EP2955116A1 - Dispositif et procédé de guidage de produits dans des jattes de plaquettes thermoformées - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de guidage de produits dans des jattes de plaquettes thermoformées Download PDF

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EP2955116A1
EP2955116A1 EP14172275.1A EP14172275A EP2955116A1 EP 2955116 A1 EP2955116 A1 EP 2955116A1 EP 14172275 A EP14172275 A EP 14172275A EP 2955116 A1 EP2955116 A1 EP 2955116A1
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Dmytro Kostyrko
Andreas Maier
Lothar Kohn
Thomas Haller
Wolfgang Rodi
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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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/06—Separating single articles from loose masses of articles
    • B65B35/08—Separating single articles from loose masses of articles using pocketed conveyors
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/44—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
    • 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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/10—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
    • B65B5/101—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity
    • B65B5/103—Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles by gravity for packaging pills or tablets
    • 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
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
    • B65B9/04—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
    • B65B9/045—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material for single articles, e.g. tablets

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  • the invention relates to an apparatus and method for delivering products, such as tablets or dragees, into wells of blister strips.
  • blister packs containing a plurality of wells into which the pharmaceutical products, such as tablets or dragees, are often used for storing medicaments.
  • the pharmaceutical products such as tablets or dragees
  • blister packs usually long blister strips are filled with the tablets, sealed and then punched out individual blister packs.
  • These blister packs are usually supplied to a packaging station in the further packaging process, in which the blister packs, individually or as a blister pack stack, are inserted into folding boxes.
  • WO 2014/013310 A1 a device for feeding tablets in wells of a blister strip is known, which works with a circulating filling belt.
  • the filling belt has recesses for the tablets, which are first filled with tablets in a lower section of the filling belt.
  • the tablets are supported by a fixed support surface.
  • the tablets are dragged along the support surface, which has unwanted dust formation result.
  • the space requirement of the device in the lower portion of the filling belt is relatively high, because both the filling of the filling belt and the transfer of the tablets must take place in the blister strip in this section.
  • a device for filling patient-specific tablet containers which has a feed template and a control template arranged thereunder.
  • the feed template has a plurality of openings arranged in multiple rows.
  • the control template has a corresponding number of openings.
  • the control jig is positioned relative to the feed jig so that the control jig covers the openings of the feed jig.
  • control template is positioned relative to the loading template so that the apertures in the control template are aligned with a series of apertures in the loading template and thus the tablets through the openings in the loading template and the control template vertically down into the wells fall of the underlying tablet container.
  • such filling devices for individual packaging are not designed for the high speeds in the production of standard blister packs.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a flexible device for feeding products in wells of blister strips, with a high throughput is achieved in a small footprint and high reliability, and to provide a corresponding method for feeding products into wells of blister strips.
  • the device for feeding products, such as tablets or dragees, into cups of a blister strip comprises a plurality of transfer plates each having a grouping template in which a plurality of openings are formed.
  • the apparatus comprises a plurality of bottom plates which are movable relative to the respective grouping template such that in a transport position the bottom plate closes the openings of the grouping template from below, and in a release position the bottom plate exposes the openings of the grouping template.
  • At least one transfer plate moving unit serves to move each transfer plate along a circumferential trajectory with horizontal and vertical movement components between a receiving area in which each transfer plate is filled with products, and a delivery area in which the products of the
  • Transfer plate fall into the wells of the blister strip.
  • each transfer plate is oriented substantially horizontally.
  • each base plate is in the transport position and in the delivery area in the release position.
  • the receiving area and the discharge area are arranged in superimposed portions of the revolving trajectory, wherein the receiving area are arranged in an upper portion and the discharge area in a lower portion of the revolving trajectory.
  • the feeding device can be arranged in a space-saving manner over the conveying device for the blister strip.
  • both the filling of the transfer plates and the product transfer to the blister strip take place by utilizing the gravity from top to bottom.
  • the feeding device further comprises a conveying device for conveying the blister strip in a conveying direction, wherein the revolving trajectory of the transfer plates extends over the conveying device and the revolving trajectory has a lower movement section in which the transfer plates move in the conveying direction and has an upper trajectory section in that the transfer plates move in a direction opposite to the direction of conveyance.
