EP4558441A1 - VERSCHLIEßMASCHINE SOWIE FÜLLANLAGE - Google Patents
VERSCHLIEßMASCHINE SOWIE FÜLLANLAGEInfo
- Publication number
- EP4558441A1 EP4558441A1 EP23734227.4A EP23734227A EP4558441A1 EP 4558441 A1 EP4558441 A1 EP 4558441A1 EP 23734227 A EP23734227 A EP 23734227A EP 4558441 A1 EP4558441 A1 EP 4558441A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- closing
- machine
- housing
- filling
- process control
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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
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
- B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
- B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
- B67C3/22—Details
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
- B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
- B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
- B67C3/22—Details
- B67C3/222—Head-space air removing devices, e.g. by inducing foam
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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
- B67C7/002—General lay-out of bottle-handling machines
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a closing machine for the beverage industry with a housing and a closing device arranged in the housing for closing containers, the closing devices having at least one media line for supplying and/or removing a fluid and with a process control device, which has at least one control element for control which has at least one media line.
- Such closing devices are basically known from the prior art and serve to close the filled containers after filling.
- the invention relates to a closing machine for closing containers designed as beverage cans.
- Beverage cans made of aluminum or tinplate with a folded lid are characterized by good stability, low weight and good barrier properties. Due to the low weight and the compact shape, there are also advantages in transport and storage. Finally, common beverage cans can easily be recycled as metal.
- Beverage cans are usually filled in a carousel and then fed to a sealing device. To close it, a can lid is first placed on it and then the can lid is closed with the can by flanging using a folding roller arrangement.
- a process control device is also provided, which is usually integrated in the housing of the closing device.
- the closing device comprises all components which are actively required for closing the containers, wherein the process control device comprises all components which are required for the control and/or regulation of the at least one media line.
- the invention is based on the object of specifying a sealing machine which is characterized by a simple and flexible design.
- the process control device is arranged outside the housing separately from the closing device.
- the process control device now forms a separate unit provided outside the encapsulated housing and can be arranged in almost any suitable location. This makes it possible to use the available installation space as effectively and flexibly as possible.
- the housing is not blocked unnecessarily by the process control device on one side of the housing, so that the closing device can be reached from almost all sides of the housing. This significantly simplifies the maintenance effort in particular.
- maintenance of the process control device can also be carried out without having to intervene in the housing. This ensures that the housing continues to form a hygienically perfect clean room even during maintenance.
- the at least one control element is a controllable and/or regulatable fluid valve.
- the closing device has a large number of media lines. Accordingly, it can be provided that at least two, three or more media lines are provided, each of which is assigned a controllable fluid valve. In any case, all existing control elements are arranged as part of the process control device outside the housing of the closing machine. According to a particularly preferred embodiment, the process control device has a controllable fluid valve for each of the media lines.
- the process control device further has a control unit for controlling and/or regulating the at least one control element.
- a control unit is understood in particular to mean an electronic unit which controls the amount of fluid supplied or removed in the media lines via electronic data processing.
- a control system can also be provided, in which case the control unit has sensors assigned to the media lines or the control elements and a determined value is determined based on the data determined by the sensors. suitable regulation takes place.
- This electronic unit is also understood to be part of the process control unit and is therefore also arranged outside the housing. This is particularly advantageous because electronic components in particular have to be replaced frequently, and if they are arranged within the housing, the hygienic clean room would also have to be accessed here.
- one of the media lines is initially connected on the input side to a supply connection for a protective gas, in particular carbon dioxide or nitrogen.
- a protective gas in particular carbon dioxide or nitrogen.
- the corresponding media line is connected to an under-lid gassing unit.
- a further media line is preferably also provided, which enables excess protective gas to be removed.
- a blower is then preferably also provided in these separate media lines, which enables the protective gas to be removed by creating a negative pressure. This fan is also preferably arranged outside the housing.
- At least one of the media lines is connected to a supply connection for cleaning agents, in particular water or cleaning foam.
- cleaning agents in particular water or cleaning foam.
- one media line for water and another media line for cleaning foam are provided. These fluids are used to clean the machine, with cleaning foam and then water being supplied first.
- these media lines are part of a cleaning unit, this cleaning unit still forms part of the closing device, which is usually arranged within the housing.
- the housing has one or more closable accesses. These are, in particular, maintenance flaps which enable intervention in the closing unit. By arranging the process control device outside the housing, such lockable accesses can be provided on several sides.
- the invention furthermore relates to a filling system for the beverage industry with a filling device for filling containers and a closing machine according to the invention for closing the containers, the closing machine being connected to the filling device via a transport unit and the transport unit being designed to transport the containers from the filling device to transport the sealing machine.
- these are preferably beverage cans which are first filled in the filling device and then forwarded to the sealing machine via the transport unit.
- the filling machine and/or the closing machine are each designed as rotary machines.
- the containers are moved in rotation by means of a treatment gyroscope, in particular a filling gyroscope or a sealing gyroscope, and are filled or closed in the process.
- a walkable stage is provided, with the process control device being arranged on the stage.
- Such a walk-on stage basically has several advantages.
- Such a walkable stage is often provided for the filling device anyway in order to enable better access to the filling device.
- Such a configuration is particularly useful if the filling device provides a transport gyroscope as a rotary machine, with the containers then being filled on this transport gyroscope during transport.
