EP4005969A1 - Dispositif et procédé de remplissage d'un récipient d'un produit de remplissage - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de remplissage d'un récipient d'un produit de remplissage Download PDF

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EP4005969A1
EP4005969A1 EP21211106.6A EP21211106A EP4005969A1 EP 4005969 A1 EP4005969 A1 EP 4005969A1 EP 21211106 A EP21211106 A EP 21211106A EP 4005969 A1 EP4005969 A1 EP 4005969A1
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Michael Peter
Juergen Soellner
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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
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • 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
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • 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
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/28—Flow-control devices, e.g. using valves
    • 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
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/26—Filling-heads; Means for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
    • B67C2003/2671—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid
    • B67C2003/2674—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid by creating a conical shaped flow directed to the container wall at the container neck height
    • B67C2003/2677—Means for preventing foaming of the liquid by creating a conical shaped flow directed to the container wall at the container neck height by means of a deflector

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  • the present invention relates to a device and a method for filling a container with a filling product, preferably in a beverage bottling plant.
  • product tanks are used for receiving and temporarily storing the product or components of the product to be filled.
  • a mixer in which case one or more components such as syrup, pulp, pieces of fruit etc. are mixed into a product water flow.
  • the filling product produced in this way is received in a product tank, also referred to as a "buffer tank”, and mixed further there before it is fed to another product tank, the "filler tank", which supplies a large number of filling valves for introducing the filling product into corresponding containers.
  • an agitator can be installed in the buffer tank or circulation of the product can be created in some other way, such as in the EP 2 583 748 A2 described. This is to ensure that the pulps, fibres, pieces of fruit and the like remain in suspension.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an improved device and an improved method for filling a container with a filling product, preferably in a beverage bottling plant, in particular to minimize product losses and/or improve the efficiency of the device.
  • the device and the method are used to fill at least one container, but usually several or a large number of containers with a filling product. If designations such as “container”, “filling element”, “product line”, “distribution line”, “distribution line” etc. are used in the singular, this is usually done for the sake of linguistic simplicity. The plural is included unless expressly or technically excluded.
  • the device and the method are preferably used in a beverage bottling plant for bottling liquid foods such as water (still or carbonated), soft drinks, beer, wine, juices or mixed drinks.
  • liquid foods such as water (still or carbonated), soft drinks, beer, wine, juices or mixed drinks.
  • the technical effects of the invention are particularly evident when filling multi-component filling products, the components of which tend to separate due to the force of gravity.
  • Such components can, for example, comprise liquid phases of different densities or liquid, highly viscous and/or solid phases such as fruit pieces, pulp, fibers and/or other additives.
  • the device comprises at least one filling element with a product line and a product storage section which is fluidly connected to the product line and in which at least part of the filling product that can be fed via the product line can be received.
  • the filling device is set up to introduce the filling product from the product storage section into the container.
  • the product line is preferably connected to the filling element in an upper section of the product storage section.
  • top, bottom and the like are clearly determined by the intended installation position of the filling valve; they relate to the direction of gravity, which usually coincides with a longitudinal direction of the filling element.
  • the device also comprises a distribution device with a distribution inlet which is in fluid connection with the product storage section.
  • the distribution device is set up to introduce a distribution medium into the filling element via the distribution inlet in such a way that the filling product is mixed thoroughly in the product storage section.
  • the distribution device counteracts any phase separation of the filling product in the filling element, which can also occur during regular production, but in particular during a production interruption.
  • Regular production refers to that operating state of the device in which the containers are properly filled with the filling product.
  • regular production can be interrupted, for example by maintenance work, defects and other deliberate or unforeseen events. Production interruptions can be caused by the device itself or by other systems/devices/aggregates in the production line.
  • the distribution device serves to mix the filling product in the product storage section of the filling element by introducing a distribution medium into the product storage section.
  • a distribution medium for example water, juice etc. (especially without pulps, fibers, fruit pieces and the like), a gas, for example nitrogen, sterile air etc., or a mixture thereof comes into consideration as a distribution medium.
  • the distribution device ensures that any separation of phases of the filling product in the filling element is counteracted.
  • Product components that tend to settle at the bottom of the stuffing head such as high density components, pulps, fibers, fruit chunks, etc., are agitated and dispersed.
  • the filling product located in the filling elements the quality of which has reduced due to phase separation, for example after a production interruption, does not have to be discarded, which minimizes product loss.
