EP3507196A2 - Machine de remplissage permettant le remplissage stérile de récipients avec un produit alimentaire contenant un composant principal et un composant additionnel - Google Patents

Machine de remplissage permettant le remplissage stérile de récipients avec un produit alimentaire contenant un composant principal et un composant additionnel

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EP3507196A2
EP3507196A2 EP17768693.8A EP17768693A EP3507196A2 EP 3507196 A2 EP3507196 A2 EP 3507196A2 EP 17768693 A EP17768693 A EP 17768693A EP 3507196 A2 EP3507196 A2 EP 3507196A2
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additional component
filling
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Werner Trautwein
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SIG Services AG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L3/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
    • A23L3/005—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by heating using irradiation or electric treatment
    • A23L3/01—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by heating using irradiation or electric treatment using microwaves or dielectric heating
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L3/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
    • A23L3/001—Details of apparatus, e.g. for transport, for loading or unloading manipulation, pressure feed valves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L3/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs
    • A23L3/003—Control or safety devices for sterilisation or pasteurisation systems
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/12—Sterilising contents prior to, or during, packaging
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/12—Sterilising contents prior to, or during, packaging
    • B65B55/14—Sterilising contents prior to, or during, packaging by heat
    • 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
    • B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/003—Packaging lines, e.g. general layout
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23V—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION
    • A23V2002/00—Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
    • 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
    • B65B3/02—Machines characterised by the incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
    • B65B3/025—Making parallelepipedal containers from a single carton blank

Definitions

  • a filling machine and method for sterile filling of a foodstuff comprising a main component and an additional component
  • the invention relates to a filling machine for sterile filling of a food comprising at least one main component and at least one
  • the invention relates to a system comprising such a filling machine and a process plant for pasteurizing or sterilizing the main component and for supplying the pasteurized or sterilized main component to the feed unit of
  • the invention relates to a method for the sterile filling of a food comprising at least one main component and at least one additional component in a plurality of containers, in particular carton / plastic composite packages with a filling machine.
  • Filling machines of the type mentioned are used for filling of, in particular
  • the foods may be, for example, drinks such as juices, water or milk. But there are also other foods such as yogurt, sauces and the like in question.
  • the food can be needed
  • the foods often have additives such as flavors, vitamins, particulate components or colorants added to a major component of the food. Frequently, different foods differ only in additives, while the main component used remains unchanged. For example, yogurt Je be added to the desired flavor with different fruit pieces, dyes and / or flavors.
  • the foodstuffs In order for the foodstuffs to be preserved for as long as possible after they have been filled into the containers, it is necessary to pasteurize or sterilize the foods before they are filled into the containers. Furthermore, the filling under sterile or aseptic conditions should be done in previously sterilized containers. In this way, the food can at least substantially free of germs or
  • Microorganisms are absorbed in the containers.
  • Containers are in particular packages for packaging the food.
  • the packages are preferably cardboard / plastic composite packages, which are formed from a packaging material in the form of a laminate comprising a cardboard layer and outer, in particular thermoplastic, plastic layers, such as polyethylene (PE).
  • PE polyethylene
  • the carton provides the packages with sufficient stability to allow the packages to be easily handled and stacked, for example.
  • the plastic layers protect the cardboard from moisture and allow sealing of the packaging material to form a tight package.
  • other layers such as an aluminum layer, may be provided to prevent diffusion of oxygen and other gases through the package.
  • the sterilization or pasteurization of the food is carried out in a so-called process plant, from which the sterilized or pasteurized foods are delivered to the filling machine.
  • the filling machine has a feed unit, which is connected in particular to a storage container.
  • the feed unit can then be, for example, a pipe or a nozzle.
  • the storage container the corresponding food is temporarily stored until the containers are filled.
  • Sterilization or pasteurization usually takes place batchwise by heating the food to a specific temperature for a certain time. In this way, microorganisms are at least essentially killed, so that a possible germ-free filling of the food can be done.
  • the sterilization takes place for example at a temperature between 121 ° C and 141 ° C, while the pasteurization can be carried out at a temperature between 70 ° C and 98 ° C.
