EP3473587A1 - Dispositif et procédé de remplissage d'un récipient à remplir d'un produit de remplissage - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de remplissage d'un récipient à remplir d'un produit de remplissage Download PDF

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EP3473587A1
EP3473587A1 EP18198925.2A EP18198925A EP3473587A1 EP 3473587 A1 EP3473587 A1 EP 3473587A1 EP 18198925 A EP18198925 A EP 18198925A EP 3473587 A1 EP3473587 A1 EP 3473587A1
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Florian HABERSETZER
Josef Knott
Christian Stoiber
Holger Mueller
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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
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • 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
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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
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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
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    • 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
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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
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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
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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
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    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions
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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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
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    • B67C2007/0066—Devices particularly adapted for container closing

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for filling a container to be filled with a filling product, for example in a beverage filling plant.
  • Filling methods and devices for carrying out a filling process are known in which a container to be filled with a treatment chamber is sealed, a filling valve is connected to the mouth of the container to be filled and the container interior of the container to be filled with a purge gas to reduce the oxygen content is rinsed. After rinsing the container interior with the purge gas, the container interior is then filled with the filling product. Before filling, depending on the filling method selected and the filling product to be filled, pretensioning or evacuation of the container to be filled can also be carried out.
  • the treatment chamber Simultaneously with the filling of the container interior with the filling product, also before or after, the treatment chamber is brought to an overpressure and then removes the filling valve from the mouth of the container already filled with the filling product. Due to the overpressure present in the treatment chamber, when the filling valve is removed from the mouth of the container filled with the filling product, overflowing, splashing or foaming, in particular of a carbonated filling product, does not take place. The treatment chamber under the overpressure communicates with the container interior accordingly.
  • a container closure is then applied to the container in the treatment chamber, which is still under pressure, and the container is closed accordingly.
  • the present in the treatment chamber
  • a device and such a method are for example from the EP 2 937 310 A2 known.
  • a method for filling a container to be filled with a filling product comprising the steps of sealingly receiving the container to be filled in a treatment chamber, the sealing applying a Basge gas on the container, after the sealing application of the filling member to the container of the rinsing
  • a container having a purge gas introduced into the container through a purge gas channel after purging the container with the purge gas of filling the container with the product, biasing the treatment chamber with a sparge gas through a chuck channel, after filling the container and biasing the processing chamber of the container Removing the filling member from the container, after removing the filling member from the container closing the container received in the treatment chamber with a container closure, and after closing the container, relieving the container in the container Chamber has present biasing pressure and the removal of the container from the treatment chamber.
  • the biasing pressure present in the treatment chamber is at least partially relieved into the purge gas channel.
  • the relieving of the biasing pressure in the treatment chamber is at least partially achieved by the purge gas channel, a reuse of the gas used in the treatment chamber for biasing is made possible.
  • the span gas used in the treatment chamber can be used in particular subsequently for rinsing a further container to be filled.
  • the rinse is preferably carried out under a pressure which is below the pressure of the filling product.
  • rinsing with a purge gas at a low pressure for example at 0.5 bar to 4 bar absolute pressure, preferably at an absolute pressure of 1.4 bar to 1.9 bar, are performed, the container at the same time via a vacuum channel with a Vacuum is in communication, which is less than the pressure of the purge gas. Accordingly, the purge gas is sucked out of the purge gas channel quasi through the container to be rinsed.
  • vacuum of the vacuum channel is in this context only according understood that the pressure in the vacuum channel during flushing of the container with the purge gas is below the pressure present in the purge gas channel to a corresponding flow of purge gas from the purge gas channel out into the container and through to reach it through.
  • the treatment chamber is, in order to provide a corresponding back pressure against the debinding of the gas from a carbonated filling product, with a pressure of 2 bar to 11 bar absolute pressure, preferably applied with an absolute pressure of 5 bar to 9 bar, with the clamping gas.
  • the clamping gas channel is still under a higher pressure than the purge gas channel. This also ensures that the clamping gas from the pressurized with the clamping gas acted upon treatment chamber at least partially when opening a purge gas valve flows into the purge gas channel.
  • containers are flushed, for example, with twice the volume of their container volume with purge gas.
  • the treatment chamber typically has a significantly lower volume than the container volume.
  • the treatment chamber has a volume of 100 ml
  • a container to be filled has a volume of 500 ml to 1 l.
  • clamping gas and purging gas which is usually CO 2 in each case
  • CO 2 used in the treatment chamber as the clamping gas can subsequently be recycled as purge gas.
