EP3959167A1 - Procédé de nettoyage en place d'un élément de remplissage d'une machine de remplissage ainsi que machine de remplissage - Google Patents

Procédé de nettoyage en place d'un élément de remplissage d'une machine de remplissage ainsi que machine de remplissage

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EP3959167A1
EP3959167A1 EP20716419.5A EP20716419A EP3959167A1 EP 3959167 A1 EP3959167 A1 EP 3959167A1 EP 20716419 A EP20716419 A EP 20716419A EP 3959167 A1 EP3959167 A1 EP 3959167A1
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filling
level probe
cleaning
cleaning medium
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Ludwig Clüsserath
Achim Kunz
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KHS GmbH
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67CCLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/001Cleaning of filling devices
    • B67C3/002Cleaning of filling devices using cups or dummies to be placed under the filling heads
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08CLEANING
    • B08BCLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/02Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes
    • B08B9/027Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages
    • B08B9/032Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages by the mechanical action of a moving fluid, e.g. by flushing
    • B08B9/0321Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages by the mechanical action of a moving fluid, e.g. by flushing using pressurised, pulsating or purging fluid
    • B08B9/0325Control mechanisms therefor
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67CCLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/007Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67CCLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22Details
    • B67C3/225Means for filling simultaneously, e.g. in a rotary filling apparatus or multiple rows of containers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67CCLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22Details
    • B67C3/26Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08CLEANING
    • B08BCLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B2209/00Details of machines or methods for cleaning hollow articles
    • B08B2209/02Details of apparatuses or methods for cleaning pipes or tubes
    • B08B2209/027Details of apparatuses or methods for cleaning pipes or tubes for cleaning the internal surfaces
    • B08B2209/032Details of apparatuses or methods for cleaning pipes or tubes for cleaning the internal surfaces by the mechanical action of a moving fluid
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67CCLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22Details
    • B67C3/26Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2685Details of probes

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  • the invention relates to a method for CIP cleaning at least one
  • Filling machines for filling containers with a liquid filling material have filling elements that have to be cleaned, disinfected or sterilized, for example after a certain time or when the filling material is changed. This serves the flygiene resp.
  • CIP cleaning (“Cleaning in Place”), which is well known from the state of the art, has proven itself for cleaning the filling elements.
  • the document DE 100 61 491 A1 describes a filling machine in which a flushing cap is placed on each filling element for CIP cleaning and accommodates the respective filling tube in a flushing space that is sealed off from the outside.
  • cleaning agents then flow through an annular channel, through open liquid channels of the filling elements, past liquid valves and their valve seats, through the filling tube channel of each filling tube, through the flushing chamber and past the outside of the filling tube through a gas path into another ring channel .
  • the present invention is based on the object of a
  • the object is achieved by a method for CIP cleaning at least one filling element of a filling machine according to the features of independent claims 1 and 2 solved by a filling machine for filling containers with a liquid product according to the features of the independent claim 12.
  • CIP cleaning cleaning in place cleaning
  • SIP cleaning Secondary in Place cleaning
  • the filling element is cleaned locally without it having to be dismantled.
  • the filling machine is designed to fill containers with a liquid product.
  • containers are understood to mean, for example, bottles, other bottle-like containers, cans, party cans or kegs.
  • the filling machine has a plurality of filling positions on a revolving transport element. Each filling position has a filling element with a filling valve.
  • the filling element can also have an electrical filling level probe or also a long filling tube designed as an electrical probe. In the following, both the electrical filling level probe and the long filling tube designed as an electrical probe are described as electrical
  • the filling position can also have a container carrier for carrying the container. Via the filling valve on which a filling tube
  • the electric level probe checks which fleas have reached the liquid product in the container. As soon as a predetermined fleas is reached, the filling of the container is stopped.
  • the electric fill level probe works on the principle that an electric circuit is closed via the liquid filling material, this closing of the electric circuit being recognized by appropriate measuring devices.
  • the filling valve and the electrical filling level probe are now accommodated in a washing area provided by a closing element.
  • Closing element is in particular a rinsing cap or a rinsing sleeve.
  • the washing area is sealed off from the outside by the closing element.
  • the filling valve is cleaned both from the outside and from the inside.
  • a wide variety of cleaning liquids can be used as the cleaning medium, including disinfectants, acids and alkalis. It is possible to use different cleaning media in different cleaning steps. Water is also understood as a cleaning medium, which is used in particular as the last cleaning medium for rinsing.
  • At least one measurement is carried out with the electrical filling level probe during the CIP cleaning.
