WO2013050203A1 - Packaging machine and method for producing sealed packages of a food product from a web of a packaging material - 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
- B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
- B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
- B65B55/027—Packaging in aseptic chambers
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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
- B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
- B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
- B65B55/04—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
- B65B55/10—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging by liquids or gases
- B65B55/103—Sterilising flat or tubular webs
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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
- B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
- B65B43/08—Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material
- B65B43/10—Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material by folding the 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
- B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
- B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
- B65B51/26—Devices specially adapted for producing transverse or longitudinal seams in webs or tubes
- B65B51/30—Devices, e.g. jaws, for applying pressure and heat, e.g. for subdividing filled tubes
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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
- B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
- B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
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- the present invention relates to a packaging machine and to a method for producing sealed packages of a food product from a web of packaging material.
- Tetra Brik Aseptic registered trademark
- the packaging material has a multilayer structure substantially comprising a base layer for stiffness and strength, which may be defined by a layer of fibrous material, e.g. paper, or mineral-filled polypropylene material; and a number of layers of heat-seal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene film, covering both sides of the base layer.
- a base layer for stiffness and strength which may be defined by a layer of fibrous material, e.g. paper, or mineral-filled polypropylene material; and a number of layers of heat-seal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene film, covering both sides of the base layer.
- the packaging material also comprises a layer of gas- and light-barrier material, e.g. aluminium foil or ethyl vinyl alcohol (EVOH) film, which is superimposed on a layer of heat-seal plastic material, and is in turn covered with another layer of heat-seal plastic material forming the inner face of the package eventually contacting the food product.
- gas- and light-barrier material e.g. aluminium foil or ethyl vinyl alcohol (EVOH) film
- packages of this sort are produced on fully automatic packaging machines, on which the tube is formed continuously from the web-fed packaging material. More specifically, the web of packaging material is unwound off a reel and fed through a station for applying a sealing strip of heat-seal plastic material, and through an aseptic chamber on the packaging machine, where it is sterilized, e.g. by applying a sterilizing agent such as hydrogen peroxide, which is subsequently evaporated by heating, and/or by subjecting the packaging material to radiation of appropriate wavelength and intensity.
- a sterilizing agent such as hydrogen peroxide
- the web of packaging material is then fed through a number of forming assemblies which interact with the packaging material to fold it gradually from strip form into a tube shape.
- a first portion of the sealing strip is applied to a first longitudinal edge of the packaging material, on the face of the material eventually forming the inside of the packages; and a second portion of the sealing strip projects from the first longitudinal edge.
- the forming assemblies are arranged in succession, and comprise respective roller folding members defining a number of packaging material passages varying gradually in cross-section from a C shape to a substantially circular shape.
- the second longitudinal edge is laid on the outside of the first longitudinal edge with respect to the axis of the tube being formed. More specifically, the sealing strip is located entirely inside the tube, and the face of the second longitudinal edge facing the axis of the tube is superimposed partly on the second portion of the sealing strip, and partly on the face of the first longitudinal edge located on the opposite side to the first portion of the sealing strip.
- Packaging machines of the above type are known in which the first and second longitudinal edges are heat sealed within the aseptic chamber to form a longitudinal seal along the tube, which is then filled with the sterilized or pasteurized food product.
- packaging machines of the above type comprise a forming unit in which the tube and is sealed and cut along equally spaced cross sections to form pillow packs.
- Forming unit comprise two or more jaws which cyclically interact with the tube to seal it.
- Pillow packs are then folded mechanically to form respective packages at a folding unit, which is arranged downstream from the movable components of the forming unit .
- the forming unit is arranged downstream from the aseptic chamber, with reference to the advancing direction of the tube.
- a seal separates in a tight-fluid way the aseptic chamber from the forming unit, by exerting a pressure against the tube of packaging material.
- the opening devices advancing with the tube move away the seal from the outer diameter of the tube, so reducing the effectiveness of the seal in tight-fluid separating the aseptic chamber.
- the peroxide residues may penalize the wear resistance of mechanical components of the forming and folding units, for example the jaws.
- the forming unit is normally accessible by a human operator.
- the present invention also relates to a method of producing sealed packages of a food product from a web of packaging material, as claimed in claim 10.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the packaging machine, in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 2 is an enlarged front view of some components of the packaging machine of Figure 1, with parts removed for clarity;
- FIG 3 shows further components of the packaging machine of Figure 1, with parts removed for clarity.
- Number 1 in Figures 1 to 3 indicates as a whole a packaging machine for continuously producing sealed packages 9 of a food product from a web 3 of packaging material, which is unwound off a reel 4 and fed along a forming path P.
- Machine 1 preferably produces sealed packages 9 of a pourable food product, such as pasteurized or UHT milk, fruit juice, wine, peas, beans, etc.
