比利时专利BE1018788A3 TRANSPORTABLE BOTTLE STATION IN A CONTAINER.

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The invention provides a transportable bottling station that is integrated in a container. The container has a partition wall that divides the container into a bottling area and into a technical area. A preform feed unit, and first and second transport units are arranged in the bottling space. A generator, an air compressor, and an air conditioning unit are set up in the technical room. The preform feed unit is provided with a sorting unit for arranging preforms. The bottle blowing unit is provided with a heater and a blow molding unit for blow molding the preforms into bottles.
公开号:BE1018788A3
申请号:E2010/0660
申请日:2010-11-08
公开日:2011-08-02
发明作者:Steen Christophe Van
申请人:Conteno；
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Transportable bottling station in a container. Technical field
The present invention relates to a transportable bottling station in a container.
State of the art
Typically, a prior art stationary bottling station includes a preform supply unit that receives and sorts plastic preforms for bottles to be supplied to a bottle blower unit which in turn uses heat and air pressure to form bottles from the preforms, as well as a filling and closing unit for filling the bottles with a liquid, closing the bottles with the aid of a cap, and optionally also applying a handle, a label, and a code indicating the batch number and the date. Transporting devices are provided between these units to transport the preforms from the preform supply unit to the bottle blowing unit, and to transport the bottles from the bottle blowing unit to the filling and closing unit.
Known bottling stations are stationary stations. In certain places in the world there is a need to be able to set up a bottling station quickly. The known stationary bottling stations such as those described above are not suitable for that purpose.
Definitions
As used herein, the term "container" refers to a freight or transportation container of the type used for international freight transportation.
As used herein, the term "ISO standard container" refers to a container as defined by the International Standardization Organization
Organization - ISO).
As used herein, the term "air conditioning unit" refers to an individual air conditioning system or to the condenser unit of a two-part air conditioning system that is provided with separate condenser and evaporator units.
Description of the invention
It is an object of the present invention to provide a fully transportable bottling station, that is to say that for each step of the bottling process it comprises a machine or apparatus that can function without manual intervention, and which can be moved easily and quickly and can be started in a place that is needed.
This object is achieved by means of the transportable bottling station with the technical characteristics of the first claim.
According to the invention, an easily and quickly transportable bottling station can be provided wherein the different units are integrated in a container. The container has a front side, a rear side, first and second lateral sides that connect the front side and the rear side together, as well as a partition wall that splits the container into a bottling area at the front and a technical area at the rear. A preform supply unit, a bottle blowing unit, a filling and closing unit, as well as first and second transport devices are provided in the bottling space. A generator, an air compressor, and an air conditioning unit are set up in the technical room. The preform supply unit is provided with a receptacle for receiving plastic preforms for bottles, as well as a sorting unit for arranging the preforms and for supplying them to the bottle blower unit. The first transport device is provided to transport the preforms from the preform feed unit to the bottle blowing unit.
The bottle blowing unit is provided with a heater for heating the preforms, as well as with a blow molding unit to blow the preforms into bottles. The second transport unit is provided for transferring the bottles from the bottle blowing unit to the skin closing unit. The filling and closing unit is provided with a filling unit intended for filling the bottles with a liquid, as well as with a closing unit for closing the bottles with the aid of a cap. The generator is electrically connected to the units arranged in the bottling space, and is provided for generating electrical power for these units. The air compressor is provided to compress air and to supply the compressed air to the bottle blower unit. The air conditioning unit is provided to condition the air in the bottling area.
By integrating the entire bottling station into a container, the bottling station can be easily transported to any place in the world where it is needed, and can be started quickly upon arrival.
By splitting the container in a bottling room and in a technical room, separated from each other by means of a partition wall, conditions can be created in the bottling room that comply with international regulations regarding hygiene, safety, heat and noise.