  • Active mixing in the filling element results in a well-defined, clean Filling jet ensures that the availability and reliability of the device are improved by less contamination/sticking of container receptacles and other system components.
  • the distribution inlet of the distribution device preferably opens into a lower region of the product storage section, which means that the process of mixing or homogenizing the filling product in the filling element is particularly efficient, since filling product components that have settled at the bottom of the product storage section are immediately entrained by the distribution medium.
  • the product storage section preferably comprises an area tapering downwards—that is, in the direction of a product outlet of the filling element.
  • a narrowing or constriction of the product storage section leads on the one hand to a uniform, well-defined filling flow and on the other hand is a significant determining factor for the flow rate.
  • the distribution inlet preferably opens into this tapering area of the product storage section, as a result of which the process of mixing or homogenizing the filling product in the filling element is further improved.
  • the filling element preferably has a valve seat and a displaceable valve cone, the valve cone being able to be brought into sealing contact with the valve seat for a closed state of the filling element and removable from the valve seat for an open state. In this way, the filling element can be opened/closed in a mechanically simple manner for filling the filling product.
  • the filling member also preferably has a valve rod which is mechanically connected to the valve cone on one side and mechanically connected to a valve actuator on the other side, which is set up to raise and lower the valve rod and thus the valve cone.
  • the valve rod preferably extends in the longitudinal direction of the filling element centrally through the product storage section.
  • valve seat and valve cone together form a filling valve, with the filling valve being designed as a pure check valve that can only assume the two states open/closed, or as a proportional valve that allows volume flow control through continuous or gradual opening positions.
  • valve cone is preferably arranged in the tapering area of the product holding section in order to reliably achieve the desired filling flow characteristics.
  • the distribution device comprises a distribution valve that is set up to open and close the distribution inlet.
  • the filling elements can be controlled individually to mix the filling product.
  • the device preferably has a controller that is set up to open the distribution valve during and/or after an interruption in production, but before introducing the filling product from the product storage section into the container, and to close it or keep it closed during regular production.
  • the mixing of the filling product in the filling element preferably does not take place during the regular filling process, in order not to impair the correct introduction of the filling product into the container.
  • the device preferably has a product tank for receiving the filling product, with the filling element being connected to the product tank via the product line.
  • the filling product is usually present at a defined filling level in the product tank, with the product tank preferably having a headspace filled with a process gas above the filling level.
  • the process gas can be CO 2 , nitrogen, clean air or another gas.
  • the process gas can, for example, counteract decarbonization of the filling product in the product tank, serve as flushing gas, cleaning gas, pre-pressurizing gas, etc.
  • the head space of the product tank is preferably in fluid connection with the distribution inlet of the distribution device or such a fluid connection can be established by opening the distribution valve, whereby the process gas from the product tank can be used synergistically as a distribution medium.
  • the device preferably has a carousel which can be rotated in relation to a stationary part of the system, the at least one filling element being mounted on an outer circumference of the carousel, so that the device is designed as a rotary design.
  • the product tank is part of the carousel, with the filling product and any process gas preferably being introduced into the product tank via a rotary distributor.
  • the rotary distributor has one or more tracks for transporting the corresponding fluids.
  • At least one lane of the rotary distributor is preferably in fluid connection with the distribution inlet of the distribution device or such a fluid connection can be established, for example, by opening the distribution valve, whereby any fluid that can be transported through the rotary distributor or a mixture of several fluids can be used directly as the distribution medium.
  • the distribution device comprises a distribution section. This may be part of the rotating portion of the device, i.e. the carousel.
  • the distributor section serves to distribute the distribution medium to the filling elements.
  • the distributor section preferably has an annular channel, at least one distributor feed line in fluid communication with the annular channel, and at least one distributor outlet line in fluid communication with the annular channel and the distribution inlet of the corresponding filling member.
  • the distributor feed line is set up to feed the ring channel with the distribution medium
  • the distributor outlet line is set up to introduce the distribution medium into the filling element via the distribution inlet.
  • the distribution medium can be distributed to the filling members in a mechanically simple and reliable manner from a central point (top space of the product tank, rotary distributor or other supply) which feeds the distributor feed line.
  • the distribution device preferably has at least one pressure gauge which is set up to monitor the pressure in the ring channel. In this way, a suitable pressure of the distribution medium for sufficient and gentle homogenization of the filling product in the filling element, for example in the range from 0 to 2 bar, preferably 0 to 2 bar above a filling pressure of the product, can be ensured.
