EP3345862B1 - Système de remplissage et procédé de remplissage de récipients cylindriques - Google Patents

Système de remplissage et procédé de remplissage de récipients cylindriques Download PDF

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EP3345862B1
EP3345862B1 EP17000013.7A EP17000013A EP3345862B1 EP 3345862 B1 EP3345862 B1 EP 3345862B1 EP 17000013 A EP17000013 A EP 17000013A EP 3345862 B1 EP3345862 B1 EP 3345862B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • 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
    • B65B3/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • B65B3/06—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles by gravity flow
    • 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
    • B65B3/18—Controlling escape of air from containers or receptacles during filling
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2657—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks specially adapted for filling cans
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2671—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2671—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid
    • B67C2003/2674—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid by creating a conical shaped flow directed to the container wall at the container neck height
    • B67C2003/268—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid by creating a conical shaped flow directed to the container wall at the container neck height by means of a flow channel integral with the filling nozzle

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  • the invention relates to a filling arrangement and a method for filling cylindrical containers, in particular cans, with fluid.
  • Containers that are to be filled with such a liquid are therefore, for example, evacuated before the actual filling process and / or the interior of the container is flushed with an inert gas, etc., for which purpose controllable supply and discharge gas paths are usually formed in the respective filling devices.
  • the filling devices can have, for example, movable pipes and valves, so that the purge pipe can be inserted into the container before a purge gas supply is opened.
  • the state of the art for filling the container with a desired fill volume determines the fill amount via the fill height, which is set by the position of the opening of a return air pipe or a return air bore of the filling device or by means of a sensor (fill level probe ) and actuator (valve) and suitable control logic - usually electronically or electro-pneumatically.
  • the control logic by means of flow rate meters (usually magnetically inductive or by means of the Coriolis force) offers another possibility to fill the same filling quantity into the containers.
  • the container volume is not important, since the amount of liquid is measured directly.
  • the disadvantage of these measuring devices is their price / performance ratio and that expensive control electronics (PLC) must be very precise and therefore expensive actuators must be used.
  • a method and a device for measuring-less filling of a container with a constant filling level even with different container shapes are eliminated DE 10 2014 014 317 A1 known.
  • the method provides that a valve cap, which has a gas valve and a liquid valve with valve seats in a housing, is placed tightly on a container, and that a displacement element, which is axially displaceable from the housing, in which it unites with the surrounding valve seats Forms annular gap, is inserted into the container.
  • a displacement element which is axially displaceable from the housing, in which it unites with the surrounding valve seats Forms annular gap, is inserted into the container.
  • filling fluid flows into the container until the annular gap is also flooded before the liquid valve is closed.
  • the displacement element is pulled out of the container, the liquid volumes running from the annular gap into the container.
  • the container To fill foaming liquids such as beer or soft drinks, the container must also be covered with increased pressure to prevent or minimize foaming during the filling process.
  • pressure filling the container to be filled lies in a sealed manner on the filling device, so that prior to the actual filling phase, a gas path formed in the filling device is usually pretensioned with a pressurized gas (inert gas or carbon dioxide gas). This is displaced as return gas from the interior of the container by the liquid flowing into the container during the filling process, which can also be done via a controlled gas path formed in the filling device.
  • a pressurized gas inert gas or carbon dioxide gas
  • DE 10 2013 113 070 B3 relates to a filling device that enables high-purity filling through optimized separation of a clean room from an area with lower cleanliness requirements and is intended in particular for pressure filling cans due to the improved sealing.
  • a sealing bell which, as usual, includes the container opening and the discharge opening of the filling device in a filling arrangement, but now has two sealing elements, one of which seals the transition between the sealing bell and the housing of the filling device and the second, the free end, which faces the container in the filling arrangement, surrounds the first sealing means radially outside of a control means on the outer circumference and thus seals the transition between the sealing tulip and the separation point between the clean room area and the other area.
  • the US 3,830,265 discloses a method and a filling arrangement for pressurizing a cylindrical container with a filling product, the container being vented, sealed from the atmosphere, pre-stressed and filled.
  • a filling element comprising filling product is introduced into the container, and the filling product is transferred into the filling element via a filling valve.
  • the filling arrangement further comprises a return gas pipe and valve arrangement.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a device with a simpler apparatus which enables cylindrical containers or at least essentially cylindrical containers such as cans with reduced oxygen absorption to be filled even without a rinsing step and without complex measurement and control technology.
  • the filling arrangement according to the invention includes u. a. a filling valve, which has a piston which is guided in a controlled manner in a filling tube, for filling a cylindrical container whose concentric container opening has a diameter which is 70 to 99.5% of the inside diameter of the container, as is the case, for example, with 80 to 90% for the most common standard sizes of Beverage cans is the case.
  • the filling valve now has an outer diameter which is adapted to the diameter of the container opening, so that a filling tip of the filling valve - the filling tip is understood to mean the entire section of the filling valve that can be accommodated in the container - coaxially frictionless through the container opening in the container can be received when a relative movement between the filling valve and the container is carried out to each other.
  • up to 99% of the ambient air (and thus oxygen) in the container can be displaced from the container, so that flushing gas can be dispensed with or the use can at least be minimized.
  • the ambient air in the container is compressed when the container opening is sealed when the filling valve is inserted, so that the pressure in the container increases and tension gas can be dispensed with; in any case, the amount of clamping gas can be significantly reduced, since the pressure is generated by the mechanical displacement by means of the filling valve.
  • a filling arrangement according to the invention accordingly consists of a filling device and a cylindrical container, the concentric container opening of which has a diameter which is 70 to 99.5% of the inside diameter of the container.
  • Containers are mostly cans that are made from a metal such as aluminum or tinplate very precisely in terms of their volume.
  • Cylindrical containers are also to be understood here to mean the shapes typical of cans, in which the upper end tapers slightly conically towards the filling opening.
  • cylindrical containers should not only include the typical circular cross-section, but also different shapes, such as elliptical or polygonal cross-sectional shapes. It is essential that the filling opening is concentric with the cross-sectional shape of the container and has a congruent shape, the dimensions of which make up approximately 70 to 99.5% of the cross-sectional dimensions of the container.
  • a filling device with a filling valve is used to fill such predetermined containers - because they are known in terms of shape and volume - with a filling valve which, as usual, has a piston controllably guided in a filling tube.
  • the filling valve is designed such that the outside diameter of the filling valve is adapted to the diameter of the container opening, i. H. turns out slightly smaller, so that the coaxial insertion of the filling valve into the container through the container opening can take place with almost no play, for example with a maximum radial play of 1 mm, but the filling valve can nevertheless be inserted and executed without contact and friction.
