A new blister machine

Abstract

This invention discloses a novel blister packaging machine, comprising a blister forming system, a material filling system, an adhesive application system, a film coating and adhesive fixing system, a traction punching and output system, and an equipment control center system. The blister forming system includes a plastic blister forming film workbench, a heating and forming device, a heat dissipation device, and a forming section traction track. The adhesive application system can be an adhesive coating device, a spraying device, an dispensing device, a scraping device, or a roller coating device. The film coating and adhesive fixing system includes a film coating workbench and a sealing device. The traction punching and output system includes a punching and traction track, a punching device, a finished product output device, and a waste output device. This invention, through fully automated production, applies adhesive to dialysis paper, aluminum film, or paper-aluminum composite film, enabling the use of simple dialysis paper, aluminum film, or paper-aluminum composite film for blister packaging of various products. This also reduces the cost of blister packaging and minimizes environmental pollution from discarded blister packaging materials.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of blister packaging machine technology, and in particular to a novel blister packaging machine. Background Technology

[0002] Blister packaging is one of the main product packaging methods in the packaging industry, especially in the pharmaceutical and food industries. Most important products need to undergo this sealing process to ensure their quality when used in the market. For example, paper-plastic blister packaging or aluminum-plastic blister packaging involves placing various products (such as capsules, pills, medical devices, beauty products, or food) into the blister cavity made of plastic (such as PVC, PET, APET, GAG, PETG film, PS, PP, PE, PA, or PP / PE, PA / PE composite co-extruded film, etc.). Then, paper-plastic (such as coated dialysis paper) or aluminum-plastic or paper-aluminum composite film materials (such as aluminum-plastic composite film, aluminum foil film, aluminum foil coated film, paper-aluminum composite film, aluminum-containing composite film, pharmaceutical aluminum-plastic composite film, etc.) are used to cover and seal the blister cavity containing the aforementioned products.

[0003] Currently, the sealing of paper-plastic blister packs relies solely on the adhesive on the dialysis paper for bonding (by pasting or heat pressing). Because the adhesive on the dialysis paper affects its gas permeability, the sterilization effect is severely compromised when using ethylene oxide sterilization for smaller blister packs with smaller, deeper cavities (the adhesive-coated dialysis paper allows less ethylene oxide to permeate compared to uncoated paper, thus failing to achieve complete sterilization in complex and tightly sealed areas of some products). Coated dialysis paper is more expensive to produce than uncoated dialysis paper. Furthermore, the degradation of waste from coated dialysis paper is more complex and difficult than that from uncoated dialysis paper, resulting in greater environmental pollution from the waste. Given that there is currently no blister pack machine technology that solely uses dialysis paper to adhere and seal the blister pack cavity, this paper proposes a blister pack machine technology that uses dialysis paper to adhere and seal the blister pack cavity. This technology is designed to facilitate sterilization, reduce costs, and minimize environmental pollution.

[0004] However, the production cost of aluminum-plastic and paper-aluminum composite film materials used in aluminum-plastic blister packaging is lower than that of pure aluminum film (pure aluminum foil film), and the environmental pollution caused by its waste is less than that of aluminum film and paper-aluminum composite film materials. Since there is currently no blister packaging machine technology that uses pure aluminum foil film to seal the blister container cavity, a blister packaging machine technology that uses only aluminum film to seal the blister container cavity has been created, which can reduce costs and reduce environmental pollution.

[0005] In addition, previous blister packaging lacked quality inspection and monitoring of the materials used in the blister packaging process, lacked quality inspection and monitoring of key descriptions and labels after blister packaging, lacked overall product inspection and monitoring after blister packaging, and lacked a structure for rejecting unqualified products. Summary of the Invention

[0006] To address the aforementioned problems in the existing technology, this application aims to provide a novel blister packaging machine that, through a fully automated production process, applies adhesive to dialysis paper, aluminum film, or paper-aluminum composite film, enabling the use of simple dialysis paper, aluminum film, or paper-aluminum composite film for blister packaging of various products (especially pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and cosmetic products). This reduces the cost of blister packaging and minimizes environmental pollution from discarded blister packaging materials. Furthermore, the machine can monitor and inspect the quality of the blister packaging materials and the quality of the coding or marking process, while also rejecting substandard products.

