EP4103506A1 - Behälterbehandlungsvorrichtung - Google Patents
BehälterbehandlungsvorrichtungInfo
- Publication number
- EP4103506A1 EP4103506A1 EP21702449.6A EP21702449A EP4103506A1 EP 4103506 A1 EP4103506 A1 EP 4103506A1 EP 21702449 A EP21702449 A EP 21702449A EP 4103506 A1 EP4103506 A1 EP 4103506A1
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- Prior art keywords
- container
- closing
- push
- treatment device
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
- B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
- B67B3/20—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
- B67B3/2013—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines
- B67B3/2033—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines comprising carousel co-rotating capping heads
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D51/00—Making hollow objects
- B21D51/16—Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects
- B21D51/26—Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects cans or tins; Closing same in a permanent manner
- B21D51/2692—Manipulating, e.g. feeding and positioning devices; Control systems
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
- B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
- B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
- B65B7/2842—Securing closures on containers
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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
- B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
- B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
- B67C7/004—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a circular path
Definitions
- the invention relates to a container treatment device, in particular a closing machine for closing cans or similar containers with a closing lid.
- the present invention also relates to a corresponding method for closing cans or similar containers with a closure lid.
- Container treatment devices in particular closing machines for closing cans or similar containers with a closing lid, are known to the person skilled in the art in a wide variety of designs.
- the present invention relates in particular to container handling machines in the beverage industry, which preferably have an output of more than 10,000 containers per hour, particularly preferably an output of 50,000 containers per hour.
- Such closing machines are used, for example, in beverage filling systems and are usually arranged in close proximity to a corresponding filling station or filling machine in its direct connection, so that the freshly filled containers can be closed immediately after filling with liquid contents.
- container handling devices of a rotating type are known in which a plurality of container closing positions are formed on the circumference of a rotor driven to rotate about a vertical machine axis or central axis.
- Each container closure position is assigned a stamp device, which is also to be understood as a closure tool or a closure stamp.
- stamp devices are also referred to as rotary machines.
- the closing elements or closing tools of such closing devices can be moved axially between a raised and a lowered position along a vertical closing element axis by means of a lifting or lowering movement, this axial lifting movement also being understood as an infeed stroke.
- This infeed stroke is usually made up of stroke curves generated, which are provided for height control of the locking elements.
- Exemplary closing machines with cam-controlled closing elements are known from DE 10 2017 112 218 B3 or from WO 2010/118806 A2.
- a plurality of transport elements each driven in rotation around a vertical machine axis, can be provided, which connect to one another for transport and form the container treatment path, so that a container, in particular a can, is transferred from a revolving transport element to one in the transport direction adjoining transport element is conveyed along a multiple deflected container treatment line.
- the adjacent transport elements of such a container treatment device are a linearly conveying conveying element and a conveying element which is adjacent thereto and which conveying the containers in a rotationally revolving manner.
- Such transport elements are also implemented in a closing machine of a rotating type.
- the containers of a closing machine that have already been filled with liquid filling material but are not yet closed are conveyed further by a linear conveyor onto a rotating rotor, on the circumference of which the container closing positions are formed.
- the containers are transported essentially in a straight line and essentially without changing their altitude.
- the still open cans are transferred linearly, in particular exclusively in a straight line, directly to a container carrier of a container closing position of the closing machine and that already approximately at a linear speed that corresponds to its amount according to the circumferential speed of the center of the container carrier of the closing machine.
- the object of the invention is to provide a container treatment device, in particular a closing machine for closing cans or similar containers with a closure lid, which enables the containers to be transferred from the conveyor to the downstream container closing position in the transport direction with as little pressure as possible.
- a container treatment device in particular a closing machine for closing cans or similar containers with a closing lid according to the features of independent claim 1.
- the subclaims relate to particularly advantageous developments of the invention.
- the invention relates to a container treatment device, in particular a closing machine for closing cans or similar containers with a closing lid along a container treatment path running in a treatment direction.
- the container treatment device comprises at least one first conveyor and a rotor downstream of the first conveyor along the container treatment path in the treatment direction, on the circumference of which several container closing stations are formed for closing the containers, each with a closing lid provided by a closing lid feeder.
- the rotor is arranged circumferentially on a stationary central column that extends along a vertical machine axis.
