EP3225561B1 - Machine de traitement de réceptacle et procédé pour faire fonctionner une telle machine - Google Patents

Machine de traitement de réceptacle et procédé pour faire fonctionner une telle machine Download PDF

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EP3225561B1
EP3225561B1 EP16305356.4A EP16305356A EP3225561B1 EP 3225561 B1 EP3225561 B1 EP 3225561B1 EP 16305356 A EP16305356 A EP 16305356A EP 3225561 B1 EP3225561 B1 EP 3225561B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/007—Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/40—Controls; Safety devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
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  • the present invention relates to a receptacle treatment machine and a method for operating such a receptacle treatment machine, in particular a receptacle treatment machine in which receptacles, in particular plastic bottles, are at least filled with a pourable product, capped and decorated.
  • the products poured in the receptacles include still (such as still water) or carbonated liquids (such as sparkling water, soft drinks and beer), beverages (including juices, teas, sport drinks, wine, etc.), liquid cleaners, emulsions, suspensions, high viscosity liquids, etc.
  • receptacles such as plastic bottles, which the following description will refer to without any limitative scope, are formed from blanks or preforms, rinsed and sterilized, filled with a pourable product, capped with respective closures and are decorated in receptacle treatment machines.
  • the order of the varying treatments may be varied under certain limits; e.g. the receptacles can be formed, decorated, filled and capped or they can be formed, filled, capped and decorated.
  • receptacle treatment machines for treating a wide range of plastic bottles comprise a variety of treatment apparatuses each for performing at least one distinct treatment process and a plurality of conveying units each arranged between two respective treatment apparatuses for conveying the bottles from one treatment apparatus to another one.
  • a typical receptacle treatment machine comprises a blow molding apparatus which forms the bottles themselves from typically preforms, a rinsing and sterilization apparatus for cleaning and sterilizing the bottles, a filling apparatus for filling the bottles with a pourable product, a capping apparatus for applying respective closures on the bottles and a decoration apparatus for applying a decoration or decorations on the bottles.
  • a typical blow-molding apparatus comprises a blow-molding carousel provided with a plurality of molds each of which being designed to accommodate one respective heated preform and to blow the preform during rotation of the carousel, under high pressure and high temperature to form the respective bottles.
  • the bottles exiting from the blow molding apparatus are then transferred to the rinsing and sterilization apparatus from where the cleaned and sterilized bottles are transferred to the filling apparatus.
  • the filling apparatus comprises a filling carousel provided with a plurality of filling units for filling the bottles with a pourable product during rotation of the filling carousel. Then from the filling apparatus the filled bottles are fed to the capping apparatus.
  • the capping apparatus comprises a respective capping carousel provided with a plurality of capping units for applying closures on the bottles during rotation of the capping carousel. Then from the capping apparatus the bottles are transferred to the decoration apparatus.
  • decoration apparatuses are apparatuses which apply one or more labels on the bottles, they print or write a decoration pattern on the bottles or they activate pigments arranged within the bottle.
  • the kind of decoration apparatus which applies one or more labels on the bottles typically comprises a labelling carousel provided with retaining units for retaining the bottles and at least one labelling unit for applying labels on the receptacles during rotation of the labelling carousel.
  • buffering units arranged between at least some of the treatment apparatuses. These buffering units typically allow to buffer bottles exiting from one treatment apparatus and being directed to the successive treatment apparatus.
  • the buffering of the bottles basically serves for compensating for the varying working speeds of the different treatment apparatuses and/or to compensate a possible problem compromising the correct treatment within the treatment apparatus downstream of the other one.
  • EP 1 681 249 A1 discloses a buffering unit arranged between a rinsing-filling-capping apparatus and a labelling apparatus arranged downstream of the rinsing-filling-capping apparatus.
  • the buffering unit is designed to compensate for variations in the production throughput of any one of the apparatuses.
  • the buffering unit comprises a transfer lane and a buffering area.
  • the buffering unit can e.g. be used in such a way that during a normal working condition of the rinsing-filling-capping apparatus and the labelling apparatus the bottles are directly transferred by the transfer lane from the rinsing-filling-capping apparatus to the labelling apparatus and in the case of an atypical working condition of the labelling apparatus at which the correct application of the labels is compromised the bottles are transferred into the buffering area of the buffering unit.
  • the bottles are not transferred to the labelling apparatus, but the bottles exiting from the rinsing-filling-capping apparatus are fed to the buffering area. Simultaneously, the overall operation of the receptacle treatment machine and accordingly of the rinsing-filling-capping apparatus is interrupted.
  • a malfunction of the labelling apparatus means that bottles which have already been formed, rinsed and sterilized, filled with the valuable pourable product and capped leads to discarding not only the bottles, the closures, but also the pourable product filled into the bottles.
  • any malfunction of any treatment apparatus leads to a complete interruption of the overall production process of these compact receptacle treatment machines which leads to a loss of the production over the time interval until the malfunction has been resolved.
  • a receptacle treatment machine as claimed in claim 12.
  • Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates a receptacle treatment machine for treating a succession of bottles 2 (see Figs. 2 to 4 ).
  • Bottles 2 are fed into machine 1 at an inlet station 3 and are conveyed by conveying means of machine 1 known as such along a conveying path P towards an outlet station 4.
  • Machine 1 comprises a plurality of treatment apparatuses arranged along path P and each one adapted to perform at least one respective treatment process on bottles 2.
  • machine 1 is configured to be in a blocked configuration meaning that treatment apparatuses are configured to be synchronized with respect to each other and having the same working speeds; i.e. each treatment apparatus is configured to treat the same number of bottles 2 per hour as the other treatment apparatuses.
  • machine 1 comprises:
  • machine 1 comprises a detection unit 9 adapted to detect a normal working condition of decoration apparatus 8 at which decoration apparatus 8 is apt to correctly apply at least one respective decoration on each one of bottles 2 and an atypical working condition at which apparatus 8 is unable to correctly apply at least one respective decoration at each one of bottles 2; i.e. the correct application of at least one respective decoration on each one of bottles 2 is compromised.
  • machine 1 has a control unit 10 configured to receive an input signal about the normal or atypical working condition from detection unit 9 and to control decoration apparatus 8 as a function of the input signal from detection unit 9, in particular as a function of the normal or atypical working condition.
  • machine 1 comprises an accumulation unit 14 adapted to at least temporarily accumulate/store bottles 2.
  • Accumulation unit 14 is also configured to be controlled by control unit 10 as a function of the input signal from detection unit 9; i.e. as a function of the normal or atypical working condition of apparatus 8.
  • accumulation unit 14 is configured to receive bottles 2 at a transfer station 15 downstream of decoration apparatus 8 along path P.
  • accumulation unit 14 is designed to receive bottles 2 at transfer station 15 in case of the atypical working condition of decoration apparatus 8.
  • accumulation unit 14 is configured to feed bottles 2 stored within accumulation unit 14 itself to a re-feeding station 16 arranged downstream of capping apparatus 7 and upstream of decoration apparatus 8 along path P for directing bottles 2 from re-feeding station 16 to decoration apparatus 8.
  • accumulation unit 14 is configured to direct bottles 2 to re-feeding station 16 after a restoration of the normal working condition of decoration apparatus 8.
  • accumulation unit 14 is configured to advance bottles 2 to re-feeding station 16 up to the end of production and prior to shut-down of operation of machine 1.
  • control unit 10 is configured to control the feeding of bottles 2 at transfer station 15 to accumulation unit 14 as a function of the input signal of detection unit 9.
  • control unit 10 is designed to control continuous advancement of bottles 2 through decoration apparatus 8 along path P towards outlet station 4 in the case of the normal working condition of decoration apparatus 8 and to control feeding of bottles 2, in particular of not-correctly decorated bottles 2 at transfer station 15 to accumulation unit 14 in the case of the atypical working condition of decoration apparatus 8.
  • capping apparatus 7 comprises:
  • Machine 1 further comprises a conveyor device 19, in particular being part of the conveying means of machine 1, arranged between capping apparatus 7 and decoration apparatus 8 and configured to advance bottles 2 from station 18 to a second delivery station 20 at which bottles 2 are delivered to decoration apparatus 8.
  • Conveyor device 19 comprises a plurality of star wheels 21 each one adapted to rotate around one respective rotation axis parallel to axis A and each one designed to advance bottles 2 around one respective arc-shaped portion of path P.
  • apparatus 8 is adapted to apply at least one respective label on each one of bottles 2, in particular during advancement of bottles 2 through apparatus 8.
  • apparatus 8 is configured to advance bottles 2 from station 20 to a third delivery station 23 downstream of station 20 and of apparatus 8 along path P and at least one respective label is applied to each one of bottles 2 during advancement of bottles 2 from station 20 to station 23.
  • decoration apparatus 8 comprises at least one main labeling unit 27, in the specific example one, adapted to apply at least one respective label on each one of bottles 2 advancing through apparatus 8, in particular advancing from station 20 to station 23. Furthermore, decoration apparatus 8 comprises at least one auxiliary labeling unit 28, in the particular example shown one, being adapted to apply at least one respective label on each one of bottles 2 advancing through decoration apparatus 8.
  • main labeling unit 27 and auxiliary labeling unit 28 are apt to be selectively controllable between an operative configuration at which the application of at least one respective label on each one of bottles 2 is activated and a rest configuration at which the application of at least one respective label on each one of bottles 2 is deactivated.
  • main labeling unit 27 and auxiliary labeling unit 28 are of the type which are configured to cut the labels of a predefined length and size from a web of labeling material and to successively apply a pattern of glue onto the labels prior to the application of the labels on bottles 2.
  • decoration apparatus 8 has a conveying carousel 29 configured to rotate around one respective rotation axis B and adapted to convey bottles 2 through decoration apparatus 8, in particular to advance bottles 2 from station 20 to station 23.
  • Apparatus 8 further comprises a plurality of retaining units (not shown and known as such) peripherally arranged on conveying carousel 29 and equally spaced around axis B and configured to retain bottles 2 during rotation of conveying carousel 29.
