EP2440465B1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zum entkeimen von verpackungen - Google Patents

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EP2440465B1
EP2440465B1 EP10734435.0A EP10734435A EP2440465B1 EP 2440465 B1 EP2440465 B1 EP 2440465B1 EP 10734435 A EP10734435 A EP 10734435A EP 2440465 B1 EP2440465 B1 EP 2440465B1
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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
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/04—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
    • B65B55/10—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging by liquids or gases
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/26—Opening or distending bags; Opening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks
    • B65B43/265—Opening, erecting or setting-up boxes, cartons or carton blanks
    • 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
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
    • B65B51/14—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
    • B65B51/144—Closing paperboard containers

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  • the invention relates to a method for sterilizing packaging, which are formed at least partially as circumferentially closed packaging coats, in which the package is acted upon by a disinfectant.
  • the invention further relates to a device for sterilizing packaging, which are at least partially formed as circumferentially closed packaging shells, which has a supply device for a disinfecting agent for acting on the packaging shells.
  • Such methods and devices are used for sterilizing and in particular also for sterilizing packaging.
  • Packaging made from laminate-like materials often comes with one already one-sided closed area and an opposite open area of a corresponding sterilization and subsequently fed to a filling.
  • the basic principle of sterilization thus resembles a disinfection of bottle-shaped containers, except that the disinfectant is not introduced via a still open mouth area, but over an even unilaterally open area in the interior of the package.
  • the packaging coats are treated with a disinfectant.
  • the packaging shells are transported in a longitudinal direction through a sterilization tunnel. Inside the degerming tunnel, the packaging coats are treated with the disinfectant.
  • the object of the present invention is to improve a method of the aforementioned type such that effective sterilization at high throughput rates is supported.
  • packaging coats are transported open in a longitudinal direction in the region of both ends by a sterilization tunnel, within which the packaging coats are acted upon by the disinfectant and that along the sterilization tunnel from an open end portion of a packaging sheath effluent disinfectant in an open end an adjacent packaging jacket is passed.
  • Another object of the present invention is to construct a device of the initially mentioned type such that a high-quality sterilization at high throughput rates is supported and / or that at low flow rates, a reduction of the amount of disinfectant used is achieved.
  • a sterilization tunnel provided with a transport device for the packaging coats and is designed for transporting the packaging coats with open ends in a jacket longitudinal direction that the feeder is located in the region of the sterilization tunnel and that in the area of the sterilization tunnel at least one deflection for guiding the flow of the disinfecting agent out of an open end section of a packaging jacket and into an open end section of an adjacent packaging jacket.
  • the deflections By using the deflections, it is also possible in particular to specify a long exposure time of the disinfecting agent to the packaging shells.
  • the combination of the deflections and the sterilization tunnel allows a multiple admission of the Packing coats with the same disinfecting agent and thereby a corresponding multiplication of the exposure time of a certain amount of disinfecting agent.
  • a compact arrangement is supported by the transfer of the disinfecting agent from one packaging jacket to the adjacent packaging jacket along a U-like flow path.
  • a very simple device construction can be achieved in that the packaging coats are moved past fixedly arranged deflections.
  • An essential aspect of the invention consists in the fact that in the presence of voids within the series of successive packaging coats a loss-free forwarding of the disinfecting agent is ensured. Corresponding voids can occur, for example, due to malfunctions in unfolding the packaging shells or as a result of quality control and subsequent rejection of damaged packaging sheaths.
  • the packaging coats are transported intermittently.
  • the sterilization of differently shaped packaging coats is supported by the fact that the deflections are positioned and / or interchangeable positioned in the area of the sterilization tunnel.
  • the interchangeable arrangement of the deflections makes it possible in particular, an effective Sterilization of different packaging formats.
  • the formats may vary with regard to the length and / or the cross-sectional configuration.
  • Small amounts of disinfectant and low energy consumption can be assisted by circulating at least a portion of the sanitizer within a recirculation system.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic side view of an apparatus for sterilizing packaging coats (1).
  • the Verpakkungsmäntel (1) are transported by a feeder (2) in the area of the sterilization device and unfolded before their sterilization.
  • a transport device (4) is arranged, which can be realized, for example, as a circulating chain.
  • the packaging shells (1) are designed to be open in the region of the ends (6, 7) opposite each other in a jacket longitudinal direction (5). In a circumferential direction with respect to the jacket longitudinal direction (5), the packaging shells (1) are formed closed and thus provide a tube-like basic structure.
  • Each of the ends (6, 7) facing deflections (8) are arranged in the region of the sterilization tunnel (3).