By providing a unit for each step in the bottling process, which means that each step of the bottling process is performed by a machine or by a device without requiring manual intervention, a complete bottling station can be realized that is practically without manual intervention can function. This contributes to maintaining the hygienic conditions because no permanent supervision is required by operating staff in the bottling area.
In preferred embodiments of the invention, the preform supply unit is disposed adjacent to the first lateral side, the bottle blowing unit is disposed adjacent to the partition wall, and the skin closure unit is disposed adjacent to the second lateral side. Through this organization of the units in the bottling room, a compact layout can be realized so that the station can be integrated into a container with limited dimensions, while all units remain accessible to the supervisory personnel.
In preferred embodiments of the invention, the generator, the air compressor, and the air conditioning unit are provided at different levels in the technical room, the generator being adapted to fit into the room left by the compressor and the air conditioning unit. Due to this organization and modification of the units in the technical room, the dimensions of the technical room can be limited, so that the station can be integrated into a container with limited dimensions.
In preferred embodiments of the invention, the bottle blowing unit is suitable for working with compressed air with a pressure of at most 15 bar. This means that an air compressor capable of supplying compressed air at a pressure of 15 bar is sufficient. Such compressors are much smaller in size than other compressors that are capable of supplying compressed air with a pressure of 20 bar or more. In this embodiment, a much smaller compressor can thus be used, which offers the advantage that space can be saved in the technical space and that the station can be integrated into a container with limited dimensions.
In preferred embodiments, the container is a standard ISO 20 ft container. A transportable bottling station with such limited dimensions can be realized by limiting the pressure of the used compressed air to 15 bar. Preferably, one or more of the other features mentioned in the preceding paragraphs are also implemented in order to save space.
When the dimensions of the container are of less importance and when, for example, it is desirable to work with higher air pressures, namely pressures greater than 15 bar, larger containers can still be used, such as, for example, standard ISO 30 ft. , 40 ft, or 45 ft containers.
In preferred embodiments, one or more hatches are provided on the front of the container, in addition to the receptacle of the preform feeder and / or the cap receptacle of the filling and closing unit and / or a handle receptacle of the filling and closing unit. These hatches are provided to give the user the possibility to supply “consumer goods”, that is to say plastic preforms for the bottles, bottle caps, bottle handles, and / or labels, and this from outside the bottling area. A lock is preferably provided at the front of the container, next to the filling and closing unit, in order to transfer filled and closed bottles to the area of the bottling space. As a result of the hatches and locks, the operation of the transportable bottling station can be considered as a "closed box", meaning that the operating personnel do not have to enter the bottling area while the station is in operation to deliver the consumables and to dispose of the filled and closed bottles. This offers the advantage that hygiene can be improved by minimizing the risk of possible contamination by the operating personnel entering the bottling area or by means of the packaging of the consumer goods supplied to the bottling area.
The filling and closing unit is preferably provided with a conveyor belt that extends from the second conveyor unit to the locks where the filled and closed bottles are passed on to the area of the bottling station, for example on a collection conveyor belt provided at the locks level , a conveyor belt on which the bottles can be collected for further processing by the operating staff.
In preferred embodiments, the filling and closing unit is provided with lines for the supply and discharge of liquid, connected to supply and discharge connections provided in one of the sides of the container so that they are accessible from the outside of the bottling station. The liquid supply connection is provided for supplying the liquid with which the bottles will be filled. The liquid supply and discharge connections can also be used to create a closed loop for a cleaning agent. By thus using the liquid supply and discharge connections accessible from outside the bottling space, both the liquid supply during operation and the supply and removal of cleaning agent during cleaning operations can be realized from outside the bottling space. This again offers the advantage that the hygienic conditions can be improved by minimizing the risk of contamination by operating personnel entering the bottling space because it is not necessary for personnel to enter the bottling space for supplying the liquid with which the bottles are to be filled, or the cleaning agent.
