EP2291320A1 - Dispositif et procédé de vérification de l étanchéité de capuchons de fermeture sur des corps creux utilisés dans le domaine médical - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de vérification de l étanchéité de capuchons de fermeture sur des corps creux utilisés dans le domaine médical

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EP2291320A1
EP2291320A1 EP09765621A EP09765621A EP2291320A1 EP 2291320 A1 EP2291320 A1 EP 2291320A1 EP 09765621 A EP09765621 A EP 09765621A EP 09765621 A EP09765621 A EP 09765621A EP 2291320 A1 EP2291320 A1 EP 2291320A1
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torque
hollow body
holding
relative
cap
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EP2291320B1 (fr
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Thomas Fischer
Manfred Simader
Günter Kavallar
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Apotheker Vetter and Company Arzneimittel GmbH Ravensburg
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/26—Applications of control, warning, or safety devices in capping machinery
    • B67B3/261—Devices for controlling the tightening of threaded caps, e.g. testing the release torque
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/26—Applications of control, warning, or safety devices in capping machinery

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  • the invention relates to a device for testing the tightness of caps on medical hollow bodies according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a method for testing the tightness of caps on medical hollow bodies according to the preamble of claim 11.
  • a device is preferred in which the holding device and the holding element are arranged integrally with one another on or in a basic body of the device.
  • the device does not consist of different separate parts, but has a single body comprising the described elements. This also means that the device can be constructed very compact.
  • a method is also preferred in which a hollow body is identifiable as a bad part if, when a torque is introduced into the closure cap, the amount of which is less than or equal to the nominal value, a collapse of the torque in the rotary torque sensor is detectable.
  • This method is responsive to the fact that over time a preferably linearly increasing torque is introduced into the closure cap. This is increased up to a preset setpoint if the cap does not break loose first and begin to rotate. If the cap is tight, the torque can be increased to the setpoint without rotation. On the other hand, if it is a leaking specimen, the torque will break at a value less than or equal to the target value, because the cap breaks loose and a transition from static to sliding friction occurs. Thus, if such a break-in is detected in the torque sensor, the test object can be identified as a bad part, so that it can be singled out at the end of the production line.
  • the sole FIGURE shows a device 1 for testing the tightness of sealing caps on medical hollow bodies. It has a drive 3 which is able to effect a rotation about a longitudinal axis 5.
  • the device 1 also has a holding element 7, which is suitable for holding a hollow body 9 against rotation.
  • the hollow body 9 can be a syringe, a carpule, a vial or a multi or double chamber system. It is essential that the hollow body is a medical hollow body.
  • the device 1 further comprises a holding device 11, which can hold a cap 13 against rotation.
  • the closure cap 13 may be formed, for example, as a crimp cap or as a crimp cap. It is essential that it is firmly connected to the hollow body 9, so that a sealing element arranged between the closure cap 13 and the hollow body 9 is compressed such that it seals the hollow body 9 tightly.
  • the axial distance between the holding device 11 and the holding element 7 is then varied so that the holding element 7 can grip the hollow body 9 in a region which adjoins the closure cap 13 more or less directly along the longitudinal axis 19.
  • different lengths hollow body 9 can be tested without a conversion of the device 1 or the production plant is needed.
  • length tolerances of the hollow body 9 can be compensated in the same way. From the figure it is clear that the holding device 11 and the holding element 7 are here arranged integrally with each other in a base body 23 of the device 1. This allows a very compact construction of the device 1.
  • the tightness of a sealed hollow body 9 is checked by the device 1 not directly, but indirectly by the application of torque.
  • the torque can be introduced via the drive 3 mediated by the holding device 11 in the cap 13.
  • the holding device 11 is rotatably mounted relative to the holding element 7, so that the hollow body 9 does not rotate when a torque is introduced into the closure cap 13.
  • the torque can also be imparted via the drive 3 mediated by the holding element 7 in the hollow body 9.
  • a torque is introduced into the closure cap 13, because it is firmly connected to the hollow body 9, at least until the moment of tearing.
  • a torque sensor 15 and an angle sensor 17 are also possible into the device 1. It is then possible, for example, to drive a (preferably regulated) torque ramp, whereby the tearing off of a closure cap 13 can not be detected by the breaking in of the torque at the torque sensor 15, but by a change in the angle of rotation in the angle sensor 17. However, the tearing of the cap 13 can also be detected both by a collapse of the torque in the torque sensor 15 and by a change in the angle of rotation in the angle sensor 17. In this way, one has two parameters for assessing the tight fit of the closure cap 13 on the hollow body 9, so that this embodiment is particularly error-prone and provides particularly good reproducible test results.
  • the device 1 it is also possible to arrange the device 1 at the end or outside a production line and thus also to check samples.
  • the device 1 in laboratory equipment in order to determine, for example, desired values, ie torques at which a tight fitting cap 13 just will not break loose. Integration of the device in laboratory equipment also makes it possible to calibrate repaired, refurbished or newly manufactured devices 1, and to check their proper functioning.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Sealing Of Jars (AREA)
  • Examining Or Testing Airtightness (AREA)
  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • External Artificial Organs (AREA)
  • Automatic Analysis And Handling Materials Therefor (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif (1) de vérification de l'étanchéité de capuchons de fermeture (13) sur des corps creux (9) utilisés dans le domaine médical, comprenant un entraînement (3), un élément de maintien (7) pour le corps creux (9), un dispositif de maintien (11) pour le capuchon de fermeture (13), le dispositif de maintien (11) étant monté rotatif par rapport à l'élément de maintien (7). Le dispositif de vérification de l'étanchéité comprend également un capteur pour la rotation relative du dispositif de maintien (11) par rapport à l'élément de maintien (7), l'entraînement (3), l'élément de maintien (7) et le dispositif de maintien (1) pouvant engendrer un couple de rotation dans le capuchon de fermeture (13), et un corps creux (9) et un capuchon de fermeture (13) étant saisis par le dispositif de maintien (11) et l'élément de maintien (7) - vus le long de l'axe longitudinal (19) d'un corps creux (9) - du même côté.
EP09765621.9A 2008-06-19 2009-06-18 Dispositif et procédé de vérification de l' étanchéité de capuchons de fermeture sur des corps creux utilisés dans le domaine médical Active EP2291320B1 (fr)