  • the at least one distributor feed line of the distributor section is preferably in fluid connection with the headspace of the product tank, as a result of which the process gas from the product tank can be used synergistically as a distribution medium.
  • the at least one distributor supply line of the distributor section can be in fluid connection with at least one lane of the rotary distributor, whereby any fluid transported through the rotary distributor or a mixture of several fluids can be used directly as the distribution medium.
  • the above-mentioned object is also achieved by a method for filling a container with a filling product, preferably in a beverage bottling plant, the method having: providing a device according to one of the embodiment variants presented above; Introducing at least part of the filling product into the product storage section of the at least one filling element; Introducing the distribution medium via the distribution inlet of the distribution device into the filling element, so that the filling product is mixed in the product storage section; Introducing the filling product from the product storage section of the filling element into the container.
  • the distribution medium is preferably introduced into the product storage section at a pressure in the range from 0 to 2 bar, particularly preferably 0 to 2 bar, above a filling pressure of the product in order to ensure gentle and reliable mixing of the filling product in the filling element.
  • the distribution medium comprises the fill product itself, a carrier medium of the fill product, a gas or a mixture thereof.
  • the filling product preferably comprises several components that can separate from one another due to the force of gravity, with the filling product comprising a carrier medium in the liquid phase and at least one additional component in the liquid, highly viscous or solid phase, preferably pieces of fruit, pulp and/or fibers can.
  • the distribution medium is preferably introduced into the product storage section during and/or after a production interruption, but before the filling product is introduced from the product storage section into the container (i.e. with the filling valve closed).
  • the method further includes: providing a process gas in the headspace of the product tank; creating a positive pressure in the headspace of the product tank relative to the pressure in the headspace during regular production; Introducing at least part of the pressurized process gas as a distribution medium from the headspace via the distributor feed line into the annular channel of the distributor section; and introducing the distribution medium from the annular channel into the filling member via the distributor outlet.
  • the existing product tank design and functionality can be used synergistically to provide the distribution medium at the desired pressure, which may differ from the normal pressure of the process gas in the headspace of the product tank.
  • the distribution medium provided with the desired pressure can be stored for later use in that, after the distribution medium has been introduced into the ring channel, the pressure thus generated in the ring channel is maintained by closing one or more shut-off valves in the distributor supply line. The pressure in the product tank can then be regulated back to the pressure of regular production.
  • the figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a device 1 for filling a container (not shown in the figures) with a filling product.
  • Beverages such as water (still or carbonated), soft drinks, beer, wine, juices or mixed drinks are particularly suitable as filling products.
  • the device 1 is particularly suitable for filling multi-component filling products, the components of which tend to separate due to the force of gravity.
  • Such components can include liquid phases of different densities or liquid, highly viscous and/or solid phases such as fruit pieces, pulp and other additives.
  • the device 1 is embodied as a rotary design and for this purpose comprises a carousel 10 which is rotatably mounted relative to a stationary plant part not shown in detail and can be set in rotation by a drive also not shown.
  • the device 1 comprises a plurality of filling elements 20, only one filling element 20 being shown in the figures for the sake of clarity, which are mounted on an outer circumference of the carousel 10 and set up in order to introduce the filling product into a respective container.
  • the containers are received by container receptacles 30 and placed with the container mouth below the corresponding filling element 20 .
  • the container receptacles 30 each comprise a retaining clip 31 (cf. figure 2 ) for holding the container to be filled in the neck area, approximately below a neck ring of the container.
  • neck handling of the container to be filled.
  • “Neck handling” is used in particular when filling plastic containers in the form of PET bottles.
  • the container to be filled can also be held or supported in its bottom area, for example by a guide plate on which the container stands.
  • This is also referred to as so-called “base handling”.
  • Base handling is used in particular when filling glass bottles or cans.
  • the container to be filled can also be held and/or supported and transported in the area of the container or bottle belly or in another suitable way.
  • the container mouth can be in pressure-tight contact with the filling element 20, as a result of which the filling process can be carried out as a counter-pressure method or a vacuum method.
  • the filling element 20 can also be designed as a free jet valve, so that the filling product is filled into the mouth of the container after bridging a free jet area.
  • the filling element 20 has an elongate, hollow-cylindrical filling element housing 21, the main extent of which defines a longitudinal direction. When installed, the longitudinal direction essentially coincides with the direction of gravity.
