EP3127859A1 - Procede de remplissage aseptique d'un recipient, dispositif de remplissage sterile correspondant et machine aseptique - Google Patents

Procede de remplissage aseptique d'un recipient, dispositif de remplissage sterile correspondant et machine aseptique Download PDF

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EP3127859A1
EP3127859A1 EP15180161.0A EP15180161A EP3127859A1 EP 3127859 A1 EP3127859 A1 EP 3127859A1 EP 15180161 A EP15180161 A EP 15180161A EP 3127859 A1 EP3127859 A1 EP 3127859A1
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Frank Lechert
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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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0073—Sterilising, aseptic filling and closing
    • B67C7/0086—Sterilisation being restricted to the area of application of the closure
    • 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
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • B65B3/045—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles for filling flexible containers having a filling and dispensing spout, e.g. containers of the "bag-in-box"-type
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    • 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
    • B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
    • B65B43/14—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines
    • 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
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    • 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
    • B65B43/50—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 rotary tables or turrets
    • 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
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    • 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
    • B65B43/54—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/60—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation rotatable
    • 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
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    • B65B55/022—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages of flexible containers having a filling and dispensing spout, e.g. containers of the "bag-in-box"-type
    • 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
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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
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/02—Closing containers or receptacles deformed by, or taking-up shape, of, contents, e.g. bags, sacks
    • 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
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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
    • B67C3/22—Details
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    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions
    • B67C2003/2697—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions by enclosing the container partly in a chamber

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  • the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1, a sterile filling device according to claim 6, an aseptic machine according to the preamble of claim 13 and a method for aseptic filling according to claim 17.
  • the object of the invention is to provide methods for aseptically filling a container, a sterile filling device and an aseptic machine, which enable an efficient and reliable aseptic filling of containers with filling product.
  • the container In a method for aseptically filling a container with filling product, the container is transported into a region of a sterile room, which is assigned to the container, and then an opening region of the container is placed with a cap for filling in an outlet opening of the sterile room.
  • the container may be a PET bottle or threaded glass bottle or a Spout foil bag.
  • the mouth opening of the sterile room is at most 5% larger than the mouth area of the container.
  • the shapes of the mouth opening and the mouth region with the cap at least approximately to match.
  • the cross section of the mouth opening of the sterile chamber is preferably also round.
  • the part of a container that does not belong to the mouth area is not introduced into the sterile room.
  • the mouth region of the container is introduced into the sterile room.
  • the volume of the sterile room can therefore be made smaller compared to sterile rooms of the prior art.
  • an associated sterile room is provided for each container. If, during filling, a problem occurs in the sterile room so that sterility can no longer be guaranteed, it is sufficient in the following to empty only those containers that have been filled in this sterile room. In addition, to remedy the problem, only the individual sterile room that has shown the problem needs to be serviced or checked. In a filling machine having a plurality of sterile rooms for filling a plurality of containers, it can thus be ensured that the sterile rooms, which have not shown any problem, can continue to be used for filling containers. Accordingly, it is not necessary that a filling machine be completely stopped.
  • sterile room refers to such a room or volume that can be placed in a sterile condition.
  • the sterile room does not have to be sterile at all times, but can only be sterilized again or even put into a sterile state.
  • the method may be used in the food processing industry for the bottling of at least approximately liquid foods, such as beverages or porridge, and / or in the animal feed processing industry for the bottling of at least approximately liquid feeds, such as cat's milk or wet fodder.
  • Sterilization of the sterile room and the introduced mouth region of the container with the cap can take place. After introducing the mouth region into the mouth opening of the sterile room, sterilization of the sterile room and the introduced mouth area takes place, so that filling of the container with the filling product under aseptic or sterile conditions is possible.
  • the sterilization can be carried out, for example, by introducing a sterile gas into the sterile room and / or by an external irradiation with electrons and / or X-rays.
  • the cap is removed after placing the mouth region in the mouth and before filling. Especially when filling Spout foil bags are the Spout foil pouch with an applied cap to the sterile room passed or the mouth area placed in the mouth opening, to avoid that occurs in the transport of the Spout foil bag to the sterile room to contamination of the open Spout foil bag.
  • the cap is then removed before filling the container.
  • a capper may be provided in the sterile room, ie a device designed to remove a cap from a mouth area of a container, for example by gripping and then turning off the cap.
  • a filling of the container can take place.
  • the filling of the container can take place by means of a filling valve, which is arranged in the sterile room and can be brought into alignment with the mouth opening of the sterile room and thus with the mouth region of the container.
  • the cap After filling, the cap can be re-applied to the mouth region of the container placed in the mouth opening.
  • the capper can be used, which is arranged in the sterile room. By re-applying the cap to the mouth area of the container it is avoided that there is a loss of the sterile status of the filled container.
