246results about "Synchronising machines" patented technology

Disclosed is a container treatment system for treating containers comprising a first treatment block with a first single-line container exit point, further comprising a downstream second treatment block having a wet region and / or temperature control region with a mass conveyor for containers, a first single-line container feed point upstream of the mass conveyor and a second single-line container exit point downstream of the mass conveyor, and comprising a third treatment block that is located downstream of the second treatment block and has a second single-line container feed point, wherein the first single-line container exit point of the first treatment block is connected to the first single-line container feed point of the second treatment block via a first single-line conveying device, and the second single-line container exit point of the second treatment block is connected to the second single-line container feed point of the third treatment block.

A container treatment system for treating containers, comprising a first treatment block with a first single-line container exit point, further comprising a downstream second treatment block having a wet region and / or temperature control region with a mass conveyor for containers, a first single-line container feed point upstream of the mass conveyor and a second single-line container exit point downstream of the mass conveyor, and comprising a third treatment block that is located downstream of the second treatment block and has a second single-line container feed point, wherein the first single-line container exit point of the first treatment block is connected to the first single-line container feed point of the second treatment block via a first single-line conveying device, and the second single-line container exit point of the second treatment block is connected to the second single-line container feed point of the third treatment block via a second single-line conveying device.

A cap sterilization device (50) includes an introduction unit (52), a sterilant spraying unit (53) that sprays a sterilant onto a cap (33) supplied from the introduction unit (52), an air-rinsing unit (54) that subjects the cap (33) onto which the sterilant has been sprayed by the sterilant spraying unit (53) to air-rinsing, and a conveyance guide (70) that is disposed to extend successively through the introduction unit (52), the sterilant spraying unit (53), and the air-rinsing unit (54) and along which the cap (33) is conveyed from the introduction unit (52) toward the air-rinsing unit (54). The air-rinsing unit (54) is provided with an air-rinsing nozzle (83) that supplies hot air to the cap (33). The air-rinsing nozzle (83) is disposed such that a distal end (83a) thereof is in front of a proximal end (83b) thereof in a conveying direction of the conveyance guide (70).

The invention relates, inter alia, to a modular container-processing installation comprising a conveyor main module-which is arranged for conveying containers through the modular container-processing installation, and a plurality of sub-module interfaces. The container-processing installation also comprises a plurality of container-processing sub-modules which can be coupled to and uncoupled from the plurality of sub-module interfaces The container-processing installation-also comprises a control system which, in a self-configuring manner, is configured to automatically adapt the operation of the modular container-processing installation depending on coupling and / or uncoupling of at least one of the plurality of container-processing sub-modules.

To provide an apparatus 1 and a method for processing a container, preferably a can.SOLUTION: The apparatus 1 comprises: a rinser 10 set to purify the container using a cleaning agent made of CO2 or containing CO2; a filling device 20 set to fill the container purified in the rinser 10 with a filling product, preferably a beverage; and a closing device 30 set to close the container which is filled with the filling product in the filling device 20, using one respective container closing member. The apparatus is characterized by a housing 40 provided with the rinser 10, the filling device 20, and the closing device 30, and a protective gas system 50 set to supply a protective gas preferably made of CO2 or containing CO2 to the housing 40. The rinser 10, the filling device 20, and the closing device 30 are provided in a protective gas atmosphere.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention relates to a production line and a station distribution method thereof.The production line comprises a conveying mechanism for conveying objects and a plurality of production mechanisms for machining the objects, and the production mechanisms are used for machining the objects on different conveying lines and connection stations; the ratio of the number of objects processed by a single first production mechanism at a time to the number of objects processed by a single second production mechanism at a time to the number of objects processed by a third production mechanism at a time is larger than or equal to 1, and the ratio is larger than or equal to 2 when set conditions are met. The longest-time-consuming production mechanism in all procedures is separated from other production mechanisms, the other production mechanisms machine objects on different conveying lines, through stepping movement of the conveying lines, the production mechanisms work many times to complete the machining amount the same as that of the longest-time-consuming production mechanism, the occupied area of the production line is reduced, and meanwhile the production efficiency is improved. And the positions of the production mechanisms can be reasonably arranged according to the sequence of production procedures.

