US20170029150A1 - Thermo-forming packaging machine - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
- B65B41/02—Feeding sheets or wrapper blanks
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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
- B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
- B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
- B65B9/04—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material
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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
- B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
- B65B41/12—Feeding webs from rolls
- B65B41/14—Feeding webs from rolls by grippers
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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
- B65B47/00—Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
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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
- B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
- B65B61/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages
- B65B61/06—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting
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- the invention relates to a thermo-forming packaging machine.
- thermo-forming packaging machine with several transport devices in the form of transport chains, also referred to as clamp chains.
- a lower film web is transported in a front portion by a first clamp chain up to a transfer region and there received by a second clamp chain and transported along a rear portion of the thermo-forming packaging machine up to a cutting station.
- the disadvantage of such a thermo-forming packaging machine is that the clamp chain in the loading region or in a loading station, respectively, can be fouled by products and expensive cleaning can possibly result.
- One object of the present invention is to provide an improved thermo-forming packaging machine which minimizes fouling of clamp chains or the contamination of products by dirty clamp chains.
- the thermo-forming packaging machine comprises a forming station, a loading station, a sealing station, a cutting station and a film transport device with at least one clamp chain for transporting a lower film web in a direction of production. Unformed portions of the lower film web may be movable in a horizontal film plane along the stations.
- a first chain guide device of an upper chain run of the clamp chain can be provided in an upper chain guide plane in the region of the forming station, the sealing station and the cutting station.
- the thermo-forming packaging machine is characterized in that a second chain guide device of the upper chain run of the clamp chain may be provided in a lower chain guide plane in the region of the loading station.
- the lower chain guide plane can be lower than an underside of trays formed into the lower film web to produce the greatest possible distance between the lower film web and the clamp chain.
- the lower chain guide plane may be parallel to the upper chain guide plane thereby enabling a simple configuration.
- a first chain deflection device is provided downstream of the forming station in order to deflect the upper chain run from the upper chain guide plane to the lower chain guide plane. This ensures that the lower film web is securely held in the region of the forming station.
- a second chain deflection device can be provided upstream of the sealing station in order to deflect the upper chain run from the lower chain guide plane to the upper chain guide plane. This ensures that the lower film web and/or the upper film web are securely held in the region of the sealing station.
- the upper chain run which may be oriented parallel to the film transport plane within the loading station, may be protected by a cover from above or enclosed by a tunnel in order to prevent fouling of the upper chain run of the clamp chain in the region of the loading station by product residues falling or dripping down at the side of the lower film web.
- the lower chain run which may be oriented parallel to the film transport plane within the loading station, may be protected against fouling by a cover from above or enclosed by a tunnel.
- the tunnel can be configured as being, for example, made of one part or several parts and can comprise cleaning openings on its underside.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a thermo-forming packaging machine according to one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a film transport device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of a lower chain guide device with a cover according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view of a lower chain guide device with a cover according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a thermo-forming packaging machine 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- Thermo-forming packaging machine can 1 comprise a forming station 2 , a loading station 3 , a sealing station 4 , a cutting station 5 with a transverse cutting device 5 a and a longitudinal cutting device 5 b , which are arranged in this sequence in a direction of production R on a machine frame 6 .
- a supply roll 7 may be disposed on machine frame 6 from which a lower film web 8 is drawn off.
- a material storage 9 may be provided from which an upper film web 10 is drawn off.
- thermo-forming packaging machine 1 on the outlet side may comprise a removal device 11 in the form of a transport belt with which the completed and separated packages 12 are removed.
- thermo-forming packaging machine 1 can comprise a film transport device 13 that grips lower film web 8 and cyclically transports it onward in a main processing cycle in a film plane E in the direction of production R.
- Film transport device 13 can be realized, for example, by one or more clamp chains 14 disposed laterally of lower film web 8 .
- forming station 2 is configured as a thermoforming station in which trays 15 are formed into lower film web 8 by thermoforming.
- Forming station 2 can be designed such that several trays can be formed next to one another in the direction perpendicular to the direction of production R.
