EP3665119A1 - Installation de traitement de récipients - Google Patents

Installation de traitement de récipients

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EP3665119A1
EP3665119A1 EP18732669.9A EP18732669A EP3665119A1 EP 3665119 A1 EP3665119 A1 EP 3665119A1 EP 18732669 A EP18732669 A EP 18732669A EP 3665119 A1 EP3665119 A1 EP 3665119A1
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robot
container treatment
clean room
container
component
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Max Brikmann
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Krones AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
    • B08B3/04—Cleaning involving contact with 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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0073—Sterilising, aseptic filling and closing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/16—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor using chemical substances
    • A61L2/18—Liquid substances or solutions comprising solids or dissolved gases
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J11/00—Manipulators not otherwise provided for
    • B25J11/0045—Manipulators used in the food industry
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J15/00—Gripping heads and other end effectors
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
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    • B25J9/0009—Constructional details, e.g. manipulator supports, bases
    • B25J9/0018—Bases fixed on ceiling, i.e. upside down manipulators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
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    • B25J9/1687—Assembly, peg and hole, palletising, straight line, weaving pattern movement
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C49/00—Blow-moulding, i.e. blowing a preform or parison to a desired shape within a mould; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C49/42—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C49/4205—Handling means, e.g. transfer, loading or discharging means
    • B29C49/42069—Means explicitly adapted for transporting blown article
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C49/00—Blow-moulding, i.e. blowing a preform or parison to a desired shape within a mould; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C49/42—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
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    • 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/04—Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C49/00—Blow-moulding, i.e. blowing a preform or parison to a desired shape within a mould; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C49/42—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C49/46—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations characterised by using particular environment or blow fluids other than air
    • B29C2049/4673—Environments
    • B29C2049/4697—Clean room
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B2201/00—Indexing codes relating to constructional features of closing machines
    • B67B2201/08—Aseptic features
    • 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
    • B67C2003/221—Automatic exchange of components
    • 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
    • B67C2003/228—Aseptic features

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  • the invention relates to a container treatment plant according to the preamble of claim 1 and a method for exchanging exchangeable components of a container treatment machine arranged in a clean room according to claim 10.
  • Container treatment plants are well known from the prior art. These may include a plurality of container handling machines for treating containers and are generally used in the beverage processing industry to manufacture, fill and package containers.
  • parts of the container treatment system in particular individual container treatment machines, may be arranged in clean rooms. This applies in particular to filling machines and cappers, since here the product may come into contact with the ambient air, which leads to undesirable impurities.
  • the technical problem to be solved is thus to specify a container treatment plant with a container treatment machine in a clean room, for which a time-saving format change can be carried out.
  • the container treatment system according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises a robot which is arranged in the clean room and is designed for exchanging the exchangeable component.
  • "replacement" of a component means that a component disposed on the container treatment machine can be removed by the robot from the container treatment machine, and another component is attached to that site of the container treatment machine.
  • the term component can be understood to mean any part of the container treatment machine. However, this includes, in particular in the case of format changes, components which are to be changed, such as blow molds, cappers, closing elements, nozzle holders, guide parts or holders.
  • the robot can make the replacement of the replaceable component without the need for the clean room must be opened, a format change can be done quickly and without opening and subsequent decontamination of the clean room, which can reduce the downtime of the container treatment system significantly even during a conversion.
  • the robot comprises a robot arm which is fixedly mounted in the clean room or is movably arranged along a guide arranged in the clean room. Depending on the requirements, different degrees of freedom of movement for the robot can be guaranteed.
  • the guide forms a linear drive with a part of the robot arm.
  • a magazine for storing replaceable components is arranged in the clean room and the robot is designed to remove one of the replaceable components from the magazine and attach it to the container treatment machine and an exchangeable component attached to the container treatment machine remove and feed to the magazine. Since the components to be replaced are already available to the robot in the clean room, the retrofitting of the container treatment system can take place here practically without interaction with the outside world, in particular without physical interaction, which also reduces the interaction with the operator.
  • a lock is provided in the wall of the clean room into which a replaceable component is introduced from outside the clean room may, wherein the robot is adapted to remove the replaceable component from the lock and attach to the container treatment machine and to remove an attached to the container handling machine, replaceable component of this and feed the lock.
  • the robot is adapted to remove the replaceable component from the lock and attach to the container treatment machine and to remove an attached to the container handling machine, replaceable component of this and feed the lock.
