WO2014072219A1 - Method and apparatus for producing packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for producing packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product Download PDF

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WO2014072219A1
WO2014072219A1 PCT/EP2013/072783 EP2013072783W WO2014072219A1 WO 2014072219 A1 WO2014072219 A1 WO 2014072219A1 EP 2013072783 W EP2013072783 W EP 2013072783W WO 2014072219 A1 WO2014072219 A1 WO 2014072219A1
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Filippo Furlotti
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Indag Gesellschaft für Industriebedarf mbH & Co. Betriebs KG
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Priority to CA2889946A priority patent/CA2889946A1/en
Priority to KR1020157014834A priority patent/KR20150065961A/en
Priority to EP13788930.9A priority patent/EP2917118A1/en
Priority to RU2015116340A priority patent/RU2015116340A/en
Priority to BR112015010188A priority patent/BR112015010188A2/en
Priority to MX2015005815A priority patent/MX2015005815A/en
Priority to JP2015540122A priority patent/JP2015533744A/en
Publication of WO2014072219A1 publication Critical patent/WO2014072219A1/en
Priority to ZA2015/03098A priority patent/ZA201503098B/en
Priority to HK16102661.6A priority patent/HK1214574A1/en

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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
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/04—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
    • B65B55/06—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging by heat

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product.
  • These packets comprise a containment wrapper for the food or pharmaceutical product and a dispensing spout.
  • Production apparatuses of packets containing food or pharmaceutical products of the known art comprise a plurality of turntables equipped with grippers that grasp the packets. In these turntables the packets, during the movement, undergo a plurality of treatments.
  • apparatuses of the known art comprise at least:
  • this embodiment entails a substantial system cost.
  • the technical task on which the present invention is based is to provide an apparatus and a production method of packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product that resolve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the known art.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a production method of packets that allow the transport of the packets to be made easy and cheap at the same time as ensuring maximum hygiene.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a portion of a packaging apparatus according to the present invention
  • Figures 2 and 3 show details of Figure 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 shows a section of the apparatus of Figure 1 with a packet inserted.
  • reference number 1 indicates a production apparatus of packets for a food or a pharmaceutical product.
  • Each packet 7 comprises a spout 70 and a product containment wrapper 71 .
  • the spout 70 and the product containment wrapper 71 are constrained to each other, typically through welding.
  • the wrapper 71 comprises flexible sheets whereas the spout 70 is more rigid.
  • the product contained in the packets 7 is typically in liquid or in granular form.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a connection station 2 of the spout 70 to remaining parts of a packet 7 suitable to contain the product (in practice there is a connection between the spout 70 and the corresponding wrapper 71 ).
  • the connection station 2 is a welding station of the spout 70 to the product containment wrapper 71 .
  • the apparatus 1 comprises a controlled atmosphere zone 3.
  • the connection station 2 is a zone in which (due to the specific processes performed) dirt may be found, which is incompatible with the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
  • the connection station 2 is therefore far from the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises pneumatic transport means 4 of the packets.
  • the transport means 4 are operatively interposed between the connection station 2 and the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
  • the pneumatic transport means 4 comprise support and guide means 41 of the packets that extend between the connection station 2 (the welding station) and the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
  • the support and guide means 41 extend along a longer trajectory than 10 metres, preferably about 18 metres long. This distance therefore allows the controlled atmosphere zone 3 and the connection station 2 of the spout 70 to be kept separate.
  • the transport means 4 further comprise generation means 42 of a gaseous fluid current.
  • This current is suitable to push the packets along the support means 41 .
  • gaseous fluid is air.
  • the apparatus 1 comprises heating means 5 of the gaseous fluid.
  • the heating means 5 comprise at least one electrical element.
  • the controlled atmosphere zone 3 comprises an atmosphere containing vaporised hydrogen peroxide.
  • the hydrogen peroxide performs an important sanitisation/sterilisation function (but instead of hydrogen peroxide a different sanitisation/sterilisation agent could be used).
  • the hot fluid current generated by the means 420 has a dual function: on the one hand it hits the packets 7 enabling their movement along the support and guide means 41 , but on the other it ensures that the packets 7 that enter the controlled atmosphere zone 3 are at a temperature such as to prevent the condensation of the hydrogen peroxide on the packets 7 themselves. The fact that the heating takes place using the fluid used for transport allows important optimisation of the components.
