EP3705450B1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zum befüllen eines behälters - Google Patents

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EP3705450B1
EP3705450B1 EP19305271.9A EP19305271A EP3705450B1 EP 3705450 B1 EP3705450 B1 EP 3705450B1 EP 19305271 A EP19305271 A EP 19305271A EP 3705450 B1 EP3705450 B1 EP 3705450B1
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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
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    • B67C3/28—Flow-control devices, e.g. using valves
    • B67C3/287—Flow-control devices, e.g. using valves related to flow control using predetermined or real-time calculated parameters
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for filling containers, for example bottles or the like, with a pourable product at a pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure.
  • Filling machines are known, essentially comprising a carousel rotating around a vertical axis, a tank containing the pourable product, and a plurality of filling apparatus peripherally carried by the carousel, connected to the tank by means of respective circuits or ducts and conveyed from the carousel itself along a circular transfer path.
  • Each filling apparatus essentially comprises:
  • modulating filling valves of the known type essentially comprise:
  • the tubular body has a longitudinal axis parallel to the axis of the carousel and ends at a lower end with an axial outlet opening fluidically communicating, in use, with an end opening defined by an upper edge of the respective container to be filled.
  • the channel defined by the tubular body comprises a stretch having a constant section, usually cylindrical, and a stretch with variable section, positioned above the outlet opening and narrowing in the direction of the latter, up to a minimum-diameter section.
  • the shutter is movable within the channel of the tubular body in a plurality of positions ranging between a position of maximum closure, wherein the shutter closes in a sealed manner the minimum-diameter section, in order to interrupt the flow of the pourable product towards the outlet opening, and a position of maximum aperture, wherein the shutter delimits together with the minimum-diameter section, an annular outflow passage of maximum aperture fluidically communicating with the outlet opening, so as to allow the flow of the pourable product towards the end opening of the respective container.
  • the shutter is movable between the position of maximum closure and the position of maximum aperture in a plurality of intermediate opening positions, defining with the minimum-diameter section respective intermediate annular outflow passages with increasing dimensions.
  • the modulating filling valves comprise an actuator, typically of the electromagnetic type.
  • the actuator comprises a coil arranged inside the tubular body and magnetically coupled to one or more permanent magnets appropriately included in the shutter.
  • the aforementioned filling apparatus further comprise a flowrate sensor, preferably a flowmeter, configured for measuring the flowrate of the pourable product passing through the channel of the tubular body and for generating a correlated flowrate signal, and a position sensor configured for measuring the position of the shutter inside the channel and for generating a correlated position signal.
  • the filling apparatus of the known type furthermore comprise, a control unit configured for receiving the aforementioned flowrate and position signals and for controlling the movement of the shutter as a function of said flowrate and position signals.
  • the coil of the actuator receives, in use, a command signal from the control unit and produces, according to a known mode of operation typical of the coils, a corresponding magnetic field adapted to move the shutter by means of magnetic interaction with the permanent magnets included in the shutter itself.
  • the applicant has observed that the measurement of the above-mentioned flowrate obtained by means of a flowmeter, is particularly inefficient for controlling the opening of the modulating valves currently in use in the field, since the output rates of the flowrate signals generated by the known flowmeters are at least an order of magnitude greater than process times of current control units.
  • the known flowmeters output flowrate samples with time periods of approximately 50 milliseconds, whereas the control unit can update the command signal for the modulating valve with a rate of approximately 0.5 milliseconds. Therefore, an individual modulating filling valve receives the updated command signal from the control unit with a considerable delay, due to the slowness of the flowrate measurements.
  • EP1127835A1 discloses an apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1 for filling a container comprising a modulating valve having a shutter, and a pressure sensor for detecting the gas in the container, on the basis of which the container filling procedure is controlled.
  • WO2019121151A1 is an intermediate publication which discloses a method for controlling a modulating valve during a filling operation carried out, without interruptions of production, on a plurality of receptacles for filling them with a pourable product under pressure;
  • the valve comprises a shutter movable along an axis for closing or opening, in a variable manner, an outflow passage of the valve itself, designed to control the filling of receptacles;
  • the method comprises the steps of: measuring the flowrate of the pourable product passing through the valve, measuring the position of the shutter along the axis and controlling the position of the shutter as a function of the desired flowrate; the method further comprising the steps of: defining an initial table containing at least the flowrate and position values measured prior to a first filling during the same filling operation, and updating the table with flowrate and position values measured respectively during fillings subsequent to the first filling during the same filling operation; the step of controlling being carried out as a function of the table.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for filling a container that allows overcoming the aforementioned drawbacks, related to the known apparatus, in a simple and economic manner.