In preferred embodiments, the filling and closing unit is provided with a system for treating the liquid with chemicals before the bottles are filled, the liquid treatment system being provided with a supply line for the chemicals, a supply line which is connected to a supply connection for the chemicals applied in one of the sides of the container so that it is accessible from the outside of the bottling space. By using the supply connection for the chemicals accessible from the outside of the bottling space, the supply of chemicals for treating the liquid in the liquid handling system can be carried out from the outside of the bottling space. This offers the advantage that the hygienic conditions can be improved by minimizing the risk of contamination by operating personnel entering the bottling space because it is not necessary for personnel to enter the bottling space for supplying the chemicals for the liquid treatment.
In preferred embodiments, the bottle blowing unit is provided with a cooling circuit for circulating a cooling liquid through parts of the bottle blowing unit, the cooling circuit being connected to a heat exchanger which in turn is connected to supply lines via which the liquid with which the bottles are to be filled, is supplied to the filling and closing unit. This heat exchanger is provided for transferring heat from the cooling liquid to the liquid with which the bottles must be filled. This offers the advantage that the liquid with which the bottles are to be filled is used as a cold source for cooling the cooling liquid which in turn cools parts of the bottle blowing unit. The consequence of this is that no separate cold source or separate cooling device for cooling the cooling liquid has to be provided, so that space can be saved in the bottling space and, moreover, the total energy consumption can be limited.
In preferred embodiments, the bottle blower heater is provided with a heated air exhaust line that leads to the outside environment of the bottling station, that is, it extends through the partition wall or through another wall of the container. The discharge line is provided for discharging the air heated by the heater, so that this air would not enter the bottling space. The consequence of this is that any increase in temperature in the bottling space (a space that is cooled by the air conditioning unit) due to the operation of the heater can be minimized. In this way, excessive energy consumption by the air conditioning unit for cooling the air in the bottling space can be avoided.
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The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the following description and the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a transportable bottling station according to a first preferred embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2 is a rear view of the transportable bottling station of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the transportable bottling station of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a detail view of a part of Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a representation of a heat exchanger that can be used in the embodiment of Figure 1.
Figure 6 is a photograph of a labeling unit and cap delivery unit with cap container of a limiting practical embodiment of the embodiment of Figure 1.
Figure 7 is a front view of the transportable bottling station of Figure 1.
Figure 8 is a schematic top view of an alternative embodiment of the transportable bottling container according to the invention.
Figure 9 is a perspective view of a portion of a lateral side of the transportable bottling container of Figure 1.
Figure 10 is a perspective view of a transportable bottling station according to a second preferred embodiment of the invention.
Embodiments of the invention
The present invention will be described below with reference to specific embodiments and with reference to certain drawings, but the invention is not limited thereto and is only defined by the claims. The drawings shown here are only schematic representations and are not limitative. In the drawings, the dimensions of certain parts may be shown enlarged, which means that the parts in question are not shown to scale, and this only for illustrative purposes. The dimensions and the relative dimensions do not necessarily correspond to the actual practical embodiments of the invention.
In addition, terms such as "first", "second", "third", and the like are used in the description and in the claims to distinguish between similar elements and not necessarily to indicate a sequential or chronological order. The terms in question are interchangeable in the appropriate conditions, and the embodiments of the invention may operate in sequences other than those described or illustrated herein.
In addition, terms such as "top", "bottom", "top", "bottom", and the like are used in the description and in the claims for descriptive purposes and not necessarily to indicate relative positions. The terms thus used are interchangeable in the appropriate conditions, and the embodiments of the invention may operate in orientations other than those described or illustrated herein.
The term "comprising" and derived terms, as used in the claims, must or must not be interpreted as being limited to the means that are mentioned thereafter; the term does not exclude other elements or steps. The term is to be interpreted as a specification of the listed properties, integers, steps, or components referenced, without excluding the presence or addition of one or more additional properties, integers, steps, or components, or groups thereof. The scope of an expression such as "a device comprising the means A and B" is therefore not only limited to devices that consist purely of components A and B. What is meant, on the other hand, is that, with regard to the present invention, the only relevant components A and B.
