WO2013050186A1 - Method and device for operating a system for treating containers - Google Patents
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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
- B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
- B65B59/003—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the packaging 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
- B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
- B65B3/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
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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
- B65B61/26—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for marking or coding completed packages
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- 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
- B65C9/40—Controls; Safety devices
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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
- B67B3/26—Applications of control, warning, or safety devices in capping machinery
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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
- B67C3/007—Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery
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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
- B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
- B65B2210/04—Customised on demand packaging by determining a specific characteristic, e.g. shape or height, of articles or material to be packaged and selecting, creating or adapting a packaging accordingly, e.g. making a carton starting from web material
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- the present invention relates to a method for operating a system for treating containers and a system for treating containers.
- filling systems are known which containers, such as plastic or glass bottles, fill with liquids and label.
- a typical filling plant for filling a container with a product is e.g. described in EP1959228A1.
- EP1959228A1 A typical filling plant for filling a container with a product is e.g. described in EP1959228A1.
- retrofitting bottling plants from one type of product or container to another often requires many changes and modifications to the plant. Since this change of product type is complex and does not take place during operation, each such change costs valuable production time.
- the start-up of the plant thus takes place so that the first containers produced are transported, for example, from the filler to the labeling machine. With these containers in a test run the labeling in the labeling machine. Possibly. It must already be changed settings that cost time and can lead to a backlog on the filler and its stop.
- the assessment of the labeled Containers can also lead to necessary corrections and can in turn mean time loss and possibly loss of production at the filler.
- Plastic (PET) bottles have fluctuating parameters that change the geometry of the containers.
- the internal pressure of the container leads to changes in the diameter, in the height and contour of the container.
- the pressure in the container is determined by many factors, including nitrogen injection or C0 2 content in the product.
- the effect can be enhanced by variations in the wall thickness of the PET bottle - e.g. when using preforms from different suppliers, batches, etc.
- Another important reason for the need for readjustments is wear on machine elements, e.g. the wear on conveyor chains and their wear strips.
- the present invention is therefore based on the object of providing an apparatus and a method for operating a system for treating containers, which simplifies and accelerates the retrofitting of the system in the event of a product-type change, ie an improvement in overall system efficiency (GAE) / overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) leads.
- GAE overall system efficiency
- OEE overall Equipment Effectiveness
- the measuring device determines after or during the treatment of the containers at least one characteristic of the geometric shape of the container characteristic. As a result, changes in shape which only occur through a treatment can be detected and reacted to. It can be determined by one or more measuring devices, the actual geometry of the container, for example by suitable cameras, scanners or other sensors.
- the measuring device can be based on an optical, magnetic, mechanical or other physical principle.
- the measured values determined by the measuring devices and the characteristic parameters derived therefrom can then be transmitted to all, several, or at least one further treatment units of the system, and taken into account for their control, adaptation, and for determining and / or correcting the setting values at treatment units.
- a treatment unit is to be understood as meaning an element / module of the installation which serves for the treatment of containers.
- the system may consist of a plurality of container treatment units. Stretching / blowing modules, filling and / or closing modules, labeling modules, printing modules, test modules, packing modules, etc. are all possible as typical treatment units.
- the use of a plurality of measuring devices is conceivable which measure distributed at all or more treatment units, or stations within the container treatment plant, characteristics of the containers and / or properties of the machine elements. In this way, the evolution of set values can be measured depending on the position within the plant and other variables (such as time, temperature, etc.).
- the measurement and, if appropriate, subsequent correction of the setting values can take place, for example, only during a test run / test startup of the system with a few first containers of a specific type, or else during operation in a continuous measurement correction loop of the treatment unit settings for a specific container type.
- the wear / tear of machine elements can be detected by a measuring device and the characteristic values derived therefrom can be used to correct the setting values and to control the treatment units.
- Fig. 1 height comparison of two containers
- Fig. 2 diameter comparison in the label area of two containers
- Fig. 3 Schematic overview of a possible logical configuration of the container treatment plant.
- FIG. 1 two containers 1 a, 1 b are shown with different geometry.
- the geometry of the containers differ in different container heights h1 a and h1 b.
- Container 1 a is located on machine element 3 a, which lies over machine element 4 a.
- Said machine elements 3a and 3b are new or not worn and have a height of h3a or h4a.
- As an example of corresponding machine elements are called conveyor chains and slide strips that can serve to transport containers.
- a measuring device detects both completely or partially the geometry of the container (including height of the container, diameter of the container in the labeling or printing area, contour, etc.), its three-dimensional position on a machine element, as well as all or part of the geometry of the machine elements with the position of the container.
- the values obtained by the measuring device, or derived characteristic quantities can be used to change the machines of the container-handling machine to the new type of product, or the standard presettings for the new one To correct and refine the product packaging variety.
- the measuring device when changing from container 1 a to container 1 b, the measuring device, for example, not only determines that the new container height 1 b is smaller than the container height 1 a of the previous container 1 a, but for example, that in the meantime, machine elements worn out and / or have changed (through the use and / or changes in operating environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, etc.).