  • the filling valve will usually also have a circular cross-section corresponding to the usual circular cross-sectional shapes of the containers such as cans. If the shape of the container to be filled and the container opening deviate from the circular shape, the outer contour of the filling valve is adapted to it, so that here too the insertion of the filling valve into the container at the container opening is almost free of play.
  • the filling device of a filling arrangement is designed such that the filling valve and the container can be moved relative to one another, the filling valve or a container receptacle being movable accordingly.
  • the arrangement ensures that the filling tip of the filling valve is inserted coaxially, ie centered, into the container through the container opening.
  • the opening diameter and the filler valve diameter it is achieved that the inserted filler tip of the filler valve allows a volume to be taken up in the container that is in the range of 49 to 99% of the container volume and provides for a corresponding displacement or compression can.
  • the ones to introduce The predetermined filling tip of the filling valve therefore has a volume which occupies a volume in the container in the range from 49 to 99% of the container volume.
  • the filling arrangement can have a filling valve which has a separating tube at the filling tip around the filling tube and which can be moved in a controlled manner independently of the filling tube and the piston.
  • the outer diameter of the filling valve which is adapted to the container diameter, is determined here by the separating tube.
  • the filling pipe can be designed as a combined separating filling pipe, the outer diameter of which is adapted to the diameter of the container opening.
  • the combined separating filling tube is thin-walled and has an enlarged inner diameter compared to a conventionally dimensioned filling valve. Consequently, the controlled piston is designed as a correspondingly widened piston, the diameter of which is adapted to the inner diameter of the separating filling tube.
  • the piston has at least a second open position in addition to a first open position in which the piston is arranged proximal to a sealing seat of the separating filling tube which the piston is arranged distal to the sealing seat of the separating filling tube.
  • the filling arrangement according to the invention has a sealing element, which at the container opening around the filling valve, i. that is, depending on the embodiment, is arranged around the filling pipe, the separating pipe or around the combined separating filling pipe.
  • the filling arrangement can additionally have a volume compensator salt which is arranged between the sealing element and the container opening around the filling valve (filling pipe, separating pipe or combined separating-filling pipe).
  • the seal or the volume compensator salt can have a valve, preferably a check or overflow valve.
  • the filling valve can have radial flow channels on an end face of the filling tube, the separating tube or the combined separating-filling tube which faces a container bottom, in order to allow fluid to escape from an open filling valve which contacts the container bottom.
  • Completely accommodating the filling valve to ground contact is advantageous for maximum displacement / compression.
  • the end face of the filling valve can also be shaped according to the contour of the container bottom. When contacting the bottom of the container, however, care must be taken to control the relative movement precisely in order to prevent the container from being deformed and thus damaged. Since the exact container geometry determines the filling volume, it is particularly important that no deformations occur on the container that lead to a change in the container volume.
  • the filling valve has a circumferential or a plurality of spacers arranged in a distributed manner on an end face of the filling pipe, the separating pipe or the combined separating-filling pipe facing a container bottom, which are designed to be elastic / resilient and can thus contact the container bottom without risk deforming it.
  • a circumferential, single-acting ring seal with valve function such as a sealing lip
  • valve function can be used with particular preference, which not only acts as a resilient spacer, but also opens in one direction in order to allow fluid to flow from the filling valve into the container, but vice versa seals, and so on a backflow - or. if the tank pressure is higher than the filling pressure, gas from the tank is prevented from entering the area under the filling valve opening.
  • the filling valve has an elastically expandable along at least a section along the insertable filling tip or around a section of the filling pipe or the separating pipe (or the combined filling-separating pipe) Body.
  • the filling valve may also have a centering section tapering towards the end face at the filling tip.
  • filling processes can be differentiated in whether in step a) the gas is displaced from the container if the container opening is not sealed around the filling valve, in contrast to the present invention, or is compressed in the container according to the present invention if the container opening around the filling valve is sealed.
  • the filler valve when the filler valve is completely accommodated in the container, it can be provided that the filler valve is received up to a predetermined distance from the bottom of the container, which ensures that the bottom of the container is not deformed by contact with the filling valve.
  • the described advantages of the method according to the invention are further improved by a further embodiment in which the filling valve around the filling pipe additionally has a separating pipe which is independent of the filling tube and the piston can be moved in a controlled manner.
  • the outer diameter of the filling valve is determined by the separating tube that surrounds the filling tube and is matched accordingly to the diameter of the container opening. This also enables the use of conventional filling valves by retrofitting a separator tube that can be moved separately. by adjusting the diameter of the filling valve to the container opening through the separating tube. If necessary, this can also be used to adapt a filling valve to different container openings by using correspondingly different separating pipes.
  • a first height in a first step b) depending on the filling height achievable in step b0) can also be done with the preset filling pressure and the predeterminable container pressure is previously known in the radial gap volume and thus predetermined, so that the volume, which is limited in the separating tube by the filling tube in the first predetermined height, corresponds to a volume difference of the gap volume between the maximum filling height and the achievable filling height.
  • the separating tube above improves the lower-layer filling process, so that quasi-laminar flow conditions can be achieved. Since the fluid level in the gap volume rises extremely smoothly without turbulence, the oxygen uptake at the contact surface is further reduced.
  • the predetermined control parameter in step c) can be a preset filling time, which results from a predetermined filling volume in the container and a set filling volume flow of the filling device.
  • the predetermined filling volume corresponds to a nominal volume since, unlike bottles, cans are manufactured very precisely.
  • the filling valve is closed in step d) after the predetermined filling time.
  • the filling time can thus be predetermined before the filling process and can be entered into the control device of the filling device in one process step.
  • the predetermined height at which the upward movement of the filling valve or the filling tube is ended and the piston is brought into the closed position is used to control the filling process and is accordingly entered into the control device.
  • the method according to the invention which uses the filling arrangements according to the invention, is carried out virtually without measuring means - none of the measuring devices or measuring means required in the prior art are required.
  • the setting and monitoring of the desired filling volume by means of a control instrument such as a magnetic-inductive flow meter or by means of a filling level determination can be dispensed with.
  • a volume compensator attachment is inserted between the container opening and the sealing element in a sealing manner.
  • the volume compensator attachment is designed such that a volume of an annular gap which is formed in the volume expansion attachment between its wall and the filling valve corresponds to a displaced volume which is caused by a part of the filling valve which is still inside when the filling valve is closed in step d) of the container.
  • the volume present in the container corresponds to the difference between the predetermined filling volume and the displaced volume.
  • the fluid volume that flows into the annular gap of the volume compensator attachment when the container is filled in accordance with steps b) and c), which corresponds to the displaced volume, when the container is retracted closed filling valve in step e) run into the container.
  • the sealing element, or, if used, the volume compensator attachment has a non-return or overflow valve. This prevents the pressure in the container from exceeding a maximum pressure predetermined for the filling process.
