EP2361873B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum sterilen Abfüllen von zwei unterschiedlichen Produktströmen in einen Behälter - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum sterilen Abfüllen von zwei unterschiedlichen Produktströmen in einen Behälter Download PDF

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EP2361873B1
EP2361873B1 EP11150972.5A EP11150972A EP2361873B1 EP 2361873 B1 EP2361873 B1 EP 2361873B1 EP 11150972 A EP11150972 A EP 11150972A EP 2361873 B1 EP2361873 B1 EP 2361873B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67CCLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22Details
    • B67C3/26Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B3/00Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/04Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • B65B3/06Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles by gravity flow
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/12Sterilising contents prior to, or during, packaging
    • B65B55/14Sterilising contents prior to, or during, packaging by heat
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67CCLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67CCLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/023Filling multiple liquids in a container
    • B67C3/026Filling the liquids simultaneously
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2220/00Specific aspects of the packaging operation
    • B65B2220/14Adding more than one type of material or article to the same package

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for the sterile filling of two different product streams into a container according to the preambles of claims 1 and 6.
  • two different product streams eg. B. a first product stream of water or juice and a second product stream, for example, juice with pieces of fruit, filled into a container.
  • Both product streams can be thermally treated and each hot fed to a filler where the product streams are separately filled into a container.
  • the bottled product takes a relatively long time to cool, but the product, z. B. the fruit pieces, heavily loaded.
  • a filling system is used with at least one filling element for the controlled delivery of the filling material, wherein a second hot product stream is hot mixed with a first cold product stream upstream of the filling valve.
  • the present invention has the object to provide a method and apparatus for the sterile filling of two different product streams in a container, which allow a simpler and yet more gentle product filling.
  • a first product stream for pasteurization / sterilization is now thermally treated, cooled and fed to a filling valve, while the second product stream is thermally treated and then hot blended into the first product stream before or in the filling valve.
  • "Before the filling valve” means here without interposing a cooling device or a buffer tank.
  • the second product stream containing, for example, pieces of fruit, etc. can be cooled rapidly by the first product stream, which is particularly gentle on the product.
  • the second product stream in the filling valve is mixed with the first product stream hot, since then the entire product path of the second hot product stream is kept sterile until the filling valve due to the high temperature of the second product stream without further measures.
  • the mixing temperature then sets during filling.
  • the temperature of the first product stream during mixing in a range of 3 - 30 ° C and the temperature of the second product stream is in a temperature range of 72 - 98 ° C. This means that the second product stream can be cooled rapidly.
  • the volume flow of the first product stream is greater than that of the second product stream.
  • the second product stream can be cooled very quickly.
  • the second product stream after the thermal treatment in particular after a short-term heating or hot holding, is fed directly before or in the filling valve to the first product stream P1.
  • the system can be further simplified.
  • the second product stream is at least partially and / or temporarily recycled via a bypass line of a device for the thermal treatment of the second product stream. That is, a portion of the second product stream is not mixed with the first product stream or is not routed to the fill valve, and an overflow, ie, an excess of the second product that is not filled by the fill valve, is recirculated back to a device for the thermal treatment of the second product stream can be recycled.
  • This bypass guide makes it possible to dispense with a sterile buffer tank.
  • the first product has a lower viscosity than the second.
  • the first product may be a substantially homogeneous liquid, in particular water, juice or milk
  • the second product is an inhomogeneous solid laden with liquid, in particular juice with pulp, juice with fibers or cells, syrup or cream. That is, for example, each of the following different product stream pairs can be filled in a container, juice / juice with pulp, juice / juice with fibers or cells, water / syrup, milk / cream.
  • a device for the sterile filling of two different product streams in a container comprises a device for the thermal treatment of a first product stream and a device for cooling the first product stream.
  • the device for cooling can be designed, for example, in the form of a heat exchanger, preferably a plate heat exchanger.
  • the already cooled product can then be stored temporarily in the subsequent sterile buffer tank.
  • the second product stream is added to the first product stream in a mixing chamber, i. mixed into a mixing area.
  • a mixing chamber i. mixed into a mixing area.
  • the mixing chamber it is particularly advantageous if the filling valve itself has this mixing chamber.
