EP2307306B1 - Système de remplissage pour remplir des bouteilles ou récipients similaires et machine de remplissage correspondante - Google Patents

Système de remplissage pour remplir des bouteilles ou récipients similaires et machine de remplissage correspondante Download PDF

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EP2307306B1
EP2307306B1 EP09772135.1A EP09772135A EP2307306B1 EP 2307306 B1 EP2307306 B1 EP 2307306B1 EP 09772135 A EP09772135 A EP 09772135A EP 2307306 B1 EP2307306 B1 EP 2307306B1
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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
    • 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
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C3/2614—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling
    • B67C3/2617—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling the liquid valve being opened by mechanical or electrical actuation
    • B67C3/262—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for counter-pressure filling the liquid valve being opened by mechanical or electrical actuation and the filling operation stopping when the liquid rises to a level at which it closes a vent opening

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  • the invention relates to a filling system for filling bottles or similar containers with a liquid filling material according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a filling machine with a plurality of filling elements on a rotor about a vertical axis rotatably driven rotor according to the preamble of claim 6.
  • Filling systems for filling bottles or other containers, especially for filling with beverages and especially with carbonated drinks are known in various designs and for a variety of procedures.
  • Follsysteme in which the filling height is controlled by a filling into the respective container and designed as a tube with a probe channel probe, in particular characterized in that at least at the end of the filling or the filling phase from the in sealing position
  • the filling element arranged container displaced by the inflowing filling gas displaced gas, for example inert gas or CO2 gas via the probe channel from the container and thereby the filling or the Basphese is automatically interrupted when the protruding into the container probe end in the Füligut mirror immersed in the container.
  • Such an extension means, however, for a given size of a filling machine, a reduction in the rotational speed of the rotor and thus the performance of the filling machine or at a given power of the filling machine, an enlargement of the machine or the diameter of the rotor.
  • a dry pressure equalization and in particular a dry bias of the container is desired, ie a Druckausglelch or a biasing without entrained, derived from the Grenchnkorrektur Medgutreste.
  • pamphlet DE 203 19 619 U1 discloses a filling machine and a filling system according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the provided for filling the container filling elements have two gas channels, wherein provided in a gas pipe first gas channel is connected to a gas space provided in the Golfgutraum and another gas channel with a separate from the Golfguttank Ring channel is connected, which provides an inert gas.
  • the object of the invention is to show a Gresyatem which allows while maintaining a simplified construction of the at least one filling element and a reduced control effort a dry pressure compensation and in particular a dry biasing of the container to be filled.
  • This object is a filling system according to the patent claim 1 is formed.
  • a filling machine is the subject of patent claim 5.
  • the filling system according to the invention not only has the advantage that with it a dry pressure compensation and especially during pressure filling a dry biasing of the container with the sterile gas or inert gas is possible, but by the separation of the connection or flow paths for pressure equalization or bias and for the return of excess contents in the filling height correction, it is possible, the effective flow cross sections of these communication paths to the respective process step or optimally adapted to their function, ie to make the effective flow cross-section of the connection path for pressure equalization or for biasing as large as possible, in any case greater than the effective flow cross-section of the connection path for returning the excess contents in the Bestnkorrektur.
  • the probe channel is preferably connected via a control valve to separate communication paths, to a first communication path for returning the excess contents in the Guardnkorrektur and to a second communication path for pressure equalization or biasing.
  • At least one control valve in the form of a check valve is provided in both flow paths, in the form that the check valve arranged in the first connection path for a flow out of the probe channel and the check valve arranged in the second connection path for a flow into the probe channel, but block both check valves for a flow in the opposite direction.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 1 is a filling element of a filling system for filling bottles 2 or other containers with a liquid filling material, for pressure-free filling but also for pressure filling.
  • the filling element 1 is part of a filling machine of rotating design and in this case provided with a plurality of similar filling elements on the circumference of a rotatable about a vertical axis of the machine rotor. From this, only a reservoir or ring tank 3 is shown, which is partially filled during filling with the liquid contents and in which therefore a not occupied by the contents gas space 3.1 and underlying lying occupied by the contents liquid space 3.2 are formed.
  • the gas space 3.1 for example, filled with an inert gas, for example with a CO2 gas and pressurized when pressureless filling, for example, with a pressure corresponding to the atmospheric pressure P1 and pressure-filled with pressure pressure applied to the filling pressure P1 corresponding pressure.
  • an inert gas for example with a CO2 gas
  • pressureless filling for example, with a pressure corresponding to the atmospheric pressure P1 and pressure-filled with pressure pressure applied to the filling pressure P1 corresponding pressure.
