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EP3000737B1 - Station de dosage pour une machine de remplissage de capsule - Google Patents

Station de dosage pour une machine de remplissage de capsule Download PDF

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EP3000737B1
EP3000737B1 EP15186813.0A EP15186813A EP3000737B1 EP 3000737 B1 EP3000737 B1 EP 3000737B1 EP 15186813 A EP15186813 A EP 15186813A EP 3000737 B1 EP3000737 B1 EP 3000737B1
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Jan Fabian Scheffler
Daniel Malick
Afsaneh Nakhavoli
Christian Pehlke
Jan-Eric Kruse
Thomas Heinrich
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
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    • A61J3/07—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use
    • A61J3/071—Devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms into the form of capsules or similar small containers for oral use into the form of telescopically engaged two-piece capsules
    • A61J3/074—Filling capsules; Related operations
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/04—Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/20—Reducing volume of filled material
    • B65B1/24—Reducing volume of filled material by mechanical compression
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
    • B65B1/36—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods
    • B65B1/38—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers
    • B65B1/385—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by volumetric devices or methods by pistons co-operating with measuring chambers moving in an endless path
    • 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
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B3/003—Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like
    • 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/04—Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
    • 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
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles
    • B65B63/022—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles using compressing chambers or plates moving in an endless path

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  • the invention relates to a metering station for a capsule filling machine for filling and closing capsules composed of a capsule top and a capsule lower part, wherein the metering comprises a metering unit in which the metering station supplied capsule bottoms are filled via a filling device with filling material, and wherein the metering station with a drive unit comprises at least one drive, which drives at least one component of the dosing unit.
  • the invention also relates to a capsule filling machine for filling and closing capsules composed of a capsule upper part and a capsule lower part, comprising such a metering station.
  • capsule filling machines for example, hard gelatin capsules are filled with a filling material.
  • the filler may be powdered, for example.
  • Capsule filling machines have a plurality of process stations, which are approached intermittently, for example, by capsule holders which hold the capsules or capsule bottoms to be filled. Such capsule filling machines are also referred to as rotary capsule filling machines.
  • the process stations provided along the conveyor path usually include a feed station for feeding the prefilled capsules to be filled, an opening station in which the capsule halves are separated, one or more metering stations in which the material to be filled is filled into the capsule sub-parts Closing station in which the capsule halves are closed and an ejection station in which the capsules produced are ejected.
  • a plurality of dosing stations are provided for a capsule filling machine, which are assigned, for example, different applications.
  • a capsule filling machine which are assigned, for example, different applications.
  • several different mounting positions are provided in the capsule filling machine.
  • the dosing station to be used in each case is then fitted with a dosing station at different positions of the capsule filling machine.
  • Out EP 1 512 632 B1 is designed as a trolley dosing known, the trolley can be completely removed from the capsule filling machine and replaced with another trolley.
  • a drive of the dosing is arranged in a cabinet and must be coupled with a restart in a complex manner with the other components of the capsule filling machine. This also applies to the other required during a restart of the dosing station signal exchange.
  • the positioning of the trolley on the capsule filling machine is complex and there is an increased space and higher costs, not least due to doubly required parts, eg drive, frame.
  • there is a risk of increased error rate due to an increased number of parts, such as pivoting doors on the capsule filling machine, a base unit for the drive, doors on the base unit, a lifting system for the trolley.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a dosing of the type mentioned, whose removal or replacement is simplified against another dosing in comparison to the prior art.
  • the dosing station according to the invention is intended for a capsule filling machine.
  • the capsule filling machine serves in a manner known per se for filling and closing capsules composed of a capsule upper part and a capsule lower part, for example hard gelatine capsules.
  • it comprises a plurality of along a preferably circular conveyor track arranged process stations and a plurality of capsule delivery devices, each having a plurality of capsule receptacles for receiving a respective capsule or a capsule half.