  • a low overpressure during pressure filling, which is kept constant, in combination with the reduced contact area and the low-turbulence filling leads to a further reduced oxygen input.
  • the pressure can also be during the "pumping step" when the fluid volume present in the separating tube below the closed filling tube is pressed into the annular gap by the relative downward movement of the closed filling tube , are kept constant.
  • a filling valve with a combined separating filling tube which, with the same outside diameter, which is designed to match the diameter of the container opening, has a larger inside diameter than the above filling tubes and is therefore thin-walled.
  • the associated controlled guided piston has a diameter which is adapted to the enlarged inner diameter of the separating filling tube, i.e. H. is also enlarged.
  • the piston guide in the separating filling tube is designed such that, in addition to the open position in which the piston is arranged proximal to a sealing seat of the separating filling tube to allow the fluid to flow in, the piston has at least a second open position in which the piston is arranged distal to the sealing seat of the separating filling tube, so that a displacement volume can be provided within the separating filling tube, which volume supplements the fluid volume flowing into the gap volume to the predetermined filling volume.
  • step b0) After step b0) has been carried out again in step c1), the separating filling tube is transferred to a position in which an axial gap of 3 to 5 mm remains between the lower end of the separating filling tube and the container bottom.
  • the separating filling pipe remains in this position while the piston is transferred to the second open position of the filling valve, which is in the region of the container opening, and the separating filling pipe is filled with the intended displacement volume of fluid.
  • step d1 the piston moves into the closed position and the fluid passes from the displacement volume of the separating filling tube into the container, so that the container is completely filled, and in step e) the closed filling valve is withdrawn to fill a next container.
  • step b2 In the case of a fill valve in which the elastically expandable body is located on or around the separator tube, during step b2) the separator tube is left in the fully inserted position during the upward movement of the filler tube with the piston in the open position, the separator tube with fluid is filled.
  • step d1) the filling valve is closed or the piston is moved into the closed position when the predetermined height in the area of the container opening is reached in step b2), so that the sum of the volumes within the separating tube and the gap between the container and separating tube and, if applicable, the volume compensator attachment result in predetermined filling volumes, so that by pulling back (d2) the separating tube, the fluid volume from the separating tube passes into the container and, if used, the volume from the volume compensator attachment runs into the container when the seal is opened, so that the container is completely filled, if the closed filling valve is withdrawn in step e).
  • the invention relates to the filling of cylindrical containers - such as cans - by means of a special filling arrangement.
  • This takes advantage of the fact that cans, which alongside bottles and boxes are the most important packaging for beverages, especially for carbonated beverages such as beer or soft drinks, have an extremely precisely manufactured cylindrical shape with a coaxial filling opening that is only slightly smaller than the container diameter.
  • the most common can volumes in Europe are 0.33 l and 0.5 l, but there are also cans with a volume of 0.15 l, 0.2 l and 0.25 l and 1 l and 5 l. According to the invention, however, containers can also be filled with other volumes as long as the container volume is known.
  • Fig. 1 shows a simple example of a method and a suitable filling arrangement, which consists of the filling valve 1 and the container 2.
  • This is a can, the essentially cylindrical shape of which is somewhat tapered at the upper end towards the coaxial filling opening 21.
  • the taper primarily serves to accommodate the lid, not shown here, which is put on after the filling process has been completed and is connected to the edge of the can by (multiple) flanging.
  • the method utilizes this difference between the container (inner) diameter D and the diameter d Dl Do of the container opening 21, which is 70 to 99.5%, typically between 80 to 90% of the container inner diameter d Dl.
  • the movable filling valve 1 which consists of a filling tube 11 and a controllably guided piston 10, has an outer diameter d Fa which is adapted to the diameter d D0 of the container opening 21 such that the filling valve 1 does Can be inserted into the container 2 through the container opening 21 in a contact-free and friction-free manner but also as free of play as possible.
  • the procedure which is also simplified schematically in Fig.
  • the container 2 (in step 0) is arranged in relation to the filling valve 1 in such a way that a coaxial central insertion of the filling valve 1 through the container opening 21 into the container 2 is made possible - this can be done by axially moving the Filling valve or the container, for example via a correspondingly movable container holder (not shown).
  • the container volume V D is filled with ambient air (but possibly also another gas) at an outlet pressure p 0 (e.g. ambient pressure).
  • step a0) in Fig. 8 is indicated by the block arrow that the filling valve 1 is inserted into the container 2, whereby the pressure p in the container increases when the container opening 21 is sealed. But even without sealing there can be a (temporary) pressure increase if the air can only escape slowly through the filling opening 21 around the filling valve 1.
  • Step a) shows in Fig. 1 and Fig. 8 the filling valve 1 completely inserted into the container 2.
  • the filling tip of the filling valve 1 with the volume V F that has penetrated into the container 2 leads either to an increase in pressure in the remaining gap volume ⁇ V. if the container opening 21 is sealed, or to displace a large part of the gas volume from the container, so that the amount of gas or air and thus oxygen present in the gap volume ⁇ V (difference between container volume V D and introduced filling valve volume V F ) is significantly reduced.
  • the container 2 has a shaped bottom 22. So that the filling valve 1 can be completely retracted without deforming the bottom 22, the filling tube 11 at the front end, which has the sealing seat 13 for the piston 10, corresponds to the shape of the bottom 22 shaped.
  • step b) the valve 1 is brought into an open position by moving the piston 10, so that fluid flows into the container 2, while at the same time the opened filling valve 1 is moved upwards.
  • step b) is shown in two representations, one of which is shown by the block arrow, the opening of the filling valve 1, which is barely lifted from the bottom of the container - or channels in the end face has - so that fluid can penetrate into the gap volume AV.
  • the block arrow indicates the upward movement of the opened filling valve 1, the speed of the upward movement being coordinated with the inflow speed of the fluid, so that the end face of the valve 1 with the valve opening is always below the fluid level in the gap volume AV.
  • the contact surface of the fluid in the gap volume ⁇ V is only a circular ring with the ring width s (difference between half the inner diameter of the container d Di and half the outer diameter of the filling valve d Fa ). Due to this under-layer filling, in which the fluid level in the gap volume ⁇ V lies above the end face of the filling valve 1, the fluid comes into contact with the gas present in the container 2 only at the annular contact surface.
  • the circular ring of the ring width s represents an extremely small contact area, as a result of which the absorption of gas (in particular atmospheric oxygen) into the fluid is very small.
  • the lower-layer filling process is continued by the upward movement of the filling tube 11 with the piston 10 in the open position, with hardly any turbulence and thus the gas input via the contact surface is further reduced.
  • the reduced contact area with the reduced air volume and the lower layer filling process leads to a significantly reduced oxygen absorption in the fluid
  • Step c) shown in Fig. 1 shows the opened filling valve 1 at a height of the container opening 21, up to which the upward movement of the filling valve 1 within the container 2 is coordinated with respect to the filling process or the filling quantity or the filling speed.
