EP4065911A1 - Handling device for handling collapsible containers - Google Patents
Handling device for handling collapsible containersInfo
- Publication number
- EP4065911A1 EP4065911A1 EP21839374.2A EP21839374A EP4065911A1 EP 4065911 A1 EP4065911 A1 EP 4065911A1 EP 21839374 A EP21839374 A EP 21839374A EP 4065911 A1 EP4065911 A1 EP 4065911A1
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- container
- containers
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F26—DRYING
- F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
- F26B5/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat
- F26B5/08—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by centrifugal treatment
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F26—DRYING
- F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
- F26B25/00—Details of general application not covered by group F26B21/00 or F26B23/00
- F26B25/001—Handling, e.g. loading or unloading arrangements
- F26B25/003—Handling, e.g. loading or unloading arrangements for articles
Definitions
- the invention relates to a treatment device for treating collapsible containers for transport and storage.
- Washing systems for cleaning containers that are used, for example, to transport and store bottles or food, in particular meat, fruit, vegetables and baked goods, are known from the prior art.
- car washes with horizontally aligned conveyor belts are used, on which the container to be cleaned is placed either automatically or by hand and which then runs through a horizontal, mostly elongated cleaning chamber that is sealed against splashing water.
- Plants of this type are known, for example, from DE 86 17 094 U1, DE 43 35 695 C2 and DE 10 332 443 A1.
- the containers After cleaning, the containers must be dried. This is usually done by rapidly rotating the containers in closed chambers using drying systems that are also known from the prior art.
- centrifugal dryer for drying containers of different sizes is known from EP 3 392 585 B1.
- the centrifugal dryer essentially consists of a centrifugal cage rotating about a vertical axis as well as lifting, lowering and holding elements, in particular a lifting table and a hold-down device, with the containers being raised and lowered by vertical movement of the lifting table, while a hold-down device is in the opposite position to the lifting table , consisting of a pressure plate and a ram with rack, is arranged. If there is a container to be dried on the lifting table, the container is secured against twisting and/or tipping in its position on the lifting table by the hold-down device before the container is introduced into the centrifugal cage.
- a crate drying system for drying damp or wet crates by means of centrifugal force is known from DE 198 33 416 A1.
- the drying system comprises a drying drum rotating around a horizontally oriented axis of rotation with a high-speed belt and adjusting rollers arranged above and below the high-speed belt. The crate to be dried is placed between the high-speed belt and one of the alignment rollers during the rotation period.
- the drying drum is stopped by a braking device in such a way that the dried crate hangs upside down in the drying drum.
- the next crate to be dried is fed into the drying drum via the high-speed belt.
- DE 601 14 490 T2 discloses a device for drying washed and rinsed crates or crates, comprising a drum with receiving spaces for receiving the crates or crates, the receiving spaces being attached to a horizontally oriented rotary shaft and arranged symmetrically to this rotary shaft.
- Collapsible containers are often used for transporting and storing food, in particular meat, fruit, vegetables and baked goods. After use, these are delivered folded up for cleaning. Before the containers are cleaned using one of the washing systems mentioned above, the containers must be opened up, since only then can they be completely cleaned. This opening of the containers is done either manually by staff or by special crate erecting machines such as those offered by Frutmac GmbH.
- Object of the present invention is to provide a treatment device for treating collapsible containers for transport and storage available, which with reduced equipment and manual effort cleaning and drying makes containers possible.
- This object is achieved according to the invention by the treatment device for treating foldable containers according to independent claim 1 and the method for treating foldable containers according to independent claim 6 . Further advantageous aspects, details and configurations of the invention result from the dependent claims, the description and the drawing.
- the present invention provides a treatment device for treating collapsible containers for transport and storage.
- the containers each have at least one bottom wall and at least one side wall, with the side wall being articulated to the bottom wall in such a way that the container can be converted from a folded state into an unfolded state, with the side wall being essentially parallel to the bottom wall in the folded state is arranged and in the unfolded state, the side wall is arranged substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall.
- the treatment device comprises a treatment chamber with at least one holding device arranged in the treatment chamber and a rotation unit arranged in the treatment chamber, a feed unit arranged in a feed plane, the feed unit conveying the containers in a feed direction to the treatment chamber and transferring the containers to the treatment chamber in a folded state , and a removal unit arranged in a removal plane, wherein the removal unit conveys the containers away from the treatment chamber in a removal direction, wherein the containers are transferred from the treatment chamber to the removal unit in the opened state.