  • the capsule conveyors convey collected capsules along the conveyor through the process stations.
  • such capsule filling machines are also referred to as rotary capillary filling machines.
  • Various process stations are provided along the conveyor track, in particular a feed station for feeding the prefilled capsules to be filled, an opening station in which the capsule halves are separated, one or more dosing stations in which the material to be filled is filled into the capsule sub-parts, a closing station, in which the capsule halves are closed and an ejection station in which the capsules produced are ejected.
  • a feed station for feeding the prefilled capsules to be filled
  • an opening station in which the capsule halves are separated
  • one or more dosing stations in which the material to be filled is filled into the capsule sub-parts
  • a closing station in which the capsule halves are closed
  • an ejection station in which the capsules produced are ejected.
  • empty stations are provided, which can be used differently depending on the application.
  • the present invention is concerned with the dosing station and its integration into the capsule filling machine.
  • the dosing station according to the invention is subdivided into a dosing unit and a drive unit.
  • it may consist exclusively of the dosing unit and the drive unit, that is to say comprise no further units.
  • the filling material is dosed and transferred to the capsule parts.
  • the metering unit has a filling device.
  • One or more components of the dosing unit are driven by one or more drives of the drive unit which can be coupled to the dosing unit.
  • the at least one drive of the drive unit may in particular be a different drive than the main drive of the capsule filling machine.
  • the drive unit may therefore be a separate drive, which serves only for driving the at least one component of the dosing unit.
  • the drive unit is arranged below a support plate.
  • the drive unit may be attached to the support plate.
  • To couple the dosing with the drive unit is the Dosing arranged on the support plate and secured with the releasable attachment and coupling means on the support plate.
  • the at least one drive of the drive unit is coupled to the at least one component of the dosing unit driven by the at least one drive, and the dosing station can be operated together with the capsule filling machine. For detaching the dosing unit or replacing the dosing unit with another dosing unit, the detachable fastening and coupling means are released.
  • the coupling of the at least one drive with the at least one driven by the at least one drive component of the dosing is canceled and the dosing unit can be removed as a module or as a total package from the dosing and, for example against another also forming such a module dosing be replaced.
  • the drive unit with the at least one drive remains in the capsule filling machine.
  • the coupling of the at least one drive with the at least one component driven by the at least one drive when the dosing unit is placed on the support plate can, in particular, take place automatically in the course of attachment by the attachment and coupling means.
  • the decoupling of the at least one drive from the at least one component driven by the at least one drive in the course of releasing the fastening and coupling means can also take place automatically when the dosing unit is lifted off the carrier plate.
  • the modular design of the dosing and the simple coupling with the drive unit on the support plate and the releasable attachment and coupling means allow in comparison to the prior art in a simplified manner a removal of the dosing unit from the capsule filling machine and a reinserting the removed dosing or other dosing.
  • the dosing station according to the invention thus achieves a reduced assembly or disassembly effort.
  • a quick change of the dosing unit enables a quick product change and therefore a cost saving.
  • a reserve module of the dosing unit can be provided. Downtimes are reduced.
  • no disassembly of individual parts of the dosing unit for removal from the capsule filling machine is necessary, but the dosing unit is removed as a whole package.
  • the accessibility in particular in the disassembled state is improved over the prior art, so that also reduces assembly errors and error detection is improved.
  • the handling is simplified by the better accessibility, the easy alignment and positioning of the parts to each other and the test in the disassembled state. This also applies to the cleaning. It also achieves high flexibility. It remains in the capsule filling machine only the support plate with the underlying drive unit back without disturbing other components. By eliminating a trolley or a cabinet, a compact, space-saving and cost-saving design is achieved.
  • the dosing unit After releasing the fastening and coupling means, the dosing unit can be moved out or swung out with a mechanical device from the capsule filling machine and parked, for example, on a Hinstwagen and secured or fixed there.