  • the mouth area of the container can be removed again from the mouth of the sterile room. So it is possible to use the filled containers for further work processes.
  • a sterile filling device for aseptically filling a container in particular for carrying out a method as described above or below, comprises a sterile chamber which comprises a mouth opening for a mouth region of a container in the bottom and a filling valve and a capper in the lid, the filling valve or the capper in FIG Alignment with the mouth opening can be brought.
  • the mouth opening of the sterile room is at most 5% larger than the mouth area of the container.
  • the shapes of the mouth opening and the mouth region at least approximately coincide.
  • the cross section of the mouth opening of the sterile room is preferably also round.
  • the size of the mouth opening it is also useful to consider whether the mouth area of the container comprises a cap / a closure or not.
  • a cap By means of the capper, a cap can be removed from a container, so that a filling of the container is possible. After the filling process, this cap can be re-applied to this container by means of the capper.
  • the capper may be a device adapted to remove a cap from a mouth region of a container, for example by gripping the cap and twisting the cap.
  • the sterile room may further comprise a cleaning nozzle in the bottom, which can be brought into alignment with the filling valve.
  • the cleaning nozzle can be used to clean the filling valve.
  • the sealing device may be a retaining clip of the spout foil bag by means of which it is transported into the area of the sterile room and by means of which the mouth area, i. the spout is placed in the mouth of the sterile room.
  • a stopper of the mouth region can serve as a sealing device.
  • a sealing ring or the like is provided at its bottom outside the sterile room, which surrounds the mouth opening and with which the mouth area for the production of a sterile condition can be brought into contact.
  • the bottom and / or the lid may include access for sterile gas, eg H 2 O 2 .
  • sterile gas eg H 2 O 2 . Since sterility of the sterile room due to contact with the external environment is no longer present during placement of the mouth area of a container in the mouth opening of the sterile room or during and / or during removal of the mouth area from the mouth opening, the sterile room is preferably closed before a filling process and / or or (re) sterilized before removing a cap of a container. This can be done, for example, by introducing sterile gas into the sterile room.
  • the sterile filling device may comprise a material that is permeable to electrons and / or X-rays for sterilizing the sterile room. Since only the sterile room and a mouth region of a container located in it is sterilized, but not the filled product or filling product which has already been filled in, sterilization can also be carried out with electrons and / or X-rays. Accordingly, it is advantageous if the material of the sterile filling device is permeable to electrons and / or X-rays.
  • an overpressure of at least 0.2 bar relative to an ambient pressure can be provided.
  • the bottom of the sterile room can be designed as a stator and the lid can be designed as a rotor, the rotor being designed to be rotatable relative to the stator.
  • the filling valve which is arranged in the lid in alignment with the mouth opening, which is arranged in the bottom, so that a filling of a container, the mouth region is placed in the mouth opening, can take place.
  • the rotor may be rotatable relative to the stator about a rotation axis.
  • elements contained in the lid i. Rotor
  • the container is arranged with its mouth region in the mouth opening, which is located in the bottom, an unnecessary movement of the container during the filling process or even during removal of a cap is avoided by the container.
  • the filling valve and / or the capper can be moved parallel to the axis of rotation.
  • This mobility is a simple introduction of the filling valve in the mouth region of the container or an arrangement of the filling valve above the mouth region for carrying out a filling process possible.
  • the filling valve can be removed from the mouth area by an upward procedure.
  • the filling valve can be removed by rotation of the rotor cover about the axis of rotation from the alignment with the mouth opening.
  • the capper after it has been brought into alignment with the mouth opening or the mouth region is lowered to remove a cap from a container before a filling process or a cap after the filling process again on the container applied.
  • the aseptic machine comprises a rotary carousel with a plurality of sterile filling devices arranged thereon, each having a sterile space, which are respectively provided for aseptically filling a container with filling product and an irradiation device arranged in the periphery of the rotary carousel for irradiating at least the sterile filling device with electrons and / or X-rays before a filling process.
  • the aseptic machine may be used in the food processing industry for bottling at least approximately liquid foods, such as beverages or porridge, and / or in the animal feed processing industry for the filling of at least approximately liquid feed, such as cat's milk or wet food, be provided.
  • the aseptic engine may further comprise an evaluation and control device for determining and evaluating status data of the sterile filling devices and for generating and forwarding control data based on the state data.
  • the status data may include the negative pressure provided in the sterile room, the sterilization of the sterile room and possibly also of the spout foil bag and / or the filling.
  • the determined state data may be compared with reference data to find out whether the state data matches the reference data, meaning that the requirements of aseptic filling are met, or all or some of the state data does not match the reference data, that is that the requirements of aseptic filling are at least partially fulfilled.
  • These reference data may be known to the evaluation and control device, but they may also be entered and / or read from a data memory.
