EP3124387B1 - Machine d'emballage par emboutissage - Google Patents

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EP3124387B1
EP3124387B1 EP15179067.2A EP15179067A EP3124387B1 EP 3124387 B1 EP3124387 B1 EP 3124387B1 EP 15179067 A EP15179067 A EP 15179067A EP 3124387 B1 EP3124387 B1 EP 3124387B1
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Christian Lau
Elmar Ehrmann
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/12—Feeding webs from rolls
    • B65B41/14—Feeding webs from rolls by grippers

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  • the invention relates to a thermoforming packaging machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • thermoforming packaging machine with several transport means in the form of transport chains, also called staple chains.
  • a sub-web is transported in a front area from a first staple chain to a transition area where it is picked up by a second staple chain and transported along a rear area of the thermoforming packaging machine to a cutting station.
  • a disadvantage of such a thermoforming packaging machine that the staple chain can be contaminated in the loading area or in an insertion station of products and a complex cleaning can be the result.
  • EP-A-2 857 317 a thermoforming packaging machine according to the preamble of claim 1 is known.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an improved thermoforming packaging machine which minimizes fouling of staple chains or prevents contamination of products by soiled staple chains.
  • thermoforming packaging machine with the features of claim 1.
  • Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.
  • thermoforming packaging machine comprises a forming station, an insertion station, a sealing station and a cutting station and a film transport device with at least one staple chain for transporting a lower film web in a production direction, wherein unformed portions of the lower film web are movable in a horizontal film plane along the stations and wherein a first chain guide device of a upper chain center of the staple chain in an upper chain guide level in the region of the forming station, the sealing station and the cutting station is provided.
  • the thermoforming packaging machine according to the invention is characterized in that a second chain guide device of the upper chain center of the staple chain is provided in a lower chain guide plane in the region of the insertion station.
  • the lower chain guide plane is lower than a lower surface of troughs formed in the lower film web, to maximize the distance between the lower film web and the staple chain.
  • the lower chain guide plane is parallel to the upper chain guide plane to allow a simple construction.
  • a first Kettenumlenkvorettiiques downstream of the forming station is provided to deflect the upper chain guide from the upper chain guide level in the lower chain guide plane. This ensures a secure holding of the lower film web in the area of the forming station.
  • a second Kettenumlenkvoretti preferably upstream of the sealing station is provided to deflect the upper chain center from the lower chain guide level in the upper chain guide plane. This ensures secure holding of the lower film web and / or upper film web in the region of the sealing station.
  • the upper warp center which is aligned within the insertion station parallel to the film transport plane protected by a cover from above against contamination or enclosed by a tunnel to fouling of the upper chain center of the staple chain in the region of the insertion station by the side of the lower film web falling down or to prevent dripping product residues.
  • the lower chain center which is aligned within the insertion station parallel to the film transport plane, protected by a cover from above against contamination or enclosed by a tunnel.
  • the tunnel is designed, for example, in one or more parts and preferably has cleaning openings on its underside.
  • Fig. 1 1 shows a forming station 2, an inserting station 3, a sealing station 4, a cutting station 5 with a cross-cutting device 5a and a longitudinal cutting device 5b, which in this order in a production direction R on a machine frame 6 are arranged.
  • a feed roller 7 On the input side is located on the machine frame 6, a feed roller 7, from which a lower film web 8 is withdrawn.
  • a material reservoir 9 is provided, from which a top film web 10 is drawn off.
  • a discharge device 11 is provided in the form of a conveyor belt, are transported with the finished, isolated packaging 12.
  • thermoforming packaging machine 1 has a film transport device 13, which grips the lower film web 8 and, in a main working cycle, transports it cyclically in a film plane E in the production direction R.
  • the film transport device 13 can be realized, for example, by one or more clip chains 14 arranged laterally of the lower film web 8.
  • the forming station 2 is formed as a thermoforming station in which depressions 15 are formed in the lower film web 8 by deep drawing.
  • the forming station 2 can be designed such that in the direction perpendicular to the production direction R several troughs are formed side by side.
  • products 16 are inserted into the wells 15 and the wells 15 filled with the product 16.
  • the troughs 15 have an underside 15a.
  • the sealing station 4 has a closable chamber 17 in which the atmosphere in the wells 15 can be replaced prior to sealing, for example, by gas purging with a replacement gas or with an exchange gas mixture.
  • the cross-cutting device 5 a is formed as a punch which cuts through the lower film web 8 and the upper film web 10 in a direction transverse to the production direction R between adjacent depressions 15. In this case, the cross-cutting device 5a operates such that the lower film web 8 is not divided over the entire width, but at least in an edge region is not severed. This allows a controlled onward transport through the film transport device 13.
  • the longitudinal cutting device 5b is designed as a knife arrangement with which the lower film web 8 and the upper film web 10 are severed between adjacent depressions 15 and at the lateral edge of the lower film web 8, so that individual packages 12 are present behind the longitudinal cutting device 5b.
  • thermoforming packaging machine 1 also has a controller 18. It has the task to control the processes running in the thermoforming packaging machine 1 processes and monitor.
  • a display device 19 with operating elements 20 serves to visualize or influence the process sequences in the thermoforming packaging machine 1 for or by an operator.
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of the film transporting device 13 with a first staple chain 14 and a second parallel arranged second staple chain 21, which are configured to hold the lower film web 8 on both sides in the areas of the forming station 2, the sealing station 4 and the cutting station 5 and along the Production direction R to transport.
  • the horizontal film plane E is defined by the non-shaped regions, namely outside of the troughs 15, the lower film web 8. This film plane E is also present in the region of the insertion station 3, even if the staple chains 14, 21 do not hold the lower film web 8 there.
  • the staple chains 14, 21 each have an upper chain center 22, which is moved in the production direction R by means of a motor drive 23 at the end of the film transport device 13. Similarly, the staple chains 14, 21 have a lower warp center 24 which, contrary to the production direction R, is moved back from the end to the beginning.
  • a first chain guide device 25 is provided in an upper chain guide plane OE.
  • a second chain guide device 26 is provided in a lower chain guide plane UE lower than the upper chain guide plane OE.
  • a first Kettenumlenkvorraum 27 At the transition from the first chain guide device 25 of the forming station 2 to the second chain guide device 26 of the insertion station 3 is a first Kettenumlenkvorados 27 and at the transition from the second chain guide device 26 to the first chain guide device 25, a second Kettenumlenkvoriques 28 is provided.
  • the upper chain 14 is deflected by means of a plurality of deflection wheels 29 from a horizontal direction in a vertical direction, for example, and vice versa, so that the illustrated chain is executable.
  • a cover 30 is provided on the second chain guide device 26 in the lower chain guide plane UE in order to protect the upper chain center 14 within the insertion station 3 against product residues coming from above.
  • Fig. 3 shows in a sectional view in the direction of production R of the second chain guide device 26, a first variant of the cover 30 in the form of a U-shaped cover 31, so that product residues and cleaning agents can easily run off to the side.
  • the cover 31 is attached to the second chain guide device 26 by means of a holder 34. Alternatively, the cover 31 may be attached to the machine frame 6.
  • Fig. 4 shows a second variant of the cover 30 in the form of a tubular tunnel 32.
  • the tunnel 32 has on its underside 32a a plurality of cleaning openings 33 through which cleaning fluid inside the tunnel 32 can run more easily.
  • the connection between the tunnel 32 and the second chain guide device 26 is realized by means of the holder 34. Again, the tunnel 32 may alternatively be attached to the machine frame 6.