  • the metering unit is mounted on a mounting plate, wherein the metering unit can be arranged with the mounting plate on the support plate and in the arranged on the support plate state by the releasable attachment and coupling means releasably attachable to the support plate, and wherein the metering unit in the support plate dissolved state can be removed with the mounting plate as a module from the dosing.
  • the mounting plate releasably fastened to the support plate.
  • the mounting plate forms the basis for the dosing unit forming a module. The assembly and disassembly is further facilitated.
  • the attachment of the dosing unit to the support plate can be realized in a force-locking manner (for example by means of screws, pins, springs, pneumatic means) and / or in a form-fitting manner (for example by means of a clutch, gears, bayonet closure).
  • the detachable fastening and coupling means comprise first clamping means, preferably one or more first clamping bolts with which the mounting plate is clamped in the arranged on the support plate state with the support plate.
  • the dosing unit is aligned by means of an auxiliary device in the expansion state, so that an accurate positioning for the (re) installation, especially in terms of height and angular position, is ensured.
  • the first clamping means By the first clamping means the mounting plate is firmly clamped to the support plate.
  • the first clamping means can be used simultaneously for positioning the dosing unit or its orientation for assembly.
  • the holding force of the clamping means for fixing the dosing unit can be generated, for example, mechanically, pneumatically, magnetically or otherwise.
  • the releasable attachment and coupling means comprise one or more attached to the mounting plate or on the support plate (s), first (n) clamping bolt, the or in a placement of the mounting plate on the support plate in one or more lock on the other of the support plate or mounting plate attached, mechanically closing clamping receptacle (s) preferably self-locking.
  • the clamping receptacle (s) each comprise a transversely to the insertion direction of the respective clamping bolt in the clamping receptacle axially slidably mounted clamping slide, wherein the cocking slide in a Locking position is biased, in which engages the cocking slide locking in a circumferential groove of each inserted into the clamping fixture clamping bolt.
  • one or more attached to the mounting plate or on the support plate first clamping bolt are provided. If the one or more clamping bolts are fastened to the mounting plate, one or more mechanically closing clamping receptacles are provided on the support plate.
  • the mechanically closing clamping receptacle (s) is or are provided correspondingly on the mounting plate.
  • the one or more clamping bolts can be tapered at its free end facing the clamping receptacle, in particular tapered conically. This results in a self-centering of the dosing in the course of placement on the support plate.
  • the first clamping bolts lock preferably self-locking in the mechanically closing clamping receptacles, so that the mounting plate and with it the metering unit is securely held on the support plate.
  • the clamping receptacles may each comprise a clamping slide mounted axially displaceably mounted transversely to the insertion of the clamping bolt in the clamping receptacles.
  • the cocking slide can be biased for example by a spring bias in a projecting into the insertion of the respective clamping bolt locking position. If a clamping bolt is located in the clamping receptacle, the clamping slide engages in the locking position with its free end into a circumferential groove formed in the respective clamping bolt, so that the clamping bolt is preferably locked in the clamping receptacle in a self-locking manner.
  • the cocking slide of the clamping receptacles can each be pneumatically movable, for example, against their bias from the locking position into an unlocking position releasing the respective clamping bolt.
  • the unlocking of the clamping bolt and thus the release of the mounting plate with the dosing of the support plate can be triggered manually or for example by a switch.
  • the release pneumatically the cocking slide is forced by introducing compressed air into an air chamber in its unlocked position and thus released the respective clamping bolt.
  • the movement of the cocking slide in the unlocked position can be effected by a piston actuated by the compressed air.
  • the movement of the cocking slide from the locking position to the unlocked position can also be done, for example, hydraulically, mechanically or by motor.
  • At least one drive of the drive unit may be a rotary drive which can be coupled to a rotationally driven component of the dosing unit.
  • the releasable fastening and coupling means may comprise biasing means, preferably spring biasing means which press a drive shaft of the rotary drive against the rotationally driven component of the metering unit with the metering unit mounted on the support plate.