  • Pasteurization can be relatively acidic
  • Products such as fruit juices, be sufficient to microorganisms in
  • the pasteurized or sterilized amount of food is passed into a storage container of the filling machine.
  • the storage container is kept sterile during filling and is connected via a guide with at least one filling outlet, from which the
  • the filling outlet is usually formed by a filling valve, which serves the exact filling of the food.
  • the filling of the food is done via a series of filling outlets or filling valves, which may all be connected to the storage container.
  • the Greauslässe are then regularly arranged in a row next to each other, the containers are also fed to the Greauslässen in adjacent rows.
  • Storage tank come to an at least partial segregation of the components, which may require an additional agitator in the storage tank. But even then it can not always be guaranteed that the
  • Additional component can then be filled via a separate filling valve before or after the main component in the pack. But this is also associated with a considerable procedural and technical equipment expense. For example, the process plant must be successively
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object, a filling machine, a system and a method of the aforementioned type in such a way and further develop that food comprising at least one main component and at least one additional component can be handled easier.
  • a filling machine characterized in that a storage container for the at least one additional component, connected to the storage tank dosing device for dosing the additional component in the container and / or the main component and in the metering device, an electric heater Pasteurize or sterilize the additive component before dosing into the container and / or the main component are provided.
  • the object is also achieved in a system according to the preamble of claim 7, characterized in that the filling machine is designed according to one of claims 1 to 6.
  • the object is achieved according to claim 8 by a method of the type mentioned, in which the at least one main component, in particular pasteurized or sterilized, is conducted with a guide from at least one feed unit to at least one filling valve having a filling outlet, in which the main component is filled with the at least one filling valve into the plurality of containers,
  • Dosing is metered into the container and / or the main component and
  • Main component is pasteurized or sterilized.
  • the invention has recognized that the handling of at least one
  • Additional component can be considerably simplified if the additional component is not already pasteurized or sterilized transferred to the filling machine, but initially without being already pasteurized or sterilized, is stored in at least one storage container. Therefore, it is in the
  • Reservoir also not a storage container for the at least one main component and is the storage container with an additional
  • the metering device can be designed to separate the additional component from the at least one main component
  • the metering device can also be designed to provide the at least one additional component to at least one
  • Main component to dose before the at least one main component is filled into the container.
  • the at least one additional component and the at least one main component are thus combined or mixed before the components are filled together in containers. So that no microorganisms are introduced into the at least one main component or the containers via the at least one additional component, the at least one additional component is passed after removal from the at least one storage container through an electrical heating device in which the
  • Pasteurization depends on the additional product, in particular the pH of the additional product, and is given accordingly. However, particularly preferred is the use of additional products that need only be pasteurized. Namely, this can be done at temperatures of less than 100 ° C and therefore typically at ambient pressure. Sterilizing the
  • the sterilized additive component may be relaxed after heating and / or dosing the additive component into the containers or the at least one major component.
  • Heating can be controlled very accurately and very quickly without major problems. In this way it can be ensured that the at least one
  • Heating device for example, be completely prevented.
  • the heating and thus pasteurization or sterilization of the additional component in the filling machine, for example, offers itself to the main component, because the additional component accounts for a much smaller proportion of the food to be filled as the main component.
  • Main component is already pasteurized or sterilized. Then in the
  • Conductor be provided an electric heater which flows through the main component and thereby pasteurized or sterilized, depending on what is required or desired in an individual case.
  • the main component is according to the method with a guide of at least one feed unit, the supply of the main component to
  • Filling machine is used to at least one filling outlet having a filling valve passed, from where the main component is filled into containers.
  • Filling outlets or filling valves provided they can be connected via a guide to a feed unit.
  • the filling valves can also be connected to a common storage tank or to separate storage tanks.
  • the at least one storage container is then part of the guide.
  • the filling valve can fill containers introduced in succession, while a plurality of filling valves in each case, in particular parallel to one another,
  • filled containers can fill.
  • the at least one additional component is initially stored in a storage container and metered from there via a metering device into the container and / or the main component. Before dosing the at least one
  • Additional component passes the additional component to be dosed by an electric heater as part of the metering device in which the at least one additional component is pasteurized or sterilized.