  • the aseptic machine further comprise at least one Umlenkken for deflecting filled containers, which can be controlled by the control data.
  • Umlenkken for deflecting filled containers
  • a first of the at least one deflecting star can be arranged in such a way to deflect filled containers to a printing device, a second of the at least one deflecting star to be arranged to deflect filled containers to an output and / or a third of the at least one deflecting star to be arranged in such a way to discharge filled containers.
  • a method of aseptically filling a container in the aseptic machine comprises the steps of: transporting the container into a region of a sterile room associated with the container; Placing the mouth region of the container for filling in the mouth of the sterile room; Sterilizing the sterile room and the introduced estuarine area; Remove the cap after placing the mouth area in the mouth and before filling.
  • the method may include the steps of: aligning the fill valve with the mouth opening; Method of filling valve parallel to the axis of rotation; Inserting the filling valve into the mouth opening; Filling the container with filling product; Placing the cap after filling; Dispensing the filling valve from the mouth opening and removing the mouth area from the mouth opening.
  • the method may further include the steps of: determining and evaluating status data of the sterile filling device and creating and forwarding control data based on the state data.
  • the method may include at least one of the following steps: redirecting the filled container to a printing device; Diverting the filled container to an output; Discharge the filled container.
  • FIG. 1 1 shows a schematic sectional side view of a first embodiment of a sterile filling device 1.
  • This sterile filling device 1 is designed for filling Spout foil bags 2 with a cap 3.
  • a cleaning nozzle 8 is further provided, which is provided for a cleaning of the filling valve 9 and the capper 10.
  • the filling valve 9 and the capper 10 are in the lid 11 of the sterile room 6, that is provided in the rotor 11.
  • Both the filling valve 9, the mouth opening 4 and the capper 10 are in this case arranged such that the capper 10 and the filling valve 9 in alignment with the mouth opening 4 can be brought.
  • the cleaning nozzle 8 is arranged such that it can be brought into alignment with the filling valve 9 and the capper 10.
  • the rotor / lid 11 is rotatable relative to the stator / bottom 5 about an axis of rotation 14, so that the capper 10 and the filling valve 9 are positioned above the orifice 4, i. be brought into alignment with her.
  • a cap 3 of the spout foil bag 2 can be removed, by a rotation of the rotor / lid 11 thereafter the filling valve 9 positioned over the mouth opening 4 and introduced by a method parallel to the rotation axis 14 in the mouth opening 4 and thus in the mouth region 7 so that the spout foil bag 2 can be filled.
  • the filling valve 9 is again removed from the mouth opening 4 and from the mouth region 7 and arranged by rotation of the rotor / lid 11 of the capper 10 above the mouth opening 4 and the mouth region 7, so that the cap 3 can be applied or placed on the spout foil bag 2.
  • a tight closure of the sterile room 6 with respect to the outside environment is achieved by a retaining clip 12 together with a sealing ring 13, which is arranged outside the sterile room 6 at the bottom / stator 5.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic cross section of the first embodiment of the sterile filling device 1.
  • the filling valve 9, the orifice 4, the capper 10 and the cleaning nozzle 8 have a same radial distance R to the rotation axis 14.
  • FIG. 3 shows a flow chart of a process for aseptically filling a container with a cap, such as a spout foil bag, with the first embodiment of the sterile filling device as in FIGS Figures 1 and 2 described.
  • step 100 the container is transported to the sterile filling device.
  • a retaining clip may be provided for this purpose, which engages in an upper region of the spout foil bag.
  • step 101 the mouth region of the container is placed in the mouth opening of the sterile room of the sterile filling device. Sterilization of the sterile room takes place in step 102, whereby the sterilization with sterile gas and / or with irradiation with electrons and / or X-rays can take place.
  • step 103 the capper is brought into alignment with the mouth opening and thus the mouth area.
  • step 104 the capper is lowered by a process parallel to the axis of rotation so that it is positioned so as to remove the cap from the container can remove.
  • step 105 the cap is removed from the container.
  • step 106 the capper is raised by a process parallel to the axis of rotation.
  • step 107 the filling valve is brought into alignment with the mouth opening and thus also in alignment with the mouth region of the container, for which purpose, for example, the lid relative to the bottom or the rotor relative to the stator of the sterile room is rotated about an axis of rotation.
  • step 108 the filling valve is introduced by methods parallel to the axis of rotation in the mouth region of the container or the filling valve is arranged above the mouth region.
  • step 109 the container is filled with filling product.
  • step 110 the filling valve is discharged by methods parallel to the axis of rotation of the mouth region of the container.
  • step 111 the capper is brought into alignment with the mouth opening and thus the mouth area, for which purpose, for example, the lid is rotated relative to the floor or the rotor relative to the stator of the sterile room about an axis of rotation.
  • step 112 the capper is lowered by methods parallel to the axis of rotation.