  • the cleaning medium closes a circuit of the electrical filling level probe, whereby it is recognized that
  • Cleaning agent is in the wash cabinet. It can thus be checked for each filling element whether or not there is cleaning medium in the washing area and thus the proper execution of the cleaning itself can be checked. If this check is carried out for all cleaning steps and on all filling elements, proof of complete cleaning of the filling machine is possible.
  • the method according to the invention significantly improves the CIP cleaning of the filling element, and that even without the need for additional components.
  • the closing element is advantageously hung manually at the filling position and / or activated automatically.
  • the closing element When the closing element is hung in manually, it is possible to store the closing element away from the filling machine and only use it for CIP cleaning when required.
  • manual hanging does not require a complex mechanism to hang the closing element.
  • the closing element if the closing element is activated automatically, CIP cleaning can be carried out more quickly and less personnel is required. In addition, there is no risk of the closing element or the filling machine being contaminated by the personnel. Finally, it is also conceivable that the closing element is hung up manually and then activated automatically.
  • controllable valves are opened and / or closed such that the cleaning medium is circulated through the filling valve. At least a partial flow of the cleaning medium then also goes through the flushing sleeve. In this way, the cleaning medium is repeatedly driven past the filling valve and can be passed through the
  • Both the measuring area and the ground area are designed to be electrically conductive and are electrically isolated from one another.
  • the mass range can, but does not have to be, the electrical
  • the measurement is carried out between the measuring range and a mass range of the filling level probe and / or a mass range of the
  • Closing element carried out.
  • an electrical voltage is applied between the measuring area and the mass area and the resulting electrical current flow is measured directly or indirectly.
  • a current flow indicates the presence of an electrically conductive liquid between the measuring area and the ground area, while a non-existent electric current means that the measuring area is still electrically isolated from the ground area.
  • This periodic voltage is applied. This prevents electrolysis from occurring in the measuring area and / or mass area, as could be the case with direct voltage.
  • This periodic voltage is preferably a square-wave voltage, which allows easy measurement of the level of the electrical current flow.
  • a cleaning medium is checked, since this checks the cleaning of the filling element and enables proof of complete cleaning of the filling machine.
  • the presence of a cleaning medium is assumed if the electrical current flow between the measuring area and the mass area exceeds a certain, relatively low, limit. Such a measurement can be carried out particularly easily.
  • the size of the electrical conductivity of the medium located between the measuring area and the mass area is measured. If this conductivity is compatible with the conductivity of the cleaning medium within a certain tolerance, then successful cleaning of the filling element is assumed. Although this measurement is more complex than the above-mentioned measurement only for the presence of a cleaning medium, further valuable information is obtained by measuring the electrical conductivity.
  • the level of an electrical current flow between the measuring area of the filling level probe and a mass area, the level of a voltage drop in the measuring circuit and / or the height of an electrical resistance between the measuring area of the filling level probe and a mass area since these measurements are in principle equivalent to one another, provided the geometry between the measuring area and the mass area is known.
  • the series resistor is preferably adjusted so that the most accurate possible measurement of the between the
  • Measuring range and mass range lying resistance is made possible.
  • Cleaning medium carried out, in particular by means of a conductivity measuring device installed in a gas and / or liquid channel. This reference measurement is then used as the basis for checking whether the medium measured by the filling level probe has approximately the same conductivity as that
  • the temperature of the cleaning medium is preferably measured at the point at which the reference measurement of the electrical conductivity is carried out.
  • the temperature of the cleaning medium is determined from the electrical conductivity measured by the filling level probe. Due to the temperature dependency of the electrical conductivity of liquids, the conductivity measured by the level probe together with the reference measurement of the electrical conductivity and the temperature in this reference measurement can be used to determine the
  • Deviations of this temperature from an expected temperature can indicate problems in cleaning the filling element.
  • At least some measurement results are forwarded, for example to a central data processing system, and / or recorded.
  • the cleaning of the filling machine can be checked in the central data processing system.
  • the cleaning of the filling machine can also be verified afterwards or possible errors recognized.
  • a subsequent cleaning step is advantageously initiated a predetermined time after the cleaning medium has been detected by at least one filling level probe, or - if it was the last cleaning medium in the cleaning process, preferably water for rinsing - cleaning is completed.
  • This predetermined time can be zero if it is only important that the cleaning medium has reached the filling element.
  • the predetermined time can, however, also be greater than zero if the cleaning medium is to act on the filling element for a certain period of time.
  • the predetermined time can be different depending on the cleaning medium.
  • the predetermined time preferably only begins to run when the
  • Cleaning medium can be dispensed with by filling level probes, which speeds up CIP cleaning.