  • the rotary drive and / or the drive shaft of the rotary drive can be mounted floating in the axial direction of the drive shaft.
  • the axially floating mounting of the rotary drive or its drive shaft can allow in particular only one movement in the axial direction of the drive shaft.
  • the drive shaft of the rotary drive can be pressed in particular against a carrying the metering shaft support shaft.
  • the biasing means in combination with an axially floating mounting of the rotary drive or the drive shaft and optionally in combination with the metering unit or mounting plate with the support plate spanning first clamping means the required friction torque for power transmission between the rotary drive or its drive shaft and achieved the rotationally driven component.
  • a spring assembly providing the spring assembly generates on the one hand the required counterforce and on the other hand, a required stroke, for example, the rotary drive or its rotary drive shaft, if necessary to compensate for a length tolerance and / or thermal expansion of the drive elements.
  • a drive shaft of the rotary drive at removed metering unit are positioned with a defined height projection with respect to the top of the support plate.
  • the rotationally driven component or a supporting shaft supporting it is pressed, for example by the first clamping means on the rotary drive or its drive shaft in conjunction with the biasing means.
  • the height projection of the rotary drive or its drive shaft is overcome via the top of the support plate.
  • the spring travel of the spring biasing means can just match this height difference.
  • a further embodiment may be arranged at the interface between the drive shaft of the rotary drive and the rotationally driven component or a support shaft carrying this a friction coefficient-increasing intermediate element, preferably a diamond wheel.
  • an anti-rotation can be provided which prevents rotation of the rotary drive.
  • the component of the dosing unit rotationally driven by the rotary drive is a dosing disc having at least one group of bores
  • the dosing unit further comprises at least one group of stuffing punches and a group of ejection punches, the stuffing punches and the Ejection punches are held on a by at least one lifting drive of the drive unit vertically movable punch carrier, wherein by stuffing the punch carrier for stuffing the filling material into the bores and the ejection punches for ejecting the stuffing punches generated in the bores can enter into the holes by vertical movement of the punch carrier.
  • the dosing station is thus a stuffing stamp station.
  • other dosing stations are conceivable, for example, riser stations, pellet or tablet filling stations or roller filling stations.
  • the releasable attachment and coupling means further comprise second clamping means, preferably at least one second clamping bolt, with which the at least one lifting drive or at least one connected to the at least one lifting drive lifting element with at least one attacking on the punch carrier Lifting element can be selectively clamped or can be solved by at least one acting on the punch carrier lifting element.
  • the linear actuators may, for example, be spindle drives.
  • the at least one lifting element connected to the at least one lifting drive and / or the at least one lifting element acting on the punch carrier can be a spindle of such a spindle drive.
  • the spindle runs, for example, in a spindle nut rotating with the rotary drive but axially stationary.
  • two lifting drives can be provided which engage on opposite sides of the punch carrier.
  • the detachable lifting elements By the aforementioned embodiment of the detachable lifting elements a simple separation of the metering unit is realized by the drive unit in this respect.
  • the connection of the lifting elements with each other can be done both non-positively (for example, by screws, pins, springs, pneumatic cylinders) as well as form-fitting (for example, by a clutch) or combined.
  • the second clamping bolt of the second clamping means may be formed by tie rods which are guided by the lifting elements to be joined together and in each case at least one of the lifting elements to be connected to one another are screwed.
  • an anti-rotation which is a rotation of the at least one lifting drive and / or the at least one with the at least prevents a Hubantrieb connected lifting element in the dissolved from the at least one attacking on the punch carrier lifting state.
  • the at least one lifting element acting on the punch carrier can be axially guided in at least one guide column fixed to the metering unit and / or the at least one lifting element connected to the at least one lifting drive can be axially guided in at least one guide column fixedly arranged on the drive unit.