  • the At least one additional component will therefore be like the at least one
  • Main component separately or together pasteurized or sterilized in the designated container filled, for which purpose the containers are supplied to the respective filling valves.
  • the containers are designed in particular as packages made of a packaging material for receiving or packaging the food.
  • the packs are preferably cardboard / plastic composite packs which, if necessary, are manufactured in the filling machine from a pack precursor.
  • packaging material blanks made of packaging material can be used as the packing precursor, which can be prefabricated as needed, for example by sealing longitudinal edges to form a package blank in the form of a packing jacket.
  • Corresponding packing shells are typically mounted on mandrels of a so-called mandrel wheel, the cross section of the mandrels corresponding to the inner cross section of the packing sheath which initially protrudes outwardly beyond the mandrel.
  • This protruding region of the packing jacket is heated and folded to close, for example as a package bottom, against the front side of the mandrel and pressed there. Since this basically makes no significant difference to the method of filling packages, the bottom of the package is in particular the top part of the package which is directed downwards when being filled, closed and still unsealed as the head of the package during filling. However, in which orientation the package is handled after filling and final sealing, ie where the package is ultimately up or down, is not for the problem to be solved by the invention
  • the unilaterally open containers are introduced into a sterilization zone of the filling machine, such as by the containers are successively introduced into cells of a transport device.
  • the containers are then defined with Transported speed and at a defined distance from each other through the sterilization zone of the filling machine, where the containers are preheated with hot sterile air, if necessary, before sterilization of the container, for example with hydrogen peroxide, and, if necessary, drying with sterile air.
  • the sterilized containers are then transferred to the filling and sealing zone where they are preferably filled with a flowable food, such as a drink. Then the package is still closed and over the
  • Transport device transported from the filling and sealing zone and finally removed from the cells of the transport device.
  • the containers are transported by the transport device in a straight line through the filling machine.
  • Corresponding filling machines are also referred to as cross-country skiers.
  • the so-called rotary travelers the containers or the packs describe a more or less arcuate movement, which may comprise one circular arc section or several circular arc sections.
  • the containers can be clocked or continuously transported through the filling machine. In any case, the transport of the containers can be stopped when filling. However, during filling, the containers can also be moved on continuously, in which case the filling outlet is preferably moved along with the container.
  • the at least one electric heating device is designed for directly heating the at least one additional component.
  • Direct heating of the additional component namely, can be done waiving hot heat transfer surfaces. These give even then heat to the additional component, if this is not desirable, such as when the additional component, for whatever reason lingers longer in the heater than basically provided. For then the quality of the additional component can suffer. It can also lead to a "burning" of the additional component, which make the cleaning of the heater required or to an undesirable change in taste of the
  • the direct heating is preferably carried out by an electric current is passed through the additional component to be dosed.
  • the heat therefore arises directly in the at least one additional component and not necessarily in one
  • the heating of the additional component can be regulated so very accurately, and almost without delay.
  • the larger the current flowing through the additional component the higher the current density when flowing through the additional component and the more heat is in the
  • the flow channels can at least in
  • Complementary component are brought into contact, wherein the electrodes are connected to a power supply, so that between the electrodes, an electric current flows, which is passed through the additional component.
  • the additional component can be understood, for example, as meaning that the additional component itself forms the heating resistor of the electric heating device.
  • a heating resistor for example, by a
  • Heat transfer surface can be formed, can thus be omitted if necessary. If necessary, more than two electrodes with the Additional component are brought into contact. Regardless of the number of electrodes, it is particularly preferred especially for additional components with particulate portions, if the electrodes are provided flat and / or on an inner wall of the heater. In principle, however, the electrodes may also be in the free cross-section of the heating device, for example in the form of a pencil
  • the heating device may alternatively or additionally also have a separate heating resistor, the thermally conductive directly or indirectly with the
  • Additional component is coupled. However, very little material should actually be heated in addition to the additional component, so that a fairly fast
  • Temperature control can be achieved and the thermal inertia of the corresponding system can be reduced.
  • the heating of the additional component should be as immediate as possible with the onset of power supply and terminated as soon as possible with the switching off of the power supply. This is possible, for example, completely without a heating resistor in the form of the additional component and / or the at least one separate heating resistor.
