EP4396123A1 - Behandlungsanlage für kegs - Google Patents
Behandlungsanlage für kegsInfo
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- EP4396123A1 EP4396123A1 EP22772826.8A EP22772826A EP4396123A1 EP 4396123 A1 EP4396123 A1 EP 4396123A1 EP 22772826 A EP22772826 A EP 22772826A EP 4396123 A1 EP4396123 A1 EP 4396123A1
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- Prior art keywords
- treatment
- filling
- kegs
- cleaning
- keg
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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
- B67C3/30—Filling of barrels or casks
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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
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a system for treating, in particular cleaning and filling, KEGs with at least two treatment modules and a controller for controlling the treatment modules.
- the filling product source is preferably a filling product tank, but can also be realized by a filling product line connected to any filling product store.
- a “filling product” within the meaning of the present invention can be, for example, a drink, in particular a drink containing CO2.
- the filling product can be beer, a mixed beer drink or a carbonated soft drink.
- the interface provided for each treatment module can also be referred to as a supply interface, via which the supply connections of the treatment modules are essentially implemented and thus the supply of filling product and other media is ensured.
- the interface or supply interface is therefore also to be understood as an interface for supplying the treatment modules with all liquids or gaseous media that are required to treat the KEGs.
- the interface is equipped with connections to corresponding lines that supply the media mentioned.
- such connections can also bear the designations "filling product connection” or "media connection”, in particular also “water connection”, “cleaning medium connection” or “flushing or tensioning gas connection”.
- the interface can preferably include, for example, an arrangement of a plurality of controllable or switchable valves, for example a valve block, it being possible for the individual valves to be switched by means of the controller.
- cleaning medium All media commonly used in connection with cleaning in the food industry, in particular the beverage industry, which are familiar to a person skilled in the art, come into consideration as the “cleaning medium”.
- the cleaning can include a number of different cleaning steps with different cleaning media, the number of cleaning steps being carried out sequentially or one after the other, for example.
- at least one lye is preferably used as a cleaning medium or as a component of a cleaning medium.
- the respective treatment module is advantageously designed as a “stand-alone” module, ie as a treatment module that can be operated independently of the other treatment modules of the system.
- a “stand-alone” module ie as a treatment module that can be operated independently of the other treatment modules of the system.
- this enables a high level of flexibility in the system - both in terms of the total number of treatment modules in the system, which can be increased or decreased as desired, and the number of treatment modules in operation at a specific point in time.
- the treatment system preferably has a loading device connected to the controller for feeding and removing the KEGs from/to the treatment modules, in particular a loading robot.
- the feeding of the KEGs, which may be equipped for different filling products, to the correct assigned treatment modules for the corresponding filling product can thus be controls take place automatically and are therefore optimized and fail-safe.
- the loading device can particularly preferably be an articulated-arm robot, in particular a 5- or 6-axis articulated-arm robot.
- the loading device can be a manually operated lifting aid with a display, which is connected to the controller. In this case, the operator is instructed via the display which KEG is to be fed to which treatment module.
- the controller is preferably set up to control the loading device in such a way that it places KEGs filled with different filling products from the treatment modules together on a transport pallet or a transporter. In this way, automatically mixed pallets can be prepared for end customers, which then no longer have to be put together by the delivery agent.
- the controller preferably has a work plan memory for filling orders to be carried out and the controller has a computing module which is designed to control the treatment modules and the signaling device or the loading robot on the basis of the filling orders.
- the treatment system can also reliably process smaller filling orders one after the other in an optimized manner, with the processing being able to be optimized in terms of handling.
- the system is therefore particularly suitable for filling smaller batches of KEGs with different products.
- the computing module of the controller is set up to control the treatment modules and the loading device in such a way that the order processing is either time-optimized, according to filling and/or cleaning performance optimized, energy-optimized or optimized with regard to the operating paths of the robots.
- these optimization criteria can also be combined together in the desired way, for example by a corresponding cost function.
- the KEG holder is designed to hold a single KEG in at least one of the treatment modules, preferably in several or each of the treatment modules.
- the respective treatment module designed to hold an individual KEG has exactly one KEG holder, so that the treatment module is designed to hold exactly one KEG.
- the treatment module is therefore also to be regarded as a modularly constructed, in particular independent, treatment station for exactly one individual KEG. This has the advantage that, especially in small systems, individual KEGs can be filled with different products one after the other. The flexibility of such a system is therefore greater than with conventional market solutions, since the type of treatment can be changed with each KEG.
