EP2414272A2 - Procédé pour remplir des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues, et machine de remplissage correspondante - Google Patents

Procédé pour remplir des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues, et machine de remplissage correspondante

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EP2414272A2
EP2414272A2 EP10709433A EP10709433A EP2414272A2 EP 2414272 A2 EP2414272 A2 EP 2414272A2 EP 10709433 A EP10709433 A EP 10709433A EP 10709433 A EP10709433 A EP 10709433A EP 2414272 A2 EP2414272 A2 EP 2414272A2
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filling
container
foaming
energy input
treatment
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Ludwig Clüsserath
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KHS GmbH
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/22—Defoaming liquids in connection with filling
    • 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
    • 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
    • B67C3/222—Head-space air removing devices, e.g. by inducing foam
    • 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
    • B67C2003/2671—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/0318—Processes
    • Y10T137/0385—Carbonated beverage handling processes
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/2931—Diverse fluid containing pressure systems
    • Y10T137/2984—Foam control in gas charged liquids
    • Y10T137/299—Separate handling of foam

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  • the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a filling machine according to the preamble of claim 7.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method with which the disadvantages of undesirable foaming can be effectively avoided.
  • a method according to claim 1 is formed.
  • a filling machine is the subject of claim 7.
  • a special feature of the invention is that the reduction and / or suppression of the foam, or the foam formation by appropriate treatment or influence already during the formation of the foam, ie already during the Schaurnbüdung erfoigt.
  • Another peculiarity of the invention is that the treatment or influence already takes place at the time and at the place when or arise foam, or a foaming could occur.
  • a treatment or influence takes place in particular during the entry of the liquid contents into a container or during the filling (filling phase) and / or following the filling, for example during the period in which the respective container after the end of the Filling is still at the filling position, or during a portion of this period, for example, during a subsequent to the filling calming and / or relief phase.
  • the foaming reducing or suppressing treatment or influence takes place at the respective filling position, ie as long as the concerned Container still located inside the filling machine.
  • the treatment or influencing takes place preferably in the region of the contents of the contents in the respective container, ie where undesired foaming occurs or could occur.
  • the treatment or influencing takes place preferably by energy input, for example by ultrasound and / or infrasound energy, by energy input with the aid of a gaseous and / or vaporous pressure medium, for example by applying a foam mat formed or being formed at the level of the contents to the pressure the pressure medium and / or with light energy, for example with at least one laser beam.
  • the source for generating the energy input is, for example, provided separately for each filling position of the filling machine used for filling or for all filling positions or for groups of several filling position in each case together.
  • the reduction and / or suppression of foaming takes place in the manner described above, i. during filling and / or after filling by appropriate treatment or influence.
  • a controlled foaming of the filling material takes place in order to remove from the portion of the container interior above the contents level, which is not taken up by the contents. to displace air and thus also air-oxygen with the foamed filling material from the headspace of the respective container and thereby to improve the durability, in particular also of an oxygen-sensitive filling material, for example the shelf life of beer.
  • This controlled foaming can be controlled or reproducible carried out so that it does not come to a foaming and thus to a leakage of contents from the respective container.
  • the generally designated 1 in the figures filling system is used for pressure filling of containers in the form of bottles 2 with a liquid product.
  • the filling system 1 is part of a filling machine of a rotating design with a rotor 3 driven peripherally around a vertical axis on whose circumference a plurality of filling positions 4 are provided, each consisting of a filling element 5 and a container carrier 6, with which the respective bottle 2 during the filling process on a container or bottle flange 2.1 suspended with its bottle opening 2.2 in sealing position against the filling element 5 or against a dispensing opening 7 enclosing seal 8 of a centering cone is raised.
  • a liquid channel 10 and also by at least one control valve 11 controlled gas paths 12 are formed.
  • the boiler 16 is partially filled with the liquid filling material, to form a portion of the product to be filled.
  • a return gas pipe 17 is provided in the housing 9 with the same axis as a filling element axis FA, which at the same time forms the valve tappet of the liquid valve actuated by an actuating device 18 and opens at its upper end into a chamber 19 which is part of the gas paths 12 within the filler element housing 9.
  • the filling of the bottles 2 with the filling system takes place in the manner known to those skilled in such a way that the respective located in sealing position with the filling element 5 bottle 2 preferably after a previous rinsing and / or evacuation with the inert gas (CO2 gas) below Pressurized pressure and then with remplisstechniksventi open! 13, the liquid product is volume controlled, i. is introduced into the bottle 2 in response to the signal from the flow meter 15.