In the following, a preferred embodiment of a transportable bottling station will be described that is suitable for supplying bottles filled with drinking water. However, with slight changes or modifications, the bottling station can also be used for filling bottles with other liquids, such as wine, motor oil, etc.
The transportable bottling station shown in Figure 1 is integrated in a container 1, more specifically in a standard ISO 20 ft container. In this way the station is suitable for being transported quickly to a place where there is a need for the station, for example a place where a disaster has occurred, a remote place where military operations take place (for example in the desert), a stationary bottling station that does not have sufficient capacity to meet demand, or other options.
The container 1 is provided with a front side 2 which is situated opposite a rear side 3, which forms the shorter sides of the container, as well as with two opposite lateral sides 4 and 5, which form the longer sides of the container. The container 1 is provided with a partition wall 6 which divides the inner space of the container into a bottling space 7 and a technical space 8. The bottling space 7 contains all electrically driven units for the production of closed and filled bottles of drinking water, starting from a supply of consumer goods, in particular plastic preforms for bottles, bottle caps, handles for bottles, and labels, as well as a supply of drinking water. The technical room 8, shown in Figure 2, comprises an air compressor 9 for supplying compressed air, the condenser part 10 of an air conditioning system for conditioning / cooling the air in the bottling space, and a fuel-driven electric generator 11 for generating the electric capacity for the units in the bottling area 7, as well as for the compressor and the air conditioning system. This division of the container into the bottling space 7 and the technical space 8, separated by the partition wall 6, can create conditions in the bottling space that comply with international regulations regarding hygiene, safety, heat, and noise.
The compressor 9 is provided to be able to supply compressed air with a pressure of 15 bar, which implies that the station can be used to produce bottles with a capacity of up to 5 I from suitable preforms. Larger bottles require a higher air pressure. The bottling station of Figure 1 produces bottles with a capacity of 5 l but can also produce bottles with a content of, for example, 1, 1.5, 2 l or with any volume of 0.25 to 5 l with some slight adjustments. In particular for the smaller bottles, use is made of a different shape and the fitting of the handle is usually omitted.
The air compressor 9 must be able to reliably and continuously supply compressed air with a pressure of 15 bar, i.e. also in extreme conditions (for example at a temperature of 55 ° C and a relative humidity of 85%). To make this possible, the inventors prefer an air compressor of 18.5 kW for the station in the 20-ft container. To have this electrical power available and still have enough remaining power for the other parts of the station in the 20 ft. container, the inventors have preferred a generator 11 with a capacity of 50 kVA (40 kW), driven by a four-cylinder engine with 84 HP. The inventors then had to solve the problem that all the devices, together with the condenser portion 10 of the air-conditioning unit (a component that is also relatively large), had to be accommodated in a small technical space 8, in such a way that the bottling space 7 would remain available with sufficient width to accommodate the units of the actual bottling station. This was accomplished, as shown in Figure 2, by placing the air compressor 9 and the condenser unit 10 of the air conditioning unit in upper compartments of the technical room 8, while the generator 11 was housed in the lower compartment, a compartment that in fact nothing else is then the space that was left by the air compressor 9 and by the condenser of the air conditioning unit 10. In addition, a number of adjustments were made to the generator 11 to fit it into the available space. The consequence of these steps is that a technical space 8 has been realized with a depth of approximately 1 m.
The partition wall 6 provides both a thermal and an acoustic insulation between the bottling space 7 and the technical space 8. The wall preferably consists of plates made of rock wool and have a thickness of 80 or 100 mm, such as, for example, the Marine Slab 55 ”which is available from the manufacturer Rockwool Technical Insulation NV.
