EP3030513B1 - Procede et dispositif pour rincer de recipients - Google Patents

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EP3030513B1
EP3030513B1 EP14747873.9A EP14747873A EP3030513B1 EP 3030513 B1 EP3030513 B1 EP 3030513B1 EP 14747873 A EP14747873 A EP 14747873A EP 3030513 B1 EP3030513 B1 EP 3030513B1
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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
    • B67C3/02—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
    • B67C3/10—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 preliminary filling with inert gases, e.g. carbon dioxide
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
    • B08B9/283—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking by gas jets

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  • the invention relates to a method for rinsing containers with a purge gas according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a system for rinsing containers with a purge gas according to the independent claim 11.
  • Such a method and such a system are from the DE 199 39 521 A1 known.
  • Methods for filling, even pressure filling of containers are known in different designs. It is also known in this case to evacuate the respective container or its interior before filling and then to rinse with a purge gas formed by an inert gas (eg CO2 gas or serine air) to existing ambient air or another gas and / or vapor Remove medium from the container interior.
  • a purge gas formed by an inert gas (eg CO2 gas or serine air) to existing ambient air or another gas and / or vapor Remove medium from the container interior.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method which allows a particularly effective rinsing of the respective container interior with low consumption of purge gas.
  • a method according to claim 1 and a system for rinsing containers with a purge gas according to the independent claim 11 is formed.
  • a special feature of the invention is that when purging in a first process step, the container interior is evacuated by connecting to a vacuum source and then takes place in a second process step, the actual rinsing of the container by blowing the purge gas, wherein the container interior is further connected to the vacuum source, so that the blowing of the purge gas takes place in a vacuum or high vacuum in the container interior.
  • the evacuation of the container in the first process step of purging is carried out, for example, so that in the container, a pressure of about 0.05 to 0.4 bar, preferably a pressure of about 0.05 to 0.25 bar sets, ie a negative pressure of about 0.6 bar - 0.95 bar, preferably 0.75 to 0.95 bar relative to the ambient pressure.
  • the introduction or injection of the purge gas then takes place with such a pressure and / or with such a volume flow that in this case a pressure in the container interior of 0.46 bar - 0.9 bar, preferably pressures of 0.5 bar, 0.55 bar, 0.6 bar, 0.65 bar, 0.7 bar, 0.75 bar or 0.8 bar.
  • the advantage of the method according to the invention consists u. a. in an effective flushing of the bottle interior and in a significant reduction in the consumption of purge gas.
  • the method described above compared to rinsing processes, which are carried out under atmospheric or ambient pressure or at a pressure above atmospheric or ambient pressure, with up to 5 times lower Spülgasêt or Spülgasmenge.
  • containers are in particular those made of glass, also glass bottles or similarly stable containers made of metal or plastic, such as kegs, party kegs, reusable plastic bottles, etc. It is essential that the containers used in the method according to the invention have sufficient stability so that they are not deformed during evacuation to an undesirable extent or even destroyed.
  • container In sealing position with the treatment head or filling element befindaji container means in the context of the invention that the respective container in the manner known to those skilled with its container mouth tightly pressed against the treatment head or to the filling element or to a local seal.
  • the generally designated 1 in the figures filling element is provided together with a plurality of similar filling elements on the circumference of a vertical machine axis MA rotatably driven rotor 2 and forms together with a container carrier 3 a filling for filling, for example pressure filling of containers 4 in the form of bottles 4. These are made of glass, metal or plastic with sufficient strength.
  • a common Gregutkessel 5 is provided in the form of a ring vessel for all filling elements 1 of the filling system or filling machine, which is partially filled during the filling operation with the liquid contents, to form a lower liquid space 5.1 and an upper gas chamber 5.2, with an inert gas (eg CO2 gas or nitrogen) is filled under filling pressure.
  • an inert gas eg CO2 gas or nitrogen
  • the liquid space 5.1 is connected to a formed in the housing 6 of the filling element 1 liquid channel 7, which forms a vertical Gearelementachse FA concentrically enclosing annular discharge opening 8 on the underside of the filling element.
  • a liquid valve 9 is further provided, which is formed on a valve stem 10 formed valve body 11 is axially movable by an actuator, for opening and closing of the liquid valve 9.
  • the valve stem 10 is formed by a piece of pipe which is coaxially with the Golfelementachse FA disposed at its upper and at its lower, over the discharge opening 8 downwardly projecting end is open and forms a first gas channel 12, which at the top End of the valve stem 10 opens into a housing 6 formed in the first gas chamber 13.
