Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
  • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
  • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
  • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
  • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
  • B05B12/00—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
  • B05B12/08—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material to be discharged, of ambient medium or of target ; responsive to condition of spray devices or of supply means, e.g. pipes, pumps or their drive means
  • B05B12/082—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material to be discharged, of ambient medium or of target ; responsive to condition of spray devices or of supply means, e.g. pipes, pumps or their drive means responsive to a condition of the discharged jet or spray, e.g. to jet shape, spray pattern or droplet size
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
  • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
  • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
  • B08B9/28—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought the apparatus cleaning by splash, spray, or jet application, with or without soaking
  • B08B9/34—Arrangements of conduits or nozzles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
  • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
  • B05B13/00—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00
  • B05B13/06—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00 specially designed for treating the inside of hollow bodies
  • B05B13/0627—Arrangements of nozzles or spray heads specially adapted for treating the inside of hollow bodies
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
  • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
  • B05B13/00—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00
  • B05B13/06—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00 specially designed for treating the inside of hollow bodies
  • B05B13/069—Machines or plants for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces of objects or other work by spraying, not covered by groups B05B1/00 - B05B11/00 specially designed for treating the inside of hollow bodies the hollow bodies having a closed end
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B08—CLEANING
  • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
  • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a spray station of a
• Claim 1 Furthermore, the present invention relates to a
• Reuse is used within the bottling plants of the beverage industry so-called bin cleaning machines.
• bin cleaning machines Such cleaning machines for cleaning reusable containers are known in the art in various designs.
• Bottle cells are recorded. Several of these bottle cells are arranged in a row of so-called bottle carriers. These
• Bottle carriers - or container baskets called - in turn are held on two endless circulating transport chains, of which they by several, in
• Transport direction successive treatment stations are performed. As a rule, these transport chains are permanently driven.
• the supply of the container to a cleaning machine is done by a so-called task, the removal of the container by a so-called levy.
• the period between two feeds or deliveries is called the work cycle.
• the transport chain is maintained for an extended period of time, i. about a variety of
• Spray zones comprising at least one, preferably a plurality of injection stations connected in series in the transport direction.
• the interior of the corresponding container received in the container basket is repeatedly ejected to completely remove foreign bodies or even lye residues from the interior of the container.
• the individual spray stations can then generally have at least one, preferably several, rotating individual spray nozzles.
• Cleaning jet in which the spray jet by a rotating valve or nozzle assembly follows the container, immovable rigid spraying which are fixed and stationary, and movable spraying, which are arranged on a movable, a forward and backward movement element and thus the transport movement of the Container at least temporarily - namely preferably during the loading of the corresponding container with the cleaning jet - follow.
• Treatment liquid or cleaning liquid for example the
• Treatment liquid of the applied Laugebäder (more) to adhere to or in the respective container.
• the containers are often around
• Reusable containers to be refilled with a liquid product after cleaning Remains of treatment or cleaning liquid in the container to be refilled then it should be avoided.
• the object of the invention is an improved injection station a
• Claim 1 is formed.
• the subclaims relate to particularly advantageous embodiments of the invention.
• the spray station of a cleaning machine for cleaning containers is characterized in that the spray station has at least one inspection device which generates and / or evaluates the at least one of the spray nozzle
• a spray station is provided in a particularly advantageous manner, by means of which a check of the function of the spray nozzles and thus, ultimately, of the proper cleaning of the containers takes place during operation of the cleaning machine.
• the inspection device is arranged stationarily relative to the spray nozzle and / or the container to be cleaned.
• the inspection device for the detection and / or evaluation of several, preferably all produced by means of the respective spray nozzles
• the inspection device is designed to detect and / or evaluate the intensity of the at least one cleaning jet generated by means of the spray nozzle.
• Evaluation of the spray volume generated by means of the at least one spray nozzle of the cleaning jet is formed, with which a corresponding container of cleaning liquid is cleaned during the application.
• the inspection device is designed to the detect and / or evaluate at least one cleaning jet immediately after it leaves the at least one spray nozzle.
• the inspection device has at least one sensor unit for detecting the at least one cleaning jet generated by the spray nozzle and an evaluation unit for evaluating the cleaning jet detected by the sensor unit.
