EP3127859B1 - Procede de remplissage aseptique d'un recipient, dispositif de remplissage sterile correspondant et machine aseptique - Google Patents

Procede de remplissage aseptique d'un recipient, dispositif de remplissage sterile correspondant et machine aseptique Download PDF

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EP3127859B1
EP3127859B1 EP15180161.0A EP15180161A EP3127859B1 EP 3127859 B1 EP3127859 B1 EP 3127859B1 EP 15180161 A EP15180161 A EP 15180161A EP 3127859 B1 EP3127859 B1 EP 3127859B1
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    • B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
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    • 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
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    • 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
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  • the invention relates to a method for aseptic filling of a container according to claim 1, a sterile filling device according to the preamble of claim 3, an aseptic machine according to the preamble of claim 8 and a method for aseptic filling according to claim 12.
  • EP 2 607 242 A2 discloses an aseptic wrapping bag filling machine having a fill opening that is closable by a removable cap located on one side of the bag.
  • the filling machine comprises an empty bag feeding means; a means for removing filled bags; and a carousel device with a rotating platform which has a continuous movement, on which at least two peripherally equidistant filling stations are arranged, each of which has a support plane for bags and a filling group.
  • Each filling group includes a sterile chamber; means for lifting the opening of the empty pouch lying on the support plane within the sterile chamber; Means for causing overpressure in the chamber; means for removing the cap from the opening and positioning it on one side of the opening and vice versa, the means for removing being located within the sterile chamber; and a dispensing meter that is vertically slidable into the sterile chamber and adapted to engage the opening.
  • the object of the invention is to provide methods for aseptically filling a container, a sterile filling device and an aseptic machine, which enable efficient and safe aseptic filling of containers with filling product.
  • the object is achieved by the method according to claim 1, the sterile filling device according to claim 3, the aseptic machine according to claim 8 and the method according to claim 12.
  • a method for aseptically filling a container with filling product the container is transported into an area of a sterile room that is assigned to the container, and then a mouth region of the container with a cap for filling is placed in a mouth opening of the sterile room.
  • This method makes it possible to keep a sterile space assigned to the container comparatively small, since only the mouth region of the container is introduced into the sterile space for filling.
  • the container can be a PET bottle or a glass bottle with a threaded pouch or a spout foil pouch.
  • the mouth opening of the sterile room is at most 5% larger than the mouth area of the container. It is also advantageous if the shapes of the mouth opening and the mouth region with the cap are at least approximately to match. With a round cross section of the mouth region or the cap of the container, the cross section of the mouth opening of the sterile room is preferably also round.
  • the part of a container that does not belong to the mouth area is not introduced into the sterile room. So only the mouth area of the container is brought into the sterile room.
  • the volume of the sterile room can therefore be chosen to be smaller in comparison to sterile rooms of the prior art.
  • An associated sterile room is preferably provided for each container. If a problem occurs in the sterile room during the filling process, so that sterility is no longer guaranteed, it is sufficient in the following only to remove those containers which have been filled in this sterile room. In addition, to fix the problem, only the individual sterile room that showed the problem needs to be serviced or checked. In a filling machine that has several sterile rooms for filling several containers, it can thus be ensured that the sterile rooms that have shown no problem can continue to be used for filling containers. Accordingly, it is not necessary for a filling machine to be stopped completely.
  • sterile room refers to such a room or volume that can be placed in a sterile state.
  • the sterile room does not therefore have to be sterile at all times, but can only be returned to a sterile state by sterilization or at all.
  • the method can be provided in the food processing industry for filling at least approximately liquid foods, such as drinks or porridge, and / or in the animal feed processing industry for filling at least approximately liquid feed, such as cat milk or wet food.
  • the sterile space and the introduced mouth region of the container with the cap can be sterilized. After the mouth area has been introduced into the mouth opening of the sterile room, the sterile room and the introduced mouth area are sterilized so that the container can be filled with the filling product under aseptic or sterile conditions. Sterilization can be carried out, for example, by introducing a sterile gas into the sterile room and / or by externally irradiating it with electrons and / or X-rays.