  • At least one on the punch carrier or the at least one acting on the punch carrier lifting element attacking spacer is provided, which after releasing the at least one lifting drive and / or at least one firmly connected to the at least one lifting drive lifting element prevented by the at least one attacking on the punch carrier lifting element uncontrolled lowering of the punch carrier.
  • the spacers prevent uncontrolled lowering of the stamp carrier after separating the lifting elements from each other or the metering unit of the drive unit.
  • a spacer clamps or the like may be provided, for example.
  • Dosing station shown is intended for use in a capsule filling machine for filling and closing capsules composed of a capsule top and a capsule lower part.
  • the dosing station comprises a dosing unit shown generally at 10 in the figures, in which the dosing station supplied capsule bottoms are filled via a filling device not shown with filling material.
  • the dosing station also includes a in the FIGS. 1 to 3 generally shown at 12, drive unit.
  • the dosing unit 10 is arranged and fastened on a mounting plate 14, for example screwed or otherwise fastened.
  • the drive unit 12 is arranged below a support plate 16 and fixed to the support plate 16, also screwed for example or otherwise secured.
  • the dosing unit 10 comprises a punch carrier 18 which carries at least one group of stuffing punches 20 and at least one group of ejection punches 22.
  • the dosing unit 10 further has a metering disk 24 with one or more groups of bores.
  • the dosing disc 24 is annular and is held by a support shaft 26.
  • first clamping means 28 releasable fastening and coupling means with the support plate 16 and thus the drive unit 12 braced.
  • the drive unit 12 comprises a rotary drive 30, for example an electric motor, which is coupled to a drive shaft 32.
  • a rotary drive 30 for example an electric motor, which is coupled to a drive shaft 32.
  • the metering disk 24 is pressed with its support shaft 26 against the drive shaft 32 of the rotary drive 30.
  • a diamond disk 34 is arranged between the support shaft 26 and the drive shaft 32.
  • an anti-rotation device for the rotary drive 30 is shown.
  • a provided with springs 38 spring assembly 40 presses the floating in the axial direction of the drive shaft 32 rotary drive 30 with the drive shaft 32 in the Fig. 1 and 2 up against the support shaft 26.
  • a frictional engagement between the drive shaft 32 and the support shaft 26 so that the metering disk 24 can be driven by the rotary drive 30 rotating.
  • the drive unit 12 further comprises, in the illustrated example, two hoist drives, generally shown at 42, which also include, for example, electric motors.
  • the electric motors of the linear actuators 42 drive in the illustrated example an axially fixed, but rotatably mounted spindle nut, in each of which a spindle 44 is guided axially movable. In a driven by the respective electric motor rotation of the spindle nut, the spindle 44 is thus moved up or down in the vertical direction.
  • two lifting sleeves 46 are fastened in the example shown, each by a tie rod 48 in which in the Fig.
  • FIG. 1 a state of the punches 20, 22 moved out of the bores of the metering disk 24 is shown, while in FIG Fig. 2 the punch 20, 22 are retracted by vertical movement of the punch carrier 18 down into the holes of the metering disk 24.
  • the spindles 44 are each mounted in fixedly connected to the drive unit 12 guide columns 50 and guided axially.
  • the Hubhülsen 46 are respectively guided and stored in fixedly connected to the metering unit 10 guide columns 52.
  • a rotation lock 54 prevents rotation of the lifting drives 42 in one of the lifting sleeves 46 of the die carrier 18 dissolved state.
  • the tie rods 48 are released, so that the lifting sleeves 46 are no longer connected to the spindles 44 of the lifting drives 42.
  • the first clamping means 28 are released.
  • the first clamping means 28 each have a first clamping bolt, which in Fig. 4 at 60.
  • the other first clamping bolts 60 of the first clamping means 28 are identical, so that subsequently the in Fig. 4 shown first clamping bolt 60 is exemplified.
  • the first clamping bolt 60 tapers at its free end 62.
  • Reference numeral 64 indicates a circumferential groove of the first clamping bolt 60.