  • the retaining units are designed to retain bottles 2 during advancement of bottles 2 from station 20 to station 23.
  • Retaining units are further adapted to rotate bottles 2 around their respective longitudinal axes during advancement of bottles 2 from station 20 to station 23 to allow for the application of labels on bottles 2 through cooperation with main labeling unit 27 and/or auxiliary labeling unit 28.
  • Conveying carousel 29 is also configured to advance bottles 2 from station 20 to station 23 through a first labeling station 30 and a second labeling station 31.
  • main labeling unit 27 is arranged peripherally adjacent to conveying carousel 29 at station 30 and auxiliary labeling unit 28 is positioned peripherally adjacent to conveying carousel 29 at station 31. Accordingly, main labeling unit 27 is configured to apply labels onto bottles 2 at station 30 and auxiliary labeling unit 28 is designed to apply labels onto bottles 2 at station 31.
  • control unit 10 is adapted to control main labeling unit 27 and auxiliary labeling unit 28 selectively in their respective operative or rest configurations.
  • Detection unit 9 is configured to detect, in use, whether the correct application of labels on each one of bottles 2 advancing through apparatus 8 by main labeling unit 27 and/or auxiliary labeling unit 28 is compromised or not. In the case the correct application of labels on bottles 2 by main labeling unit 27 and/or auxiliary labeling unit 28 is compromised apparatus 8 presents an atypical working condition.
  • Control unit 10 is further configured to control main labeling unit 27 in its operative configuration and to control auxiliary labeling unit 28 in its rest configuration during the normal working condition of apparatus 8.
  • machine 1 comprises an outlet conveyor 22 adapted to receive bottles 2 from apparatus 8 at station 23 and to advance bottles 2 from station 23 to station 4, in particular in the case of the normal working condition of apparatus 8, or to advance bottles 2 from station 23 to station 15, in particular in the case of the atypical working condition of apparatus 8.
  • outlet conveyor 22 is designed to be controlled between at least a first configuration at which outlet conveyor 22 is apt to continuously advance bottles 2 received from apparatus 8 at station 23 along path P to station 4 and a second configuration at which outlet conveyor 22 is apt to feed bottles 2 from station 23 to transfer station 15 for feeding bottles 2 to accumulation unit 14.
  • control unit 10 is designed to control outlet conveyor 22 between the first and the second configuration as a function of the input signal of detection unit 9. More specifically, control unit 10 is configured to control outlet conveyor 22 in its first configuration in the case of the normal working condition of apparatus 8 and in its second configuration in the case of the atypical working condition of apparatus 8.
  • outlet conveyor 22 comprises a switching portion 32 adapted to switch between a first orientation at which switching portion 32 is configured to direct bottles 2 towards station 4 and a second orientation at which switching portion 32 is configured to feed bottles 2 to accumulation unit 14.
  • control unit 10 controls the switching portion 32 between its first orientation and its second orientation as a function of the input signal of detection unit 9; i.e. as a function of the normal or atypical working condition of apparatus 8.
  • Outlet conveyor 22 further comprises:
  • conveying lane 34 further has an inlet portion 35 and an outlet portion 36 with switching portion 32 being interposed between inlet portion 35 and outlet portion 36.
  • switching portion 32 in its first orientation switching portion 32 is configured to feed bottles 2 from inlet portion 35 to outlet portion 36 and in its second orientation switching portion 32 is configured to advance bottles 2 from inlet portion 35 to accumulation unit 14.
  • accumulation unit 14 is adapted to be controlled among at least:
  • accumulation unit 14 is set in its base configuration in the case of the normal working condition of apparatus 8 and is set in its accumulating configuration in the case of the atypical working condition of apparatus 8.
  • Accumulation unit 14 is also adapted to be controlled in a feeding configuration (see Figure 4 ) in which accumulation unit 14 is designed to feed bottles 2 to re-feeding station 16.
  • accumulation unit 14 is set in its feeding configuration after restoration of the normal working condition of apparatus 8.
  • accumulation unit 14 comprises:
  • conveyor device 40 has:
  • Portion 44 is furthermore configured to selectively feed bottles 2 to accumulation space 41 and to selectively receive bottles 2 from accumulation space 41.
  • outlet conveying assembly 43 comprises:
  • Machine 1 also comprises:
  • expelling device 48 comprises an expelling element 48a configured to direct receptacles 2 away from accumulation unit 14 and an expelling space 48b configured to collect receptacles 2 expelled from accumulation unit 14 by expelling element 48a.
  • the atypical working condition of apparatus 8 does not necessarily mean that no decoration at all is applied.
  • the atypical working condition can e.g. lead to an incorrect/incomplete decoration of bottles 2 advancing through apparatus 8 during the atypical working condition of apparatus 8. These bottles 2 having an incorrect/incomplete decoration are typically not suited to be sent to sales outlets and they must be discarded.
  • imaging and analyzing unit 47 is configured to image and analyze the possible presence of a decoration or of a partially applied decoration of bottles 2 fed to accumulation unit 14.