  • a return gas pipe 14 is also arranged, which serves as the fill level in the bottle 4 determining element during filling and forms a second at the lower and upper end of the return gas pipe 14 open gas channel 15.
  • the gas channel 15 opens at the upper end of the return gas pipe 14 in a second formed in the housing 6 gas space 16.
  • the gas chambers 13 and 16 are part of different, the control valves 17.1 - 17.4 of the filling element 1 contained gas paths through which the gas channels 12 and 15 controlled by the Gas chamber 5.2 and can be connected to two annular channels 18 and 19, which are provided for all filling elements 1 of the filling machine or the filling system together.
  • the annular channel 18 serves, for example, to relieve the filled bottles 2 at the end of the respective filling process.
  • the annular channel 19 is acted upon during the filling operation with a vacuum or negative pressure, for example at a pressure of 0.05 bar - 0.25 bar or deviating therefrom.
  • the gas chamber 5.2 is charged during filling with the inert gas under pressure.
  • the peculiarity of the filling element or of the method carried out with this filling element consists in the special type and embodiment of purging the interior of the respective bottle 4 arranged in sealing position on the filling element 1 for displacing ambient air entrained in the bottle from the interior of the bottle.
  • the aim is an effective flushing of the bottle interior with low consumption of purge gas or inert gas.
  • the purge includes at least two steps.
  • a first method step is evacuated with closed liquid valve 9 and closed control valves 17.1, 17.2 and 17.4 via the open control valve 17.3, the gas space 13 and the gas channel 12, the interior of the bottle 2, for example, to a 95% vacuum or on a pressure in the range of 0.05 to 0.4 bar, preferably to a pressure in the range of 0.05 to 0.25 bar.
  • control valve 17.1 is then opened while the control valve 17.3 is still open, so that inert gas from the gas chamber 5.2 via the open control valve 17.1 and via a throttle 21, in which case a non-inventive fine throttle is shown in the gas space 16 and this centered over the gas channel 15, ie in the direction of the filling element axis FA down as flushing gas into the interior of the bottle 4 and in the local high vacuum is blown. Since the return gas pipe 14 extends far into the interior of the bottle 4 down, the purge gas exiting the return gas pipe 14 also reaches the bottom of the bottle 4, for example and the displaced by this from the interior of the bottle 4 air discharged into the annular channel 19.
  • the purge gas flow or the flow rate of the purge gas are throttled so far that the negative pressure which has set during flushing in the bottle 4 at the end of the first process step, only slightly increases, for example by about 0.1 bar - 0.4 bar, preferably by 0.1 bar - 0.2 bar, so that in the second process step results in an internal pressure or purging pressure in the bottle, which is still significantly below the ambient pressure, and for example about 0.46 bar - 0 , 8 bar amounts.
  • the supply of purge gas in the second step can be timed and without interruptions.
  • connection of the interior of the bottle 4 with the vacuum leading annular channel 19 is always open, as the flushing of the interior of the bottle is particularly intense. However, this is not mandatory.
  • the Fig. 4 shows as a further embodiment, a filling element 1a, which differs from the filling element 1 only in that the control valve 17.1 on the input side is not connected to the gas chamber 5.2, but with a source 22, which provides the purge gas at least with a certain overpressure. Due to the separate source 22, the pressure of the purge gas can be selected independently of the filling pressure, in such a way that the desired low purge pressure is easily achieved.
  • a pressure control to the desired pressure level and this with a arranged in the respective filling element, for example in the gas chamber 16 pressure sensor to monitor and / or control how he is in the Fig. 1 and 4 indicated by 23.
  • the regulation or control of the scavenging pressure then takes place according to the invention by means of a control valve arranged in the corresponding gas path for the purge gas and acting as throttle, which has at least two operating states, namely an operating state of low throttling and an operating state of higher throttling, but preferably also a third blocking state.
  • a control valve 24 is in the Fig. 5 shown very schematically.
  • the control valve 24 has a valve body 25 with a throttle-like narrowing flow channel 26 and an axially movable valve element 27, which releases the flow channel 26 depending on its position or additionally narrows or completely closes.
  • FIGS. 6 to 16 show further embodiments of the flushing system, and that formed in the form of a flushing and filling system.
