EP3241771B1 - Dispositif de remplissage comprenant un boîtier et dispositif d'écoulement - Google Patents

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EP3241771B1
EP3241771B1 EP17166154.9A EP17166154A EP3241771B1 EP 3241771 B1 EP3241771 B1 EP 3241771B1 EP 17166154 A EP17166154 A EP 17166154A EP 3241771 B1 EP3241771 B1 EP 3241771B1
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Ralf MÜLLER
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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
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • 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
    • B65B3/26—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled
    • B65B3/28—Methods or devices for controlling the quantity of the material fed or filled by weighing
    • 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
    • B65B55/08—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging by irradiation

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  • the invention relates to a filling device for filling or closing of packaging materials according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • UC systems are known in the field of filling devices (UC: abbreviation for English "Ultra Clean”). These systems meet a certain standard of hygiene, which is, however, below the standard of so-called aseptic systems and usually requires no monitoring of certain functions.
  • aseptic system z. B. in access to the protected area, such as after opening a protective door, the area of the open cup new and time-consuming sterilized.
  • a filling device is known in which an air flow perpendicular to the transport direction, in which the containers to be filled are transported, is generated in order to prevent the penetration of dirt particles into the container.
  • Other filling devices are z. B. from the EP 0 903 297 A1 or the EP 2 420 450 A1 also known, in which air flows are generated perpendicular to the transport direction to protect against dirt particles.
  • the object of the invention is to be able to provide a filling device, in particular in the field of UC systems, which enables improved hygiene.
  • the filling device is designed for filling or closing of packaging materials, with packaging materials in particular to be filled packages such. Plastic cups, about for yogurt, or the like can act.
  • the packaging materials are usually separated from a supply and transported by means of a transport device over a transport path.
  • a transport device Across the transport path, at least one processing station for processing the packaging material is provided.
  • stations such as a filling station for filling the packaging material and a closing device for closing the packaging material are provided.
  • the filling device is correspondingly adapted to supply the packaging materials via the transport path to at least one processing station and to transfer the packaging materials from an open state into a closed and in particular filled state.
  • a housing is provided to encapsulate the transport path at least in this area, in which the packaging materials are still open.
  • a flow device for generating a Air flow in the housing provided to prevent the ingress of dirt particles in the packaging materials. The housing, through which the packaging materials pass through the transport route as though through a tunnel, initially reduces the likelihood that dirt particles will ever reach the vicinity of the transport route, because the housing as encapsulation forms a barrier to the dirt particles through which The dirt particles usually only partially or not penetrate.
  • the term "capsules” as a rule does not mean airtight, hermetic sealing of the corresponding part of the transport path in which open packaging materials are located. Rather, the term “capsules” means that a wall of the housing is arranged over a large part of the area surrounding the corresponding transport path, so that dirt particles from the surroundings can penetrate more poorly.
  • the housing fulfills the function of enabling a kind of routing, after which the flow device can accordingly generate an air flow within the housing.
  • This air flow can be directed so that any existing dirt particles are transported within the housing with the air flow and the likelihood that these in the Packaging materials get as small as possible.
  • the transport device transports the packaging materials over the transport path in a transport direction.
  • the paths to be traversed are not selected too small. Accordingly, the flow along the transport direction from a certain flow rate can ensure that as little as possible dirt particles precipitate out of the flow and can penetrate into the packaging materials.
  • the flow can take place in and / or counter to the transport direction, in particular, the flow can also be introduced at a certain point of the transport path and then run on both sides, once in and once against the transport direction. This also offers the advantage that at the beginning and at the end of the transport route, an air flow flows out of the housing and dirt particles can penetrate into the housing worse.
  • the flow device may be formed as a laminar hood for generating the flow.
  • a laminar hood can essentially be attached over the entire length of the structural housing, in particular in the case of filling machines with a straight transport path. This also makes possible in particular a modular construction of the filling device, which allows a special degree of flexibility and a particularly simple design of the machine.
  • the laminar hood can be arranged in one embodiment of the invention, in particular outside of the housing in order not to require increased space in the transport path.
  • the area or volume that is actually encapsulated and sealed against dirt particles should be kept as small as possible, which can help to save costs.
  • the flow device can have at least one heating device, so that no condensed liquid, in particular within the housing, can settle, which could otherwise lead to an impairment of the contents.
  • Numerous processing stations can be provided in embodiments of the invention: Including weighing devices for weighing the packaging material before and / or provided after the filling.
  • a weighing device may be designed to weigh the empty or filled packaging material, for example to determine whether the intended amount has actually been filled.
  • a pick-up device may be provided for picking up and separating out the packaging materials from a supply of packaging materials.
  • the initially empty packaging material and possibly later the filled packaging material can be measured with the aid of a weighing device.
  • the weighing station can in particular also be integrated in a filling station, ie the packaging material is measured during the filling process with respect to its weight.
  • a processing station can provide illumination with ultraviolet light (in particular: UV-C light).
  • UV-C light ultraviolet light
  • the filling device is designed so that the housing encapsulates the transport path between each including the pick-up device and the closure device, i. in the area where the packaging material is open.
  • the entire filling area can be maintained according to a high standard of hygiene in an advantageous manner by this variant.
  • the still remaining openings or gaps in the housing can be secured in one embodiment of the invention thereby against the ingress of dirt particles that within the housing, an overpressure (relative to the environment outside of the housing) is generated.
  • This overpressure can be generated in particular by the flow device.
  • the air, driven by the flow device tends to escape to the outside, so that less unwanted dirt particles from the environment can penetrate into the housing.
  • the corresponding processing station can be mounted directly above the transport route. As a result, in particular the costs for the flow device can be reduced.
  • FIG. 1 shows a filling device 1, in which the packaging materials, such as yogurt cups or yoghurt pails, are transported over a transport path T.
  • the placement of the cups or packaging materials on the transport path T is carried out by a so-called Bechersetzer 2.
  • a cup control device 3 is provided.
  • a sterilization of the packaging materials by irradiation with UV-C light. As a result, for example, bacteria can be killed, so that it is ensured that the interior of the packaging material container is not contaminated when subsequently food should be bottled.
  • the cup bases are fed to the transport path T several stations or processing stations and thereby transported in the transport direction R.
  • dosing stations are designated, one for predosing 5 and one to the main dosage 6. Both dosing stations 5, 6 may be additionally associated with a weighing device.
  • the packaging material closure takes place in particular at the end of the transport path: First, a board is placed in the insertion station 7 on the packaging material cup and sealed pointwise. The complete sealing takes place in the heat-sealing station 8.
  • the transport path T is surrounded by the housing 9 and encapsulated.
  • the laminar hoods 10, 11 provide an air flow in the corresponding area B of the transport path T.
  • the flow is initiated in the middle of the transport route and forwarded on both sides, once in and once against the transport direction R (flow directions S1, S2), so that the air at the entrance and at the exit of the area B from the housing flows and dirt particles better keeps away.
  • the mentioned processing stations such as the Bechersetzer 2, the cup control 3 for attendance, the Degermination station 4, the dosing stations 5, 6 and the introduction and heat-sealing device 7, 8, may be arranged in part or even substantially completely above the housing 9 or the transport path T and pass through corresponding passages to the actual cup on the transport path T.
  • this is surrounded by the housing 9 in the region B and is correspondingly flown in the direction R, so that no dirt particles can penetrate into the packaging material.
  • the passages through the housing 9 can be formed so small that a handling device of the corresponding station still fits through. All gaps and openings are flowed through from the inside (in the housing 9) to the outside (into the environment) by the pressure gradient, so that here, too, the probability that dirt particles can penetrate is very low.
  • Both laminar hoods 10, 11 can be easily placed above the or some processing stations. They generate over a certain distance a substantially laminar flow. Furthermore, the laminar hoods 10, 11 are heated in order to prevent condensation.
  • the transport device 12 has the tunnel-like structure, which serves as a housing 9 for partitioning the substances to be filled. On the outside of the housing 9 windows are mounted in order to obtain better control in the machining processes.