- the rotation unit has an axis of rotation running essentially in the horizontal direction.
- the at least one holding device is designed and set up in such a way that it can only be brought into contact with the container in the area of the bottom wall.
- the holding device fixes the container in its position by exerting a holding force acting in the plane of the bottom wall.
- the containers Due to the rotation axis of the rotation unit being oriented in the horizontal direction, the containers are rotated on a vertically oriented circular path. Since the holding device provided according to the invention is designed and set up in such a way that it is in contact with the container only in the area of the bottom wall and fixes the container in its position by exerting a holding force acting in the plane of the bottom wall, the side walls are articulated to the bottom wall of the containers can be pivoted freely about their joint axis. Due to the centrifugal forces occurring during the rotation of the containers, the containers transferred to the treatment chamber in the collapsed state and fixed in the holding device are immediately unfolded. As already mentioned, the containers that are delivered in a folded state must always be unfolded before they are cleaned, since only then can they be cleaned completely.
- the treatment device according to the invention makes it possible to dispense with both special crate erecting machines and personnel who manually unfold the crates.
- the very special advantage of the treatment device according to the invention is that no additional outlay on equipment is required for the described mechanical opening of the containers.
- the treatment device takes over not only the opening of the containers but also their drying.
- the drying systems already described and known from the prior art are also rotary dryers, the way they work is that water adhering to the containers is thrown away by the centrifugal forces occurring during rotation and the containers are dried in this way.
- the treatment device according to the invention fulfills this function 100%, which is why the containers can be unfolded and dried with one and the same device, in contrast to the prior art.
- the containers according to the present invention are in particular containers for storing and transporting foodstuffs such as meat, fruit, vegetables and baked goods, in particular meat crates, in particular foldable crates of sizes E1, E2 and E3.
- Such containers have standard sizes with a length of 60 cm and a width of 40 cm.
- the height of the containers is variable and is, for example, 15 cm, 22 cm, 30 cm or 32 cm.
- foldable used in the present text is a synonym for the term "foldable”.
- the supply and removal units used within the scope of the present invention are conventional transport devices known to those skilled in the art, such as conveyor belts.
- the transport devices used in this context are designed in particular in such a way that they withstand the wear and tear that occurs due to the damp environment in connection with the dirt from the containers to be cleaned as well and as permanently as possible.
- the supply and removal units are equipped with conventional driver elements, which usually have at least one driver drive train running in an endless manner.
- the driver elements can in particular extending transversely to the conveying direction over at least part of the extension of the feed and discharge units.
- the driver elements can be designed as a tube, a roller or a strip-like molded part, but in principle any type of driver element can be used. Preference is given to driver elements that are inexpensive to produce and at the same time wear-resistant, such as simple tubes or molded parts, which are preferably designed like strips.
- the driver elements can be designed to be rotatable about their respective longitudinal axis.
- the driver elements preferably have an elastically deformable layer arranged on the surface. The use of such product-friendly layers has the advantage that damage to the containers coming into contact with the driver element is practically completely avoided.
- the conveying-off plane preferably corresponds to the conveying plane, and the conveying direction particularly preferably also corresponds to the conveying-off direction.
- These embodiments have the advantage that no level difference has to be overcome between the feed unit and the discharge unit. If the conveying direction corresponds to the conveying direction, the conveying unit connects linearly to the conveying unit and the containers can be transported through the treatment chamber without changing their direction of movement. There are advantages with regard to the throughput of containers per unit of time.
- the feed plane and the discharge plane can also be offset from one another in the vertical direction. This is particularly advantageous when two holding devices are provided in the treatment chamber.
- the two holding devices are particularly preferably arranged symmetrically to the axis of rotation of the rotation unit. With a corresponding vertical distance between the infeed unit and the outfeed unit or between the two holding devices, a container can be transferred in the folded-up state in the infeed plane directly to one of the two holding devices. At the same time, another container can be transferred directly from the other holding device in the discharge level to the discharge unit.
- the holding device is a clamping device having two clamping jaws, the clamping jaws being designed such that they can be brought into contact with the container on opposite edge regions of the bottom wall.