  • a sterilization device is arranged in the lock, which can sterilize an exchangeable component introduced into the lock from outside the clean room. Unwanted contamination of the clean room can thus be avoided.
  • the replaceable components may include at least one of closure members, clip segments, chutes, or spiked elements. These components are relatively small and lightweight and can be moved by commonly available robots in a relatively small-sized clean room and attached to the container treatment machine or removed from this.
  • the robot is assigned a media feedthrough for a liquid and / or gaseous medium and a tool of the robot for exchanging the replaceable component can be operated pneumatically or hydraulically by the medium.
  • a tool of the robot for exchanging the replaceable component can be operated pneumatically or hydraulically by the medium.
  • the robot is assigned an electrical energy supply and a tool of the robot is assigned an electric motor, so that the tool of the robot can be operated by the electric motor.
  • the media supply can be designed and suitable both for guiding a gaseous and a liquid medium.
  • two media feedthroughs may be provided, one of these passages leading a liquid and the other a gaseous medium.
  • the combination with the electric motor for operating the tool may relate to the same tool that can be operated pneumatically or hydraulically by said medium.
  • one and the same tool can also be controlled with varying degrees of accuracy or performance.
  • one or more tools of the robot may be pneumatically or hydraulically operated, whereas in this embodiment other tools of the robot are operated by means of one or more electric motors.
  • the robot comprises a nozzle and is designed to apply a medium to the container treatment machine, for example for lubricating or for cleaning components. In addition to the format change so other maintenance on the container treatment machine can be made without the need for an opening of the clean room would be necessary.
  • the inventive method for exchanging replaceable components of a container treatment machine arranged in a clean room for treating containers, such as bottles, in the beverage processing industry, wherein a robot is arranged in the clean room comprises that the robot removes a replaceable component of the container treatment machine from the container treatment machine and exchanged for another replaceable component.
  • the components thus remain in the clean room or can be removed via a lock from the clean room without the clean room would have to be opened in a format change to the outside atmosphere. Downtimes during the format change can be reduced in this way.
  • the robot first removes the replaceable component from the container treatment machine and feeds it to a magazine for replaceable components or a lock accessible from outside the clean room in the wall of the clean room and then picks up the other replaceable component and brings this other interchangeable Component then to the container treatment machine.
  • This procedure is particularly effective in terms of time, which can further reduce the possible downtime of the container treatment plant during the conversion process.
  • the robot is moved between a first position and a second position along a guide at least during the replacement of the replaceable component.
  • the entire robot does not have to be moved, but only a part of the robot, for example a robot arm, can be along be moved to such a leadership. This embodiment permits the achievement of many different positions in the container treatment machine and thus the replacement of different replaceable components.
  • the robot cleans and / or lubricates at least one component of the container treatment machine by applying a medium from a nozzle of the robot.
  • further maintenance tasks and / or cleaning operations on the container treatment machine can be carried out in a time-saving manner
  • the replacement of the replaceable component by the robot takes place fully automatically or by control by an operator from outside the clean room.
  • the first alternative may involve further time savings, whereas operator control also allows for handling surprising events in format change or other functions.
  • the replacement of the replaceable component takes place during a standstill of the container treatment machine or takes place during a treatment step of a container in the container treatment machine, which does not use the replaceable component.
  • the "standstill" of the container treatment machine is to be understood that in a certain period of time, for example several minutes or hours, no treatment of containers is carried out and no movement of components takes place, ie the machine actually stands still or does not produce.
  • a treatment step which does not use a replaceable component which is to be exchanged is to be understood as such a phase in the movement of the container treatment machine, which may be a few seconds or a few minutes depending on the throughput of the container treatment machine and during which the component concerned neither used still being moved.
  • process guides come into consideration here as well, which use different components with different time periods (for example different filling elements of the container treatment machine).
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a container treatment plant according to an embodiment
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a container treatment plant according to another embodiment
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a container treatment plant with a robot Detailed Description
  • the container treatment installation comprises a clean room 120 in which a container treatment machine 101 is arranged.
  • Treatment machine may be any machine commonly used in the beverage processing industry.
  • fillers which fill a product into a container come into question.
  • mold filling machines in which the product is likewise introduced into the preform for forming the preform into the finished container.
  • all container treatment machines which treat a treatment of a container or preform with the interior open to the environment can be arranged in the clean room 120.