The invention relates, inter alia, to a can handling system (10). The can handling system (10) comprises a tunnel sterilization device (14) for sterilizing cans (12) and a can filling device (24) for filling the sterilized cans (12) with a product. The can filling device (24) is arranged downstream of the tunnel sterilization device (14). Advantageously, the can handling system (10) enables space-saving, energy-saving, and therefore cost-effective, yet hygienic filling of the cans (12).

The present invention relates to a transfer device (T) for the contamination-free transport of containers (B) made of a thermoplastic material in the area of ​​a device for treating containers, in particular a forming machine, e.g. a stretch forming machine or stretch blow molding machine (10) for forming containers (B), wherein the transfer device (T) has a transport device (7) movably mounted on a base (12) with several container supports (8) arranged circumferentially distributed around its circumference for holding and conveying the containers (B) along a transport path, wherein the transfer device (T) includes a partition (11) which extends horizontally along a transport path of the containers (B) on the transfer device (T) and vertically from top to bottom from the transport device (7) at least to the lower end (5, 113) of the longest container (B) being conveyed on the transfer device (T).wherein the partition (11) is arranged between the base (12) and the containers (B) and is spaced away from both the base (12) and the transport path, wherein the partition (11) is configured such that it supports the transport of the containers (B) under sterile conditions in the area covered by the partition (11), in particular preventing foreign particles, dirt, germs and / or microorganisms from detaching from the transfer device (T) and reaching the containers (B).

The invention provides a bottle body positioning device for beverage filling processing, and relates to a positioning structure, the bottle body positioning device comprises a concentric-square-shaped circulating channel fixed on a horizontal plane, the concentric-square-shaped corner of the circulating channel is an arc-shaped fillet, and a conveying positioning tool used for positioning a bottle body is borne in the circulating channel. The bottom of the conveying positioning tool is provided with a plurality of sets of balls in rolling connection with the groove bottom of the circulating groove channel, gaps are formed between the two sides of the conveying positioning tool and the circulating groove channel, and a plurality of sets of rolling wheels are further arranged and limited in groove openings formed in the groove walls of the two sides of the circulating groove channel in a rolling connection mode. The conveying and positioning tool is provided with a cambered surface holding block used for positioning the multiple sets of bottle bodies so that the multiple sets of bottle bodies can be filled side by side, and an external driving device is used for pushing the conveying and positioning tool along the circulating channel so that the conveying and positioning tool can move to a filling station to be positioned. And the conveying vibration caused by equipment operation is reduced.

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic loading, in particular to an automatic alkali loading transport vehicle which comprises a vehicle head, a goods shelf is fixedly connected to the left end of the vehicle head, a plurality of material bottles used for containing alkali liquor are installed in the goods shelf, a loading frame is installed on the outer surface of the goods shelf, and a tray is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the loading frame. A supporting pipe is arranged at the upper end of the loading frame, a liquid injection device used for injecting alkali liquid into a material bottle is arranged in the supporting pipe, the driven ring is driven to move through the output rod, so that the swing fork automatically takes down and compacts a sealing cover, and the loading process can be completed without the need of directly making contact with the sealing cover and the material bottle manually. By means of the structure, the alkali loading operation process is simplified, the risk that workers make contact with corrosive or irritant materials in the operation process is effectively reduced, the safety and reliability of loading operation are remarkably improved, and meanwhile the working efficiency is improved.