  • unit 47 is designed to detect falsely applied labels.
  • imaging and analyzing unit 47 is configured to detect the presence of possible incorrect/incomplete decorations, however, it may also be configured to analyze other parameters, such as the correct application of closures, deformations of bottles 2 and other defects.
  • imaging and analyzing unit 47 and expelling device 48 are arranged in the area of inlet conveying assembly 42 and imaging and analyzing unit 47 being arranged upstream of expelling device 48 with regard to the advancement of bottles 2 from station 15 to station 16.
  • accumulation unit 14 has:
  • sensor device 49 is designed to determine the feeding of bottles 2 into accumulation unit 14.
  • Sensor device 50 is configured to determine, in use, whether the maximum storing capacity of bottles 2 within outlet conveying assembly 43 is reached or not.
  • bottles 2 are advanced along path P.
  • bottles 2 are rinsed and sterilized, filled with a pourable product, sealed with respective closures and decorated with at least one respective decoration.
  • bottles 2 are generally directed through the plurality of treatment apparatuses of machine 1, each of which performing one distinct treatment step on bottles 2.
  • bottles 2 are fed from station 3 to apparatus 5 in which bottles 2 are rinsed and sterilized. Then, bottles 2 are fed to apparatus 6, are advanced through apparatus 6 and are filled in a manner known as such with a pourable product in apparatus 6. Afterwards, bottles 2 are fed from apparatus 6 to apparatus 7 and are advanced through apparatus 7. Furthermore, closures are applied on bottles 2 during advancement through apparatus 7. Following the treatment in apparatus 7, bottles 2 are fed to apparatus 8. Then bottles 2 are advanced through apparatus 8.
  • Detection unit 9 sends the input signal to control unit 10 for controlling operation of apparatus 8, outlet conveyor 22 and accumulation unit 14.
  • apparatus 8 is controlled, preferably by control unit 10, in such a way that main labeling unit 27 is set in its operative configuration and auxiliary labeling unit 28 is set in its rest configuration.
  • control unit 10 the working condition of main labeling unit 27 is detected for determining the normal or atypical working condition of apparatus 8.
  • bottles 2 are advanced through apparatus 8 and bottles 2 are decorated during advancement through apparatus 8.
  • at least one respective label is applied to each one of bottles 2, preferably by main labeling unit 27.
  • bottles 2 are further advanced along path P towards station 4.
  • outlet conveyor 22 being in its first configuration receives bottles 2 at station 23 and advances bottles 2 to station 4.
  • During the normal working condition accumulation unit 14 is preferably set in its base configuration.
  • Bottles 2 are continuously advanced through apparatus 8 and are directed to transfer station 15. Then bottles 2 are fed to accumulation unit 14. In particular, bottles 2 are advanced by outlet conveyor 22 from station 23 to transfer station 15. More specifically, this is achieved by setting outlet conveyor 22 in its second configuration, preferably by setting switching portion 32 in its second orientation.
  • Bottles 2 advanced to transfer station 15 are fed to accumulation unit 14, in particular to inlet conveying assembly 42. Bottles 2 are then advanced from inlet conveying assembly 42 to intermediate conveying portion 44 and then to outlet conveying assembly 43. As the capacity of outlet conveying assembly 43 is limited, the density of bottles 2 in outlet conveying assembly 43 is detected, in particular by means of second sensor device 50. If the maximum density of bottles 2 in outlet conveying assembly 43 is reached bottles 2 are transferred from inlet conveying assembly 42 to accumulation space 41 as long as further bottles 2 are fed to accumulation unit 14. The feeding of further bottles 2 to accumulation unit 14 is detected by first sensor device 49. In particular, first sensor device 49 detects the density of bottles 2 within inlet conveying assembly 42.
  • bottles 2 fed to accumulation unit 14 is inspected by imaging and analyzing unit 47 and non-correctly decorated bottles 2 are expelled by expelling device 48 from accumulation unit 14.
  • main labeling unit 27 is set from the operative configuration to the rest configuration and auxiliary labeling unit 28 is set from the rest configuration to the operative configuration.
  • Setting the auxiliary labeling unit 28 from the rest configuration to the operative configuration is not instantaneous. Setting the auxiliary labeling unit 28 from the rest configuration to the operative configuration requires some time, which is typically in the range of a few minutes. During this time bottles 2 are continued to be advanced through apparatus 8 and are transferred at transfer station 15 to accumulation unit 14.
  • auxiliary labeling unit 28 When auxiliary labeling unit 28 has reached its operative configuration apparatus 8 is in its normal working condition again and bottles 2 advancing through apparatus 8 can be decorated, in particular labeled again. Then, apparatus 8, in particular auxiliary labeling unit 28 applies at least one respective label on each bottle 2 advancing through apparatus 8 and bottles 2 are advanced from station 23 to station 4, in particular by outlet conveyor 22. Accordingly, outlet conveyor 22 is set in its first configuration again after restoration of the normal working condition of apparatus 8. As well, accumulation unit 14 is set in its base configuration again.