[0007] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention adopts the following specific technical solutions:

[0008] A novel blister pack machine includes a blister pack forming system, a material / product filling system, an adhesive application system, a film coating and adhesive fixing system, a traction punching and output system, and an equipment control center system. The equipment control center system is connected to and controls the blister pack forming system, material / product filling system, adhesive application system, film coating and adhesive fixing system, and traction punching and output system, and is located on one side of the novel blister pack machine. The blister pack forming system is equipped with a plastic blister pack forming film workbench, heating and forming equipment, heat dissipation equipment, and a forming section traction rail, arranged according to the production conveying direction. The material / product filling equipment is located on the left and / or right and / or upper side of the forming section traction rail. The adhesive application system is connected to the forming section traction rail and is located in front of the material / product filling system; the adhesive application system is an adhesive coating device. The equipment may include a spraying device, a dispensing device, a scraping device, or a roller coating device, wherein the adhesive is a hot melt adhesive, acrylic adhesive, quick-drying adhesive, UV adhesive, silicone adhesive, AB adhesive, single-component adhesive, or two-component adhesive; the film-coating and bonding system is located on the left and / or right and / or upper side of the forming section traction track, and the film-coating and bonding system includes a film-coating work frame and a sealing device set on the film-coating work frame, wherein the sealing device consists of a UV curing device and a pressing device or a heating device and a pressing device; the traction punching and cutting output system is located at the output end of the forming section traction track, and the traction punching and cutting output system includes a punching traction track, a punching device, a finished product output device, and a waste output device, wherein the punching traction track and the forming section traction track are an integrated structure forming the overall track of the new type of blister machine.

[0009] Furthermore, the plastic blister forming film work stand is provided with rolls of plastic blister forming film, which is one of PVC, PET, APET, GAG, PETG film, PS, PP, PE, PA film, or PP / PE, PA / PE composite co-extruded film.

[0010] Furthermore, the plastic blister molding film passes sequentially through a heating and molding device, a heat dissipation device, and a molding section traction track. The heating and molding device heats and shapes the plastic blister molding film to form a blister-containing space. The heat dissipation device dissipates the heat, and the molding section traction track transports the molded product to the material product filling system for filling.

[0011] Furthermore, the heating molding equipment is a compression molding equipment, a vacuum forming equipment, or a blow molding equipment.

[0012] Furthermore, the material filling system is a loading container or platform for manually taking in material products, or an automated or semi-automated material filling device for packaged material products. The material filling system is equipped with a filling detection camera device, which is connected to the equipment control center system and receives its command and control.

[0013] Furthermore, the coating work frame is equipped with a coating film, which is one of the following: roll of uncoated dialysis paper, paper-plastic, aluminum film, and composite film, or roll of coated dialysis paper, paper-plastic, aluminum film, and composite film.

[0014] Furthermore, the coating and adhesive bonding system is also equipped with a coding device, which is fixedly mounted on the coating work frame and used for marking the products as required.

[0015] Furthermore, the punching equipment can be used to cut blister packaging as needed and / or to cut dotted lines on blister packaging as needed, according to instructions from the equipment control center system.

[0016] Furthermore, the traction punching output system is also equipped with a coding detection camera device, which is located above the punching traction rail. The coding detection camera device is connected to the equipment control center system and receives its command and control.

[0017] Furthermore, in addition to the loading detection camera equipment and the coding detection camera equipment mentioned above, the present invention can also install detection camera equipment at other system or equipment detection points, connect to the equipment control center system information, and receive command and control from the equipment control center system information.

[0018] Furthermore, the waste output equipment is equipped with a waste rejection mechanism, which can reject defective products under the command of the equipment control center system.