  • the cap is removed after placing the mouth area in the mouth opening and before filling. Especially when filling spout plastic bags Hand over the spout foil pouch with an applied cap to the sterile room or place the mouth area in the mouth opening to avoid contamination of the open spout foil pouch when the spout foil pouch is transported to the sterile space. The cap is then removed before the container is filled.
  • a capper can be provided in the sterile room, ie a device which is designed to remove a cap from a mouth region of a container, for example by gripping and then unscrewing the cap.
  • the container is filled.
  • the container is filled by means of a filling valve which is arranged in the sterile room and can be brought into alignment with the mouth opening of the sterile room and thus with the mouth region of the container.
  • the cap After filling, the cap is again applied to the mouth region of the container placed in the mouth opening.
  • the kapper is used, which is arranged in the sterile room.
  • the mouth region of the container is removed again from the mouth opening of the sterile room. This makes it possible to use the filled containers for further work processes.
  • a sterile filling device for the aseptic filling of a container in particular for carrying out a method as described above or further below, comprises a sterile room which comprises a mouth opening in the bottom for a mouth region of a container and a filling valve and a capper in the lid, the filling valve or the kapper in Alignment with the mouth opening can be brought.
  • the mouth opening of the sterile room is a maximum of 5% larger than the mouth area of the container.
  • the shapes of the mouth opening and the mouth region match at least approximately.
  • the cross section of the mouth opening of the sterile room is preferably also round.
  • the size of the mouth opening it also makes sense to take into account whether the mouth area of the container includes a cap / closure or not.
  • a cap is removed from a container by means of the capper, so that the container can be filled. At the end of the filling process, this cap is applied to this container again by means of the cap.
  • the capper can be a device which is designed to remove or apply a cap from a mouth region of a container, for example by gripping the cap and unscrewing or unscrewing the cap.
  • the sterile room also includes a cleaning nozzle which can be brought into alignment with the filling valve.
  • the filling valve can be cleaned with the cleaning nozzle. Dried filler residues or residues of the previous product when changing the filler product can thus be removed by cleaning.
  • the sealing device can be a holding clip of the spout foil pouch, by means of which it is transported into the area of the sterile room and by means of which the mouth area, i.e. the spout in which the mouth of the sterile room is placed.
  • a stopper of the mouth area can serve as a sealing device.
  • a sealing ring or the like to be provided on the bottom of the sterile space, which surrounds the mouth opening and with which the mouth area can be brought into contact in order to create a sterile condition.
  • the bottom and / or the cover can include an access for sterile gas, for example H 2 O 2 . Since the sterility of the sterile room is no longer ensured due to contact with the outside environment during a placement of the mouth area of a container in the mouth opening of the sterile room or during and / or during removal of the mouth area from the mouth, the sterile room is preferably given before a filling process and / or (again) sterilized before removing a cap from a container. This can be done, for example, by introducing sterile gas into the sterile room.
  • sterile gas for example H 2 O 2
  • the sterile filling device can comprise a material which is permeable to electrons and / or X-rays for sterilizing the sterile room. Since only the sterile room and a mouth area of a container located in it are sterilized, but not the filling product or filling product that has already been filled in, sterilization can also be carried out with electrons and / or X-rays. Accordingly, it is advantageous if the material of the sterile filling device is permeable to electrons and / or X-rays.
  • An overpressure of at least 0.2 bar compared to an ambient pressure can be provided in the sterile room.
  • the floor of the sterile room is designed as a stator and the cover is designed as a rotor, the rotor being designed to be rotatable relative to the stator. It is thus possible to bring the filling valve, which is arranged in the cover, into alignment with the mouth opening, which is arranged in the bottom, so that a container whose mouth region is placed in the mouth opening can be filled.
  • the rotor is designed to be rotatable about an axis of rotation with respect to the stator.
  • elements which are in the cover i.e. Rotor
  • elements located in the ground i.e. Stator
  • the container is arranged with its mouth region in the mouth opening, which is located in the bottom, unnecessary movement of the container during the filling process or also during removal of a cap from the container is avoided.
  • the filling valve and / or the kapper can be moved parallel to the axis of rotation. This movability enables the filling valve to be simply introduced into the mouth region of the container or an arrangement of the filling valve above the mouth region for carrying out a filling process. After the filling process, the filling valve can be removed from the mouth area by an upward movement. In addition, it is then possible for the filling valve to be removed from alignment with the orifice opening by rotating the rotor cover about the axis of rotation.