- the first conveyor is designed as a linear conveyor, by means of which the containers, which are still unlocked and with their container bottom standing on a transport plane, can be conveyed or are conveyed in the treatment direction.
- the containers continue to be transferred by the first conveyor to a corresponding container closing position of the rotor, which is driven to rotate around the central column by a motor.
- the container closing stations rotating around the central column each have at least one lowering and lifting movable stamp device arranged on the rotor and a container carrier provided below the stamp device.
- the container carrier is in turn provided so that it can rotate and lift on a carrier ring that can be driven by a motor underneath the rotor around the central column.
- a push-over element is provided between at least two adjacent container closing stations, which at least partially surrounds the respective container carrier and which is provided to rotate with the container closing stations, that is, to rotate with them. Furthermore, the push-over element forms a push-over plane to the planar on its upper side The standing containers are pushed over from the transport level onto the transfer level spanned by the transfer element, in that the transfer level spans a common level with the transport level.
- the at least one push-over element is provided so that it rotates synchronously with the container closing stations.
- an at least temporarily closed transport surface is formed between the first conveyor and the at least one pushing element, on which the containers with their respective container bottom can be continuously moved from the first conveyor to the pushing element and from there to the height-adjustable container carrier are.
- the at least one push-over element is designed as a push-over plate.
- the at least one push-on element is fixedly but detachably arranged on the support ring.
- the at least one push-over element forms a planar surface on its upper side, which spans the push-over plane and has such a low coefficient of friction that the containers with their respective container bottom can be slid on the push-over element.
- the at least one push-on element has edges that are beveled at least partially around the circumference of the free edge region of the surface. According to yet another advantageous embodiment variant, it can be provided that between at least two adjacent container closing stations a push-over element that completely surrounds the respective container carrier in the area of its support surface is provided.
- push-over elements are provided between all the container closing stations.
- a transition curve section formed by guide railings between the first conveyor and the transfer of the containers to the respective container closing station is designed as a clothoid section and / or an arcuate section, the course of which is chosen to be clothoid-shaped or arc-shaped.
- polynomials and / or trigonometric curves with a similar profile can be used for the transition curve section.
- the closure lid feeder is designed for the individual feeding of the closure lids before the respective transfer of a corresponding container to the associated container closing station.
- At least one counter-pressure element is provided above the movement path of the containers along the container treatment path, in particular at least above the transition curve section, which presses against the closure lid placed on the container by the closure lid feeder.
- the at least one counter-pressure element is designed to press the respective closure cover on its free edge regions. According to yet another advantageous embodiment variant, it can be provided that the at least one counter-pressure element is designed as a counter-pressure strip which has sliding surfaces on its respective underside facing the closure covers.
- the at least one counter-pressure element is arranged in a stationary manner on the sealing machine.
- the present invention relates to a method for closing cans or similar containers with a closure lid by means of a closing machine of a revolving design, in which the respective container is produced by positive connection of the closure lid to the container by mutual pressing by means of the closing movement of the Container is raised over a container carrier and / or a stamp device is lowered onto the container together with the attached closure lid.
- the method is characterized in particular in that the closure lid is placed on the container and at least partially pressed on before the container with its respective container bottom is completely pushed over onto the container closing station.
- the closure cover is at least partially pressed on by means of the at least one counter-pressure element.
- the closure lid is at least partially pressed onto the container before the respective container is pushed over a maximum of 50%, preferably less than 25%, of its container bottom surface onto the respective container carrier of a corresponding container closing station.
- the closure lid is at least partially pressed onto the container at a point in time before the respective container with a maximum of 50%, preferably with less than 25%, of its container bottom surface on the respective container carrier corresponding container closing station is pushed over.
- the closure lid is at least partially pressed onto the container at a point in time at which the container including the attached closure lid is still completely with its container bottom on the conveyor upstream of the corresponding container closure station in the treatment direction.
- closure lid and container are pressed against one another, preferably by means of the counter-pressure elements, until an associated stamp device is lowered onto the closure lid at a corresponding container treatment station and finally the respective closure lid is finally pressed against one another with the container .
- “Clothoid” in the context of the invention is understood to mean a curve whose curvature increases steadily in a linear manner.
- the product of the curve radius and the arc length of the curve forms a constant.
- the curvature at any point on the curve is proportional to the length of its arc up to that point.