  • the container treatment machine comprises a carousel 111 on which a plurality of container treatment stations 112 are arranged.
  • the container handling machine will have some sort of connection through the wall of the clean room 120 through which containers may be supplied from outside the clean room 120 to the container handling machine 101 without the controlled atmosphere within the clean room 120 impaired.
  • a lock not shown here, can be provided, through which containers can be fed continuously or intermittently into the clean room and fed to the container treatment machine 101 via suitable means of transport.
  • a robot 102 is furthermore arranged in the clean room 120.
  • This robot is designed to exchange one component, for example the component 140, of the container treatment machine 101 with another component.
  • a magazine 130 is provided, in which or on which one or more other exchangeable components 131 are mounted.
  • the robot 102 can therefore remove the component 140 from the container treatment machine 101 and feed it to the magazine 130. Furthermore, the robot can remove one of the replaceable components 131 held in the magazine 130 from the magazine and feed it to the container treatment machine 101.
  • the replaceable components can be very different components, in particular relatively small components. These include blow molding and closing elements or closing devices. Also included herein are clip segments or slides and spike elements. Also, other relatively small and lightweight components may be provided by the robot as needed and configured for the container handling machine be replaced.
  • the robot 102 can be designed to transport and exchange components (that is to say to attach to or remove from the container treatment machine 101) with external dimensions of up to 50 ⁇ 50 ⁇ 50 cm and a weight of up to 30 kg.
  • the robot 102 comprises a robot arm 103, which may for example be attached to a holder 105 of the robot.
  • the robotic arm 103 may include a plurality of hinges 132 and 133 and a plurality of segments 134 and 135, each associated with at least one of the hinges.
  • the hinges may be rotatable, pivotable or otherwise movable so that different segments 134 and 135 may be moved relative to each other.
  • the robot arm 103 is connected to the bracket 105 via a hinge.
  • the holder 105 can either be fixedly mounted in the clean room 120 or mounted movably along a guide 104.
  • the guide 104 may be a stator, so that the guide 104 and the holder 105 together form a linear drive. This has the advantage that lubricant can be dispensed with as much as possible and so contamination of the clean room 120 can be avoided.
  • the attachment of the robot arm on the holder 105 on the guide 104 also allows an increase in the range of motion of the robot 102. While in the embodiment shown here, the robot arm along a arranged on the "ceiling" of the clean room 120 guide 104 is shown movable, this is not mandatory.
  • the guide 104 may, for example, also be arranged on one of the side walls or on the bottom of the clean room 120.
  • the last variant has the advantage that any leaking lubricant or similar substances directly, for example in designated openings or containers on the ground, can be sucked off and so the risk of contamination of containers treated in the container treatment machine can be reduced.
  • the embodiment of the guide 104 as a substantially straight element is not mandatory.
  • the guide may for example also have a curvature or extend as a meandering line, for example, on the ceiling of the clean room 120, so that the largest possible area of the clean room 120 can be covered by the robot 102.
  • the container treatment machine is designed as a rotary machine, as shown here, it can be provided that the guide is designed so that the robot 102 can reach any point on the circumference of the container treatment machine or on the circumference of the carousel 111.
  • the carousel of the container treatment machine can be moved in a clocked manner, so that one or more exchanged [sacs can be brought successively by successive rotation of the carousel into a position in which the robot 102 can reach and exchange them .
  • the guide does not have to lead around the entire container treatment machine, but can also be formed only around a part or along a part of the circumference, or the robot 102 can be fixed in the clean room, for example via the holder 105.
  • the robot 102 can either act autonomously or at least partially autonomously or is preferably controlled by an operator from outside the clean room.
  • the robot 192 may be assigned a processor unit which is preferably designed as artificial intelligence and has a memory in which a plurality of motion profiles are stored, which are called up according to the requirement profile (component to be replaced and associated actions) and into a movement of the Robot can be implemented.
  • the robot 192 is controlled by an operator, it is provided that an operator terminal, preferably outside of the clean room 120, is arranged, so that a control of the robot can take place without the clean room having to be opened for this purpose.
  • the operating terminal can be connected to the robot 102 via a data line, preferably also a wireless connection, so that control signals can be exchanged.
  • the robot 102 may have suitable sensors that enable determination of the position of the robot relative to components or other objects within the clean room.
