EP3331812B1 - Procédé de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection d'éléments de fermeture et machine de fermeture - Google Patents

Procédé de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection d'éléments de fermeture et machine de fermeture Download PDF

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EP3331812B1
EP3331812B1 EP16730345.2A EP16730345A EP3331812B1 EP 3331812 B1 EP3331812 B1 EP 3331812B1 EP 16730345 A EP16730345 A EP 16730345A EP 3331812 B1 EP3331812 B1 EP 3331812B1
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Manfred Härtel
Michael Beisel
Ludwig Clüsserath
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/003—Pretreatment of caps, e.g. cleaning, steaming, heating or sterilizing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B1/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers
    • B67B1/04—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying stoppers by inserting threadless stoppers, e.g. corks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
    • B67B3/10—Capping heads for securing caps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B2201/00—Indexing codes relating to constructional features of closing machines
    • B67B2201/08—Aseptic features

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  • the invention relates to a method according to the preamble of patent claim 1, and to a Verschnovaggregat or a closing machine according to the preamble of claim 8.
  • Methods and sealing machines or units for sealing containers are known in various designs, in particular as machines or units for processing corks, crown caps, screw caps, caps or caps, or as a seal sealer or -closing machines. In any case, it is necessary to regularly clean and / or disinfect the respective closing machine and, in particular, also its closing tools in each case in a cleaning mode.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method with which an intensive interior cleaning and / or disinfection of the closing of a Verschnovaggregates or a capping machine is possible, in particular an intensive interior cleaning and / or disinfection with reliable and simplified operation.
  • a method according to claim 1 is formed.
  • a closing machine or a closing unit are the subject matter of patent claim 8.
  • the capping machine or the Verschffyaggregat or its closing the bearing rotor are inventively driven by a drive, such as servo or direct drive, which is not only independent of the drive other units or machines, such as the filling machine or the filling unit of a system, but it also allows this rotor during normal production operation, ie during filling and closing of the container to rotate continuously and synchronously with the other machines or units of the system and controlled in the cleaning mode of the closing elements bearing rotor controlled stepwise or cyclically further rotated.
  • a drive such as servo or direct drive
  • the closing elements individually or in groups, in which the number of closing elements is substantially smaller than the total number of closing elements of Verschdorfaggregates and each having at least two closing elements, in succession to a docking or cleaning station in which then during the stoppage phase of the clocked movement of the rotor, the treatment of the respective arranged at the cleaning station Verschoudreettis takes place, for example, by a free transfer of the cleaning media to the positioned Verschdorfstationen or but for example by automatic or mechanical coupling at least one coupling piece Cleaning station for supplying the cleaning medium and for the internal cleaning of the respective closure element, by subsequently opening the supply line of the cleaning medium, by deriving the Reini transfer medium the flow through the interior of the treated closure element, by closing the supply line for the cleaning medium after the treatment time to complete the treatment and by the automatic or mechanical uncoupling of the coupling piece of the respective closing element.
  • the treatment of the occlusion members occurs one at a time or in groups one at a time.
  • the cleaning mode is ended when all closing elements have been treated with the cleaning and / or disinfecting medium.
  • the respective closing element, and in particular also the interior of the closing element and its closing tools are repeatedly rinsed or rinsed with interruptions or continuously and / or supplied with disinfectant and / or steam.
  • the docking or cleaning station is effective only during the cleaning mode. If produced with the plant concerned, this station has no function and does not affect normal production, in particular the docking or cleaning station does not interfere with the rotation of the capping machine or of the capping unit.
  • the cleaning and / or disinfection medium flow freely after flowing through the interior of the closing and after the flow around the closing tools and is preferably collected in a drip tray or pan from which it then for example via a Return flow can drain.
  • the cleaning and / or disinfecting medium can also be conveyed back to the CIP system or to the respective storage container.
  • the invention not only the feeding, but also the discharge of the cleaning and / or disinfecting medium via a coupling piece, via a common coupling piece with supply and discharge or via two coupling pieces. Also that for deriving the cleaning and / or Serving disinfection medium coupling piece is automatically, ie mechanically coupled to the respective closing element and decoupled from this and is also part of the cleaning station.
  • the automatic coupling and uncoupling of the at least one coupling piece to the respective closing element or from the respective closing element takes place, for example, by a robot, by a manipulator controlled by a drive or by a linear axis drive of the cleaning station.