- Container in the context of the invention is understood to mean any container, in particular bottles, cans, cups, etc., each made of metal, glass and / or plastic, preferably made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate).
- FIG. 1 shows, by way of example and in a schematic plan view, an embodiment variant of a partially illustrated sealing machine according to the invention for sealing cans or similar containers with a sealing lid;
- FIG. 3 by way of example and in a schematic plan view between the
- Container closing stations provided transfer elements on a closing machine
- FIG. 4 shows, by way of example and as a schematic block diagram in different closing phases, a liftable container carrier with a closure lid placed on the can.
- the container treatment device is designed as a closing machine for closing cans or similar containers 2 with a closing lid 21 along a container treatment path BR running in a treatment direction A.
- a sealing machine 1 according to the invention is shown only by way of example, only a few components of the entire sealing machine 1, namely components that are relevant to the description of the present invention, explicitly explained and in Figure 1 with Reference numerals are provided. For reasons of clarity, further components and elements of the closing machine 1 that are not particularly important in connection with the invention are not discussed in greater detail here.
- a filling machine (not shown in detail in the figures) for filling the container 2 with a liquid filling material is provided in spatial proximity upstream of such a closing machine 1 in a treatment direction A of the container treatment line BR.
- the containers 2 filled by means of the filling machine are then conveyed to the sealing machine 1 via transport devices, for example conveyor belts, and are taken over here by a first conveyor 5, which is or can be part or component of the sealing machine 1.
- the first conveyor 5 is designed as a linear conveyor, by means of which the still unlocked, i.e. open at the top and with their container bottom 2.1 on a transport plane TE, can be conveyed along the container treatment path BR in the treatment direction A.
- the first transporter 5 is thus designed to transport or convey the containers 2 with their container bottom 2.1 standing on the transport plane TE in a treatment direction A.
- the first conveyor 5 can be designed as an endless conveyor, in particular as a mat conveyor, hinged belt conveyor, or also a chain conveyor.
- the containers 2 are transferred by the first conveyor 5 to a corresponding container closing station BS of the closing machine 1, which is driven to rotate around the central column 4. After passing through the container closing stations BS of the closing machine 1, that is to say the closing of the individual containers 2 each with a closing lid 21 in the manner explained in more detail below, they are then closed in this way Container 2 on the output side of the sealing machine 1 is taken over by a further transfer element, not shown and provided in the transport direction A onto the sealing machine 1, for example an outlet star, and transported away in a manner known to the person skilled in the art.
- the transport element downstream of the sealing machine 1 can be designed as part or component of the container treatment line BR.
- the container treatment section BR is formed by the first conveyor 5 and the rotor 3 located downstream in the treatment direction A.
- the closing device 1 has the stationary central column 4 extending along a vertical central axis MA, on which at least one motor-driven rotor 3 is provided, which rotates around the motor-driven rotation in a direction of rotation indicated by the rounded arrow.
- the multiple container closing stations BS are designed to close the container 2 with a respective closing cover 21 provided by a closing cover feeder 20.
- the closure cover feeder 20 can in particular be designed as a star wheel feeder for the individual supply of the respective closure cover 21 while the containers 2 are still being transported on the first transporter 5.
- the closure lid feed conveyor 20 is designed for the individual feeding of the closure lids 21 even before the respective transfer of a corresponding container 2 to the container treatment station BS.
- the closure lid feeder 20 can have a sliding device 22 for the closure lid 21, which can be designed, for example, as a ramp wedge or an actively driven sliding element.
- the respective container carrier 8, for its part, is provided or arranged so that it can rotate and lift on a carrier ring 7 that can be driven in a motorized manner around the central column 4.
- Each container closing station BS, BS has at least one preferably controlled lowering and lifting movable stamp device 6 as well as a container carrier 8 rotatable about a corresponding closing element axis VA and lifting along the closing element axis VA, i.e. in particular moving up and down along the closing element axis VA.
- the stamp device 6 can extend in its length along a respective vertically oriented closing element axis VA.
- the stamp devices 6 can be moved axially between a raised and a lowered position, namely in the vertical direction, up and down as the rotor 3 rotates by means of a controlled lifting and / or lowering movement.
- the container 2 For the closing movement, that is to say the mutual pressing of the container 2 and the closing lid 21, only the container 2 can be lifted above the container carrier 8, for example.
