EP2295157A2 - Dispositif et procédé destinés au contrôle de fermetures de récipients - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé destinés au contrôle de fermetures de récipients Download PDF

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EP2295157A2
EP2295157A2 EP10172753A EP10172753A EP2295157A2 EP 2295157 A2 EP2295157 A2 EP 2295157A2 EP 10172753 A EP10172753 A EP 10172753A EP 10172753 A EP10172753 A EP 10172753A EP 2295157 A2 EP2295157 A2 EP 2295157A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
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  • the present invention relates to a device and a method for controlling vascular occlusions with a control device.
  • a disadvantage of such a block machine is that if a problem occurs with a single machine, it may be necessary to stop the entire plant. This reduces the efficiency of the entire plant and can lead to the loss of raw material if a treatment process can not be stopped.
  • a block machine may include a filler and a capper.
  • vascular occlusions are used to airtight vessels after filling. Usually about 1% to 2% of the vessel occlusions are defective or faulty.
  • Defective vascular occlusions can cause sealing problems.
  • a device is used which identifies faulty vascular occlusions and is removed from the process flow by means of a discharging device.
  • a discharging device Such a device and a corresponding method are for example from the US 2009/0107896 known.
  • the vascular occlusions are pulled apart or singulated in front of the control device.
  • the vessel closures are guided individually and separated from one another on the control device.
  • the method according to the invention for controlling vascular occlusions with a control device comprises the steps of advancing the vascular occlusions on the control device by means of a delivery medium without separating the vascular occlusions in front of the control device, and checking the vascular occlusions with the control device.
  • the method can be simplified over the prior art.
  • the checking of the vascular occlusions can be carried out in particular inline. In other words, no separating elements or baffles for separating the closures are necessary. In particular, without isolation, it may mean that the vascular occlusions are not spaced or separated from each other in addition or for purposes of control.
  • the vascular occlusions may in particular be bottle closures.
  • the vascular occlusions may comprise a plastic and / or metal.
  • the vascular occlusions may be screw caps, crown caps, flat caps or sports caps.
  • the vascular occlusions can be arranged directly adjacent to one another on the conveyed medium.
  • the vascular occlusions can be guided one after the other past the control device.
  • the vascular occlusions may be arranged on the conveyed medium in a row.
  • the vascular occlusions may be on the medium in particular be passed directly or immediately adjacent to each other at the control device.
  • the vascular occlusions can be guided past the dynamic pressure on the control device.
  • the dynamic pressure referred to is the pressure on a vessel closure by one or more vessel closures following in the conveying direction.
  • the vascular occlusions can be guided horizontally aligned past the control device.
  • the conveying medium can be arranged horizontally and the vessel closures can be guided horizontally past the control device.
  • the vascular occlusions may be guided laterally during the control.
  • a guide element can be provided for laterally guiding the vessel closures.
  • the vascular occlusions can be guided past the control device such that the vascular occlusions touch directly or directly or the distance between two vascular occlusions is much smaller than the radius of a vascular occlusion, in particular wherein the distance between two vascular occlusions is less than or equal to 1/2, 1 / 3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, 1/50 or 1/100 of the radius of a vascular occlusion.
  • the control device may in particular be an inspection device.
  • the control device may comprise one or more optoelectronic sensors, in particular a camera.
  • the control device may comprise a camera, wherein the step of checking comprises generating a, in particular digital, image of a vascular occlusion.
  • the camera can be a CCD camera.
  • the control device may also include a lighting element for illuminating the vascular occlusions or the vascular occlusion to be controlled.
  • the control device can also comprise an evaluation element, in particular a computer, wherein the step of checking comprises evaluating the image of the vessel closure with the evaluation element. This allows the inspection or inspection of the vascular occlusions to be fully automated.
  • the evaluation element can evaluate or analyze optical and / or geometric properties of a vessel closure.
  • the optical properties can include, for example, the color and / or reflectivity of the vessel closure.
  • the geometric properties may include the shape of the vessel closure, in particular the size (dimensions), the eccentricity and / or the symmetry of the vessel closure.
  • the evaluation element can compare the actual state of a vessel closure with a predetermined desired state.
  • the evaluation element can be configured to determine or detect faulty locations of a vessel closure by means of the image.
  • the evaluation of the image may include determining the center of a vascular occlusion on the image to be evaluated.
  • the evaluation of the image may include centering an imaged vessel closure from inside to outside. Since the vascular occlusions are passed directly adjacent to one another on the control device, an image of a vascular occlusion may also comprise further vascular occlusions and / or parts of further vascular occlusions. By centering a vascular occlusion from inside to outside, the evaluation can be better limited to a single vascular occlusion.
  • the step of controlling may include determining defective or defective vascular occlusions.
  • the step of controlling may include determining unworkable vascular occlusions.