- Machine 1 may also produce sealed packages 9 of a food product that is pourable when producing packages 9, and sets after packages 9 are sealed.
- a food product is a portion of cheese, that is melted when producing packages 9, and sets after packages 9 are sealed.
- the packaging material has a multilayer structure substantially comprising a base layer for stiffness and strength, which may be defined by a layer of fibrous material, e.g. paper, or mineral-filled polypropylene material; and a number of layers of heat-seal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene film, covering both sides of the base layer.
- a base layer for stiffness and strength which may be defined by a layer of fibrous material, e.g. paper, or mineral-filled polypropylene material; and a number of layers of heat-seal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene film, covering both sides of the base layer.
- web 3 is fed along path P by guide members 5, e.g. rollers or similar, and successively through a number of work stations, of which are shown schematically: a station 6 for applying a sealing strip to web 3; a forming station 7 for forming a tube 10 of packaging material having an axis A; and a station 8 for heat sealing a longitudinal seal 14 along tube 10.
- guide members 5 e.g. rollers or similar
- web 3 comprises a plurality of directly injection-molded closable opening devices 70.
- Machine 1 also comprises a fill device 12 for pouring the sterilized or sterile-processed food product continuously into tube 10 of packaging material.
- the sealing strip prevents edge 11 from absorbing the food product once tube 10 and seal 14 of the tube are formed, and also provides for improving the gas-barrier performance and physical strength of seal 14.
- Station 7 comprises a number of forming assemblies
- forming assemblies 13 comprise respective numbers of rollers defining respective compulsory packaging material passages, the respective sections of which vary gradually from a C shape to a substantially circular shape.
- machine 1 comprises (figure 1) a frame 20 which substantially comprises:
- Compartment 29 houses:
- Compartment 28 houses a forming and folding unit 23 where tube 10 is sealed and cut to form pillow packs 2 which are subsequently folded to form relative packages 9, a bottom area 24, and a not-shown folding station where packs 2 are folded, so as to form relative finished packages 9.
- Web 3 is sterilized within aseptic chamber 21 by using a sterilizing agent, hydrogen peroxide in the embodiment shown, which is subsequently evaporated by heating, and/or by subjecting the packaging material to radiation of appropriate wavelength and intensity.
- Stations 6, 7, 8 are housed within chamber 21.
- Machine 1 also comprises a seal 25 interposed between chamber 21 and station 22 and adapted to prevent the sterilizing agent from flowing towards station 22, forming and folding unit 23 and area 24 ( Figure 2) .
- Seal 25 is coaxial with tube 10 and the inner diameter of seal 25 contacts the outer diameter of tube 10.
- seal 25 is interposed between a flange 31 and a fixed structure 32 which defines the bottom end of aseptic chamber 21.
- Forming and folding unit 23 is adapted to:
- Forming and folding unit 23 is shown only in the part regarding a pair of jaws 36 which are cyclically movable between:
- Frame 20 comprises a plurality of windows (not- shown) which render forming and folding unit 23 and folding unit accessible by a human operator.
- machine 1 comprises conveying means 30 fluidically connected with station 22 and adapted to convey away residues from sterilizing agent from station 22 ( Figure 2) .
- conveying means 30 substantially comprise :
- a fluidic circuit 40 having an inlet end 41 fluidically connected to station 22 and an outlet end 42, opposite to end 41, which is fluidically connected to bottom area 24;
- a pump 45 interposed along circuit 40 and adapted to pump away air together with residues of sterilizing agent from station 22;
- circuit 40 receives air with sterilizing agent at inlet end 41 and outputs cleaned air at outlet end 42.
- Circuit 40 in particular, comprises:
- conduit 43 defining end 41 and extending between end 41 and separating element 46;
- conduit 44 defining end 42, along which pump 45 is interposed, and extending between separating element 46 and end 42.
- Pump 45 is interposed along circuit 40 between separating element 46 and end 42, and separating element
- Separating element 46 is, in the embodiment shown, a scrubber.
- separating element 46 cleans the mixture of air and sterilizing agent via the contact of the mixture with a scrubbing solution.
- separating element 46 ejects the scrubbing solution in a first direction whereas the mixture of air and sterilizing agent advances in a second direction, opposite to the first direction.
- separating element 46 comprises:
- the cleaned air advances in the second direction (directed from end 50 to end 51), when it passes through end 51.
- the residues of sterilizing agent are advanced by the scrubbing solution in the first direction (directed from end 51 to end 50), when they pass through end 53.
- End 53 of separating element is fluidically connected via a conduit 47 with a tank 55.
- Tank 55 is arranged within compartment 28.
- the scrubbing solution is water .