The drinking water filling mechanism comprises a circulating barrel conveying mechanism, a cover conveying mechanism, a limiting device and a cover screwing mechanism, the circulating barrel conveying mechanism comprises a first driving device and a circulating rotating device, and the cover conveying mechanism comprises a cover conveying guide rail and a pressing rod assembly; the cap screwing mechanism comprises a second driving device, a third driving device and glands, the second driving device and the third driving device are vertically arranged, the glands correspond to the hoops, the limiting device comprises a fourth driving device and an ejector rod, the fourth driving device is transversely arranged, and the ejector rod is arranged at the output end of the fourth driving device. The empty barrels can be driven to rotate circularly, barrel covers are continuously provided for the cover screwing mechanism through the cover conveying mechanism, all the barrel covers are preliminarily buckled with the corresponding barrels respectively under the action of the pressing rod assembly, the limiting device assists in pressing covers to conduct cover screwing operation in time, all links of filling can be effectively connected in series, and the filling efficiency is improved; the invention belongs to the technical field of filling.

A reagent bottle filling device comprises: a reagent bottle feeding device, which provides reagent bottles; a reagent bottle filling weighing device, which receives reagent bottles from a material receiving position, weighs empty reagent bottles, fills empty reagent bottles, and weighs filled reagent bottles again; a reagent bottle transmission line, which is provided with a reagent bottle transmission carrier, which sequentially transmits the reagent bottle transmission carrier to a material receiving position, a silicone pad loading position, a silicone pad hot pressing position, and an aluminum foil film receiving position; a reagent bottle packaging silicone pad hot pressing positioning device, which is arranged at the silicone pad loading position, and positions the silicone pad at the bottle mouth of the reagent bottle; a reagent bottle silicone pad hot pressing device, which is arranged at the silicone pad hot pressing position, and hot presses the silicone pad positioned at the bottle mouth of the reagent bottle; a reagent bottle aluminum foil film feeding device, which is arranged at the aluminum foil film loading position, and feeds the aluminum foil film to the bottle mouth of the reagent bottle that has been hot pressed with the silicone pad; a reagent bottle aluminum foil film hot pressing device, which is arranged at the aluminum foil film loading position, and hot presses the aluminum foil film fed to the bottle mouth of the reagent bottle.

The invention relates to a device (1) for supplying container closures (9), preferably bottle caps, to a closing apparatus (100) for closing containers with container closures (9), said device comprising a rotatable carrier wheel (2) for transporting container closures (9) from a supply position (21), at which the container closures (9) to be supplied are supplied by a closure supply (6), to a receiving position (22), at which the container closures (9) transported are received by the closing apparatus (100), wherein the carrier wheel (2) is movably embodied between a running position (31), which corresponds to the receiving position (22), and a retracted position (32), in which the carrier wheel (2) is spaced apart from the receiving position (22), and to a closing apparatus (100) comprising such a device (1).

An object is to provide an aseptic filling machine capable of performing molding and filling at the same time that has a compact facility size, requires a reduced initial investment, requires a reduced running cost because of its simplified process, and ensures an aseptic condition with reliability, and an aseptic filling method therefor. An aseptic filling machine includes a pre-heating sterilizing portion that sterilizes a preform, a heating portion that heats the sterilized preform, a molding and filling portion that fills the heated preform with a sterilized content under high pressure, thereby molding the preform into a bottle and at the same time filling the preform with the content, and a sealing portion that seals the bottle filled with the content. Before the aseptic filling machine starts operating, each portion is sterilized. During operation of the aseptic filling machine, aseptic air is supplied to each portion to maintain the aseptic condition.

The invention relates to a device for processing, filling, and / or labeling hollow bodies, in particular preforms or containers, with a collision avoidance mode (84). The device comprises a conveyor line (33) for conveying the hollow bodies in a conveying direction (20) and a plurality of transport devices (30) arranged successively along the conveyor line (33) in the conveying direction (20). Several or all of the transport devices (30) comprise a conveyor section (34), in particular a conveyor wheel (36), at least one receptacle (38) arranged on the conveyor section (34) for transporting a hollow body along a portion of the conveyor line (33), and an electric drive (43) associated with the conveyor section (34) for moving the conveyor section (34) such that the receptacle (38) travels along a closed path, in particular a circular path (40).is moved. The device further comprises a controller (56) for controlling angles of rotation of the drives (43), wherein at least one pair of mutually associated transport devices (30) following one another in the conveying direction (20) can be defined in the controller (56), and one of the two conveyor sections (34) can be defined in the controller (56) for the pair as the lead conveyor section (52) and the other of the two conveyor sections (34) of the pair as the follower conveyor section (54), wherein for each position of the lead conveyor section (52) of the pair, permitted position ranges (66) and / or prohibited position ranges (68) for the follower conveyor section (54) of the pair can be stored in the controller (56), and the controller (56) is configured to control the drives (43) in a collision avoidance mode (84) such that the follower conveyor section (54) leaves its prohibited position range (68) and enters its permitted position range (66). entry,does not enter its prohibited position area (68) and / or remains in its permitted position area (66). , The invention further relates to a method for operating a device, a controller (56) for a device and a computer program product for a device.