  • bottles 2 accumulated/stored in accumulation unit 14 are fed back to apparatus 8, to advance bottles 2 through apparatus 8 and to decorate, preferably label bottles 2 during advancement of bottles 2 through apparatus 8 after recovery of the normal working condition.
  • bottles 2 remain in accumulation unit 14 up to the end of production and prior to shut-down of operation of machine 1. Accordingly, bottles 2 are preferably fed back to apparatus 8 up to the end of production and prior to shut-down of operation of machine 1.
  • accumulation unit 14 is set in its feeding configuration, in particular up to the end of production and prior to shut-down of operation of machine 1.
  • Accumulation unit 14 advances bottles 2 to station 16 from where bottles 2 advance to apparatus 8.
  • screw 45 feds bottles 2 to star wheels 46 which then fed bottles 2 to station 16 from where bottles 2 are conveyed to apparatus 8.
  • number 1' indicates a further embodiment of a receptacle treatment machine, only partially shown to the extent necessary for the comprehension; as receptacle treatment machine 1' is similar to receptacle treatment machine 1, the following description is limited to the differences between them, and using the same references, where possible, for identical or corresponding parts.
  • receptacle treatment machine 1' differs from receptacle treatment machine 1 basically by further comprising an end-of-line packaging apparatus 53 arranged downstream of apparatus 8 along path P and by having an outlet conveyor 22' and accumulation unit 14 of machine 1' having a conveyor device 40'.
  • End-of-line packaging apparatus 53 is adapted to form batches of bottles 2 and/or palletize bottles 2 and/or wrapping bottles 2.
  • end-of-line packaging apparatus 53 is synchronized with respect to apparatuses 5, 6, 7 and 8 and has the same working speeds as apparatuses 5, 6, 7 and 8. Accordingly, receptacle treatment machine 1' is provided in a blocked configuration.
  • Outlet conveyor 22' is adapted to be controlled between a first configuration at which outlet conveyor 22' is apt to continuously advance bottles 2 received from apparatus 8 at station 23 along path P to apparatus 53 and a second configuration at which outlet conveyor 22' is apt to feed bottles 2 from station 23 to transfer station 15.
  • outlet conveyor 22' comprises a plurality of star wheels 54a, 54b, 54c and 54d, each one adapted to rotate around one respective rotation axis parallel to axes A and B.
  • outlet conveyor 22' in its second configuration outlet conveyor 22' is designed to advance bottles 2 by star wheels 54a and 54b.
  • first configuration outlet conveyor 22' is configured to advance bottles 2 from station 23 to apparatus 53 by advancement of bottles 2 by star wheels 54a, 54b, 54c and 54d.
  • Conveyor device 40' differs from conveyor device 40 in having inlet conveying assembly 42'.
  • Inlet conveying assembly 42' differs from inlet conveying assembly 42 by having:
  • machine 1' is substantially the same as the function of machine 1 which is why we refer to the description of the function of machine 1 as provided above.
  • the differences regard the function of outlet conveyor 22' with respect to outlet conveyor 22 and the function of inlet conveying assembly 42' with respect to inlet conveying assembly 42.
  • bottles 2 which cannot be treated in a downstream treatment apparatus, in the specific example decoration apparatus 8 are temporarily stored in accumulation unit 14 and the missing treatment is done at a later stage of the overall production process.
  • the losses of bottles, closures and pourable products are limited meaning an increase in the profitability of the production. Only bottles 2 having some kind of defect, such as an incorrectly applied decoration, are discarded.
  • the method of operation of a receptacle treatment machine according to the present invention is suited for a receptacle treatment machine in blocked configuration.
  • bottles 2 accumulated/stored in accumulation unit 14 are simply reintegrated into the advancement of bottles 2 from station 16 along path P forming the last bottles 2 to be treated at the very end of the production.
  • apparatus 8 has at least one main labeling unit 27 and at least one auxiliary labeling unit 28.
  • main labeling unit 27 is in its operative configuration and auxiliary labeling unit 28 allows to compensate for a programmed change of main labeling unit 27 into its rest configuration.
  • auxiliary labeling unit 28 allows to compensate for a programmed change of main labeling unit 27 into its rest configuration.
  • Such a programmed change can be necessary in the case that e.g. the label material available is to be consumed.
  • auxiliary labeling unit 28 from its rest configuration to its operative configuration in time allowing to continue labeling of each one of bottles 2 without any interruption.
  • auxiliary labeling unit 28 does not allow to apply at least one label to each one of the bottles 2 advancing through apparatus 8 during the change of auxiliary labeling unit 28 from its rest configuration to its operative configuration in the case of the non-foreseen need to set main labeling unit 27 in its rest configuration due to a non-foreseen malfunction.
  • the method and the machine 1, 1' disclosed allows to avoid production losses in the case of a non-foreseeable malfunction of main labeling unit 27.
  • transfer station 15 may be positioned downstream of one respective downstream treatment apparatus 6, 7, or 53 different from apparatus 8 along path P.