  • the movement path in the form of an elongated, horizontal oval, whereby several transfer plates can be filled side by side at the same time and also for the transfer of the products of the transfer plates sufficient space remains on the blister strip. Overall, this promotes the rapid and continuous feeding of products.
  • each transfer plate is moved by the transfer plate moving unit continuously along the path of movement in the direction of rotation, which advantageously takes place a transfer of the products to a blister strip, while at the same time the blister strip is moved in the conveying direction. It is advantageous if the transfer plates are moved at the speed of the blister strips.
  • each transfer plate is clocked by the transfer plate moving unit along the movement path in the circulation direction.
  • the transfer plate moving unit includes a driving device with which the movement of each transfer plate along the revolving trajectory can be controlled independently of the other transfer plates, respectively. If each transfer plate is individually controllable, then the supply run, i. the time required to pick up, group, feed and transfer the products to the blister strip can be flexibly adjusted. This also opens up the possibility of using the feeding device as a kind of buffer device, and it is also possible to respond flexibly to disturbances in the device or in the further packaging process.
  • each base plate is a part of the corresponding transfer plate. This eliminates the need for a separate rotating drive and circumferential guides for each base plate, and it suffice, for example, pneumatic actuators for generating the lateral movement of the bottom plate relative to the Gruppéessschablone.
  • each bottom plate is formed as a continuous plate and is moved out completely in the release position under the Gruppéessschablone.
  • the advantage of this embodiment is that the bottom plate has a very simple structure and beyond can be used for different template sizes, ie the conversion to other tablet formats is simplified.
  • each bottom plate in each bottom plate a plurality of openings are formed, wherein the openings are arranged in the bottom plate in the transport position offset from the openings in the Grupp Anlagensschablone, and wherein the bottom plate is displaced in the release position such that the openings in the bottom plate are aligned with the openings in the grouping template.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partially in section, of an embodiment of the feeding device 2 according to the invention.
  • the feeding device 2 comprises a conveying device 3 for conveying a product to 6, preferably tablets, to be filled blister strip 4 in the conveying direction F.
  • the blister strip 4 comprises a plurality of wells. 5 for receiving the products 6 ( Fig. 3 ).
  • a blister strip 4 is understood in the context of the invention primarily a long blister band, which is sealed after filling in the further packaging process and from which finally individual blister packs are punched out.
  • a single blister pack can act as a blister strip 4.
  • the conveying device 3, which is shown only schematically in the figures, can be designed as a forceps feed.
  • the conveyor 3 moves the blister strip 4 clocked or preferably continuously forward.
  • the supply device 2 in a receiving area comprises a filling container 18, to which the products 6 are preferably supplied via feed tubes 26 as bulk material.
  • a filling of transfer plates 8 with the products 6 takes place.
  • the filling container 18 may be formed as a protruding part of a housing 14 of the feeding device 2.
  • rotating product distributor rollers 24 may be provided which brush the products 6 in designated openings 32 in the transfer plates 8 so that in each opening 32 exactly one product 6 is added. Scrapers may also be used, or other known technologies for securely filling the openings 32.
  • the products 6 are preferably located directly on the transfer plates 8 in the region of the filling container 18. In this respect, it is important that the juxtaposed transfer plates 8 always form a closed surface in the region of the filling container 18. For this reason, the transfer plates 8 must always be moved together in this area. A transfer plate 8 can only move away from the composite of the transfer plates 8 when it has left the region of the filling container 18.
  • Each of the plurality of transfer plates 8 comprises in each case a grouping template 28 with openings 32 arranged in longitudinal and transverse rows for receiving the products 6 (FIG. Fig. 3 ).
  • An associated bottom plate 30 arranged in the receiving area under each grouping template 28 closes off the openings 32 and supports the products 6 in the openings 32.
  • the bottom plate 30 is also a part of the transfer plate 8.
  • the grouping template 28 and the bottom plate 30 are arranged one above the other, wherein in the example shown, the bottom plate 30 has openings 34.