  • the additional component can be heated directly via microwaves and / or radio waves, with which the additional component is irradiated in the heater. So that the microwaves and / or radio waves when irradiating the
  • the additional component leading line may be formed in the heater of plastic or glass instead of metal, which also preferably meets the thermal requirements.
  • Heaters may also combine microwaves, radio waves and / or heating resistors.
  • a control can be provided which the power supply to the heater prevents, if no additional component is promoted by the heater.
  • the heater can be switched by means of a relay or, preferably, via a transistor. A cooling of the at least one heated additional component is usually unnecessary, since the additional component by relatively low
  • Starting temperature before heating be cooled.
  • the additional component is metered into the cooler main component and thereby cooled. In this way, constructive and control engineering effort is saved.
  • the main component is not overheated by the hotter additive component, which otherwise leads to a reduction in quality of the
  • the additional component preferably forms a significantly smaller proportion of the food than the main component.
  • the metering device is for metering the additional component to the main component, for example with the guide, in particular a filling valve or a valve node, connected to the plurality of filling valves are connected.
  • Valve node is the interface between the filling machine and the
  • UHT plant can act. If required, such a system can supply several filling machines with the main component. This allows a rapid cooling of the additional component and a good mixing of
  • Main component to connect The additional component and the main component can then mix in the storage container and / or on the way to the filling outlet along the guide.
  • the at least one additional component but also be metered separately from the main component directly into the container. Then one is
  • Additional component into the container can optionally be carried out before, after and / or during the filling of the at least one main component.
  • the filling of the additional component before or during the main component can lead to a better mixing.
  • Additional component according to the at least one main component, if necessary, the previous dosing of the additional component, however, may be preferred, for example, if no mixing of additional component and
  • Main component is desired, as in the case of yogurt with separate
  • At least one separate filling valve with a filling outlet is provided for this purpose. If the metering is done in parallel in several containers, a corresponding number of filling valves can be arranged in parallel. To ensure a sterile filling of the container, the at least one
  • the at least one filling valve projects at least partially into the aseptic zone and / or the at least one filling outlet is arranged in the aseptic zone.
  • a system control may be provided which allows a discontinuous heating of the additional component to be dosed.
  • the heating power can then be provided.
  • the additive component can only be heated by passing current through the additive component when the additive component is being transported by the heater. If this is not the case, for example if the metering of the additional component takes place in batches and / or in cycles, the heating of the additional component to be metered can be stopped for the period in which the additional component is not transported through the heating device. It is also possible to set a specific dosing interval in case of a
  • Additional component is too long and / or too hot.
  • Additional components in the form of, flavors, vitamins, and certain other additives, it is preferred if only a very small amount of additional component is added. It may be a so-called microdosing. Preferably, between 0.1% by volume and 2% by volume, in particular only between 0.1% by volume and 1% by volume, of the total foodstuff being filled
  • Additional components that have a significantly lower content of food than the main components. Then namely the handling and pasteurization or sterilization of the additional components is easy and reliable possible. Particular preference is given to additional components which make up at least 2% by volume, in particular at least 4% by volume, of the total foodstuff to be filled.
  • the proportion of the additional component is not more than 15% by volume, in particular not more than 10% by volume, of the total foodstuff which has been bottled. Greater proportions of the additive component may result in less than consistent pasteurization or sterilization.
  • an additional component is at least one flavor, at least one vitamin (eg ascorbic acid / vitamin C) or a vitamin composition, at least one dye, at least one lumpy component contained component, at least one component with a at 20 ° C at least tenfold, especially a hundredfold, higher Viscosity as the main component, as an additional component.
  • Viscosity is preferably determined by means of a uniform method, for example according to DIN 53019 by means of a rotary viscometer. It can be particularly preferred if a cylinder rotational viscometer, a cone-plate rotational viscometer or a plate rotational viscometer is used. It should be operated in the same measurements, in particular at the same temperature in the comparative measurements, the same viscometer with the same settings.
  • Corresponding additional components may be, for example, fruit juice concentrates or the like.