  • accumulation unit 14 can accumulate/store bottles 2 which cannot be correctly treated by the respective downstream treatment apparatus 5, 6, 7 or 53 due to an atypical working condition of the downstream treatment apparatus 6, 7 or 53.
  • detection unit 9 is configured to detect a normal or atypical working condition of the respective downstream treatment apparatus 6, 7 or 53 and control unit 10 is adapted to control the respective downstream treatment apparatus as a function of the normal or atypical working condition.
  • machine 1 or 1' comprises a plurality of accumulation units 14 each one adapted to receive bottles 2 from one respective transfer station 15.
  • Each one of the respective transfer stations 15 is positioned downstream of one respective downstream treatment apparatus 5, 6, 7, 8, 53.
  • machine 1 or 1' comprises a plurality of transfer stations 15 each one arranged downstream of one respective apparatus 6, 7, 8, 53 along path P. Furthermore, accumulation unit 14 is configured to receive bottles 2 at the plurality of transfer stations 15, in particular in the case of an atypical working condition of the respective apparatus 6, 7, 8, 53.
  • machine 1 or 1' also comprises a blow molding apparatus arranged upstream of apparatus 5 and configured to receive preforms and to transform the preforms into bottles prior to being fed to apparatus 5. The blow molding apparatus is also synchronized with respect to apparatuses 5, 6, 7, 8 or 5, 6, 7, 8 and 53 and has the same working speed as the other apparatuses 5, 6, 7, 8 or 5, 6, 7, 8 and 53.
  • the receptacle treatment machine may vary in the number of apparatuses which are built in blocked configuration.
  • the receptacle treatment machine may only comprise a filling apparatus, a capping apparatus and a decoration apparatus or a capping apparatus and a decoration apparatus.
  • Other configurations of the receptacle treatment machine as known to the person skilled in the art are possible too.

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  1. Procédé pour faire fonctionner une machine de traitement de réceptacles (1, 1') comprenant au moins un appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) et au moins un appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) synchronisé avec l'appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) et ayant la même vitesse de travail que celui-ci et l'appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) et l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) étant disposés le long d'une trajectoire de transport (P) de réceptacles (2) ; l'appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) et les appareils de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) étant configurés pour traiter les réceptacles (2) et la machine de traitement de réceptacles (1, 1') comprenant au moins une unité d'accumulation (14) prévue pour stocker des réceptacles (2) ;
    le procédé comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - faire avancer les réceptacles (2) le long de ladite trajectoire de transport (P) ;
    - traiter les réceptacles (2) dans l'appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) ;
    - acheminer les réceptacles (2) depuis l'appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) jusqu'à l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53),
    - faire avancer les réceptacles (2) à travers l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) ; et
    - détecter un état de travail normal de l'appareil de traitement aval (6 7, 8, 53) dans lequel l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) est apte à traiter correctement les réceptacles (2), ou un état de travail atypique dans lequel le traitement correct des réceptacles (2) par l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) est compromis ;
    le procédé, dans le cas d'un état de travail normal, comprenant les étapes supplémentaires suivantes :
    - traiter les réceptacles (2) dans l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) lors de l'avance des réceptacles (2) à travers l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) ; et
    - faire avancer davantage les réceptacles (2) le long de la trajectoire de transport (P) ;
    le procédé étant caractérisé en ce que dans le cas de l'état de travail atypique, le procédé comprend en outre les étapes suivantes :
    - interrompre le traitement des réceptacles (2) au cours de l'avance des réceptacles (2) à travers l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) ;
    - acheminer les réceptacles (2) à un poste de transfert (15) en aval de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) le long de la trajectoire de transport (P) jusqu'à l'unité d'accumulation (14) ; et
    - acheminer les réceptacles (2) depuis l'unité d'accumulation (14) pour les ramener jusqu'à l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53), pour faire avancer les réceptacles (2) à travers l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) et pour traiter les réceptacles (2) au cours de ladite avance des réceptacles (2) à travers l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) à la reprise de l'état de travail normal.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) est un appareil de décoration (8) prévu pour décorer les réceptacles (2) qui avancent à travers l'appareil de décoration (8) ; le procédé, dans le cas d'un état de travail normal, comprenant l'étape consistant à décorer les réceptacles (2) lors de leur avance à travers l'appareil de décoration (8) ; le procédé, dans le cas de l'état de travail atypique de l'appareil de décoration (8), dans lequel l'appareil de décoration (8) ne peut pas correctement décorer les réceptacles (2), comprenant l'étape consistant à interrompre la décoration des réceptacles (2) lors de l'avance des réceptacles (2) à travers l'appareil de décoration (8) .