  • Bottles and more are, for example, under containers
  • Bottle-like containers, cans, party tins or kegs The filling machine has a plurality of filling positions on a revolving transport element. Each filling position has a filling element with a filling valve and an electric one
  • the filling position can also have a container carrier for carrying the container.
  • the liquid filling material reaches the container from the filling machine via the filling valve, to which a filling pipe can be connected.
  • the electric level probe checks which fleas have reached the liquid product in the container. As soon as a predetermined fleas is reached, the filling of the container is stopped.
  • the electric fill level probe works on the principle that an electric circuit is closed via the liquid filling material, this closing of the electric circuit being recognized by appropriate measuring devices.
  • the filling valve and the electric filling level probe are in one of a closing element provided washing area can be accommodated.
  • the closing element can be manually attached to the filling position and / or activated automatically. During CIP cleaning, at least one cleaning medium is then fed into the wash cabinet so that the
  • the filling machine has a control which is designed to carry out the method according to the preceding description.
  • at least one measurement is made with the electrical during CIP cleaning
  • the cleaning medium closes the circuit of the filling level probe, which means that it is recognized that there is cleaning medium in the wash cabinet. It can thus be checked for each filling element whether or not there is cleaning medium in the washing area and thus the cleaning itself can be checked.
  • the measuring electronics of the filling level probe advantageously have an adjustable series resistor. Since the electrical conductivity of water used for rinsing, for example, on the one hand, and alkalis or acids used for cleaning on the other hand, sometimes more than two orders of magnitude
  • the adjustable series resistor makes it possible to obtain a precise measurement result over this range of conductivities.
  • the filling machine has at least one conductivity measuring device installed in a gas and / or liquid channel for measuring a
  • FIG. 1 a shows a schematic section through a filling element according to the invention
  • FIG. 1 b shows a schematic section through the filling element from FIG. 1 a
  • FIG. 1 a shows a schematic section through a filling element 1 of a filling machine for filling containers with a liquid filling material.
  • the filling element 1 has a filling valve 2, which is represented here by a cone 3 which interacts with a conical recess 4 in the filling element 1.
  • This representation of the filling valve 2 is only to be understood as an example and schematically. Many other forms of a filling valve 2 are conceivable and possible and these have no influence on the present invention.
  • the filling valve 2 When filling a container, not shown here, which is preferably located below the filling valve 2, the filling valve 2 is opened so that the liquid filling material can flow into the container via the filling valve 2 and a fluid channel 5 in fluid communication with it. Air escaping from the container during filling is discharged via a gas duct 6.
  • a filling level probe 7 is arranged centrally, which is preferably designed in the form of a rod and preferably adjoins the filling valve 2 in the direction of the container.
  • the filling level probe 7 has an electrically conductive measuring area 8 at its lower end, ie opposite the filling valve 2. This measuring area 8 is separated from a likewise electrically conductive ground area 10 of the filling level probe 7 by an insulating area 9.
  • an electrical, preferably periodic voltage U is first applied between the measuring area 8 and the mass area 10. Since the measuring area 8 and the mass area 10 are separated from one another by the insulating area 9, the first flows in
  • the associated circuit does not have any current, since there is no electrically conductive connection between the measuring area 8 and the mass area 10 of the filling level probe 7.
  • the filling level probe 7 extends into the container to be filled, namely the transition between the insulating area 9 and the mass area 10 lies in the area of the desired filling level of the product in the container. Then the filling valve 2 is opened and the filling material is filled into the container via the filling valve 2 and the fluid channel 5 connected to it.
  • Measuring range 8 and the mass range 10 are closed. Due to the attached
  • Voltage U can now flow current in the circuit.
  • the desired filling level of the filling material in the container has thus been reached and the filling valve 2 can be closed again.
  • the filling element 1 has a connection device 11 for connecting a closing element 12 to the filling element 1.
  • FIG. 1b shows a schematic section through the filling element 1 according to FIG. 1a with a closure element 12 connected to it, which is designed here as a flushing sleeve, for example.
  • the closing element 12 closes tightly with the
  • Filling element 1 and thus forms a flushing space 13 in which in particular the filling valve 2 and the filling level probe 7 are accommodated, i.e. the closing element 12 forms a fluid-tight flushing space 13 with the filling element 1, which adjoins the liquid channel 5 on the underside of the closing element 12 and in which at least the free end of the filling level probe 7 is received.
  • the gas channel 6 is also in fluid connection with the washing chamber 13.
  • the locking element 12 shown in Figure 1b is for example manually in the
  • the closing element 12 can be designed as a flushing cap. The respective embodiment of the closing element 12, however, has no influence on the present invention.