  • suitable additional components are, in particular, those media which are significantly more valuable or valuable than main components. But it can also be such media as additional components in question, which differ significantly from the properties of the
  • Main components differ, so that, for example, there is a risk of at least partial separation of main component and additional component. Alternatively or additionally, however, it is also difficult to mix the additional component and the main component itself because of the property differences. By dosing the additional component, for example to the main component or separately in the package, the risk of segregation can be reduced and / or the mixing can be simplified.
  • the main components are in particular fruit juices, milk or water in question. Many different additional components can be added to such foods, which have a significant influence on the properties, the Taste and the value of the finished food. In principle, however, other foods are also considered as main components.
  • acidic additional components may be, for example, juice-based, acidified milk-based or tea-based foods.
  • additional component in the heating device is heated to not more than 100 ° C., preferably between 70 ° C. and 95 ° C. Then the required thermal treatment can also be applied to aqueous foods
  • At least one at most slightly acidic component having a pH of at least 4.5 is also possible.
  • the additional component is then preferably sterilized and / or heated in the heater to at least 121 ° C, in particular between 121 ° C and 131 ° C. This is sufficient to use the additional component, without this leading to significant losses in the shelf life of the bottled food.
  • the temperature during filling of the food should not be too high, so that the quality of the bottled food does not suffer unnecessarily. Therefore, the
  • Main component with at least one additional component, in particular when filling into the container, less than 30 ° C, in particular between 4 ° C and 25 ° C.
  • Main component separately into the pack, and if necessary, respectively, at a temperature of less than 30 ° C, in particular between 4 ° C and 25 ° C.
  • the volume and / or weight proportions and the temperature of each of the main component and the additional component can be correspondingly commenced.
  • the temperatures specified above should be as uniform as possible within 60 seconds or 30 seconds after closing the container or alternatively when closing the container.
  • Fig. 1 shows a first filling machine according to the invention in a schematic
  • FIG. 2 shows a detail of a second filling machine according to the invention in one
  • Fig. 3A-B shows a detail of a second filling machine according to the invention in one
  • Fig. 4 shows a detail of a second filling machine according to the invention in one
  • FIG. 1 shows a filling machine 1 for filling containers 2 in the form of packs, preferably cardboard / plastic composite packs, in particular with flowable foods, comprising a device 3 for molding the containers 2.
  • these or other containers could also be otherwise manufactured and fed to the filling machine 1.
  • the illustrated preferred filling machine 1 has a number of parallel processing lines, of which only one processing line is shown in FIG. everybody
  • Processing line is a bundle 4 of package blanks 5 in the form of Assigned packaging blanks whose longitudinal edges are sealed together and thus form packing shells 6, which are kept folded up.
  • a feeder 7 the packing shells 6 are unfolded, wherein, if necessary, still an application device for applying not shown
  • Pouring elements can be provided to the packing shells 6.
  • the device 3 for molding the container 2 has a mandrel wheel 8, which comprises six thorns 9 in the illustrated and so far preferred case and rotates cyclically, ie stepwise, counterclockwise.
  • a package blank 5 in the form of a packing jacket 6 is pushed onto the mandrel 9.
  • the mandrel wheel 8 is further rotated into the next mandrel wheel position II, in which the opposite end of the mandrel 9 projecting end portion 10 of the packing jacket 6 is heated by a heating unit 11 with hot air.
  • the heated end region 10 of the packing jacket 6 is prefolded by a press 12 and sealed in the following mandrel wheel position IV in the folded position by a sealing device, not specified,
  • the container 2 is with the open end facing upwards in an associated cell 13 of the transport device 14 in the form of a transport chain through the
  • the container 2 could be filled by the upwardly facing bottom area when the downwardly facing head portion is closed for it.
  • the container 2 enters an aseptic chamber 15, which comprises a sterilization zone 16 and a filling and sealing zone 17 through which the Container 2 are transported in the symbolized by the arrows transport direction from left to right.
  • the illustrated and insofar preferred filling machine 1 is as so-called
  • the transport of the container 2 does not have to be rectilinear, but can also take place in at least one arc or even in a circle.