  • a predetermined control parameter is used, which takes into account the predetermined filling volume in the container 2. Since cans are manufactured very precisely with regard to their volume, the predetermined filling volume corresponds to the nominal volume.
  • the control parameter in step c) can be a preset filling time, which results from a predetermined filling volume in the container 2 and a set filling volume flow of the filling device.
  • no complex sensor technology is required.
  • step d the filling valve 1 is closed in a step d), as indicated by the block arrow in the corresponding illustration in FIG Fig. 8 is indicated, the predetermined filling volume in the container 2 is reached.
  • step e the closed filling valve 1 is withdrawn so that a next container 2 can be subjected to the filling process.
  • Figures 2 to 5 and Flg. 9, 10 show method steps with a preferred filling arrangement in which the filling valve 1 additionally has a separating tube 12 which is arranged directly and coaxially around the filling tube 11 and can be moved independently of it in a controlled manner.
  • Fig. 2 shows the filling arrangement without sealing and Fig. 5 with seal according to the invention.
  • the method steps shown in each case can be used for both variants. Designated process steps that the in connection with the in Flg. 1 and 9 correspond to described methods, may not be described again.
  • the method which is carried out with the filling device with separating tube 12 is also characterized by the reduced contact area, a reduced air volume and the lower layer filling process, which lead to a significantly reduced oxygen uptake in the fluid.
  • step a the filling valve 1 is completely inserted through the container opening 21 into the container 2.
  • an axial gap A remains between the lower end of the separating tube 12 and the container base 22 in order to allow fluid to flow into the gap volume ⁇ V, which is formed between the container wall 20 and the separating tube 12, if, as in FIG Fig. 9 in step b0) is represented by the block arrow in the piston, the piston 10 has been transferred into an open position of the filling valve 1.
  • the filling process that uses a filling valve 1 with a separating tube 12 can, as with Fig. 2 shown, without sealing the container opening 21, so that gas or air can escape.
  • this filling method is not part of the present invention.
  • a pressure filling process can be carried out according to the invention, in which the container opening 21 is sealed around the filling valve 1, as in FIG Fig. 3.4 . 5 and 10 is shown.
  • step b0 the piston 10 is transferred to an open position of the filling valve 1 and the fluid flows through the axial gap A into the radial gap volume ⁇ V between the container wall 20 and the separating tube 12.
  • the fluid flows into the radial gap volume ⁇ V until there is pressure equalization between the filling pressure preset in the filling device and the container pressure p, as a result of which the filling height h in the radial gap volume ⁇ V is determined.
  • the tank pressure p can be predetermined and depends on whether the tank opening is sealed or not and whether there is a check or overflow valve.
  • the fluid level in the gap volume ⁇ V in the container 2 does not increase further when the filling valve 1 is open when a pressure equalization between the pressure in the container 2 and the filling pressure has been reached.
  • a pumping step is preferably carried out (if necessary, however, several of the pumping steps described below can also be carried out).
  • step b1 During the subsequent upward movement of the filling pipe 11 with the piston 10 in the open position within the separating pipe 12, as indicated in step b1) by the block arrow above the piston, the separating pipe 12 is left in its fully inserted position, so that the separating pipe 12 fills with fluid.
  • step b2) the upward movement of the filling tube 11 with the piston 10 in the open position is ended at a predetermined height H and the piston 10 is transferred to the closed position.
  • This height H is predetermined as a function of the filling height h in the radial gap volume ⁇ V, which is achieved with the preset filling pressure and the predeterminable container pressure p in step b0):
  • the height H can be calculated from the volume which in the separating tube 12 through the Filling tube 11 is limited in height H and that should correspond to the volume difference of the gap volume ⁇ V between the maximum filling height h max and the achievable filling height h.
  • step a1) The volume of fluid that is present in the separating tube 12 up to the predetermined height H after step b2) is determined in step a1) ( Fig. 5 and 9 ) by completely inserting the filling tube 11 with the piston 10 in the closed position from the separating tube 12 through the axial gap A in the radial gap volume AV pressed.
  • step c1) the filling tube 11 is then moved upward with the piston in the open position within the separating tube 12 up to a region of the container opening 21, the entire separating tube volume being filled with fluid.
  • the upward movement (s) of the filling valve 1 within the container 2 to the container opening 21 is also time-controlled here, since all volumes (filling volume, gap volume, differential volume, volume in the separating tube, etc.) can be predetermined or predefined.
  • step d1) the piston 10 is brought into the closed position and the separating tube 12 is withdrawn, the fluid column previously present in the separating tube 12 remaining up to the valve remaining in the container 2, which is thus completely filled, so that the filling valve 1 in step e) is withdrawn.
  • Fig. 3 shows a method step a0) during the insertion of the filling valve 1 into the container 2 at a time at which the seal 14 is put on.
  • the point in time at which the seal 14 is fitted or the depth of penetration of the filling valve 1 into the container 2 at this point in time determines the pressure p which is present in the sealed container 2 when the filling valve 1 has been fully inserted in accordance with step a).
  • the seal 14 can also be placed on the container 2 before the filling valve 1 is inserted, a maximum pressure being that of the container volume V D and the volume V F of the fully inserted section of the filling valve 1 after the complete insertion of the filling valve 1 is achieved by compressing the amount of gas present in the container volume Vo.
  • a chip pressure of 3 bar can be set in container 2, for example, if a filling pressure of 2 bar is provided.
  • a circumferential, single-acting ring seal 18, such as a sealing lip is used on the end face of the separating tube 12 in the axial gap A, which prevents fluid or gas from flowing back into the separating tube 12 from the gap volume ⁇ V. Fluid is allowed to exit through the axial gap A, and can in particular take place through one or more of the pumping steps described above.
  • Fig. 4 shows the additional arrangement of a volume compensator attachment 15 which is used sealingly between the container opening 21 and the sealing element 14 when the container opening 21 is sealed around the filling valve 1.
  • the volume compensator attachment 15 is preferably used in one embodiment of the method, which additionally has an elastically expandable body, and which will later be used in connection with Flg. 7 will be described in detail.
  • a pressure relief valve 16 can be arranged which, as shown, can, but does not have to, open into a gas discharge line 16 '.
  • the pressure relief valve 16 is used for "repressing" in step a1), the fluid volume which is present in the separating tube 12 up to the predetermined height H after step b2) by completely inserting the filling tube 11 with the piston 10 out of the separating tube 12 in the closed position the axial gap A is pressed into the radial gap volume ⁇ V, prevents the pressure p in the container 2 from exceeding the predetermined maximum pressure. In addition, by keeping the pressure in the container 2 constant, an increased gas input is avoided, as would otherwise take place with increasing pressure,
  • Fig. 6 shows in eight representations an embodiment of the method that uses an alternative filling valve 1 with a combined separating filling tube 112.
