EP2300352A1 - Machine de fermeture - Google Patents

Machine de fermeture

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EP2300352A1
EP2300352A1 EP09757206A EP09757206A EP2300352A1 EP 2300352 A1 EP2300352 A1 EP 2300352A1 EP 09757206 A EP09757206 A EP 09757206A EP 09757206 A EP09757206 A EP 09757206A EP 2300352 A1 EP2300352 A1 EP 2300352A1
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closing
machine according
sterile
container
closures
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EP2300352B1 (fr
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Timo Jakob
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KHS GmbH
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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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0073—Sterilising, aseptic filling and closing
    • B67C7/0086—Sterilisation being restricted to the area of application of the closure
    • 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
    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges
    • 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
    • B67B3/20—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps
    • B67B3/2013—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines
    • B67B3/2033—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines comprising carousel co-rotating capping heads
    • 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
    • B67B2201/00—Indexing codes relating to constructional features of closing machines
    • B67B2201/08—Aseptic features
    • 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
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C2003/228—Aseptic features

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a capping machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of the invention is to show a capping machine, which is particularly suitable for use in a system for sterile and especially for the cold aseptic filling of products in bottles or similar containers and for sterile sealing of these containers, while the above Disadvantages avoids, ie with reduced risk of contamination, a significant reduction in the cleaning and / or sterilization and / or disinfecting the sterile space required means or chemicals.
  • the capping machine generally designated 1 in Figure 1 is used in its embodiment shown in this figure for closing bottles 2, for example of plastic bottles with on these bottles or on the bottle mouth 2.1 by welding or sealing, ie heat fastenable fasteners. 3 for example in the form of films.
  • the closing machine 1 consists of a rotatably driven about a vertical machine axis MA rotor 4, on the circumference of a machine axis MA concentrically enclosing ring-channel-like sterile space 5 is provided, which is limited by several wall sections to the environment, namely in the illustrated embodiment by an upper wall portion 6, a lower wall portion 7, by a radially inner annular wall portion 8 and outer wall portions 9.
  • the outer wall sections 9 as well as the partial section 7.2 of the wall section 7 are not circumferentially fixed to the rotor 4 on a machine frame of the closing machine 1.
  • several casting stations 11 are further formed on the circumference of the rotor 4, of which only one is shown in the figure 1 and are provided distributed at equal angular intervals about the axis MA.
  • Each closing station 11 consists of a closing tool in the form of an induction welding head 12, of which in FIG. 1 only the inductively heated induction punch 12.1 reaching into the space 5 or into the two subspaces 5.1 and 5.2 is shown.
  • the latter is passed through an opening 6.1 in the upper wall section 6 and, according to the double arrow A, movable in its punch axis or in a vertical axis parallel to the machine axis MA between an upper starting position and a lowered working position, in which the induction punch 12.1 with its lower Stamped surface on the respective closure 3 pressed against the mouth opening 2.1 of the provided on the closing station 11, closing bottles 2 and thereby connects the closure 3 by sealing or welding with the respective bottle 2.
  • the induction punch 12 which extends through an opening 10.1 in the intermediate wall 10 with its lower end in the subspace 5.2, is made with the smoothest possible outer surface of a suitable, heat-conductive but corrosion-resistant material, for example made of stainless steel, for example as a passive, Heat conducting component. All other functional elements of the induction welding head 12, such as the lifting and lowering elements, for heating the induction punch 12.1, etc., are located above the wall section 6 outside the sterile room 5.
  • each closing station 11 is provided with a container carrier, which is formed by an opening in the section 7.1 and on which the respective bottle 2 is suspended from a mouth flange 2.2 formed below the mouth of the bottle 2.1 such that it only extends into the space 5 and in particular into the subspace 5.2 with its mouth region above the mouth flange 2.2.
  • the space 5 is acted upon or rinsed with a suitable gas and / or vapor, the sterility of this space sure-adjusting medium, for example with sterile air.
  • This medium is eg the lower subspace 5.2 and leaves the sterile room 5 at least partially to the upper subspace 5.1.