- the scrubbing solution is water at a temperature which is lower than the temperature of the mixture of air and oxygen peroxide. In this way, the solubility of oxygen peroxide within water is increased.
- Station 22 also comprises a hollow hood 60 through which a portion 61 of tube 10 passes ( Figure 2) .
- hood 60 surrounds portion 61 of tube 10 and comprises:
- Bodies 64, 65 are cylindrical and extend about an axis B parallel to and distinct from axis A.
- Body 66 comprises:
- element 67 is eccentric relative to bodies 64, 65, which are, in turn, eccentric relative to tube 10.
- axis A is interposed between axes B, C. Furthermore, axis B is radially interposed between
- axis C is arranged on the opposite side of conduit 43 relative to axis A.
- element 66 radially protrudes from bodies 64, 65 on the opposite side of conduit 43, so as to define a compartment 75 with the side of tube 10 opposite to conduit 43.
- axis A is closer to lateral surfaces of bodies 64, 65 on the side of compartment 75 than on the side of conduit 43.
- Body 65 is supported, on the opposite side of element 66, by an annular element 69 which, in turn, rests on a rubber ring 68.
- Body 65 is also welded to element 69.
- web 3 is unwound off reel 4 and fed along path P.
- web 3 is fed by guide members 5 along path P and through aseptic chamber 21.
- Web 3 is sterilized within aseptic chamber 21 by using a sterilizing agent, hydrogen peroxide in the embodiment shown.
- the sterilizing agent is subsequently evaporated by heating, and/or by subjecting the packaging material to radiation of appropriate wavelength and intensity.
- web 3 passes through successive stations 6, 7, 8, within which seal 14 is formed and strip is applied onto packaging material.
- web 3 interacts gradually with forming assemblies 13, and is folded to superimpose edges 11, 15 and form tube 10 not yet sealed longitudinally.
- edge 15 is heated to melt the polyethylene layer, and heat is transmitted, for example, by conduction from edge 15 to edge 11 and the sealing strip to melt the polyethylene layer of edge 11 and the heat-seal material of strip 9.
- heat transmitting means may be used for heating edge 11 and the sealing strip.
- edges 11, 15 and strip are compressed between rollers to blend the polyethylene layer of edges 11, 15 and the heat-seal material of strip, and so form the molecular bonds defining seal 14 of the finished tube 10.
- the longitudinally sealed tube 10 is filled continuously with the pourable food product by device 12, and is then fed through station 22.
- Conveying means 30 convey air together with residues of sterilizing agent away from station 22.
- the air and the residues are pumped away by pump 45 from hood 60 and station 22, and pass through end 41 and conduit 43.
- compartment 75 due to the presence of compartment 75, residues are substantially prevented from remaining trapped within the side of hood 60 which is opposite to conduit 43.
- the mixture of air and the residues reaches separating element 46.
- the scrubbing solution is ejected on the mixture.
- the cleaned air is conveyed, through conduit 44 to bottom area 24.
- Tube 10 is then conveyed to the folding and forming unit 23 where it is gripped, sealed, and cut along equally spaced cross sections to form a succession of packs 2, which are subsequently folded so as to form respective packages 9.
- conveying means 30 dramatically reduce the amount of sterilizing agent that reaches the forming unit 22.
- conveying means 30 allow machine 1 to fulfil the European requirements for the peroxide level at those are that are accessible by the human operator, as forming unit and folding unit 23.
- the Applicant has found that the air at forming and folding unit 23 close to jaws 36 contains less than 0,4 ppm of hydrogen peroxide.
- the cleaned air is conveyed to area 24, i.e. to a zone of machine 1 which is not directly accessible by the human operator.
- the Applicant has found that the cleaned air conveyed to area 24 fulfils the European regulation. In detail, the Applicant has found that the cleaned air conveyed to area 24 contains less than 1 ppm of hydrogen peroxide.
- the air conveyed by conveying means 30 to area 24 contains 0,3 ppm after 1 hour from the starting of the operation of machine 1 ; 0,4 ppm after 2 hour from the starting of the operation of machine 1; 0,5 ppm after 3 or 4 hours from the starting of the operation of machine 1.
- the Applicant has also found that, at the folding components of the folding and forming unit 23, the air contains 0,5 ppm of hydrogen peroxide.
- hood 60 allows conveying means 30 to pump away from station 22 also the residues of sterilizing agent which have already reached the forming and folding unit 23.
- hood 60 creates a current of air and residues, which moves upwardly from the forming and folding unit 23 towards conveying means 30.
- Compartment 75 creates a room which is effective in preventing residues of sterilizing agent from being trapped between hood 60 and tube 10.
- hood 60 could taper towards aseptic chamber 21.
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