  • the cleaning and / or disinfecting agent is a liquid, vapor and / or gaseous medium.
  • the treatment can also be carried out with several different media, preferably in chronological succession.
  • the cleaning and / or disinfecting agent flows through the closure element in question during the treatment preferably from top to bottom.
  • the cleaning or disinfecting medium is preferably supplied to the interior of the closing element at an upper area and removed from the closing element at a lower area.
  • Container in the context of the invention, in particular bottles or cans made of metal, glass and / or plastic, but also other packaging, which are suitable for filling of liquid or viscous products.
  • 1 is a plant which i.a. is used for filling and then closing containers 2 with container closures 3, wherein the containers are exemplified as bottles and the closures 3 are exemplified by Kronkorkenverêtn.
  • the plant 1 comprises in a known manner a filling machine or a filling unit 4, to which the containers 2 are supplied for example by a rinser 5, and in the illustrated embodiment a Verschdorfaggregat 6 and a Ausschubstern. If several Titanate 6 are provided, they may for example be designed for processing of different closures, of which, for example, a Verschbieaggregat 6 is designed for processing the crown caps, while another Titanaggregat 6 is provided for the processing of screw caps.
  • the Verschhotaggregat 6 of the illustrated embodiment has on a rotatably driven about a vertical axis of the machine rotor 7 (arrow A) a plurality of Verschmonyiatan 8, provided at a pitch on the rotor 7 for the processing of closures 3 in the form of crown caps respectively below in the Related to the Fig. 4 - 12 Have described in more detail training.
  • a plate 11 cork shoe
  • the printing cylinder 10 In the interior of the printing cylinder 10 is also a mitbewegter with this cylinder, sprung by a compression spring 13 and arranged coaxially with the axis VA down device 14 is provided.
  • the drawing ring 12 is provided with molded seals which prevent penetration of dirt and germs into the gap between the drawing ring 12 and the annular portion 10.2, in which the drawing ring 12 is held.
  • the holding plate 11 is provided with a molded seal which seals the gap between the plate 11, the drawing ring 12 and the extension 10.1.
  • the closure of the container 2 with the closures 3 in the manner known to those skilled in the fact that the respective closing element 8 at a closure transfer position in each case receives a closure 3, which is then magnetically held at the lower end of the plunger-like hold-down 14, for example.
  • the closure is placed on the inserted under the closing element 8 container 2, by controlled movement of the printing cylinder 10 and the blank holder 14 down, with the result that the closure 3 with the spring-loaded hold-down 14 first to the opening of the container. 2 pressed and then fixed by the drawing ring 12 on the container 3 by deforming.
  • the controlled lifting movement H of the printing cylinder 10 is cam-controlled, i. by arranged on the printing cylinder 10 cam rollers 15 which cooperate with a control cam 16.
  • the sleeve-like guide bearing 9 ultimately also forms a housing part in which the impression cylinder 10 is received with an upper part length in the figures and at the upper and lower end of the pressure cylinder 10 at 17 sealed for the stroke H is performed.
  • a special feature of Versch96aggregates 6 is that at the trajectory of the closing elements 8 a docking or cleaning station 18 is provided which does not rotate with the rotor 7 and the local closure elements 8 and u.a. a first, in the representation of the figures upper coupling piece 19 and a second, in the representation of the figures lower coupling piece 20, which allow it in a cleaning mode of Verschnovaggregates 6, the entire interior of each closing element 8 with this interior flowing through and in particular the actual closing tool, ie To treat the pull ring 12 and the hold-down 14 on all surface areas flowing around cleaning and / or disinfecting agent.
  • the coupling piece 19 is formed so that it is deliverable by a relative to the axis VA radial delivery to the drawing ring 12 remote upper end of the sleeve-like guide bearing 9, in such a way that the coupling piece 19, the guide bearing 9 at its circular cylindrical outer surface relative to the axis VA on an angular range greater than 90 °, but less than 180 ° equidirectionally overlaps and is arranged with two connection openings 21 each congruent with a connection opening 22 of the guide bearing 9, so that when coupled coupling member 19 via the connection openings 21 and 22nd a flow connection of the connection openings 21 associated with channels 23.1 of terminals 23 of the coupling piece 19 in the interior of the guide bearing 9 consists.