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'appareil de décoration (8) comprend au moins une unité d'étiquetage principale (27) prévue pour appliquer au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) qui avancent à travers l'appareil de décoration (8) ; le procédé, dans le cas de l'état de travail normal, comprenant l'étape consistant à appliquer au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) qui avancent à travers l'appareil de décoration (8) par l'au moins une unité d'étiquetage principale (27) ; et le procédé, dans le cas de l'état de travail atypique de l'appareil de décoration (8) dans lequel l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27) ne peut pas correctement appliquer au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2), comprenant l'étape consistant à interrompre l'application d'une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) par l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, dans lequel l'appareil de décoration (8) comprend en outre au moins une unité d'étiquetage auxiliaire (28) prévue pour appliquer au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) qui avancent à travers l'appareil de décoration (8) ; l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27) et l'unité d'étiquetage auxiliaire (28) pouvant être commandées sélectivement entre une configuration fonctionnelle dans laquelle l'application d'au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) est activée, et une configuration de repos dans laquelle l'application d'au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) est désactivée ; le procédé comprenant l'étape consistant à commander l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27) dans sa configuration fonctionnelle et à commander l'unité d'étiquetage auxiliaire (28) dans sa configuration de repos ; le procédé, dans le cas de l'état de fonctionnement normal, comprenant l'étape dans laquelle l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27) applique au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) ; et dans le cas de l'état de travail atypique dans lequel l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27) ne peut pas appliquer au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2), le procédé comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - commander l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27) de la configuration fonctionnelle dans la configuration de repos ;
    - commander l'unité d'étiquetage auxiliaire (28) de la configuration de repos dans la configuration fonctionnelle ; et
    - acheminer jusqu'à l'unité d'accumulation (14) les réceptacles (2) qui avancent à travers l'appareil de décoration (8) pendant le temps requis pour commander l'unité d'étiquetage auxiliaire (28) de la configuration de repos dans la configuration fonctionnelle au poste de transfert (15).
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, comprenant en outre les étapes suivantes :
    - acheminer les réceptacles (2) de l'appareil de décoration (8) jusqu'à un transporteur de sortie (22, 22') de la machine de traitement de réceptacles (1) ; et
    - commander le transporteur de sortie (22, 22') entre une première configuration dans laquelle le transporteur de sortie (22, 22') fait avancer en continu les réceptacles (2) reçus depuis l'appareil de décoration (8) le long de la trajectoire de transport (P) pendant l'état de travail normal de l'appareil de décoration (8) et une deuxième configuration dans laquelle le transporteur de sortie (22, 22') achemine les réceptacles (2) au poste de transfert (15) pour transférer les réceptacles (2) à l'unité d'accumulation (14) au cours d'un état de travail atypique de l'appareil de décoration (8).
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, comprenant en outre les étapes suivantes :
    - dans le cas de l'état de travail normal, acheminer les réceptacles (2) de l'appareil de décoration (8) à un appareil d'emballage de fin de chaîne (53) synchronisé avec l'appareil de décoration (8) et ayant la même vitesse de traitement que celui-ci ; et
    - dans le cas de l'état de travail atypique, acheminer les réceptacles (2) de l'appareil de décoration (8) à l'unité d'accumulation (14) et pour décorer les réceptacles (2) et acheminer les réceptacles (2) à l'appareil d'emballage de fin de chaîne (53) après la reprise de l'état de travail normal de l'appareil de décoration (8).
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre l'étape consistant à commander l'unité d'accumulation (14) parmi au moins :
    - une configuration de base dans laquelle l'unité d'accumulation (14) attend l'acheminement des réceptacles (2) à l'unité d'accumulation (14) ;
    - une configuration d'accumulation dans laquelle l'unité d'accumulation (14) reçoit les réceptacles (2) au poste de transfert (15) ; et
    - une configuration d'acheminement dans laquelle l'unité d'accumulation (14) achemine les réceptacles (2) à un poste de réacheminement (16) en aval de l'appareil amont (5, 6, 7, 8) et en amont de l'appareil aval (6, 7, 8, 53) ;
    ladite étape de commande comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - régler l'unité d'accumulation (14) dans la configuration d'accumulation dans le cas d'un état de travail atypique de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) ; et - régler l'unité d'accumulation (14) de la configuration d'acheminement après la reprise de la configuration de travail normale de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53).
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel, lorsque l'unité d'accumulation (14) est réglée dans la configuration d'accumulation, le procédé comprend en outre les étapes suivantes :
    - acheminer les réceptacles (2) au poste de transfert (15) jusqu'à un ensemble de transports d'entrée (42, 42') d'un dispositif de transport (40, 40') de l'unité d'accumulation (14) ;
    - acheminer les réceptacles (2) depuis l'ensemble de transport d'entrée (42, 42') jusqu'à une portion intermédiaire (44) du dispositif de transport (40, 40') ;
    - acheminer les réceptacles (2) depuis la portion intermédiaire (44) jusqu'à un ensemble de transport de sortie (43) du dispositif de transport (40, 40') depuis lequel les réceptacles (2) sont transférés au poste de réacheminement (16) lorsque l'unité d'accumulation (14) est commandée de manière à être dans sa configuration de réacheminement ;
    - déterminer la densité des réceptacles (2) présents dans l'ensemble de transport de sortie (43) ;
    - acheminer les réceptacles (2) jusqu'à un espace d'accumulation (41) de l'unité d'accumulation (14) dans le cas où la densité maximale des réceptacles (2) présents dans l'ensemble de transport de sortie (43) est atteinte et où les réceptacles (2) continuent d'être transférés depuis le poste de transfert (15) jusqu'à l'unité d'accumulation (14).