  • the mixing chamber it is also possible for the mixing chamber to be arranged upstream of the filling valve in the direction of the flow of the product, the product product stream then being fed to the filling valve.
  • the filling valve In front of the filling valve means, in a region or line section between a device for the thermal treatment of the second product flow and the filling valve, wherein no cooling device is provided in this section.
  • the means for thermally treating the second product stream is a sterilization / pasteurization plant comprising a feed tank, a heat exchanger, preferably a tube heat exchanger, and a heat retention line, e.g. B. in the form of coils, may be, wherein the warming line is connected directly via a line to the mixing chamber.
  • a sterilization / pasteurization plant comprising a feed tank, a heat exchanger, preferably a tube heat exchanger, and a heat retention line, e.g. B. in the form of coils, may be, wherein the warming line is connected directly via a line to the mixing chamber.
  • no sterile buffer tank is provided between the device for thermal treatment, ie in particular between the warm-keeping section and the mixing chamber or the filling valve.
  • a bypass line is provided between the device for the thermal treatment of the second product stream and the mixing chamber or the filling valve, via which the second product stream is at least partially and / or temporarily traceable to the device for the thermal treatment of the product stream, in particular to the feed tank.
  • the conduit section between the means for cooling the first product flow and The filling valve is preferably designed as a sterile line section. Thus it can be ensured that the cold product stream does not germinate in this area.
  • the invention has the advantage that only this small line section must be formed as a sterile line section and the product can still be filled in total only with minimal thermal stress necessary.
  • the volume flow in the bypass line can be adjusted by a corresponding device.
  • a corresponding device may, for. B. be a control valve in the bypass line and / or in the line to the mixing chamber or to the filling valve and / or be integrated in the mixing chamber or the valve.
  • Fig. 1 schematically shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the device comprises a supply line 22 via which, for example, from a mixing tank 15 via a pumping device, not shown, a second product flow P2 of the device can be supplied.
  • the apparatus further comprises a device 4 for the thermal aseptic treatment of the second product stream P2.
  • this device 4 is a KZE system (short-term heating), which in particular, as in Fig. 1 is represented, a feed tank 4a, a heat exchanger 4b (plate or tube) and a heat retaining plug 4c, for example in the form of coils, comprises.
  • KZE system short-term heating
  • a line section 17, 19 is provided, via which the second product stream P2 can be supplied to a filling valve 1.
  • no further cooling device is provided, so that the product flow P2 can be supplied to the valve 1 hot.
  • the line section 17, 19 there is a branch 16, from which leads away a bypass line 18, via which the second product stream P2 is at least partially and / or temporarily traceable to the device 4 for thermal treatment. This means that a freely adjustable overcurrent can be recirculated via the bypass line 18.
  • this bypass line 18 and the fact that the second product flow P2 is supplied hot to the filling valve 1, is here no sterile buffer tank and no further cooling equipment necessary.
  • the second product stream P2 is returned via the bypass line 18 to the buffer tank 4a.
  • To set the respective volume flows are provided as an example corresponding control valves 20a, 20b, 20c, the z. B. in the lines 17, 19 and 20 are arranged.
  • the device comprises a device 6 for the thermal aseptic treatment of a first product flow P1.
  • This device 6 may for example also be a KZE system, which is constructed, for example, as explained in connection with Appendix 4.
  • the hot product stream P1 is then cooled by means for cooling.
  • This device can be formed from a heat exchanger 7 and / or a sterile buffer tank 7a.
  • the section between the device 7, 7 a for cooling the first product stream P 1 is designed as a sterile line section 8.
  • the line section as well as all components are to be carried out advantageously in accordance with the guidelines of the hygienic design. That In terms of design, the design must be space-minimized, surface-optimized and, for example, equipped with aseptic valves and control valves. In addition, it is advantageous that the line section can be sterilized.
  • a control valve 21 may be located to adjust the volume flow.
  • the product stream is generated via a pumping device, not shown.
  • the first product stream P1 is fed to the filling valve 1 cold.
  • the control valves 20c and 21 are provided here in the lines, but may also be integrated in the valve 1. It is essential that the ratio of the volume flows, which are mixed together, is adjustable.
  • the second product stream P2 is added to the first product stream P1 hot.