- the treatment modules are preferably set up to treat different KEGs, with at least one of the treatment modules being designed to treat KEGs of a first type and/or a first size and at least one other of the treatment modules being designed to treat KEGs of a second type and/or a second size is. In this way, not only different filling products, but also different KEG sizes or KEG shapes can be treated in the treatment plant.
- At least one treatment module preferably several or each of the treatment modules, is designed for cleaning and filling the KEG and has a treatment head both for cleaning the interior and for filling the KEG.
- the system is more flexible than the prior art with regard to its division into different treatment steps, such as cleaning or filling.
- several treatment modules preferably all treatment modules, have the ability to both clean and fill a KEG. In this way, the system is able to flexibly and individually allocate different treatment tasks, such as cleaning and filling, to the different treatment modules at the same time.
- the KEG to be treated is accommodated in the same treatment module during the entire treatment, namely both during internal cleaning and during filling connected to the exactly one treatment head provided there.
- a single, namely precisely one, KEG is thus accommodated in a respective treatment module over the entire duration of the treatment, namely for the entire treatment process, and is coupled to the treatment head.
- each treatment module suitable for cleaning has interfaces to a water line/steam line, a pressurized gas line and at least one cleaning medium line. In this way, each treatment module can be supplied with all common cleaning agents that are required for basic interior cleaning of the KEG.
- At least one of the treatment modules preferably has a device for cleaning the outside of the KEGs.
- the flexibility of this at least one treatment module is thereby extended from the treatment type filling or the two treatment types filling and interior cleaning to the treatment type exterior cleaning, which further increases the flexibility of the entire system and makes the provision of separate exterior cleaning modules unnecessary.
- the treatment modules in the treatment plant can thus preferably all be designed identically.
- the exterior cleaning module is also arranged in the access area of the loading device for feeding and removing the KEGs to/from the exterior cleaning module.
- the loading device can thus alternatively equip a treatment module for filling and cleaning the interior or an exterior cleaning module for cleaning the exterior of the KEG, with the controller being able to control these types of container treatment in an optimized manner.
- the external cleaning process can also be indicated to an operator by a signaling device if no loading robot is used.
- At least one of the treatment modules contains a temperature detection device that is designed to measure an outside wall temperature of the KEG during the filling and/or cleaning of the KEG in the treatment module, for example to detect the degree of filling and/or soiling of a KEG.
- the KEG holder of the treatment module is preferably designed to hold the KEG statically both during cleaning and during filling, which ensures easy handling.
- the signaling device can have a display, an optical device such as an LED and/or an acoustic device such as a loudspeaker, a buzzer or the like.
- the signaling device can also be a server-based terminal.
- the signaling device is used to prompt the operator to carry out a specific activity on the treatment module (eg by issuing instructions) or to signal this. In this case, instead of an automatic loading device for feeding/removing the KEGs, only one Instructions for the manual work of an operator are given, supported by a loading device designed as a manually operated lifting aid.
- the controller is preferably a common controller that is communicatively connected to several, preferably all, treatment modules and to the signaling device and/or the loading robot and is set up to control the units connected to it, in particular in a coordinated and/or process-optimized manner .
- At least one identification device connected to the controller is also provided for identifying the KEGs to be treated.
- the identification device is preferably designed to read information stored on data carriers that are assigned to the KEGs to be treated.
- the controller is preferably designed to optimally control the system as a function of the information read out by means of the identification device.
- This optimization of the control is possible in particular in that the optimization process is based on the respective information that is associated with the individual KEGs to be treated.
- This information is stored on data carriers, which are formed, for example, by transponders that are arranged, for example, on or in a respective KEG. In this case, each data carrier or transponder is assigned directly to a respective KEG.
- the data carriers or transponders can be attached to a packaging or storage unit, for example to a pallet, if preferably similar KEGs are stored there.
- This indirect assignment of the data carriers or transponders to the respective KEGs can be particularly useful when the control-relevant information relating to the respective KEGs is the same for all the KEGs located on the packaging or storage unit. In the latter case, for example, there is the further advantage that only one data carrier on the pallet has to be read for several KEGs.
- other corresponding coding systems can also form a respective data carrier as long as compatibility with the identification device provided is ensured.
- barcodes, QR codes, color codes (in particular colored markings on the KEGs and/or different colored KEGs), electronic product codes or even printed tags or labels can also be used as data carriers.
- the identification device can then, in coordination with the respective data carrier to be read, include, for example, a camera for identifying the KEG using image recognition or a barcode or QR code reader, or an RFID reader .
- the control of the treatment modules is preferably optimized in relation to the application and can take place on the basis of the assignment of individual or different criteria or parameters.
- the optimization takes place, for example, with regard to one or more criteria which are obtained in particular from the information read out and are made available to the controller.