  • 101 is a formed as a ring vessel Jetgutkessel a single-chamber filling system or a single-chamber filling machine rotating design for filling containers 102, which are shown as bottles, with a liquid product.
  • the product vessel 101 is part of a rotatable about a vertical machine axis rotatable rotor.
  • the product vessel 101 is partially filled with the contents so that a lower liquid space 101.1 occupied by the product 101.1 and above it a gas space 101.2 form in the interior of the product chamber 101, for example with an inert gas, eg CO2 gas or nitrogen or sterile air is filled.
  • an inert gas eg CO2 gas or nitrogen or sterile air
  • filling positions 103 are formed, each having a filling element 104 and a container carrier 105, on which the container 102 with its bottom and with which the container 102 during filling are arranged pressed with their container opening via a ring seal a centering tulip 106 in sealing position on the filling element 104.
  • each filling element 104 comprises a flat plate-like filling element housing 107, in which, inter alia, a liquid channel 108 is formed which communicates with the liquid space 101.1 via an opening 109 in the bottom of the filling material 101 and at the bottom of the Greelementgeophuses 107 forms an enclosed by the annular seal Bigutabgabeö réelle 110, via which the filling material flows into the respective container 102 during filling.
  • a liquid valve 111 controlling the discharge of the liquid contents to the respective container 102 is provided.
  • This consists essentially of a valve body 112, which bears against a formed in remplisstechnikskanal108 valve seat with closed liquid valve 111 and which is provided on a tubular and coaxial with a vertical Greelementachse FA valve tappet 113.
  • the valve body 112 In order to open and close the liquid valve, the valve body 112 is moved up and down in the filler element axis FA in the manner described in more detail below.
  • a first gas channel 114 is formed, which continues in a gas pipe 115, which extends in a sealing position on the filling element 104 container 102 through the container opening into the headspace of the container 102 and there at its lower end, the lower opening of the first gas channel 114 forms.
  • a first gas valve 116 is provided which is formed by a partially received in an upper part length of the gas channel 114 and arranged coaxially with the Greelementachse FA, hollow needle gas valve body 117 which is raised to open the first gas valve 116 relative to the valve stem 113 and for closing the first gas valve 116 is lowered relative to the valve stem 113, so that a preferably arranged at the lower end of the gas valve body 117 valve surface abuts against a valve seat formed in the first gas channel 114 and thereby blocks the first gas valve 116.
  • the hollow needle-like gas valve body 117 has an outer cross-section, which is selected so that the gas channel 114 this valve body 117 spaced from enclosing to the upper, open end of the valve stem 113 continues.
  • a second gas channel 121 is formed, which runs coaxially with the first gas channel 114, and preferably the Gas valve body 117 passes through one of its entire length.
  • the gas valve body 117 thus forms a tubular valve body which opens fluid-tight at a first, lower free end with the first gas valve 116 closed in the first gas channel and at its second, upper free end an opening 124 which forms a second gas valve 123, which in the manner described in more detail below can be opened or closed.
  • an actuating element 118 which is preferably a pneumatic actuating element 118, is preferably provided on the upper side of the product container 101 and furthermore preferably outside this product chamber 101.
  • the actuating element 118 acts on the upper end of the gas valve body 117 via a tappet 119 arranged coaxially with the filling element axis FA and an adapter 120.
  • a control section 117.1 is provided at this upper end of the gas valve body 117, which expands the gas valve body 117 on the free end side radially outward, so that an outward gradation of the gas valve body 117 results.
  • the actuating element 118 is controlled for example by non-illustrated electro-pneumatic control valves for a controlled, two-stage axial movement of the plunger 119 and thus of the adapter 120 formed in the Greelementachse FA and consists for this purpose of two control chambers forming pneumatic lifting elements, which in the illustrated embodiment as a piston Cylinder assemblies 118a and 118b are formed.
  • the piston 118.2 of the piston-cylinder assembly 118a is provided directly on the plunger 119, i. the latter forms the piston rod of this piston-cylinder arrangement 118a.
  • the piston 118.1 of the upper piston-cylinder arrangement 118b is provided on a further piston rod, which is also arranged coaxially with the Greelementachse FA.
  • a bellows seal seals the passage area of the plunger 119 through the top of the product container 101.
  • the piston rod of the upper piston-cylinder assembly 118b forms a stop member for the piston rod of the lower piston-cylinder assembly 118a, so that the stroke of the lower piston-cylinder arrangement 118a is limited by the upper piston-cylinder arrangement 118b.