  • a recycling rate of about 80% of the CO 2 used as the span gas in the treatment chamber results.
  • the biasing pressure remaining in the treatment chamber is further relieved by a relief channel in communication with the environment, preferably at ambient pressure.
  • a relief channel in communication with the environment, preferably at ambient pressure.
  • rinsing of a container to be filled, which is subsequently received in the treatment chamber is carried out with the flushing gas at least partially with the span gas flowing into the flushing gas channel.
  • the flushing gas is carried out with the flushing gas at least partially with the span gas flowing into the flushing gas channel.
  • a purge gas from a purge gas source is used for purge of the container in addition to the tension gas relieved in the purge gas channel.
  • a purge gas from a purge gas source is used for purge of the container in addition to the tension gas relieved in the purge gas channel.
  • the purge gas channel is preferably under an absolute pressure of from 0.5 bar to 4 bar, more preferably under an absolute pressure of from 1.4 bar to 1.9 bar, and the gas-spout is under an absolute pressure of from 2 bar to 11 bar, preferably below an absolute pressure from 5 bar to 9 bar.
  • the pretensioning pressure remaining in the treatment chamber is further relieved by a negative pressure provided via a vacuum line, preferably to ambient pressure.
  • a vacuum line preferably to ambient pressure.
  • the pretensioning pressure remaining in the treatment chamber is further relieved by retraction of the filling member and / or a closure member from the treatment chamber, preferably to ambient pressure.
  • the container to be filled is preferably pressurized with a vacuum provided via a vacuum line, preferably in order to provide a purge gas stream in the container to be filled. This allows efficient flushing of the container.
  • the container to be filled prior to introduction of the filling product into the container to be filled, the container to be filled is brought to a reduced pressure and a filling product under overpressure is introduced into the container under negative pressure.
  • an apparatus for filling a container to be filled with a filling product comprising a treatment chamber for sealingly receiving the container to be filled, a filling member for sealing application to the container sealed with the treatment chamber and for introducing a filling product into the container, a purge gas channel Introducing a purge gas in the container to be filled, a clamping gas channel for introducing a clamping gas into the treatment chamber, and a closure member for applying a container closure to a filled container within the treatment chamber.
  • a controller is provided which is adapted to carry out, after closing the container, an at least partial relieving of the pretensioning pressure present in the treatment chamber into the purge gas channel.
  • the controller is adapted to further relieve the pressure remaining in the treatment chamber biasing pressure by a relief communicating with the environment relief channel subsequent to the relief of the biasing pressure of the treatment chamber in the purge gas channel, preferably to ambient pressure.
  • control is set up to relieve the remaining pressure in the treatment chamber by a pressure provided via a vacuum line further to relieve the bias pressure of the treatment chamber in the purge gas channel further, preferably to ambient pressure.
  • control is set up to relieve the remaining in the treatment chamber biasing pressure by retraction of the filling member and / or the Verschnovorgans from the treatment chamber further to the relief of the biasing pressure of the treatment chamber in the purge gas channel, preferably to ambient pressure.
  • the controller is adapted to at least partially perform the after the removal of the sealed container rinsing a subsequently received in the treatment chamber to be filled container with the relieved gas in the purge gas span gas.
  • the controller is adapted to use a purging gas from a purge gas source for purging the container in addition to the vent gas vented into the purge gas passage.
  • FIG. 1 Shown schematically in the figures are different cut-outs, detailed representations and states of a device 1 for filling a container 120 with a filling product and for subsequently closing the container 120 filled with the filling product with a container closure.
  • the device 1 comprises a treatment chamber 2, a filling member 3 and a closure member 4, which will be described in detail below.
  • the treatment chamber 2 serves to provide predetermined pressure conditions and / or a predetermined atmosphere for the container 120 to be filled or its interior, when the mouth 122 of the container 120 to be filled is in communication with the treatment chamber 2.
  • the filling member 3 serves to fill the interior of the container to be filled 120 in a conventional manner with a predetermined amount of filling product.
  • the closing member 4 serves to finally close the container 120 filled with the filling product with a container closure.
  • the device 1 can be provided, for example, in a beverage filling plant, in which case a beverage is filled into a beverage bottle to be filled and the beverage bottle is closed after filling with the beverage with a container closure. But they are too Plants for filling other filling products, for example from the foodstuffs sector, the pharmaceutical sector, the hygiene sector or the mineral oil sector.
  • a plurality of the devices 1 shown are usually arranged around the circumference of a treatment carousel.