  • the pressure relieving of the bottle 2 may possibly take place after a settling phase has ended, namely a preliminary relief to a reduced pre-load pressure via the return gas channel 17, via the chamber 19 and via the open control or relief valve 11 into the annular chamber 20 which is provided for all filling elements 5 together on the rotor 3.
  • FIG. 1 shows the filling element 5 in the pre-unloaded state.
  • FIG. 2 shows the filling element 5 with the bottle 2 lowered.
  • an electroacoustic transducer or an ultrasonic energy generating ultrasonic ultrasonic wave generator 22 is provided controlled by the central control device of the filling machine generates a directed on the Gugutapt ultrasonic wave 23, which reduces the foaming 21, dissolves or prevented from the outset ,
  • the ultrasonic wave generator 22 is arranged so that the ultrasonic wave generated by it 23 is directed through the chamber 19 and the open-ended return gas tube 17 into the head space 2.3 and thus to the level of contents within the respective bottle 2.
  • the ultrasonic wave generator 22 is fired at the end of filling, i. activated after the closing of the liquid valve 13 and during the subsequent depressurization of the respective bottle 2, i.
  • the ultrasonic wave generator 22 is also activated even when the bottle 5 is lowered by the filling element 5 (FIG. 2).
  • the energy input by activating the ultrasound generator 22 therefore begins at least or at the latest with the closing of the liquid valve 13 and extends over the entire calming and release phase, for example until the respective, lowered by the filling element 5 bottle 2 is taken at a bottle outlet of the relevant filling position 4.
  • the ultrasonic generator 22 for discharging the ultrasonic wave 23 may also be filled during filling, i. is activated before closing the liquid valve 13 to avoid foaming already at this time.
  • the energy input which suppresses foam formation and at least prevents overfoaming can also be achieved in other ways, for example by an infrasonic transmitter or generator, by a gaseous and / or vaporous pressure medium, for example by pulsed delivery of a gaseous or vaporous medium a light source, for example by a laser beam! etc. Combinations of different energy inputs are also possible. However, all versions have in common that the energy input takes place as long as the respective bottle 2 or another container is at the respective filling position 4 or within the filling system, i. during the filling process and / or after closing the liquid valve 13 and during the calming and / or relieving phase.
  • the filling system 1 according to the invention as well as methods for filling bottles or other containers allow a considerable increase in the performance of a filling machine (number of filled bottles 2 or containers per unit of time) compared to known filling systems or filling methods, in particular also for a product containing CO2 or another filling product prone to foaming, since the duration of the calming and relieving phase knew filling systems or methods makes up a significant proportion of the total filling time, can be significantly reduced with the invention.
  • an additional controlled foaming of the filling material in the two-part bottle 2 preferably takes place prior to sealing, in order to displace existing air in the head space 2.3.
  • the invention offers considerable advantages, since an uncontrolled foaming is avoided during filling and thereby controlled loading of the contents with a foam-forming energy input for a controlled and reproducible foam formation before closing the relevant bottle 2 is possible.
  • each filling element 5 of the filling system 1 or the filling machine is provided with an independent generator generating the energy input, for example in the form of the ultrasonic wave generator 22.
  • a common generator for the energy input for suppressing or reducing foaming for all filling elements 5 of the filling machine or for a group of several filling elements 5, respectively.
  • This generator is then permanently connected via corresponding connections with a radiating element provided at the respective filling position 4 for emitting the energy, for example the ultrasonic wave, or else connected via a coupling point only to the radiating elements of those filling positions 4 which, during the rotation, rotate. tion of the rotor 3 are in an angular range of this rotational movement of the calming and relief phase or ggs. is also associated with a previous filling phase.
  • the foam formation can be particularly effectively prevented by the combination of the use of ultrasound and laser beam, since these methods do not negatively influence each other in their effects, but complement each other exclusively positively.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
  • Basic Packing Technique (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé pour remplir des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues avec une charge de remplissage liquide, dans une certaine position de remplissage, à l'aide d'un élément de remplissage destiné à l'introduction commandée de la charge de remplissage dans un contenant, la mousse formée à partir de la charge de remplissage à l'intérieur dudit contenant étant réduite et/ou supprimée dès son apparition, par application d'un traitement ou d'une influence sur ladite charge.
EP10709433.6A 2009-03-30 2010-03-17 Procédé pour remplir des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues, et machine de remplissage correspondante Active EP2414272B1 (fr)

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DE200910014857 DE102009014857B4 (de) 2009-03-30 2009-03-30 Verfahren zum Füllen von Flaschen oder dergleichen Behältern sowie Füllmaschine
PCT/EP2010/001678 WO2010112141A2 (fr) 2009-03-30 2010-03-17 Procédé pour remplir des bouteilles ou des contenants analogues, et machine de remplissage correspondante

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