The air conditioning system as it can be found in Figure 2 is of the two-part type, with a separate condensing unit 10 in the technical room and an evaporator unit (not shown) in the bottling space 7 against the partition wall 6. Alternatively, the air conditioning system can also be designed are in the form of a unitary system arranged in the same compartment of the technical room as the condenser unit 10, in that case or with the grid in the direction of the bottling space 7.
In general, the following units are provided in the bottling space 7: a preform feed unit 12 for supplying and arranging the plastic preforms for the bottles, a first transport unit 13, a bottle blowing unit 14 for blowing bottles from the plastic preforms, a second transport unit 16, and a filling and closing unit 16. Together, these units form a unit for each step of the bottling process, with the result that the bottling station can operate virtually without manual intervention. This also contributes to the hygienic conditions because no permanent presence of supervisory staff in the bottling area is required. The units 12-16 will be described in more detail below.
The preform supply unit 12, see Figure 3, includes a receptacle 17 for receiving and storing the plastic preforms for the bottles. The container 17 is accessible via a first hatch 18 provided in the front wall 2 of the container. As can be found in Figure 3, this first hatch 18 is provided with a door that hinges up around its lower edge to an oblique position in which it forms a kind of slide in the direction of the container 17, so that operating personnel can easily take the preforms from boxes with preforms can throw in there from the outside environment of the bottling space 7. The preforms thrown into the container 17 are picked up by a conveyor belt 19 and are supplied to a sorting unit 20. The sorting unit 20 arranges and sorts the preforms on a slide / hopper, and in such a way that the molds are directed upwards with their necks, whereby the preforms can be transported in the direction of the bottle blowing unit 14.
The first transport unit 13, shown in Figure 4, comprises an arm rotatable through 180 ° with a gripping mechanism, with which the preforms are picked up one by one at the height of their neck and upside down, i.e. with the neck down, on preform / bottle holders 24 of the bottle blowing unit 14 are placed. Placing the preforms upside down in this phase offers the advantage that any dirt present in the preforms can fall out.
The bottle blowing unit 14, shown in more detail in Figure 4, is provided with an arrangement of preform / bottle holders 24 which are coupled into a semi-circular chain. On this chain, the preforms are first moved into a heater in which the preforms are heated so that the material of the bodies of the preforms can be brought into shape. The heater 25 is located in the straight part of the semicircular chain. The chain with holders 24 is arranged in such a way that the distance between the holders 24 is minimal in the straight part of the chain, so that the preforms move through the heater at a low speed, and thus in the heater 25 for a long period of time. remain present. This offers the advantage that the heating of the preforms can be carried out with a lower capacity to the desired temperature level. A cooling system (not shown) is provided in the lower portion of the heater to thereby cool the neck portions of the preforms in the heater. The fact that the preforms are kept upside down while they are being moved by the heater 25 offers the advantage that it is possible to prevent the necks of the preforms from being heated by the bodies (since hot air rises). This minimizes the risk of neck deformation in subsequent phases of the bottling process. In the semicircular part of the chain, i.e. as soon as the preforms have left the heater, the distance between the holders 24 is increased so that there is sufficient space between successive preforms, so that it becomes possible to blow the preforms into bottles. This is done in the blow molding unit 26 where compressed air is supplied by the containers 24 to the inner volume of the preforms at a pressure of 15 bar, in order to blow the currently deformable material of the preforms against the inner surface of the molds 27 whereby the shape of the bottles is determined. The mold 27 comprises two mold halves that are moved back and forth to be able to open and close the mold.