  • a product line 22 opens into a product storage section 23 which is essentially defined by the interior of the filling element housing 21 . Further connections, supply lines, discharge lines and the like can be located in the upper area of the filling element 20, for example to supply a process gas (purging gas, tensioning gas, etc.) and/or to remove any gas from the container.
  • a process gas purging gas, tensioning gas, etc.
  • the product storing section 23 includes a cylindrical portion 23a located in the upper part of the product storing section 23 and a tapered region 23b located in the lower part of the product storing section 23 .
  • the tapering area 23b tapers conically downwards, viewed in the direction of gravity.
  • the filling element 20 also has a valve rod 24 which extends centrally and longitudinally through the filling element housing 21 .
  • the valve rod 24 is connected at the upper end to a valve actuator 25 which is set up to raise and lower the valve rod 24 and thus a valve cone 26 located at the lower end.
  • the valve cone 26 is arranged essentially in the tapering area 23b of the product storage section 23 .
  • the valve actuator 25 may include a biasing means 25a (e.g. a coil spring) configured to bias the poppet 26 to a position, e.g. the closed position.
  • valve cone 26 can now be lowered via the valve actuator 25 into a valve seat 27 on the housing side and moved out of it in such a way that a product outlet 28 of the filling element 20 can be closed and opened as a result. From the product outlet 28 the filling product reaches the container placed below it.
  • the annular gap formed by the valve cone 26 and the valve seat 27 can taper towards the product outlet 28, which on the one hand results in a uniform, well-defined swirl, if desired leads across the perimeter and on the other hand is a determining factor for the flow rate. If the degree of narrowing, in particular the dimensions of the annular gap at the product outlet 28, can be adjusted, an integrated flow control up to complete blocking can thus be implemented.
  • the filling element 20 can have means for generating a twist in the filling product while it is being introduced into the container.
  • swirl bodies not shown in detail in the figures, such as guide vanes or swirl channels, can be provided in the area of the valve cone 26 .
  • the filling element 20 can have a swirl chamber designed as an annular channel or torus.
  • the filling element 20 can be set up for so-called wall filling, in which the twisted filling product runs downwards in a spiral shape on the inner wall of the container.
  • the filling element 20 can also be provided and set up for a different filling process, for example as a free-jet valve, for a counter-pressure process in which the product to be filled is introduced into a container that is under overpressure, or for a vacuum process in which the product to be filled is introduced into a container that is under vacuum container is initiated.
  • the filling element 20 can be designed as a pure shut-off valve, which can only assume the two states open/closed, or as a proportional valve, which allows volume flow control through continuous or gradual opening positions.
  • a flow meter 29 (cf. figures 1 and 3 ) installed in the product line 22.
  • the device 1 has a product tank 40, which can be designed as a stationary or rotatable central tank.
  • the product tank 40 includes a rotary distributor 41, via which the product tank 40 is supplied with the filling product to be filled and any process gases.
  • the rotary distributor 41 includes a product feed line 41a.
  • the product feed line 41a can have an essentially constant flow cross section or diameter over the entire length.
  • the product feed line 41a can widen in the lower area, as in the embodiment of FIG figure 1 shown, whereby a diffuser 41b is formed, which reduces the foaming tendency of the filling product when introduced into the product tank 40.
  • the product tank 40 has a head space 40a above the filling level of the filling product, in which there is preferably a gas atmosphere which has little or no effect on the desired properties of the filling product.
  • the product tank 40 is preferably subjected to an overpressure via a media supply line by introduced gas in order to counteract the release of the CO 2 from the filling product.
  • the product tank 40 is preferably cylindrical in shape and has a bottom 40b, a jacket-shaped side wall 40c and a cover 40d, which form the wall of the product tank 40 in one piece or in multiple pieces.
  • the bottom 40b can be at least partially curved inward in order to direct the filling product in the direction of connections 22a of the product lines 22 on the tank side, via which the filling elements 20 are supplied with the filling product.
  • the connections 22a are preferably located in a radially outer region of the product tank 40, i.e. in the vicinity of the side wall 40c.
  • the product lines 22 can be equipped with sensors, such as the aforesaid flow meter 29, a temperature sensor, etc., valves, supply lines for dosing components, and the like.
  • the device 1 is also equipped with a distribution device 200, the purpose of which is to counteract any phase separation of the filling product in the product storage section 23 of the filling element 20.