  • the pneumatic transport means 4 comprise a conveying channel 43 of said fluid which extends parallel to said support and guide means 41 of the packets.
  • the pneumatic transport means 4 also comprise at least one advancement channel 45 of the packets 7; the advancement channel 45 of the packets 7 houses said support and guide means 41 .
  • the advancement channel 45 of the packets 7 houses the packets 7 during the movement of the latter from the station 2 to the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
  • the conveying channel 43 is operatively interposed between the generation means 42 of a fluid current and the advancement channel 45.
  • the conveying channel 43 is in excess pressure with respect to the advancement channel 45 of the packets, hence causing the passage of the gaseous fluid from the conveying channel 43 to the advancement channel 45.
  • the transport means 4 also comprise deflector means 44 interposed between the conveying channel 43 and the advancement channel 45.
  • the deflector means 44 identify an imaginary boundary between the conveying channel 43 and the advancement channel 45.
  • the deflector means 44 direct the fluid, in transit from the conveying channel 43 to the advancement channel 45, in order to facilitate the advancement of the packets 7 along the support and guide means 41 .
  • the conveying channel 43 of said fluid surmounts said support and guide means 41 .
  • the deflector means 44 comprise a series of fins alongside each other which extend along at least two thirds of the length of the conveying channel 43 (preferably along the whole length).
  • the pneumatic transport means 4 define an advancement path of the packets from the connection station 2 of the spout to the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
  • Said path 6 comprises a first stretch 61 which acts as a storage unit 610 for the packets (in technical jargon the expression "buffer" is used) and a second stretch 62 in which the packets are hit by the current generated by the generation means 420 of a current of hot fluid for heating the packets.
  • the second stretch 62 is positioned downstream from the first stretch 61 along an advancement direction of the packets along the path 6.
  • the generation means 42 of a current of gaseous fluid comprise first generation means 421 of a fluid current, for example a fan 421 , typically of the centrifugal type.
  • first generation means 421 of a fluid current have a delivery that leads into the beginning of the second stretch 62.
  • the generation means 42 of a gaseous fluid comprise second generation means 422 of a fluid current, for example a fan 425, typically of the centrifugal type.
  • the second generation means 422 of a fluid current have a delivery that leads into the length of the first stretch 61 .
  • the channel 43 and the deflector means 44 extend both along the first and along the second stretch 61 , 62 of the advancement path 6.
  • the subject matter of the present invention is also a method for producing packets for a food or pharmaceutical product.
  • the method is implemented by an apparatus having one or more of the technical characteristics described previously for the apparatus 1 .
  • the method comprises the step of connecting a spout 70 to remaining parts of the packet 7 intended to contain the food or pharmaceutical product.
  • a connection typically envisages the welding of the spout 70 to a containment wrapper 71 of the food or pharmaceutical product. This takes place in a connection station 2.
  • the connection of the spout 70 to the wrapper 71 takes place when the wrapper 71 is still empty (or however not containing the final product).
  • the method further comprises the step of transporting the packets 7 towards a controlled atmosphere zone 3.
  • the step of transporting the packets 7 towards the controlled atmosphere zone 3 is preceded by the step of hanging the spout 70 to which the remaining parts of the packets 7 are connected onto the guide and support means 41 .
  • the method finally envisages the step of filling the packets 7 in the controlled atmosphere zone.
  • the step of transporting the packets 7 towards the controlled atmosphere zone 3 comprises the step of directing a current of gaseous fluid towards the packets 7 so as to make the packets 7 advance along support and guide means 41 from which the packets 7 are hanging.
  • the spout 70 comprises abutment means that rest on two edges 41 1 , 412 of the support and guide means 41 .
  • the two edges 41 1 , 412 extend parallel to each other defining a groove 413 interposed between them, the spout 70 being able to slide within said groove 413.
  • the two edges 41 1 , 412 are afforded on a replaceable plate 414 or on a set of replaceable plates 414 so as to be able to adjust the width of the groove 413 orthogonally to the advancement direction of the packets 7.
  • the step of directing a current of gaseous fluid towards the packets 7 to make the packets 7 advance envisages directing a current of hot fluid towards the packets 7 to heat them.
