EP3129735A1 - Schrumpfvorrichtung mit gebindekühlung und verfahren zum erzeugen eines gleichmässigen, homogenen kühlmittelstroms - Google Patents
Schrumpfvorrichtung mit gebindekühlung und verfahren zum erzeugen eines gleichmässigen, homogenen kühlmittelstromsInfo
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- EP3129735A1 EP3129735A1 EP15712849.7A EP15712849A EP3129735A1 EP 3129735 A1 EP3129735 A1 EP 3129735A1 EP 15712849 A EP15712849 A EP 15712849A EP 3129735 A1 EP3129735 A1 EP 3129735A1
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- Prior art keywords
- shrinking
- coolant flow
- containers
- cooling
- flow
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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
- B65B53/00—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging
- B65B53/02—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat
- B65B53/06—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets
- B65B53/063—Tunnels
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a shrinking device with
- Container cooling and a method for producing a uniform, homogeneous coolant flow according to the features of the preambles of claims 1 and 9.
- the shrink wrap is shrunk around the articles by supplying hot air in a shrink tunnel.
- the containers are transported on a conveyor through the shrink tunnel. Due to the permanent supply of hot air, the conveyor chain heats up. This can lead to problems because due to excessive local heating shrink film stuck in the bottom of the container with the conveyor and thus can lead to damage to the shrink wrap. For this reason, devices are known in which the conveying device is selectively cooled.
- Shrink film the film material used is heated, while stretched and then cooled again. During the shrinking process, the shrink wrap wrapped around the articles is reheated. During the subsequent cooling, the shrink film changes back to its unstretched original state, whereby the molecules re-arrange themselves in their original form.
- Shrinking process thus consists of heating and cooling the shrink wrap which is wrapped around the packs.
- a shrinkage package is stable only when the shrink film has been cooled after heating again so far that no further deformation (ie no further contraction of theshrinking film) takes place more and the shrinkage package is thus firm and stable. This is especially necessary because shrinkage package with a still warm shrink film very unstable and thus very sensitive to
- Such unfavorable forces on the shrinkage package can be found, for example, at transitions between individual conveyor belts following the
- Shrink tunnels through which the shrinkage packages are fed to further processing devices This is due to not yet completely cooled shrink film in the bottom area of the container easy to damage the same.
- the time to complete cooling is higher than in the other areas (for example, at the top or front sides of the container, etc.).
- the film continues to contract and is firmly fixed around the packaged items or applied.
- This necessary cooling of the container can be achieved for example by the fact that after the shrink tunnel, a so-called cooling line is present. This is often extended due to the given ambient temperatures or due to the thickness of the film used to ensure that the shrinkage packages are cooled sufficiently before they are passed to the next conveyor belt.
- Shrinkage packages are moved through the shrink tunnel and through the Abksselsite, it is a single conveyor line whose length is designed according to the respective requirements.
- one or more fans are installed after the shrink tunnel above the conveying means. used to blow the cooling air from above onto the product.
- US 3727324 describes a shrink tunnel which provides an air curtain at the entrance and at the exit, respectively.
- the first air curtain at the entrance to the shrink tunnel serves to preheat the film in this area.
- the second air curtain at the entrance to the shrink tunnel serves to preheat the film in this area.
- Air curtain at the exit of the shrink tunnel serves to cool the film in the exit area.
- a cooling arc is arranged at the outlet of the shrink tunnel, through which the cooling air is blown from above and from the sides onto the shrink-wrapped pallet with piece goods.
- DE 2320424 A1 describes a device for the continuous packaging of articles which comprises a shrink tunnel. Cooling of the packaged articles also takes place after the shrinking process, whereby a cooling arrangement arranged at the top directs cold air onto the enveloped objects, thereby accelerating the cooling of the articles and their shrunk-on packaging.
- the object of the invention is to cool containers in the exit area of a shrink tunnel or after they have left the shrink tunnel effectively and on all sides.
- the invention relates to a shrinking device with container cooling.
- a shrinking device is used in particular for shrinking a
- the shrinking device comprises a transport path, an entrance area, a shrink tunnel and an exit area.