  • connection openings 21 and also the two connection openings 22 are offset relative to the axis VA by an angle greater than 90 °, for example by an angle of about 120 ° to each other.
  • the coupling piece 19 where the two channels 23.1 each open at their connection opening 21 provided with an example molded seal 19.1.
  • the coupling piece 20 is during the cleaning and disinfection mode also with respect to the axis VA radially on the respective closing element 8 deliverable, in such a way that it after delivery in cooperation with the extension 10.1, which surrounds the axis VA part-shell, a to Surrounding closed Spellers 24 forms, in the ua a lower part length of the blank holder 14, the drawing ring 12 and the drawing ring holding plate 11 are arranged.
  • a provided on the lower coupling piece 20 connection 25 opens with its channel 25.1 in the washing compartment 24th
  • the coupling piece 20 in the illustrated embodiment consists of a plate-shaped base 26 with a recess 27 into which the channel 25.1 of the terminal 25 opens and from a half-shell-shaped portion 28 which extends beyond the surface side of the base 26 at which the Recess 27 is open and facing with its concave side of the recess 27 and at this concave side about an axis perpendicular to said surface side of the base 26 is curved in a circular arc.
  • this axis is coaxial with the axis VA of the closing element 8 to be treated.
  • the coupling piece 20 is provided with a preferably molded seal, so that when delivered coupling piece 20 of the washing chamber 24 is sealed to the outside.
  • the printing cylinder 10 is profiled many times, ie with different openings 29th and flow channels 30 which allow a multi-branched flow path for the cleaning and / or disinfecting medium (arrows B).
  • the closing element 8 is flowed through during the cleaning mode from top to bottom of the cleaning and / or disinfecting medium, which is then supplied via the two terminals 23 of the coupling piece 19 and discharged via the terminal 25 of the coupling piece 20.
  • the two connection openings 22 are each formed by a plurality of individual openings, or at the two connection openings 22 is in each case additionally preferably also adjustable Aperture provided which has these individual openings.
  • each Versch40aggregat 6 has its own drive that drives the relevant rotor 7 continuously and synchronously with the Grees 4 during normal filling operation, but during the cleaning mode but a gradual, exact further rotation of the rotor 7 by one pitch allows have the provided on the rotor 7 closing elements 8 from each other.
  • the two hitherto arranged outside the movement path of the closing elements 8 coupling pieces 19 and 20 are coupled to the closure element 8 to be treated, so that in the manner described above, the terminals 23 and 25 sealed to the interior of the closing element 8 are connected and this interior can then be traversed by the cleaning medium according to the arrows B.
  • the coupling pieces 19 and 20 are moved back to their original position and the rotor 7 for the treatment of the next closing element 8 further rotated by a pitch by the drive, so that then the coupling pieces 19 and 20 can be delivered to the other, to be treated closing element 8 and coupled.
  • the movement of the coupling pieces 19 and 20 takes place automatically or automatically without manual intervention by an operator, for example by at least one robot, a manipulator, a linear axis drive, etc.
  • a drive for the rotor 7 of the Verschnovaggregates 6 is a direct drive with a servo motor, in particular with a torque motor, which allows an accurate gradual indexing or rotation of the rotor 7 without delay.
  • a positioning aid 31 is provided for the exact positioning of the coupling piece 19 to the respective closing element 8, which is assigned to the outer contour of this positioning 31 complementary coupling portion 32 of the coupling piece 19 so that when recorded by the coupling portion 32 positioning aid 31 an exact positioning of the coupling piece 19 on Closing element 8 is ensured.
  • the closing elements 8 are each treated individually one after the other.
  • the cleaning station 18 can also be designed for a simultaneous treatment of closing element groups, which then each have at least two closing elements 8.
  • the number of coupling pieces 19 and 20 then corresponds, for example, the number of locking elements to be treated 8 of each group or the coupling pieces 19 and 20 are each formed as multiple coupling pieces for simultaneous coupling to a plurality of closing elements 8.
  • the rotor 7 is then moved on by the angular spacing of the closing element groups.
  • closing elements 8 which are designed for the processing of closures 3 in the form of crown caps.
  • the invention is also suitable for Verschnovaggregate or closing machines for processing other types of closures.