The mold 27 is cooled by means of a cooling circuit 28 through which a cooling liquid flows through the mold 27, as well as by the neck cooling system in the heater 25. The cooling circuit 28 is connected to a heat exchanger 29 which in turn is connected to supply lines via the drinking water is supplied to the filling and closing unit 16. This heat exchanger 29 comprises a double pipe with an internal pipe 30 through which the drinking water flows, and an external pipe 32 through which the cooling liquid flows. In this way the double tube is used to transfer heat from the coolant to the drinking water before filling the bottles with the latter. This cooling circuit 28 and the heat exchanger 29 are shown schematically in Figure 4, wherein the thinner lines indicate the flow of the cooling liquid and the thicker lines indicate the flow of the drinking water. Because of the amount of drinking water that flows to the bottling space per unit of time, and because of the length of the heat exchanger 29, the cooling liquid that flows through the cooling circuit 28 can be sufficiently cooled in this way. Tests have shown that the heat transfer in the heat exchanger 29 gives rise to a temperature increase in the drinking water of only 1 to 2 ° C, which is negligible and has no effect on the quality of the drinking water with which the bottles are filled.
The heat exchanger 29 itself is shown in Figure 5. It comprises a double pipe with an inner tube 30 through which the drinking water flows, as well as an outer tube 31 through which the cooling liquid flows. The inner tube 30 is provided with supply and discharge fittings 32, 33 for the connection to drinking water pipes. The outer tube 32 is provided with supply and discharge fittings 32, 33 for connection to the cooling circuit 28.
The second conveying device 15, shown in Figure 4, is provided with an arm rotatable through 180 ° with a gripping mechanism with which the bottles are picked up one by one from the holders 24, turned over and placed upright, i.e. with their neck upwards , on a conveyor belt 34 of the filling and closing unit 16.
The filling and closing unit 16, shown in more detail in Figure 4, comprises a glass housing 35 in which UV lamps (not shown) are provided for the purpose of treating the drinking water, the air, the caps, and the bottles, and wherein the filling takes place and the caps are placed on the bottles. Such a UV treatment, as well as filling and closing, are known from stationary bottling stations and therefore need no further description here. The filling and closing unit 16 is provided with a supply unit for the caps 36 which feeds the caps from a cap container 45 (see Figure 6) to the glass housing 35. The cap container 45 is a rotating table on which the caps can be mounted via a second hatch 37 in the front 2 of the container (see Figure 7), in such a way that no operating personnel have to enter the bottling area in order to fill the cap container 45 with caps. The filling and closing unit 16 is further provided with a mounting unit for handles 38. This mounting unit for handles 38 is shown in Figure 1, and is located next to the glass housing 35, but can also be integrated in the glass housing 35. The filled and closed bottles leaving the glass housing on the conveyor belt 34 then pass through a labeling unit (see Figure 6) which affixes a label or label to the bottles and prints a code which prints the batch number and the date on the bottle. The finished bottles are taken from the conveyor belt 34 in the bottling space, via a lock 40 in the front of the container, to a buffer conveyor belt (not shown) outside the bottling container for further processing. This buffer conveyor can be provided to be coupled to the conveyor belt 34 and can, for example, be stored inside the bottling space 7 during transport or when it is not being used.
The filling and closing unit 16 is provided with a water purification system (not shown) located in the space below the labeling unit 39.
In the embodiment shown in Figure 1, an operator must enter the bottling space to supply handles and labels. This does not happen often and does not entail a high risk of contamination of the bottling space 7. This already limited risk of contamination can be further reduced by using the embodiment schematically shown in Figure 8, wherein the door 47 in the direction of the inner space of the container is moved so that a niche 46 is created at the front with respect to the side walls 48. These side walls 48 are provided with a first hatch or window 18 giving access to the preform container 17, with a second hatch or window 37 giving access to the container 45 for the caps, as well as a third hatch or window 49 giving access to the applicator unit 49 for the handles and the labeling unit 39. As a result, all consumer goods can be supplied without access. must reach the bottling area 7.