  • Such filling machines are also referred to as rotary machines, because the containers are then moved, for example, at least in sections along a circular path. In this case, at least parts of the filling machine can rotate about a central axis, which can coincide with the axis of the circular path of the container.
  • the aseptic chamber 15 is supplied with sterile air via corresponding sterile air connections 20.
  • the containers 2 are preheated successively by preheating means 21 by blowing hot sterile air. Thereafter, the containers 2 are sterilized by means of a sterilizer 22, preferably by means of hydrogen peroxide, whereupon the containers 2 are dried by applying sterile air via a drying device 23 and after the transition from the
  • Sterilization zone 16 are brought into the filling and sealing zone 17 in a filling position 24 below a filling spout 25.
  • the container 2 There is in the container 2 in the form of
  • Container 2 is filled in the form of packages.
  • the now filled with the food container 2 are subsequently closed with a closing device 30 by folding and sealing an upper portion of the container 2.
  • the containers 2 are then removed from the cells 13 of the transport device 14.
  • the now empty cells 13 are moved further with the transport device 14 in the direction of the mandrel wheel 8 in order to receive further containers 2 there.
  • Component in the form of a fruit juice or a yogurt is cached in the filling machine in a storage container 31.
  • the main component is previously pasteurized or sterilized in a process plant, not shown.
  • the then pasteurized or sterilized main component 29 is then released from the process plant to the filling machine 1 and there in the
  • the filling machine 1 has a
  • Main component 29 on. It may be a line connection, a nozzle or the like. From the feed unit 32 is the
  • Main component 29 via a guide 33 to a filling valve 34 which provides the filling outlet 28 for filling the container 2 with the main component 29.
  • the additional component 26, which forms the bottled food together with the main component 29, is fed separately via a further feed unit 35 into a storage container 36, where the additional component 26 is temporarily stored in the containers 2 prior to filling. From the reservoir 36, the additional component 26 passes through a metering device 37 to a filling valve 38, which provides the filling outlet 25 to the additional component 26 separately from the
  • Main component 29 to fill in the container. On the way from the reservoir 36 to the filling valve 38, the additional component 29 flows through an electrical
  • Heating means 39 for heating the additional component 26 prior to filling the additional component 26 in the container 2.
  • the additional component 26 which is not pasteurized or unsterilized in the storage container 36 is stored, pasteurized or sterilized.
  • the heater 39 is connected to a power supply 40, which occupies at least two electrodes, not shown, with a potential difference.
  • the electrodes are in conductive contact with the additional component 26, so that the Current path between the electrodes via the additional components 26 is closed.
  • an electric current flows from at least one electrode to at least one further electrode of the heating device 39, wherein the additional component 26 acts as a heating resistor.
  • the current flowing through the additional component 26 electrical current leads to a direct heating without the
  • a plunger can be integrated into the filling valve 34,38, which pushes by appropriate displacement a predetermined volume in cycles from the filling valve.
  • a piston pump, diaphragm pump or the like is preferably used in order to reproduce the predetermined volume in a reproducible manner into the containers 2.
  • Additional component 26 as well as the main component 29 may both have lumpy fractions as well as be free of lumpy fractions. Heating the
  • Additive component 26 for the purpose of pasteurization or sterilization in the heater 39 is provided independently of any particulate portions.
  • the illustrated filling machine 1 may be designed such that a plurality of
  • a plurality of filling valves 34, 38 are preferably provided for the additional component 26 and / or the main component 29, which may be arranged next to one another transversely to the transport direction of the containers 2.
  • the filling valves 34, 38 are then preferably connected to the same feed tank 36 and / or the same storage tank 31.
  • a single heater 39 may be provided which pasteurizes the additive component 26 for filling by the filling valves 38 or sterilized. It can also be provided that each filling valve 38 is assigned a separate heating device 39 for filling the additional component 26. Each heater 39 then pasteurizes or sterilizes the auxiliary component 26 filled by a filling valve 38.
  • the container 2 can be filled one after the other in the container 2. This is particularly suitable for main components 29, which tend to foam. By the portion-wise filling of the main component 29 less foam is formed and / or it is the foam more time available to collapse again in itself. In the filling of the additional component 26, the foaming is rather irrelevant, since the additional component 26 represents only a small part of the filled into the container 2 food. This applies even more when the additional component is filled before the main component in the still empty container 2. Just then, the foaming compared to that for the simultaneous filling of
  • Main component and additional component expected foaming can be significantly reduced.