  • step 113 the cap is applied to the container.
  • step 114 the capper is raised by moving parallel to the axis of rotation.
  • step 115 the mouth region of the container is removed from the mouth of the sterile room, for which purpose, for example, the retaining clip holding the spout foil bag is lowered downwards.
  • the filled, capped container can then be used for further work processes.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of an aseptic machine 15, which is suitable for creating, filling and forwarding filled Spout foil bags.
  • the foil pouches are provided in a magazine 16, from where they are transferred to a device 17, which fuses spouts into the foil pouches and applies caps to the spouts.
  • the spout foil bags are in the illustrated embodiment of the aseptic machine 15 by means of two Umlenksterne 18, 19 passed to a rotary carousel 20.
  • a rotary carousel 20 On the rotary carousel 20, a plurality, not shown sterile filling devices are arranged.
  • the transfer of the spout foil bag to the rotary carousel 20 takes place in a first region 21 of the rotary carousel 15.
  • a Spout foil bag is associated with a sterile filling, wherein the sterile filling in the bottom of an orifice for a mouth area, ie here for the spout, the spout foil bag and in the lid comprises a filling valve, which can be brought into alignment with the mouth opening.
  • the sterile space of the sterile filling device is then sterilized together with the cap and the mouth area placed in the mouth opening.
  • the sterilization takes place by means of electrons and / or X-rays which are emitted by an irradiation device 26 arranged in the periphery of the rotary carousel 20.
  • the spout foil bag is filled in a fourth region 24 of the rotary carousel 20 by means of the filling valve of the sterile filling device. After completion of the filling process, the cap is again applied to the spout foil bag in this fourth region 24.
  • a fifth region 25 of the rotary carousel 15 the mouth areas of the filled and closed Spout foil bags are removed from the mouth openings of the sterile filling devices.
  • status data of the sterile filling device which corresponds to the spout, can be obtained by means of an evaluation and control device, not shown. Foil bag was assigned, determined and evaluated.
  • the status data may include the vacuum provided in the sterile room, the sterilization of the sterile room and possibly also of the spout foil bag and / or the filling.
  • the determined state data can be compared with reference data in an evaluation step to find out whether the state data coincides with the reference data, which means that the requirements of aseptic filling are met, or whether all or some of the state data do not match the reference data, which means that the requirements of aseptic filling are at least partially fulfilled.
  • control data can be created by the evaluation and control device and forwarded to the Umlenksterne 27, 28, 29, which are arranged following the rotary carousel 20 below.
  • the diverter star 27 can be controlled, which redirects the filled spout foil bag to a printing device, or the diverter star 29 can be controlled to deliver the filled spout foil pouch to an output 31 diverted.
  • the diverter star 28 can be controlled, which redirects the filled spout foil bag to a discharge 30, so that this spout foil pouch is discharged.
  • FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a method for deflecting a filled container.
  • a determination and evaluation of status data of the sterile filling device takes place.
  • the status data may include the negative pressure provided in the sterile room, the sterilization of the sterile room and possibly also of the spout foil bag and / or the filling.
  • the determined state data may be compared with reference data to find out whether the state data matches the reference data, meaning that the requirements of aseptic filling are met, or all or some of the state data does not match the reference data, that is that the requirements of aseptic filling are at least partially fulfilled.
  • These reference data may be known to the evaluation and control device, but they may also be entered and / or read from a data memory.
  • control data is created and forwarded based on the state data.
  • the filled container is redirected to a printing device, for example when the control data is based on the state data matching the reference data. Accordingly, the deflection star 27 can be controlled, which then deflects the filled Spout foil bag to the printing device.
  • step 204 the filled container is redirected to output, for example, when the control data is based on the state data matching the reference data. Accordingly, the diverter star 29 can be controlled, which deflects the filled Spout foil bag to the output 31.
  • step 205 the filled container is discharged, for example if the control data is based on the fact that all or some of the status data do not match the reference data. Accordingly, the Umlenkstern 28 can be controlled, which redirects the filled Spout foil bag to a discharge 30, so that this Spout foil bag is discharged.

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ES15180161T ES2817777T3 (es) 2015-08-07 2015-08-07 Procedimiento para el llenado aséptico de un recipiente, dispositivo de llenado estéril para ello, máquina aséptica
EP15180161.0A EP3127859B1 (fr) 2015-08-07 2015-08-07 Procede de remplissage aseptique d'un recipient, dispositif de remplissage sterile correspondant et machine aseptique
US15/750,802 US20180244510A1 (en) 2015-08-07 2016-08-05 Method for aseptic filling of a container, a sterile filling device for said method, and an aseptic machine
PCT/EP2016/068755 WO2017025465A1 (fr) 2015-08-07 2016-08-05 Procédé de remplissage aseptique d'un récipient, dispositif de remplissage stérile associé et machine aseptique

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