  • the cleaning medium thus reaches both the filling valve 2 and the filling level probe 7.
  • the cleaning medium is preferably diverted again from the washing chamber 13 via the gas channel 6, so that the cleaning medium is routed in a circular manner.
  • the cleaning medium can also be conducted in the opposite direction, so that it enters the flushing space 13 via the gas channel 6 and leaves the flushing space 13 again via the liquid channel 5 and the filling valve 2.
  • cleaning liquids can be used as the cleaning medium, including very strong cleaning liquids such as acids and alkalis or water that is used for rinsing.
  • very strong cleaning liquids such as acids and alkalis or water that is used for rinsing.
  • Cleaning fluids used in a row It could be cleaned first with an acid and then with an alkali and then rinsed with water.
  • the cleaning medium fills the washing space 13
  • the cleaning medium then establishes an electrical connection between the measuring area 8 of the filling level probe 7 and the mass area 14 of the electrically conductive closing element 12.
  • the cleaning medium electrically conductive
  • Connection closes a circuit, whereby current flows in the circuit. This current flow is measured and an existing current flow indicates that the
  • the circuit can also be closed via the mass area 10 of the filling level probe 7. Whether the circuit is closed via the ground area 14 of the closing element 12, the ground area 10 of the filling level probe 7 or via both ground areas 14 and 10 depends on the details of the used
  • a control registers that a current flow has been detected via the filling level probe 7. This is advantageously recorded on a storage medium, together with the date and time, so that the cleaning of the filling element 1 that has taken place can also be verified subsequently.
  • the recording can be done directly via the control or via a central one
  • the resistance between the measuring area 8 and the mass area 14 and / or 10 is also determined.
  • the electrical conductivity of the cleaning medium can thus be calculated using a known factor, which results from the known geometry of the filling level probe 7 and the closing element 12 or is determined experimentally.
  • the cleaning medium is compared with the known value of the electrical conductivity of the cleaning medium. If the values match within a certain tolerance, there is a high probability that the correct cleaning medium is in the
  • Wash cabinet 13 arrived. These values can also be recorded in order to enable later verification.
  • the electrical conductivity of the cleaning medium can also be measured with a value in the gas duct 6
  • the conductivity measuring device 15 can of course also be in the liquid channel 5 or in a
  • the known temperature dependency of the conductivity and the conductivity measured at the filling level probe 7 can also be used for the
  • Temperature of the cleaning medium at the filling level probe 7 can be calculated.
  • the controller records at least the point in time at which the cleaning medium has arrived at all of the filling elements 1 to be cleaned. From this point on, the next cleaning step is initiated - if necessary after a predetermined exposure time for the cleaning medium.
  • FIG. 2 shows an exemplary measuring circuit 16.
  • a voltage U is applied between measuring area 8 and ground area 10 or 14 via a series resistor Rv.
  • the voltage U is preferably a periodic voltage, so that electrolysis at the measuring area 8 and / or mass area 10 or 14 can be avoided.
  • the voltage U can be a square-wave voltage or square-wave voltage. Alternatively, a sinusoidal
  • Cleaning medium has a load resistance Rm.
  • the size of the load resistance Rm can be calculated and from this the conductivity of the cleaning medium can be calculated.
  • the cleaning medium is most accurate when the series resistance Rv and the load resistance Rm are of the same order of magnitude. To for the most diverse
  • the series resistor Rv is designed to be adjustable. This setting of the series resistor Rv
  • the series resistor Rv is preferably carried out automatically.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé de nettoyage en place d'au moins un élément de remplissage (1) d'une machine de remplissage pour remplir des récipients avec un produit de remplissage fluide, la machine de remplissage présentant une pluralité de positions de remplissage au niveau d'un élément de transport en circuit fermé, chaque position de remplissage présentant un élément de remplissage (1) avec une vanne de remplissage (2) et une sonde électrique de hauteur de remplissage (7), pour le nettoyage en place, la vanne de remplissage (2) et la sonde électrique de hauteur de remplissage (7) étant reçues dans une chambre de rinçage (13) constituée par un élément de fermeture (12), en particulier un capuchon de rinçage ou une douille de rinçage, et au moins un milieu de nettoyage étant introduit dans la chambre de rinçage (13). En particulier, le procédé est caractérisé en ce que pendant le nettoyage en place, au moins une mesure est effectuée avec la sonde électrique de hauteur de remplissage (7). En outre, l'invention concerne une machine de remplissage pour remplir des récipients avec un produit de remplissage fluide, laquelle présente une commande qui est réalisée pour mettre en œuvre le procédé selon la description précédente.
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