  • the devices 1 respectively revolve around the axis of rotation of the treatment carousel to provide, accordingly, continuous processing and, in particular, continuous filling and continuous closure of continuously fed containers 120 to be filled, for example in a beverage bottling plant. In this case, a stream of filled and sealed containers 120 is produced.
  • the treatment chamber 2 of the respective device 1 is intended to receive at least a portion of the container 120 to be filled.
  • the treatment chamber 2 at its lower end to a container receiving opening 20, through which the respective container 120 to be filled with its container mouth 122 can be pushed ahead in the treatment chamber 2.
  • the container receiving opening 20 - sealed for example by means of a switchable seal 60 - gas-tight from the environment, so that the container receiving opening 20 of the treatment chamber 2 with inserted container 120 gas-tight relative to the environment is completed.
  • the container 120 is thus received in a sealing manner with the treatment chamber 2.
  • the mouth region - may be received in the treatment chamber 2.
  • the treatment chamber 2 further has a capper receiving opening 22 at its upper end.
  • a capper receiving opening 22 Through the Verschmillionerabilityö réelle 22 through the closing member 4 and a closing element 40 of the Vesch desiresorgans 4 can act on the container mouth 122 of a then filled container 120 to apply a container closure.
  • the capper receiving opening 22 can be sealed off from the environment in a gastight manner.
  • the interior of the treatment chamber 2 sealed gas-tight from the environment.
  • a pressure which differs from the environment can correspondingly be applied and / or an atmosphere or gas mixture or a gas differing from the ambient atmosphere can be provided in the treatment chamber 2.
  • a pressure which is different from the environment can be provided, which is achieved in the treatment chamber 2 and thus also in the interior of the container 120 to be filled, sealed off from the environment with the treatment chamber 2, if the container mouth 122 protrudes unsealed into the treatment chamber 2 and, corresponding to the container interior, is in communication with the treatment chamber 2.
  • an atmosphere different from the environment can be provided in the treatment chamber 2.
  • a filling product outlet 30 of the filling member 3 is provided, by means of which the filling product to be filled can be filled into the interior of the container 120 to be filled.
  • the filling member 3 has a filling product outlet seal 300 surrounding the filling product outlet 30, to which the mouth 122 of the container 120 can be pressed and by means of which a sealing connection between the container interior and the filling member 3 can be produced.
  • the container mouth 122 of the container 120 to be filled is sealed in a gas-tight manner with respect to the treatment chamber 2, for example because the container mouth 122 is sealed with the filling member 3, the pressure present in the treatment chamber 2 and the atmosphere present in the treatment chamber 2 have no influence the pressure present in the interior of the container 120 or the present in this gas composition.
  • the filling member 3 and thus also the filling product outlet 30 can be moved in the illustrated embodiment in the direction of the arrow F, which indicates the Golforganschiscardi, such that the Greetsen 30 is disposed either in a treatment position so above the container receiving opening 20 that a to or filling member 3 and filling product outlet 30 are moved into a retracted parking position, such that closing member 4 comprises a container closure in a manner to be described below can then apply the filled container 120.
  • the closure member 4 has a closing element 40, by means of which the actual container closure can be applied to the container 120, which is still held in the treatment chamber 2 and filled but not yet sealed.
  • the closing element 40 is designed to apply a crown cap closure to the container 120 to be closed.
  • the closure member 40 may be formed as needed and depending on the required container closure and may in particular, in addition to the training as Kronkorkenverschplier, as a screw capper for applying a molded part provided as a screw cap, as Aufroll- or Anrollversch splittinger for rolling or rolling a container closure sleeve on an external thread a filled container, be designed as a closing element for applying plugs, corks or in any other manner for closing the filled container 120.
  • a vacuum channel 88 may be provided, by means of which the container 120 is subjected to a negative pressure.
  • a purge gas stream can sweep through the container 120 and displace in this way the remaining oxygen in the container 120. Or it can be achieved by alternately applying negative pressure and purge gas efficient flushing of the container 120.
  • the purge gas channel 80 is preferably an absolute pressure of 0.5 bar to 4 bar before.
  • the pressure present in the container 120 must be kept correspondingly by the switching of the vacuum channel 88 at a pressure which is below the voltage applied in the purge gas channel 80, if an inflow of the purge gas is to be made possible in the container 120.
  • a controller 9 serves to switch a purging gas valve 82 and a vacuum valve 89 so that the container 120 is purged with the purging gas in the manner described above and, accordingly, a predetermined purging gas concentration in the container 120 is achieved.
