EP3085353B1 - Kapselfüllmaschine - Google Patents

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EP3085353B1
EP3085353B1 EP16166437.0A EP16166437A EP3085353B1 EP 3085353 B1 EP3085353 B1 EP 3085353B1 EP 16166437 A EP16166437 A EP 16166437A EP 3085353 B1 EP3085353 B1 EP 3085353B1
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Jan Fabian Scheffler
Daniel Malick
Jan-Eric Kruse
Thomas Heinrich
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J3/00—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
    • A61J3/07—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
    • A61J3/071—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use into the form of telescopically engaged two-piece capsules
    • A61J3/074—Filling capsules; Related operations
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/52—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using roller-ways or endless 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/40—Removing separate lids
    • 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
    • B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/02—Driving gear
    • 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
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers

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  • the invention relates to a capsule filling machine for filling capsules composed of a capsule upper part and a capsule base, comprising a machine housing, in which a machine table is arranged and a delivery wheel, on whose circumference a plurality of capsule holders is provided, each having a plurality of capsule receptacles for each one Have capsule, further comprising a likewise arranged in the machine housing prinradantrieb, with the conveyor wheel can be cyclically rotated so that move the capsule holder cyclically along a conveyor track, and comprising a plurality of arranged along the conveyor track on or on the machine table and also in The process stations arranged at least one feed station for supplying to be filled capsules in the capsule receptacles, at least one opening station for opening the capsules to be filled by separating the Kapselobert at least one filling station for filling the capsule bottoms with material to be filled, at least one closing station for closing the filled capsules by connecting the capsule tops to the capsule bottoms, and at least one ejection
  • control cabinets which receive the machine computer for controlling the capsule filling machine.
  • the cabinet is either permanently attached to the machine housing, for example flanged, in known capsule filling machines, or is installed as an external control cabinet separately from the machine housing, either in the same space as the capsule filling machine or in a separate technical room.
  • an external control cabinet When used an external control cabinet, the necessary connection lines for the control of the capsule filling machine from the cabinet via the bottom, channels or other protected or unprotected cable routes are guided to the capsule filling machine and connected to the corresponding components of the capsule filling machine.
  • control cabinet If, however, the control cabinet is located in an external technical room, maintenance is difficult. From a critical length of the guided from the cabinet to the capsule filling lines leads to transmission problems or costly signal converter must be used. For connection, large interfaces or connector panels are required. A retrofitting of modules is difficult.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a capsule filling machine of the type mentioned, in which the cabinet can be arranged while avoiding the disadvantages mentioned above.
  • lines routed through the production room should be avoided as much as possible.
  • the accessibility to the capsule filling machine should not be affected.
  • Such clocked capsule filling machines have an example designed as a turntable conveyor wheel, on the periphery of a plurality of capsule holders is provided for receiving the capsules to be filled.
  • the feed wheel is cyclically moved along a plurality of arranged along the circumference of the feed wheel process stations, the capsule holder cyclically through the process station.
  • Such capsule filling machines form so-called rotary machines.
  • the conveyor wheel passes through downtimes and movement times.
  • the switching time defines the time in which the capsule holders are moved from one process station to the next process station. This is determined by the movement time of the feed wheel.
  • the rest time defines the time in which the capsule holders each remain at the process stations for carrying out the respective process. This is determined by the downtime of the feed wheel.
  • the clocked movement of the capsule holder is realized in the prior art usually by a stepping gear, which is driven by the conveyor wheel drive.
  • the step-by-step gearbox converts a constant speed of the conveyor wheel drive into step movements and thus into switching and rest periods.
  • the respective required drive of the process stations is realized by the conveyor wheel drive via mechanical cam disks.
  • the process stations have process drives which can be controlled separately from the conveyor wheel drive. There are thus no mechanical stepper or mechanical cams required. This makes it possible to decouple the rest time from the switching time, which brings advantages in terms of flexibility of the process flow with it.
  • Another advantageous effect of the process drives to be controlled separately is that space is created in the machine housing by dispensing with the stepping gear or the mechanical cams, which allows the arrangement of the control cabinet according to the invention in the machine housing.
  • the control cabinet On account of the integration of the control cabinet into the machine housing according to the invention, it is possible on the one hand to dispense with disruptive lines in the production space receiving the capsule filling machine. At the same time, the accessibility to the capsule filling machine is not hindered.
  • the cabinet is adapted in a suitable manner to the space in the machine housing. In particular, this relates to the appropriate selection of the components of the cabinet and the spatial arrangement of the same (drives, computers, terminals, etc.).
  • an important advantage of the invention lies in a machine housing, which is easily accessible from all sides, and thus process space of the capsule filling machine. This facilitates cleaning, shortens the cleaning time and improves the quality of cleaning. This leads to a cost saving.
  • the configuration is simplified, the on-site installation is faster and safer, as no energy and / or control cables need to be laid on site.
  • the capsule filling machine can be set up faster, more reliably and more cheaply in another location.
  • the footprint of the capsule filling machine is reduced in size compared to both conventional control cabinet variants. Elaborate plug connections and connection fields outside the machine housing can be omitted. The signal quality is improved.
