EP2792634B1 - Système de commande de position pour une machine de traitement d'article et procédé associé - Google Patents

Système de commande de position pour une machine de traitement d'article et procédé associé Download PDF

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EP2792634B1
EP2792634B1 EP13164594.7A EP13164594A EP2792634B1 EP 2792634 B1 EP2792634 B1 EP 2792634B1 EP 13164594 A EP13164594 A EP 13164594A EP 2792634 B1 EP2792634 B1 EP 2792634B1
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Roberto Zoni
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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
    • B67C3/007—Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery
    • 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
    • B67C3/04—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus without applying pressure
    • 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
    • B67C3/06—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
    • 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
    • B67C3/24—Devices for supporting or handling bottles
    • 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
    • B67C2003/2668—Means for adapting the filling head to various sizes of containers

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  • the present invention relates to an article-handling machine and a method for controlling the position of an article fillable with a pourable product with respect to an operating unit of an article-handling machine.
  • Article-handling machines are known which comprise a plurality of units for carrying out respective operations on articles, in particular containers filled with a pourable food product.
  • known article-handling machines substantially comprise:
  • the operating elements are filling valves supported by the carousel in radially external position with respect to the rotation axis of this carousel.
  • the filling unit also comprises:
  • Each filling valve is adapted to fill a relative container with the pourable product and substantially comprises:
  • the shutter when the shutter is arranged in the open position, it allows the pourable product to flow from the tank to the opening of the duct.
  • the shutter when the shutter is arranged in the closed position, it prevents the pourable product from flowing from tank to the opening of the duct.
  • Each handling device is driven in rotation by the carousel about the first axis and moves alternatively between a lowered and a raised position along a respective second axis parallel to and radially staggered from the first axis of the carousel.
  • the filling unit comprises:
  • Each handling device is set in the lowered position at the inlet and the outlet station and reaches the raised position between the inlet station and the outlet station.
  • the duct passes through the mouth of the respective container and is partially housed inside the inner volume of the same container.
  • the shutter is arranged in the open position and the container is filled with the pourable food product.
  • Filling units are required to carry out different kind of filling operation.
  • filling unit may either carry out a "contact” filling or a "contactless” filling.
  • a mouth of the container is tight-fluidly pressed against the washer of relative filling valve, whereas in the second case the mouth of the article is axially spaced from the washer.
  • the raised positions of the containers vary, on the basis of the nature of food product.
  • the filling unit In case of carbonated products, i.e. of products with carbon dioxide dissolved, the filling unit generally carries out a contact filling.
  • the filling unit flows a gas, e.g. carbon dioxide, inside the containers and before the filling thereof, in order to reduce as far as possible the risk of oxidation of the food product.
  • a gas e.g. carbon dioxide
  • the mouths of the latter can be selectively arranged either in tight-fluid contact with the washers or axially spaced from the washer of the respective filling valves.
  • the containers need to be arranged in a wide range of raised positions, depending on a number of parameters, e.g. the nature of the food product, on the format of the container, on the modality of filling.
  • the action of food products could cause the oxidation of the ducts, thus affecting the sterility of the food product flowing inside the duct and intended to fill the containers.
  • the containers must be arranged in different raised positions, depending on the format of the same containers.
  • a need is therefore felt within the industry to fill containers of different format with a still food product, while minimizing the costs and time losses connected with the change of format of the containers.
  • the labelling units are known which apply a heat-sealed tubular sleeve-labels onto respective containers.
  • the carousel comprises a plurality of carrier elements which are arranged on the periphery of the same carousel.
  • Each carrier element feeds a respective article between an input station, where the articles are fed onto the conveyor wheel, and an output station, where the articles are fed off the carousel.
  • Each carrier unit comprises a tubular upright fixed to the carousel, and having a third longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the first axis; a supporting spindle, which engages the upright in rotary and axially-sliding manner, has a top end defining a substantially horizontal supporting surface for a respective article, and is bounded externally by a cylindrical lateral surface connectable to a pneumatic suction device; and a top retaining member, which cooperates with the spindle to keep the article upright on the supporting surface.
  • the spindle is movable axially between a lowered position - in which the spindle is substantially housed inside the upright, so the carrier elements can receive an article at the input station and release the article at the output station - and a raised position - in which the spindle projects from the upright, so the lateral surface of the spindle can receive and retain a label.
