EP3132843B1 - Füllverfahren und füllanlage eines behälters mit einer oder mehreren mischungen - Google Patents

Füllverfahren und füllanlage eines behälters mit einer oder mehreren mischungen Download PDF

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EP3132843B1
EP3132843B1 EP16182266.3A EP16182266A EP3132843B1 EP 3132843 B1 EP3132843 B1 EP 3132843B1 EP 16182266 A EP16182266 A EP 16182266A EP 3132843 B1 EP3132843 B1 EP 3132843B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/06—Mixing phases by adding a very small quantity of one of the phases or microdosing
    • B01F23/061—Adding a small quantity or concentration of an additional phase in a main phase, e.g. acting as a carrier phase
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/40—Mixing liquids with liquids; Emulsifying
    • B01F23/49—Mixing systems, i.e. flow charts or diagrams
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/80—Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/84—Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins
    • B01F33/846—Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins using stored recipes for determining the composition of the mixture to be produced, i.e. for determining the amounts of the basic components to be dispensed from the component receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/80—Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/85—Mixing plants with mixing receptacles or mixing tools that can be indexed into different working positions

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  • the present invention relates to a method of filling a container with at least one mixture of several components, as well as a container filling unit.
  • EP-A-0 848 046 discloses a process according to the preamble of claim 1 and a unit according to the preamble of claim 8.
  • container means any container adapted to contain a durable mixture of substances, being adapted to the phase (s) of these substances.
  • the term “container” is sometimes used instead of “container”, but being synonymous.
  • Such a container may be a bottle, a jar, a tube, a bottle, etc. depending on the field of application and the nature of the substances.
  • an object of the present invention is to fill containers with mixtures whose proportions are likely to vary, while avoiding the above disadvantages.
  • the mixture to be manufactured comprises at least two substances in respective final proportions in the mixture which are different, the final proportion of a first substance being less than the final proportion of one second of the substances.
  • Step / 1 / then comprises pre-mixing the first substance with at least a first portion of the second substance, to constitute a first of the components.
  • step / 2 / the first component and each other component are introduced into the container in respective amounts which are adapted to produce in the container the respective final proportions of all substances in the mixture.
  • the first substance which is a minority in the final mixture, is introduced into the container having already been mixed with a part of the second substance, so that the component of the mixture which is thus constituted itself has a proportion in the mixture which is greater than that of the first substance alone.
  • the first and second components are mixed throughout the volume of the container to form a homogeneous composition, better than the first substance with the second if these last two had been introduced separately.
  • the first substance, which is a minority according to the desired composition of the mixture is then homogeneously distributed throughout the container by virtue of the invention as part of the larger first component of the mixture.
  • the invention makes it possible to control with greater precision the proportion of the first substance in the final mixture.
  • the proportion of the first substance in the premix of the first component is greater than the proportion of the same first substance in the final mixture that is manufactured in the container. For this reason, the proportion of the first substance in the final mixture can be controlled more easily and more precisely by virtue of the invention.
  • All the substances which are used to form the mixture, as well as all the components of the mixture, may have any phases provided that they can be mixed homogeneously in the container.
  • they may each be a liquid, a gel, a gas, a powder, etc.
  • each substance can itself be a pure compound or be itself an initial mixture.
  • the composition of each initial mixture which constitutes one of the substances is preferably known accurately, in order to determine the proportions of all the chemical entities that are present in the final mixture.
  • the method of the invention is particularly advantageous when the container is a final packaging of the mixture which has been manufactured in step / 2 / and which is intended for distribution or retail sale, without reconditioning or subsequent transfer.
  • the mixture of which the container is filled is a liquid for electronic cigarettes.
  • the first substance may be chosen from the group of substances containing the aromatic bases and the nicotinic compounds
  • the second substance may be a support liquid for the mixture, for example comprising monopropylene glycol, designated by the acronym MPG.
  • the third component may comprise a premix of a substance selected from all substances containing aromatic bases and nicotinic compounds and which is different from the first substance with the second substance.
  • the mixture may thus comprise the following three components: the first component, which is the premix of the aromatic base with a first part of the support liquid of the mixture, the second component which is constituted by the second part of the support liquid of the mixture, and the third component that includes the premix of the nicotinic compound and a third part of the carrier liquid of the mixture (s).