• the at least one sensor unit is designed as an optical and / or capacitive sensor unit.
• Sensor unit may be formed in particular as a camera unit and / or infrared sensor unit.
• the at least one sensor unit is designed as an ultrasonic sensor unit.
• the at least one sensor unit can be designed in particular as a distance sensor or reflection sensor.
• the at least sensor unit is provided such that its detection range between the outlet of the cleaning jet of the at least one spray nozzle to be detected and the entry of this
• Cleaning jet is formed on the container mouth in the associated, to be cleaned container.
• the inspection device has at least one sensor unit for detecting the at least one cleaning jet generated by the spray nozzle and an evaluation unit for evaluating the cleaning jet detected by the sensor unit.
• the at least one sensor unit is designed as an optical and / or capacitive sensor unit.
• the at least one sensor unit may be formed as a camera unit and / or infrared sensor unit.
• the at least one sensor unit is designed as a force sensor for detecting the impinging pulse of the cleaning jet generated by the at least one spray nozzle.
• the at least one sensor unit is provided above the cleaning jet of the at least one nozzle nozzle to be detected in such a way that this generated cleaning jet during the loading in the
• Detection area of at least one sensor unit strikes.
• inventive gas station of a cleaning machine together with a plurality of container cells forming
• Bottle cage of a transport system For identical or equivalent elements of the invention, identical reference numerals are used in the figures. Furthermore, for clarity, only reference numerals in the individual figures are shown, which are required for the description of the respective figure.
• 1 shows a cleaning machine for cleaning containers 2 or the like in a lateral sectional view.
• the containers 2 are designed as reusable containers, for example PET or glass bottles.
• a transport system 5 is provided, with which the containers to be cleaned 2 are moved through different treatment zones, of a bottle inlet 6 (task) u.a. through a first, a
• Cleaning fluid e.g. alkaline water, containing immersion bath 7,
• a cleaning liquid such as lye, containing immersion bath 8 and by various provided in a spray zone spray stations 9, where in each case a cumshot ofinternaus finish- as well
• the transport system 5 consists in the manner known to those skilled in a variety of in the transport direction A adjacent and moving with circulating transport chains bottle baskets 15, each of which in the in Figure 2
• the embodiment shown in greatly simplified form has three bottle cells or container cells 16 arranged side by side perpendicular to the transport direction A.
• each container cell 16 is a container, in particular a bottle 2, preferably centered so received that this is substantially congruent with its container mouth 2.1 with an opening 17 at the otherwise substantially closed end of the respective container cell 16.
• the transport system 5 has a plurality of deflections, which are generally designated by 18-22 in FIG. 1, and of which the deflector 19 is located completely within the immersion bath 8.
• the containers 2 designed as bottles are with their bottle axis,
• bottle axis FA oriented radially or approximately radially to the horizontal axis of this deflection, in such a way that the container mouths 2.1 and also the openings 17 of the there moving past container cells 16 facing this axis.
• FIG. 2 shows an exemplary embodiment of a spraying station 9 according to the invention of a cleaning machine 1 for cleaning containers 2 which, with the transport system 5 having a plurality of container baskets 15, are shown through the different treatment zones of FIG
• Spraying station 9 associated with a spray zone of a cleaning machine 1.
• Transporting system 5 and the container baskets 15 oriented in the transport direction A perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the plane of the figure 2.
• the movement or transport direction of the container baskets 15 is indicated in the region of the injection relative to the spray station 9 with the arrow A.
• Each container basket 15 forms a plurality of receptacles or container cells 16 which serve to receive the respective container 2 and perpendicular to the transport direction A of
• Transport system 5 are then formed in each other in the respective container basket 15.
• container baskets 15 are also referred to as bottle baskets.
• the spray station 9 according to the invention of the cleaning machine 1 for cleaning the containers 2 comprises at least one spray nozzle 30 with at least one
• injection station 9 according to the invention, in particular for
• the containers 2 are oriented in the container cells 16 with their respective container axis FA in the vertical direction and with their container mouth 2.1 directed downward at the injection station 9 or above a plurality of spray nozzles 30
• the distributor tube 32 with the spray nozzles 30 is located below the movement path of the container baskets 15 passing through the spray station 9 in such a way that the number of spray nozzles 30 is preferably at least equal to the number of container cells 16 of each container basket 15 and each
• a container cell 16 of the container baskets 15 is located.