- the essential for the functionality of the treatment device according to the invention namely that on the one hand the holding device so is designed and set up so that it is in contact with the container only in the area of the bottom wall, and fixing the container by exerting a holding force that acts exclusively in the plane of the bottom wall can be particularly advantageous with this preferred embodiment in a structurally less complex manner be fulfilled.
- the container is always transferred to the treatment chamber in such a way that the bottom wall of the container is arranged adjacent to the horizontal axis of rotation.
- the side walls which are arranged essentially parallel to the bottom wall in the folded state, are located on the side of the bottom wall facing away from the axis of rotation. Only in this case can the side walls open outwards as a result of the centrifugal forces occurring during rotation and the container can be converted into its open state.
- the holding device extends in the feed direction by at least 40 cm, preferably at least 60 cm, particularly preferably at least 120 cm and particularly preferably at least 180 cm.
- the containers used in connection with the present invention are in particular containers for storing and transporting foodstuffs such as meat, fruit, vegetables and baked goods, in particular meat crates, and in particular foldable crates of the sizes E1, E2 and E3.
- Such containers have standard sizes with a length of 60 cm and a width of 40 cm. So does the Holding device has an extension in the conveying direction of, for example, 120 cm, so 2 containers with a length of 60 cm can be dried at the same time.
- the holding device is a clamping device with two clamping jaws
- the two clamping jaws extend in the feed direction by at least 40 cm, preferably at least 60 cm, particularly preferably at least 120 cm and particularly preferably at least 180 cm.
- containers with any dimensions can be dried in the device according to the invention and/or with the aid of the method according to the invention.
- the exact extension of the holding device in the conveying direction can be adapted by the person skilled in the art according to the dimensions of the container.
- two holding devices are provided in the treatment chamber.
- the two holding devices are particularly preferably arranged symmetrically to the axis of rotation of the rotation unit.
- the treatment device also includes a cleaning system for cleaning the container.
- a cleaning system for cleaning the container.
- water from the public pipe system can be used to clean the containers, which water is fed to the spray nozzles provided in a cleaning chamber of the cleaning system with the aid of a high-pressure pump.
- the cleaning system is preferably equipped with a storage tank for cleaning liquid, with the spray nozzles being supplied with cleaning liquid from the storage tank.
- fundamentally different cleaning agents can be used in the cleaning liquid, the cleaning agent content can be varied and the containers can also be rinsed exclusively with pure water.
- the containers can be separated in a manner known to those skilled in the art, as a result of which they are separated.
- the present invention also relates to a method for treating collapsible containers for transport and storage.
- the containers each have at least one bottom wall and at least one side wall, with the side wall being articulated to the bottom wall in such a way that the container can be converted from a folded state into an unfolded state, with the side wall being essentially parallel to the bottom wall in the folded state is arranged and in the unfolded state, the side wall is arranged substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall.
- the method comprises the steps: a) Conveying the container in a conveying direction by a conveying unit arranged in a conveying plane to a treatment chamber, with the container being transferred to the treatment chamber in a folded state, b) Fixing the container in a predetermined position by means of a holding device arranged in the treatment chamber, the fixing being effected by bringing the holding device into contact with the container exclusively in the area of the bottom wall of the container and the holding device fixing the container in its position by exerting a holding force acting in the plane of the bottom wall, c) rotating the container by a rotation unit arranged in the treatment chamber about an axis of rotation running essentially in the horizontal direction, d) moving the holding device in such a way that the contact between the holding device and the container is released, e) conveying the container away in a conveying direction a removal unit arranged in a removal plane away from the treatment chamber, the container being transferred from the treatment chamber to the removal unit in the opened state.
- the containers are rotated on a vertically oriented circular path because the axis of rotation of the rotation unit is oriented in the horizontal direction. Since the holding device in step b) is brought into contact with the container exclusively in the area of its bottom wall and the container is fixed in its position by exerting a holding force acting in the plane of the bottom wall, the side walls of the container which are articulated to the bottom wall are free to move around their hinge axis swivels. Due to the centrifugal forces occurring during the rotation of the container, the container transferred to the treatment chamber in a collapsed state in step a) and fixed in the holding device is immediately unfolded in step c).
- any type of collapsible container can therefore be converted from a collapsed state into an unfolded state.