  • the filling elements 20, coming back to the figure 2 equipped with a distribution inlet 201, which is located in the lower region of the product holding section 23, approximately at the height of the valve cone 26 or slightly above.
  • the distribution inlet 201 is thus preferably arranged in or at the level of the tapering area 23b of the product storage section 23 .
  • the distribution inlet 201 is provided as close to the poppet 26 as possible.
  • the distribution inlet 201 can be a hole in the filling element housing 21, for example.
  • a distribution valve 202 is installed at the distribution inlet 201, which is set up to open and close the distribution inlet 201, as a result of which a distribution medium can be introduced into the product storage section 23 in a targeted manner.
  • the filling product itself a carrier medium of the filling product, for example water, juice etc. (especially without pulps, fibers, fruit pieces and the like), a gas, for example nitrogen, sterile air etc., or a mixture thereof comes into consideration as a distribution medium.
  • a carrier medium of the filling product for example water, juice etc. (especially without pulps, fibers, fruit pieces and the like)
  • a gas for example nitrogen, sterile air etc., or a mixture thereof comes into consideration as a distribution medium.
  • the distribution medium is preferably introduced into the product storage section 23 during and/or after a production interruption, as a result of which separate phases of the filling product are swirled and distributed.
  • a production interruption for example, pulps, fibers, pieces of fruit, etc., which have settled in the bottom area of the product storage section 23, are whirled up and distributed.
  • the distribution device 200 serves to homogenize the filling product in the filling element 20.
  • the distribution medium is preferably introduced into the product storage section 23 with a slight excess pressure, for example in the range of 0 to 2 bar, particularly preferably 0 to 2 bar above the filling pressure of the product.
  • the distribution device 200 comprises a distribution section 203 which is part of the rotating part of the device 1, i.e. the carousel 10.
  • the manifold portion 203 may include an annular channel 203a fed by one or more manifold feed lines 204 .
  • the distribution inlets 201 of the filling elements 20 are in turn fed from the ring channel 203a via corresponding distribution discharge lines 205.
  • the at least one distributor feed line 204 is in fluid connection with the head space 40a of the product tank 40, as a result of which the gas located therein can be routed as a distribution medium via the distributor section 203 into the product storage sections 23 of the respective filling elements 20.
  • the annular channel 203a can be pressurized via the product tank 40 by briefly applying excess pressure to the product tank 40 and storing this excess pressure in the annular channel 203a via one or more corresponding shut-off valves 204a in the distributor supply line 204 becomes. The pressure in the product tank 40 is then regulated back to the production level.
  • the distribution medium can be taken directly from the rotary distributor 41 in that the at least one distributor feed line 204 is in fluid connection with one or more tracks 41c of the rotary distributor 41 .
  • the distribution device 200 preferably comprises at least one pressure gauge 206, which is set up to monitor the pressure in the ring channel 203a.
  • the pressure in the annular channel 203a is checked by means of the pressure monitor and then shortly before in the event of a production interruption Start of production delivered to the filling elements 20 to mix any separate phases of the filling product in the filling elements 20.
  • the application of the distribution medium - i.e. the actuation of the distribution valve 202, the shut-off valve 204a, the pressure build-up in the head section 40a of the product tank 40, the pressure measurement by means of the pressure gauge 206 in the annular channel 203a and the like - is controlled via a controller 50 which is in the figures 1 and 3 is drawn in schematically.
  • the communication paths between the controller 50, the sensors and controllable components are not shown for the sake of clarity.
  • the controller 50 can form a separate electronic unit, communicate with a filling element controller, system controller or the like, or be part of it.
  • the communication between the electronic components can be analogue or digital, wired or wireless.
  • the controller 50 can be part of internet-based and/or cloud-based applications or can be implemented in some other way, and can also access databases if necessary.
  • the distribution device 200 described above allows the filling product to be mixed in the product storage section 23 of the filling element 20, which in particular counteracts any possible separation of phases of the filling product during an interruption in production.
  • Product components that tend to settle in the bottom area of the filling element 20, such as pulps, fibers, pieces of fruit, etc., are swirled up and distributed.
  • the filling product located in the filling elements 20 does not have to be discarded after a production interruption, which minimizes the loss of product.
  • the active mixing in the filling element 20 ensures a well-defined, clean filling jet, so that the availability and reliability of the device 1 are improved by less soiling/sticking of the container receptacles 30 and other system components.

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