  • the wrapper 71 comprises two overlapping flexible sheets connected so as to define a housing. During the step of directing a current of a gaseous fluid towards the packets 7 the two sheets extend substantially orthogonally to the advancement direction of the packets 7. In this way the thrust action exerted by the gaseous fluid is at its maximum.
  • the step of directing a current of hot fluid towards the packets 7 causes both the advancement of the packets 7 along the support and guide means 41 and the heating of the packets 7.
  • such heating causes the packets 7 to reach a temperature of over 40 ° C, advantageously over 50 ° C (appropriately such heathg determines a temperature of the packets 7 comprised between 50 and 55 ° C).
  • such temperatures affect the inside of the packets 7 in order to prevent the condensation of the hydrogen peroxide in the packets 7.
  • This detail enables any condensation of vaporised hydrogen peroxide on the packets to be avoided in the controlled atmosphere zone 3, said vaporised hydrogen peroxide exerting a sanitisation and/or sterilisation action in the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
  • the invention as it is conceived enables multiple advantages to be attained.

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Abstract

An apparatus for producing a packet containing a food or pharmaceutical product comprising: - a connection station (2) of a dispensing spout to remaining parts of the packet; - a controlled atmosphere zone (3); - pneumatic transport means (4) of the packet, said transport means (4) being operatively interposed between the connection station (2) and the controlled atmosphere zone (3). The pneumatic transport means (4) comprise: - support and guide means (41) of the packet which extend between the connection station (2) and the controlled atmosphere zone (3); - gaseous fluid current generation means (42) suitable to push the packet along the support means (41).

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DESCRIPTION
Method and apparatus for producing packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product
Technical Field
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product. These packets comprise a containment wrapper for the food or pharmaceutical product and a dispensing spout.
State of the art
Production apparatuses of packets containing food or pharmaceutical products of the known art comprise a plurality of turntables equipped with grippers that grasp the packets. In these turntables the packets, during the movement, undergo a plurality of treatments. For that purpose, apparatuses of the known art comprise at least:
-one first turntable for welding the dispensing spout of the product to the remaining parts of the product;
-a subsequent turntable for filling the packets with the pre-chosen product. However, this embodiment entails a substantial system cost.
Object of the invention
In this context, the technical task on which the present invention is based is to provide an apparatus and a production method of packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product that resolve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the known art.
In particular, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a production method of packets that allow the transport of the packets to be made easy and cheap at the same time as ensuring maximum hygiene.
The technical task set and the objects specified are substantially attained by an apparatus and a method for producing packets, comprising the technical characteristics as set out in one or more of the accompanying claims. Brief description of the drawings
Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will more fully emerge from the non-limiting description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment of an apparatus and a method for producing packets, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a portion of a packaging apparatus according to the present invention;
-Figures 2 and 3 show details of Figure 1 ;
-Figure 4 shows a section of the apparatus of Figure 1 with a packet inserted.
Detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention
In the accompanying drawings, reference number 1 indicates a production apparatus of packets for a food or a pharmaceutical product.
Each packet 7 comprises a spout 70 and a product containment wrapper 71 . The spout 70 and the product containment wrapper 71 are constrained to each other, typically through welding. The wrapper 71 comprises flexible sheets whereas the spout 70 is more rigid. The product contained in the packets 7 is typically in liquid or in granular form.
The apparatus 1 comprises a connection station 2 of the spout 70 to remaining parts of a packet 7 suitable to contain the product (in practice there is a connection between the spout 70 and the corresponding wrapper 71 ). Typically the connection station 2 is a welding station of the spout 70 to the product containment wrapper 71 .
Appropriately the apparatus 1 comprises a controlled atmosphere zone 3. For example, in such controlled atmosphere zone 3, the filling of the packets 7 with the product takes place. Therefore, in such zone 3 maximum hygiene must be guaranteed. The connection station 2, on the other hand, is a zone in which (due to the specific processes performed) dirt may be found, which is incompatible with the controlled atmosphere zone 3. The connection station 2 is therefore far from the controlled atmosphere zone 3. The apparatus 1 comprises pneumatic transport means 4 of the packets. The transport means 4 are operatively interposed between the connection station 2 and the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
The pneumatic transport means 4 comprise support and guide means 41 of the packets that extend between the connection station 2 (the welding station) and the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
In the absolutely non-limiting embodiment of the accompanying figures, the support and guide means 41 extend along a longer trajectory than 10 metres, preferably about 18 metres long. This distance therefore allows the controlled atmosphere zone 3 and the connection station 2 of the spout 70 to be kept separate.