  • Non-processable vascular occlusions may be, for example, vascular occlusions of a different type or with different properties, for example of different color, to the correct or to be processed vascular occlusions.
  • the method may also include sorting out defective or defective and / or unprocessable vascular occlusions.
  • the method may include determining defective vascular occlusions and / or correct or usable vascular occlusions, and separating the defective vascular occlusions from the vascular occlusions that may be used.
  • a discharge element for sorting out a faulty vessel closure, a discharge element can be used, for example a mechanical arm or a nozzle for pressurizing the faulty vessel closure with compressed air.
  • the sorting step may include stopping the delivery medium or the vascular occlusion stream. Thereby, the discharging operation can be simplified.
  • the vessel closure stream or closure stream for the step of sorting out can be stopped, in particular by a stopping device, which is arranged in front of the inspection device with respect to the conveying direction of the conveying medium.
  • the closure flow can in particular be stopped immediately or immediately if the control device detects a faulty and / or unprocessable vascular occlusion.
  • the sorting step may further comprise sorting out one or more adjacent vascular occlusions at the vascular occlusion designated as defective or defective and / or non-processable. This can be ensured in a simplified manner that the faulty vessel closure was sorted out. For example, all vascular occlusions arranged during stopping of the occlusion flow between the stopping device and the control device can be sorted out.
  • the method described above can also be used to control other objects used in the beverage industry, for example, empty disposable bottles.
  • the invention also provides a device for controlling vascular occlusions, in particular for use with a method described above, comprising a control device and a delivery medium, wherein the device is designed such that vascular occlusions are guided past the delivery device without separation on the delivery device.
  • the device may have one or more of the features described above.
  • the device may comprise a control device or an inspection device, an evaluation element, in particular a computer, a stopping device and / or a Ausschleuseelement.
  • the conveying medium may comprise mat chains.
  • the conveyed medium may correspond to a hinge belt chain conveyor or a belt conveyor or may be included in a hinge belt chain conveyor or a belt conveyor.
  • the pumped medium may comprise belt bands.
  • the conveying medium may be a conveyor belt.
  • the device can be arranged in particular in the conveying direction of the vessel closures for a device for providing vascular occlusions.
  • the device for providing vascular occlusions can be designed such that vascular occlusions are arranged in a predetermined or desired orientation on the delivery medium of a device described above.
  • the invention also provides a method for removing defective objects from a sequence of objects for objects in the beverage industry, in particular vascular occlusions, comprising controlling the objects with the control device comprising passing the objects on the control device by means of a delivery medium, and if by the control device faulty and / or non-processable object is detected, stopping the object stream in front of the control device by means of a stopping device, and sorting out the faulty and / or non-processable object by means of a Ausschleuseelements, in particular sorting out all after stopping the object flow between stopping and Ausschleuseelement arranged objects.
  • sequence of objects or set of objects may correspond to a sequence of objects used in the beverage industry, for example, empty disposable bottles or vascular occlusions.
  • the object stream may correspond to the sequence moved on the conveyed medium or to a moving subsequence of the sequence.
  • the step of passing and / or the step of checking can be carried out as described above.
  • the objects can be passed without separation at the control device.
  • the objects can be vascular occlusions.
  • the determination of a defective and / or non-processable object may be performed as described above for the case of a vessel occlusion.
  • the stopping of the object stream can take place immediately or immediately after the detection or determination of a defective object by the control device.
  • the stopping device may comprise a mandrel or stop mandrel, wherein the step of stopping comprises at least partially arranging the stop mandrel so that the object current is stopped.
  • the stop pin can be introduced into the object stream so that the movement of the objects in the conveying direction is blocked.
  • the stop mandrel may be cylindrical, conical or cuboid, for example.
  • the discharge element or diversion element can be, for example, a mechanical arm or a nozzle for pressurizing the faulty vessel closure with compressed air.
  • the method may further comprise determining a diversion time, wherein the diversion time corresponds to the time required for sorting out one or more, in particular all, objects disposed after stoppage of the object flow between the stopping device and the diverting element.
  • the diversion time can be determined based on the conveying speed of the pumped medium.
  • the diversion time can be optimized based on the minimum and / or maximum conveying speed of the pumped medium. For example, it is possible to determine the point in time at which the object determined to be defective and / or not processable is guided past the removal element. The ejection element can then be controlled so that the faulty and / or non-processable object is sorted out. In particular, the Ausschleuseelement can be controlled so that one or more adjacent objects of the object determined to be defective and / or not processable.
  • the method may further include starting the object stream after the step of sorting.