To be able to regularly sterilize all parts that come into contact with the drinking water (pipes, purification unit, refuse, pumps, buffers, etc.) in order to eliminate germs and bacteria, a tailor-made “Clean in Place” is made. (CIP) system provided in the filling and closing unit 16. The supply connection 41 for the drinking water is also used as access for the cleaning agent and is arranged in the outer wall of the container, see Figure 9. A separate discharge connection 42, also provided in the outer wall of the container, is used to dispose of the cleaning agent. By means of these connections 41, 42, a closed loop can be created for the cleaning agent from outside the container, so that the cleaning agent can recirculate in view of better cleaning with less product. These connections 41, 42 are accessible from outside the container, and are more particularly arranged on the second lateral side 5, which prevents cleaning agent from having to be introduced into the bottling space, which in itself means an advantage for safety reasons, for an easy operation , as well as for eliminating any risk of chemical contamination inside the container.
Similarly, the water treatment chemical supply compound 43 is positioned in the outer wall 5 of the container with a pump positioned inside the container. This prevents chemicals from being introduced into the bottling area for water treatment, which again is an advantage for safety reasons, for easy handling, and for eliminating any risk of chemical contamination inside the container.
The fourth connection 44, which can be found in Figure 9, is intended for the discharge of a possible overflow that may occur in the container during operation.
The front 2 and the rear 3 of the container are provided with conventional container doors with which the bottling space and the technical space can be closed with a view to transport.
Figure 10 shows an alternative embodiment of the transportable bottling station according to the invention. In this embodiment, the container is a standard 40 ft ISO container. This station is designed for the production of bottles with a capacity of 10 l, and uses compressed air with a pressure of 20-25 bar. Because the length of this container is twice as long as the length of the above-described 20 ft embodiment, the available space here in this embodiment is not such a determining factor. The bottling space of this station is similar to that of the 20 ft embodiment described above, and will therefore not be further described here. The technical space of this station will be briefly described below.
As can be seen in the Figure, the technical room is equipped with a generator, with an air compressor system, and with air conditioning units. The air compression system is subdivided into two devices, namely a first compressor that compresses air to a pressure that can go up to 8 bar, and a second compressor that compresses air from 8 bar to a pressure of 20-25 bar. Each compressor has its own air dryer. Two air conditioning systems are provided, one for the bottling area and another for the technical area. The second system is provided in view of the fact that the efficiency and reliability of air compressors decrease with increasing temperature, which means that by also cooling the technical room in this case, the reliability and efficiency of the station can be improved to become.
Reference number list 1 container 2 front side 3 rear side 4 first lateral side 5 second lateral side 6 partition wall 7 bottling area 8 technical room 9 air compressor 10 air conditioning unit 11 generator 12 preform supply unit 13 first transport device 14 bottle blower unit 15 second transport device 16 filling and closing unit 17 container 18 first hatch 19 conveyor 20 sorting unit 21 slide / hopper 22 supply fitting 23 discharge fitting 24 preform / bottle holder 25 heater 26 blow molding unit 27 form 28 cooling circuit 29 heat exchanger 30 inner tube 31 outer tube 32 supply fitting 33 drain fitting 34 conveyor 35 glass housing 36 cap supply 37 second hatch 38 attachment unit handle 39 label unit 40 lock 41 drinking water / cleaning product supply connection 42 drain connection cleaning product 43 supply connection chemicals 44 drain connection overflow 45 cap container 46 niche 47 door 48 side walls 49 third hatch 50 container 51 bottling room 52 technical room 53 generator 54 first compressor 55 second compressor 56 air dryer 57 air dryer 58 buffer tank 59 buffer tank 60 air conditioning system 61 air conditioning system

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Claims (16)
[1]
A transportable bottling station comprising: - a container with a front side, a rear side, first and second lateral sides connecting the front side and the rear side, as well as a partition wall that divides the container into a bottling space at the front and a technical space at the backside; - a preform supply unit, a bottle blowing unit, a filling and closing unit, as well as first and second transport devices which are provided in the bottling space; - a generator, an air compressor, and an air conditioning unit installed in the technical room; wherein the preform supply unit is provided with a receptacle for receiving plastic preforms for bottles, as well as with a sorting unit for arranging the preforms and for supplying them to the bottle blowing unit; wherein the first transport device is provided to transport the preforms from the preform feed unit to the bottle blowing unit; wherein the bottle blowing unit is provided with a heater for heating the preforms, as well as with a blow molding unit to blow the preforms into bottles; wherein the second transport unit is provided for transferring the bottles from the bottle blowing unit to the filling and closing unit; wherein the filling and closing unit is provided with a filling unit intended for filling the bottles with a liquid, as well as with a closing unit for closing the bottles with the aid of a cap; wherein the generator is electrically connected to the units arranged in the bottling space, and is provided for generating electrical power for these units; wherein the air compressor is provided to compress air and to supply the compressed air to the bottle blowing unit; and wherein the air conditioning unit is provided to condition the air in the bottling space.