  • the reference numeral 66 designates a clamping receptacle which is also used, for example, in the left-hand pictorial component of FIG Fig. 3 is shown schematically. Pro first clamping bolt 60, a clamping receptacle is provided.
  • the cocking slide 68 is biased, for example, by spring bias in a projecting into the insertion of the clamping bolt 60 locking position. In this way takes place in a particularly simple Type a self-locking locking of the clamping bolt 60 in the clamping receptacle 66 and thus a clamping of the dosing unit 10 with the mounting plate 14 on the drive unit 12 with the support plate 16.
  • pneumatically actuated by compressed air unlocking piston 74 along the arrow 76 for example, pneumatically actuated by compressed air unlocking piston 74 along the arrow 76.
  • a locking bolt 78 can be triggered, which pushes the cocking slide 68 against its spring bias from the circumferential groove 64 of the clamping bolt 60, so that the clamping bolt 60 and thus the metering unit 10 can be solved with its mounting plate 14 of the support plate 16.

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  1. Station de dosage pour une machine de remplissage de capsules, destinée à remplir et fermer des capsules constituées d'une partie supérieure de capsule et d'une partie inférieure de capsule, la station de dosage comportant une unité de dosage (10) dans laquelle des parties inférieures de capsule alimentées vers la station de dosage sont remplies avec une charge de remplissage par le biais d'un dispositif de remplissage et dans laquelle la station de dosage comporte une unité d'entraînement (12) avec au moins un entraînement (42, 30) entraînant au moins un composant (18, 20, 22, 24) de l'unité de dosage (10), caractérisée en ce que
    - l'unité d'entraînement (12) est disposée sous une plaque de support (16),
    - l'unité de dosage (10) est disposée sur la plaque de support (16), des moyens de fixation et d'accouplement amovibles permettant de fixer l'unité de dosage (10) sur la plaque de support (16) à l'état monté sur la plaque de support (16), dans laquelle l'au moins un entraînement est accouplé avec l'au moins un composant entraîné par l'au moins un entraînement lorsque l'unité de dosage (10) est fixée de façon amovible sur la plaque de support (16) par les moyens de fixation et d'accouplement, et dans laquelle l'accouplement entre l'au moins un entraînement et l'au moins un composant entraîné par l'au moins un entraînement est supprimé lorsque l'unité de dosage (10) est détachée de la plaque de support (16), de sorte que l'unité de dosage (10) peut être retirée de la station de dosage en tant que module.
  2. Station de dosage selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'unité de dosage (10) est fixée sur une plaque de montage (14), l'unité de dosage (10) pouvant être disposée sur la plaque de support (16) avec la plaque de montage (14) et pouvant être fixée de façon amovible sur la plaque de support (16) par les moyens de fixation et d'accouplement amovibles à l'état fixé sur la plaque de montage (14), et l'unité de dosage (10) pouvant être retirée de l'unité de dosage (10) avec la plaque de montage (14) en tant que module lorsque la plaque de montage (14) est détachée de la plaque de support (16).
  3. Station de dosage selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que les moyens de fixation et d'accouplement amovibles comportent des premiers moyens de serrage (28), de préférence au moins un premier boulon de serrage (60), avec lesquels la plaque de montage (14) est serrée avec la plaque de support (16) lorsqu'elle est disposée sur la plaque de support (16).
  4. Station de dosage selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que les moyens de fixation et d'accouplement amovibles comportent au moins un premier boulon de serrage (60) fixé à la plaque de montage (14) ou à la plaque de support (16), lequel se verrouille dans au moins un logement de serrage (66) à fermeture mécanique fixé respectivement sur l'autre parmi la plaque de montage (14) ou la plaque de support (16), lorsque la plaque de montage (14) est montée sur la plaque de support (16)
  5. Station de dosage selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que l'au moins un logement de serrage (66) comporte au moins un coulisseau de serrage (68) monté de façon axialement coulissante dans l'au moins un logement de serrage (66), transversalement au dispositif d'insertion de l'au moins un boulon de serrage (60), dans laquelle l'au moins un coulisseau de serrage (68) est précontraint dans une position de verrouillage, dans laquelle l'au moins un coulisseau de serrage (68) s'insère dans au moins une rainure périphérique (64) d'au moins un boulon de serrage (60) inséré dans l'au moins un logement de serrage (66).