The transport means 4 further comprise generation means 42 of a gaseous fluid current. This current is suitable to push the packets along the support means 41 . Advantageously such gaseous fluid is air.
Considering the reduced weight of the packets 7 (still empty in this step) pneumatic transport is very efficient.
The apparatus 1 comprises heating means 5 of the gaseous fluid. The heating means 5, in combination with at least a part of the generation means 42 of a fluid current, define generation means 420 of a hot fluid current for the advancement and simultaneous heating of the packets 7. For example, but not necessarily, the heating means 5 comprise at least one electrical element.
The controlled atmosphere zone 3 comprises an atmosphere containing vaporised hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide performs an important sanitisation/sterilisation function (but instead of hydrogen peroxide a different sanitisation/sterilisation agent could be used). The hot fluid current generated by the means 420 has a dual function: on the one hand it hits the packets 7 enabling their movement along the support and guide means 41 , but on the other it ensures that the packets 7 that enter the controlled atmosphere zone 3 are at a temperature such as to prevent the condensation of the hydrogen peroxide on the packets 7 themselves. The fact that the heating takes place using the fluid used for transport allows important optimisation of the components.
In particular, the use of a turntable specifically equipped with heating means for the packets 7 is avoided (equipment which has its own cost). The pneumatic transport means 4 comprise a conveying channel 43 of said fluid which extends parallel to said support and guide means 41 of the packets.
The pneumatic transport means 4 also comprise at least one advancement channel 45 of the packets 7; the advancement channel 45 of the packets 7 houses said support and guide means 41 . In particular, the advancement channel 45 of the packets 7 houses the packets 7 during the movement of the latter from the station 2 to the controlled atmosphere zone 3. Appropriately the conveying channel 43 is operatively interposed between the generation means 42 of a fluid current and the advancement channel 45. The conveying channel 43 is in excess pressure with respect to the advancement channel 45 of the packets, hence causing the passage of the gaseous fluid from the conveying channel 43 to the advancement channel 45. The transport means 4 also comprise deflector means 44 interposed between the conveying channel 43 and the advancement channel 45. Preferably the deflector means 44 identify an imaginary boundary between the conveying channel 43 and the advancement channel 45. The deflector means 44 direct the fluid, in transit from the conveying channel 43 to the advancement channel 45, in order to facilitate the advancement of the packets 7 along the support and guide means 41 .
Appropriately the conveying channel 43 of said fluid surmounts said support and guide means 41 . The deflector means 44 comprise a series of fins alongside each other which extend along at least two thirds of the length of the conveying channel 43 (preferably along the whole length). Appropriately the pneumatic transport means 4 define an advancement path of the packets from the connection station 2 of the spout to the controlled atmosphere zone 3. Said path 6 comprises a first stretch 61 which acts as a storage unit 610 for the packets (in technical jargon the expression "buffer" is used) and a second stretch 62 in which the packets are hit by the current generated by the generation means 420 of a current of hot fluid for heating the packets. The second stretch 62 is positioned downstream from the first stretch 61 along an advancement direction of the packets along the path 6.
The generation means 42 of a current of gaseous fluid comprise first generation means 421 of a fluid current, for example a fan 421 , typically of the centrifugal type. Merely by way of example the heating means 5 mentioned above are placed downstream from the fan 423. The first generation means 421 of a fluid current have a delivery that leads into the beginning of the second stretch 62. The generation means 42 of a gaseous fluid comprise second generation means 422 of a fluid current, for example a fan 425, typically of the centrifugal type.
The second generation means 422 of a fluid current have a delivery that leads into the length of the first stretch 61 . Appropriately the channel 43 and the deflector means 44 extend both along the first and along the second stretch 61 , 62 of the advancement path 6.