  • two ring channels 4 and 5 which are also common to all filling elements 1 of the filling machine, are formed in the rotor or ring bowl 3, of which the ring channel 4 is the so-called Trinox channel, the inert gas, for example CO 2 gas during the filling operation with a pressure P2 slightly larger than the pressure P1 leads and of which the annular channel 5 is connected as a vacuum channel with a vacuum or vacuum source, not shown, for example, vacuum pump.
  • the inert gas for example CO 2 gas during the filling operation with a pressure P2 slightly larger than the pressure P1 leads
  • the annular channel 5 is connected as a vacuum channel with a vacuum or vacuum source, not shown, for example, vacuum pump.
  • a liquid channel 7 is formed, which communicates in the region of its upper end with the liquid space 3.2 and at the bottom of the filling element 1 forms a discharge opening 8, on the during filling the liquid product is introduced into the bottle to be filled 2, which is during filling in sealing position with the filling element 1, that is pressed with its mouth of the bottle 2.1 via a gasket formed by a centering 9 9 against the filling element 1.
  • a liquid valve 10 is provided in the liquid channel 7, which is essentially formed by a cooperating with valve surfaces of the liquid channel 7 valve body 11 on a tubular, coaxial with the Greelementachse FA arranged return gas pipe or valve tappet 12, the opening and closing of the liquid valve 10 in Direction of Sports Medelementachse FA controlled by a control device 13 is movable.
  • a filling height determining and, for example, height adjustable probe 14 enclosing annular gas channel 15 is formed, which is open at an over the valve body 11 downwardly continued extension 12.1 of the valve stem 12 and at an upper end of the valve stem 12 and there in a gas space 16 formed within the housing 6 opens.
  • This is controlled by in the housing 6 and control valves 17, 18 and 19 having gas paths for different, required when filling the bottles 2 process steps connected to the ring channels 4 and 5 connectable.
  • the probe consists of a tube forming a probe channel 20 and is passed through the tubular valve stem 12 to form the gas channel 15 such that the probe protrudes with its lower probe end 14.1 over the extension 12.1.
  • the probe channel 20 is open at this probe end 14.1.
  • the probe 14 is further sealed passed through the gas space 16 and connected at its upper, protruding from the housing 6 end with its there open probe channel 20 to a terminal 21.1 of a control block 21, with two further terminals 21.2 and 21.3 via two separate lines or flow connections 22 and 23 connected to the gas space 3.1 of the ring boiler 1.
  • two flow paths 24 and 25 are provided, each with a check valve 24.1 and 25.1, which are connected via a common control valve 26 to the terminal 21.1 and of which the flow path 24 the port 21.2 and the flow path 25 forms the port 21.3 ,
  • the non-return valve 24.1 provided in the flow path 24 is designed such that it opens for a flow from the control valve 26 to the port 21.2 and blocks it for a flow in the opposite direction.
  • the check valve 25.1 in the flow path 25 is designed so that it opens for a flow from the port 21.3 to the control valve 26 and blocks for a flow in the reverse direction.
  • the flow paths 24 and 25 and the connections 22 and 23 connected to these flow paths or the corresponding connections 21.1 and 21.3 have a different flow cross-section, in such a way that the flow cross-section of the flow path 24 and the associated connection 22 is significantly smaller than that Flow cross-section of the flow path 25 and the connection 23rd
  • the respective bottle 2 is with its mouth of the bottle 2.1 in sealing position on the filling element 1.
  • both the gas channel 15 and the probe channel 20 are constantly during filling with the interior of the bottle 2 in combination.
  • the peculiarity of the filling element 1 is that when unpressurized filling a dry pressure equalization, but especially during pressure filling a dry biasing of the respective bottle 2 via a connection from the gas space 3.1 of the ring boiler takes place (Veritatisweg) at least a considerable part length, namely one of the compound 23, the flow path 25 and the check valve 25.1 formed part length is separated from the flow path via the in the filling height correction, the return of excess contents from the respective bottle 2 in the ring bowl 3.
  • this dry pressure equalization or prestressing therefore, no, or only very small, residues of filling material from the filling height correction of a previous filling will become or filling phase introduced into the bottle 2 and thus avoided the associated disadvantages.
  • the filling element 1 also has the advantage that the effective cross-section of the flow paths for the prestressing and for the filling height correction are optimally adapted to the requirements of these method steps, i. both formed within the control block 21 flow path 24 and the connection 22 each have a reduced flow cross-section, as is necessary for a quick return of the excess contents in the filling level correction, while the flow path 25 in the control block 21 and the connection 23 an enlarged flow cross-section have, as is necessary for a rapid biasing of the respective bottle with the inert gas from the gas space 3.1.