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A transportable bottling station according to claim 1, wherein the preform supply unit is disposed adjacent to the first lateral side, the bottle blowing unit is disposed adjacent to the partition wall, and the filling and closing unit is disposed adjacent to the second lateral side.
[3]
Transportable bottling station according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the generator, the air compressor, and the air conditioning unit are provided at different levels in the technical room, the generator being adapted to fit in the room left by the compressor and the air conditioning unit.
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A transportable bottling station according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the bottle blowing unit is suitable for working with compressed air with a pressure of at most 15 bar.
[5]
The transportable bottling station of claim 4, wherein the container is a standard ISO 20 ft container.
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A transportable bottling station according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the container is a standard ISO container of more than 20 ft.
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7. Transportable bottling station according to any of claims 1-6, wherein a first hatch is provided at the front of the container, next to the container of the preform supply unit, the first hatch being used for supplying plastic preforms for bottles of outside the bottling station.
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A transportable bottling station as claimed in any one of claims 1-7, wherein a second hatch is provided at the front of the container, in addition to a cap container of the filling and closing unit, the second hatch being used for supplying bottle caps of a outside the bottling station.
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A transportable bottling station according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein a third hatch is provided at the front of the container, in addition to a handle container and / or labeling unit of the filling and closing unit, the third hatch being used for being used by a user supplying bottle handles and / or bottle labels from outside the bottling station.
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10. Transportable bottling station as claimed in any of the claims 1-9, wherein a lock is provided on the front of the container, next to the filling and closing unit, the lock being intended for passing filled and sealed bottles from inside the bottling station to the its environment.
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11. Transportable bottling station as claimed in claim 10, wherein the filling and closing unit is provided with a conveyor belt that extends from the second transport unit to the latch.
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12. Transportable bottling station as claimed in any of the claims 1-11, wherein the filling and closing unit is provided with lines for the supply and discharge of liquid, connected to supply and discharge connections which are provided in one of the sides of the container, so that they accessible from the outside of the bottling station.
[13]
A transportable bottling station according to any of claims 1- 12, wherein the filling and closing unit is provided with a liquid treatment system for treating the liquid with chemicals before the bottles are filled, the liquid treatment system being provided with a supply line for the chemicals that is connected to a feed connection for the chemicals, a connection arranged in one of the sides of the container so that it is accessible from the outside of the bottling space.
[14]
14. Transportable bottling station as claimed in any of the claims 1-13, wherein the bottle blowing unit is provided with a cooling circuit for circulating a cooling liquid through parts of the bottle blowing unit, wherein the cooling circuit is connected to a heat exchanger which in turn is connected to supply pipes via which the liquid with which the bottles are to be filled is supplied to the filling and closing unit, the heat exchanger being provided for transferring heat from the cooling liquid to the liquid with which the bottles are to be filled.
[15]
A transportable bottling station as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the heater of the bottle blowing unit is provided with a heated air discharge line leading to the outside environment of the bottling station.
[16]
16. Transportable bottling station as claimed in any of the claims 1-15, wherein the partition wall is provided with an insulation plate which forms both a thermal and an acoustic insulation between the bottling space and the technical space.

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法律状态:
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EP2010058326|2010-06-14|

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