  • the difference to the filling valve 1 from Fig. 1 consists in the fact that the separating filling tube 112, with the same outside diameter d Fa , which is adapted to the diameter d Do of the container opening 21, has a larger inside diameter d Fl and consequently has a significantly thinner wall than the filling tube 11 Fig. 1 is. Consequently, the associated controlled-guided piston 100 has a correspondingly larger diameter d K , which is adapted to the inner diameter d Fi of the separating filling tube 112. Another difference from the filling valve 1
  • Fig. 1 lies in a significantly increased stroke distance of the piston 100 in the separating filling tube 112: in addition to the (first) open position in which the piston 100 as in FIG Fig. 1 is arranged proximal to a sealing seat 13 of the separating filling tube 112, the thick piston 100 in the separating filling tube 112 can be moved into a second open position, in which the piston 100 is arranged distal to the sealing seat 13 of the separating filling tube 112. In this second open position, the piston 100 limits a displacement volume V v within the separating filling tube 112, which results in the predetermined filling volume of the container 2 with the gap volume ⁇ V.
  • the filling valve 1 is completely inserted into the container 2 in step a) until the end face of the filling valve 1 contacts the container bottom 22.
  • the variant shown shows a pressure filling, the container opening 21 being sealed around the filling valve 1. The pressure is set as described above. The method can also be carried out without sealing.
  • step b0 the filling valve 1 is opened by moving the piston 100 into the first open position of the filling valve 1, so that fluid can flow into the radial gap volume ⁇ V between the container wall 20 and the separating filling pipe 112.
  • step b1.1 an upward movement of the separating filling tube 112 with the piston 100 in the open position is carried out, an under-layer filling process also being achieved here by the fluid level (not shown) in the gap volume ⁇ V during the filling process in the upward movement lies above the end face of the filling valve 1.
  • step b2) the upward movement of the separating filling tube 112 with the piston 100 in the first open position is stopped at a predetermined height H and the piston 100 is moved into the closed position.
  • step a1) by completely inserting the separating filling tube 112 with the piston 100 in the closed position, a pressing or pumping step can be carried out, with which the level of the fluid level in the gap volume ⁇ V is raised, the pressure in the container 2 remains constant due to the pressure relief valve 16.
  • step b0) takes place again - whether steps b1.1), b2) and a1) are repeated depends on the geometric conditions and the predetermined height H - before in step c1) the separating filling tube 112 is transferred to a position in which, as with the separating tube 12, an axial gap A remains between the lower end of the separating filling tube 112 and the container bottom 22 before the piston 100 is moved into its second open position, whereby the separating filling tube 112 fills with fluid.
  • step d1 The position of the piston 100 in the second open position is selected such that the displacement volume Vv within the separating filling tube 112 supplements the gap volume ⁇ V to the predetermined filling volume, so that in step d1) the separating filling tube 112 is withdrawn until the piston 100 in The closed position comes, so that the fluid passes from the separating filling tube 112 into the container 2 and the latter is completely filled.
  • step e not shown, in which the filling valve 1 is withdrawn.
  • This method also uses the known geometric parameters and can be carried out in a time-controlled manner with a coordinated movement sequence.
  • FIG. 7 Another exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention with a filling arrangement also according to the invention is shown in Fig. 7 shown.
  • a filling valve 1 with a separating tube 12 is used, which is surrounded by an elastically expandable body 17, which extends along the entire section of the separating tube 12 that is inserted into the container 2 (including the volume compensator attachment 15 in this embodiment).
  • an elastically expandable body 17 can be circumferentially and / or axially distributed around and arranged on the filling valve 1.
  • An arrangement of an elastically expandable body on one of the filling valves described without a separating tube 1 is also conceivable.
  • the elastically expandable body extends correspondingly only along the entire section of the separating tube 12 inserted into the container 2.
  • the type, number and arrangement of the elastically expandable body or bodies depends on the fact that, after step a ) the closed filling valve 1 has been completely inserted into the sealed container 2, is allowed to expand in step a1), so that it is in step a2) on the inner surfaces of the container 2 and, as in the example shown, on the inner surface of the volume compensator attachment 15 System comes and almost completely presses the ambient air (or another gas) previously present in the container 2 through the pressure relief valve 16 present in the volume compensator attachment 15.
  • the expansion of the elastically expandable body 17 can be brought about by supplying an expansion fluid, which can be a gas, but it is also conceivable that after the filling valve 1 has been completely inserted, as a result of which gas has been displaced from the container, the Filling tube 11 with the piston 10 is moved upwards in the closed position, as a result of which a vacuum is created in the container 2, which leads to the expansion of the elastically expandable body 17.
  • an expansion fluid which can be a gas
  • the Filling tube 11 with the piston 10 is moved upwards in the closed position, as a result of which a vacuum is created in the container 2, which leads to the expansion of the elastically expandable body 17.
  • the latter is only possible for containers with sufficient external pressure resistance; Because beverage cans usually have a high internal pressure resistance, the external pressure resistance of unfilled cans is not very high - empty cans can be pressed together relatively easily. Consequently, expansion by supplying an expansion fluid may be preferred.
  • the piston 100 is first transferred into the open position of the filling valve 1, so that fluid flows into the radial gap volume ⁇ V between the container wall 20 and the filling valve 1, whereby the elastically expandable body 17 is compressed in step b1a) until it rests against the separating tube 12 (step b1b).
  • step b2) (not shown) performed, with the separation tube 12 in the fully retracted position, in which the axial gap A remains, so that the separation tube 12 fills with fluid.
  • the filling valve 1 is closed in step d1) when the predetermined height H in the region of the container opening 21 has been reached in step b2).
  • step d2) the separating tube 12 is pulled back, which advantageously opens the seal 14, which is connected to the separating tube 12.
  • the closed filling valve 1 is then withdrawn from the completely filled container 2 in step e), which is not shown.
  • the volume compensator attachment 15 which is also in Fig. 4 with the annular gap 15 ′, which is formed between the inner wall of the volume compensator attachment 15 and the separating tube 12, provides a volume which corresponds to a displaced volume, which is caused by the part of the filling valve 1 which occurs when the filling valve 1 is closed in step d1) is present inside the container 2, in the present case the separating tube 12.
  • the fluid that has flowed in steps b) and c) when the container 2 is filled first of the gap volume ⁇ V into the annular gap 15 'of the volume compensator attachment 15, when the seal 14 is opened by moving the separating tube 12 in Step d2) into the container 2 so that the predetermined filling volume is present in the container 2.
  • the filling material is determined by the known geometries (volume) of the container (can) and the filling valve, which at the same time represents a displacement element.