  • the times required for the biasing and the filling height correction are significantly shortened and thus significantly increased the performance of the filling elements 1 having a filling machine for a given machine diameter.
  • Another advantage of the filling element is that the pressure equalization as well as the biasing done via the probe channel 20, resulting in a particularly simple design of the filling element 1 also in terms of the cost of control valves and a simplified control of the filling elements 1 having filling machine.
  • FIG. 3 shows a filling system according to the invention with a filling element 1 a, which differs from the filling element 1 essentially in that is dispensed control block 21 and at the upper end of the probe 14 of the probe channel 20 via a connection 27 with a control valve 26 corresponding control valve 28th is in communication with the gas space 3.1.
  • a further control valve 29 is provided on the filling element 1a, in addition to the valves 17-19, which continuously controls the gas space 16 via the gas channel 15 with the bottle 2 provided in the sealing position on the filling element 1 a via a connection 30 the gas space 3.1 of the ring boiler 3 connects.
  • the filling element 1a is also suitable, for example, for pressureless filling and for pressure filling of the bottles 2 with the liquid contents from the ring bowl 3.
  • the process steps are similar to the process steps described above for the filling element 1, ie the filling height correction takes place both in the unpressurized filling and in the pressure filling in each case by opening the control valve 19 and by pressurizing the space above the Medgutapts N2 formed in the respective bottle space with the pressure P2 of the inert gas from the annular channel 4 and by displacing the excess contents via the probe channel 20th , the open control valve 28 and the connection 27 in the ring vessel 3 until the emergence of the probe end 14.1 from the level of the contents, ie until reaching the level N2.
  • the filling element 1 a has the advantage over the filling element 1 that an absolutely dry tempering of the respective bottle 2 is possible solely by the use of a single further control valve 29.

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  1. Système de remplissage servant à remplir des bouteilles ou des récipients (2) similaires d'un produit de remplissage liquide, comprenant un réservoir ou une cuve partiellement rempli(e) du produit remplissage, au moins un élément de remplissage (1a) servant à distribuer de manière commandée le produit de remplissage dans le récipient (2) disposé respectivement en une position étanche au niveau de l'élément de remplissage (1a), une sonde (14) déterminant lors du remplissage le niveau de remplissage, laquelle parvient, par une extrémité de sonde (14.1), au cours du remplissage, à l'intérieur du récipient (2) respectif et présente au moins un canal de sonde (20), qui est ouvert au niveau de l'extrémité de sonde (14.1) et qui se trouve en liaison de manière commandée, par l'intermédiaire d'un chemin d'écoulement (27, 28) commandé, au moins à un compartiment de gaz (3.1) du réservoir ou de la cuve (3) partiellement rempli(e) du produit de remplissage liquide, et ce à savoir en vue d'un reflux du produit de remplissage en excédent dans le réservoir (3) lors d'une correction du niveau de remplissage par l'application de la pression d'un milieu sous forme de gaz et/ou sous forme de vapeur, de préférence d'un gaz inerte, par exemple d'un gaz de CO2, sur le récipient (2) respectif une fois le remplissage achevé, et comprenant également un chemin d'écoulement (30) commandé servant à produire une compensation de pression entre le récipient (2) à remplir et le réservoir ou la cuve (3) ou servant à précontraindre le récipient (2) à remplir, sachant que le chemin d'écoulement (30) destiné à la compensation de pression ou à la précontrainte ne dépend pas du chemin d'écoulement (27) destiné au reflux du produit de remplissage en excédent lors de la correction du niveau de remplissage, caractérisé en ce que le chemin d'écoulement (30) destiné à la compensation de pression ou à la précontrainte se trouve en liaison avec le compartiment de gaz (3.1) du réservoir (3).
  2. Système de remplissage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une soupape de commande, par exemple une soupape (28, 29) pouvant être commandée de manière électrique et/ou de manière pneumatique, est prévue dans les chemins d'écoulement ou dans les liaisons aux fins du reflux du produit de remplissage en excédent lors de la correction du niveau de remplissage et/ou en vue de la compensation de pression ou de la précontrainte.
  3. Système de remplissage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que respectivement une soupape (28, 29) de commande autonome est prévue dans les chemins d'écoulement séparés.
  4. Système de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par un bloc de soupape ou de commande, qui est prévu au niveau de la sonde (14) réglable en hauteur.
  5. Machine de remplissage servant à remplir des bouteilles ou des récipients (2) similaires d'un produit de remplissage liquide avec un système de remplissage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes comprenant une pluralité d'éléments de remplissage (1 a) prévus au niveau de la périphérie d'un rotor pouvant être entraîné en rotation autour d'un axe de machine vertical.
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