The invention discloses a six-head linear type split charging and plug pressing all-in-one machine which comprises a feeding frame, a material rotating frame and a feeding frame which are connected with one another, a feeding mechanism is installed on the feeding frame, a material rotating mechanism is installed on the material rotating frame, a feeding mechanism is installed at one end of the feeding frame, and a material pushing mechanism is correspondingly installed at the other end of the feeding frame. A liquid transferring and subpackaging device and a cover pressing device are installed between the feeding mechanism and the material pushing mechanism, the material transferring mechanism is arranged corresponding to a discharging port of the feeding mechanism, the feeding mechanism is arranged corresponding to a discharging port of the material transferring mechanism, a material blocking plate and a material moving plate are arranged on the feeding frame, a material conveying channel is formed between the material blocking plate and the material moving plate, and the material conveying channel is communicated with the material transferring mechanism. The material moving plate is driven by a linkage mechanism to move, and the liquid moving and subpackaging device and the cover pressing device are arranged along the material conveying channel. According to the automatic reagent bottle feeding device, automatic feeding and conveying of the reagent bottles can be achieved, the reagent bottles are filled with calibration reagents, then bottle plugs are pressed on the reagent bottles, and finally the processed reagent bottles are pushed out.

The invention relates to a compact bottle handling apparatus comprising: an automatic bottle transfer unit for moving a plurality of bottles along a closed circuit; a gripping area enabling an operator to place a bottle from the plurality of bottles on the transfer unit and / or pick up a bottle from the plurality of bottles on the transfer unit; a bottle cleaning station; a bottle filling station; bottle packaging stations, each of which is arranged along a closed circuit such that the bottles pass continuously through the cleaning station, the filling station and the packaging station when moved by the transfer unit, characterized in that the length of the closed circuit is less than or equal to 20 m, preferably less than 15 m. The invention also relates to a method for treating bottles using the above apparatus.

The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for filling containers with liquid contents. The apparatus (1) has a rotor (2), which can be driven in circulation about a vertical machine axis (MA) and has a plurality of filling elements (3), which are distributed over the circumference of the rotor (2) and are connected to a container (5) provided for the liquid contents. Also provided are a plurality of spray-nozzle units (6, 6'), which can be supplied with a spray medium and are moved along in circulation with the rotor (2), wherein each filling element (3) is fixedly assigned a spray-nozzle unit (6) which is moved along in circulation, and wherein a nozzle opening (6a) of the spray-nozzle units (6, 6') is directed towards the respectively assigned filling element (3). The invention is distinguished, in particular, in that the spray-nozzle units (6, 6') can be controlled individually, wherein, for this purpose, the spray-nozzle units (6) are equipped with suitable, controllable valves (13) and a control unit (14), which is in communicating connection with the spray-nozzle units (6, 6'), is also provided.

