EP2927140A1 - Installation pour produire des récipients remplis avec une unité de séchage - Google Patents

Installation pour produire des récipients remplis avec une unité de séchage Download PDF

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EP2927140A1
EP2927140A1 EP14163277.8A EP14163277A EP2927140A1 EP 2927140 A1 EP2927140 A1 EP 2927140A1 EP 14163277 A EP14163277 A EP 14163277A EP 2927140 A1 EP2927140 A1 EP 2927140A1
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26DRYING
    • F26BDRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B15/00Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form
    • F26B15/02Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in the whole or part of a circle
    • F26B15/04Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in the whole or part of a circle in a horizontal plane
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65CLABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/0015Preparing the labels or articles, e.g. smoothing, removing air bubbles
    • 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
    • B67C7/00Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65CLABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/0015Preparing the labels or articles, e.g. smoothing, removing air bubbles
    • B65C2009/0059Preparing the articles

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  • the present invention relates to a plant for producing filled containers, in particular bottles.
  • a line for conveying containers, in particular bottles is provided according to the claims from 4 to 18 and from 19 to 28.
  • number 1 indicates, as a whole, a plant for producing filled containers defined, in this particular case, by bottles 2, each of which is made of a PET plastic material and comprises a main body 3 and an end neck 4, which is threaded on the outside.
  • the plant 1 comprises, in sequence and in this order, a blowing unit 5 of the known type to blow the bottles 2 starting from relative preforms (not shown); a filling unit 6 to feed a product into the bottles 2; a capping unit 7 to close each bottle 2 with a relative cap 8, which is threaded so as to be screwed onto the relative neck 4; and a labelling unit 9 to label the bottles 2.
  • a blowing unit 5 of the known type to blow the bottles 2 starting from relative preforms (not shown)
  • a filling unit 6 to feed a product into the bottles 2
  • a capping unit 7 to close each bottle 2 with a relative cap 8, which is threaded so as to be screwed onto the relative neck 4
  • a labelling unit 9 to label the bottles 2.
  • the plant 1 comprises, furthermore, a conveying line 10 to transfer the bottles 2 from the capping unit 7 to the labelling unit 9 along a given path P and in a given feeding direction 11.
  • the line 10 comprises a plurality of feeding drums 12 (only two of them are shown in the figures from 2 to 5), which are mounted so as to continuously rotate around respective substantially vertical rotation axes 13 and are connected to one another in correspondence to relative transfer stations (not shown).
  • Each drum 12 comprises a vertical upright 14, which is mounted so as to rotate around the relative axis 13 and supports an upper disc 15, which is coupled to the upright 14 in an angularly fixed manner and is provided with a plurality of pockets 16, which are uniformly distributed around the axis 13 so as to each receive and hold a relative bottle 2.
  • Each pocket 16 comprises two jaws 17, which are mobile between a clamping position and a release position, in which they clamp and release, respectively, a relative bottle 2, and are configured to hold the bottle 2 itself in correspondence to the neck 4 under the cap 8.
  • Each pocket 16 is fed by the relative drum 12 along a portion of the path P and through an inlet station 18 to let the bottles 2 into the drum 12 and an outlet station 19 to let the bottles 2 out of the drum 12 itself.
  • the plant 1 comprises, furthermore, a drying unit 20, which is arranged along the path P between the capping unit 7 and the labelling unit 9 so as to dry the bottles 2.
  • the unit 20 comprises, in sequence and in this order, a first drying assembly 21 to dry the bottles 2 in correspondence to the relative necks 4 and caps 8 ( figures 2 and 3 ) and a second drying assembly 22 to dry the bottles 2 in correspondence to the relative bodies 3 ( figures 4 and 5 ).
  • the assembly 21 is associated, in particular, with one single drum 12 and comprises, for each pocket 16 of the drum 12 taken into account, a respective drying device 23, which is fixed to the relative disc 15 and is fed around the relative axis 13 and along the path P with the same law of motion as the drum 12 and, therefore, as the pocket 16 itself.
  • Each device 23 comprises a pneumatic nozzle 24, which is fixed to the disc 15 above the jaws 17 of the relative pocket 16, substantially has the shape of a duck foot, and is provided with an outlet section that is substantially rectangular and faces the neck 4 and the cap 8 of the relative bottle 2.
  • the nozzles 24 are connected to a pneumatic feeding device 25 comprising a pneumatic distributor 26 with a cylindrical shape, which is fixed to a support frame of the drum 12 taken into account, is mounted inside the relative upright 14 coaxial to the relative axis 13, and is engaged in a rotatory manner by the upright 14 itself.
  • a pneumatic feeding device 25 comprising a pneumatic distributor 26 with a cylindrical shape, which is fixed to a support frame of the drum 12 taken into account, is mounted inside the relative upright 14 coaxial to the relative axis 13, and is engaged in a rotatory manner by the upright 14 itself.
  • the distributor 26 has a manifold 27, which is obtained on an outer surface of the distributor 26, radially faces the upright 14, and extends around the axis 13 from the station 18 to the station 19 in the direction 11.
  • the manifold 27 is connected to a source of gas under pressure, in particular air under pressure, by means of a feeding duct 28 coaxial to the axis 13, and is engaged in sequence by a plurality of feeding ducts 29, which are radially obtained through the upright 14 and are each connected to a relative nozzle 24.
  • the feeding of air under pressure to the nozzles 24 can be selectively controlled by means of a valve device (not shown), which is mounted in the distributor 26, or by means of a plurality of solenoid valves (not shown), which are each mounted in a respective duct 29.
  • the assembly 21 comprises, furthermore, a suction manifold 30, which extends around the axis 13 from the station 18 to the station 19 in the direction 11, is mounted on the opposite side of the nozzles 24 relative to the path P of the bottles 2, and is connected to a known pneumatic sucking device, which is not shown.
  • the neck 4 and the cap 8 of each bottle 2 are dried by a substantially laminar flow of air under pressure, which is fed through the relative nozzle 24 and sucked by the manifold 30.
  • the assembly 22 is associated, in particular, with at least two drums 12 (only one of them is shown in figures 4 and 5 ) and comprises, for each drum 12, two respective pneumatic manifolds 31, 32, which are mounted on opposite sides of the path P of the bottles 2 and extend around the relative axis 13 from the station 18 to the station 19 in the direction 11.
  • the manifolds 31, 32 of each drum 12 extend in respective containing planes that are parallel to one another and perpendicular to the relative axis 13, and are connected to a source of gas under pressure, in particular air under pressure.
  • Each manifold 31 is external to the path P, is mounted above the relative manifold 32, and cooperates with a plurality of substantially vertical columns 33, which project downwards from the manifold 31 and have a length that is measured parallel to the axis 13 and increases in the direction 11.
  • the columns 32 have respective outlet mouths 34, which are oriented towards the body 3 of the bottles 2 and are arranged at a height from the ground that decreases in the direction 11.
  • Each manifold 32 is internal to the path P and cooperates with a plurality of substantially vertical columns 35, which project upwards from the manifold 32 and have a length that is measured parallel to the axis 13 and decreases in the direction 11.
  • the columns 35 have respective outlet mouths 36, which are oriented towards the body 3 of the bottles 2 and are arranged at a height from the ground that decreases in the direction 11.
  • the mouths 34 can be radially aligned with corresponding mouths 36 or tangentially staggered relative to the mouths 36 themselves.
  • the body 3 of each bottle 2 is dried from the top to the bottom, thus causing product remains lying on the outer surface of the body 3 itself to progressively slide downwards.
  • the plant 1 leads to advantages that are mainly due to the fact that the introduction of the drying unit 20 between the capping unit 7 and the labelling unit 9 allows the bottles 2 to be dried before they get into the labelling unit 9, thus ensuring a correct labelling of the bottles 2 themselves.
  • the configuration of the drying assemblies 21, 22 allows the bottles 2 to be dried while they are being fed on the drums 12 and to be transferred from the capping unit 7 to the labelling unit 9 in a relatively quick fashion and along a relatively short path. Moreover, in this way, possible intermediate storage tanks to store the bottles 2 can be eliminated.

