EP3678985A1 - Dispositif de positionnement pour le positionnement relatif d'un récipient à traiter et d'un dispositif de traitement dans une installation de traitement de récipients - Google Patents

Dispositif de positionnement pour le positionnement relatif d'un récipient à traiter et d'un dispositif de traitement dans une installation de traitement de récipients

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EP3678985A1
EP3678985A1 EP18769968.1A EP18769968A EP3678985A1 EP 3678985 A1 EP3678985 A1 EP 3678985A1 EP 18769968 A EP18769968 A EP 18769968A EP 3678985 A1 EP3678985 A1 EP 3678985A1
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container
positioning
piston rod
treatment
positioning device
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EP3678985B1 (fr
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Heinrich Bielmeier
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Krones AG
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Krones AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/24—Devices for supporting or handling bottles
    • B67C3/244—Bottle lifting devices actuated by jacks, e.g. hydraulic, pneumatic

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  • Positioning device for relative positioning of a container to be treated and a treatment device in a container treatment plant
  • the present invention relates to a positioning device for relative positioning of a container to be treated and a treatment device in a container treatment plant.
  • Container acts, for example in beverage filling plants for filling drinks in containers, it is known to position the respective treatment organs and the container to be treated with the respective treatment member relative to each other. In particular, it is in
  • Beverage bottling known to bring a container to be filled to a filling member or press against the filling member.
  • positioning devices are provided, by means of which a corresponding relative positioning between the treatment member and the container to be treated can be achieved.
  • pneumatic cylinders are used, in which a piston and a piston rod are received and which between piston and
  • Pneumatic cylinder form a pressure chamber, in which to provide a force for
  • Relative positioning compressed air can be introduced.
  • a locking device In order to provide a corresponding contact force over a relatively long period of time and accordingly to maintain the position between the container to be treated and the treatment member, it is also known to provide a locking device.
  • a locking device is known for example from DE 10 2014 1 17 278 A1.
  • hydraulic lifting devices in container treatment plants in which a hydraulic medium is introduced into a pressure chamber provided between a piston and a cylinder.
  • a lifting device is known for example from GB 622,729.
  • a positioning device for relative positioning of a container to be treated and a treatment device in a container treatment plant comprising a positioning cylinder and a piston recorded in the positioning, which is connected to a piston rod, wherein between piston and positioning a pressure chamber is formed, which can be acted upon by a working medium is, and a locking mechanism for locking the position of the positioning cylinder relative to the piston rod.
  • the locking mechanism is received in the piston rod.
  • the positioning device can be made more compact overall, which is beneficial to the necessary space, so that the overall structure of a container treatment device and, for example, a treatment carousel in a container treatment device can be made more compact.
  • the positioning device particularly preferably comprises a hydraulic fluid, for example a hydraulic oil, as the working medium.
  • a hydraulic fluid for example a hydraulic oil
  • an incompressible working medium is used, whereby a once ingested
  • Positioning device instead, since this remains in their position.
  • a compressible pneumatic working medium it may happen under certain circumstances that the container fragments are undesirably accelerated by a rebound of the positioning device when the container to be treated bursts.
  • a working medium channel for supplying a working medium in the pressure chamber in the piston rod is arranged.
  • the working medium channel can be provided in particular in the form of a bore within the piston rod, through which the working medium can then be introduced into the pressure chamber.
  • Pressure chamber in the piston rod in turn, in turn, a particularly compact and hygienic design of the positioning can be achieved because no separate supply line for the working medium in the pressure chamber is necessary.
  • a particularly hygienic and at the same time pressure-safe transfer of the working medium to the pressure chamber can then be achieved.
  • the piston rod is in a
  • Container treatment device installed state in the direction of positioning movement firmly mounted in the container treatment device and the positioning cylinder takes over the
  • a holder for the container to be treated is attached to the positioning cylinder, in order to move the treating container in the positioning direction by the action of the pressure chamber with the working medium or to hold it in the assumed position by means of the locking mechanism.
  • the treatment member may be arranged on the positioning cylinder and by the application of the pressure chamber in accordance with
  • Positioning be moved relative to the container to be treated, for example, be pressed onto the container to be treated or by means of
  • Locking mechanism to hold in the assumed position.
  • the locking mechanism comprises a shut-off valve received in the piston rod for locking the exchange of the working fluid between the pressure chamber and a working fluid supply.
  • the shut-off valve acts on the working fluid channel arranged in the piston rod, so that both the working fluid supply via the piston rod to the pressure chamber and the shut-off of the working fluid supply to the pressure chamber in the piston rod is achieved.
  • the shut-off valve can be actuated by a plunger held in the piston rod, wherein the plunger particularly preferably in one of the feed direction of the
  • the shut-off valve preferably has an annular surface which is effective in the opening direction. Accordingly, the pressure absorbed by the pressure chamber, for example, by pressing a treatment member on the container to be treated, be limited to a certain maximum pressure, from which then acting in the opening direction of the check valve ring surface opens the shut-off valve to provide in this way a pressure equalization , In this way damage can be avoided.
  • the shut-off valve is biased in the closing direction, preferably by means of a biasing spring.
  • the control of the shut-off valve can be simplified and only the opening of the shut-off valve must be performed actively.
  • the phases in which the shut-off valve should be closed can be dispensed with an active control accordingly.
  • a container treatment device for treating a container to be treated comprising a treatment carousel, on the circumference of a plurality of treatment organs is provided with associated container holders, each pair of treatment member and container holder one of the above-described positioning for relative positioning held in the container holder , to be treated container and the treatment organ is assigned.