  • the substance S1 can be an aromatic base
  • the substance S2 can be a premix of glycerol and MPG serving as a support for the final mixture, optionally added with other constituents which are different from the aromatic bases used.
  • the substance S3 can be a nicotinic compound, for example nicotine.
  • the filling unit may be adapted to deliver in successive containers mixtures which contain several different aromatic bases, alternately or in combination.
  • the elements that are contained in the frame referenced BA can be repeated as many times as the number of different aromatic bases that are implemented.
  • the premix module 30 produces a first mixture of the substance S1 (aromatic base) with the substance S2 (comprising MPG) to constitute the component C1 which is stored intermediate way in the tank 21.
  • This first mixture which is realized by the module 30, was called premix in the general part of the description.
  • the metering devices 38 make it possible to control the respective proportions of the substances S1 and S2 in the component C1.
  • the proportion of substance S1 in component C1 can be 10% by weight.
  • the mass proportion of the substance S2 in the component C1 is then 90%.
  • One of the mixers 29 ensures the homogenization of the component C1 in the tank 21. The use of such a mixer can be facilitated by the capacity of the tank 21, which can be much greater than that of each container 11.
  • the component C2 of the mixture M can consist of substance S2 only.
  • the component C3 of the mixture M which is contained in the tank 23, may consist of the pure substance S3 (nicotinic compound), or it may be a titled premix of substance S3 and substance S2.
  • the tanks 32 and 33 with the corresponding metering devices 38 form another primary premix module which operates in parallel with that of the tanks 31 and 32.
  • the filling unit may comprise the additional premix module 40, which is situated upstream of the tank 32.
  • the pre-mixing modules 40 -mixing 30 and 40 are called primary and secondary, respectively.
  • the secondary premix unit 40 may be identical in principle to the primary premix unit 30.
  • the vessel 41 contains the MPG which constitutes the substance S10
  • the tank 42 contains the glycerol which constitutes the substance S20.
  • the tank 32 is then advantageously equipped with the mixer 39.
  • the feed module 20 comprises flow channels which come respectively from the tanks 21, 22 and 23, with the metering devices 28 which are arranged on each of the flow channels.
  • the filling module 10 may consist of a conveyor 12 which successively brings containers 11 to a position located below outlets of the flow channels of the three components C1, C2 and C3.
  • the metering devices 28 make it possible to adjust the proportions of these three components in the final mixture M which is directly produced in each container 11, and possibly to vary them between two containers 11 which are successive on the conveyor 12. For example, if the mass proportions of the three components in the final mixture M are 10% by mass for component C1, 78% by mass for component C2 and 12% by mass for component C3, while the final proportion by mass of substance S1 ( aromatic base) in the final mixture M is 1% for the composition that was given above for the C1 component.
  • one skilled in the art can take into account the effect of dilution of the component C1 in the final mixture M to determine the effective mass proportion of the substance S1 (aromatic base) in the final mixture.
  • the same reasoning can be applied for the substance S3, and twice chained for each of the substances S10 and S20.
  • the filling unit 10 may further comprise a system for homogenizing the contents of each container 11, operational after this container has been filled.
  • a homogenization system (not shown) may proceed by applying vibration or agitation to the container in a sequence and for a predetermined time.
  • the invention can be implemented by adapting or modifying certain minor aspects of it with respect to the detailed description which has just been given. It is recalled that the invention consists in pre-mixing a substance which enters into the composition of a final mixture, and the proportion of which in this final mixture is a minority, with at least part of another substance of the mixture, then all components are introduced directly into the packaging container to make the final mix. Thus, it is possible to combine the advantages of making the final mixture directly into the container, with obtaining a homogeneous distribution for the minority substance in the container. Obviously, the numerical values cited and the substances mentioned have been only examples, and can be changed on demand for each implementation of the invention.

