Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
  • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
  • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
  • B08B9/205—Conveying containers to or from the cleaning machines
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F26—DRYING
  • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
  • F26B15/00—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form
  • F26B15/10—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in a path composed of one or more straight lines, e.g. compound, the movement being in alternate horizontal and vertical directions
  • F26B15/12—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in a path composed of one or more straight lines, e.g. compound, the movement being in alternate horizontal and vertical directions the lines being all horizontal or slightly inclined
  • F26B15/18—Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in a path composed of one or more straight lines, e.g. compound, the movement being in alternate horizontal and vertical directions the lines being all horizontal or slightly inclined the objects or batches of materials being carried by endless belts
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
  • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
  • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
  • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
  • B08B9/30—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking and having conveyors
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
  • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
  • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
  • B08B9/42—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus being characterised by means for conveying or carrying containers therethrough
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
  • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
  • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
  • B08B9/42—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus being characterised by means for conveying or carrying containers therethrough
  • B08B9/44—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus being characterised by means for conveying or carrying containers therethrough the means being for loading or unloading the apparatus
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
  • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
  • B65C9/0015—Preparing the labels or articles, e.g. smoothing, removing air bubbles
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F26—DRYING
  • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
  • F26B21/00—Arrangements or duct systems, e.g. in combination with pallet boxes, for supplying and controlling air or gases for drying solid materials or objects
  • F26B21/004—Nozzle assemblies; Air knives; Air distributors; Blow boxes
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
  • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
  • B65C9/0015—Preparing the labels or articles, e.g. smoothing, removing air bubbles
  • B65C2009/0059—Preparing the articles

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a transport system in the beverage industry according to the preamble of claim 1 and a computer-controlled or electronic method for operating the transport system according to claim 19.
• Air nozzle drying systems are known from the prior art in which air is directed at high speed onto the surface of containers to be dried, such as bottles, cans and / or containers. As a result, liquid adhering to the surface of the container can at least partially be blown off. In particular, small drops of water can be difficult or even impossible to blow off.
• a container treatment machine such as a pasteurizer, a cooler or a warmer.
• the invention relates to a transport system in the beverage industry with a Transportvorrich device which is designed to transport containers in one transport direction through the transport system, with a surge area which is designed to form a liquid curtain that can be passed by containers that can be transported by the transport device.
• the containers can include bottles, cans or packs.
• the liquid curtain can be a continuous, free falling liquid film.
• the liquid curtain can extend over a width (the width can, for example, run perpendicular to the transport direction), which corresponds, for example, to a total width of the transport device or the width of the liquid curtain can also be smaller than the total width of the transport device, for example a minimum Width of the liquid curtain can be 2% to 5% greater than a maximum width of the containers that pass the liquid curtain.
• the width of the liquid curtain can be designed to be variable, for example by switching on or off existing liquid nozzles.
• a height (the height can for example run parallel to a longitudinal axis of the container) of the liquid curtain can be provided in such a way that containers of a given height can pass the liquid curtain and their surface can be completely wetted with liquid.
• the height of the liquid curtain can be designed to be variable, for example by providing height-adjustable liquid nozzles.
• the containers By passing through the liquid curtain, the containers can be wetted with liquid, whereby the presence of small liquid droplets (diameter ⁇ 1mm) can be avoided, which more heavily than larger liquid droplets run down from the surface of the container due to the action of gravity and / or can be blown off.
• liquid droplets of a size form on the surface of the container and run downwards from the surface of the container due to the action of gravity. Since the majority of the liquid can flow away from the containers under the influence of weight after passing the liquid curtain, small drops of liquid (diameter ⁇ 1 mm) that are difficult to blow off are no longer present on the surface of the container.
• Containers treated in this way can be up to 60% drier after being washed down with the liquid curtain than containers whose surface has only been sprayed with liquid. The liquid curtain can thus be used to dry the container.
• the surge area can also be designed to form the liquid curtain over an entire width of the transport device. Several containers transported next to one another on the trans port device can pass through the liquid curtain.
• the surge area can further be designed to form the liquid curtain with a thickness in a range from 0.5 mm to 15 mm. In this way, containers with diameters of different sizes and / or external shapes can be wetted with liquid from the liquid curtain.
• a spray device can be provided in the surge area to form the liquid curtain; the spray device can, for example, comprise 2-5 liquid nozzles per meter of the liquid curtain.