  • a ring line is provided at the treatment carousel, via which at least two and preferably a larger number, particularly preferably all positioning devices, are supplied with the respective working medium.
  • an assembly for providing a pressurized hydraulic fluid is particularly preferably arranged on the treatment carousel.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic, partially sectional view of a positioning device for
  • Figure 2 is a detail of the locking mechanism of the positioning device of Figure 1 with the locking mechanism open;
  • Figure 3 is a detail of the locking mechanism of Figures 1 and 2, wherein the locking mechanism is closed.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic, partially cutaway perspective view of a
  • Positioning device 1 for relative positioning of a container to be treated and a treatment member, not shown here shown in a container treatment plant.
  • a lifting plate 10 is provided here, on which the to
  • the treating container can be placed, and which can be raised and lowered by means of the positioning device 1 in the direction of the arrow X.
  • the positioning device 1 comprises a positioning cylinder 2 and one in the
  • the piston 3 and the piston rod 4 are made in one piece.
  • a pressure chamber 20 is formed, which can be acted upon in accordance with a working medium to exert a force between the positioning cylinder 2 and the piston 3, which for relative positioning of the
  • Positioning cylinder 2 and the piston 3 can lead.
  • Form of the lifting plate 10 is connected and the piston rod 4 is firmly held in the corresponding, not shown here, parent container treatment device.
  • the piston rod 4 may be fixedly connected to a treatment carousel of the container treatment device. Accordingly, the lifting plate 10 moves by a movement of the
  • a working medium channel 40 is provided in the piston rod 4, which is embodied here as a longitudinal bore in the piston rod 4.
  • the working medium channel 40 branches off through a arranged in the piston rod 4 radial bore 42 from the longitudinal bore into the pressure chamber 20 from.
  • Working medium channel 40 and the radial branch 42 are passed into the pressure chamber 20.
  • the working medium channel 40 communicates with a working medium supply, which for example provides a hydraulic fluid under a working pressure of 20 bar to 30 bar.
  • a locking mechanism 5 is provided which is accommodated in the piston rod 4.
  • the locking mechanism 5 comprises in the illustrated embodiment, a plunger 50, which is also guided in a longitudinal bore in the piston rod 4, wherein the plunger 50 is inserted from the opposite direction for supplying the working media channel 40 in the piston rod 4.
  • the plunger 50 forms at its end located in the piston rod 4 end a valve plug 52, which can be accommodated in a complementary valve seat 44, which is elaborated in the piston rod 4.
  • the poppet 52 and the valve seat 44 respectively form a shut-off valve 54, which can enable or interrupt the communication between the pressure chamber 20 and the working medium channel 40.
  • shut-off valve 54 is opened in that the plunger 50 or the valve cone 52 is pulled out of the valve seat 44, then either through the
  • Actuation of the pressure chamber 20 can be moved with the working medium of the positioning cylinder 2, or the positioning cylinder 2 can be moved by an external actuator 6, which is shown in the embodiment shown in the form of a roller guide with a roller 60 in the predetermined position.
  • Pressure chamber 20 into or out of the pressure chamber 20 to a in this way
  • shut-off valve 54 can be closed.
  • shut-off valve 54 is closed by advancing the plunger 50 so that the valve plug 52 is inserted into the valve seat 44 and accordingly the communication between the pressure chamber 20 and the working fluid passage 40 is interrupted. In the pressure chamber 20 is now the pressure medium shut off from the
  • Working media channel 40 under the pressure originally present in the working media channel 40.
  • This pressure of the working medium present in the pressure chamber 20 ensures that a force possibly applied via the lifting plate 10 to the positioning cylinder 2 is counteracted and the lifting plate 10 accordingly remains in the predetermined position. This is particularly the case when a hydraulic fluid is used as the working medium, which is incompressible. Because the hydraulic fluid then received in the pressure chamber 20 can not be compressed, at least within a certain range
  • a filling process of the container can be carried out, in which the container is filled with a filling product.
  • the container to be treated can be pressed against a filling member or the filling member can be pressed against the container 10 positioned on the lifting plate.
  • the applied contact pressure is correspondingly not caused by the closed locking mechanism 5 in an evasive movement of the position of the positioning cylinder 2.
  • the filling member can then be lifted again, thereby correspondingly eliminates the force exerted by the contact pressure of the Greins on the container force, the Hubteller 10 then still remains due to the locking mechanism 5 in the intended position and not nachfedert, so that Also, a movement which is necessary for lifting the filling member of the container mouth, can be kept small.
  • the still held on the Hubteller 10 container may possibly be closed by means of a Verschoudreorgans.
  • the contact forces occurring during closing are usually higher than the contact forces applied by a filling member. Also, these pressing forces, the positioning device 1 due to the lock by means of the locking mechanism 5 oppose a corresponding counterforce without it would come to a movement of the positioning cylinder 2.
  • the plunger 50 is preferably biased by means of a schematically indicated spring 56 in the closing direction of the check valve 54.
  • a roller guide 58 By means of a roller guide 58, the plunger 50 can be actuated. Accordingly, in the areas in which raising or lowering of the positioning device 1 and in particular the positioning cylinder 2 is desired relative to the piston rod 4, via the roller 58 of the roller guide the plunger 50 are moved from the locking position, so that the check valve 54 are opened and accordingly the positioning will be made. In the areas where such a positioning of the Positioning device 1 is no longer to be made, but in which a locking of the position is desired, the roller 58 can then remain without roller guide, and the
  • Biasing spring 56 pushes the plunger 50 in the closing direction and thus closes the locking mechanism fifth
  • annular surface which is effective in the opening direction is provided in the shut-off valve 54.
  • a first annular seal 520 is provided on the valve cone 52, which lies in the closing direction and a second annular seal 522, which is opposite to the closing direction, here for example above and below the radial bore 42.
  • the seal 520 in the closing direction has a smaller diameter than the ring seal 522 lying opposite to the closing direction.
  • Diameter is thus provided an active annular surface which the plunger 5 at