  • the movability makes it possible for the kapper to be lowered after it has been brought into alignment with the mouth opening or the mouth area in order to remove a cap from a container before a filling process or a cap after the filling process back onto the container to apply.
  • the aseptic machine comprises a rotary carousel with a plurality of sterile filling devices arranged thereon, each with a sterile space, each of which is provided for aseptically filling a container with filling product and an irradiation device arranged in the periphery of the rotary carousel for irradiating at least the sterile filling device with electrons and / or X-rays before a filling process.
  • the aseptic machine can be used in the food processing industry for filling at least approximately liquid foods, such as drinks or porridge, and / or in the animal feed processing industry for the filling of at least approximately liquid feed, such as cat milk or wet feed.
  • the aseptic machine can further comprise an evaluation and control device for determining and evaluating status data of the sterile filling devices and for creating and forwarding control data based on the status data.
  • the status data can include or relate to the negative pressure provided in the sterile room, the sterilization of the sterile room and possibly also the spout foil pouch and / or the filling.
  • the determined status data can be compared with reference data in order to find out whether the status data match the reference data, which means that the requirements for aseptic filling are met, or whether all or some of the status data do not match the reference data, which means that the requirements for aseptic filling are at least partially not met.
  • These reference data can be known to the evaluation and control device, but they can also be entered and / or read from a data memory.
  • the aseptic machine can further comprise at least one deflection star for deflecting filled containers, which can be controlled by the control data. It is thus possible to reject containers that do not meet the required conditions for sterile or aseptic handling, especially during the filling process.
  • a first of the at least one deflecting star can be arranged in such a way to deflect filled containers to a printing device, a second of the at least one deflecting star can be arranged in such a way to deflect filled containers to an output and / or a third of the at least one deflecting star can be arranged in such a way, in order to discharge filled containers. It is thus possible for filled containers to be treated differently after filling and closing, depending on the status data of the corresponding sterile filling device associated with them, in that they are deflected in different ways.
  • a method for aseptically filling a container in the aseptic machine comprises the steps: transporting the container into an area of a sterile room which is assigned to the container; Placing the mouth region of the container for filling in the mouth opening of the sterile room; Sterilizing the sterile room and the introduced mouth area; Remove the cap after placing the muzzle area in the muzzle opening and before filling.
  • the method may further comprise the following steps: aligning the filling valve with the orifice; Moving the filling valve parallel to the axis of rotation; Inserting the filling valve into the mouth opening; Filling the container with filling product; Putting on the cap after filling; Deploying the fill valve from the orifice and removing the orifice area from the orifice.
  • the method can further comprise the following steps: determining and evaluating status data of the sterile filling device and creating and forwarding control data based on the status data.
  • the method can comprise at least one of the following steps: deflecting the filled container to a printing device; Redirecting the filled container to an output; Rejecting the filled container.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional side view of a first embodiment of a sterile filling device 1.
  • This sterile filling device 1 is designed for filling spout foil bags 2 with a cap 3.
  • the mouth opening 4 in the base 5 of the sterile room 6, ie in the stator 5 is designed for receiving the spout 7 with a cap 3.
  • the bottom 5 there is also a cleaning nozzle 8, which is provided for cleaning the filling valve 9 and the cap 10.
  • the filling valve 9 and the kapper 10 are provided in the lid 11 of the sterile room 6, ie in the rotor 11.
  • Both the filling valve 9, the mouth opening 4 and the kapper 10 are arranged in such a way that the kapper 10 and the filling valve 9 can be brought into alignment with the mouth opening 4.
  • the cleaning nozzle 8 is arranged such that it can be brought into alignment with the filling valve 9 and the kapper 10.
  • the rotor / cover 11 is arranged such that it can rotate relative to the stator / base 5 about an axis of rotation 14, so that the kapper 10 or the filling valve 9 is positioned above the orifice 4, i.e. can be brought into alignment with it.
  • a cap 3 of the spout foil bag 2 can be removed, the filling valve 9 can then be positioned above the mouth opening 4 by rotating the rotor / lid 11, and can be introduced into the mouth opening 4 and thus into the mouth region 7 by a method parallel to the axis of rotation 14 , so that the spout foil bag 2 can be filled.