  • the spindle also rotates about the third axis, to wind the label completely about the spindle into a tubular configuration having a longitudinal overlap defined by superimposed portions of the label, and which is heat sealed longitudinally by a heat-seal bar associated with the carrier unit.
  • the heat-seal bars can be regarded as the operating elements while the spindles can be regarded as the handling device, which both rotate and axially displace the containers.
  • the movement of spindles from the lowered positions to the raised positions is caused by the interaction of a fixed cam with a plurality of cam followers carried by respective spindles.
  • the length of the stroke of the spindles could be changed in order to vary the throughput of the labelling machine on the basis of the throughput of the upstream filling machine.
  • a need is therefore felt to reduce as far as possible the costs and the time losses associated with the variation of the length of the stroke of the spindle, for example in order to align the throughput of the labelling unit with the throughput of the filling unit.
  • EP-A-1182165 discloses an article-handling machine and a method according to the preamble of claims 1 and 10 in the form of a capping unit.
  • EP-A-2604571 discloses a filling unit, which comprises an actuator for moving a container between a lowered position and only one raised position, in which it is in tight-fluid contact with a filling head.
  • EP-A-2604571 is published on 19.06.2013 and discloses a filling machine comprising a carousel, a position control system and an actuator which translates a container upwards in contact with the filling valve for filling. It is an object of the present invention to provide an article-handling machined, which meets at least one of the above requirements.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for controlling the position of an article fillable with a pourable food product, as claimed in claim 10.
  • numeral 1 indicates a first embodiment of a filling unit for filling containers 2 with a pourable food product.
  • Non-limitative examples of the pourable food product are fruit juices, tea, beer or energy drinks.
  • Filling unit 1 is adapted to be incorporated in an article-handling machine which may comprise one or more of the following:
  • each container 2 is made of glass and substantially comprises:
  • Filling station 1 substantially comprises ( Figure 1)
  • carousel 7 is fed with empty containers 2 at an input station I, conveys containers 2 along an arc-shaped path P of centre on axis A, and outputs filled containers 2 at an output station O.
  • Each filling valve 8 substantially comprises:
  • Each filling valve 8 may be controlled, in a known and not-shown way, to cause a flow of a gas, e.g. carbon dioxide, to enter respective container 2.
  • a gas e.g. carbon dioxide
  • Each filling valve 8 also comprises a washer 35 which is fitted to body 11.
  • filling unit 1 comprises:
  • containers 2 are held by respective positioning systems 9, as they travel along path P and move along relative axes B.
  • filling unit 1 comprises a human-machine interface 14, through which a user can select one or more of the above-identified parameters.
  • control unit 16 controls positioning systems 9 on the basis of the recipe.
  • Axes B are vertical and parallel to axis A, in the embodiment shown, and coincide with the axes of containers 2.
  • each positioning system 9 on the basis of the parameters set by the user through the human-machine interface 14, moves respective container 2 along respective axis B and selectively sets respective container 2 in:
  • each container 2 undergoes an operation by relative filling valve 8.
  • control unit 16 The number of those raised positions and the movement law (displacement, speed and acceleration) of positioning systems 9 along respective axes B is controlled by control unit 16, on the basis of parameters, i.e. of the recipe, inserted by the user on human machine interface 14.
  • each container 2 is selectively arranged by respective positioning system 9:
  • control unit 16 controls, on the basis of the recipe selected by the user, positioning systems 9 to arrange containers 2 in the respective first raised positions in case the recipe requires contact-less filling and to arrange containers 2 in the respective second raised positions in case the recipe requires a contact filling.
  • duct 12 of each filling valve 8 enters the inner volume of relative container 2, in both the first raised position and in the second raised position.
  • control unit 16 can create different movement laws for actuators 15 and, therefore, for containers 2 along axes B and between respective lowered positions and respective first raised positions, on the basis of the recipe, especially in case of still food products.
  • control unit 16 varies the first raised position, in such a way to avoid the contact of food product with ducts 12.
  • each container 2 is selectively arranged by respective positioning system 9:
  • each container 2 on the basis of the recipe selected by the user, selectively undergoes a gas flowing operation.