- the transport route is usually by a continuous Continuous conveyor belt or other suitable conveying means formed and serves the preferably uninterrupted transport of the container through the
- Cool sufficiently handling devices and thus to avoid damage to the outer packaging when transferring to the other handling devices, is in the exit region of the shrinking device above the
- Transport path arranged at least one cooling device through which the containers are charged from above with coolant.
- Output range of the shrinking device at least one means for
- Cooling device an axial fan, a radial fan o.ä.
- the by the axial fan, radial fan o.ä. generated airflow is inhomogeneous and in particular over the
- the means for equalizing the distribution of directed to the container coolant flow causes the directed on the container coolant flow is homogeneous, in particular that the directed on the container coolant flow evenly over the entire width of the
- Transport route is distributed, so that the coolant flow is more targeted directed to the container and does not flow past them.
- the at least one cooling device has an upper suction side and a lower pressure side.
- the means for equalizing the distribution of the directed to the container coolant flow is the lower pressure side of the
- a flow straightener which has a permeable for the coolant flow, regular structuring.
- honeycombs Structuring around a honeycomb structure, wherein the honeycomb are aligned vertically and flows through from top to bottom of the coolant.
- the shape of the honeycombs in particular their cross-section, for example, circular, oval or angular etc. be designed.
- the flow rectifier is preferably made of a metal, in particular aluminum, and / or made of a plastic.
- the flow straightener by means of molding or other suitable
- Be prepared manufacturing process As a flow rectifier but can also a regular, preferably three-dimensional network structure o.ä. Use find that is sufficiently permeable to the coolant.
- the flow rectifier extends in the output region of the shrinking device over an entire transport width of the transport path.
- Transport width of the transport route are generated.
- the flow rectifier in the exit region over an entire length of the output region, i.
- Flow rectifier can be dimensioned such that it homogenizes the air flow of all juxtaposed and / or successively arranged blower.
- flow rectifier segments can be arranged next to one another and / or behind one another and assigned to the fans in order to completely cover the length and / or width of the cooling section.
- Container cooling units comprising in each case at least one cooling device and each comprising a pressure-side associated flow rectifier are provided, wherein a container cooling unit covers each of the entire transport width of the transport path.
- a container cooling unit covers each of the entire transport width of the transport path.
- a plurality of container cooling units arranged in the transport direction successively. The number of successively arranged
- Container cooling units is particularly dependent on the length of the cooling section. With this arrangement, it is thus possible in the region of the entire cooling section to produce a homogeneous air flow directed downwards onto the container.
- the invention further relates to a method for producing a
- the coolant flow is generated by means of at least one cooling device arranged above a transport path and directed downwards onto the containers.
- the coolant flow has an uneven distribution of coolant within the coolant flow.
- the coolant flow first flows through one
- the method may alternatively or in addition to those described
- Features include one or more features and / or properties of the device described above.
- the device may alternatively or additionally comprise one or more features and / or properties of the device
- Figure 1 shows a schematic view of a shrinking device with downstream transport device according to the known prior art.
- FIGS. 2A to C show various views of an axial fan according to the known prior art and illustrate the schematic through the
- Figure 3 shows a shrinking device with inventive container cooling.
- FIGS. 4 to 6 show different views of a container cooling unit according to the invention.
- FIGS. 7 show different views of a flow rectifier of a container cooling unit according to the invention.
- Figure 1 shows a schematic view of a shrinking device 1 with downstream transport device 12 according to the known prior art.
- Articles, in particular beverage containers, bottles 6, cans or the like are assembled in groups and wrapped with shrink film 7.
- This article compilations are also referred to as a container 5.
- the container 5 are in the transport direction TR on a means of transport, in particular a conveyor belt 10, via a
- Entrance area 3 a shrink tunnel 2 supplied.
- heating means (not shown) are arranged, which act on the container 5, for example, with hot air.
- the film 7 shrinks the outer packaging and places itself on all sides of the article and thus forms finished container 5 * or a
- fans 20 are arranged above the conveyor belt, with which cold air 22 is blown to the warm container 5 * to this before the transfer U to another
- FIGS 2A to C show various views of a blower 20 in the form of an axial fan 24 according to the known prior art and illustrate schematically the air flow 22 generated by the axial fan 24.