  • the closing elements are designed so that they form in the interior of a permeable by the cleaning and / or disinfecting medium space, with coupling pieces for feeding and / or removal of the cleaning medium is connectable, otherwise closed to the environment, in turn, for example one of the coupling pieces cap-shaped or part-cap-like and forms a flushing chamber, in which the actual closing tool of the respective closing element is arranged and thus flows around during the cleaning and / or disinfection mode of the cleaning and / or disinfecting medium intensive.
  • the treatment of the closing takes place either individually or in groups in succession with gradual further rotation of the closing elements bearing rotor and machine feed the serving for supplying and preferably also for discharging the cleaning and / or disinfecting medium coupling pieces to the Closing elements and mechanical removal of the coupling pieces of the closing elements, wherein the entire process is controlled by an electrical or electronic control, for example, controlled by the plant control automatically runs.
  • the couplings 20 are used as the return for the discharge of the cleaning medium.
  • the cleaning and / or Disinfecting medium supplied via the supplied coupling piece 19 above in the interior of the closing and open downwards or divert into a drip tray so that then, for example, the lower coupling piece 20 can be omitted.
  • connection openings 21 via which the cleaning and / or disinfecting medium is supplied, i. in such a way that these connection openings 21 are opened only with the delivery of the relevant coupling piece 19 or only through this coupling piece.
  • each closure element 8 In a treatment of each closure element 8 with different cleaning and / or disinfecting media, e.g. first with a liquid and then with a gaseous and / or vaporous cleaning and / or disinfecting medium, it may be expedient to supply the treatment medium of any kind via its own coupling piece 19 and to discharge it via its own coupling piece 20.
  • the coupling pieces are for the different cleaning and / or disinfecting media are then part of a cleaning station 18, but effective at different rotational positions of the rotor 7, so that each closing element 8 during the stoppage phase of the rotational movement of the rotor 7 at a rotational position with the first cleaning and / or disinfecting medium, eg with the liquid medium, and at a further rotational position of the rotor 7 with another cleaning and / or disinfecting medium, e.g. with the gas and / or vapor medium, is treated.
  • the treatment station 18 and the at least one coupling piece for the Verschdorfaggregat 6 are provided only once and to design so that it occupies only a small angular range of rotation of the rotor 7 , so that the treatment station 18 does not affect the normal production operation (filling and closing the container), the cleaning and / or disinfection in particular the closing elements 8 but still without complicated assembly / disassembly is possible.
  • the cleaning station 18 is preferably arranged in an angular range of the rotational movement of the rotor 7 formed between a container outlet and a container inlet.

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  1. Procédé de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection d'éléments de fermeture (8) d'une machine de fermeture ou d'un groupe de fermeture (6), dans lequel pendant un mode de nettoyage, l'espace intérieur de l'élément de fermeture concerné et les éléments fonctionnels qui s'y trouvent ainsi qu'aussi l'outil de fermeture servant à la pose du bouchon (3) concerné sur un récipient (2) sont traversés et contournés par au moins un milieu de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection, lequel est amené à l'élément de fermeture (8) par le biais d'au moins une pièce de couplage (19), dans lequel le traitement des éléments de fermeture (8) a lieu pendant le mode de nettoyage l'un après l'autre respectivement un par un ou en groupes d'éléments de fermeture d'au moins deux éléments de fermeture (8), dans lequel pour ce faire les éléments de fermeture (8) ou groupes d'éléments de fermeture sont déplacés avec un entraînement permettant une poursuite du mouvement pas à pas du rotor (7) au niveau d'une station d'amarrage ou de nettoyage (18), qui présente l'au moins une pièce de couplage (19), dans lequel l'au moins une pièce de couplage (19) est reliée à l'élément de fermeture (8) concerné se trouvant au niveau de la station de nettoyage (18) par approche et accouplage mécaniques, et dans lequel après la fin du traitement de l'élément de fermeture (8) concerné, l'au moins une pièce de couplage (19) est retirée à nouveau mécaniquement de l'élément de fermeture (8) concerné, caractérisé en ce que pour l'évacuation de l'au moins un agent de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection, au moins une autre pièce de couplage (20) de la station de nettoyage (18) est accouplée mécaniquement à l'élément de fermeture (8) agencé au niveau de cette station et après le traitement est à nouveau retirée mécaniquement de l'élément de fermeture (8).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une des deux pièces de couplage (20) forme à l'état accouplé, un espace de rinçage (24), dans lequel au moins l'outil de fermeture (20, 14) est reçu.