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif de positionnement (1) pour le positionnement relatif d'un récipient à traiter et d'un dispositif de traitement dans une installation de traitement de récipients, comprenant un cylindre de positionnement (2) et un piston (3) logé dans le cylindre de positionnement (2) et relié à une tige de piston (4), une chambre de pression (20) étant formée entre le piston (3) et le cylindre de positionnement (2) et pouvant être alimentée au moyen d'un fluide de travail, ainsi qu'un mécanisme de verrouillage (5) pour verrouiller la position du cylindre de positionnement (2) par rapport à la tige (4) du piston, le mécanisme de verrouillage (5) étant logé dans la tige (4) du piston.
EP18769968.1A 2017-09-08 2018-09-10 Dispositif de positionnement pour le positionnement relatif d'un récipient à traiter et d'un dispositif de traitement dans une installation de traitement de récipients Active EP3678985B1 (fr)

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SI201830879T SI3678985T1 (sl) 2017-09-08 2018-09-10 Pozicionirna naprava za relativno pozicioniranje vsebnika za obdelavo in obdelovalne priprave v postrojenju za obdelavo vsebnikov

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DE102017120744.9A DE102017120744A1 (de) 2017-09-08 2017-09-08 Positioniervorrichtung zur Relativpositionierung eines zu behandelnden Behälters und einer Behandlungseinrichtung in einer Behälterbehandlungsanlage
PCT/EP2018/074265 WO2019048661A1 (fr) 2017-09-08 2018-09-10 Dispositif de positionnement pour le positionnement relatif d'un récipient à traiter et d'un dispositif de traitement dans une installation de traitement de récipients

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CN111212809A (zh) 2020-05-29
CN111212809B (zh) 2022-05-31

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