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  1. Verfahren zum Befüllen eines Behälters (11) mit einem Gemisch (M) aus mindestens zwei Bestandteilen (C1, C2, C3...),
    wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    /1/Bereitstellen der Bestandteile (C1, C2, C3) in jeweiligen getrennten Behältnissen oder mittels jeweiliger getrennter Kanäle; und
    /2/Einleiten der mindestens zwei Bestandteile (C1, C2, C3) in den Behälter (11) von getrennten Behältnissen oder Kanälen aus, sodass das Gemisch (M) in dem Behälter hergestellt wird;
    wobei das herzustellende Gemisch (M) mindestens zwei Substanzen (S1, S2, S3...) nach jeweiligen finalen Verhältnissen der Substanzen im Gemisch, die unterschiedlich sind, umfasst, wobei das finale Verhältnis einer ersten der Substanzen (S1) niedriger als das finale Verhältnis einer zweiten (S2) der Substanzen ist, und Schritt /1/ umfasst:
    Vormischen der ersten Substanz (S1) mit einem ersten Teil zumindest der zweiten Substanz (S2), um einen ersten der Bestandteile (C1) zu bilden,
    und in Schritt /2/ werden der erste Bestandteil (C1) und jeder andere Bestandteil (C2, C3) in den Behälter (11) eingeleitet, gemäß den jeweiligen Mengen der Bestandteile, die dazu ausgelegt sind, in dem Behälter die jeweiligen finalen Verhältnisse der Substanzen (S1, S2, S3...) zu erzeugen
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    dass der zweite Bestandteil (C2) einen zweiten Teil der zweiten Substanz (S2) umfasst, der, gegenüber dem ersten Teil der zweiten Substanz (S2), die im Schritt /1/ für den ersten Bestandteil (C1) verwendet wurde, zusätzlich im in Schritt /2/ hergestellten Gemisch (M) ist, wobei der zweite Bestandteil (C2) durch den zweiten Teil der zweiten Substanz (S2) gebildet wird.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1,
    bei dem eine dritte (C3) der Bestandteile des Gemischs (M) einen dritten Teil der zweiten Substanz (S2) und eine dritte Substanz umfasst, wobei der dritte Teil der zweiten Substanz und die dritte Substanz im dritten Bestandteil vorgemischt sind.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2,
    bei dem das finale Verhältnis der ersten Substanz (S1) im Gemisch (M) niedriger als 5 % des Massenanteils ist, vorzugsweise niedriger als 2 % des Massenanteils.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    bei dem das Gemisch (M), mit dem der Behälter (11) gefüllt ist, eine Flüssigkeit für elektronische Zigaretten ist und bei dem die erste Substanz (S1) aus der Gruppe an Substanzen ausgewählt wird, die die aromatischen Basen und die Nikotinverbindungen enthält, und die zweite Substanz (S2) eine Trägerflüssigkeit des Gemischs ist, die beispielsweise ein Gemisch aus Monopropylenglycol und Glycerol umfasst.
  5. Verfahren nach den Ansprüchen 2 und 4,
    bei dem die dritte Substanz (S3) in der Gruppe an Substanzen ausgewählt wird, die die aromatischen Basen und die Nikotinverbindungen enthält, und verschieden von der ersten Substanz ist.
  6. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    umfassend unter anderem den folgenden Schritt, der nach Schritt /2/ ausgeführt wird:
    /3/Ausüben einer Bewegung des im Behälter (11) enthaltenen Gemischs (M), um das Gemisch im Inneren des Behälters zu homogenisieren.
  7. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
    bei dem der Behälter (11) eine Endverpackung für einen Vertrieb oder einen Einzelverkauf des in Schritt /2/ hergestellten Gemischs (M) ist.
  8. Befülleinheit zum Befüllen eines Behälters (11) mit einem Gemisch (M) aus mindestens zwei Bestandteilen (C1, C2, C3),
    wobei die Einheit umfasst:
    -- mindestens ein Zuführmodul (20), das dazu ausgelegt ist, die Bestandteile (C1, C2, C3) aus jeweiligen getrennten Behältnissen oder mittels jeweiliger getrennter Kanäle zuzuleiten; und
    -- mindestens ein Befüllmodul (10), das dazu ausgelegt ist, die vom Zuführmodul (20) zugeleiteten mindestens zwei Bestandteile (C1, C2, C3) so in den Behälter (11) einzuleiten, dass das Gemisch (M) in dem Behälter hergestellt wird;
    wobei die Befülleinheit umfasst unter anderem:
    -- mindestens ein Vormischmodul (30), das dazu ausgelegt ist, die jeweiligen Mengen von mindestens zwei Substanzen (S1, S2) vorzumischen, um einen ersten (C1) der Bestandteile zu bilden, und das mit dem Zuführmodul (20) verbunden ist, um das Zuführmodul mit dem ersten Bestandteil zu versorgen;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    dass die Befülleinheit dazu ausgelegt ist, ein Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche umzusetzen.
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