  • the additional component can also be filled into the containers 2 after the main component 29. It can be at the
  • Main component 29 is filled from the storage container 31 via a common filling valve 41 and a common filling outlet 42 into the container 2.
  • the metering device 43 is connected to the corresponding filling valve 41.
  • the metering device 43 has an electric heater 39 as described. When flowing through the electric heater 39 is the
  • the filling valve 41 is formed so that the additional component 26 and the main component 29 are always mixed in the right proportion to each other. If necessary, at least one metering pump can be used for this purpose, which can if necessary be integrated into the filling valve. It is not shown that even in this filling machine 40 a plurality of filling valves 41 of the type shown can be arranged in a row to fill a plurality of containers 2 at the same time and / or to fill the containers 2 successively in portions with the main component 29.
  • the illustrated filling valves penetrate a perforated plate 44, which closes the aseptic zone upwards, through which a curtain of sterilized air can be passed down through the holes, however, into the aseptic zone in the filling and sealing zone 17. This forms a particular laminar downward flow of sterilized air, which prevents microorganisms in the filling and
  • Seal zone 17 and the aseptic zone can penetrate, so that they would not be aseptic.
  • a detail of another filling machine 50 is shown, in which the main component 29 is removed from the storage container 31 and divided by a distributor 51 into different sub-streams.
  • the guide 52 branches from the Verteilr 51 into a series of sub-lines 53 to guide the main component 29 to a plurality of separate filling valves 54, which fill each other container 2.
  • the filling valves 54 are arranged in a row next to each other. Under the filling valves 54 are in the transport direction of the
  • Transport chain 14 different rows of containers 2 passed.
  • five containers 2 are therefore filled simultaneously in each filling cycle.
  • more or fewer containers 2 can be filled simultaneously or more or less filling valves 54 side by side to be ordered.
  • the additional component 26 is removed via the metering device 55 and passed through the electric heater 39, wherein the additional component 26 is pasteurized or sterilized. Then the pasteurized or sterilized additive component 26 via a
  • Metering pump 56 metered in a predetermined ratio to the main components 29 in the manifold 51, wherein the additional component 26 and the
  • Main component 29 and thereby form the food to be filled.
  • the food is then as described on the filling valves 54 and their
  • a filling machine 60 is shown, in which the additional component 26 is metered from the storage container 36 via a metering device 61, comprising an electric heater 39 whose electrodes are connected to a power supply 40, into the storage container 31 for the main component 29 ,
  • the main component 29 is supplied via a feed unit 32 already pasteurized or sterilized.
  • the additional component 26 is pasteurized or sterilized when flowing through the heater 39.
  • a metering pump 62 is provided in order to dose the additional component 26 in the correct ratio to the main component 29, a metering pump 62 is provided.

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L'invention concerne une machine de remplissage (1, 40, 50, 60) servant au remplissage stérile d'une pluralité de récipients (2), en particulier d'emballages composites carton/matière plastique, avec un produit alimentaire contenant au moins un composant principal (29) et au moins un composant additionnel (26), la machine comportant un système de conduite (33, 52) servant à diriger le ou les composants principaux (29), en particulier pasteurisés ou stérilisés, d'au moins une première unité d'alimentation (32) jusqu'à au moins une sortie de remplissage (28, 42) d'une soupape de remplissage (34, 41, 54). L'invention vise à faciliter la manipulation de produits alimentaires contenant au moins un composant principal et au moins un composant additionnel. À cet effet, la machine comporte un réservoir de stockage (36) du ou des composants additionnels (26), un dispositif de dosage (37, 43, 55, 61) servant au dosage du composant additionnel (26) dans le récipient (2) et/ou vers le composant principal (29), et un dispositif de chauffage électrique (39) agencé dans le dispositif de dosage (37, 43, 55, 61) et servant à pasteuriser ou stériliser le composant additionnel (36) avant son dosage dans le récipient (2) et/ou vers le composant (29).
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