  • the invention also provides an apparatus for removing defective objects from a sequence of objects for objects in the beverage industry, in particular vascular occlusions, in particular for use with a method of removing defective objects described above, comprising a control device, a conveying medium, a conveying direction of the The device is configured such that when the control device detects a faulty or non-processable object, stopping the object stream in front of the control device by means of the stopping means and a sorting out of the faulty and / or non-processable object by means of a Ausschleuseelements, in particular sorting out all after stopping the object current between stopping and Ausschleuseelement arranged objects takes place.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a device for controlling vascular occlusions with a control device.
  • This exemplary device can be used in particular for a method for controlling vascular occlusions with a control device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a conveying medium 101, for example a conveyor belt, on which vessel closures 102 are arranged directly adjacent to each other.
  • the vascular occlusions 102 are passed directly past or past the control device 103.
  • the control device 103 may, in particular, comprise a camera which generates images, in particular digital images, of the vascular occlusions 102 passed by.
  • FIG. 1 The vascular occlusions 102 touch or contact directly or directly and are guided past the control device 103 in succession or sequentially.
  • a dynamic pressure acts on one or more adjacent vessel closures 102, in particular in the conveying direction.
  • the control device 103 can be used in particular to determine defective or faulty vascular occlusions.
  • the control device 103 may comprise an evaluation element, for example a computer, for evaluating an image of a vessel closure.
  • FIG. 2 shows an exemplary device for controlling vascular occlusions with a control device, such as those FIG. 1 , in top view. So is in FIG. 2 a pumped medium 201 and then directly adjacent arranged vessel closures 202 shown. Also shows FIG. 2 a control device 203, at which the vessel closures 202 are passed past or past one behind the other or sequentially.
  • the vessel closures 202 touch each other, so are guided past the dynamic pressure under the control device 203.
  • the distance between two vascular occlusions may be much smaller than the radius of a vascular occlusion.
  • the vascular occlusions 202 may be, for example, crown caps, screw caps, flat caps or sports caps.
  • FIG. 2 also shows a Ausschleuseelement 204, wherein the Ausschleuseelement 204 is arranged in the conveying direction after the control device 203 and is designed such that it can remove defective or defective and / or unprocessable vascular occlusions from the machining process.
  • the discharge element 204 may in particular comprise a mechanical arm which can push down a faulty vessel closure from the delivery medium 201.
  • the discharge element 204 may comprise a nozzle which can apply compressed air to a faulty vessel closure and thus remove the faulty vessel closure from the delivery medium 201.
  • a discharge possibility or a discharge path 209 is shown, via which a removal of a faulty vessel closure is possible.
  • the Ausschleuseweg 209 may correspond, for example, an opening in a possibly existing lateral guide rail or a diversion plate.
  • the delivery medium 201 may be stopped when a defective or defective vascular occlusion has been determined.
  • the sorting out of the faulty vessel closure can be simplified.
  • less mechanics and / or less electronics can be used as compared to a sorting out without stopping the pumped medium. This is less expensive and potentially error-prone mechanics and / or electronics can be omitted.
  • a vacuum belt which would otherwise be necessary because of air turbulence when discharging or sorting out, can be saved by stopping the vascular occlusion flow.
  • FIG. 3 is an illustration of an exemplary apparatus for removing defective vascular occlusions in plan view.
  • This exemplary device can be used in particular for a method for removing defective vascular occlusions. in principle
  • the method can also be applied to other objects in the beverage industry, such as empty one-way bottles or the like.
  • FIG. 3 a delivery medium 301, on which vessel closures 302 are guided past a control device 303.
  • the control device 303 is a Ausschleuseelement 304 and in front of the control device 303, a stopping device 305 is arranged.
  • the terms before and after refer here to the conveying direction of the pumped medium, in this example, as well as in the FIGS. 1 and 2 , runs from left to right.
  • FIG. 3 analogous to FIG. 2 , a discharge path 309.
  • the stopping device 305 comprises a stop pin 306 which can be arranged to stop the vessel closures in such a way that it blocks the movement of the vessel closures 302 in the conveying direction.
  • the vessel closures 302 move on by a distance 308.
  • the distance of the diverter element 304 from the controller 303 may be greater than the maximum, i.e., the maximum distance. at maximum conveying speed, distance 308 covered within the evaluation time.
  • a plurality of adjacent vessel closures can also be sorted out, in particular all vessel closures arranged at the time of stopping between the stop device 305 and the discharge element 304.
  • the signal tracking ie the control technology monitoring of the vascular occlusions
  • the time at which the defective and / or unprocessable vascular closure is guided past the diverter element can be determined via the delivery speed of the delivery medium, in particular via the minimum or maximum delivery rate. This method is called time-controlled.
  • vessel closures can be counted and thus identified by means of a plurality of sensors, in particular at different positions along the conveying path. This method is referred to as a "first in first out” method. However, if vascular occlusions are to be discarded or removed from a sequence of vascular occlusions, a timed procedure may be more advantageous.

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