- the method according to the invention makes it possible to dispense with both special crate erecting machines and personnel who manually unfold the crates.
- Two holding devices and a rotation unit are preferably provided in the treatment chamber and the steps of the method according to the invention are preferably carried out in the following form: a) Conveying of two containers in a conveying direction by a conveying unit arranged in a conveying plane to a treatment chamber, with the containers in the folded state are transferred to the treatment chamber, b) fixing the containers in each case in a predetermined position by means of a holding device arranged in the treatment chamber, the fixing being effected by bringing the respective holding device into contact with the respective container exclusively in the area of the bottom wall of the respective container and the respective holding device fixes the respective container in its position by exerting a holding force acting in the plane of the bottom wall, c) rotating the containers by a rotation unit arranged in the treatment chamber about an axis of rotation running essentially in the horizontal direction, d) moving the holding device in such a way that the contact between the respective holding device and the respective container is released, e) conveying away the containers in one Discharge direction away from the treatment chamber by a discharge
- the throughput of containers per unit of time is doubled. If the two holding devices are arranged symmetrically to the axis of rotation of the rotation unit, this also results in a weight distribution that is symmetrical to the axis of rotation, which leads to a significantly reduced imbalance during the rotation process.
- the method is preferably a method for transferring soiled containers from a collapsed state to an unfolded state.
- Containers that are delivered in a folded state must always be unfolded before cleaning, since only then can they be cleaned completely. Thanks to the treatment process, there is no need for special crate erecting machines or for personnel who manually unfold the soiled containers.
- step e) after step e) the steps f) conveying the container to a cleaning system, g) cleaning the container in the cleaning system, h) conveying the cleaned container to the treatment chamber, i) fixing the cleaned container in a predetermined position by the holding device arranged in the treatment chamber, the fixing taking place by bringing the holding device into contact with the container exclusively in the area of the bottom wall of the container and the holding device fixing the container in its position by exerting a holding force acting in the plane of the bottom wall, j) drying the container by rotating the container by the rotation unit around the axis of rotation running essentially in the horizontal direction, k) moving the holding device such that the contact between the holding device and the dried container nis is resolved, and I) the dried container is conveyed away from the treatment chamber, with the container being transferred from the treatment chamber in the open state to the second removal unit.
- the very particular advantage of the treatment method according to the invention is that no additional outlay on equipment is required for the mechanical opening of the containers carried out in step c).
- the treatment method according to the invention not only allows the containers to be opened up, but also to be dried.
- the treatment method according to the invention fulfills this function 100%, which is why the opening of the containers and their drying can take place with one and the same method, in contrast to the prior art.
- the container or containers are preferably rotated by a rotation unit arranged in the treatment chamber about an axis of rotation running essentially in the horizontal direction at a speed of between 300 rpm and 750 rpm, preferably between 400 rpm and 650 rpm. min, particularly preferably with a speed of around 550 rpm. It has been shown that with these numbers of revolutions, on the one hand, the containers are completely dried and, on the other hand, a reproducible, safe opening of the containers is ensured.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an embodiment according to the present invention in a perspective view
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of the holding device with a rotation unit and a container in the folded-up state in a vertical section perpendicular to the axis of rotation
- 3 shows a schematic representation of the holding device with a rotation unit and a container in the unfolded state in a vertical section perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an embodiment according to the present invention in a perspective view.
- the treatment device 1 Shown is a treatment device 1 for treating collapsible containers 2 for transport and storage.
- the treatment device 1 has a treatment chamber 3 with a holding device 4 arranged in the treatment chamber 3 and a rotation unit 5 arranged in the treatment chamber 3 .
- the rotation unit 5 has an axis of rotation DA running in the horizontal direction.
- the treatment chamber 3 consists, in a manner known per se to a person skilled in the art, of a frame made of vertical pipe supports and horizontally arranged connecting supports connecting these vertical pipe supports.
- the treatment chamber 3 is, as usual, surrounded on the outside with splash-proof cover plates, with assembly openings being provided which in turn are closed with partially transparent, removable paneling elements.
- the treatment device 1 also includes a feed unit 6 arranged in a feed plane Z, the feed unit 6 conveying the containers 2 in the feed direction ZFR to the treatment chamber 3 .