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DE102008030271A DE102008030271A1 (de) 2008-06-19 2008-06-19 Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Prüfung der Dichtigkeit von Verschlusskappen auf medizinischen Hohlkörpern
PCT/EP2009/004387 WO2009153041A1 (fr) 2008-06-19 2009-06-18 Dispositif et procédé de vérification de l’étanchéité de capuchons de fermeture sur des corps creux utilisés dans le domaine médical

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EP2291320A1 true EP2291320A1 (fr) 2011-03-09
EP2291320B1 EP2291320B1 (fr) 2014-11-05

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US (1) US8567261B2 (fr)
EP (1) EP2291320B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP5631872B2 (fr)
BR (1) BRPI0914203B8 (fr)
CA (1) CA2728135C (fr)
DE (1) DE102008030271A1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2528930T3 (fr)
MX (1) MX2010013514A (fr)
PT (1) PT2291320E (fr)
RU (1) RU2516962C2 (fr)
WO (1) WO2009153041A1 (fr)

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US20110126638A1 (en) 2011-06-02
MX2010013514A (es) 2011-04-11
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BRPI0914203B8 (pt) 2021-02-02
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BRPI0914203A2 (pt) 2015-11-03
WO2009153041A1 (fr) 2009-12-23
CA2728135C (fr) 2016-02-23
RU2011101683A (ru) 2012-07-27
CA2728135A1 (fr) 2009-12-23
ES2528930T3 (es) 2015-02-13
PT2291320E (pt) 2015-02-10
EP2291320B1 (fr) 2014-11-05
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