WO2024147084A1 - Système d'emballage de fioles - Google Patents

Système d'emballage de fioles Download PDF

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WO2024147084A1
WO2024147084A1 PCT/IB2024/050022 IB2024050022W WO2024147084A1 WO 2024147084 A1 WO2024147084 A1 WO 2024147084A1 IB 2024050022 W IB2024050022 W IB 2024050022W WO 2024147084 A1 WO2024147084 A1 WO 2024147084A1
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vials
vial
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vial holder
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Sandip Namadeo Sawant
Shailesh Vilas Naniwadekar
Antony Centhil Hilary
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Ima-Pg India Private Limited
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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
    • 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
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/02—Packaging or unpacking of bottles in or from preformed containers, e.g. crates
    • B65B21/04—Arranging, assembling, feeding, or orientating the bottles prior to introduction into, or after removal from, containers
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
    • B65B35/24—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
    • 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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/02—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
    • B65B5/024—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks
    • B65B5/026—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks for making trays
    • 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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/06—Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
    • B65B5/068—Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles in trays
    • 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
    • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
    • B65B5/08—Packaging groups of articles, the articles being individually gripped or guided for transfer to the containers or receptacles
    • 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
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/10—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B57/14—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged

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  • the present disclosure relates to the field of packing of the pharmaceutical products. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a system for packing vials.
  • Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a system for packing vials that facilitates easier transformation of the unformed vial holders into formed vial holders.
  • Figure 4 shows the vial placed in a vial holder.
  • the arrangement of vials 194 in the vial holder 196 is referred to as a vial holder assembly 188.
  • the vial holder is available in unformed condition.
  • the unformed vial holder is a flat cardboard sheet with at least two preformed folding edges 190 and at least two apertures 192 configured for holding vials 194.
  • a formed vial holder 196 is a three-dimensional structure obtained by folding the unformed vial holder across preformed folding edges 190.
  • the vial holder shown in Figure 4 is in formed condition. All the apertures of the vial holder receive vials.
  • the vials may be fed to the turntable 105 manually.
  • the turntable 105 includes a plurality of tracks 107 configured thereon.
  • the single-lane track shuts off in an operative configuration of the multi-lane track, and vice-versa.
  • each track 107 is configured to receive a vial so that multiple vials are received in the turntable 105 simultaneously, and further released simultaneously. Further, the turntable 105 is connected to the vial feeder unit 110.
  • Figure 6 illustrates an isometric view of the vial feeder unit of the system.
  • the vial feeder unit 110 includes a conveyor belt 112 which is in communication with the turntable 105 to receive the vials 194.
  • the conveyor belt 112 includes partitioned tracks that continue to segregate the vials 194 received through the multi -lane tracks of the turntable.
  • the vial feeder unit 110 is provided with a drive motor 113 configured to drive the conveyor belt 112 and cylinders 114.
  • the system comprises the holder feeder unit 122.
  • Figure 7 illustrates an isometric view of the holder feeder unit of the system.
  • the holder feeder unit 122 is configured to receive and transport unformed vial holders in the downstream direction.
  • the holder feeder unit 122 comprises a conveyor 124 and a holder magazine 130.
  • the conveyor 124 releases the unformed vial holders into the holder magazine 130.
  • the holder magazine is configured to hold the stack of unformed vial holders.
  • the holder feeder unit 122 includes a minimum level sensor 126 provided thereon for identifying the height of the vial holders stacked in the vial holder magazine 130.
  • the holder feeder unit 122 includes a safety sensor 128 configured to sense the allowable quantity of the vial holders that can transported.
  • the system comprises the forming unit 142 which is configured to pick an unformed vial holder from the holder feeder unit 122 and transform the unformed vial holder into a formed vial holder 196.
  • Figure 8 illustrates an isometric view of the forming unit of the system.
  • the forming unit 142 includes an arm 146 and a suction means configured to apply pressure on the walls of the unformed vial holder to obtain the formed vial holder 196.
  • the unformed vial holders are made of non-polymeric biodegradable material.
  • the forming unit 142 includes a carton erection unit 144, a carton forming homing sensor 148 and a carton forming vacuum sensor 149.
  • the forming unit 142 is mounted on an operative middle portion of a base frame 101 of the system 100 and between the holder magazine 130 and the transport conveyor 134.
  • Figure 9A and Figure 9B illustrate isometric views of the transport conveyor.
  • the transport conveyor 134 is configured to transport the formed vial holders from the holder feeder unit 122 to downstream.