  • the bottles 2 are each transferred individually to the capping stations 11 at a loading position, so that they are suspended from their mouth flange 2.2 in the manner described with the bottle mouth 2.1 in the compartment 5.2 for closing with the closures 3 are arranged.
  • the sealed bottles are removed from the closing stations 11 each at a container outlet.
  • the special advantage of the closing machine 1 or the closing stations 11 is that in the sterile room 5 only the induction stamps 12.1, which are made smooth on their surfaces and do not have any recesses, undercuts or the like which favor germination, are arranged that the entire space 5 can be kept germ-free with a considerably reduced effort, in particular also by increasing the time interval between cleaning and / or sterilization cycles, with a shorter cycle time and with reduced use of cleaning and / or sterilizing agents.
  • the capping machine 1 for closing the bottles 2 with cap-like rotary or screw caps 13.
  • the individual closing stations 11 are each equipped with a screw capper 14, which has the construction known in the art and u.a. consists of a drive 14.1, an elongated and closed capping head 14.2 receiving a spindle or shaft and a closing cone or closing element 14.3 provided at the lower end of the closing head 14.2 and connected to the spindle.
  • each Schrauversch deviser 14 extends only with a partial length of its smooth on the outer surface and circular cylindrical closure head 14.2 through the wall section 6 in the sterile room 5 and thereby also through the partition wall 10 into the lower portion 5.2 into it, so the closure element 14.3 cooperating with the turning or screw caps 3a is arranged in this subregion 5.2.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 also has the advantage that only such functional elements of the screw capper 14 are arranged inside the sterile chamber 5 and, in particular, within the compartment 5.2, that at least a largely smooth and easy to clean and have to be sterilized outer surface, while other, difficult to clean and sterilized functional elements, such as the drive 14.1 as well as the functional elements for raising and lowering the screw capper 14 are provided completely outside the space 5.
  • the capping machine 1 is for example part of a system for sterile, for example cold aseptic filling of a liquid filling material in the bottles 2 or in other containers and for closing the bottles 2 with the closures 3 and 3a, the bottles 2 before filling, during filling and closing as well as on the entire transport path between the filling machine and the closing machine constantly at least with their mouth opening 2.1 having mouth area are moved in a sterile room.
  • sterile for example cold aseptic filling of a liquid filling material in the bottles 2 or in other containers and for closing the bottles 2 with the closures 3 and 3a, the bottles 2 before filling, during filling and closing as well as on the entire transport path between the filling machine and the closing machine constantly at least with their mouth opening 2.1 having mouth area are moved in a sterile room.
  • the closing machine 1 is not only suitable for closing the bottles 2, but also for closing other containers.
  • the inventive design of the closing machine is particularly advantageous when using such Verschdorfwerkmaschinee in which the reaching into the space 5 part of Verschdorfwerkmaschinees is a purely passive component, which as a molded part with a corrosion-resistant, smooth surface, free of undercuts, notches, joints , Recesses, etc., can be easily cleaned and sterilized.
  • a passive component in this sense is the induction punch 12.1, such as, for example, in a working with ultrasound closing tool a ultrasonic energy on the closure 3 and the bottle opening or mouth 2.1 transmitted stamp-like tool.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)
  • Sealing Of Jars (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne une machine de fermeture servant à fermer des bouteilles ou contenants similaires (2) avec des fermetures (3, 3a), comprenant plusieurs postes de fermeture (11) qui sont formés sur le pourtour d'un rotor (4) pouvant être entraîné en rotation autour d'un axe de machine vertical (MA) et comprennent respectivement un outil de fermeture (12, 14). Une chambre stérile (5) limitée par des parois ou des sections de paroi (6, 7, 8, 9) en direction de l'environnement, dans laquelle les contenants (2) maintenus suspendus à des supports de contenant font saillie avec leur embouchure de contenant (2.1) à fermer, est formée sur le rotor (4) dans la région des postes de fermeture (11). Et l'outil de fermeture (12, 14) en question fait uniquement saillie dans la chambre stérile (5) avec une partie coopérant avec le contenant à fermer (2) et/ou la fermeture (3, 3a) et est disposé avec tous les autres éléments fonctionnels en dehors de la chambre stérile (5).
EP09757206.9A 2008-06-04 2009-05-27 Machine de fermeture Active EP2300352B1 (fr)

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PL09757206T PL2300352T3 (pl) 2008-06-04 2009-05-27 Zamykarka
SI200930914T SI2300352T1 (sl) 2008-06-04 2009-05-27 Stroj za zapiranje

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DE102008026632A DE102008026632A1 (de) 2008-06-04 2008-06-04 Verschließmaschine
PCT/EP2009/003755 WO2009146823A1 (fr) 2008-06-04 2009-05-27 Machine de fermeture

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DE102008026632A1 (de) 2009-12-10
PL2300352T3 (pl) 2014-08-29
SI2300352T1 (sl) 2014-05-30

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