- the container 2 can be raised above the container carrier 8 and, in addition, the stamping device 6 can be lowered at the same time or with a time delay.
- the container 2 can also be held in a fixed position on the container carrier 8 and only the stamp device 6 can be lowered.
- the stamp device 6 of the container closing station BS shown in FIG. 2 assumes the raised position and that of the container closing station BS ′ shown in FIG. 1 is in the lowered position.
- the axial stroke movement is also understood as the delivery stroke and forms a height control of the stamp device 6.
- a lifting curve 11 can be provided, by means of which the punch device 6 is positively guided around the central axis MA.
- the stamp devices designed as closing elements are provided 6 on the top, namely at its upper end via a roller 12, which runs guided on a guide surface of the lifting cam 11, and is preferably mechanically positively guided between two guide surfaces.
- the roller 12 therefore interacts with the guide surfaces of the lifting cam 11 via its running surface.
- the axial lifting and / or lowering movement of the stamping devices 6 along the closing element axis VA for their height control takes place during the rotation of the stamping devices 6 around the central axis MA due to the forced guidance between the rollers 12, 12 'in the lifting cam 11 and can therefore be used in this exemplary embodiment be designed as a lift curve-controlled height adjustment or as a lift curve height control.
- the lifting curve 11 of the exemplary closing device 1 has an essentially L-shaped cross section with a horizontal and a vertical limb, the horizontally oriented limb forming or providing the guide surface.
- the vertical extent varies over the circumference of the lifting curve 11, in particular a length of the vertical leg which has the smallest length in the container closing station BS shown and the greatest length in the case of the container closing station BS '.
- An outer circumference 11.1 of the lifting curve 11 is defined by the approximately vertically oriented end face of the horizontally oriented leg, which also forms the outer, in particular radially outer, circumferential surface and therefore defines the outside diameter of the lifting curve 11.
- the container carrier 8 is arranged below the respective stamp device 6, which is preferably rotatable around the closing element axis VA and lifting along the closing element axis VA, i.e. can be moved up and down in particular along the closing element axis VA, and is provided on the carrier ring 7 which can be driven around the central column 4 by a motor , or is arranged, as indicated in more detail in FIG.
- the container carrier 8 is preferably designed with its bearing surface 8.1 for the container 2 to be rotationally symmetrical to the closing element axis VA.
- the support surface 8.1 of the respective container carrier 8 advantageously has an outer diameter AD which is made larger than the outer diameter of the upright container 2, in particular its associated container bottom 2.1.
- a push-over element 10 enclosing the respective container carrier 8 at least partially around the circumference.
- the at least one push-over element 10 is provided to rotate with the container closing stations BS, in particular to rotate synchronously.
- the at least one push-over element 10 is designed to rotate around the central column 4 and to rotate synchronously with the rotor 3.
- the at least one push-over element 10 forms on or with its upper side OS a push-over plane ÜE for the planar pushing of the standing containers 2 from the transport plane TE onto the push-over plane ÜE spanned by the top OS of the at least one push-over element 10, by connecting the push-over plane ÜE with the transport plane TE trains or spans a common level GE.
- a closed, ie continuous, transport surface is thus formed between the first conveyor 5 and the at least one pushing element 10, on which the container 2 with its respective container bottom 2.1 is stepless from the first conveyor 5 to the pushing element 10 and from there to the height-adjustable container carrier 8 can be moved.
- the lifting-movable container carrier 8 is also located with its support surface 2.1 in the common plane GE.
- the at least one push-over element 10 can preferably be designed as a push-over plate and be arranged on the support ring 7 with a fastening arm 10.1.
- the longitudinal extension of the fastening arm 10.1 can extend, for example, perpendicularly or approximately perpendicularly to the transfer plane ÜE in the direction of the support ring 7.
- the at least one push-over element 10 is fixedly, but detachably, arranged on the support ring 7.
- the push-over element 10 can be designed in one piece with the carrier ring 7.
- the at least one push-over element 10 forms a planar, that is to say flat, surface 10.2 on its upper side OS, which spans the push-over plane ÜE.
- the thrust plane ÜE intersects the vertical machine axis MA preferably perpendicularly or approximately perpendicularly.