  • the transport conveyor 134 is a four-fingered chain conveyor
  • the two fingers remain in fixed condition and hold one side of the carton.
  • the other two fingers are configured to adjustably slide to hold the other side of the carton according to the width of the vial-holder 196.
  • the transport conveyor 134 further includes a shoulder 136 having a movable configuration to enable the conveyor 134 to hold the carton.
  • the shoulder 136 is adjusted with respect to the length of the vial holder 196.
  • the transport conveyor 134 includes a sensor 138 to detect the presence of the vial holder thereon.
  • the transport conveyor 134 further includes a camera to detect whether the vial-holder is filled with the required matrix of vials or whether the vials of the matrix are of differently coloured caps or the vials with missing caps.
  • the system 100 comprises the matrix forming unit 117.
  • Figure 10 illustrates an isometric view of the matrix forming unit of the system.
  • the matrix forming unit 117 is a robotic module equipped with a gripper 118.
  • the vials placed in the matrix arrangement on the vial feeder unit 110 are picked by the gripper 118 and placed on the formed vial -holder 196.
  • the matrix forming unit 117 includes a camera which is configured to check whether all the vials are placed in the holder in the desired manner, and configured to check whether no vial is left behind on the matrix forming unit 117.
  • the system 100 comprises the hopper unit.
  • Figure 11 illustrates an isometric view of the hopper unit of the system.
  • the hopper unit 175 is mounted on a vertical plate positioned between the forming unit and the rejection unit 150.
  • the hopper unit 175 is configured to align the plurality of vials picked by the matrix forming unit 117 above the corresponding apertures of the formed vial holder 196 and guide the movement of the vials 194 into the apertures 192 of the formed vial holders 196.
  • the hopper unit 175 is configured with multiple apertures which act as a guideway for the vials.
  • the hopper unit 175 is provided to prevent damage to vial holders due to inaccurate placement of vials on the walls of the vial holders.
  • the hopper unit 175 is configured to be displaced in an operative vertical direction by means of a pneumatic cylinder 177 and a pair of reed switches.
  • the reed switches are configured to confirm the position of the cylinder.
  • the vials are placed in the vial holder to form a vial holder assembly 188.
  • the system 100 comprises the rejection unit 150.
  • Figure 12 illustrates an isometric view of the rejection unit of the system.
  • the rejection unit 150 includes an arm 152 and a first pusher 158 attached to an operative end thereof.
  • the rejection unit comprises a camera 139 (shown in the Figure 13), and a processor.
  • the processor is configured to communicate with the camera.
  • the processor communicates with the camera 139 to receive the images of the vial holder assemblies 188.
  • the processor analyses the images to detect the defective vial holder assemblies. Thereafter, the processor sends a signal to the arm 152 and the first pusher 158 to reject the defective vial-holder assemblies 188.
  • the defective vial holder assemblies include vials with differently coloured caps or missing caps or missing vials.
  • the arm 152 of the rejection unit 150 is configured to be displaced in the operative horizontal axis and the operative vertical axis.
  • the displacement of the arm 152 in the horizontal axis is enabled by a rod less cylinder 156, whereas the displacement of the arm 152 in the vertical axis is enabled by a guided pneumatic cylinder 157.
  • Both the cylinders 156, 157 are equipped with a bottom reed switch and a top reed switch to conform to the position of the cylinders 156, 157.
  • the rejection unit 150 includes a rejection confirmation sensor 160, a rejection collection tray 162, a rejection tray full sensor 164, a rear drive 166 for the conveyor and a first pusher width adjuster.
  • the system comprises the pusher unit 180.
  • Figure 14 illustrates an isometric view of the pusher unit of the system.
  • the pusher unit 180 is mounted after the rejection unit 150.
  • the pusher unit transfers the non-defective vial holder assemblies 188 from the transport conveyor to a car toner conveyor.
  • the pusher unit 180 comprises a second pusher 181, a servo axis unit 182, a homing sensor 183, an overload sensor 184 and cylinder 186.
  • the pusher unit 180 is configured to transfer the vial holder assemblies 188 from the transport conveyor 134 to the car toner bucket conveyor by means of the second pusher 181.
  • the pusher unit 180 is configured to move in two directions, horizontal direction and vertical direction. The horizontal movement is facilitated by the servo axis unit 182 and the vertical movement is facilitated by a pneumatic cylinder 186.
  • the non-defective vial holder assemblies 188 are transported downstream for packing in secondary packaging.
  • the user inputs are fed into the system 100 by means of a control panel 102.

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Abstract

La présente divulgation considère un système d'emballage de fioles (100) comprenant une unité d'alimentation en fioles (110) qui comporte une bande transporteuse (122) conçue pour recevoir et transporter les fioles (194) sur des pistes divisées (111). Une unité d'alimentation en porte-dispositif (122) est conçue pour recevoir et transporter, vers l'aval, des porte-fiole non formés. Une unité de formation (142) est conçue pour saisir un porte-fiole non formé, à partir de l'unité d'alimentation en porte-dispositif (122), et transformer le porte-fiole non formé en un porte-fiole formé (196). Un convoyeur transporteur (134) est conçu pour transporter des porte-fiole formés (196) vers l'aval et une unité de formation de matrice (117) est conçue pour saisir les fioles (194) à partir de l'unité d'alimentation en fioles (110) et placer chaque fiole dans un porte-fiole formé (196) afin de former un ensemble porte-fiole (188).
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