- the containers 2 are transferred to the treatment chamber 3 in the folded state.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of the holding device 4 with the rotation unit 5 and a container 2 in the collapsed state in a vertical section perpendicular to the axis of rotation DA.
- the container 2 is always transferred to the treatment chamber 3 in such a way that the bottom wall 2.B of the container 2 is arranged adjacent to the horizontal axis of rotation DA.
- the side walls 2.S which are arranged parallel to the bottom wall 2.B in the folded state, are located on the side of the bottom wall 2.B facing away from the axis of rotation DA. Only with such an arrangement the side walls 2.S open outwards due to the centrifugal forces occurring during the rotation and the container 2 can be converted into its open state.
- the holding device 4 is a clamping device having two clamping jaws 8 .
- FIG. 2 shows the clamping jaws 8 in the open state. The holding device 4 is therefore not yet in contact with the container 2. This can be seen in detail from the enlarged section shown in FIG.
- the container 2 Before the container 2 rotates, it is fixed in a predetermined position in the treatment chamber 3 . This is done by moving the clamping jaws 8. The fixing of the container 2 is achieved by bringing the holding device 4 into contact with the container 2 exclusively in the area of the bottom wall 2.B of the container 2.
- FIG. 3 shows the holding device 4 in the closed state.
- the enlarged section shown in FIG. 3 shows that the clamping jaws 8 of the holding device 4 are in contact with the container 2 only in the area of the bottom wall 2.B of the container 2 and thus fix the container 2 in its position.
- the two clamping jaws 8 are brought into contact with the container 2 on mutually opposite edge regions of the bottom wall 2.B.
- the holding force exerted on the container 2 by the clamping jaws 8 acts in the plane of the bottom wall 2.B. At this point, the container 2 is still in the collapsed state.
- the rotation unit 5 is then set in motion and the container 2 is rotated about the horizontal axis of rotation DA at a speed of 550 rpm. Since the holding device 4 is in contact with the container 2 only in the area of its bottom wall 2.B and the container 2 is fixed in its position by exerting a holding force acting in the plane of the bottom wall 2.B, the are articulated with the bottom wall 2 .B associated side walls 2.S of the container 2 freely pivotable about its hinge axis. Due to the centrifugal forces occurring during the rotation of the container 2, the side walls 2.S open and the container 2 is transferred to its open state. This state is shown in FIG.
- the holding device 4 is moved in such a way that the contact between the holding device 4, in the exemplary embodiment shown the clamping jaws 8, and the container 2 is released.
- the jaws 8 thus again take the figure 2 shown Position, but with the side walls 2.S of the container 2 are vertically upwards.
- the container 2 initially transferred to the treatment chamber 3 in the folded state is now transferred from the treatment chamber 3 in the opened state to a removal unit 7 (see FIG. 1).
- the treatment device 1 also includes a removal unit 7 arranged in a removal plane A, the removal unit 7 transporting the containers 2 away from the treatment chamber 3 in a removal direction AFR.
- the conveying plane Z is arranged above the conveying plane A in the vertical direction. This means that the level at which the container 2 is transported to the treatment chamber 3 by the feed unit 6 is above the level at which the container 2 is transported away from the treatment chamber 3 by the discharge unit 6 .
- the arrangement of the conveying plane Z in the vertical direction above the conveying plane A has advantages in particular when two holding devices 4 are provided in the treatment chamber 3 .
- Such an embodiment is shown in FIG.
- the feed unit 6 conveys a folded-up container 2 in the feed direction ZFR to the treatment chamber 3 and transfers this folded-up container 2 to the treatment chamber 3.
- a container 2 is folded-up shown in FIG. 1 in the holding device 4 shown above the axis of rotation DA.
- a container 2 is folded-up shown in the second holding device 4, which is located symmetrically to the axis of rotation DA in the vertical direction below the first holding device 4, a container 2 is shown in the open state.
- Infeed level Z and discharge level A are arranged in such a way that on the one hand a container 2 can be transferred from the feed unit 6 directly to a holding device 4 and on the other hand a container 2 can be transferred directly from the other holding device 4 to the discharge unit 7.
- the delivery direction ZFR and the removal direction AFR are oriented parallel to one another.
- the discharge unit 7 is therefore connected linearly to the feed unit 6 .
- the containers 2 can therefore be transported through the treatment chamber without changing their horizontal direction of movement.
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