  • a filling valve according to the invention (with or without a separating tube, expansion body ...) is matched with its outer diameter to the diameter of the container to be filled, which has only a slight difference to the container diameter.
  • expensive measuring devices such as MID sensors can thus be omitted.
  • the size of the annular surface between the container wall and the filling valve is dependent on the container diameter and the container opening diameter and can therefore also be very small - the contact surface is reduced, which results in a reduced gas absorption in the filled fluid while in the prior art the ambient air present in the container is flushed out by carbon dioxide, which requires a very high consumption of carbon dioxide, the amount of oxygen according to the invention is already significantly reduced by the mechanical displacement of the air from the container due to the geometric conditions, even in embodiments without an expandable body.
  • the lower layer filling process around the separating or filling tube results in less or no swirling of the filled fluid and residual gas in the container, which further minimizes the oxygen uptake.
  • the pressure required for pressure filling (counter pressure, saturation pressure, filling pressure), which is generated in the prior art by compressed gas, usually carbon dioxide or nitrogen, can be provided mechanically by sealing the filling opening during the insertion of the filling valve, so that tensioning gas and the like Devices for feeding can be omitted.
  • the desired pressure can be set simply by determining the required insertion depth under given geometric conditions.
  • the one-chamber principle for filling is usually used there.
  • the container to be filled and a storage container on the filling device (ring bowl) form a chamber during the actual filling process.
  • the liquid flowing into the container to be filled displaces the gas present there into the storage container.
  • multi-chamber solutions that have not yet become established, since the individual chambers can only be properly separated if a loss of product is accepted. A real separation of the chambers can only be done with a balloon element or impermeable membrane.

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  1. Disposition de remplissage composée d'un dispositif de remplissage et d'un conteneur cylindrique (2) prédéfini, dont l'ouverture du conteneur (21) concentrique présente un diamètre (dDo) qui est compris de 70 à 99,5% du diamètre intérieur du conteneur (dDi), le dispositif de remplissage présentant une vanne de remplissage (1) qui présente un piston (10, 100) guidé de façon contrôlable dans un tube de remplissage (11, 112),
    la vanne de remplissage (1) présentant un diamètre extérieur (dFa) qui est conçu de manière adapté au diamètre (dDo) de l'ouverture du conteneur (21) et
    le dispositif de remplissage fournissant un mouvement relatif entre la vanne de remplissage (1) et le conteneur (2), un bec de remplissage de la vanne de remplissage (1) étant intraduisible coaxialement dans le conteneur (2) par l'ouverture du conteneur (21),
    le bec de remplissage de la vanne de remplissage (1) prédéfini pour l'introduction présentant un volume (VF) qui occupe dans le conteneur (2) un volume de l'ordre de 49 à 99% du volume du conteneur (VD) et
    la disposition de remplissage présentant un élément d'étanchéité (14) pouvant être disposé pour l'étanchéité de la transition entre la vanne de remplissage (1) et le conteneur (2) sur l'ouverture du conteneur (21) autour de la vanne de remplissage (1),
    et le dispositif de remplissage étant conçu sans tube de retour d'air et sans moyens de mesure pour le contrôle de la capacité de remplissage,
    la disposition de remplissage étant configurée de manière à ce que l'élément d'étanchéité (14) puisse être disposé pour le réglage d'une pression théorique (p) dans le conteneur (2) étanchéifié à un moment prédéfini qui est fonction de la pression théorique (p), avant ou pendant l'introduction de la vanne de remplissage (1) dans le conteneur (2) sur l'ouverture du conteneur (21) autour de la vanne de remplissage (1),
    le mouvement relatif entre la vanne de remplissage (1) et le conteneur (2) étant contrôlable de sorte qu'une vitesse d'un mouvement ascendant de la vanne de remplissage (1) soit adaptable avec une vitesse d'écoulement du fluide par un dispositif de commande de la disposition de remplissage pour l'exécution d'un processus de remplissage en couches inférieures du bas vers le haut de façon à ce qu'une face frontale de la vanne (1) se trouve toujours, avec l'ouverture de la vanne, en dessous d'un niveau du fluide dans un volume d'espacement (AV) qui est défini par la différence entre le volume du conteneur (VD) et le volume de la vanne de remplissage (VF) introduite.
  2. Disposition de remplissage selon la revendication n°1,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la vanne de remplissage (1) présente un tube de séparation (12) sur le bec de remplissage autour du tube de remplissage (11), lequel est déplaçable de manière contrôlée indépendamment du tube de remplissage (11) et du piston (10).
  3. Disposition de remplissage selon la revendication n°1,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le tube de remplissage (11) est conçu comme un tube de séparation-remplissage (112) combiné, dont le diamètre extérieur (dFa) est conçu de manière adapté au diamètre (dDo) de l'ouverture du conteneur (21), le piston (100) guidé de manière contrôlée présentant, en plus d'une première position ouverte dans laquelle le piston (100) est disposé de façon proximale par rapport à un siège d'étanchéité (13) du tube de séparation-remplissage (112), au moins une deuxième position ouverte dans laquelle le piston (100) est disposé de façon distale par rapport au siège d'étanchéité (13) du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) et dans laquelle le piston (100) limite, à l'intérieur du tube de séparation-remplissage (112), un volume de refoulement (Vv) qui donne, avec le volume d'espacement (AV), le volume de remplissage prédéfini du conteneur (2), le tube de séparation-remplissage (112) combiné présentant un diamètre intérieur (dFi) agrandi et étant ainsi à paroi mince pour le même diamètre extérieur (dFa) et le piston (100) guidé de manière contrôlée étant conçu comme un piston (100) élargi, dont le diamètre (dk) est agrandi de manière adapté au diamètre intérieur (dFi) du tube de séparation-remplissage (112).
  4. Disposition de remplissage selon une des revendications n°1 à n°3,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la disposition de remplissage présente un embout compensateur de volume (15) qui est disposé entre l'élément d'étanchéité (14) et l'ouverture du conteneur (21) autour de la vanne de remplissage (1),
    de préférence l'élément d'étanchéité (14) ou l'embout compensateur de volume (15) présentant une vanne, de préférence un clapet antiretour ou limiteur de débit.
  5. Disposition de remplissage selon au moins une des revendications n°1 à n°4,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la vanne de remplissage (1) présente, sur une face frontale du tube de remplissage (11), du tube de séparation (12) ou du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) combiné, tournée vers un fond du conteneur (22), des conduits d'écoulement radiaux ou des espaceurs, de préférence des espaceurs élastiques ou à ressort et/ou un joint annulaire (18) à action unilatérale.