  • the baffles (8) extend substantially U-shaped and provide flow channels for a disinfectant.
  • the sterilization tunnel (3) also has a feed device (9) for the disinfectant. In the area of the feed device (9), a heater (10) can be arranged.
  • the disinfectant for example, a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and air
  • a sensor (12) may be provided for monitoring a composition of the mixture of air and disinfectant.
  • the disinfectant flows into the open end (6) of the first packaging jacket (1) in a transport direction (13) and escapes again from the packaging jacket in the region of the end (7) opposite this end.
  • the disinfectant then flows into the first deflection (8) and is guided by this deflection (8) to the adjacent open end (7) of the packaging jacket (1) following in the direction of transport (13). This process is repeated with respect to all in the transport direction (13) successively arranged Verpakkungsmäntel (1) until the disinfectant passes into the region of a catcher (14) and from there in the region of a return (15) is passed to another for To provide use.
  • a drying device (16) is arranged, in whose area typically sterile air (17) is fed to a heater (18) and then passed through the open packaging shells (1).
  • the sterile air (17) for drying can successively using deflections (8) are passed through a plurality of packaging shells (1), which are open on both sides, and flow in the vicinity of a collecting direction (19) into an environment or are fed to a new use.
  • An operation of the transport device (4) can be carried out continuously or clocked.
  • Fig. 2 shows the plant component for further processing of the sterilized packaging shells (1).
  • a sealing station (20) for sealing one of the ends (6, 7) of the packaging shells (1) arranged.
  • a soil seal can be made here.
  • a heat-sealing head (21) Using a heat-sealing head (21), a simultaneous processing of sterile air via a sterile air feed (22) results in a finishing of the sealed area.
  • a holding phase (23) to achieve adequate material stability, filling takes place in the area of a filling station (24) upon further supply of sterile air.
  • a sealing of the second end (6, 7) then takes place, for example as a gasket seal. Accurate adherence to predetermined contours of the packaging can be ensured by the final application of a shaping device (25).
  • Fig. 3 shows in an enlarged view the transition from the feed (2) to the transport device (4).
  • the packaging shells (1) are transported in a folded state.
  • the packaging coats are picked up and transferred to the transport device (4).
  • the packaging shells (1) are first subjected to a sterile gas, preferably tempered air.
  • a discharge nozzle (28) is used.
  • Fig. 4 shows the arrangement according to Fig. 3 in a top view.
  • suction cup-like grippers (29) can be seen in the region of the transfer element (27).
  • a holder of the packaging shells (1) can be done for example by a negative pressure.
  • the application using the discharge nozzle (28) can be used for activation or dedusting.
  • the hot air discharged by the discharge nozzle (28) flows through the packaging jacket (1), which is opened on both sides, and is supplied by a collecting device (30) to a discharge line (31).
  • Fig. 5 shows a modification to the embodiment in Fig. 1 ,
  • the feed (9) for the disinfectant is arranged in a central region of the transport device (4).
  • the disinfectant thereby flows with a component of motion counter to the transport direction (13).
  • the sterile air also flows in the area of the drying device (16) with a movement component counter to the transport direction (13) and is discharged in the transport direction (13) behind the feed device (9) using the collecting device (19).
  • the correspondingly discharged sterile air is introduced into the recirculation system (15) for the disinfectant and is treated here with hydrogen peroxide mixed. Compliance with a given mixing ratio is controlled by the sensor (12). Excess gas is discharged from the system via a scrubber (32).
  • the degermination station according to the invention is particularly suitable for continuous operation at high transport speeds.
  • the individual packaging coats (1) are intensively acted upon by the disinfectant and the multiple flow ensures a high rate of sterilization.
  • An adaptation to different formats of the packaging shells (1) can be done in a simple manner by positioning the deflections (8).
  • the disinfectant does not flow completely through the interiors of the packaging shells (1), but a part flows past the packaging sheaths (1). Since this happens within the degerming tunnel (3), such a flow guidance is considered to be advantageous, since outside areas of the packaging shells (1) are also sterilized.
  • a transport of the packaging coats to be sterilized is not carried out along a linear transport path, but the packaging coats (1) are transferred from the feeder (2) to a rotating processing wheel or a rotating processing drum. Otherwise, however, the essentially same functional principle results as in the already explained linear embodiments.
  • Fig. 7 shows a modified embodiment in which the packaging shells (1) are arranged relative to each other with only a small distance.
  • the deflections (8) can be box-shaped in this embodiment and provided with a partition plate (33) for flow guidance.
  • the distance between the individual packaging sheaths (1) is dimensioned such that sufficient disinfectant still flow between the Verpakkungsmäntel and can perform the required sterilization or sterilization here.
  • Fig. 7 also shows transport elements (34), which perform a propulsion of the packaging coats within the degermination device.
  • the transport elements (34) can be designed as entrainment fingers, which are fastened to a propulsion device.
  • the transport elements (34) of the distance to be maintained between the packaging coats (1) is specified.
  • the transport element (34) has a U-shaped design.

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