• Each cleaning jet 31 issuing upward from a spray nozzle 30 in a substantially vertical upward direction can therefore enter through the openings 2 17, which are not covered by the container cells 16, into the containers 2 moving past the spray station 9.
• the distributor pipe 32 is connected via a supply line 33 to a source 34 for the cleaning and / or treatment liquid, for example for a liquid cleaning medium, for example for lye, or for water, for example for fresh water.
• a pump 35 which the Treatment liquid in the required amount and with the required pressure provides.
• a flow control valve 36 is arranged on the output of the pump 35, with which via a control device 37 emerging from the spray nozzles 30 cleaning jets 31 with respect to their
• Spray quantity [ml / min] and / or their pressure can be controlled and / or regulated.
• the cleaning jets 31 are controlled by a not shown, the skilled person but generally known, additional device synchronously with the movement of the container baskets 15, wherein the spray nozzles are formed as holes in a rotating about its longitudinal axis shaft.
• additional device synchronously with the movement of the container baskets 15, wherein the spray nozzles are formed as holes in a rotating about its longitudinal axis shaft.
• spray nozzles 30 can be controlled in such a way that the exit of the cleaning and / or treatment liquid from the spray nozzles 30 is reduced or interrupted as long as there are no containers 2 above the spray nozzles 30 or in the area of action of the spray nozzles 30. This will u.a. a considerable saving in liquid spray medium and a considerable saving
• Cleaning fluid be changeable.
• the cleaning jet 31 may first be directed to an inner side of the container 2, in order then to be directed directly to the inner surface of the bottom of the container 2 and then to another inner side of the container 2 opposite the first inner side.
• Flow control valve 36 may also be so controlled or regulated that the application of cleaning liquid takes place exclusively during the period in which a continuous stream of containers 2 are moved through the scope of the spray station 9.
• At least one spraying station 9 of the cleaning machine 1 has at least one inspection device 40 arranged stationarily opposite the spray nozzle 30 and / or the container 2 to be cleaned, which device generates and / or evaluates the at least one of these spray nozzles 30
• Evaluation of the function for example the presence and / or the relative orientation of the cleaning jet 31 during the application of the
• the inspection device 40 is designed to detect and / or evaluate one or each individual cleaning or spraying jet 31.
• the inspection device 40 is designed to detect and / or evaluate the presence, the spraying power or the intensity [ml / s] and / or the pulse of at least one, preferably a plurality of cleaning or spraying jets 31. Furthermore, it can be provided that the inspection device 40 is designed to detect and / or evaluate a plurality, preferably all, of the spray nozzles 30 of the at least one injection station 9.
• Purification jet 31 is formed, with which a corresponding container 2 is cleaned at cleaning liquid during the application.
• inspection device 40 is advantageously designed to detect and / or evaluate the exit of the respective cleaning jet 31 from a corresponding spray nozzle 30, ie to monitor it in particular.
• such a monitoring can be carried out by the respective cleaning jet immediately after emerging from a corresponding
• Spray nozzle 30 so monitored before entering the respective container mouth 2.1, so recorded and / or evaluated, is.
• the inspection device 40 may have at least one sensor unit 41 and preferably an evaluation unit AE, which For example, via a transmission line 42 can be in operative connection with each other.
• the sensor unit 41 can be designed to detect the at least one cleaning jet 31 generated by the spray nozzle 30 and the evaluation unit AE to evaluate the area detected by the sensor unit 41
• a separate sensor unit 41 for detecting the respective cleaning jet 31 can be provided for each generated cleaning jet 31 of each spray nozzle 30.
• a single sensor device 41 for detecting all cleaning jets 31 may be provided.
• the sensor unit 41 may, for example, as optical and / or capacitive
• the sensor unit 41 may be formed as a camera unit and / or infrared sensor unit. Depending on the training of
• the sensor unit 41 comprises a transmitting unit 41 .1 and a receiver unit 41 .2.
• the receiver unit 41 .2 can in the case of an optical transmitting unit 41 .1, for example, an infrared transmitter, as
• Reflector unit is formed, which sends the transmitted light beam back to the
• the sensor unit 41 may be formed as a force and / or pressure sensor.