  • this aim is achieved by an apparatus and a method for filling a container, as defined in the appended set of claims.
  • number 1 indicates as a whole, an apparatus for filling, to a predetermined level, a respective container 2 with a pourable product at a pressure value greater than the atmospheric pressure, for example a carbonated beverage.
  • the apparatus 1 is connected, in a fluidic manner and by means of a duct 4, to a tank 3 (only partially illustrated) containing the pourable product.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a filling valve 5 of the modulating type, which can be selectively activated to control the outflow of the pourable product towards the container 2 to be filled.
  • the container 2 is positioned below and in contact with the valve 5, in order to receive from the latter, the pourable product by the action of gravity and in a fluid-tight condition.
  • the apparatus 1 is configured for carrying out a "contact filling operation", wherein the container 2 is supported in fluid tight contact against the corresponding valve 5.
  • the container 2 may be spaced from the valve 5, so that a "contactless filling operation" may be carried out.
  • the valve 5 essentially comprises:
  • the tubular body 6 has an upper end portion 9 provided with an inlet opening 10 axially configured to receive the pourable product from the tank 3 through the duct 4, an intermediate portion 11, and a lower end portion 12 ending with an outlet opening 13 axially configured for feeding the pourable product into the respective container2.
  • the channel 7 comprises, at the lower end portion 12 of the tubular body 6, a portion with variable section 14 having two frustum conical stretches 15, 16.
  • the stretch 15 is positioned upstream of the stretch 16 in respect to the feeding direction of the pourable product inside the channel 7, namely arranged superiorly with respect to the stretch 16 itself, and has a section tapering towards the latter; the stretch 16 instead has a diameter increasing from the stretch 15 up to the outlet opening 13. Therefore, the two stretches 15, 16 define between one another, a narrowed section 17, namely a minimum-diameter section.
  • the shutter 8 is axially fitted within the channel 7 of the tubular body 6.
  • the shutter 8 comprises an upper end portion 18, an intermediate portion 19, having a diameter greater than the diameter of the upper portion 18 and axially extending therefrom in the direction of the outlet opening 13, and a shaped terminal portion 20, configured for cooperating with the portion of the tubular body 6 defining the portion with variable section 14 of the channel 7.
  • the terminal portion 20 is provided with a sealing ring 21, preferably an O-ring made in elastomeric material, configured for selectively cooperating in a fluid-tight manner with the narrowed section 17 of the channel 7, in order to prevent or enable the outflow of the pourable product towards the outlet opening 13 and, therefore, into the container2 to be filled.
  • a sealing ring 21 preferably an O-ring made in elastomeric material, configured for selectively cooperating in a fluid-tight manner with the narrowed section 17 of the channel 7, in order to prevent or enable the outflow of the pourable product towards the outlet opening 13 and, therefore, into the container2 to be filled.
  • the shutter 8 is movable within the channel 7 of the tubular body 6 in a plurality of positions ranging between:
  • the shutter 8 is movable, between the aforementioned positions of closure and maximum aperture, in a plurality of intermediate opening positions, which are virtually unlimited and define respective intermediate outflow annular passages with gradually increasing openings, as the shutter 8 proceeds from the position of closure to the position of maximum aperture.
  • the shutter 8 delimits with the narrowed section 17 an outflow passage with variable dimension adapted to control the filling speed of the container 2.
  • the valve 5 comprises an actuator 22, preferably of the electromagnetic type.
  • the actuator 22 comprises a coil 23 arranged around channel 7 at the intermediate portion 11 of the tubular body 6 and configured to be magnetically coupled to one or more permanent magnets 24 appropriately included in the intermediate portion 19 of the shutter 8.
  • the apparatus 1 further comprises:
  • the position sensor 26 is arranged at the upper portion 18 of the shutter 8.
  • Control unit 27 comprises a memory unit holding a three-dimensional table T2, which contains a plurality of flowrate values each associated to a corresponding couple of reference values defined by one position value and one pressure value measurable, respectively, by means of the position sensor 26 and the pressure sensor 28.
  • the table T2 contains flowrate, position and pressure values that are relatively associated one to the others.
  • Table T2 represents a mathematical model of the modulating valve 5, i.e. defines a plurality of discrete estimates of the flowrate of the pourable product flowing through the valve 5, as a function of the position of shutter 8, i.e. the opening grade of modulating valve 5, and the pressure of the pourable product within tank 3.
