EP2641835B1 - Verpackungsmaschine mit Siegelstation zum Begasen einer Verpackung - Google Patents

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EP2641835B1
EP2641835B1 EP20130001345 EP13001345A EP2641835B1 EP 2641835 B1 EP2641835 B1 EP 2641835B1 EP 20130001345 EP20130001345 EP 20130001345 EP 13001345 A EP13001345 A EP 13001345A EP 2641835 B1 EP2641835 B1 EP 2641835B1
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Dominik Harlacher
Andreas Mader
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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
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
    • 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
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/02—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
    • B65B31/025—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas specially adapted for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65B31/028—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas specially adapted for rigid or semi-rigid containers closed by a lid sealed to the upper rim of the container, e.g. tray-like container
    • 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
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
    • B65B31/043—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzles acting horizontally between an upper and a lower part of the container or wrapper, e.g. between container and lid

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  • the invention relates to a packaging machine with a sealing station with the features of claim 1.
  • Thermoforming packaging machines and tray sealing machines from the Applicant's company are known, which are designed to provide packages by means of vacuum and optionally also by gassing with very low residual oxygen values in order, for example, to ensure a long shelf life for foods.
  • the volume inside the packaging usually has to be evacuated to below 10 mbar. Achieving this high vacuum level requires high vacuum pump performance and a long evacuation time. This adversely affects the performance of the packaging machine as the number of packages that can be produced per unit of time decreases.
  • nozzle strips which are used for steam or gas purging on a sealing tool.
  • the nozzle strips may also have evacuation nozzles for evacuating the package to be sealed.
  • a gassing system can additionally be used.
  • the volume in the interior of the sealing station and the packaging for example, evacuated to, for example, 500 mbar and thus removes a portion of the oxygen from the package.
  • the supply of gas causes a further displacement of the remaining oxygen molecules from the interior of the package and leads to a further reduction of the residual oxygen value.
  • the gas is supplied on one side of the packaging through gassing openings in the sealing tool and discharged on the opposite side via evacuation openings. Part of the gas volume flow flows from the side with the gassing openings in the upper area of the packaging to the side with the evacuation openings. Another part of the gas flow flows into the lower part of the packaging and from there back up.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a packaging machine which increases the performance of the packaging machine and at the same time improves the efficiency of fumigation and / or evacuation in order to reduce the costs for producing packages with very low residual oxygen values or very high oxygen values of over To reduce 30%.
  • the packaging machine has a sealing station for sealing a packaging, which in turn comprises a trough for receiving a food and a lid film, wherein the sealing station comprises a sealing tool with at least one evacuation opening for discharging the atmosphere and one gassing opening for supplying a gas volume flow.
  • the sealing tool is characterized in that the evacuation opening and the gassing opening are arranged on a common side of the sealing tool. It was extremely astonishing to the person skilled in the art that this arrangement of the gassing and evacuation opening leads to improved residual oxygen values or to a shortening of the processing time and thus increases the performance of the packaging machine.
  • the gas volume flow has a U-shaped flow path both in the upper and in the lower part of the packaging and does not lead to a point of intersection or turbulence.
  • the flow path ensures unhindered and rapid displacement of the oxygen molecules via the evacuation openings from the packaging.
  • a plurality of evacuation openings and a plurality of gassing openings are provided, wherein the total cross section of the evacuation openings differs from the total cross section of the gassing openings by a maximum of 20%, preferably by a maximum of 5%.
  • This provides a large gas flow rate to further increase the fumigation efficiency, which further reduces the processing time, thus maximizing the packaging machine's performance.