  6. Disposition de remplissage selon au moins une des revendications n°1 à n°5,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la vanne de remplissage (1) présente, le long du bec de remplissage sur au moins une section ou autour d'une section du tube de remplissage (11) ou du tube de séparation (12), un corps élastiquement expansible (17),
    et/ou
    que la vanne de remplissage (1) présente, sur le bec de remplissage, une section de centrage (19) qui se rétrécit en direction de la face frontale.
  7. Procédé pour le remplissage d'un conteneur cylindrique (2) avec un fluide avec l'utilisation d'une disposition de remplissage selon au moins une des revendications n°1 à n°6,
    comprenant les étapes
    a) exécution d'un mouvement relatif entre la vanne de remplissage (1) fermée et le conteneur (2), le bec de remplissage de la vanne de remplissage (1) étant pris dans le conteneur (2) par l'ouverture du conteneur (21), le gaz préalablement présent dans le conteneur (2) étant refoulé du conteneur (2) ou comprimé dans le conteneur (2) en fonction d'un volume (VF) du bec de remplissage pris de la vanne de remplissage (1), a0) à un moment avant ou pendant l'étape a), étanchéité de l'ouverture du conteneur (21) autour de la vanne de remplissage (1) avec un élément d'étanchéité (14), le moment de l'étanchéité définissant une pression (p) qui, après l'introduction complète de la vanne de remplissage (1), est présente dans le conteneur (2) étanchéifié dans un volume d'espacement (AV) qui est défini par la différence entre le volume du conteneur (VD) et le volume de la vanne de remplissage (VF) introduit,
    b) ouverture de la vanne de remplissage (1) et permettre l'écoulement du fluide dans le conteneur (2) pour un processus de remplissage en couches inférieures du bas vers le haut,
    c) adaptation d'un mouvement ascendant relatif de la vanne de remplissage (1) à l'intérieur du conteneur (2) jusqu'à l'ouverture du conteneur (21) selon un paramètre de contrôle prédéfini qui prend en compte le volume de remplissage prédéfini dans le conteneur (2), la vitesse du mouvement ascendant étant adaptée à la vitesse d'écoulement du fluide de façon à ce que la face frontale de la vanne (1) se trouve, avec l'ouverture de la vanne, toujours en dessous du niveau du fluide dans le volume d'espacement (ΔV),
    d) fermeture de la vanne de remplissage (1) lorsque le volume de remplissage prédéfini dans le conteneur (2) est atteint et
    e) retrait de la vanne de remplissage (1) fermée du conteneur (2).
  8. Procédé selon la revendication n°7,
    dans l'étape a), la vanne de remplissage (1) étant prise dans le conteneur (2) jusqu'à une distance prédéfinie par rapport à un fond (22) du conteneur (2) ou intégralement jusqu'à ce que la face frontale de la vanne de remplissage (1) soit en contact direct ou indirect avec le fond (22) au-dessus de l'espaceur.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication n°7 ou n°8, la vanne de remplissage (1) présentant un tube de séparation (12) autour du tube de remplissage (11),
    dans l'étape a), la vanne de remplissage (1) qui présente le tube de séparation (12), étant prise dans le conteneur (2) avec le bec de remplissage et une fente axiale (A) restant entre l'extrémité inférieure du tube de séparation (12) et le fond du conteneur (22),
    comprenant les étapes
    b0) transfert du piston (10) dans une position ouverte de la vanne de remplissage (1) pour permettre l'écoulement du fluide par la fente axiale (A) dans un volume d'espacement radial (AV) entre la paroi du conteneur (20) et le tube de séparation (12), le fluide coulant dans le volume d'espacement radial (AV) jusqu'à ce qu'une compensation de pression entre une pression de remplissage préréglée et une pression de conteneur (p) prédéfinie soit présente, un niveau de remplissage (h) étant défini dans le volume d'espacement radial (ΔV),
    b1) exécution d'un mouvement ascendant relatif du tube de remplissage (11) avec le piston (10) en position ouverte à l'intérieur du tube de séparation (12) qui reste dans sa position par rapport au fond du conteneur (22), le tube de séparation (12) étant rempli de fluide,
    b2) à un niveau (H) prédéfini, fin du mouvement ascendant relatif du tube de remplissage (11) et transfert du piston (10) en position de fermeture,
    d1) retrait du tube de séparation (12) lorsque, dans l'étape b2), le niveau (H) prédéfini se situe dans une zone de l'ouverture du conteneur (21) et lorsque le conteneur (2) est complètement rempli.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication n°9, le niveau de remplissage (h) atteignable dans le volume d'espacement radial (AV) étant inférieur à un niveau de remplissage maximal (hmax) prédéfini dans le volume d'espacement radial (AV) par le conteneur (2), comprenant les étapes
    a1) exécution d'un mouvement ascendant relatif du tube de remplissage (11) avec le piston (10) en position de fermeture après l'étape b2) et avant l'étape d1), le volume de fluide présent dans le tube de séparation (12) jusqu'au niveau (H) prédéfini étant pressé dans le volume d'espacement radial (AV) par la fente axiale (A),
    et, le cas échéant, répétition des étapes b0) à a1) jusqu'à ce que, dans l'étape a1), le volume d'espacement (ΔV) soit complètement rempli jusqu'au niveau de remplissage maximal (hmax),
    c1) mouvement ascendant du tube de remplissage (11) avec le piston (10) en position ouverte à l'intérieur du tube de séparation (12) jusqu'au niveau (H) prédéfini qui se situe dans une zone de l'ouverture du conteneur (21), le tube de séparation (12) étant rempli de fluide,
    d1) après l'étape b2), retrait du tube de séparation (12), le fluide présent dans le tube de séparation (12) restant dans le conteneur (2).
  11. Procédé selon la revendication n°10, dans lequel, avant l'exécution du processus de remplissage pour le remplissage du volume d'espacement radial (ΔV) dans une étape a1) unique, la détermination d'un premier niveau (H1) prédéfini s'opère dans une première étape b) en fonction du niveau de remplissage (h) atteignable dans l'étape b0) dans le volume d'espacement radial (ΔV) par la pression de remplissage préréglée et la pression de conteneur (p) prédéfinissable de façon à ce qu'un volume qui est limité, dans le premier niveau (H) prédéfini, par le tube de remplissage (11) dans le tube de séparation (12), corresponde à une différence de volume du volume d'espacement (ΔV) entre le niveau de remplissage maximal (hmax) et le niveau de remplissage (h) atteignable.
  12. Procédé selon au moins une des revendications précédentes n°7 à n°11,
    dans lequel
    le paramètre de contrôle prédéfini est un temps de remplissage préréglé qui résulte d'un volume de remplissage prédéfini dans le conteneur (2) et d'un débit de volume de remplissage réglé du dispositif de remplissage, la fermeture de la vanne de remplissage (1) s'opérant après le temps de remplissage prédéfini dans l'étape d).