  • a predetermined purging gas concentration in the container 120 is achieved.
  • an oxygen-poor atmosphere in the container 120 can be achieved.
  • the filling product can be introduced into the then rinsed container 120.
  • a vacuum may be provided in vessel 120 into which the then relatively over pressurized fill product is introduced, or vessel 120 is biased to a pressure above the saturation pressure of the fill product with a biasing gas and the filling product is introduced into the prestressed container 120.
  • the treatment chamber 2 is sealed pressure-tight relative to the container 120 by the pressing of the filling member 3, the treatment chamber 2 is biased with a clamping gas via a clamping gas line 84.
  • the controller 9 controls this admission of the treatment chamber 2 with the clamping gas in accordance with the switching of a clamping gas valve 86th
  • the purge gas channel 80 is preferably under an absolute pressure of 0.5 bar to 4 bar, preferably an absolute pressure of 1.4 bar to 1.9 bar, and the clamping gas channel 84 under an absolute pressure of 2 bar to 11 bar, preferably an absolute pressure of 5 bar to 9 bar.
  • the purge gas channel 80 is under an absolute pressure of about 1.7 bar and the clamping gas channel 84 is under an absolute pressure of about 7 bar.
  • the clamping gas channel 84 is under a higher pressure than the purge gas channel 80.
  • the filling member 3 can be lifted off the mouth 122 of the container 120.
  • the interior of the container 120 and the filling product present therein is then acted upon by the pretensioning pressure of the treatment chamber 2 by the treatment chamber 2 then being in communication with the container 120.
  • the foaming of the filling product by the unbinding of the bound gas in the filling product - for example, CO 2 - can be reduced or avoided when the filling member 3 is lifted.
  • the filling member 3 is retracted in the Greetsen F and the capper 4 - as in FIG. 2 shown schematically - lowered to apply a closure on the mouth 122 of the then filled container 120.
  • the container 120 or the container interior is in this case the whole time in communication with the container treatment chamber 2, which in turn is under the biasing pressure.
  • the treatment chamber 2 is then relieved to a lower pressure, in that the purge gas channel 80 is opened by means of the purge gas valve 82.
  • the purge gas channel 80 at a low pressure, for example, in a preferred embodiment at an absolute pressure of 1.7 bar, which flows in the treatment chamber 2 under a high pressure, for example, in this embodiment, at an absolute pressure of 7 bar, present gas in the purge gas channel 80 when the purge gas valve 82 is opened. Accordingly, depending on the pressure conditions, at least part of the clamping gas present in the treatment chamber 2 will flow back into the flushing gas channel 80.
  • the treatment chamber 2 is also in retracted filling member 3 in communication with this and in particular on the Gundauslauf 30 with the purge gas channel 80 and the vacuum channel 88th
  • a complete relieve of the pressure in the treatment chamber 2 to ambient pressure can be achieved, for example by connecting the treatment chamber 2 to the vacuum channel 88.
  • relieving the treatment chamber 2 to ambient pressure may also be achieved, or in addition, via a relief channel 800 in communication with the environment.
  • the preload pressure remaining in the treatment chamber 2 can be reduced by withdrawing the filling element 3 and / or the discharge chamber 2 into the purge gas channel 80 Verschworgans 4 are further relieved from the treatment chamber 2, preferably at ambient pressure.
  • the purge gas valve 82 is closed again and then the closing element 40 is moved out of the treatment chamber 2.
  • the resulting increase in volume of the free volume in the treatment chamber 2 also causes a release of the still present in the treatment chamber 2 biasing pressure. This retraction can be carried out to ambient pressure until relieved.
  • the filled and sealed container can then be removed from the treatment chamber 2.
  • the respective operations are controlled via the controller 9, which in turn switches respective valves, for example the clamping gas valve 86 and / or the purge gas valve 82 and / or the vacuum valve 89 and / or the relief valve 802.
  • the then filled and sealed container 120 are removed from the treatment chamber 2.
  • fresh purge gas can be supplied from a purge gas source 820, for example a purge gas tank.
  • a purge gas source 820 for example a purge gas tank.
  • the consumption of fresh purge gas can be reduced by using the purge gas returned to purge gas channel 80 as the purge gas.
  • the purge gas channel 80 is preferably designed so that the entire span of span gas flowing back into the purge gas channel 80 can be received without any return gas flowing into the purge gas source 820 in order to exclude possible contaminants.

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