  • the products 6 are located in the openings 32 of the grouping template 28, while the bottom plate 30 is arranged relative to the grouping template 28 such that the openings 34 of the bottom plate 30 are offset from the openings 32 of the grouping template 28 and, accordingly, the bottom plate 30 the openings 32 of the grouping template 28 closes from below, so that the products 6 are held in the openings 32 of the grouping template 28.
  • the bottom plate 30 is formed continuously and has no openings 34.
  • the transfer plates 8 transport the products 6 along a circumferential movement path 13 from the receiving area in the region of the filling container 18 to a delivery area in which the products 6 are transferred from the transfer plates 8 to the blister strip 4.
  • This delivery area is in Fig. 2 framed and in Fig. 3 shown enlarged.
  • a transfer plate moving unit 10 having a conveyer 11 for driving each transfer plate 8 in the circulating direction P along the revolving trajectory 13.
  • the circumferential trajectory 13 in the present case has the shape of an elongated, horizontal oval.
  • the conveying device 3 is arranged with respect to the movement path 13 at such a height that in the lower section of the movement path 13 moving transfer plates 8 are moved directly above the conveyed in the conveying direction F blister strip 4.
  • a linear motor drive device is preferably used, on the runners, the transfer plates 8 are rotatably mounted.
  • each transfer plate 8 can be controlled independently of the other transfer plates 8.
  • the conveyor 11 is preferably arranged laterally of the movement path 13, for example in the region of the housing 14. The transfer plates 8 are moved laterally in a horizontal orientation next to the conveyor 11.
  • bottom plate 30 is formed as part of the transfer plate 8, it is automatically moved with this. Alternatively, a separate drive mechanism must be provided for the bottom plates 30.
  • the bottom plate 30 For transferring the products 6 in the discharge area from the transfer plate 8 into the blister strip 4, the bottom plate 30 is displaced relative to the grouping template 28 so far that the openings 34 in the bottom plate 30 are aligned with the openings 32 in the grouping template 28 and the products 6 fall into the underlying cups 5 of the blister strip 4. If the bottom plate 30 is formed continuously, it must be completely moved out of the region of the openings 32 so that the products 6 can fall down.
  • the movement of the bottom plates 30 is effected by a separate drive device, for example by a moving together with the transfer plate 8 pneumatic cylinder.
  • the products 6 which are present as bulk material are distributed into the openings 32 of the transfer plates 8 which are provided underneath.
  • the bottom plates 30 are in each case in a transport position, in which each bottom plate 30 closes the openings 32 of the associated grouping template 28 from below.
  • this transfer plate 8 is moved in the direction of rotation P, ie counterclockwise, along the movement path 13 to the delivery area, which is located in the illustrated example, under the receiving area.
  • the bottom plate 30 remains relative to the grouping template 28 in the transport position.
  • the transfer plates remain aligned horizontally during the entire movement, so turn accordingly when passing through the curve sections of the trajectory 13 in the opposite direction to the curve.
  • the transfer plate 8 is guided over the empty portion of the blister strip 4, such as Fig. 3 shows. Subsequently, the bottom plate 30 is made of the in Fig. 3 shown moved relative to the grouping template 28 in a release position, so that the openings 32 are exposed in the Gruppéessschablone 28 and the products 6 fall into the underlying wells 5 of the blister strip 4. At the time of transfer, the conveying device 3 and the transfer plate 8 preferably move at the same speed or both stand still.
  • the transfer plate 8 After the transfer plate 8 has been emptied, it is moved further along the movement path 13 in the direction of rotation P and returned to the receiving area in the region of the filling container 18 for the re-admission of products 6.
  • the number, shape and size of the transfer plates 8 is variable.
  • the receiving area can also be arranged in the lower section of the movement path 13, in front of the delivery area.
  • the movement patterns of the transfer plates 8 are arbitrarily adjustable.
  • the movement of the bottom plate 30 relative to the grouping template 28 can also take place via mechanical elements which are arranged in the delivery area and, for example, move the bottom plate 30 against the restoring force of a spring from the transport position to the release position.

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