The subject matter of the present invention is also a method for producing packets for a food or pharmaceutical product. Appropriately the method is implemented by an apparatus having one or more of the technical characteristics described previously for the apparatus 1 . The method comprises the step of connecting a spout 70 to remaining parts of the packet 7 intended to contain the food or pharmaceutical product. As indicated previously such a connection typically envisages the welding of the spout 70 to a containment wrapper 71 of the food or pharmaceutical product. This takes place in a connection station 2. The connection of the spout 70 to the wrapper 71 takes place when the wrapper 71 is still empty (or however not containing the final product). The method further comprises the step of transporting the packets 7 towards a controlled atmosphere zone 3. Appropriately the step of transporting the packets 7 towards the controlled atmosphere zone 3 is preceded by the step of hanging the spout 70 to which the remaining parts of the packets 7 are connected onto the guide and support means 41 .
The method finally envisages the step of filling the packets 7 in the controlled atmosphere zone.
Appropriately the pneumatic transport of the packets 7 takes place from the connection station 2 to the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
The step of transporting the packets 7 towards the controlled atmosphere zone 3 comprises the step of directing a current of gaseous fluid towards the packets 7 so as to make the packets 7 advance along support and guide means 41 from which the packets 7 are hanging. In particular the spout 70 comprises abutment means that rest on two edges 41 1 , 412 of the support and guide means 41 . In particular the two edges 41 1 , 412 extend parallel to each other defining a groove 413 interposed between them, the spout 70 being able to slide within said groove 413. The two edges 41 1 , 412 are afforded on a replaceable plate 414 or on a set of replaceable plates 414 so as to be able to adjust the width of the groove 413 orthogonally to the advancement direction of the packets 7.
Below the spout 70 the wrapper 71 extends being part of the packet 7. The step of directing a current of gaseous fluid towards the packets 7 to make the packets 7 advance envisages directing a current of hot fluid towards the packets 7 to heat them. The wrapper 71 comprises two overlapping flexible sheets connected so as to define a housing. During the step of directing a current of a gaseous fluid towards the packets 7 the two sheets extend substantially orthogonally to the advancement direction of the packets 7. In this way the thrust action exerted by the gaseous fluid is at its maximum.
The step of directing a current of hot fluid towards the packets 7 causes both the advancement of the packets 7 along the support and guide means 41 and the heating of the packets 7. Preferably such heating causes the packets 7 to reach a temperature of over 40 ° C, advantageously over 50 ° C (appropriately such heathg determines a temperature of the packets 7 comprised between 50 and 55 ° C). In particular such temperatures affect the inside of the packets 7 in order to prevent the condensation of the hydrogen peroxide in the packets 7. This detail enables any condensation of vaporised hydrogen peroxide on the packets to be avoided in the controlled atmosphere zone 3, said vaporised hydrogen peroxide exerting a sanitisation and/or sterilisation action in the controlled atmosphere zone 3.
The invention as it is conceived enables multiple advantages to be attained.
An important advantage is connected with the fact that, due to the reduced weight of the packets and the fact that the packets define a kind of veil, pneumatic transport is very advantageous and effective in this type of application. Furthermore, the use of a hot fluid as a transport fluid also allows the packets to be heated at the same time as their movement allowing system costs to be reduced (since the use of a specific heating station for the packets upstream from the controlled atmosphere zone 3 is avoided). Hence there is an optimisation of the components of the apparatus 1 . Furthermore the heating of the packets 7 which accompanies a part of the transport enables hydrogen peroxide to be used in the controlled atmosphere zone 3 since the condensation thereof within the packets 7 is prevented.
The invention as conceived is susceptible to numerous modifications and variants, all falling within the scope of the inventive concept characterised thereby. Furthermore all the details can be replaced by other technically equivalent elements. In practice, all the materials used, as well as the dimensions, can be any according to requirements.

Claims

1 . An apparatus for producing packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product comprising:
- a connection station (2) of product dispensing spouts to remaining parts of said packets;
- a controlled atmosphere zone (3);
characterised in that it comprises pneumatic transport means (4) of the packets, said transport means (4) being operatively interposed between the connection station (2) and the controlled atmosphere zone (3); said pneumatic transport means (4) comprising:
- support and guide means (41 ) of the packets which extend between the connection station (2) and the controlled atmosphere zone (3);
- gaseous fluid current generation means (42) suitable to push the packets along the support means (41 ).