  • the stroke of the piston rod of the lower piston-cylinder arrangement 118a is limited to the partial stroke H1.
  • the lower piston-cylinder arrangement 118a can make an enlarged stroke, and although a stroke corresponding to the sum of the partial strokes H1, H2 (H1 + H2).
  • the adapter 120 arranged on the plunger 119 has a hook-shaped section 120a with a control surface 120.1, which is designed to engage behind the control section 117.1 of the gas valve body 117. Furthermore, the adapter 120 has a surface section 120.2 which cooperates with the opening 124 provided on the top side of the gas valve body or with a sealing surface provided there to form the second gas valve 123. When the surface section 120.2 abuts the sealing surface of the opening 124, the control surface 120.1 engaging behind the control section 117.1 of the gas valve body 117 is spaced apart in the axial direction from the control section 117.1.
  • the axial distance between the control surface 120.1 and the surface portion 120.2 of the adapter 120 along the vertical Greelementachse FA is preferably equal to or greater than the partial stroke H1.
  • the surface portion 120.2 of the adapter 120 is opposite to the provided at the opening 124 seal on, so that second gas valve 123 is closed.
  • the gas valve body 117 is thereby fully inserted into the first gas channel 114, so that the first gas valve 116 is closed, ie, the second gas channel 121 is fluid-tightly connected to the first gas channel 114.
  • the second gas channel 121 has a reduced channel cross-section compared to the first gas channel 114.
  • a throttle may additionally be provided, which likewise causes throttling of the gas feed from the gas space 101. 2 into the container 102.
  • the plunger 119 can be raised by the lower piston-cylinder assembly 118a by the stroke corresponding to the sum of the partial strokes H1 and H2, and at enforcement This stroke of the gas valve body 117 is at least partially pulled out by the engagement of the control section 117.1 by the control surface 120.1 from the first gas channel 114 upwards and thus the first gas valve 116 is opened.
  • FIG. 6 shows the filling element 104 and the actuating element 118 in a first operating state, ie in a state in which both the liquid valve 111 and the gas valves 116 and 123 are closed.
  • the container 102 is pressed by means of the container carrier 105 from below to the annular seal in the region of the centering tulip 106, so that the container 102 is in sealing position on the filling element 104.
  • the vacuum source 130 and the control valve 128 are in this case preferably controlled such that in the interior of the container 102, a pressure of 0 , 05 - 0,4bar.
  • the container 102 is evacuated to a 95% vacuum.
  • the second gas valve 123 is opened in the manner described above, ie by raising the plunger 119 by the actuator 118 to the partial stroke H1, so that the surface portion 120.2 is lifted from the seal in the region of the opening 124.
  • a continuous gas channel is released between the gas space 101.2 and the container interior, via the opening 124, the second gas channel 121, the first gas channel 114 connected in fluid-tight manner to the second gas channel 121 and the gas pipe 115.
  • the gas contained in the gas space 101.2 Inertgases preferably CO2
  • a purging of the container 102 is effected.
  • the container interior remains connected via the channel 129 with the vacuum source 130, so that the displaced by the incoming purge gas is sucked air. This results in a particularly intensive or effective flushing of the interior of the container 102.
  • the purge gas exiting from the gas pipe 115 passes u.a.
  • the purge gas flow or the volumetric flow of the purge gas are throttled to such an extent that the negative pressure that occurs during the Set vacuum before introducing the purge gas, only slightly increases by the rinsing, for example, by about 0.05 bar - 0.2 bar.
  • the supply of purge gas can be timed and without interruptions. Alternatively, the supply of purge gas but also at intervals, so take place in several sub-steps.
  • the container interior may continue to be connected to the vacuum source 130 via the channel 129 and the control valve 128, such that the container 102 preferably is vacuumed to the original negative pressure before the beginning of the rinsing process.
  • This further increases the efficiency of the rinsing process.
  • FIG. 9 In order to achieve the fastest possible biasing of the subsequently to be filled container 102 to the filling pressure, is, as in FIG.
  • the piston rod of the upper piston-cylinder assembly 118b moved to an upper position, so that the piston rod of the lower piston-cylinder assembly 118a can make the maximum stroke, which is equal to the partial sum of the partial strokes H1 + H2, and the first gas valve 116 is opened, which releases a considerably larger volume flow from the gas space 101.2 in the container interior.
