filling machine is installed, clean and germ-free, for example, by automatic or technical cleaning, for example in the form that this floor regularly and washed off without interrupting the production or filling process.
  • the filling machine according to the invention is particularly suitable for filling hygienically very difficult media or products or microbiologically sensitive media or products, such. of milk, milk products, milk and / or protein products or microbiologically sensitive drinks.
  • the filling machine according to the invention is particularly suitable for filling products in liquid or pasty form.
  • the filling machine generally designated 1 in the figures is used to fill containers in the form of bottles 2 with a liquid filling material, for example with hygienically very difficult media or products or with microbiologically sensitive media or products, such as e.g. Milk, milk products, dairy and / or protein products or microbiologically sensitive drinks.
  • a liquid filling material for example with hygienically very difficult media or products or with microbiologically sensitive media or products, such as e.g. Milk, milk products, dairy and / or protein products or microbiologically sensitive drinks.
  • the filling machine 1 includes, inter alia, a rotatable about a vertical machine axis MA in the direction of arrow A rotor 3, which is formed in the illustrated embodiment spoked wheel-like, including with an outer ring-like rotor element 4, with an inner, scar-like rotor element 5 and with a plurality, the rotor elements 4 and 5 interconnecting spoke-like rotor sections 6.
  • On the outer rotor element 4 are distributed at equal angular intervals around the machine axis MA filling stations 7, each with a filling element 8 and a lower arranged the filling element container carrier 9, with which the respective bottle to be filled 2 is raised during the filling process against the associated filling element 8.
  • a container or bottle inlet which consists in a known manner from a Einteilschnecke 12 and a transport star 11 and over which the over an outer conveyor 13 in the direction of arrow B supplied empty bottles 2 are each transferred individually to a filling station 7 ,
  • the filling machine 1 is carried out in the region of its container inlet 10 and container outlet 14 each pre-table, in such a way that is provided for the container inlet 10 and the container outlet 14 respectively only a central base 10.1 and 14.1 for vertical load support, otherwise the space below the container inlet and the container outlet 14 without obstruction by functional elements is easily accessible, not only for repair and maintenance purposes, but especially for cleaning and disinfection purposes.
  • the transport stars 11 and 15 are each designed so that in them the bottles 2 are held by suitable means, for example by clamping.
  • two common ring boilers 17 and 18 are provided for all filling points 7 and their filling elements 8, of which at least one ring bowl is filled with a liquid filling material during operation of the filling machine 1.
  • the two ring boilers 17 and 18 are arranged concentrically to each other and concentric to the axis MA, the ring bowl 17 enclosing the ring bowl 18. Both ring boilers 17 and 18 are connected to each other via suitable means, for example via webs and are part of the outer annular rotor element 4, together with a below the outer ring boiler 17 provided ring 19, to which in particular the container carrier 9 and whose guides are mounted and which is connected to the overlying ring boiler 17 in a suitable manner.
  • the required high stability is achieved for the rotor 3 despite a reduced mass weight.
  • other functional elements are provided, for example, a plurality of control means 20 for controlling the filling elements, etc.
  • a special feature of the filling machine 1 is that the rotor 3 with its inner, scar-like rotor element 5 with a central storage, i. is rotatably mounted on a central guide and / or storage column 21 about the vertical machine axis MA, with a bearing assembly using a plurality of bearings (radial bearings and thrust bearings), whose diameter is substantially smaller than the outer diameter of the rotor 3.
  • a central storage of the Rotor 3 on the guiding and / or storage column 21 is the usual and very expensive ball slewing compound for storage of the rotor 3 avoided in filling machines rotating design.
  • the central bearing of the rotor 3 on the guiding and / or bearing column 21 results in substantial advantages in terms of cleaning and hygiene, since, except for the space occupied by the guiding and / or bearing column 21, the entire space below the rotor 3 is at least largely free accessible, not only for repair and maintenance, but also for cleaning purposes.
  • substantially triangular support frame 24 is fixed, with its arranged in a common horizontal or substantially horizontal plane bar-like frame elements or struts 24.1, the supports 10.1 and 14.1 and thus also the Container inlet 10 and the container outlet 14 with the guide and / storage column 21 connects.