• the liquid nozzles can comprise flat jet nozzles.
• the spray device can enable the liquid curtain to be formed uniformly.
• the spray device can be designed so that it can be moved vertically so that a height of the liquid curtain can be changed, for example to provide the height of the liquid curtain in such a way that containers of a given height can pass the liquid curtain and their surface can be completely wetted with liquid .
• the surge area can further be designed to provide a volume flow of the liquid along the liquid curtain in a range from 60 liters per hour per meter of the liquid curtain to 600 liters per hour per meter of the liquid curtain.
• the volume flow can be controlled or specified depending on the height and / or thickness of the liquid curtain.
• the liquid can be or comprise water, wherein, for example, the liquid can comprise surface-active substances.
• the surface tension of the liquid adhering to the containers can be reduced by the surface-active substances, so that the liquid can more easily run off the containers.
• the liquid can be the liquid which is used to form the liquid curtain and / or the liquid which can be used in a container treatment area of a container treatment machine, described below.
• the transport system can further comprise a basin which is arranged below the wash-off area and which is designed to receive liquid from the wash-off area. The liquid can thus be collected for reuse.
• the surge area can further be designed to use liquid from the basin to form the liquid curtain. No additional liquid requirement is thus required in order to form the liquid curtain
• the transport system can furthermore comprise a container treatment machine which comprises a container treatment area which is designed to treat containers which can be transported by the transport device, the surge area immediately following the container treatment area in the transport direction.
• a container treatment machine which comprises a container treatment area which is designed to treat containers which can be transported by the transport device, the surge area immediately following the container treatment area in the transport direction.
• liquid can be sprayed onto the container.
• the surge area can be encompassed by the container treatment machine.
• the container treatment machine can therefore include, for example, a pasteurizer, cooler or warmer and the drainage area.
• the surge area can be provided separately from the container treatment machine.
• the container handling machine can be a known pasteurizer, cooler or warmer, followed by the drainage area.
• the container treatment area can be designed to spray liquid in such a way that the liquid can be sprayed onto the container or that the container can be sprinkled with the liquid.
• the containers can, for example, be pasteurized in a pasteurizer, the containers can be cooled in a cooler and the containers can thus be heated in a warmer.
• the containers After passing through the container treatment area, the containers can be transported with the transport device into the drainage area, where they can pass the liquid curtain, which can be generated, for example, by means of a spray device. Because the containers can be wetted by the liquid from the liquid curtain, liquid droplets that still adhere to the containers after leaving the container treatment area can also be absorbed by the liquid from the liquid curtain.
• Small drops can no longer adhere to the containers after passing through the curtain of liquid, so that the containers can be drier than after passing through the container treatment area.
• the containers can be blown dry in a drying area more easily because there are no longer any small drops on the container surface.
• the transport system can further comprise a basin which is arranged below the surge area and the container treatment area and which is designed to receive liquid from the surge area and the container treatment area. The liquid can thus be collected for reuse.
• the surge area can further be designed to use liquid from the basin to form the liquid curtain. No additional liquid requirement is thus required in order to form the liquid curtain.
• the transport system can further comprise a drying area which can follow the drainage area in the transport direction and which can be designed to generate an air flow in order to be able to additionally blow dry the surfaces of the containers.
• the drainage area and the drying area can be encompassed by the container treatment machine.
• the container treatment machine can thus comprise, for example, a pasteurizer, cooler or warmer as well as the drainage area or the drainage area and the drying area.
• the drainage area and the drying area can be provided separately from the container treatment machine.
• the container treatment machine can be a known pasteurizer, cooler or warmer, which is followed by the drainage area or the drainage area and the drying area
• the container treatment machine can be designed as a pasteurizer, cooler or warmer.
• a packaging device is arranged downstream of the container treatment machine, by means of which at least two containers can be connected to form a container.
• the packaging device can, for example, comprise nozzles for applying adhesive to the outer surfaces of the container so that they are connected directly to one another.
• the packaging device can comprise a cardboard or foil feed, by means of which the cardboard or foil is fed to at least partially enclose the container.
• a drying device which dries the containers can be arranged directly in front of this packaging device.
• the invention also relates to a computer-controlled or electronic method for operating the transport system as described above or below.
• FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section through a first embodiment of a transport system
• FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section through a second embodiment of a transport system
• FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section through a third embodiment of a transport system
• FIG. 4 shows a cross section through the surge area of the third embodiment of the transport system.
• FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section through a first embodiment of a transport system 1 which comprises a transport device 2 with which containers 3 are transported in a transport direction TR.
• the containers 3 are transported standing on the transport device 2, for example a conveyor belt or the like.
• the containers 3 arrive in a drainage area 4 and are transported through it.
• the container 3 pass through a curtain of liquid 5 which is generated by means of a spray device 6.
• the container 3 are wetted by the liquid of the liquid before slope 5, for example, the surface of the container 3 is covered by a liquid film.
• the spray device 6 can be designed in the form of a spray bar, which, for example, has a continuous exit cross-section over the entire conveyor belt width, or in the form of a spray tube with several flat jet nozzles arranged over the conveyor belt width.
• the spray tube contains several flat jet nozzles arranged over the width of the conveyor belt, for example 2-5 nozzles per meter of the spray curtain 5.
• the liquid curtain 5 can be oriented perpendicular or essentially perpendicular to the transport direction TR and have a thickness d.
• the liquid in the liquid curtain 5 falls downward solely due to the force of weight.
• most of the liquid can flow away from the containers 3 under the influence of weight, so that small liquid droplets (diameter less than 1 mm) that are difficult to blow off are no longer IN ANY.
• the containers 3 can be transported from the drainage area 4 to and through a drying area 7, in which the containers 3, ie their surface, are blown dry by an air stream 8 generated by air nozzles 9, ie , the liquid still adhering to the surfaces of the container 3 is displaced from the surface, for example blown away, or dries off.
• a blow bar can also be used as an alternative.
• FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section through a second embodiment of a transport system 10.
• the second embodiment of the transport system 10 also includes a container treatment machine 11 with a container treatment area 12, which is used in the transport direction TR in front of the drainage area 4 and in front of the optional drying area 7 is angeord net.
• No further type of container treatment is provided between the container treatment machine 11 and the surge area 4, so that the surge area 4 can be viewed as immediately following the container treatment area 12 in the transport direction TR.
• the containers 3 are transported with the transport device 2 through the container treatment machine 11 and in the container treatment area 12 liquid is sprayed onto the container 3 by means of spray nozzles 13 or the containers 3 are sprinkled with the liquid from the spray nozzles 13.
• the containers 3 are then transported further with the transport device 2 into the drainage area 4, where they pass the liquid curtain 5, as already described with reference to FIG. Because the containers 3 are wetted by the liquid in the liquid curtain 5, liquid droplets that adhere to the containers 3 after leaving the container treatment area 12 are also taken up by the liquid.
• FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section through a third embodiment of a transport system 14 which comprises a container treatment machine 15, the container treatment area 16, the drainage area 18 and the optional drying area 21 being encompassed by the container treatment machine 15.
• the containers 3 are transported by means of the transport device 2 in the transport direction TR so that they are transported into and through the container treatment area 16, with liquid being sprayed onto the containers 3 by means of the spray nozzles 17 or the containers being opened by means of the liquid discharged by the spray nozzles 17 3 sprinkled. Thereafter, the containers 3 are transported further benefits by the transport device 2 in the drainage area 18, where they pass the liquid curtain 19, which is generated by means of the spray device 20.
• the containers 3 are wetted by the liquid in the liquid curtain 19, drops of liquid that adhere to the containers 3 after leaving the container treatment area 16 are also absorbed by the liquid. So stick to the containers 3 no more small drops, and the optional blowing dry the container 3 in the Trocknungsbe rich 21 can be done more easily because there are no small drops.
• the containers 3, ie their surface, are blown dry by an air stream 22 generated by air blown out by means of blow bars 23, ie the liquid still adhering to the surfaces of the containers 3 is displaced from the surface, for example blown away, or dries from.
• An optional basin 24 is shown in dash-dotted lines below the container treatment area 16 and the wash-off area 18, which can receive liquid from the container treatment area 16 and from the wash-off area 18.
• FIG. 4 shows a cross section through the surge area 18 of the third embodiment of the transport system 14.
• the spray device 20 - as already described by way of example in the embodiment with respect to FIG Liquid curtain 19 is formed over the total width b of the transport device 2.
• several containers 3 transported next to one another on the transport device 2 can pass the liquid curtain 19.

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