  • table T2 represents an estimation tool during the filling operation for estimating the above flowrate as a function of signals L, P, which are generated by the position sensor 26 and the pressure sensor 28, respectively.
  • Table T2 is peculiar to modulating valve 5 and is predetermined, in the sense that it is present in the memory unit of control unit 27 before any filling operation has been started through filling apparatus 1.
  • Table T2 may be obtained through a calibration procedure of the modulating valve 5, as it will be disclosed in the following with greater detail, or simply be provided by the producer of the modulating valve 5 based on a prior knowledge of the technical properties of the modulating valve 5.
  • position values and pressure values that define the above couples of reference values span respective intervals in a uniform manner, such that the differences between consecutive position values and, respectively, pressure values in the corresponding intervals are all equal to one another and, for example, equal to 0.1 mm and 50 ⁇ 10 -3 bar.
  • the bounds of the interval of position values coincide, in particular, with the position of closure and the position of maximum aperture.
  • control unit 27 is configured for extracting, according to a given sampling frequency, one position value and one pressure value, at each sample time, respectively from signals L, P received from the position sensor 26 and the pressure sensor 28.
  • control unit 27 is configured for accessing table T2 with the extracted values and interpolating table T2 to extract therefrom an estimated flowrate value, associated to that sample time, in such a manner to generate with time a discrete flowrate signal Q.
  • the coil 23 receives, in use, a command signal C from the control unit 27, correlated with the flowrate signal Q, and consequently produces, according to a known mode of operation of the coils, an electromagnetic field adapted to magnetically interact with the permanent magnets 24 included in the shutter 8, so as to move the shutter 8 itself inside the channel 7.
  • control unit 27 determines a set position signal L set that is sample-by-sample compared with the position signal L, which defines, therefore, a feedback signal for closed-loop controlling the actual position of the shutter.
  • command signal C is proportional to the difference between the feedback position signal L and the set position signal L set and, more in particular, to the integral and the derivative thereof; in other words, control unit 27 implements a so-called PID ("partial-integrative-derivative") control for controlling the position of the shutter 8.
  • PID partial-integrative-derivative
  • the set position signal L set includes:
  • Control unit 27 determines the end of the constant portion, which coincides with the beginning of the closure ramp, during filling by performing numerical integration of the flowrate signal Q until a filling threshold is reached.
  • the end of the constant portion occurs at the time sample when the filling threshold is reached.
  • the slopes of the opening and closure ramps are hold in the memory unit of control unit 27, whereas the end of the constant portion is determined during the filling.
  • the filling threshold coincides with the desired filling level for the container 2 and is hold in the memory unit of control unit 27; preferably, the filling threshold is updated after each filling by subtracting a filling lag to such desired filling level.
  • the filling lag is defined as the volume of pourable product supplied to the container 2 during the closure ramp and the same filling lag is computed by control unit 27 through a numerical integration of a portion of the flowrate signal Q, which corresponds to the closure ramp.
  • control unit 27 commands the position of shutter 8 along the axis A as a function of the position signal L and the flowrate signal Q, the latter being generated from the predetermined table T2, which before the start of the filling operation contains flowrate values as a function of position values and pressure values; the flowrate signal Q is generated as a function of measured position and pressure values, which are extracted by control unit 27 from the received position and pressure signals L, P.
  • apparatus 1 is devoid of any flowrate sensors.
  • the table T2 can be created during a calibration operation by means of a calibration apparatus 101, which allows the performance of a plurality of measurements of the flowrate of a calibration fluid through the valve 5, prior to the first filling and for a plurality of given positions of the shutter 8 and pressures of the calibration fluid.
  • calibration apparatus 101 is defined by the apparatus 1 with the addition of a flowrate sensor, in particular a flowmeter 125 coupled to the apparatus 1, and the possible replacement of control unit 27 with a different control unit 127.
  • Calibration apparatus 101 is connected in a fluidic manner and by means of a duct 104, to a tank 103 (only partially illustrated) containing the calibration fluid.
  • Flowmeter 125 is connected to control unit 127 and is configured to measure the flowrate of the calibration fluid passing through the modulating valve 5, generate a flowrate signal Q meas correlated with the measured flowrate, and send the signal Qmeas to the control unit 127.
  • the flowmeter 125 is arranged in correspondence of the duct 104, in order to measure, during the calibration operation, the flow of the calibration fluid passing through the duct 104 itself and direct it towards the valve 5.
  • the tank 103 is filled with a corresponding quantity of calibration fluid, e.g. water, having a given desired pressure value equal to one of the above-mentioned reference values.