  • the spring force of the pressure spring designed as opening spring 125 is dimensioned such that the spring force is slightly greater than the force acting on the valve body 112 and the valve stem 113 gravity or on the valve body 112 acting liquid column of the contents contained in the product container 101 (neglecting friction effects).
  • the valve body 112 preferably has a gas barrier 112.1 in the region immediately above the valve cone, by means of which an automatic termination of the filling process is effected after immersion of the gas tube 115 in the level of contents in the container 102.
  • the gas barrier 112.1 thereby causes the gas to rise from the head space of the container 102 past the valve body 112 into the liquid space 101.1 of the product container 101.
  • the closing of the liquid valve 111 of the filling element 104 takes place actively by the action of the actuating element 118 on the valve tappet 113.
  • the action of the actuating element 118 on the valve tappet 113 takes place by means of the adapter 120, specifically with a control surface 120.3 provided on the hook-shaped section 120a of the adapter 120 which runs, for example, parallel to the control surface 120.1 and facing it.
  • the control surface 120.3 acts together with a flange-like upper-side portion of the valve stem 113.
  • FIG. 14 After closing the liquid valve 111 and the gas valves 116, 123 takes place, as in FIG. 14 shown relieving the container interior to ambient pressure, for example, by connecting the container interior via the channel 129 and the control valve 131 with the ambient air. Relieving may in this case preferably take place stepwise over a plurality of expansion steps and / or using a throttle in the channel 129.
  • the container 102 can be deducted from the sealing position of the filling element 104, for example by lowering the container carrier 105.
  • FIG. 15 shows an alternative embodiment of the in the FIGS. 6-14 shown filling system.
  • the basic structure of the filling system is identical to the previously described structure of the filling system according to FIGS. 6-14 , so that only the differences of the alternative embodiment to the previously described embodiment will be explained below.
  • the filling system is formed as described above.
  • the filling system has a further gas space 126, preferably by a different gas compared to the gas contained in the gas space 101.2, for example nitrogen (N 2 ), a vaporous medium or the like. is included. Alternatively, CO 2 may also be contained in the gas space 126.
  • a different gas compared to the gas contained in the gas space 101.2, for example nitrogen (N 2 ), a vaporous medium or the like. is included. Alternatively, CO 2 may also be contained in the gas space 126.
  • the gas chamber 126 is connected via a control valve 132 and via a preferably flexible conduit 133 to the piston rod of the actuating element 118, in which an axially extending third gas channel 134 is introduced, ie the third gas channel 134 extends through the piston rod in the longitudinal direction, preferably along the Greelementachse FA ,
  • the third gas channel 134 is connected at its lower end via the opening 124 with the second gas channel 121, with the second gas valve 123 closed, in which the surface portion 120.2 of the adapter 120 with respect to the opening 124 is present.
  • the first gas valve 116 is also closed, so that a continuous gas channel from the further gas chamber 126 via the line 133, the third gas channel 134, the second gas channel 121, the first gas channel 114 and the gas pipe 115 into the container interior consists.
  • the essential advantage of this alternative embodiment is that a more favorable compared to CO2 process gas or inert gas can be stored in the other gas space 126, which is used in particular for biasing the container 102.
  • the actuator 118 may in this case be designed in particular for effecting a single-stage stroke, wherein the stroke is dimensioned such that only an opening of the second gas valve 123 is effected by the actuating element 118, so that when lifting the plunger 119 and the associated opening of the second gas valve 123, the gas contained in the gas chamber 101.2, as described above, throttled when the control valve 132 is closed is supplied to the container interior for purging, the biasing of the container 102, however, with closed first and second gas valve 116, 123 by opening the control valve 132 in the other Gas space 126 contained process gas is supplied to the container interior.
  • a more cost-effective filling of the container 102 can be achieved.
  • the filling system may also have a Trinox functionality in which a Trinox gas is supplied to the headspace of the container 102 via a Trinox channel 135 coupled to the channel 129 from a Trinox headspace 136 to thereby achieve a fill level adjustment within the container 102 , in such a way that the level of contents within the container 102 corresponds to the lower edge of the gas pipe 115.
  • the filling material which is located above the lower edge of the gas pipe 115, is conveyed via the gas pipe 115, the first gas channel 114, the second gas channel 121 and the third gas channel 134 and the line 133 in the direction of the connection channel 137 , which controls the line 133 controlled by a control valve with the interior of the product container 101.