  • the assembly is simplified by pre-assembled cable lengths and thus more cost-effective, since the required cable lengths can be standardized within the machine housing. Overall, the manufacturing costs are reduced because external fasteners are eliminated and the existing machine housing shared with the control cabinet can be. For machine maintenance, further advantages result from better accessibility compared to the prior art. As mentioned, a plurality of lines no longer has to be guided through the production space accommodating the capsule filling machine. On the contrary, a connection to communication between an external operating unit and the control cabinet arranged in the machine housing and an electrical power supply suffice.
  • the conveyor wheel drive may be an electric servo drive, comprising a servomotor driving the conveyor wheel in rotation via a transmission, or the conveyor wheel drive may be a direct drive, in particular a torque drive.
  • the process drives can be drives from the group of electric servo drives, direct drives, in particular torque drives, and linear drives.
  • the said drives, in particular electric servo drives, are characterized by a small footprint and thus facilitate the inventive arrangement of the cabinet in the machine housing on.
  • the cabinet may be arranged according to a further embodiment in a free space below the machine table on a bottom plate of the machine housing.
  • This space is particularly suitable for the control cabinet, since this is then indeed arranged in the machine housing, but spatially separated from the operating components of the capsule filling machine, in particular the feed wheel and the process stations, receiving process space below the machine table.
  • the machine table is arranged on a support plate, below which there is the space receiving the control cabinet.
  • the support plate on the one hand provides the required stability for receiving the operating components of the capsule filling machine.
  • a separation can be realized by the support plate Be sure that meets the possibly high purity requirements in the area of the operating components of the capsule filling machine receiving process space safely without the cabinet receiving space must meet the same purity requirements.
  • the support plate thus separates the process space from the free space accommodating the control cabinet.
  • the function of the support plate can alternatively be met by the machine table itself. In principle, of course, other placement locations of the cabinet in the machine housing are conceivable.
  • a removal device with which the cabinet is removed from the machine housing.
  • the removal device may comprise rails arranged on a base plate of the machine housing, on which the control cabinet is arranged.
  • the rails can be telescopic rails, so that the control cabinet can be moved out of the machine housing by extending the telescopic rails.
  • the aforementioned embodiments allow easy removal of the cabinet for maintenance or repair or the like from the machine housing.
  • the control cabinet can stand up directly on the rails, for example via rollers or sliding elements or fixedly arranged on the rails. But it can also be arranged indirectly on the rails, for example on a rail arranged on the support plate or the like. Due to the design as telescopic rails, these and thus the control cabinet can be moved out of the machine housing in a particularly simple manner.
  • an operating unit for operating the machine computer can be provided by an operator outside of the machine housing.
  • the operating unit may comprise an operating display, for example a touch display or the like.
  • the operating unit can be arranged next to and separate from the machine housing and communicate with the machine computer wirelessly or via a wired connection.
  • the operating unit can be arranged as a pure operating terminal next to the capsule filling machine, for example on a suitable stand or the like.
  • the operating unit is arranged on a holder fixed to the machine housing and communicates wirelessly above a guided by or on the holder wired connection with the machine computer.
  • the operating unit may be arranged on a gallows or the like fastened to the machine housing.
  • the capsule filling machine shown in the figures for filling capsules composed of a capsule upper part and a capsule lower part, for example hard gelatine capsules comprises a machine housing 10.
  • the machine housing 10 is subdivided by a support plate 12 into an upper and a lower part.
  • the operating components of the capsule filling machine as in Fig. 2 schematically shown at reference numeral 14.
  • These operating components include a machine table and a conveyor wheel, on the periphery of a plurality is provided by capsule holders, each having a plurality of capsule receptacles for each capsule.
  • these operating components include a conveyor wheel drive, with which the feed wheel can be cyclically rotated, so that the capsule holder move in cycles along a conveyor track.
  • the operating components comprise a plurality of process stations arranged along or at the machine table along the conveyor track, specifically at least one feed station for feeding capsules to be filled into the capsule receptacles, at least one opening station for opening the capsules to be filled by separating the capsule tops from the capsule bottoms at least one filling station for filling the capsule bottoms with material to be filled, at least one closing station for closing the filled capsules by connecting the capsule tops to the capsule bottoms, and at least one ejection station for ejecting the filled capsules.
  • the basic structure of a capsule filling machine is known per se.
  • the process stations of the capsule filling machine according to the invention thereby have process drives for their operation, which in the present case are controllable independently of the conveyor wheel drive and are also part of the operating components.
  • a switchgear cabinet 16 which contains inter alia a machine computer for the operation of the capsule filling machine, in particular the control of the conveyor wheel drive and the process drives.
  • a machine computer for the operation of the capsule filling machine, in particular the control of the conveyor wheel drive and the process drives.
  • the support plate 12 forms a tight separation between the process chamber of the capsule filling machine forming upper part of the machine housing 10 and the free space for the cabinet 16 forming the lower part of the machine housing 10th
  • the control cabinet 16 is arranged on telescopic rails 18, which in turn are arranged on the bottom plate of the machine housing 10. By removing the telescopic rails 18, the cabinet 16 can be removed from the machine housing 10 for service or repair.
  • an operating unit 20 with an operating display 22 for operating the machine computer by an operator.
  • the operating unit 20 is supported by a stand 24 with a foot 26 on the floor of the production room and communicates in the example shown via a wireless connection 28 with the machine computer of the cabinet.

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