- the measuring device represents e.g.
- This information can be forwarded together with other measured values (absolute position of the container with respect to the plant, geometry of the container, etc.) and / or other derived characteristic parameters to the treatment units of the plant for treating containers, where they are used to correct the setting values and / or for their control can be used.
- Fig. 2 illustrates the detection of a further geometric characteristic of the containers to be treated, namely the diameter of the containers in the labeling area. As FIG. 2 illustrates, the diameter 0D1 of container 5a measured by the measuring device is smaller than the diameter 0D2 of container 5b.
- the measured values and derived parameters recorded by a measuring device can be displayed on a control console (at a measuring device and / or at a treatment center) in order to be read, controlled and processed by the system personnel.
- the information transmission between the measuring device and container treatment units can be done both via cable and wirelessly.
- the measuring device may be integrated into the first treatment unit, or located after the first treatment unit, before or in another treatment unit.
- a plurality of measuring devices are operated at a plurality of treatment units. Additional or other measurements from other measuring equipment (s) may also be made prior to the first container treatment, if the other measuring equipment (s) is in front of or at the first treatment unit, or the measurements may be taken after the first container treatment are performed. In the case of a measuring device integrated in a treatment center, measurements may be taken during or after the treatment.
- Fig. 3a Fig. 3b are shown schematically by way of example two different systems A1 and A2 for treating containers. Both systems have at least two treatment units B1 and B2, but may have any number of additional, ie total, B1, B2, BN treatment units. In the illustrated configuration for system A1 (FIG.
- a measuring device M1 is provided at / at a first treatment unit B1, wherein the measuring device M1 can also be integrated in the treatment unit B1.
- the measuring device M1 can carry out measurements on the containers and on machine elements, during or after the treatment by B1. Measured values and derived characteristic parameters (eg regarding the geometry of the container, wear and tear of machine elements) can be analyzed and processed by the measuring device and the resulting values for the adjustment, correction of the Adjustment, adjustment and control parameters or commands for setting and control for B1 and at least one other treatment unit (eg B2) are taken into account.
- M1 is at least temporarily in communication connection via a communication channel K2 with B1 itself and / or with at least one further treatment unit (eg B2) in connection.
- the data collected and determined by M1 can be transmitted to a central investment control unit ZS via a further communication channel K1.
- the ZS is at least temporarily in contact with M1 and at least one treatment unit.
- the transport of containers within the system takes place by means of transport machine elements, such as conveyor chains and slide strips.
- machine element T12 is responsible for conveying containers from B1 to B2, and Tij carries containers from i-th treatment unit to another jth treatment unit, where i, j are integers between 2 and N.
- Appendix 2 ( Figure 3b), which, like Appendix 1, has a number of N treatment units, the measuring device M1 is located after the first treatment unit, i. in this case, M1 performs measurements on the containers only after a first treatment by B1.
- the data communication between M1, ZS and the treatment units is as described in Appendix 1.
- the first treatment unit is a filling and / or closing device, ie a treatment unit for filling and / or closing containers.
- a filling and / or closing device ie a treatment unit for filling and / or closing containers.
- subsequent machines and processing units it may be advantageous that they are not blocked, i. are decoupled by transporters or buffer systems of the filling and / or closing device.
- At least one further treatment unit is used for labeling or printing on the containers.
- the use of the measured values and the characteristic quantities derived therefrom, which are obtained from a measuring device, in order to be used for the control, adaptation and setpoint correction of treatment units can be carried out automatically or manually.
- the manual use of the measured values by the system personnel can be done eg via control consoles and the corresponding treatment units, or via a central operating console.
- the automatic use of a central computing / control unit which is in at least temporary communication with the / the measuring / s and all determined by the / the measuring device / s measured values and derived characteristic parameters, corrections, control commands, etc., collects and, if necessary further processed and Control, adjustment and setpoint correction of the treatment units used.
- An automatic use of the measuring device data (including measured values, derived characteristic parameters, control and adaptation commands) is also possible via a direct communication path between the measuring device (s) and the treatment unit (s).
- the detection of the container height can be used to set the jam detection sensors in the transport and machine inlets, as well as the height adjustment of the sensors.
- the detection of the container diameter can be used to set the container enemas on labellers and packers.
- the measurement of the container diameter in the label area of a container can be used to set the labeling machines.
- Expiration date can be used to set the printer.
- the number of measured values obtainable according to the invention, derived characteristic parameters (ie parameters describing the properties of the containers, plant or parts of the plant) and the subsequent control, adjustment, adaptation instructions for treatment units (ie parameters describing the treatment of the containers) continue and is not limited to the ones listed here.
- A1, A2 Appendices A1, A2 for the treatment of containers
- K1 Communication channel for the transmission of data, commands and other information between the treatment units and the central investment control unit
- K2 Communication channel for the transmission of data, commands and other information between a measuring device and treatment units
- T12 Machine element for transporting containers between the first and second treatment unit
- Tij machine element for transporting containers between i-ter and j-ter
- Treatment unit where i, j are integers between 2 and N.
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