• the sensor unit 41 of the inspection unit 40 is so in the
• Spray station 9 arranged or provided that the exit of the respective cleaning jet 31 from a corresponding spray nozzle 30 is detected by the respective cleaning jet 31 preferably immediately after exiting a corresponding spray nozzle 30, ie in particular before entering the associated container mouth 2.1 of corresponding container 2 can be detected.
• the sensor unit 41 may be provided such that its detection range EB between the outlet of the cleaning jet 31 of at least one to be detected spray nozzle 30 and the entry of this Cleaning jet 31 is formed on the container mouth 2.1 in the associated, to be cleaned container 2.
• the sensor unit 41 may be provided such that its detection range EB between the outlet of the cleaning jet 31 of at least one to be detected spray nozzle 30 and the entry of this Cleaning jet 31 is formed on the container mouth 2.1 in the associated, to be cleaned container 2.
• Detection area EB of the sensor unit 41 is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the at least one of the spray nozzle 30 to be detected
• the detection and / or evaluation of the at least one cleaning jet 30 generated by the spray nozzle 30 can thus take place at full capacity, in particular in each case completely loaded container baskets 15 with containers 2 to be cleaned.
• the inspection device 40 may also have at least one sensor unit 45, which may likewise be in operative connection with the evaluation unit AE via a transmission line 42. It can also the
• Sensor unit 45 for detecting the at least one of the spray nozzle 30 generated by the cleaning jet 31 may be formed and the evaluation unit AE for evaluating the detected by the sensor unit 45 cleaning jet 31st According to one embodiment, for each generated cleaning jet 31 of each spray nozzle 30, a separate sensor unit 45 for detecting the respective
• Purification jet 31 may be provided.
• a plurality of sensor units 45 may be provided.
• a separate sensor unit 45 is provided for each container basket 15 present in a row of containers.
• the plurality of sensor units 45 can each other via one
• a single sensor means 45 for detecting all cleaning jets 31 may be provided.
• the at least one sensor unit 45 can be designed, for example, as a force sensor for detecting the impinging pulse of the cleaning jet 31 generated by the at least one spray nozzle 30. Also, the at least Sensor unit 45 may be formed as a camera unit and / or infrared sensor unit and / or capacitive sensor unit. If a plurality of sensor units 45 are provided, they can also be designed in different ways. In particular, the at least one sensor unit 45 has a
• the at least one sensor unit 45 is arranged above the cleaning jet 31 of the at least one nozzle nozzle 30 to be detected such that this generated cleaning jet 31 during the
• Actuation in the detection area EB of the at least one sensor unit 45 strikes.
• the at least one sensor unit 45 may be provided, in particular arranged, on a ceiling 3.1 of the housing 3 of the cleaning machine 1.
• the at least one sensor unit 45 is in this case arranged above the at least one spray nozzle 30 to be detected such that its cleaning jet 31 impinges on the sensor unit 45 and / or its detection area EB during the application of cleaning liquid and is thus detected.
• the detection and / or evaluation of the at least one cleaning jet 30 generated by the spray nozzle 30 can take place by being conveyed in one
• Container container 15 is left a corresponding container cell 16 is released, so no container to be cleaned 2 is added, and the detection and / or evaluation of the cleaning jet 31 of the spray nozzle 30 takes place when the free container cell 16 is above the spray nozzle 30 to be checked.
• the cleaning jet 30 then exits through the opening 17 on the side of the associated container cell 16 opposite the spray nozzle 30 and strikes the at least one
• the detection and / or evaluation by means of the inspection device 40 at, in particular before, the production start of the cleaning machine 1 are performed. For the start of production while the first row of containers is inserted into the upcoming at the task 6 container basket 15, or on the
• each additional container basket 15 is also filled with containers 2.
• the detection and / or evaluation of the at least one cleaning jet of a spray station 9 generated by the spray nozzle 30 takes place immediately before the first filled container basket 15 reaches this spray station 9.
• the detection and / or evaluation can also be done at the end of production, so after the last filled container basket 15, the last nozzle tip 30 of the last injection station 9 in
• the detection and / or evaluation of the at least one at least one cleaning jet generated by the at least one spray nozzle 30 takes place during ongoing production.

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