To improve a processing device and a processing method for sanitary recycling of a beverage bottle.SOLUTION: A compact bottle processing device comprises: an automatic bottle conveyance unit that moves a plurality of bottles along a closed circuit; a gripping region in which either or both of an operator placing one bottle from among the plurality of bottles on the conveyance unit and / or taking out one bottle from among the plurality of bottles on the conveyance unit; a bottle washing station; a bottle loading station; and a bottle sealing station. Each station is arranged along the closed circuit, and one bottle is moved by the conveyance unit to pass through the washing station, the loading station, and the sealing station in order. A length of the closed circuit is 20 m or less, preferably less than 15 m. The present invention also relates to the method for processing the plurality of bottles using the device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

The invention relates to a device for processing at least one container (6), preferably a beverage filling system (9) for filling and / or closing a container (6), comprising a processing carousel rotating about an axis of rotation (30) having, arranged in the peripheral region of the processing carousel, at least one processing unit for processing the container (6) to be processed, and a container holder (11) arranged on the processing carousel and assigned to the processing unit, for holding the container (6) during processing with the processing unit. A container transfer receptacle (10) which is linked to the container holder (11) and is radially movable with respect to the axis of rotation (30), for receiving the container (6) to be processed from an upstream treatment carousel and / or for transferring the processed container (6) to a downstream processing carousel is provided.

Filling device (10) for filling a container (100) with a multi-component filling product, preferably in a beverage filling plant, wherein the filling device (10) comprises: a main filler (12) which is configured to introduce a main component of the filling product into the container (100), wherein the main filler (12) is preferably designed as a rotary type, in which the containers (100) to be filled are fed to a filler carousel and, during transport along a partial circle, are filled with the main component of the filling product via filling elements mounted on the outer circumference of the filler carousel; a secondary filler (14) which is configured to introduce different secondary components into the container (100);and a product determination device (17), preferably comprising a camera, which is configured to determine at least one property of the container (100) before the container (100) is filled by the secondary filler (14), wherein the secondary filler (14) is configured to select one or more secondary components and introduce them into the container (100) depending on the container property thus determined.

The invention relates to a container treatment system (10A-10U) for treating containers (12). The container treatment system (10A-10U) comprises several treatment units (22) for treating the containers (12) and a planar drive system (14) for transporting the containers (12). The planar drive system (14) is configured to move several motion devices (18) individually according to one of several treatment profiles for different container treatment to a selection from the several treatment units (22), wherein the several treatment profiles each comprise a different selection from the several treatment units (22). Advantageously, the container treatment system (10A-10U) enables flexible treatment of different containers (different formats, contents, designs, containers, packaging, etc.) starting from a batch size of 1.

A portable container filling system for filling bottles or cans with a fluid may include a first container housing a first plurality of equipment for depalletizing and filling containers with the fluid, and a second container housing a second plurality of equipment for packaging and palletizing filled containers. At least one piece of equipment from among the first plurality of equipment or the second plurality of equipment may be configured to be movable between a transportation configuration and an operative configuration. Movement of at least one piece of equipment may not require removal of equipment from the first container or the second container. A clean room environment may be established within at least one of the containers by creating positive air pressure with filtered air surrounding a portion of the containerization equipment. A chiller system housed within the containers may cool a fluid product before filling.

A container handling device (1), in particular for glass bottles, comprising a first container handling machine (2) for transporting containers in a floor conveying manner, a second container handling machine (4) for transporting containers in a floor conveying manner and a star-shaped transport arrangement (3) comprising a plurality of transport elements (5) each having at least one gripping element (5a, 5b), wherein the transport arrangement (3) is configured to receive successive containers (6) from the first container handling machine (2) at a first distance (d1) from each other and to transfer the containers to the second container handling machine (4) at a second distance (d2), and wherein the transport arrangement (3) is configured to change the distance between two successive containers from the first distance (d1) to the second distance (d2) during the transport of the containers (6) by individual movement of the associated transport elements (5).