  • filling valves 8 generate a flow of gas inside containers 2 before the filling thereof. That gas is allowed to escape containers 2.
  • the flowing operation is carried out onto containers 2 arranged either in the respective first raised position ( Figure 3 ) or in the second raised position.
  • containers 2 generally undergo the following operations, when set in the respective second raised positions,:
  • positioning system 9 In the following of the present description, only one positioning system 9 will be described, being positioning systems 9 identical to each other.
  • Actuator 15 substantially comprises:
  • plate 10 rotates about axis A and is prevented from translating along axes B.
  • Carrier 18 comprises, in turn, a rod 19 which extends parallel to axis B.
  • Housing 17 and rod 19 form a brushless electric motor, which is controlled by control unit 16.
  • rod 19 slides with respect to housing 17 parallel to axis B.
  • housing 17 defines a not-shown guide, inside which rod 19 slides.
  • Carrier 18 also comprises:
  • Rods 20 are driven by rod 19 parallel to axis B and slide inside respective guide (not-shown) defined housing 17.
  • Rods 20 prevent the rotation of container 2 around its own axis, especially when containers 2 enter or output carousel 7 respectively at station I, O.
  • rod 19 is free to rotate relative to housing 17 and about axis B.
  • rods 20 are arranged on opposite lateral sides of rod 19. Still more precisely, one rod 20 is radially inner with respect to rod 19 and other rod 20 is radially outer with respect to rod 19.
  • Actuator 15 also comprises a thrust device 30 for exerting on container 2 a thrust having a main component parallel to axis B and directed towards body 11 of filling valve 8.
  • thrust device 30 presses container 2 towards body 11 of filling valve 8, during the pressurization step of container 2.
  • Thrust device 30 is configured to generate a thrust, which is enough to balance at least the sum of:
  • thrust device 30 is configured to generate a thrust onto container 2 which increases as container 2 approaches body 11 of filling valve 8, i.e. as container 2 raises parallel to axis B in the embodiment shown.
  • Thrust device 30 comprises, in turn,:
  • positioning system 9 further comprises a rod 27 which can slide parallel to axis B inside a guide defined by element 31.
  • rod 27 is fixed to plates 21, 22 and slides together with rod 19 parallel to axis B.
  • elements 32 are fixed to rods 20 and are arranged on the opposite side of element 31 relative to plate 21 and, therefore, to container 2.
  • element 31 has a first magnetic polarity while element 32 has a second magnetic polarity.
  • thrust device 30 is a sort of magnetic spring, which generates an upward thrust on container 2 which increases while container 2 approaches body 11 and reaches its maximum value when container 2 is in contact with washer 35.
  • the user inserts on interface 14 a plurality of parameters associated at least to the nature of food product, the size and the material of containers 2, the kind of filling required and the desired law movement of container 2.
  • control unit 16 controls the movement of actuator 15 and, therefore, of container 2 along axis B towards and away from washer 35.
  • unit 1 The operation of unit 1 is described with reference to only one container 2 and to respective only one positioning system 9 and only one filling valve 8.
  • unit 1 Furthermore, the operation of unit 1 is described starting from a situation, in which positioning system 9 is set in the lowered position at station I and shutter 13 is in the closed position.
  • Carousel 7 rotates about axis A and drives in rotation positioning system 9 about same axis A.
  • control unit 16 controls actuator 15 to move, on the basis of the inserted recipe, container 2 along axis B and towards body 11.
  • control unit 16 controls actuator 15, in such a way that rod 19 slides relative to housing 17 along axis B and towards body 11.
  • first raised position and the second raised position relative to a fixed part of unit 1, e.g. plate 10 depends on the recipe inserted by user on interface 14.
  • control unit 16 controls, on the basis of the recipe, actuator 15 in such a way to arrange container 2:
  • duct 12 passes through mouth 3 and enters the inner volume of container 2.
  • mouth 3 is in tight-fluid contact with washer 35 in case of contact filling with carbonated food product whereas it is axially spaced from washer 35 in case of contactless filling with still food product.
  • the distance of first raised position from a fixed part of unit 1, e.g. plate 10, is associated to the format of the container.