- Products 16 are in loading station 3 inserted into trays 15 , or trays 15 are filled with product 16 , respectively.
- Trays 15 comprise an underside 15 a.
- Sealing station 3 can comprise a sealable chamber 17 in which the atmosphere in trays 15 can prior to sealing be replaced, for example, by flushing with a gas using an exchange gas or an exchange gas mixture.
- Transverse cutting device 5 a may be designed as a punch that severs lower film web 8 and upper film web 10 between adjacent trays 15 in a direction transverse to the direction of production R Transverse cutting device 5 a can operate in such a manner that lower film web 8 is not separated across the entire width, but is, for example, not severed at least in one edge region. This allows for controlled farther transport through film transport device 13 .
- Longitudinal cutting device 5 b may be configured as a blade assembly with which lower film web 8 and upper film web 10 are severed between adjacent trays 15 and at the side edge of lower film web 8 , so that separated packages 12 result downstream of longitudinal cutting device 5 b.
- Thermo-forming packaging machine 1 can further comprise a controller 18 .
- Controller 18 may control and monitor the processes running in thermo-forming packaging machine 1 .
- a display device 19 with controls elements 20 may be used for visualizing or influencing the processes occurring in thermo-forming packaging machine 1 to or by an operator, respectively.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of film transport device 13 with a first clamp chain 14 and a second clamp chain 21 disposed parallel thereto which are configured to hold lower film web 8 on both sides in the regions of forming station 2 , sealing station 4 and cutting station 5 and transport it along the direction of production R.
- Horizontal film plane E is defined by the non-formed regions, namely outside the trays 15 , of lower film web 8 . This film plane E is also given in the region of loading station 3 , even if clamp chains 14 , 21 in that region do not hold lower film web 8 .
- Clamp chains 14 , 21 may each comprise an upper chain run 22 which can be moved in the direction of production R by way of a motorized drive 23 at the end of film transport device 13 .
- clamp chains 14 , 21 comprise a lower chain run 24 which is moved against the direction of production R from the end back to the start.
- a first chain guide device 25 can be provided in an upper chain guide plane OE in the regions of forming station 2 , sealing station 4 and cutting station 5 .
- a second chain guide device 26 can be provided in the region of loading station 3 in a lower chain guide plane UE that is disposed lower than the upper chain guide plane OE.
- a first chain deflection device 27 can be provided at the transition from first chain guide device 25 of forming station 2 to second chain guide device 26 of loading station 3
- a second chain deflection device 28 can be provided at the transition from second chain guide device 26 to first chain guide device 25 .
- Upper chain run 14 can be deflected there by way of several deflection wheels 29 from a horizontal direction to, for example, a vertical direction and vice versa, so that the chain path that is schematically shown is feasible.
- a cover 30 may be provided at second chain guide device 26 in lower chain guide plane UE to protect upper chain run 14 within loading station 3 against product residues coming from above.
- FIG. 3 in a sectional view in the direction of production R of second chain guide device 26 , shows a first variant of cover 30 in the form of a generally U-shaped cover hood 31 , so that product residues and cleaning agents can easily drain off the side.
- Cover hood 31 can be mounted, by way of a support 34 , to second chain guide device 26 .
- Cover hood 31 can alternatively be attached to machine frame 6 .
- FIG. 4 shows a sectional view of a second variant of cover 30 in the form of a tubular tunnel 32 .
- Tunnel 32 on its underside 32 may comprise several cleaning openings 33 through which cleaning liquid in the interior of tunnel 32 can drain away more easily.
- the connection between tunnel 32 and second chain guide device 26 may be realized by way of support 34 .
- tunnel 32 can alternatively be attached to machine frame 6 .
- clamp chain 14 , 21 at first chain deflection device 27 leaves upper chain guide plane OE, then lower film web 8 , which had until then been held or clamped by it, may be released, for example, by opening clamps 35 .
- clamp chain 14 , 21 at second chain deflection device 28 again reaches the upper chain guide plane OE, it may again grip lower film web 8 , in particular by closing clamps 35 .
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