Caps sterilizer with clean format regulation

The caps sterilizer addresses format flexibility issues by using adjustable carriages and dynamic seals to facilitate quick format changes, enhancing productivity and quality in cap sterilization processes.

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Patent Information

Application Number
PCT/EP2024/071157
Authority / Receiving Office
WO · WO
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-07-25
Publication Date
2026-01-29

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Current caps sterilizers lack flexibility in adapting to variations in cap formats, leading to inefficiencies in production and increased downtime during format changes.

Method used

A caps sterilizer design featuring independent carriages with adjustable rails and regulation devices, allowing for quick format changes through mechanical or electromagnetic adjustments, and a dynamic seal to maintain sterility during operations.

Benefits of technology

Enhances production flexibility and reduces downtime by enabling rapid format changes without re-sterilizing the entire system, improving overall productivity and quality.

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Abstract

It is described a caps sterilizer (1; 1') comprising: a sterilizing housing (2); a motor housing (3) housing a motor (32) which is connected to carriages (4;4') transporting caps in the sterilizing housing (2), and located in the internal volume (31) of the motor housing (31), for generating the respective movements of the carriages (4;4'), the caps sterilizer;wherein: each carriage (4;4') defines at least one respective rail (41) for receiving a row (Z) of caps (F1; F2), the caps sterilizer (1) being configured so that each rail (41) is transversal to the movement of the respective carriage (4;4');each carriage (4;4') comprises a respective connection flange (42) which is located in the internal volume (31) of the motor housing (3), for connecting the carriage (4) to the motor (32) so that the motor (32) can generate the movement of the carriage (4;4');each carriage (4;4') comprises a respective regulation device (43; 43') for regulating the width (W) of each rail (41) defined by the carriage (4;4'), to adapt said width (W) to the format of the caps (F) to be sterilized.
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