  13. Procédé selon une des revendications précédentes n°7 à n°12,
    dans lequel
    le dispositif de remplissage présente un embout compensateur de volume (15) qui est disposé autour de la vanne de remplissage (1) entre l'ouverture du conteneur (21) et l'élément d'étanchéité (14) lors de l'étanchéité de l'ouverture du conteneur (21) avant le processus de remplissage, un volume d'une fente annulaire (15') qui est formé entre l'embout compensateur de volume (15) et la vanne de remplissage (1), correspondant à un volume refoulé qui est causé par une partie de la vanne de remplissage (1) qui est présente lors de la fermeture de la vanne de remplissage (1) dans l'étape d) à l'intérieur du conteneur (2) de façon à ce que le fluide qui s'est écoulé jusque dans la fente annulaire (15') lors du remplissage du conteneur (2) dans les étapes b) et c) continue de s'écouler dans le conteneur (2) lors du retrait de la vanne de remplissage (1) fermée dans l'étape e) de façon à ce que le volume de remplissage prédéfini soit présent dans le conteneur (2),
    et/ou dans lequel
    par la disposition d'un clapet antiretour ou limiteur de débit (16) dans l'élément d'étanchéité (14) ou dans l'embout compensateur de volume (15), il est empêché que la pression (p) dans le conteneur (2) dépasse une pression maximale prédéfinie pour le processus de remplissage.
  14. Procédé selon au moins une des revendications précédentes n°7 à n°13,
    dans lequel la vanne de remplissage (1) est un tube dé séparation-remplissage (112) combiné et présente un piston (100) guidé de manière contrôlée qui, en plus d'une première position ouverte dans laquelle le piston (100) est disposé de façon proximale par rapport à un siège d'étanchéité (13) du tube de séparation-remplissage (112), présente au moins une deuxième position ouverte dans laquelle le piston (100) est disposé de façon distale par rapport au siège d'étanchéité (13) du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) et dans laquelle le piston (100) limite, à l'intérieur du tube de séparation-remplissage (112), un volume de refoulement (Vv) qui donne, avec le volume d'espacement (ΔV), le volume de remplissage prédéfini du conteneur (2), le tube de séparation-remplissage (112) combiné présentant un diamètre intérieur (dFi) agrandi et étant ainsi à paroi mince pour le même diamètre extérieur (dFa) et le piston (100) guidé de manière contrôlée étant conçu comme un piston (100) élargi, dont le diamètre (dk) est agrandi de manière adapté au diamètre intérieur (dFi) du tube de séparation-remplissage (112),
    comprenant les étapes
    b0) transfert du piston (100) dans la première position ouverte de la vanne de remplissage (1) pour permettre l'écoulement du fluide dans un volume d'espacement radial (ΔV) entre la paroi du conteneur (20) et le tube de séparation-remplissage (112) et
    b1.1) exécution d'un mouvement ascendant du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) avec le piston (100) en position ouverte, le fluide continuant de s'écouler dans le volume d'espacement radial (ΔV) jusqu'à ce qu'un niveau de remplissage prédéfinissable, dépendant de la pression de remplissage préréglée et d'une pression de conteneur (p) prédéfinissable soit atteint,
    b2) dans un deuxième niveau (H2) prédéfini, fin du mouvement ascendant du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) et transfert du piston (100) en position de fermeture, le deuxième niveau (H2) prédéfini étant déterminé en fonction du niveau de remplissage atteignable dans b1.1) dans le volume d'espacement radial (ΔV) avant le processus de remplissage de façon à ce qu'un volume qui est limité dans le deuxième niveau (H2) prédéfini sous le tube de séparation-remplissage (112) corresponde à une différence de volume du volume d'espacement (ΔV) entre le niveau de remplissage maximal (hmax) et le niveau de remplissage (h) atteignable dans b1.1),
    a1) introduction complète du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) avec le piston (100) en position de fermeture,
    et après nouvelle exécution de l'étape b0),
    c1) transfert du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) dans une position dans laquelle une fente axiale (A) reste entre l'extrémité inférieure du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) et le fond du conteneur (22) et transfert du piston (100) dans la deuxième position ouverte de la vanne de remplissage (1) de façon à ce que, à l'intérieur du tube de séparation-remplissage (112), un volume de refoulement (Vv) complétant le volume du fluide écoulé dans le volume d'espacement (ΔV) par rapport au volume de remplissage prédéfini, soit fourni, le tube de séparation-remplissage (112) étant rempli de fluide,
    d1) lorsque, dans l'étape c1), la deuxième position ouverte est atteinte, retrait du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) jusqu'à ce que le piston (100) soit en position de fermeture, le fluide passant du tube de séparation-remplissage (112) dans le conteneur (2) de façon à ce que celui-ci soit complètement rempli.
  15. Procédé selon au moins une des revendications précédentes n°7 à n°14,
    la vanne de remplissage (1) présentant un corps élastiquement expansible (17) qui est pris intégralement dans le conteneur (2) dans l'étape a),
    comprenant les étapes
    a1) après l'introduction complète de la vanne de remplissage (1) fermée dans le conteneur (2) par l'ouverture du conteneur (21) dans l'étape a), permettre l'expansion du corps élastiquement expansible (17) jusqu'à ce que celui-ci
    a2) adhère aux surfaces intérieures du conteneur (2) et, le cas échéant, à la surface intérieure de l'embout compensateur de volume (15),
    b1) transfert du piston (100) dans la position ouverte de la vanne de remplissage (1) pour permettre l'écoulement du fluide, le corps élastiquement expansible (17) étant comprimé dans l'étape b1a) jusqu'à ce qu'il adhère à la vanne de remplissage (1) dans l'étape b1b) et que le volume d'espacement radial entre la paroi du conteneur (20) et la vanne de remplissage (1) et, le cas échéant, la fente annulaire entre l'embout compensateur de volume (15) et la vanne de remplissage (1) soit rempli, b2) exécution d'un mouvement ascendant du tube de remplissage (11) avec le piston (10) en position ouverte jusqu'à un niveau (H) prédéfini dans une zone de l'ouverture du conteneur (21).
  16. Procédé selon la revendication n°15, le corps élastiquement expansible (17) étant disposé sur ou autour du tube de séparation (12),
    comprenant les étapes
    pendant l'étape b2), maintien du tube de séparation (12) dans la position complètement introduite pendant le mouvement ascendant du tube de remplissage (11) avec le piston (10) en position ouverte, le tube de séparation (12) étant rempli de fluide,
    d1) fermeture de la vanne de remplissage (1) lorsque, dans l'étape b2), le niveau (H) prédéfini est atteint dans la zone de l'ouverture du conteneur (21) et lorsque le conteneur (2) est complètement rempli,
    d2) retrait du tube de séparation (12) et
    e) retrait de la vanne de remplissage (1) fermée.
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