- the surface 10.2 advantageously has a low coefficient of friction, so that the containers 2 with their respective container bottoms 2.1 can easily be displaced on the push-over element 10.
- the at least one push-over element 10 has beveled edges at the free ends of the surface 10.2, i.e. in the area of the outer circumference of the surface 10.2, which further simplifies the pushing of the container 2 onto the push-over element 10.
- a push-over element 10 that completely surrounds the respective container carrier 8 in the area of its support surface 8.1 can be provided.
- the openings provided in the at least one push-over element 10 for the adjacent container carriers 8 have an inner diameter that is slightly larger than the outer geometry of the container carriers 8.
- guide railings can be provided as a lateral guide.
- the containers 2 are moved during their transport at least along this transition curve section, which is located between the first conveyor 5 and the respective container carrier 8 extends, guided in an alley bounded by guide railings on both sides.
- the lane is formed between the outer non-circumferential and an inner circumferential guide railing in which the containers 2 are guided at least along the transition curve section of the container treatment line BR.
- the containers 2 are preferably guided centrally onto the container carrier 8 by means of the guide railings and centrally under the raised stamping device 6 of an associated container treatment station BS.
- the guide railings can be designed in such a way that they prevent the containers 2 from tilting during transfer on the transition curve section of the container treatment line BR.
- the transition curve section formed by the guide railing between the first conveyor 5 and the transfer to the container treatment station BS is also advantageously designed as a clothoid section and / or a pure arc section, the course of which is chosen to be clothoid-shaped or arc-shaped.
- the sealing machine 1 has at least one counter-pressure element 23 above the movement path of the containers 2 along the container treatment path BR, in particular at least above the transition curve section, which presses against the sealing lid 21 placed on the container 2 by the sealing lid feeder 20.
- two counter-elements 23 provided essentially parallel to one another are provided on both sides above the path of movement of the containers 2 along the container treatment path BR, in particular at least on both sides above the transition curve section, which press on opposite sides against the closure lid 21 placed on the container 2 by the closure lid feeder 20 .
- the counter-pressure elements 23 are designed to press the respective closure cover 21, preferably at its free edge regions, in order to keep the center of the closure cover 21 free for the subsequent action / gripping of the stamping device 6.
- the counter-pressure elements 23 are preferably provided as counter-pressure strips which, on their respective undersides facing the closure covers 21, form sliding surfaces with a particularly low coefficient of sliding friction.
- the counter-pressure elements 23 can be arranged on the sealing machine 1 in such a way that the counter-pressure elements 23 are designed to be stationary, that is, they do not rotate or rotate with the closer and / or the can feeder or the feed wheel. Alternatively or in addition, however, the counter-pressure elements 23 can at least partially also be designed such that the counter-pressure elements 23 move with the first conveyor 5 and / or rotate the rotor 3.
- the counter-pressure elements 23 are advantageously designed to actively press / pretension the respective closure lid 21 and the associated container 2 before the combination of "closure lid 21 and associated container 2" circulates together at the container treatment station BS in such a way that such Sealing position between the closure lid 21 and the container 2 is achieved that sloshing out of the filling material when the container 2 is accelerated is completely, but at least essentially avoided.
- the pressing of the closure lid 21 and the associated container 2 against one another begins immediately after the closure lid 21 has been placed on the container 2 and preferably at a point in time at which the container 2 including the attached closure lid 21 is completely with its container bottom 2.1 on the corresponding container closure station BS , BS 'in the treatment direction A upstream transporter 5 is located.
- the closure lid 21 is placed on the container 2 and at least partially pressed on before the container 2 enters the effective area of the container closure station BS; BS 'arrives.
- the closure lid 21 is placed on the container 2 and at least partially pressed by means of the at least one counter-pressure element 23 before the respective container 2 with a maximum of 50%, preferably less than 25%, of its container bottom surface 2.1 on the respective container carrier 8 of a corresponding container closing station BS, BS 'is pushed over.
- the pressing against one another of the closure lid 21 and the container 2 is preferably effected by the at least one counter-pressure element 23. That
- the pressing of the closure lid 21 and the container 2 against one another is preferably maintained by means of the counter-pressure elements 23 until an associated stamp device 6 is lowered onto the closure lid 21 at a corresponding container treatment station BS and finally the respective closure lid 21 is finally pressed against the container 2 against one another.
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