Claims (9)

  1. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage (10) comprenant un poste de formage (2), un poste de dépose d'alimentation (3), un poste de scellage (4) et un poste de coupe (5), ainsi qu'un dispositif de transport de feuille (13) avec au moins une chaîne à pinces (14) pour transporter une bande de feuille inférieure (8) dans une direction de production (R), des zones non déformées de la bande de feuille inférieure (8) étant déplaçables dans un plan de feuille (E) horizontal le long des postes (2, 3, 4, 5), et un premier dispositif de guidage de chaîne (25) d'un premier brin de chaîne supérieur (22) de la chaîne à pinces (14) étant prévu dans un plan de guidage de chaîne supérieur (OE) dans la zone du poste de formage (2), du poste de scellage (4) et du poste de découpage (5), caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu un deuxième dispositif de guidage de chaîne (26) du brin de chaîne supérieur (22) de la chaîne à pinces (14) dans un plan de guidage de chaîne inférieur (UE) dans la zone du poste de dépose d'alimentation (3), le plan de guidage de chaîne inférieur (UE) étant situé à une profondeur inférieure à celle du plan de guidage de chaîne supérieur (OE).
  2. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le plan de guidage de chaîne inférieur (UE) est situé à une profondeur inférieure à celle d'un côté inférieur (15a) de cavités (15) ayant été formées dans la bande de feuille inférieure (8).
  3. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le plan de guidage de chaîne inférieur (UE) est parallèle au plan de guidage de chaîne supérieur (OE).
  4. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'un premier dispositif de déviation de chaîne (27) est prévu en aval après le poste de formage (2), en vue de dévier le brin de chaîne supérieur (22), à partir du plan de guidage de chaîne supérieur (OE), vers le plan de guidage de chaîne inférieur (UE).
  5. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce qu'un deuxième dispositif de déviation de chaîne (28) est prévu en amont avant le poste de scellage (3), en vue de dévier le brin de chaîne supérieur (22), à partir du plan de guidage de chaîne inférieur (UE), vers le plan de guidage de chaîne supérieur (OE).
  6. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le brin de chaîne supérieur (22), qui à l'intérieur du poste de dépose d'alimentation (3) est orienté parallèlement au plan de transport de feuille (E), est protégé par le haut contre l'encrassement, à l'aide d'un recouvrement (31), ou est entouré par un tunnel (32).
  7. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que le brin de chaîne inférieur (24), qui à l'intérieur du poste de dépose d'alimentation (3) est orienté parallèlement au plan de transport de feuille (E), est protégé par le haut contre l'encrassement, à l'aide d'un recouvrement (31), ou est entouré par un tunnel (32).
  8. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon la revendication 6 ou la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que le tunnel (32) est d'une réalisation d'un seul tenant ou en plusieurs parties.
  9. Machine d'emballage par emboutissage ou thermoformage selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que le tunnel (32) présente sur son côté inférieur (32a), des ouvertures de nettoyage (33).
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