  • at least three evacuation openings and three gassing openings are provided in order to allow the gas volume flow to flow in not only selectively but in a wide shape. This leads to an improvement of the distribution of the gas volume flow within the packaging and to an increase in the efficiency. A smaller amount of gas is necessary and the fumigation time for displacing the oxygen molecules can be further shortened.
  • the evacuation opening (s) and the gassing opening (s) are preferably arranged such that a U-shaped flow profile of the gas volume flow in the packaging can be generated from the gassing opening to the evacuation opening, which ensures improved flow behavior and improved efficiency.
  • the evacuation opening / s and the gassing opening / s are arranged such that a U-shaped flow profile of the gas volume flow can also be generated in the upper and lower regions of the packaging from the gassing opening to the evacuation opening in order to further minimize the residual oxygen content.
  • the evacuation port and the gassing opening are each arranged at an opposite end of the common side in order to improve the flow behavior of the gas volume flow.
  • the gassing opening in the sealing tool is arranged above an edge of the packaging in order to ensure a direct unimpeded flow into the packaging.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first embodiment of a packaging machine 1 according to the invention.
  • a packaging machine 1 is a tray sealing machine ("Traysealer").
  • the packaging machine 1 has a machine frame 2, on which a sealing station 3 is arranged for closing and optionally for evacuating, gasifying and / or sealing supplied, cup-shaped containers and for cutting a cover film used for closing.
  • the sealing station 3 is located under a hood 4 to be opened.
  • the packaging machine 1 further has a feed belt 5 for feeding the packages, a discharge belt 6 for transporting the sealed packages, a film feed roller 7 for picking up and feeding a roll of lid film, a film tensioning device 8 for tensioning the lid film, and a film remover 9 for winding the film after sealing, remaining film residues.
  • a display 10 allows the operator of the packaging machine 1 to check and control the operation of the packaging machine 1. On the display 10 may be provided for this purpose controls 10 a, such as panels or switches to affect the operation of the packaging machine 1. Evacuation settings such as vacuum level or evacuation times, as well as gassing settings such as gas volume and setpoint oxygen residuals, can be stored and managed in recipes for different packages or products in the controller.
  • Fig. 2a shows a sealing tool 11 in the form of a sealing tool lower part 12, which is provided for a package 20.
  • the sealing tool lower part 12 has five gassing openings 14 on the first or left side 13 and four evacuation openings 16 on the opposite or second side 15. This type of arrangement of opposed gassing and evacuation ports is known in the art.
  • a resulting flow profile of the gas volume flow 17 is in Fig. 2b shown schematically.
  • a first part 17 a of the gas volume flow 17 flows in the upper part Area 18 of the package 20, which has a recess 30 for receiving a food, in a largely linear course from a gassing opening 14 to an evacuation opening 16.
  • a second part 17b of the gas flow stream flows down into a lower portion 19 of the package 20. This comes It leads to a reversal of the flow direction and to a crossing point 17 c, as soon as the flow from below back into the upper region 18 and to the evacuation port 16 passes. This causes turbulence and thus flow losses.
  • Fig. 3a shows a sealing tool 21 according to the invention in the form of a sealing tool lower part 22.
  • the gassing openings 24 opposite side 25 no gassing or evacuation openings are provided. Both the gassing openings 24 and the evacuation openings 26 are arranged together only on one side 23.
  • the four in Fig. 3a shown gassing 24 are arranged at the right end of the page 23 and the four evacuation openings 26 at the left end of the side 23 to produce a maximum distance, which is particularly advantageous for a U-shaped course of the gas flow 27.
  • the gassing openings 24 are arranged above the upper shell edge 31 of the packaging 20.
  • Fig. 3b the gas volume flow 27 is shown with the portion 27a in the upper region 18 of the package 20 and with the portion 27b in the lower region 19 of the package 20.
  • This U-shaped flow pattern shows that there are no crossing points or colliding gas flow rates.
  • the number of evacuation openings 24 and the gassing openings 26 does not have to be identical, and it has proven to be advantageous if the total cross section of the gassing openings 24 corresponds approximately to the total cross section of the evacuation openings 26.
  • the orientation of the evacuation openings 26 and the gassing openings 24 is not on the horizontal orientation, as in Fig. 3a shown, limited.
  • the evacuation opening 26 serves as an outlet opening for the gas volume flow or the displaced atmosphere.
  • a first side 23 is one in the context of the invention Half and a second side 25 the opposite half of the circle or the oval.

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