  3. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le traitement de chaque élément de fermeture (8) a lieu l'un après l'autre avec au moins deux milieux de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection différents de préférence au niveau de différentes positions rotatives du mouvement de rotation cadencé du rotor (7) par le biais d'au moins une pièce de couplage (19, 20).
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'ensemble du mode de nettoyage, autrement dit le mouvement de l'élément de fermeture (8) concerné ou du groupe d'éléments de fermeture (8) à la station de nettoyage (18), l'accouplage et le découplage de l'au moins un élément de couplage (19, 20) ainsi que l'ouverture et la fermeture d'une amenée pour le milieu de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection est commandé automatiquement par un dispositif de commande électrique ou électronique, par exemple par une commande d'installation après un programme qui y est enregistré.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'accouplage et le retrait de l'au moins une pièce de couplage (19, 20) par approche ou retrait de cette pièce de couplage dans une direction axiale radialement ou sensiblement radialement à un axe d'élément de fermeture (VA), dans lequel et/ou autour duquel l'outil de fermeture (12) est déplacé ou tourné lors de la fermeture des récipients (2).
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le mouvement de l'au moins une pièce de couplage (19, 20) pour l'accouplage et le découplage a lieu par un robot, manipulateur ou entraînement d'axe linéaire.
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le milieu de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection est amené à l'élément de fermeture (8) par le biais d'au moins une ouverture de raccordement (22), et en ce que l'ouverture de raccordement (22) est ouverte mécaniquement, par exemple par la pièce de couplage (19) pour le traitement et fermée après le traitement.
  8. Groupe de fermeture ou machine de fermeture pour la fermeture de récipients (2) avec des bouchons (3), avec une pluralité d'éléments de fermeture (8) présentant respectivement un outil de fermeture (12, 14) au niveau d'un rotor (7), qui peut être entraîné en rotation en continu lors de la fermeture des récipients (2) par un entraînement autour d'un axe de machine vertical, dans lequel une station d'amarrage ou de nettoyage (18) est prévue au niveau de la trajectoire des éléments de fermeture (8) avec le rotor (7) non rotatif, dans lequel l'entraînement du rotor (7) est réalisé en plus pour une poursuite du mouvement ou de la rotation pas à pas ou cadencée du rotor autour de l'axe de machine pour positionner les éléments de fermeture (8) l'un après l'autre un par un ou en groupes de respectivement au moins deux éléments de fermeture (8) dans une phase d'immobilisation du mouvement cadencé au niveau de la station de nettoyage (18), et dans lequel la station d'amarrage ou de nettoyage (18) présente au moins une pièce de couplage (19, 20) laquelle peut être accouplée mécaniquement à l'élément de fermeture (8) agencé au niveau de la position de nettoyage pour l'amenée d'un milieu de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection et à nouveau être retirée mécaniquement après le traitement de l'élément de fermeture (8), caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une autre pièce de couplage (20) est prévue pour l'évacuation du milieu de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection au niveau de la station de nettoyage (18) pour chaque élément de fermeture (8) déplacé au niveau de cette station, et que l'au moins une autre pièce de couplage (20) est agencée de sorte qu'elle est également déplacée mécaniquement pour l'accouplage et le découplage.
  9. Groupe de fermeture selon la revendication 8, caractérisé par un robot, par un manipulateur ou un entraînement d'axe linéaire au niveau de la station de nettoyage (18) pour le mouvement mécanique de l'au moins une pièce de couplage (19, 20).
  10. Groupe de fermeture selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la station de nettoyage (18) est agencée dans une zone angulaire formée entre une sortie de récipient et une entrée de récipient du mouvement de rotation du rotor (7) et/ou que la station de nettoyage (18) présente au niveau d'au moins deux positions rotatives différentes du mouvement cadencé du rotor (7) respectivement l'au moins une pièce de couplage (19, 20).
  11. Groupe de fermeture selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par une commande de machine, qui commande automatiquement tous les déroulements du mode de nettoyage, en particulier aussi la poursuite de la commutation ou poursuite de la rotation pas à pas du rotor (7), l'accouplage et le découplage de l'au moins une pièce de couplage (19, 20), l'ouverture et la fermeture de l'amenée du milieu de nettoyage et/ou de désinfection, etc.
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