- the accessible stage then forms sufficient installation space for the arrangement of the process control device, so that the individual components of the closing machine can be arranged on different vertical levels. Because the stage is accessible, it is also possible to carry out maintenance work on the process control unit.
- Such a walkable stage can also be provided exclusively for the arrangement of the process control unit, in which case a smaller walkable stage is then possible.
- the filling device has an enclosure, with the accessible stage being arranged on or on the enclosure.
- the accessible stage is arranged on or on the enclosure.
- Such an enclosure makes sense if the filling process also needs to take place under clean room conditions.
- the housing of the sealing machine borders directly on the housing. Because the housing no longer includes the process control device, the housing can be made significantly smaller and, despite being arranged directly next to the housing, only require a comparatively small amount of installation space.
- a further development of the invention provides that the housing and the housing of the closing machine each have a passage opening, with the transport unit extending through the passage opening. Due to the housing of the filling device and the housing of the closing machine, both components can be operated under clean room conditions, with the provision of passage openings allowing the transport unit to transfer between both system components and at the same time It is ensured that the clean room conditions are also adhered to during handover.
- the invention preferably further provides that the enclosure has one or more passage doors. This means that access to the filling device can also be made possible from the outside.
- Fig. 3 is a top view of the filling system according to Figs. 1 and 2.
- FIG. 1 to 3 show a filling system according to the invention in different views, with the following description being particularly clear on the basis of a comparative examination of the individual figures.
- the filling system is designed for the beverage industry and is used to fill containers designed as beverage cans and then close them.
- a filling device 1 is provided, with the filling device 1 being connected to a sealing machine 2, which is arranged directly next to the filling device 1 and the cans filled in the filling device 1 being transferred to the sealing machine 2 via a transport unit 17.
- the closing machine 2 also has a housing 3 in which a closing device is provided, which closes the containers supplied via the transport unit.
- the housing 3 forms an encapsulation under clean room conditions to ensure that the containers are hygienically sealed and no contaminants from outside can penetrate the container.
- the closing device also has several media lines 4, 5, 6, through which various fluids can be supplied to the closing device.
- the first media line 4 is a line for supplying a protective gas, in the present case carbon dioxide (CO2).
- CO2 carbon dioxide
- a cleaning foam can be supplied via the second media line 5 and water can be supplied via the third media line. It can be seen here that these fluids are not fed directly to the closing device. Rather, a process control device 7 is provided, this process control device 7 having both fluid valves assigned to the media lines 4, 5, 6 and an electronic control unit for controlling these fluid valves. Accordingly, it is possible to control or regulate the supply of fluids via this process control device 7.
- this process control device 7 is not arranged within the housing 3 of the closing machine 2. Rather, the filling device 1 has an enclosure 8, on which an accessible stage 9 is arranged above. On this accessible stage 9, the process control device 7 is then arranged separately from the closing device outside the housing 3.
- the filling system also has a media supply unit 10, which, like the housing 2, directly adjoins the housing 8.
- the fluids for the media lines 4, 5, 6 can be provided via this media supply unit 10.
- the media lines 4, 5, 6 have corresponding supply connections 4a, 5a, 6a.
- the housing 3 has several closable accesses 12, 13, via which an intervention into the housing 3 and thus access to the locking device is made possible.
- the enclosure also has 8 passage doors 14, through which access to the filling device 2 is made possible.
- the process control device 7 also has a fourth media line 15, which connects to a suction device 16. Gas introduced into the closure device, in particular carbon dioxide, can be led out of the housing 3 again via this fourth media line 15.
- Stage 0 media supply unit 2 13 entrances 4 passage doors 5 fourth media line 6 suction device 7 transport unit
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- Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DE102022117985.0A DE102022117985A1 (de) | 2022-07-19 | 2022-07-19 | Verschließmaschine sowie Füllanlage |
| PCT/EP2023/066686 WO2024017551A1 (de) | 2022-07-19 | 2023-06-20 | VERSCHLIEßMASCHINE SOWIE FÜLLANLAGE |
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| EP4558441A1 true EP4558441A1 (de) | 2025-05-28 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| EP23734227.4A Pending EP4558441A1 (de) | 2022-07-19 | 2023-06-20 | VERSCHLIEßMASCHINE SOWIE FÜLLANLAGE |
Country Status (3)
| Country | Link |
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| EP (1) | EP4558441A1 (de) |
| DE (1) | DE102022117985A1 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2024017551A1 (de) |
Family Cites Families (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| DE19817735C1 (de) * | 1998-04-21 | 1999-11-11 | Fehland Engineering Gmbh | Getränkeabfüllvorrichtung |
| ATE396952T1 (de) * | 2005-11-16 | 2008-06-15 | Arol Spa | Vorrichtung und verfahren zum verschliessen von behältern |
| DE102010027077A1 (de) * | 2010-07-13 | 2012-01-19 | Krones Aktiengesellschaft | Aseptische Abfüllanlage |
| DE102019130364A1 (de) * | 2019-11-11 | 2021-05-12 | Khs Gmbh | Lineare Füllmaschine zum Befüllen von Behältern mit Füllgut |
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- 2022-07-19 DE DE102022117985.0A patent/DE102022117985A1/de active Pending
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- 2023-06-20 WO PCT/EP2023/066686 patent/WO2024017551A1/de not_active Ceased
- 2023-06-20 EP EP23734227.4A patent/EP4558441A1/de active Pending
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| DE102022117985A1 (de) | 2024-01-25 |
| WO2024017551A1 (de) | 2024-01-25 |
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