  • control unit 16 raises actuator 15 and, therefore, container 2 for a given distance which is associated to the format, the shape and the material of container 2. In this way, it is not necessary to replace duct 12, when the format of container 2 changes.
  • shutter 13 is set in the open position and the pourable product fills container 2.
  • shutter 13 is set in the closed position.
  • filling valve 8 flows gas, e.g. carbon dioxide, inside container 2, before the latter is filled with the pourable food.
  • gas e.g. carbon dioxide
  • the gas is flown with container 2 in the first raised position (shown in Figure 3 , with reference to the second embodiment of the present invention) or with container 2 in the second raised position (shown in Figure 2 ).
  • control unit 16 controls actuator 15 in such a way to arrange container 2 either in the first raised position or in the second raised position.
  • container 2 After the gas flowing operation, container 2 is arranged - or remains - in the second raised position and undergoes a filling operation and a pressurizing operation.
  • duct 12 passes through mouth 3 of container 2 and enters the inner volume of container 2.
  • mouth 3 is in sealing contact with washer 35 in case of contact filling with carbonated food product whereas it is axially spaced from washer 35 in case of contactless filling with still food product.
  • shutter 13 is set in the open position and the pourable product fills container 2.
  • shutter 13 is set in the closed position.
  • control unit 16 controls actuator 15 to move container 2 along axis B and away from washer 35, up to reach the lowered position.
  • container 2 is fed by carousel 7 to a downstream not-shown station.
  • 9' indicates a second embodiment of positioning device.
  • Positioning system 9' is similar to positioning system 9 and will be disclosed hereinafter only insofar as it differs from the latter; corresponding parts or equivalents of positioning systems 9, 9' will be indicated, where possible, by the same reference numerals.
  • Positioning system 9' differs from positioning system 9 in that it operates on containers 2' made of plastic.
  • Container 2' is similar to container 2 and will be disclosed hereinafter only insofar as it differs from the latter; corresponding parts or equivalents of containers 2, 2' will be indicated, where possible, by the same reference numerals.
  • each container 2' is made of plastic material and comprises a ring 5' protruding from neck 6' and at a certain distance from mouth 7'.
  • Positioning system 9' differs from positioning device for comprising a pair of jaws 50' hinged to plate 21' about relative axes parallel to each other and vertical, in the embodiment shown.
  • Jaws 50' are movable relative to each other between a closed position (shown in Figures 3 to 5 ) in which they grip ring 5' of container 2', and an open position (not-shown) in which they do not contact ring 5'.
  • positioning system 9' differs from positioning system 9 in that rod 19 extends along an axis C' parallel and is staggered relative to axis B.
  • positioning system 9' differs from the operation of positioning system 9 in that jaws 50' are arranged in the open position at station I, O and are arranged in the closed position along path P.
  • Figure 3 shows container 2 in the first raised position while undergoes a contact-less flowing of gas
  • Figure 4 shows container 2 in the second raised position during the filling thereof
  • Figure 5 shows container 2 in the second raised position during the pressurization thereof.
  • actuators 15 and, therefore of respective containers 2, along axis B is completely controlled by control unit 16 on the basis of the recipe inserted by the user, without using any mechanical cam and any pneumatic device.
  • unit 1 can carry out either a contact filling or a contactless filling, in case of still product, with no need of replacing a mechanical cam.
  • filling unit 1 can, on the basis of the recipe, either carries out a flowing of the gas inside containers 2 before the filling thereof or directly fills containers 2 without any gas flowing.
  • unit 1 can flow the gas inside containers 2 before the filling either with containers 3 in the first raised positions ( Figure 3 ) or with containers 3 in the second raised positions.
  • the speed of the flowing may be varied by unit 1, simply on the basis of the recipe.
  • actuators 15, on the basis of the format of containers 2 arrange respective containers 2 at different first raised position relative to plate 10. In this way, it is possible to prevent the pourable food product from contacting the outer surface of ducts 12, without replacing ducts 12 every time the format of containers 2 changes.
  • each thrust device 30 is effective in contrasting the weight of relative container 2 and the pressure existing inside relative container 2.
  • filling valves 8 could not comprise relative ducts 12 and the filling openings could be defined by body 11.