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , characterised in that it comprises heating means (5) of the gaseous fluid which, in combination with a least a part of the fluid current generation means (42), define generation means (420) of a current of hot fluid for the transport and heating of the packets.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, characterised in that the pneumatic transport means (4) define an advancement path (6) of the packets from the connection station (2) of the spout to the controlled atmosphere zone (3); said path (6) comprising a first stretch (61 ) which acts as a storage unit (610) for the packets and a second stretch (62) in which the packets are hit by the current generated by the current generation means (420) of a hot fluid, said second stretch (62) being placed downstream from the first stretch (61 ) along an advancement direction of the packets along the path (6).
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, characterised in that the controlled atmosphere zone (3) comprises an atmosphere containing vaporised hydrogen peroxide.
5. The apparatus according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that the pneumatic transport means (4) comprise:
- an advancement channel (45) of the packets from the station (2) to the controlled atmosphere zone (3), said advancement channel (45) housing the support and guide means (41 ) of the packets (7);
- a conveying channel (43) for said fluid which extends parallel to the advancement channel (45) and to said support and guide means (41 ) of the packets; the conveying channel (43) being in excess pressure with respect to the advancement channel (45) of the packets, hence causing the passage of the gaseous fluid from the conveying channel (43) to the advancement channel (45);
- deflector means (44) interposed between the conveying channel and the advancement channel (45), said deflector means directing the fluid, in transit from the conveying channel (43) to the advancement channel (45), in order to facilitate the advancement of the packets (7) along the support and guide means (41 ).
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, characterised in that said deflector means (44) comprise a series of fins alongside each other which extend along at least two thirds of the length of the conveying channel (43).
7. A method for producing packets for a food or pharmaceutical product comprising the following steps:
- connecting product dispensing spouts (70) in a connection station (2) to corresponding wrappers (71 ) intended to contain the food or pharmaceutical product, said spouts (70) and said wrappers (71 ) being part of said packets (7);
- transporting the packets (7) towards a controlled atmosphere zone (3);
- performing the filling of the packets (7) in the controlled atmosphere zone (3);
characterised in that the step of transporting the packets (7) towards the controlled atmosphere zone (3) comprises the step of directing a current of gaseous fluid towards the packets (7) so as to make the packets (7) advance along support and guide means (41 ) from which the packets (7) are hanging.
8. The method according to claim 7, characterised in that the step of directing a current of gaseous fluid towards the packets (7) envisages directing a current of hot fluid towards the packets (7) along at least a part of an advancement path of the packets from the connection station (2) to the controlled atmosphere zone (3).
9. The method according to claim 8, characterised in that the step of directing a current of hot fluid towards the packets (7) determines both the advancement of the packets (7) along support and guide means (41 ) and the heating of the packets (7) to a temperature of over 40 °C so as to prevent, in the controlled atmosphere zone (3), condensation in the packets of vaporised hydrogen peroxide, said vaporised hydrogen peroxide being present in the controlled atmosphere zone (3) and exerting a sanitisation and/or sterilisation action.
10. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterised in that the step of transporting the packets (7) into a controlled atmosphere zone (3) is preceded by the step of hanging from the guide and support means (41 ) the spouts (70) to which the remaining parts of the packets (7) are connected.
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KR1020157014834A KR20150065961A (en) 2012-11-08 2013-10-31 Method And Apparatus For Producing Packets Containing A Food Or Pharmaceutical Product
EP13788930.9A EP2917118A1 (en) 2012-11-08 2013-10-31 Method and apparatus for producing packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product
RU2015116340A RU2015116340A (en) 2012-11-08 2013-10-31 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PACKAGES CONTAINING FOOD OR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT
BR112015010188A BR112015010188A2 (en) 2012-11-08 2013-10-31 apparatus for producing packages containing a food or pharmaceutical product; and method for producing packages for a food or pharmaceutical product
MX2015005815A MX2015005815A (en) 2012-11-08 2013-10-31 Method and apparatus for producing packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product.
JP2015540122A JP2015533744A (en) 2012-11-08 2013-10-31 Method and apparatus for manufacturing a package containing food or pharmaceutical products
ZA2015/03098A ZA201503098B (en) 2012-11-08 2015-05-06 Method and apparatus for producing packets containing a food or pharmaceutical product
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