- the criteria or parameters namely the optimization parameters or criteria, can include the following, for example: the assignment of cleaning parameters for cleaning the identified KEGs, the assignment of a filling product for filling the identified KEGs, the assignment of filling parameters for filling the identified KEGs, the assignment of the origin and/or further determination of the identified KEGs, for example also in relation to a packaging or storage unit and/or in relation to a label identification.
- the identification device is particularly preferably a reading device which has at least one reading unit and is designed to read out the information stored on the data carriers using electromagnetic waves.
- the reading device can in particular be an RF ID reading device.
- the data carriers assigned to the respective KEGs are in the form of RFID transponders.
- RFID transponders are known to the person skilled in the art with regard to their technical configuration and mode of operation, in particular with regard to the basic structural and functional design.
- the stored information or data can either be stored directly on the RFID transponder itself, namely in particular on its chip, or else in a database communicating with the transponder.
- the controller provided in the system is preferably a programmable logic controller. It goes without saying that the identification device, which is connected to the control in a communicative manner, communicates with the control and is connected to it for the purpose of data exchange via specified, specific protocols (e.g. Ethernet, Profinet or Powerlink). In cases where relevant information is stored in databases, the database is of course also connected to the controller in a communicating manner.
- specific protocols e.g. Ethernet, Profinet or Powerlink
- 1 is a plan view of a container treatment system for KEGs with five treatment modules
- FIG. 2 shows a view II-II from FIG. 1 with the omission of the treatment modules arranged at an angle
- FIG. 1 and 2 show a system 10 for treating KEGs 12, which can also be referred to as a KEG treatment system 10 for cleaning and filling KEGs 12, which has seven container treatment modules 14a-14g arranged in a circle around a loading device 16 are arranged in the form of a loading robot 16.
- the loading robot 16 has a vertical Axis z rotatable base body 22, which carries a movable by several degrees of freedom gripper arm 18.
- the first two treatment modules 14a and 14b also have an external cleaning function (Fig. 3), which allows the KEGs 12 to be cleaned from the outside as well, i.e. the outer wall of the KEGs 12 to clean.
- Fig. 3 an external cleaning function
- the first two treatment modules 14a and 14b only have the external cleaning function, while all other treatment modules 14c-14g have the cleaning and filling function due to the combined cleaning/filling head 36.
- the loading robot 16 can be rotated about a central axis z, which is located in particular in the center of the treatment modules 14a-14g arranged in a circle. This is advantageous because the distance of each treatment module 14a-14g from the loading robot 16 is identical, which simplifies the calculation and optimization of the supply and removal paths.
- the treatment modules 14a-14g can be arranged one above the other or staggered one above the other for better space utilization
- the two first container treatment modules 14a and 14b have a device for cleaning the outside of the KEG 12, as shown in FIG.
- the KEG holder 35 of the first two container treatment modules 14a,b is covered by a Plexiglas housing 50, metal housing or glass cover in order to enable the outer wall to be sprayed with a high-pressure jet and/or steam pressure jet without damaging the environment affect.
- the KEG holder 35 is in particular surrounded by a casing, e.g. made of stainless steel or a Plexiglas housing 50.
- Spray nozzles 52 for example high-pressure spray nozzles, are arranged on the frame 15 of the first two treatment modules 14a,b.
- a reading device 46 can also be arranged on the treatment module 14a-g or another part of the treatment system 10, for example.
- the reading device 46 is used in particular to read a machine-readable data carrier of the KEG 12.
- This data from the KEG 12 can also be stored in a memory of the controller 30 and used, for example, for reference purposes, such as which customer the KEG 12 was last with, what is the empty weight, which product was last filled in, how long was that KEG 12 at the customer, how long was it transported or stored, etc..
- This data can also be used to draw conclusions about the degree of soiling in the future and use the controller to set an individual cleaning time for each KEG 12.
- the contamination can also be recorded, i.e. alternatively or additionally, by measuring the KEG weight. These features allow the controller 30 to customize the duration of the cleaning process for each individual KEG 12. Alternatively, contamination can also be detected using a vibration sensor attached to the outside wall of the KEG, since the degree of contamination is reflected in the vibration behavior of the KEG.
- the controller 30 can also take into account the individual cleaning times of different treatment modules 14a-14g, as they were recorded, for example, via the reading device 46. In this way, a highly effective and fast container treatment including external cleaning, internal cleaning and filling is provided for small and medium-sized bottling plants.
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| DE102021122454.3A DE102021122454A1 (de) | 2021-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | Behandlungsanlage für KEGs |
| PCT/EP2022/074058 WO2023031183A1 (de) | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-30 | Behandlungsanlage für kegs |
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