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  1. Machine de manipulation d'articles (1), comprenant :
    - une unité opérationnelle (8) ;
    - un carrousel (7) rotatif autour dudit premier axe (A) parallèle audit et décalé dudit deuxième axe (B) et qui porte ladite unité opérationnelle (8) ;
    - au moins un système de contrôle de position (9, 9') pour contrôler la position d'un article (2, 2') remplissable avec un produit versable par rapport à une unité opérationnelle (8) et comprenant :
    - un actionneur (15) qui peut tourner autour d'un premier axe (A) d'un seul bloc avec ladite unité opérationnelle (8) et porte entièrement, à l'usage, le poids dudit article (2, 2') ; ledit actionneur (15) étant en outre adapté pour déplacer ledit article (2, 2') par rapport à ladite unité opérationnelle (8) le long d'un deuxième axe (B) distinct dudit premier axe (A) ; et
    - une unité de commande (16) configurée pour :
    i) recevoir un signal de commande associé à au moins un paramètre entre la nature du produit versable, le format ou la matière dudit article (2, 2'), la loi de déplacement dudit article (2, 2') le long dudit deuxième axe (B) par rapport à la position angulaire dudit actionneur (15) autour dudit premier axe (A) ; et
    ii) commander le déplacement dudit actionneur (15) sur la base dudit signal de commande ;
    caractérisée en ce que ladite machine de manipulation d'articles comprend en outre au moins une vanne de remplissage (8) pour remplir ledit article avec ledit produit versable, portée par ledit carrousel (7) et définie par ladite unité opérationnelle (8) ; et en ce que ladite unité de commande (16) est configurée pour déplacer ledit actionneur (15) le long dudit deuxième axe (B) entre :
    - une position abaissée ;
    - une première position relevée dans laquelle, à l'usage, un goulot (3) dudit article (2, 2') est axialement espacé d'un élément de butée (35) de ladite vanne de remplissage (8) ; et
    - au moins une deuxième position relevée dans laquelle, à l'usage, ledit goulot (3) est en contact étanche aux fluides avec ladite vanne de remplissage (8) ;
    ladite première position relevée étant intercalée entre ladite position abaissée et ladite deuxième position relevée le long dudit deuxième axe (B) ;
    ladite unité de commande (16) est en outre configurée pour positionner, sur la base dudit signal de commande, ledit article (2, 2') dans ladite première position relevée, pour un remplissage sans contact dudit article (2, 2') avec un produit versable plat ou pour un écoulement sans contact d'aériforme avant le remplissage dudit article (2, 2') avec un produit versable avec aériforme ;
    ladite unité de commande (16) est en outre également configurée pour positionner, sur la base dudit signal de commande, ledit article (2, 2') dans ladite deuxième position relevée, pour un remplissage avec contact dudit article (2, 2') avec ledit produit plat ou pour un écoulement avec contact dudit aériforme avant le remplissage dudit article (2, 2') avec un produit versable avec aériforme.
  2. Machine de manipulation d'articles de la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ledit actionneur (15) comprend :
    - une partie fixe (17) qui est stationnaire par rapport audit deuxième axe (B) ;
    - une partie mobile (18) qui peut être déplacée par ladite unité de commande (16) par rapport à ladite partie fixe (17) et sur la base dudit signal de commande ; et
    - un dispositif de manipulation (21, 50') fonctionnellement raccordé à ladite partie mobile (18) et raccordable audit article (2, 2').
  3. Machine de manipulation d'articles de la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un moteur électrique sans balai formé au moins par ladite partie fixe (17) et ladite partie mobile (18).
  4. Machine de manipulation d'articles des revendications 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que ladite unité de commande (16) est configurée pour commander ledit actionneur (15) de manière à faire glisser ladite partie mobile (18) par rapport à ladite partie fixe (17) le long dudit deuxième axe (B) uniquement.
  5. Machine de manipulation d'articles de la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un dispositif antirotation (20) pour empêcher la rotation de ladite partie mobile (18) autour dudit deuxième axe (B).
  6. Machine de manipulation d'articles de l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5 caractérisée en ce que ladite unité de commande (16) est configurée pour déplacer ladite partie mobile (18) dans une première direction le long dudit deuxième axe (B) ;
    ledit système de contrôle de position (9, 9') comprenant en outre un dispositif de poussée (30) pour exercer sur ladite partie mobile (18) une poussée dirigée, à l'usage, vers ladite unité opérationnelle (8) et dans une première direction ; ladite poussée étant adaptée pour s'opposer, à l'usage, à la pression d'un aériforme à l'intérieur dudit article (2, 2').