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  1. Dispositif de remplissage (1) destiné à remplir et/ou à fermer des matériaux d'emballage, en particulier des gobelets en plastique ou similaire, comprenant un dispositif de transport (12) présentant une voie de transport (T) et au moins une station de traitement (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) destinée à traiter les matériaux d'emballage, le dispositif de remplissage (1) étant conçu pour alimenter en matériaux d'emballage par l'intermédiaire de la voie de transport (T) au moins une station de traitement (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) et pour faire passer les matériaux d'emballage d'un état ouvert à un état fermé et en particulier à un état rempli, un boîtier (9) étant prévu pour enserrer la voie de transport (T) dans la zone dans laquelle les matériaux d'emballage se présentent dans un état ouvert, un dispositif d'écoulement (10, 11) étant prévu pour produire un écoulement d'air dans le boîtier (9) afin d'éviter que des particules de poussière ne pénètrent dans les matériaux d'emballage,
    le dispositif d'écoulement (10, 11) étant conçu pour produire un écoulement laminaire, dans une large mesure, en particulier complet et/ou un écoulement irrotationnel,
    caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de transport (12) est conçu pour transporter par l'intermédiaire de la voie de transport (T) dans une direction de transport (R) et le dispositif d'écoulement (10, 11) est conçu pour produire un écoulement dans (S1) et/ou à l'encontre (S2) de la direction de transport (R).
  2. Dispositif de remplissage (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'écoulement (10, 11) présente au moins un capot laminaire destiné à produire l'écoulement.
  3. Dispositif de remplissage (1) selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'au moins un capot laminaire (10, 11) est disposé à l'extérieur du boîtier (9).
  4. Dispositif de remplissage (1) selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'écoulement (10, 11) comprend un dispositif de chauffage destiné à éviter le condensat.
  5. Dispositif de remplissage (1) selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'écoulement (10, 11) et le boîtier (9) sont conçus pour produire à l'intérieur du boîtier (9) une surpression par rapport à l'environnement du boîtier (9) de sorte que l'air sorte du boîtier (9) dans une direction préférée dans l'environnement.
  6. Dispositif de remplissage (1) selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'au moins une station de traitement est conçue comme suit :
    - un dispositif de prélèvement (2) destiné à prélever le matériau d'emballage à partir d'un stock de matériaux d'emballage
    - un dispositif d'aseptisation (4)
    - un dispositif de pesage destiné à peser le matériau d'emballage vide et/ou rempli
    - un dispositif de remplissage (5, 6) destiné à remplir le matériau d'emballage
    - un dispositif de fermeture (7, 8) destiné à fermer le matériau d'emballage, en particulier un dispositif de scellage et/ou un dispositif destiné à appliquer un couvercle.
  7. Dispositif de remplissage (1) selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier (9) enserre la voie de transport (T) entre respectivement y compris le dispositif de prélèvement (2) et le dispositif de fermeture (8).
  8. Dispositif de remplissage (1) selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une parmi l'au moins une station de traitement (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) est disposée en partie au-dessus du boîtier (9) et/ou sous celui-ci.
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