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre l'étape consistant à déterminer si les réceptacles (2) transférés à l'unité d'accumulation (14) sont intacts et à expulser hors de l'unité d'accumulation (14) les réceptacles défectueux qui n'ont pas été traités correctement (2).
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, au cours de l'état de travail atypique de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53), le fonctionnement de l'appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) est poursuivi.
  11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les réceptacles non traités (2) sont réacheminés depuis l'unité d'accumulation (14) jusqu'à l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) jusqu'à la fin de la production et avant l'arrêt du fonctionnement de la machine de traitement de réceptacles (1, 1').
  12. Machine de traitement de réceptacles (1, 1') pour traiter des réceptacles (2), comprenant :
    - au moins un appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) prévu pour effectuer un processus de traitement respectif sur les réceptacles (2) ;
    - au moins un appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) prévu pour effectuer un processus de traitement respectif sur les réceptacles (2), l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) étant disposé en aval de l'appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) le long d'une trajectoire de transport (P) et l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) étant synchronisé avec l'appareil de traitement amont (5, 6, 7, 8) et ayant la même vitesse de travail que celui-ci ;
    - au moins une unité d'accumulation (14) prévue pour stocker des réceptacles (2) ;
    - au moins une unité de détection (9) prévue pour détecter un état de travail normal de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) dans lequel l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) est prévu pour traiter correctement les réceptacles (2), ou un état de travail atypique dans lequel le traitement correct du réceptacle (2) par l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) est compromis ;
    - une unité de commande (10) prévue pour recevoir un signal d'entrée provenant de l'unité de détection (9) concernant l'état de travail normal ou l'état de travail atypique de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) et configurée pour commander l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) en fonction du signal d'entrée ; et
    - un transporteur de sortie (22, 22') prévu pour recevoir les réceptacles (2) depuis l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) et pouvant être réglé entre au moins une première configuration dans laquelle le transporteur de sortie (22, 22') est prévu pour faire avancer les réceptacles (2) jusqu'à un poste de sortie (4) de la machine de traitement de réceptacles (1, 1') en aval de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) le long de la trajectoire de transport (P), et une deuxième configuration dans laquelle le transporteur de sortie (22, 22') est configuré pour faire avancer les réceptacles (2) jusqu'à un poste de transfert (15) en aval de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) le long de la trajectoire de transport (P) ;
    la machine de traitement de réceptacles (1, 1') étant caractérisée en ce que :
    - dans le cas où l'unité de détection (9) détecte l'état de travail normal de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53), l'unité de commande (10) est configurée pour commander l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) de manière à traiter les réceptacles (2) et à régler le transporteur de sortie (22, 22') dans sa première configuration ; et
    - dans le cas où l'unité de détection (9) détecte l'état de travail atypique de l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53), l'unité de commande (10) est configurée pour commander l'appareil de traitement aval (6, 7, 8, 53) de manière à interrompre le traitement des réceptacles (2), pour régler le transporteur de sortie (22, 22') dans sa deuxième configuration et pour commander l'unité d'accumulation (14) de manière à ce qu'elle puisse recevoir les réceptacles (2) au niveau du poste de transfert (15) ;
    et l'unité d'accumulation (14) étant commandée par l'unité de commande pour acheminer les réceptacles (2) de l'unité d'accumulation (14) jusqu'à un poste de réacheminement (16) en amont de l'appareil de traitement aval (8) le long de la trajectoire de transport (P) après la reprise de l'état de travail normal.
  13. Machine de traitement de réceptacles (1, 1') selon la revendication 12, dans laquelle l'appareil de traitement aval est un appareil de décoration (8) prévu pour décorer les réceptacles (2) ; l'appareil de décoration (8), dans l'état de travail normal, étant apte à décorer correctement chacun des réceptacles (2) et, dans l'état de travail atypique, la décoration correcte des réceptacles (2) étant compromise.
  14. Machine de traitement de réceptacles (1, 1') selon la revendication 13, dans laquelle l'appareil de décoration (8) comprend au moins une unité d'étiquetage principale (27) prévue pour appliquer au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) ; l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27), dans l'état de travail normal, étant apte à appliquer correctement au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) ; et, dans l'état de travail atypique, l'application correcte d'au moins une étiquette par l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27) étant compromise.
  15. Machine de traitement de réceptacles (1, 1') selon la revendication 14, dans laquelle l'appareil de décoration (8) comprend en outre au moins une unité d'étiquetage auxiliaire (28) prévue pour appliquer au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) ; l'unité d'étiquetage principale (27) et l'unité d'étiquetage auxiliaire (28) étant capables d'être réglées sélectivement entre une configuration fonctionnelle dans laquelle l'application d'au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) est activée, et une configuration de repos, dans laquelle l'application d'au moins une étiquette respective sur chacun des réceptacles (2) est désactivée.
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