EP3219631B1 - Dispositif de formage et procédé de formage d'un emballage en un emballage fini, unité de pliage pour former des emballages scellés de produits alimentaires liquides - Google Patents

Dispositif de formage et procédé de formage d'un emballage en un emballage fini, unité de pliage pour former des emballages scellés de produits alimentaires liquides Download PDF

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EP3219631B1
EP3219631B1 EP16161232.0A EP16161232A EP3219631B1 EP 3219631 B1 EP3219631 B1 EP 3219631B1 EP 16161232 A EP16161232 A EP 16161232A EP 3219631 B1 EP3219631 B1 EP 3219631B1
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Massimiliano BARBI
Manuel ROCCHI
Filippo MALAVASI
Roberto De Pietri Tonelli
Stefano Paradisi
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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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/24—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for shaping or reshaping completed packages
    • 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
    • B65B43/08—Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material
    • B65B43/10—Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material by folding the 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/003—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the packaging 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/04—Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
    • 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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/18—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements
    • B65B61/186—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements by applying or incorporating rigid fittings, e.g. discharge spouts
    • 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
    • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
    • B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
    • B65B9/2056—Machines for packages of special type or form
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/72—Contents-dispensing means
    • B65D5/74—Spouts
    • B65D5/746—Spouts formed separately from the container
    • 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
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/04—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
    • B65B55/10—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging by liquids or gases
    • B65B55/103—Sterilising flat or tubular webs
    • 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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/28—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for discharging completed packages from machines

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  • Folding units are known, for example from the International Application No. WO2008122623 in the name of the same Applicant, which substantially comprise a rotary conveyor that receives pillow packs to be folded at an inlet station, conveys the pillow packs to be folded along an arc-shaped folding path, and outputs folded packages at an output station.
  • the folding units comprises a first folding unit which interacts with portions of the packs travelling along the folding path to perform a folding operation onto the packs, a heating device for heating the flaps of the packs travelling along the folding path, and a second folding device for pressing the flaps of each pack travelling along the forming path onto respective walls, as flaps cool.

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Claims (11)