[0019] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:

[0020] By using a fully automated production and packaging process, adhesive is applied only to the areas of the dialysis paper and blister that require sealing (while simultaneously ensuring that the non-sealed areas of the dialysis paper and blister are free of adhesive – that is, ensuring the high dialysis rate of the original dialysis paper in areas where adhesive is not needed, thus ensuring that the dialysis paper in these areas always has a very high dialysis rate for sterilizing gases). This addresses the current problem of paper-plastic blister sealing, which relies solely on the adhesive on pre-coated dialysis paper (i.e., fully coated dialysis paper) for bonding or heat-pressing the blister (meaning that the fully coated dialysis paper can affect the permeability of sterilizing gases due to the adhesive layer on the pre-coated dialysis paper). During ethylene oxide sterilization, this method is particularly effective for smaller paper-plastic blister packs with smaller sealing openings and deeper blister contents. The invention addresses the issue of inconsistent sterilization effectiveness in product sterilization (thus benefiting the sterilization and analysis results of ethylene oxide); furthermore, the automatic rejection of defective products via a control center system, inspection camera equipment, and automatic waste output equipment reduces labor costs and improves product quality; additionally, the invention enables the application of adhesive to dialysis paper or aluminum film / paper-aluminum composite film during fully automated production, allowing dialysis paper or aluminum film / paper-aluminum composite film to be used for blister packaging of various products (especially pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and cosmetic products). Furthermore, it reduces the cost of blister packaging materials and minimizes environmental pollution from discarded blister packaging materials (adhesive-coated dialysis paper or aluminum film / paper-aluminum composite film) because the dialysis paper or aluminum film / paper-aluminum composite film does not require separate full adhesive coating. Attached Figure Description

[0021] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the equipment structure of the blister pack machine of the present invention. Figure 1 ;

[0022] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the equipment structure of the blister pack machine of the present invention. Figure 2 ;

[0023] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the blister pack machine of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of the blister wrapping machine and the traction punching output device of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0025] The invention will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0026] like Figure 1-4As shown, a novel blister pack machine comprises a blister pack forming system 1, a material / product filling system 2, an adhesive application system 3, a film coating and adhesive fixing system 4, a traction punching and output system 5, and an equipment control center system 6. The blister pack forming system 1, material / product filling system 2, adhesive application system 3, film coating and adhesive fixing system 4, and traction punching and output system 5 are arranged sequentially according to the production conveying direction. The blister pack forming system 1 automatically processes the plastic blister film into blister packs; the material / product filling system 2 automatically, semi-automatically, or manually fills the blister packs; the adhesive application system 3 automatically applies adhesive; the film coating and adhesive fixing system 4 automatically coats the blister packs; and the traction punching and output system 5 automatically cuts and conveys the finished products. The equipment control center system 6 connects to all other systems of the novel blister pack machine and is the central system for handling and controlling the related automated operations of the machine.

[0027] The blister forming system 1 includes a plastic blister forming film workbench 101, a heating and forming device 102, a heat dissipation device 103, and a forming section traction track 104 arranged according to the production conveying direction. The forming section traction track 104 runs through the plastic blister forming film workbench 101, the heating and forming device 102, and the heat dissipation device 103. The plastic blister forming film workbench 101 is equipped with a roll of plastic blister forming film (which can be placed at the input end of the forming section traction track 104). The plastic blister forming film is one of the following: PVC, PET, APET, GAG, PETG film, PS, PP, PE, PA film, or PP / PE, PA / PE composite co-extruded film. The plastic blister forming film can sequentially pass through the heating and forming device 102, the heat dissipation device 103, and the forming section traction track 104 to complete the plastic blister forming process. The heating and molding equipment 102 in the blister forming system 1 is a compression molding equipment, a vacuum forming equipment, or a blow molding equipment. The heating and molding equipment 102 heats and shapes the plastic blister film to form the blister-containing space. The blister film is then cooled by the heat dissipation equipment 103 (which can be a cooling fan or other conventional cooling equipment used in blister machines). Finally, the formed product is transported by the forming section traction rail 104 to the material filling system 2 for material filling. The entire workflow of the blister forming system 1 is carried out through the forming section traction rail 104, completing the corresponding work at each station.