  • the contents 102 overfilling the container can be supplied to the product container 101 via this path.
  • FIG. 16 shows another alternative embodiment of the filling system similar to the embodiment according to FIG. 15 .
  • the essential difference from the embodiment according to FIG. 15 consists firstly in that in the region of the second gas channel 121 of the gas valve body 117, no throttle for reducing the gas flow through the hollow needle gas valve body 117 is provided but the throttle is moved to the outside, in the region of line 133, the third gas passage 134 with the further gas space 126 connects. Furthermore, the line 133 between the third gas channel 134 and the further gas chamber 126 at least one branch point 138, by means of which the channel formed in the conduit 133 branches into two or more mutually parallel channels 139, 140, wherein all of these parallel channels 139, 140 open into the further gas chamber 126.
  • a control valve 132a, 132b is provided, by means of which the individual channels 139, 140 are each independently openable or closable to establish a connection between the third gas channel 134 and the other gas chamber 126 to be able to.
  • Throttles 141, 142 are respectively provided in the mutually parallel channels 139, 140, by means of which the volume flow through the respective channels 139, 140 is limited.
  • the throttles 141, 142 of the channels 139, 140 are dimensioned differently, so that in the channels 139, 140, a different volume flow can be effected.
  • the throttle 141 has a smaller bore than the throttle 142, so that the throttle 141 allows a lower volume flow than the throttle 142 (each at a constant pressure within the further gas chamber 126).
  • the volume flow through the third gas channel 134 or the line 133 can be changed by the selection of the opened channel 139 or 140, depending on the type of rinsing method.
  • This is of considerable advantage in particular if filling of the containers with vacuum support (eg glass bottles) or without vacuum support (eg PET bottles) can take place on the filling element, because, depending on the prevailing in the container to be filled rinsing the volume flow in the other gas space 126 can be changed.
  • the rinsing of the bottles 2 or other containers takes place in a rinsing phase of a filling process with the filling elements 1 or 1a.
  • the rinsing of the containers can also be effected via other treatment heads which are not filling elements, for example in a machine or component of a system preceding a filling machine.

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  1. Procédé pour rincer des récipients (2, 102) avec un gaz de rinçage avant leur remplissage en utilisant une tête de traitement (1, 1a, 104), au niveau de laquelle le récipient (2, 102) concerné est agencé en position étanche lors du rinçage et par le biais de laquelle le gaz de rinçage est introduit dans le récipient (2, 102) et le gaz de rinçage ainsi qu'un milieu sous forme gazeuse et/ou vapeur refoulé par celui-ci, par exemple de l'air est évacué du récipient (2, 102), et dans lequel le récipient (2, 102) est évacué avant l'introduction du gaz de rinçage respectivement soumis au vide d'une source de vide (19, 130),
    dans lequel pendant l'introduction du gaz de rinçage dans le récipient (2, 102), celui-ci continue d'être relié à la source de vide (19, 130),
    dans lequel l'introduction du gaz de processus pour la précontrainte du récipient (2, 102) et l'introduction du gaz de processus pour le rinçage du récipient (2, 102) se fait au moyen de différentes vannes de gaz (116, 123),
    caractérisé en ce que la pression et/ou le débit volumique du gaz de rinçage introduit dans le récipient (2, 102) ainsi que la dépression de la source de vide (19, 130) sont réglés de sorte qu'une pression de rinçage, qui se situe entre 0,46 et 0,9 bar, se règle pour le gaz de rinçage traversant l'espace intérieur de récipient dans le récipient (2, 102),
    et que
    la pression de rinçage est surveillée et/ou commandée dans le récipient à l'aide d'un capteur de pression (23),
    et que dans une première étape de procédé, le récipient (2, 102) est évacué à une pression dans la plage entre 0,05 bar et 0,4 bar, et dans une deuxième étape de procédé successive, l'introduction ou le soufflage du gaz de rinçage dans le récipient (2, 102) a lieu et ce de sorte que la pression dans le récipient (2, 102) augmente par l'introduction ou le soufflage du gaz de rinçage à 0,46 à 0,9 bar et que la régulation ou commande de la pression de rinçage se fait par une soupape de commande (24) agissant en tant qu'étrangleur et agencée dans le trajet de gaz correspondant pour le gaz de rinçage, laquelle présente au moins deux états de fonctionnement, à savoir un état de fonctionnement à faible étranglement et un état de fonctionnement à grand étranglement.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la liaison du récipient (2) à la source de vide (19) se fait par le biais d'un premier canal de gaz (14) réalisé dans la tête de traitement (1, 1a) et l'introduction du gaz de rinçage se fait par le biais d'un deuxième canal de gaz (15) réalisé dans la tête de traitement (1, 1a).
