EP3363421A1 - Dispositif et processus pour remplir récipients, en particulier gélules en gélatine dure - Google Patents

Dispositif et processus pour remplir récipients, en particulier gélules en gélatine dure Download PDF

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EP3363421A1
EP3363421A1 EP17000265.3A EP17000265A EP3363421A1 EP 3363421 A1 EP3363421 A1 EP 3363421A1 EP 17000265 A EP17000265 A EP 17000265A EP 3363421 A1 EP3363421 A1 EP 3363421A1
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punch
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Florian Huhnen
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Harro Hofliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J3/00—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms
    • A61J3/07—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
    • A61J3/071—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use into the form of telescopically engaged two-piece capsules
    • A61J3/074—Filling capsules; Related operations
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
    • B65B1/36—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods
    • B65B1/38—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers
    • B65B1/385—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers moving in an endless path

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  • the invention relates to a device with which hard gelatin capsules or other containers can be filled with solid or powdery contents.
  • the filling should be done in particular dosed.
  • the powder to be filled is filled into a metering chamber, for example into the bores of a metering disk.
  • the powder is then compacted by means of a punch in the metering chamber.
  • the stamp performs at least one stroke, so that a compact arises.
  • the finished compact is then expelled from the metering chamber by opening the metering chamber and ejecting the compact by means of a punch.
  • the present invention seeks to provide an improved apparatus for filling a container with a powder, in which an effective stripping of the compact is possible regardless of the size of the compact.
  • inventive device for filling a container with a powder is given by the features of the main claim 1.
  • inventive method is given by the features of the independent claim 8.
  • the device according to the invention for filling a container with a powder has at least one metering chamber, into which the powder can be filled, and at least one stamp, by means of in which the powder located in the at least one metering chamber can be ejected and optionally also compacted.
  • a separate punch is available for each metering chamber.
  • the at least one punch can be driven via at least one first motor drive, so that the punch can perform a linear stroke movement. Through this linear lifting movement, the ejection and possibly also the compacting of the powder can take place.
  • a receiving unit for the container, in particular for the capsule base available, which can be moved via a second motor drive.
  • This second motor drive leads the stuffing station to the empty containers to be filled and removes the filled containers in order to be able to feed these other work stations. This can be done in particular by a rotary movement.
  • the first motor drive for the movement of the at least one punch and the second motor drive for the movement of the receiving unit for the containers are formed separately from each other.
  • the movement of the receiving unit for the containers can be independent of the movement of the stamp.
  • the receiving units for the containers can already be moved, while the punch is still in its dead center and remains there. This allows a precise and effective stripping of the compact from the stamp, regardless of the selected diameter ratios of compact and container.
  • the first and the second motor drive can preferably be synchronized, so that the movement of the containers and the movement of the stamp always runs the same. In this way, a reproducible stripping of the compact is possible, so that optimum results can be achieved.
  • This synchronization of the movements of the two motor drives can preferably be variably adjustable. This is one Adaptation of the two movements to different proportions of compact and container possible.
  • the synchronization can be mechanically adjustable. This can be done for example via a coupling.
  • the synchronization can be set via software parameters. The adjustment should be made by operators, so that a simple and rapid adaptation to other containers or other compacts is possible. At the same time, the setting should not be accidentally changed, as this would result in increased rejects.
  • the at least one metering chamber can be formed in a structurally particularly simple embodiment as a metering disk with a plurality of bores. In this way, several containers can be filled at the same time, so that a higher output of products is possible.
  • the opening of the individual metering chambers for ejecting the compacts can be done in this case, for example, by removing a corresponding lower plate, which can be pivoted or moved in particular.
  • the metering disk can also move away from a stationary closure element in order to open the individual metering chambers
  • a common motor drive for all stamp can be provided. This reduces the number of required drives and thus ensures a lower maintenance susceptibility of the device. In addition, the device can be produced economically cheaper in this way.
  • the inventive device 10 for filling a hard gelatin capsule is in the Fig. 1 and 2 represented with a first form of hard gelatin capsule.
  • the device 10 has a punch 20 which can be displaced by means of a first motor drive 22 in a vertical lifting movement (arrow 24).
  • the punch 20 moves through the lifting movement 24 in the bore 26 of a metering disk 28.
  • Each bore 26 of the metering disk 28 forms a metering chamber.
  • the punch 20 can be used by the lifting movement 24 initially to compact a powder in the still closed dosing, so that a compact 30 is formed. After opening the metering chamber, the existing in the metering chamber compact 30 can be ejected by means of the punch 20 from the metering chamber. The compact 30 thereby falls into the capsule lower part 32 of a hard gelatin capsule.
  • the capsule base 32 is positioned below the metering chamber by means of a receiving unit 34. After filling the capsule lower part 32 with the compact 30, the capsule lower part 32 can be laterally removed by the receiving unit 34, so that a new capsule lower part can be positioned below the dosing chamber.
  • the receiving unit 34 has its own motor drive 36.
  • the motor drive 36 of the receiving unit 34 is formed separately from the motor drive 22 of the punch 20. Thereby, the receiving unit 34 can be moved independently of the punch 20.
  • the filled capsule base 32 can then be provided in other processing stations with a second compact or another product or even directly closed.
  • the feeding and removing the capsule bases can be done in particular by a rotary indexing table, as he, for example, from the EP 1415 637 A1 or the EP 2 135 810 A1 is known.
  • the compact 30 - as in Fig. 1 shown - does not solve independently of the punch 20 and falls into the capsule base 32.
  • the compact 30 would be pulled back in this case from the punch 20 upwards.
  • the capsule base 32 would not be filled and would have to be sorted out as broke.
  • the upper edge of the receiving unit 34 may be used to strip the compact 30 from the punch 20.
  • the lifting movement 24 of the punch 20 no longer has to be coupled to the movement of the receiving unit 34 so that upon movement of the receiving unit mandatory also the return of the punch 20 begins. Rather, the receiving unit 34 for the capsule lower parts 32 can already be moved when the punch 20 is still in its lower dead position.
  • the corresponding Fig. 1 and 2 have an inner diameter 40 which is only slightly larger than the outer diameter 42 of the compact 30, the stripping of the compact 30 could even in an already onset of retraction of the punch 20 from his in Fig. 1 and 2 shown lower dead position 44 done. The pellet 30 would then still be within reach of the upper edge 46 of the receiving unit 34, so that stripping is still possible.
  • the punch 20 must still be a certain time after the start of movement of the receiving unit 34.2 in its lower dead position 44. Only when the punch 20 remains in the lower dead position 44, the compact 30 can still be achieved by the upper edge 46.2 of the receiving unit 34.2 (see Fig. 4 ). On the other hand, if the movement of the stamp 20 were to begin with the movement of the receiving unit 34.2, the compact 30 would have already been withdrawn from the reach of the upper edge 46.2 of the receiving unit 34.2, so that no stripping of the compact 30 would be possible.
  • the upper edge 46, 46.2 of the receiving unit 34, 34.2 is used to strip the compact 30 from the punch 20. This is because the capsule lower part 32, 32.2 does not project beyond this upper edge 46, 46.2 of the receiving unit 34, 34.2. If the capsule lower parts 32, 32.2 are made higher and / or the receiving units 34, 34.2 flatter, it may happen that the capsule lower parts, 32, 32.2 project beyond the upper edge 46, 46.2 of the receiving unit 34, 34.2. In this case, the upper edge of the capsule bottoms 32, 32.2 may also be used to strip the compact 30 from the punch 20.