[0028] The material filling system 2 can be a container or platform for manually picking up and loading materials (filled sequentially by manual picking up of materials), or it can be an automated or semi-automated material filling device designed separately for packaging materials (filled sequentially by automated or semi-automated equipment). The material filling system 2 is located on the left and / or right and / or upper side of the forming section traction track 104. The material filling system 2 fills the blister packing space created by the blister forming system 1 with materials. The material filling system 2 is equipped with a filling detection camera device 7, such as a CCD detector, which can detect and identify the filled materials, determine the quality of the products, and summarize the relevant information in the equipment control center system 6. Finally, the equipment control center system 6 directs the waste output device to process the defective products.

[0029] The gluing system 3 is used for applying adhesive. The gluing system 3 can be a coating device, spraying device, dispensing device, scraping device, or roller coating device. The adhesive used can be hot melt adhesive, acrylic adhesive, quick-drying adhesive, UV adhesive, silicone adhesive, AB adhesive, single-component adhesive, or two-component adhesive. When using pre-coated dialysis paper, paper-plastic, aluminum-plastic, or paper-aluminum composite film materials for lamination, the gluing system 3 is not required. The gluing system 3 is connected to the forming section traction rail 104 and is located in front of the material / product filling system 2.

[0030] The coating and adhesive-setting system 4 includes a coating work frame 401 and a sealing device 402 mounted on the coating work frame 401. The sealing device 402 consists of an ultraviolet (UV) curing device and a pressing device, or a heating device and a pressing device. The coating system 4 also includes a coding device 403, which is fixedly mounted on the coating work frame 402. The coating work frame 402 also has a coating layer (which may be located between the coating and adhesive-setting system 4 and the adhesive application system 3). The coating layer is one of uncoated rolls of dialysis paper, aluminum film, and composite film, or one of coated rolls of dialysis paper, paper-plastic, aluminum-plastic, or paper-aluminum composite film materials. The coating and adhesive-setting system 4 is located on the left and / or right and / or upper side of the forming section traction rail 104.

[0031] During operation, the equipment control center system 6 issues work commands. The plastic blister molding film is pulled by the traction equipment, passing sequentially through the heating and molding equipment 102 and the heat dissipation equipment 103, shaping the plastic blister molding film into the required blister-containing space shape. Then, it is conveyed by the forming section traction track 104. During the conveying process, the material product filling system 2 fills the blister products. The filling detection camera equipment 7 on the material product filling system 2 detects and identifies the filled material products, judges the quality of the products, and summarizes the relevant information to the equipment control center system 6. Finally, the equipment control center system 6 directs the waste output equipment to process the defective products. The filled products continue to be conveyed forward until they are conveyed to the gluing system 3 for gluing, and then to the laminating system 4. The rolled laminating film on the laminating system 4 is sealed by the sealing equipment 402, and then marked or inkjet-printed by the marking equipment 403.

[0032] The traction punching output system 5 is located at the output end of the forming section traction rail. The traction punching output system 5 includes a punching traction rail 501, a punching device 502, a finished product output device 503, and a waste output device 504. The punching traction rail 501 and the forming section traction rail 104 are an integrated structure forming the overall track of the new blister pack machine. Traction devices are installed on the punching traction rail 501 and the forming section traction rail 104. The punching traction rail 501 and the forming section traction rail 104 can also be conveyor belt mechanisms. The traction punching output system 5 also includes a coding detection camera device 8, located above the punching traction rail 104. The coding detection camera device 8, such as a CCD detector, can detect and identify the coded or inkjet-printed materials, judge the quality of the coding results, and summarize the relevant information in the equipment control center system 6. Finally, the equipment control center system 6 directs the waste output device to process defective products. The punching equipment 502 can cut blister packaging as needed and / or cut perforated lines on blister packaging as needed. The waste output equipment 504 is also equipped with a waste rejection mechanism (which can be an automated structure such as an automatic robot), which can reject defective products.