  • a corresponding quantity of calibration fluid e.g. water
  • control unit 127 progressively sends to coil 23 a plurality of commands C' correlated to a respective plurality of desired position values of the shutter 8, i.e. desired opening grades of the modulating valve 5, so that the shutter 8 moves accordingly inside the channel 7.
  • desired position values corresponds to one of the above-mentioned reference values.
  • control unit 127 associates to each other the pressure value measured by the pressure sensor 28, the position value measured by the position sensor 26 and the flowrate value measured by the flowmeter 125.
  • control unit 127 stores such pressure value, such position value, and such flowrate value in table T2.
  • table T2 is transferred to the memory unit of the control unit 27.
  • the flowmeter 125 is removed from calibration apparatus 101 to obtain the apparatus 1, which is connected in a fluidic manner to the tank 3 by means of the duct 4, so as to become ready for use.
  • table T2 may be occasionally updated by repeating the calibration operation after the performance of a filling operation, for example during a programmed or undesired machine downtime.
  • apparatus 1 is separated from tank 3 and connected to tank 103 via the duct 104, in which flowmeter 125 is arranged and fixed thereto.
  • the three-dimensional table T2 is adapted to actual technical properties of the valve 5 after intensive use thereof.
  • the actuator 22 of the shutter 8 of the valve 5 receives the command signal C from the control unit 27 at a speed of many orders of magnitude greater in respect to the hypothetical case in which the command signal C would have been a function of flowrate values measured by a flowrate sensor, such as, for instance, flowmeter 125.
  • control unit 27 should have waited to receive the flowrate signal Q directly from the flowmeter 125 before being able to control the movement of the shutter 8.
  • table T2 may be replaced by a more general database containing flowrate estimates as a function of both the pressure of the pourable product and the position of the shutter 8.
  • the calibration operation may be performed through a calibration apparatus including a modulating valve, which is distinct from modulating valve 5 but has the same technical properties of the latter.
  • the calibration operation performed with the aid of the calibration apparatus 101 may include procedures different from those described above; in particular, the order of the flowrate measurements may be any appropriate order from the practical point of view.
  • the pressure sensor 28 may be used for measuring the pressure of the pourable product at the outlet opening 13 or anywhere else in the channel 7 or in the duct 4.
  • control unit 12 may comprise control unit 127, so that no replacement of control units 12, 127 occurs.

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  1. Einrichtung (1) zum Befüllen eines Behälters (2), wobei die Einrichtung ein Modulationsventil (5), das einen entlang einer Achse (A) beweglichen Verschluss (8) zum Schließen und Öffnen, in einer variablen Weise, eines Abflussdurchgangs des Ventils (5) selbst aufweist, der zum Steuern des Befüllens des Behälters (2) mit einem gießfähigen Produkt unter Druck konzipiert ist, und eine Steuereinheit (27) umfasst;
    wobei die Einrichtung (1) gekennzeichnet ist durch:
    - einen Positionssensor (26), der zum Messen einer Position des Verschlusses (8) entlang der Achse (A) und zum Erzeugen eines Positionssignals (L) in Bezug auf die gemessene Position ausgelegt ist,
    - einen Drucksensor (28), der zum Messen eines Drucks des gießfähigen Produkts und zum Erzeugen eines Drucksignals (P) in Bezug auf den gemessenen Druck ausgelegt ist;
    - dass die Steuereinheit (27) zum Empfangen der Positions(L)- und Druck(P)-Signale und zum Steuern der Position des Verschlusses (8) entlang der Achse (A) in Abhängigkeit von dem Positions(L)-Signal und von einem Durchflussratensignal (Q), das die Durchflussrate des durch das Ventil (5) fließenden gießfähigen Produkts anzeigt, ausgelegt ist;
    wobei die Steuerung (27) eine Speichereinheit umfasst, die einen vorbestimmten Datensatz hält, der ein Durchflussratenmodell des Ventils (5) durch Enthalten einer Mehrzahl von Durchflussratenwerten des durch das Ventil (5) fließenden gießfähigen Produkts in Abhängigkeit von dem Druck des gießfähigen Produkts und der Position des Verschlusses (8) entlang der Achse (A) definiert; wobei die Steuereinheit (27) ferner zu Folgendem ausgelegt ist:
    - Extrahieren von gemessenen Positions- und Druckwerten aus den empfangenen Positions(L)- bzw. Druck(P)-Signalen; und
    - Erzeugen des Durchflussratensignals (Q) aus dem Datensatz in Abhängigkeit von den gemessenen Positions- und Druckwerten.