- the axial fan 24 has a suction side S, from which the air is sucked in and a Pressure side D, in the direction of the generated air flow 22 points.
- Air flow 22 is inhomogeneous on the pressure side D of the axial fan 24. This causes that when using axial fans 24 or similar blowers 20 in a shrinking device 1 according to Figure 1, the cooling effect a strong
- FIG. 3 shows a shrinking device 30 with inventive
- Container cooling 31 In particular, in this case three container cooling units 33 are arranged in the output region 4 above the transport path of the conveyor belt 10.
- a container cooling unit 33 is shown in different views in Figures 4 to 6 respectively. According to the illustrated embodiment comprises a
- Container cooling unit 33 a housing 35 in which two blowers 20, in particular two axial fans 24, are arranged.
- the container cooling unit 33 is arranged above the transport path for the container so that it is suction side S of the fan 20 above and the pressure side D of the fan 20 below. Thus, air is blown down on the container.
- a flow straightener 45 At the bottom of the container cooling unit 33, i. on the pressure side D of the blower 20, is a flow straightener 45
- the air flow (22, cf. FIGS. 1 and 2) generated by the blower 20 first flows through the flow rectifier 45 before it hits the container.
- the housing 35 further comprises fastening means 37, by means of which the
- FIGS. 7A and B show a flow rectifier 45 of a container cooling unit 33 according to the invention in a perspective view and in a view from above.
- FIGS. 7C and D show details of a flow rectifier 45 according to FIGS. 7A and 7B.
- the flow rectifier 45 has a regular, permeable to the coolant structure 46, for example, a honeycomb structure. The structuring is permeable vertically to the airflow generated by the fan 20.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE102014105057.6A DE102014105057A1 (de) | 2014-04-09 | 2014-04-09 | SCHRUMPFVORRICHTUNG MIT GEBINDEKÜHLUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ERZEUGEN EINES GLEICHMÄßIGEN, HOMOGENEN KÜHLMITTELSTROMS |
| DE201420101672 DE202014101672U1 (de) | 2014-04-09 | 2014-04-09 | Schrumpfvorrichtung mit Gebindekühlung |
| PCT/EP2015/055936 WO2015154968A1 (de) | 2014-04-09 | 2015-03-20 | Schrumpfvorrichtung mit gebindekühlung und verfahren zum erzeugen eines gleichmässigen, homogenen kühlmittelstroms |
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| EP3129735A1 true EP3129735A1 (de) | 2017-02-15 |
| EP3129735B1 EP3129735B1 (de) | 2018-05-09 |
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| EP (1) | EP3129735B1 (de) |
| CN (1) | CN206609273U (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2015154968A1 (de) |
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| DE102016203435A1 (de) † | 2016-03-02 | 2017-09-07 | Krones Aktiengesellschaft | Abschnitt einer Verpackungslinie für Getränkebehältnisse und Verfahren zum Umgang mit Getränkebehältnissen während ihres Transportes entlang einer Verpackungslinie |
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| US3577651A (en) * | 1968-12-05 | 1971-05-04 | Ind Air Co Inc | Apparatus for air-treating sheet material surfaces and the like |
| US3727324A (en) | 1970-09-18 | 1973-04-17 | Despatch Ind Inc | Shrink tunnel for palletized loads |
| DE2320424A1 (de) | 1972-09-04 | 1974-03-14 | Lara Sa | Verfahren zum kontinuierlichen verpacken von gegenstaenden und vorrichtung zum durchfuehren des verfahrens |
| AU2003233071A1 (en) * | 2002-04-30 | 2003-11-17 | Deutsche Rockwool Mineralwoll Gmbh And Co. Ohg | Device for the production of a packaging unit and device for carrying out said method |
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| EP3129735B1 (de) | 2018-05-09 |
| CN206609273U (zh) | 2017-11-03 |
| WO2015154968A1 (de) | 2015-10-15 |
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