  • the robot has suitable means (not shown) for self-cleaning. If, for example, the robot 102 is equipped with a nozzle (as described in FIG. 3) with which it can clean components of the container treatment machine, the robot can also be designed such that it can at least partially self-clean. Even dedicated cleaning facilities on the robot are conceivable here.
  • Fig. 2 shows an alternative embodiment of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 for the supply of replaceable components.
  • a lock 240 is arranged in the wall of the clean room 120.
  • This lock allows one Connection of the interior of the clean room 120 with the outside environment of the clean room.
  • this connection is not permanently open, but the lock has upper closable access 242 and 243, which may be formed, for example, as doors. It can be provided that mechanical or control measures are taken to prevent opening of the doors at the same time. Thus, it can be ensured that only either the door 243 or the door 242 is opened and contamination of the interior of the clean room 120 is avoided.
  • a sterilization device is arranged in the lock, which can sterilize an exchangeable component 132 introduced into the lock.
  • the sterilization device 241 may be formed as one or more nozzles that may introduce a sterilant medium, preferably a liquid or gaseous medium, in the region of the sheath 240, while the openings 242 and 243 are closed to both the atmosphere within the sheath 240 as well as the introduced therein component 132 to sterilize.
  • a sterilizing medium such as hydrogen peroxide
  • the introduction of peracetic acid in liquid form or as a mist is conceivable.
  • the robot 102 is designed such that it can remove an exchangeable component 131 initially introduced by an operator into the sheath 240 from the sheath and then supply it to the container treatment machine 101 or fasten it to it.
  • the robot 102 removes this replaceable component from the container treatment machine and places it through the opening 243 in the sheath 240, from which it can then be removed by an operator via the opening 242.
  • the sterilization of the replaceable component or the atmosphere prevailing in the lock can be omitted after the replacement of the replaceable component by the robot 102 in the lock 240, since the risk of contamination of the interior of the clean room 120 no longer exists. Nevertheless, it may be desirable in part to sterilize the replaceable component, which is possible by the previously described method with the aid of the sterilization device.
  • FIG. 3 shows a further embodiment, in particular of the robot 102, as part of the container treatment system 100.
  • the robot in particular has a tool 354 with which it can interact with components to be exchanged, but also with other parts of the container treatment machine in such a way that it is possible to remove and install a replaceable component.
  • this tool may be a gripper.
  • the embodiment is also not limited to a single tool, so that for example a type of screwdriver may be provided to solve screw and femer described gripper may be provided to grip the removable component and remove from the container treatment machine or to attach to this.
  • the one or more tools can be driven by suitable drives.
  • one or more electric motors may be provided on or in the robot 102, which are associated with a corresponding tool 354 and can be controlled in order to effect its movement or interaction with other components of the container treatment machine.
  • the electric motors may be servomotors having a high response accuracy.
  • one or more media ducts 351 may be provided, which are connected, for example, on one side with a controllable pump and connect to the tool 354 on the other side. By pressurizing these lines with a medium (for example, liquid or gas), a pneumatic or hydraulic operation of the tool 354 can take place.
  • a medium for example, liquid or gas
  • the robot 102 comprises a nozzle 352, via which a medium 353, for example a sterilizing medium such as hydrogen peroxide or a sterilizing liquid such as peracetic acid, can be applied to either one of the exchangeable components or a to sterilize other component of the container treatment machine.
  • a medium 353 for example a sterilizing medium such as hydrogen peroxide or a sterilizing liquid such as peracetic acid
  • a suitable nozzle for example a sterilizing medium such as hydrogen peroxide or a sterilizing liquid such as peracetic acid
  • a lubricant that lubricates components or even replaceable components of the container treatment machine, if necessary.
  • This nozzle can also be used to advantage in order to enable autonomous cleaning of the robot.
  • the robot can move the robot arm such that the nozzle is moved over one or more of the components of the robot, so that they can be acted upon by the medium discharged from the nozzle 352.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne une installation de traitement de récipients (100) destinée au traitement de récipients, tels que des bouteilles, dans l'industrie des boissons, comprenant une salle blanche (120) et une machine de traitement de récipients (101) disposée dans la salle blanche et comportant au moins un élément (140) échangeable, l'installation de traitement de récipients (100) comportant un robot (102) qui est disposé dans la salle blanche et est conçu pour échanger l'élément (140) échangeable, et un procédé correspondant.
EP18732669.9A 2017-08-09 2018-05-29 Installation de traitement de récipients Pending EP3665119A1 (fr)

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