  1. Dispositif de formage (42) destiné à alimenter, le long d'un trajet de formage (B), un emballage (3) comportant au moins une partie (6) à plier dans un emballage fini (2), ledit dispositif de formage (42) comprenant :
    une première surface (46a) et une seconde surface (46b) opposées l'une par rapport à l'autre, et conçues, lors de l'utilisation, pour coopérer respectivement avec une paroi avant (15) et une paroi arrière (10) opposée l'une par rapport à l'autre dudit emballage (3) à plier,
    ladite première surface (46a) comprenant une section de formage au moins en partie concave (8) conçue, lors de l'utilisation, pour coopérer avec une partie supérieure de ladite paroi avant (15) dudit emballage (3), de manière à empêcher une déformation vers l'intérieur de ladite partie supérieure de ladite paroi avant (15) pendant le formage de l'emballage (3),
    le dispositif de formage étant caractérisé en ce que :
    ladite section de formage au moins en partie concave (8) est configurée pour permettre à ladite partie supérieure de ladite paroi avant (15) de s'étendre vers l'extérieur dans ladite section de formage au moins en partie concave (8) pendant le formage dudit emballage (3) sans déformer de façon permanente ledit emballage (3).
  2. Dispositif de formage (42) selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre un premier corps (44a) intégrant la première surface (46a), et un second corps (44b) intégrant la seconde surface (46b).
  3. Dispositif de formage (42) selon la revendication 2, dans lequel ledit premier corps (44a) et ledit second corps (44b) ont chacun une première zone extrême et une seconde zone extrême opposée à ladite première zone extrême.
  4. Dispositif de formage (42) selon la revendication 3, dans lequel ladite première zone extrême dudit premier corps (44a) est connectée à un élément d'entraînement (20) pour entraîner ledit dispositif de formage (42) le long d'un trajet de formage (B), et intègre ladite section de formage au moins en partie concave (8).
  5. Dispositif de formage (42) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite première surface (46a) comprend un élément remplaçable (9) intégrant ladite section de formage au moins en partie concave (8).
  6. Dispositif de formage (42) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel ledit élément remplaçable (9) intégrant ladite partie de formage au moins en partie concave (8) peut être remplacé par un autre élément remplaçable intégrant une autre section de formage ayant une étendue de la forme concave différente de la forme de ladite section de formage au moins en partie concave (8).
  7. Unité de pliage (1) destinée à former des emballages scellés (2) de produits alimentaires versables, comprenant :
    au moins un dispositif de formage (42) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, et
    au moins un dispositif de pliage (55, 65) interagissant, lors de l'utilisation, avec ledit emballage (3) le long dudit trajet de formage (B) et conçu pour plier ladite au moins une partie (6).
  8. Unité de pliage selon la revendication 7, comprenant en outre un dispositif de chauffage (60) pour chauffer, lors de l'utilisation, des rabats non pliés dudit emballage (3), ledit au moins un dispositif de pliage (65) étant disposé en aval dudit dispositif de chauffage (60) le long dudit trajet de formage (B).
  9. Procédé de formage d'un emballage (3) comportant au moins une partie (6) à plier dans un emballage fini (2), comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    contraindre ledit emballage (3) entre une première surface (46a) et une seconde surface (46b) d'un dispositif de formage (42), disposées à l'opposé l'une de l'autre et conçues, lors de l'utilisation, pour coopérer respectivement avec une paroi avant (15) et une paroi arrière (10) dudit emballage (3) à plier, ladite première surface (46a) comprenant une section de formage au moins en partie concave (8) ;
    plier ladite au moins une partie (6) dudit emballage (3) pour former ledit emballage fini (2) ;
    le procédé étant caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre l'étape consistant à :
    former ledit emballage (3) en permettant à une partie supérieure de ladite paroi avant (15) dudit emballage (3) de s'étendre vers l'extérieur dans ladite section de formage au moins en partie concave (8) sans déformer de façon permanente ledit emballage (3).
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, dans lequel ladite partie supérieure de ladite paroi avant (15) dudit emballage (3), après l'étape de formage, est sensiblement plane.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 9 ou 10, dans lequel ladite partie supérieure de ladite paroi avant (15) dudit emballage (2) est conçue pour recevoir un dispositif d'ouverture.
EP16161232.0A 2016-03-18 2016-03-18 Dispositif de formage et procédé de formage d'un emballage en un emballage fini, unité de pliage pour former des emballages scellés de produits alimentaires liquides Not-in-force EP3219631B1 (fr)

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EP16161232.0A EP3219631B1 (fr) 2016-03-18 2016-03-18 Dispositif de formage et procédé de formage d'un emballage en un emballage fini, unité de pliage pour former des emballages scellés de produits alimentaires liquides
PCT/EP2017/055087 WO2017157699A1 (fr) 2016-03-18 2017-03-03 Dispositif et procédé de formation pour former un paquet sous la forme d'un emballage fini, unité de pliage pour former des emballages scellés de produits alimentaires pouvant être versés, et emballage
US16/086,024 US20190337659A1 (en) 2016-03-18 2017-03-03 A forming device and method for forming a pack into a finished package, a folding unit for forming sealed packages of pourable food products, and a package
CN201780009975.2A CN108602576A (zh) 2016-03-18 2017-03-03 用于形成包装为成品包装盒的成形装置和方法、用于形成可倾倒食品的密封包装盒的折叠单元以及一种包装盒
JP2018548429A JP2019508338A (ja) 2016-03-18 2017-03-03 パックを完成したパッケージに形成するための形成デバイスおよび方法、注入可能な食品の密封パッケージを形成するための折り畳みユニット、ならびにパッケージ

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