  7. Machine de manipulation d'articles de la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que ledit dispositif de poussée (30) est configuré pour exercer une poussée croissante sur ladite partie mobile (18) lorsque ladite partie mobile (18) se déplace, à l'usage, dans ladite première direction et vers ladite unité opérationnelle (8).
  8. Machine de manipulation d'articles de la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisée en ce que ledit dispositif de poussée (30) comprend :
    - au moins un premier élément magnétique (31) installé sur ladite partie fixe (17) ; et
    - au moins un deuxième élément magnétique (32) installé sur ladite partie mobile (18) ;
    ledit premier élément magnétique et ledit deuxième élément magnétique (31, 32) ayant des polarités respectives telles et étant agencés dans une position mutuelle telle que ladite partie mobile (18) est soumise à une poussée dans ladite première direction lorsqu'elle se déplace, à l'usage, dans ladite première direction.
  9. Machine de manipulation d'articles de l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend une interface homme-machine (14) par laquelle un utilisateur peut insérer sélectivement ledit au moins un paramètre.
  10. Procédé de contrôle de la position d'un article (2, 2') remplissable avec un produit versable par rapport à une unité opérationnelle (8) d'une machine de manipulation d'articles (1), comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    i) porter entièrement le poids dudit article (2, 2') en utilisant un actionneur (15) ;
    ii) déplacer un actionneur (15) et ledit article (2, 2') d'un seul bloc avec ladite unité opérationnelle (8) autour d'un premier axe (A) ;
    iii) déplacer ledit article (2, 2') par rapport à ladite unité opérationnelle (8) le long d'un deuxième axe (B) distinct dudit premier axe (A) ;
    iv) recevoir un signal de commande associé à au moins un paramètre entre la nature du produit versable, la matière ou le format dudit article (2, 2'), la loi de déplacement dudit article (2, 2') le long dudit deuxième axe (B) par rapport à la position dudit actionneur (15) autour dudit premier axe (A) ;
    v) commander le mouvement dudit actionneur (15) sur la base dudit signal de commande ; caractérisé en ce que le procédé comprend en outre les étapes consistant à :
    vi) remplir ledit article (2, 2') avec ledit produit alimentaire versable, en utilisant ladite unité opérationnelle (8) ;
    l'étape vi) comprenant l'étape
    vii) de déplacement dudit article (2, 2') le long dudit deuxième axe (B) entre :
    - une position abaissée ;
    - une première position relevée dans laquelle, à l'usage, un goulot (3) dudit article (2, 2') est axialement espacé d'un élément de butée (35) de ladite vanne de remplissage (8) ; et
    - une deuxième position relevée dans laquelle, à l'usage, ledit goulot (3) est en contact étanche aux fluides avec ledit élément de butée (35) ;
    ladite première position relevée étant intercalée entre ladite position abaissée et ladite deuxième position le long dudit deuxième axe (B) ;
    ladite étape vii) comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    viii) positionner ledit article (2, 2') dans ladite première position relevée sur la base dudit signal de commande, pour un remplissage sans contact dudit article (2, 2') avec un produit versable plat ou pour un écoulement sans contact d'aériforme avant le remplissage dudit article (2, 2') avec un produit versable avec aériforme ; ou
    ix) positionner ledit article (2, 2') dans ladite deuxième position relevée sur la base dudit signal de commande, pour un remplissage avec contact dudit article (2, 2') avec ledit produit plat ou pour un écoulement avec contact dudit aériforme avant le remplissage dudit article (2, 2') avec un produit versable avec aériforme.
  11. Procédé de la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend les étapes consistant à
    x) pressuriser ledit article (2, 2') quand ce dernier est dans la deuxième position relevée et avant de le remplir avec ledit produit avec aériforme ; et
    xi) pousser magnétiquement ledit article (2, 2') contre ledit élément de butée (35), afin de s'opposer à la pression dudit aériforme, afin de s'opposer à la pression à l'intérieur dudit article (2, 2').
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