  • the filling valve 1 comprises a mixing chamber 14, which has a z. B. upper inlet 23 for the second product flow P2 and a further inlet 10 for the first product flow P1, wherein in this area the two streams are merged.
  • the hot product stream P2 With the cold product stream P1, the product stream P3 is filled at a mixing temperature during filling, with the product stream P3 then being able to enter the container.
  • an upwardly and downwardly movable valve body 11 and a valve seat 12 are shown here.
  • valve is not limited to this embodiment and, in particular, as in the German patent applications with the Anmeldeakten Kunststoff 102009032791.6 . 102009032794.0 . 102009032795.9 . 102009050388.9 described, be constructed.
  • the first product is a substantially homogeneous liquid which is particularly transparent.
  • the first product may be, for example, water, juice or even milk.
  • the second product is z.
  • As an inhomogeneous loaded with solids liquid such as in particular juice with pulp, juice with fibers, juice with cells or z.
  • solids liquid such as in particular juice with pulp, juice with fibers, juice with cells or z.
  • the viscosity of the first product is less than the viscosity of the second product.
  • the first product may be cooled more easily than the second product could be cooled, so that it is favorable if the first product stream P1 is cooled and the second product stream P2 is not cooled.
  • the first product is milk and, for example, cream as a second product.
  • Fig. 3 shows a further embodiment of the present invention, which corresponds to the in Fig. 1 shown embodiment, with the exception that here the second product stream P2 is the first product stream P1 before the filling valve 1 is mixed hot.
  • the filling valve 1 does not include the mixing chamber 14, but a mixing chamber 14 is provided in the flow direction in front of the filling valve 1.
  • an inline blender fulfills this task.
  • the mixing chamber comprises an inlet for the first product stream P1 and an inlet for the second product stream P2, and an outlet via which the mixed product stream P3 can be supplied to the filling valve 1, which then feeds the product stream P3 to the container 3.
  • the mixing chamber 14 can directly adjoin the valve 1, ie, the outlet of the mixing chamber is adjacent to the inlet of the valve. However, it may also be provided a line section between the mixing chamber 14 and the valve 1.
  • the second product stream P2 is supplied for example from a mixing tank 15 via the line 22 of the device 4 for thermal aseptic treatment.
  • the second product P2 is sterilized and leaves this device 4 with a temperature in a range of 72 to 98 ° C, here for example 90 ° C.
  • the volume flow is, for example, in a range of 10 to 20% of the total flow P3, here in this embodiment 2 m 3 / h.
  • the second product stream then passes via line 17 and 19 to the filling valve 1, with valves 20a, 20c open. When entering the filling valve 1, the product flow still has the aforementioned high temperature.
  • An overflow, ie a part of the second product stream P2 can be recycled via the bypass line 18 of the device 4 for thermal aseptic treatment, ie here in the buffer tank 4a, to be reheated.
  • the overcurrent, which is recycled in the bypass line 18, is about 1 to 5% of the volume flow of the second product stream P2 in the line 17th
  • a first product stream of the device 6 for thermal aseptic treatment is supplied. Again, the product stream is heated and made sterile and leaves, for example, at a temperature of 72 to 140 ° C, the device 6. This hot first product stream P1 is then cooled to a temperature of 3 to 30 °, with which he the filling valve 1 on the Line section 8 is supplied.
  • the first product stream P1 can be cooled via a heat exchanger 7 and / or stored in a sterile buffer tank 7a, in which the product cools or cools further.
  • the control valve 21 When the control valve 21 is open, the first product stream can then be supplied to the valve 1 at a flow rate of 6 to 60 m 3 / h.
  • the first product stream P1 for example, has a temperature of 15 ° C and a flow rate of 23 m 3 / h.
  • the second product stream P2 By hot mixing the second product stream P2 with the first product stream P1, the second product stream can be cooled by the first product stream P1. This results in a mixed flow P3 with a mixing temperature. Since the volume flow of the first product stream P1 is greater than that of the second product stream P2, the hot product stream P2 can be cooled particularly quickly. Because the hot second product stream P2 can cool relatively quickly, for example, pieces of fruit pieces or thermally sensitive components can be filled particularly gently.

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