  • the filling valve 9 is removed again from the mouth opening 4 or from the mouth region 7 by a method parallel to the axis of rotation 14 and the cap 10 is arranged above the mouth opening 4 or the mouth region 7 by rotating the rotor / cover 11, so that the cap 3 can be applied or placed on the spout film bag 2.
  • a tight closure of the sterile room 6 from the outside environment is achieved by a retaining clip 12 together with a sealing ring 13, which is arranged outside the sterile room 6 on the floor / stator 5.
  • Figure 2 shows a schematic cross section of the first embodiment of the sterile filling device 1.
  • the filling valve 9, the orifice 4, the capper 10 and the cleaning nozzle 8 have the same radial distance R to the axis of rotation 14.
  • R the radial distance
  • FIGS Figure 3 shows a flowchart of a method for aseptically filling a container with a cap, such as a spout foil pouch, with the first embodiment of the sterile filling device as in FIGS Figures 1 and 2 described.
  • step 100 the container is transported to the sterile filling device.
  • a holding clip can be provided for a spout foil pouch, which engages in an upper region of the spout foil pouch.
  • step 101 the mouth region of the container is placed in the mouth opening of the sterile room of the sterile filling device. Sterilization of the sterile room takes place in step 102, it being possible to sterilize with sterile gas and / or with irradiation with electrons and / or X-rays.
  • step 103 the kapper is brought into alignment with the mouth opening and thus the mouth area.
  • step 104 the kapper is lowered parallel to the axis of rotation by a method so that it is positioned such that it removes the cap from the container can remove.
  • step 105 the cap is removed from the container.
  • step 106 the kapper is raised parallel to the axis of rotation by a method.
  • step 107 the filling valve is brought into alignment with the mouth opening and thus also into alignment with the mouth area of the container, for which purpose, for example, the cover is rotated about an axis of rotation with respect to the base or the rotor with respect to the stator of the sterile room.
  • step 108 the filling valve is introduced into the mouth region of the container by moving parallel to the axis of rotation or the filling valve is arranged above the mouth region.
  • step 109 the container is filled with filling product.
  • step 110 the filling valve is brought out of the mouth region of the container by moving parallel to the axis of rotation.
  • step 111 the kapper is brought into alignment with the mouth opening and thus the mouth region, for which purpose, for example, the lid is rotated about an axis of rotation with respect to the base or the rotor with respect to the stator of the sterile room.
  • step 112 the kapper is lowered by moving parallel to the axis of rotation.
  • step 113 the cap is applied to the container.
  • step 114 the kapper is raised by moving parallel to the axis of rotation.
  • step 115 the mouth region of the container is removed from the mouth opening of the sterile room, for which purpose, for example, the holding clip which holds the spout foil bag is lowered.
  • the filled, capped container can then be used for further work processes.
  • Figure 4 shows a schematic view of an aseptic machine 15, which is suitable for creating, filling and forwarding filled spout foil bags.
  • the foil bags are provided in a magazine 16, from where they are transferred to a device 17, which welds spouts into the foil bags and applies caps to the spouts.
  • the spout film bags are transferred to a rotary carousel 20 by means of two deflection stars 18, 19.
  • a plurality of sterile filling devices, not shown, are arranged on the rotary carousel 20.
  • the transfer of the spout film bags to the rotary carousel 20 takes place in a first area 21 of the rotary carousel 15.
  • a sterile filling device is assigned to a spout film bag, the sterile filling device having a mouth opening in the bottom for a mouth area, ie here for the spout, the spout foil bag and in the lid includes a filling valve which can be brought into alignment with the mouth opening.
  • the spout is placed in the mouth opening and the cap is subsequently removed in a second region 22 of the carousel 15.
  • the sterile space of the sterile filling device is then sterilized in a third area 23 of the carousel 20 together with the cap and the mouth area placed in the mouth opening. At the same time, that area of the spout foil pouch which is arranged outside the sterile space can also be sterilized.
  • the sterilization is carried out by means of electrons and / or X-rays, which are emitted by an irradiation device 26 arranged in the periphery of the rotary carousel 20.
  • the spout foil bag is then filled in a fourth area 24 of the rotary carousel 20 by means of the filling valve of the sterile filling device. After the filling process has ended, the cap is again applied to the spout film bag in this fourth region 24.