[0033] During operation, the coated and glued products continue to be conveyed forward along the track and enter the traction punching output system 5. The coding and detection camera device 8 at the feeding end of the punching traction track 501 detects and identifies the coded or inkjet-printed materials, judges the quality of the coding results, and summarizes the relevant information in the equipment control center system 6 (which ultimately directs the waste output device 504 to process the non-conforming products). Then, the packaged products are punched (cut and / or engraved) by the punching device 502. The punched products are finally sorted into qualified and non-conforming products under the command of the equipment control center system 6. The non-conforming products are rejected by the waste output device 504, while the qualified products enter the finished product output device 503 for output.

Claims

1. A novel blister packaging machine, characterized in that... The system includes a blister forming system, a material loading system, an adhesive application system, a film coating and adhesive fixing system, a traction punching and output system, and an equipment control center system. The equipment control center system is connected to and controls each of these systems, and is located on one side of the new blister machine. The blister forming system is equipped with a plastic blister forming film workbench, heating and forming equipment, heat dissipation equipment, and a forming section traction track, arranged according to the production conveying direction. The material loading system is equipped with a loading detection camera, which can detect and identify the loaded material products, determine their quality, and summarize the relevant information in the equipment control center system. Finally, the equipment control center system directs the waste output equipment to process defective products. The material loading system is located on the left and / or right and / or upper side of the forming section traction track. The adhesive system is connected to the traction rail of the forming section and is located in front of the material product filling system. The adhesive system is a coating device, spraying device, dispensing device, scraping device, or roller coating device, wherein the adhesive is hot melt adhesive, acrylic adhesive, quick-drying adhesive, UV adhesive, silicone adhesive, AB adhesive, single-component adhesive, or two-component adhesive. The film-coating and adhesive-setting system is located on the left and / or right and / or upper side of the traction rail of the forming section. The film-coating and adhesive-setting system includes a film-coating work frame and a sealing device set on the film-coating work frame. The sealing device consists of a UV curing device and a pressing device or a heating device and a pressing device. The traction punching and cutting output system is located at the output end of the traction rail of the forming section. The traction punching and cutting output system includes a punching traction rail, a punching device, a finished product output device, and a waste output device. The punching traction rail and the forming section traction rail are an integrated structure, forming the overall rail of the new blister machine. The coating work frame is equipped with a coating film, which is located between the coating and adhesive system and the gluing system. The coating film is a roll of uncoated dialysis paper. The plastic blister forming film work frame is equipped with rolls of plastic blister forming film; The plastic blister molding film passes sequentially through the heating and molding equipment, the heat dissipation equipment, and the molding part traction track. The heating and molding equipment heats and shapes the plastic blister molding film to form a blister-containing space. The heat dissipation equipment dissipates the heat, and the molding part traction track transports the shaped product to the material product filling system for filling. The filled product continues to be conveyed forward until it is conveyed to the gluing system for gluing, and then to the laminating system. The roll of film on the laminating system is sealed by the sealing equipment. In the fully automated production and packaging process, adhesive is only applied to the parts of the dialysis paper and blister that need to be sealed, while ensuring that there is no adhesive on the non-sealed parts of the dialysis paper and blister. This ensures that the dialysis paper in the non-sealed parts always has an extremely high dialysis rate for sterilizing gases.

2. The novel blister pack machine according to claim 1, characterized in that... The heating molding equipment is a compression molding equipment, a vacuum molding equipment, or a blow molding equipment.

3. The novel blister pack machine according to claim 1, characterized in that... The material filling system is a loading container or platform for manually taking in material products, or an automated or semi-automated material filling device for packaged material products. The material filling system is equipped with a filling detection camera device.

4. A novel blister pack machine according to claim 1, characterized in that... The film coating and adhesive bonding system is also equipped with a coding device, which is fixedly mounted on the film coating work frame.

5. A novel blister pack machine according to claim 1, characterized in that... The punching equipment can cut blister packaging as needed and / or cut dotted lines on blister packaging as needed, according to instructions from the equipment control center system.

6. A novel blister pack machine according to claim 1, characterized in that... The traction punching output system is also equipped with a coding detection camera device, which is located above the punching traction rail. The coding detection camera device is connected to the equipment control center system and receives its command and control.

7. A novel blister pack machine according to claim 6, characterized in that... The waste output equipment is equipped with a waste rejection mechanism that can reject defective products under the command of the equipment control center system.

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