EP3643624A2 - Machine d'emballage dotée d'un outil de scellage à dôme - Google Patents

Machine d'emballage dotée d'un outil de scellage à dôme Download PDF

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EP3643624A2
EP3643624A2 EP19190240.2A EP19190240A EP3643624A2 EP 3643624 A2 EP3643624 A2 EP 3643624A2 EP 19190240 A EP19190240 A EP 19190240A EP 3643624 A2 EP3643624 A2 EP 3643624A2
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dome
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Luciano Capriotti
Stefan Dürmeier
Thomas Zedelmaier
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Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller GmbH and Co KG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/162—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by feeding web material to securing means
    • B65B7/164—Securing by heat-sealing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/50—Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins
    • B65B11/52—Enclosing articles, or quantities of material, by disposing contents between two sheets, e.g. pocketed sheets, and securing their opposed free margins one sheet being rendered plastic, e.g. by heating, and forced by fluid pressure, e.g. vacuum, into engagement with the other sheet and contents, e.g. skin-, blister-, or bubble- packaging
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/001—Packaging other articles presenting special problems of foodstuffs, combined with their conservation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/02—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/02—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
    • B65B31/025—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas specially adapted for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65B31/028—Filling, closing, or filling and closing, containers or wrappers in chambers maintained under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure or containing a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas specially adapted for rigid or semi-rigid containers closed by a lid sealed to the upper rim of the container, e.g. tray-like container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
    • B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B47/00—Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved
    • B65B47/02—Apparatus or devices for forming pockets or receptacles in or from sheets, blanks, or webs, comprising essentially a die into which the material is pressed or a folding die through which the material is moved with means for heating the material prior to forming
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B53/00—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging
    • B65B53/02—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat
    • B65B53/06—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
    • B65B9/04—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs one or both webs being formed with pockets for the reception of the articles, or of the quantities of material