  3. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'introduction du gaz de rinçage dans le récipient (2, 102) se fait centrée.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'introduction du gaz de rinçage dans le récipient (2, 102) se fait par le biais d'un tube de gaz ou de gaz de retour (14, 115) pénétrant dans l'espace intérieur de récipient.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que du CO2 ou de l'azote est utilisé en tant que gaz de rinçage, de préférence en un espace de gaz présentant le gaz de rinçage sous pression et étranglé par un étrangleur (21, 122).
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que dans un système de traitement avec plusieurs têtes de traitement (1, 1a, 104), la pression de rinçage est surveillée et/ou commandée pour chaque tête de traitement (1, 1a, 104) avec un capteur de pression autonome (23).
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que dans un système de traitement avec plusieurs têtes de traitement (1, 1a, 104), la pression de rinçage est surveillée et/ou commandée pour l'ensemble des têtes de traitement (1, 1a, 104) avec un capteur de pression (23) unique, prévu au niveau d'une tête de traitement (1, 1a, 104).
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la tête de traitement est un élément de remplissage (1, 1a, 104) d'un système de remplissage pour le remplissage des récipients (2, 102) avec un produit de remplissage fluide.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que dans un système de remplissage pour le remplissage sous pression des récipients (2, 102) à partir d'une cuve de produit de remplissage (5, 101) sous une pression de remplissage, le gaz de rinçage est mis à disposition par une source (22) indépendante de la cuve de produit de remplissage (5, 101).
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un débit volumique en gaz de processus introduit pour la précontrainte du récipient (2, 102) avant l'opération de remplissage dans l'espace intérieur de récipient est supérieur au débit volumique du gaz de processus lors du rinçage du récipient (2, 102).
  11. Système pour rincer des récipients (2, 102) avec un gaz de rinçage avant leur remplissage en utilisant une tête de traitement (1, 1a, 104), qui est réalisée pour l'agencement du récipient (2, 102) concerné en position étanche lors du rinçage et pour l'introduction du gaz de rinçage dans le récipient, dans lequel des moyens d'évacuation du gaz de rinçage ainsi que du milieu sous forme gazeuse et/ou vapeur refoulé par celui-ci, par exemple de l'air hors du récipient sont prévus au niveau de la tête de traitement (1, 1a, 104), et dans lequel un dispositif d'évacuation du récipient avant l'introduction du gaz de rinçage est prévu,
    dans lequel le système est réalisé de sorte que pendant l'introduction du gaz de rinçage dans le récipient (2, 102), celui-ci continue d'être relié à la source de vide (19, 130), dans lequel différentes vannes de gaz (116, 123) sont prévues pour l'introduction du gaz de processus pour la précontrainte du récipient (2, 102) et pour l'introduction du gaz de processus pour le rinçage du récipient (2, 102), caractérisé en ce que la pression et/ou le débit volumique du gaz de rinçage introduit dans le récipient (2, 102) ainsi que la dépression de la source de vide (19, 130) sont réglés de sorte qu'une pression de rinçage, qui se situe entre 0,46 et 0,9 bar, se règle pour le gaz de rinçage traversant l'espace intérieur de récipient dans le récipient (2, 102),
    et que la pression de rinçage peut être surveillée et/ou commandée dans le récipient à l'aide d'un capteur de pression (23),
    et que dans une première étape de procédé, le récipient (2, 102) peut être évacué à une pression dans la plage entre 0,05 bar et 0,4 bar, et dans une deuxième étape de procédé successive, l'introduction ou le soufflage du gaz de rinçage dans le récipient (2, 102) a lieu et ce de sorte que la pression dans le récipient (2, 102) augmente par l'introduction ou le soufflage du gaz de rinçage à 0,46 à 0,9 bar, et que la régulation ou commande de la pression de rinçage se fait par une soupape de commande agissant en tant qu'étrangleur et agencée dans le trajet de gaz correspondant pour le gaz de rinçage, laquelle présente au moins deux états de fonctionnement, à savoir un état de fonctionnement à faible étranglement et un état de fonctionnement à grand étranglement.
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