  2. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Steuereinheit (27) dazu ausgelegt ist, das Durchflussratensignal (Q) durch Interpolieren der Tabelle (T2) zu erzeugen.
  3. Einrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, die keinen Durchflussratensensor (125) aufweist, der zum Messen der Durchflussrate des durch das Ventil (5) fließenden gießfähigen Produkts ausgelegt ist.
  4. Einrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das Ventil (5) das gießfähige Produkt aus einem Tank (3) empfängt, der über einen Durchlass (4) druckbeaufschlagt wird; wobei das Ventil (5) einen Hohlkörper (6) umfasst, der koaxial zu der Achse (A) ist und einen Durchflusskanal (7) für das gießfähige Produkt definiert, der den Verschluss (8) beherbergt;
    wobei der Positionssensor (26) in Entsprechung mit dem Verschluss (8) angeordnet ist.
  5. Einrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, ferner umfassend einen elektromagnetischen Aktuator (22), der zum Empfangen eines Befehlssignals (C) von der Steuereinheit (27), das mit dem Durchflussratensignal (Q) korreliert ist, und zum Steuern der Bewegung des Verschlusses (8) in dem Kanal (7) ausgelegt ist.
  6. Verfahren zum Befüllen eines Behälters (2) mit einem gießfähigen Produkt unter Druck und mittels eines Modulationsventils (5), das einen entlang einer Achse (A) beweglichen Verschluss (8) zum Schließen und Öffnen, in einer variablen Weise, eines Abflussdurchgangs des Ventils (5) selbst aufweist, der zum Steuern des Befüllens des Behälters (2) konzipiert ist; wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    i) Messen einer Position des Verschlusses (8) entlang der Achse (A) mittels eines Positionssensors (26);
    ii) Messen eines Drucks des gießfähigen Produkts mittels eines Drucksensors (28); und
    iii) Steuern der Position des Verschlusses (8) entlang der Achse (A) in Abhängigkeit von der in Schritt i) gemessenen Position und einer Durchflussrate des durch das Ventil (5) fließenden gießfähigen Produkts;
    wobei das Verfahren ferner die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    iv) Bereitstellen eines vorbestimmten Datensatzes, der ein Durchflussratenmodell des Ventils (5) durch Enthalten einer Mehrzahl von Durchflussratenwerten des durch das Ventil (5) fließenden gießfähigen Produkts in Abhängigkeit von dem Druck des gießfähigen Produkts und der Position des Verschlusses (8) entlang der Achse (A) definiert;
    v) Schätzen der Durchflussrate aus dem Datensatz in Abhängigkeit von den in Schritten i) und ii) gemessenen Positions- und Druckwerten.
  7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 6, wobei der Datensatz durch eine Tabelle (T2) definiert ist, die, zu Beginn eines Befüllungsvorgangs, der, ohne Unterbrechungen einer Produktion, an einer Mehrzahl von Behältern (2) ausgeführt wird, die Durchflussratenwerte enthält, die jeweils mit einem entsprechenden Paar von Referenzwerten assoziiert sind, die jeweils den Druck des gießfähigen Produkts und die Position des Verschlusses (8) entlang der Achse (A) anzeigen.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7, wobei der Schritt iv) die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    vi) Messen der Durchflussratenwerte mittels eines Durchflussratensensors (125) während eines Kalibrierungsvorgangs des Ventils (5) vor einem ersten Befüllen der Behälter (2) während des Befüllungsvorgangs; wobei der Kalibrierungsvorgang die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    a) strömungstechnisches Verbinden des Ventils (5) mit einer Quelle von Kalibrierungsfluid;
    b) Einstellen der Position des Verschlusses (8) entlang der Achse (A) und des Drucks des Kalibrierungsfluids auf jeweilige Referenzwerte;
    c) Messen der Durchflussrate des Kalibrierungsfluids durch das Ventil (5) mittels des Durchflussratensensors (125) an den Referenzwerten;
    d) Speichern, in der Tabelle (T2), der in Schritt h) gemäß den Referenzwerten gemessenen Durchflussratenwerte; und
    e) Wiederholen der Schritte von a) bis d), wobei mindestens einer der Referenzwerte verändert wird.
  9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 7 oder 8, wobei der Schritt v) den Schritt Interpolieren der Tabelle (T2) umfasst.
  10. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche von 6 bis 9, wobei die Durchflussrate des gießfähigen Produkts durch das Ventil (5) nicht mittels eines Durchflussratensensors (125) während des Befüllens des Behälters gemessen wird.
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