The invention provides an intelligent weighing system for shampoo production, which comprises a bottle feeding mechanism, a weighing mechanism and a bottle discharging mechanism which are arranged in sequence, the weighing mechanism comprises a rotating table, a rotating disc coaxially connected with the rotating table, a plurality of weighing sensors arranged on the rotating table at intervals, and a filling table located above the rotating disc and coaxially rotating with the rotating table. The filling table comprises a fixing assembly, a rotating shell rotationally connected with the fixing assembly, a filling assembly, a sealing assembly and a charging cylinder, wherein the filling assembly and the sealing assembly are arranged in the rotating shell in an annular array mode, and the charging cylinder is located in the rotating shell. The sealing assembly comprises a connecting rod structure rotationally connected with the filling assembly and an erasing structure connected with the connecting rod structure. According to the liquid shampoo filling device, the liquid shampoo filling efficiency can be improved, the filling assembly is cleaned and blocked in real time, and residual liquid of liquid shampoo is prevented from being left on the liquid shampoo bottle or the rotating table and the rotating disc.

There is provided a cap feeding unit (6; 6'; 6'') for a capping machine (1) which is configured for capping containers (2), wherein the feeding unit comprises: a conveyor (7; 11) configured to receive caps (2a) to be applied on the containers (2), to advance the caps (2a) along a decorating path (D; K), and to feed decorated caps (2a) towards the capping machine for the application thereof on the containers (2); - a decorating module (8) which is operatively associated to the conveyor (7; 11) and which is configured to apply a decoration (8a) on each cap (2a) advanced along the decorating path (D; K);and wherein the feeding unit (6; 6'; 6'') is con figured so that the operation of the decorating module (8) is automatically synchronized with the operation of the capping machine (4).

The invention relates to a method, system, and computer-readable medium for monitoring the operation of a machine, in particular a machine in a production line for filling and packaging food and / or beverages. The method essentially comprises three steps: (i) determining the normal operating behavior of the machine, (ii) monitoring the ongoing operation of the machine, and (iii) issuing a message about a detected deviation. Determining the normal operating behavior includes acquiring data from at least one first servo-driven component over at least one servo cycle. This can, for example, be an angle-dependent power curve of the servo motor. During the monitoring of the ongoing operation of the machine, data from the at least one first servo-driven component are collected as operating data.These measured operating data are then compared with the measured data of normal behavior over at least one servo cycle, and any deviations between them are investigated. If a deviation exceeds a threshold, a message based on the deviation can be issued to an operator.

The application discloses an ampoule machine production device, which comprises a conveying device one and a conveying device two, wherein the conveying device one comprises a fixed frame, a main conveying belt and a first conveying belt, and the conveying device two comprises a movable frame and a second conveying belt; the sealing device comprises a portal frame, a first movable arm, a second movable arm, a supporting seat, a first supporting arm and a second supporting arm; the first and second conveying belts are respectively provided with first and second clamping blocks to clamp and move the ampoule bottle, thereby effectively avoiding the ampoule bottle from being poured during production and processing and effectively reducing the defective rate; the movable semicircular seat and the fire spraying head arranged at the upper end of the fixed semicircular seat are used to realize sealing and heating; the movable semicircular seat is driven by a third motor to form a ring with the fixed semicircular seat, to form a ring-shaped surrounding ring at the outer circle of the ampoule bottle mouth; the fire spraying head sprays fire to the middle part of the ring-shaped surrounding ring, so that the ampoule bottle mouth is uniformly and quickly heated, fuel is effectively saved, and the production efficiency is improved.

The invention relates to a method for operating a container treatment assembly, comprising a container feed (2), at least one container transport device (4), which has a plurality of transport elements (5) that are arranged to rotate in a revolving manner, and a transfer assembly (3) for transferring containers (1) from the container feed (2) into the transport elements (5) of the container transport device (4), which transfer assembly has at least one transfer unit (9) designed to move in a revolving manner. At the start of operation, a first container (1) is fed to the transfer assembly (3) and transferred into the container transport device (4) in a movement along a transfer path (T) formed on the transfer assembly (3), and, during the start of operation, at least the first container (1) is accelerated along the transfer path (T) to an operational transport speed. According to the invention, the transfer path (T) is at least 1500 mm and / or the transfer assembly (3) is formed from at least two rotatably movable transfer units (9), the transfer path (T) extending along a total angle of rotation of the transfer assembly (3) of at least 300°.