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CN112002205A (zh) * 2020-07-30 2020-11-27 广东三向智能科技股份有限公司 一种基于教学实训的原料封装设备

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US4062386A (en) * 1975-04-07 1977-12-13 Zanasi Nigris S.P.A. Method and apparatus for the dosing of dense pasty substances
EP0691121A2 (fr) * 1994-07-07 1996-01-10 Sankyo Seisakusho Co. Procédé et appareil pour la fabrication de comprimés
DE10246659A1 (de) * 2002-10-07 2004-04-15 Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum dosierten Befüllen von Behältnissen mit mikronisiertem Pulver
EP1415637A1 (fr) 2002-10-31 2004-05-06 Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Table à transfert circulaire pour le remplissage de capsules avec de la poudre
DE102007031856A1 (de) * 2007-07-09 2009-01-15 Robert Bosch Gmbh Vorrichtung zum Dosieren von pulverförmigem Füllgut
EP2135810A1 (fr) 2008-06-16 2009-12-23 Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Table à transfert circulaire pouvant être entraînée de manière cadencée pour remplir des récipients avec de la poudre

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US4062386A (en) * 1975-04-07 1977-12-13 Zanasi Nigris S.P.A. Method and apparatus for the dosing of dense pasty substances
EP0691121A2 (fr) * 1994-07-07 1996-01-10 Sankyo Seisakusho Co. Procédé et appareil pour la fabrication de comprimés
DE10246659A1 (de) * 2002-10-07 2004-04-15 Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum dosierten Befüllen von Behältnissen mit mikronisiertem Pulver
EP1415637A1 (fr) 2002-10-31 2004-05-06 Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Table à transfert circulaire pour le remplissage de capsules avec de la poudre
DE102007031856A1 (de) * 2007-07-09 2009-01-15 Robert Bosch Gmbh Vorrichtung zum Dosieren von pulverförmigem Füllgut
EP2135810A1 (fr) 2008-06-16 2009-12-23 Harro Höfliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Table à transfert circulaire pouvant être entraînée de manière cadencée pour remplir des récipients avec de la poudre

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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CN112002205A (zh) * 2020-07-30 2020-11-27 广东三向智能科技股份有限公司 一种基于教学实训的原料封装设备

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