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  • the present invention relates to a packaging machine with a dome sealing tool.
  • So-called dome sealing tools are used in packaging machines and in particular in tray sealing machines to produce skin packs, such as in EP 2815983 A1 disclosed.
  • the skin foils must be sucked into a heated dome in the upper part of the sealing tool so that the skin foil on the heated inside of the dome can be heated to the temperature that is necessary so that the skin foil adheres closely to the product and also to the product after the skin process Creates the inside of the shell and creates an airtight connection.
  • a temperature that is too low can lead to a skin film that is not stretchable enough and can also lead to poor adhesion to the inner surface of the pack during the skin process. This problem is exacerbated in the case of particularly high products, since the available space must be stretched all the more into the cathedral.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide an improved packaging machine for the crease-free packaging of high products in a tray or on a product base with a skin film, without adversely affecting the machine performance.
  • a packaging machine in particular a tray sealing machine, comprises a sealing station, the sealing station comprising an upper sealing tool part with at least one dome sealing tool, the dome sealing tool having a circumferential sealing surface and a dome inquiring upwards into the interior of the dome sealing tool, both the sealing surface and a dome surface being by means of heating elements provided in the dome sealing tool are designed to be heatable.
  • the packaging machine is characterized in that a holding element between the sealing surface and the dome surface is provided for this purpose is configured to hold a skin film into the dome when the skin film is thermoformed. This has the positive effect that the skin film is not or only slightly stretched in the area of the sealing surface and wrinkles on the edge of the shell are avoided during the subsequent sealing.
  • the holding element is preferably arranged parallel to the sealing surface in order to always hold the skin film at the same point opposite the sealing surface during deep drawing into the dome. This is also advantageous in preventing wrinkles in the sealed seam.
  • the holding element is preferably arranged all around the sealing surface, so that the skin film is held over the entire circumference.
  • the holding element is designed to be heat-insulating, so that even in the event of a sudden deep-drawing process of the skin film into the dome, crack formation in the transition region from the sealing surface to the dome surface can be avoided, since the skin film is not heated too much at this point, as in the prior art .
  • the holding element is made of silicone, rubber, PEEK (polyether ether ketone) or as an elastomer in order to ensure the holding function and also a heat insulation function.
  • the holding element is fixed in a groove of the dome sealing tool, which allows a simple design and production engineering.
  • the holding element preferably has a width of 3 to 15 mm, in particular a width of 6 to 10 mm, on the one hand to ensure a sufficient holding function and on the other hand to keep the less heated surface as small as possible.
  • the holding element advantageously has a high coefficient of friction in order to be able to hold various configurations of skin foils sufficiently for the deep-drawing process.
  • the holding element has a curved contour in order to reinforce the holding effect.
  • the holding element does not necessarily have to be designed as a separate component that can be used in the dome sealing tool. It is also conceivable that the dome sealing tool in the area between the sealing surface and the dome surface by means of mechanical processing and through Introducing a material can produce the same or similar holding effect, for example through a pasty mass that hardens and thus forms an inseparable connection with the dome sealing tool.
  • Figure 1 shows a packaging machine 1 according to the invention in the form of a tray sealing machine comprising a sealing station 20 with a sealing tool upper part 2, in order to simultaneously seal several trays 3 with a skin film 5 (see Figure 2 ) to close.
  • Figure 2 shows a schematic view of a sealing tool upper part 2 according to the prior art in section.
  • the upper sealing tool part 2 has two dome sealing tools 30, each with a cutting knife 4 arranged thereon.
  • FIG. 3 shows an evacuation process with arrows in the dome sealing tools 30, in which the atmosphere is evacuated from the space above the skin film 5 and below a dome 7 of the dome sealing tool 30 by means of a vacuum generator, not shown in detail.
  • the skin film 5 is stretched or deep-drawn and lies at the beginning of this Process to a transition area 8 from a sealing surface 9 of the dome sealing tool 30 and an inner dome surface 10.
  • the dome sealing tool 30 has a plurality of heating elements 11 in order to heat the dome sealing tool 30 both on the sealing surface 9 and on the dome surface 10. Surface temperatures of up to 250 ° C. are provided in order to bring the skin film 5 to a temperature necessary for the sealing process.
  • the skin film 5 comes into contact with the likewise heated transition area 8 at the beginning of the evacuation process.
  • the skin film 5 is heated, while the stretching of the skin film 5 in the direction of the dome 7 continues.
  • the skin film 5 can tear through the material taper, especially at the transition area 8, if the stretching or deep-drawing takes place too quickly or too strongly.
  • Figure 4 shows the skin film 5 lying on the dome surface 10 at the end of the evacuation process. In this phase the skin film 5 is heated to the temperature required for a skin process.
  • FIG. 5 An embodiment of an upper sealing tool part 2 with a dome sealing tool 30 is shown.
  • a holding element 12 is provided in the transition area 8.
  • the holding element 12 is arranged all around and parallel to the sealing surface 9 on the dome sealing tool 3.
  • the holding element 12 has a width B of 3 to 15 mm.
  • the connection of the holding element 12 on the dome sealing tool 30 can be, for example, an adhesive connection, or circumferential groove 13 is provided in the dome sealing tool 30, into which the holding element 12 can be fixed in a clamping or adhesive manner.
  • the holding element 12 is preferably heat-insulating, for example made of silicone or a silicone composite material, so that the skin film 5 is not, little or less, heated in the transition region 8 when it first contacts the dome sealing tool 3 than in the prior art.
  • the performance of the packaging machine is increased because the evacuation process can be carried out quickly and not as reduced as in the prior art.
  • Another positive effect of the holding element 12 lies in the adhesion of the skin film 5 to the holding element 12, which leads to the fact that the stretching in this area is less and the formation of folds on a sealing flange of the shell 3 can be reduced or prevented during the sealing process.
  • the reason for this lies in the adherence of the skin film 5 to the holding element 12, as a result of which the stretching area in the dome 7 and under the sealing surface 9 is separated and the skin film 5 only experiences a strong stretch in the dome 7, which is also strong for the skin process, as in FIG Figure 6 shown.

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