  • the frame elements 28 are provided at uniform angular intervals around the machine axis MA and with their yoke sections 28.1, 28.2 and the yoke section 28.3 lying in a plane radial to the machine axis MA such that each yoke element 28 the rotor 3 and the outer rotor member 4 at a distance engages over the bracket sections 28.1 brought from above to the plate 26 and connected with their free ends in a suitable manner, for example, welding to the top of this plate, while the bracket sections 28.2 relative to the machine axis MA radially outboard with its free end on height-adjustable feet 29 get up on the ground or surface.
  • a significant advantage of the filling machine 1 is that the functional elements of this filling machine 1, but in particular the space below the rotor and below the container inlet 10 and the container outlet 14 is at least largely freely accessible and in particular also below the filling points 7 at most with the exception of the struts 24.1 of the support and connection frame 24 no further components are arranged. This results in optimal accessibility for cleaning and / or maintenance purposes.
  • FIG. 3 shows a filling machine 1a, which differs from the filling machine 1 essentially only in that the central bearing of the rotor 3 and the guiding and / or storage column 21 and thus the entire construction of the filling machine 1 a hanging on the support and support frame 27 is held, ie the central guide and / or storage column 21 is not supported on the ground. Since the column foot 22 is missing in this embodiment, the supporting and connecting frame 24 is not provided, but instead of this frame struts 23 are present, which connect the feet 10.1 and 14.1 each with each other and with adjacent bracket sections 28.2.
  • the filling machine 1 or 1 a is used to fill bottles 2 with a liquid product.
  • the filling machine can also be used for filling containers with other products, for example with pasty or creamy products.

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Claims (8)

  1. Machine de remplissage servant à remplir des contenants (2) d'un produit de remplissage, comprenant un rotor (3) pouvant être entraîné en rotation autour d'un axe de machine (MA) vertical et plusieurs postes de remplissage (7) formés au niveau de la périphérie du rotor (3), auxquels les contenants (2) à remplir sont amenés respectivement par l'intermédiaire d'une arrivée de contenant (10) et desquels les contenants (2) remplis sont évacués au niveau d'une sortie de contenant (14), présentant un châssis de maintien et de soutien (27) pour le rotor (3) ou un support de rotor, sachant que la machine de remplissage (1) est réalisée sans fond en dessous des postes de remplissage (7) ou en dessous de la voie de déplacement, sur laquelle les postes de remplissage (7) se déplacent lorsque le rotor (3) tourne, sachant que le rotor (3) ou le support de rotor central de celui-ci est maintenu en suspension au niveau du châssis de maintien et de soutien (27), caractérisée en ce que le châssis de maintien et de soutien (27) est réalisé de manière à recouvrir le rotor (3) au niveau de sa face supérieure, sachant que le châssis de maintien et de soutien (27) présente plusieurs éléments de châssis (28) en forme d'arc recouvrant le rotor (3), lesquels sont reliés au support de rotor par des sections d'étrier (28.1) situées à l'intérieur et forment avec des sections d'étrier (28.2) situées radialement à l'extérieur des pieds de support du châssis de maintien et de soutien (27).
  2. Machine de remplissage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les éléments de châssis (28) en forme d'arc sont disposés dans des plans de manière radiale par rapport à l'axe de machine (MA).
  3. Machine de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est réalisée sans fond également dans la zone de l'arrivée de contenant (10) et/ou de la sortie de contenant (14).
  4. Machine de remplissage selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que l'arrivée de contenant (10) et/ou la sortie de contenant (14) ou les éléments fonctionnels de ceux-ci sont reliés les uns aux autres par l'intermédiaire d'une barre ou d'entretoises (24.1).
  5. Machine de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'une colonne de guidage et/ou formant palier (21) centrale du rotor (3) est réalisée pour venir en appui sur un sol ou un sous-sol, et en ce que le châssis de maintien et de soutien sert à stabiliser et à soutenir de manière supplémentaire la colonne de guidage et/ou formant palier (21) centrale.
  6. Machine de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le châssis de maintien et de soutien (27) forme, au niveau d'une zone entourant le rotor (3), des pieds d'appui (28.2, 29) pour prendre appui sur un sol ou un sous-sol.
  7. Machine de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le rotor (3) est réalisé à la manière d'une roue à rayons avec au moins un élément de rotor (4) extérieur de type annulaire et avec un élément de rotor (5) situé à l'intérieur de type moyeu servant au support de rotor.
  8. Procédé servant à remplir des contenants, par exemple des bouteilles (2), d'un milieu fluide ou pâteux ou d'un produit de remplissage, caractérisé par l'utilisation d'une machine de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
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