  • a fifth area 25 of the rotary carousel 15 the mouth areas of the filled and closed spout foil bags are removed from the mouth openings of the sterile filling devices.
  • status data of the sterile filling device which Foil bag was assigned, determined and evaluated.
  • the status data can include the negative pressure provided in the sterile room, the sterilization of the sterile room and possibly also the spout foil pouch and / or the filling.
  • the determined status data can be compared with reference data in an evaluation step to find out whether the status data match the reference data, which means that the requirements for aseptic filling are met, or whether all or some of the status data do not match the reference data, which means that the requirements for aseptic filling are at least partially not met.
  • control data can be created by the evaluation and control device and forwarded to the deflection stars 27, 28, 29, which are arranged downstream of the rotary carousel 20.
  • control data is based on the fact that the status data match the reference data, the deflection star 27, which redirects the filled spout foil pouch to a printing device, or the deflection star 29, which directs the filled spout foil pouch to an output 31, can be controlled redirected.
  • the deflection star 28 can be controlled, which deflects the filled spout film bag to a discharge 30, so that this spout film bag is rejected.
  • FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of a method for deflecting a filled container.
  • a filled container can from the in the Figure 3 shown procedures result.
  • status data of the sterile filling device are ascertained and evaluated.
  • the status data can include or relate to the negative pressure provided in the sterile room, the sterilization of the sterile room and possibly also the spout foil pouch and / or the filling.
  • the determined status data can be compared with reference data in order to find out whether the status data match the reference data, which means that the requirements for aseptic filling are met, or whether all or some of the status data do not match the reference data, which means that the requirements for aseptic filling are at least partially not met.
  • reference data can be known to the evaluation and control device, but they can also be entered and / or read from a data memory.
  • control data is created based on the status data and forwarded.
  • the filled container is redirected to a printing device, for example when the control data are based on the fact that the status data match the reference data. Accordingly, the deflection star 27 can be controlled, which then deflects the filled spout film bag to the printing device.
  • step 204 the filled container is redirected to an output, for example when the control data are based on the fact that the status data match the reference data. Accordingly, the deflection star 29 can be controlled, which deflects the filled spout film bag to the outlet 31.
  • the filled container is discharged in step 205, for example when the control data are based on the fact that all or some of the status data do not match the reference data. Accordingly, the deflecting star 28 can be controlled which deflects the filled spout film bag to a discharge 30, so that this spout film bag is discharged.

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  1. Procédé de remplissage aseptique d'un récipient (2) avec un produit de remplissage, avec un dispositif de remplissage stérile selon l'une des revendications 3 à 8,
    dans lequel le récipient est transporté (100) dans une zone de l'espace stérile (6) associée au récipient et ensuite une zone d'embouchure (7) du récipient avec un bouchon (3) pour le remplissage est placée (101) dans l'ouverture d'embouchure (4) de l'espace stérile (6),
    le bouchon (3) est retiré (105) après avoir placé la zone d'embouchure (7) dans l'ouverture buccale (4) et avant le remplissage au moyen du bouchon (10),
    le récipient (2) est rempli (109) au moyen de la valve de remplissage (9),
    après le remplissage, le bouchon (3) est réappliqué (113) sur la zone de la pièce (7) placée dans l'ouverture de la bouche (4),
    après avoir remis le bouchon (3), la zone d'embouchure (7) du récipient (2) est retirée de l'ouverture (4) de la chambre stérile (6),
    dans lequel la valve de remplissage (9) et le bouchon (10) sont nettoyés avec la buse de nettoyage (8) qui est disposée dans le fond de la chambre stérile (6).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la stérilisation (102) de la chambre stérile et de la région buccale introduite est effectuée avec le bouchon.
  3. Dispositif de remplissage stérile (1) pour le remplissage aseptique d'un récipient (2) avec un espace stérile (6), qui présente dans le fond (5) une ouverture de bouche (4) pour une zone d'embouchure (7) du récipient (2) et dans le couvercle (11) une valve de remplissage (9) et un capuchon (10), la valve de remplissage (9) ou le capuchon (10) pouvant être alignés avec l'ouverture d'embouchure (4), caractérisé en ce que le fond (5) comprend une buse de nettoyage (8) qui peut être aligné avec la valve de remplissage (9) et avec le couvercle (10), et dans lequel la base (5) est formée comme un stator (5) et le couvercle (11) est formé comme un rotor (11), le rotor (11) étant formé de manière à pouvoir tourner autour d'un axe de rotation (14) par rapport au stator (5).