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CN107777006A (zh) * 2017-11-20 2018-03-09 青岛德隆装备有限公司 一种多型化转换瓶型装置
JP2018096580A (ja) * 2016-12-09 2018-06-21 ディ・アイ・エンジニアリング株式会社 水滴除去装置
CN109813083A (zh) * 2019-03-22 2019-05-28 杭州德飙新能源科技有限公司 一种生物质发电用秸秆包烘干装置

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EP2319770A1 (fr) * 2009-11-09 2011-05-11 Krones AG Dispositif et procédé destinés à l'étiquetage de récipients remplis
WO2013042543A1 (fr) * 2011-09-20 2013-03-28 キリンテクノシステム株式会社 Dispositif de retrait de gouttelettes d'eau pour bouteilles en verre

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FR2272023A1 (en) * 1974-05-22 1975-12-19 Remy Ets Pierre Bottleneck drying and wiping mechanism - uses rotary air jets in spiral pattern driving drops downwards for wiping off
US5012547A (en) * 1989-11-27 1991-05-07 Adolph Coors Company Apparatus for removing fluid particles from containers
EP1363096A1 (fr) * 2002-05-16 2003-11-19 Cames snc di Colla G. & Sardi G. Dispositif pour sécher la surface extérieure de bouteilles
EP2319770A1 (fr) * 2009-11-09 2011-05-11 Krones AG Dispositif et procédé destinés à l'étiquetage de récipients remplis
WO2013042543A1 (fr) * 2011-09-20 2013-03-28 キリンテクノシステム株式会社 Dispositif de retrait de gouttelettes d'eau pour bouteilles en verre

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JP2018096580A (ja) * 2016-12-09 2018-06-21 ディ・アイ・エンジニアリング株式会社 水滴除去装置
CN107777006A (zh) * 2017-11-20 2018-03-09 青岛德隆装备有限公司 一种多型化转换瓶型装置
CN109813083A (zh) * 2019-03-22 2019-05-28 杭州德飙新能源科技有限公司 一种生物质发电用秸秆包烘干装置

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