  4. Dispositif de remplissage stérile selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la base (5) et/ou le couvercle (11) comportent un accès pour le gaz stérile.
  5. Dispositif de remplissage stérile selon les revendications 3 ou 4, qui comprend un matériau perméable aux électrons et/ou aux rayons X pour stériliser l'espace stérile (6).
  6. Dispositif de remplissage stérile selon l'une des revendications 3 à 5, dans lequel une surpression d'au moins 0,2 bar par rapport à une pression ambiante est prévue dans l'espace stérile (6).
  7. Dispositif de remplissage stérile selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la valve de remplissage (9) et/ou le bouchon (10) peuvent être déplacés parallèlement à l'axe de rotation (14).
  8. Machine aseptique (15) avec un carrousel rotatif (20), caractérisée par une pluralité de dispositifs de remplissage stériles (1) disposés sur celle-ci selon au moins l'une des revendications 3 à 7, avec chacun une chambre stérile (6), qui sont prévus chacun pour le remplissage aseptique d'un récipient (2) avec un produit de remplissage, et avec un dispositif d'irradiation (26) disposé dans la périphérie du carrousel rotatif (20) pour irradier au moins le dispositif de remplissage stérile (1) avec des électrons et/ou des rayons X avant un processus de remplissage.
  9. Machine aseptique selon la revendication 8, qui comprend en outre un dispositif d'évaluation et de contrôle pour déterminer et évaluer les données d'état des dispositifs de remplissage stériles (1) et pour générer et transmettre des données de contrôle fondées sur les données d'état.
  10. Machine aseptique selon la revendication 9, qui comprend en outre au moins une étoile de déviation (27, 28, 29) pour dévier les récipients remplis (2), qui peut être commandée par les données de commande.
  11. Machine aseptique selon la revendication 10, dans laquelle une première (27) de ladite au moins une étoile de déviation est disposée de manière à dévier des récipients remplis (2) vers un dispositif d'impression, une deuxième (29) de ladite au moins une étoile de déviation est disposée de manière à dévier des récipients remplis (2) vers une sortie (31) et/ou une troisième (28) de ladite au moins une étoile de déviation est disposée de manière à dévier des récipients remplis vers une décharge (30).
  12. Procédé de remplissage aseptique d'un récipient dans une machine aseptique (15) selon au moins une des revendications 8 à 11, comprenant les étapes suivantes:
    - transport (100) du récipient dans une zone de l'espace de la tige associée au récipient,
    - placement (101) de l'embouchure du récipient à remplir dans l'ouverture de la chambre stérile,
    - stérilisation (102) de la chambre stérile et la zone de la bouche insérée,
    - dépose (105) du bouchon au moyen du capuchon (10) après avoir placé la zone du museau dans l'ouverture du museau et avant le remplissage,
    - alignement (407) de la valve de remplissage (9) avec l'orifice,
    - déplacement de la valve de remplissage parallèlement à l'axe de rotation (14),
    - introduction (108) de la valve de remplissage dans l'orifice,
    - remplissage (109) du récipient avec le produit de remplissage,
    - dépose (110) de la valve de remplissage de l'orifice
    - remise en place du bouchon (113) après le remplissage,
    - dépose (115) la zone d'embouchure de l'ouverture d'embouchure et
    - nettoyage de la valve de remplissage (9) et du bouchon (10) avec la buse de nettoyage (8), qui est disposée dans le fond de la chambre stérile (6).
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 12 avec les étapes suivantes:
    - détermination et évaluation (201) des données relatives à l'état du dispositif de remplissage stérile et
    - création et transmission (202) de données de contrôle fondées sur les données de statut.
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 13 comprenant au moins une des étapes suivantes:
    - détournement (203) du récipient rempli vers un dispositif d'impression,
    - détournement (204) du récipient rempli vers une sortie,
    - rejet (205) du récipient rempli.
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