  6. Station de dosage selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que l'au moins un coulisseau de serrage (68) de l'au moins un logement de serrage (66) est déplaçable de façon pneumatique contre sa précontrainte, hors de la position de verrouillage, vers une position de déverrouillage libérant l'au moins un boulon de serrage (60).
  7. Station de dosage selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins un entraînement de l'unité d'entraînement (12) est un entraînement rotatif (30), lequel peut être accouplé avec un composant de l'unité de dosage (10) entraîné de façon rotative.
  8. Station de dosage selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que les moyens de fixation et d'accouplement amovibles comportent des moyens de précontrainte, de préférence des moyens de précontrainte à ressort, lesquels pressent un arbre d'entraînement (32) de l'entraînement rotatif (30) contre le composant de l'unité de dosage (10) entraîné de façon rotative lorsque la station de dosage (10) est montée sur la plaque de support (16).
  9. Station de dosage selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que l'entraînement rotatif (30) et/ou l'arbre d'entraînement (32) de l'entraînement rotatif (30) est monté de façon flottante dans la direction axiale de l'arbre d'entraînement (32).
  10. Station de dosage selon l'une des revendications 8 ou 9, caractérisée en ce qu'un élément intermédiaire augmentant le coefficient de friction, de préférence un disque diamanté (34), est disposé au niveau de l'interface entre l'arbre d'entraînement (32) et le composant entraîné de façon rotative.
  11. Station de dosage selon l'une des revendications 7 à 10, caractérisée en ce que le composant l'unité de dosage (10) entraîné de façon rotative par l'entraînement rotatif (30) est un disque de dosage (24) comprenant un groupe de perçages, et en ce que l'unité de dosage (10) comporte en outre au moins un groupe de poinçons de bourrage (20) et un groupe de poinçons d'éjection (22), les poinçons de bourrage (20) et les poinçons d'éjection (22) étant maintenus sur un support de poinçons (18) déplaçable verticalement à l'aide d'au moins un entraînement de levage (42) de l'unité d'entraînement (12), dans laquelle un déplacement vertical du support de poinçons (18) permet d'insérer les poinçons de bourrage (20) pour comprimer le matériau de charge dans les perçages et les poinçons d'éjection (22) pour l'éjection de comprimés produits par les poinçons de bourrage (20) dans les perçages.
  12. Station de dosage selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que les moyens de fixation et d'accouplement amovibles comportent en outre des deuxièmes moyens de serrage, de préférence au moins un deuxième boulon de serrage, avec lesquels l'au moins un entraînement de levage (42) ou au moins un élément de levage relié à l'au moins un entraînement de levage (42) peut être serré avec au moins un élément de levage engageant le support de poinçons (18) ou peut-être, au choix, détaché de l'au moins un élément de levage engageant le support de poinçons (18).
  13. Station de dosage selon la revendication 12, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu une sécurité anti-rotation (54) empêchant une rotation de l'au moins un entraînement de levage (42) et/ou de l'au moins un élément de levage relié à l'au moins un entraînement de levage (42), à l'état détaché de l'au moins un élément de levage engageant le support de poinçons (18).
  14. Station de dosage selon l'une des revendications 12 ou 13, caractérisée en ce que l'au moins un élément de levage engageant le support de poinçons (18) est guidé axialement dans au moins une colonne de guidage (52) disposée fixement sur l'unité de dosage (10), et/ou e ce que l'au moins un élément de levage relié à l'au moins un entraînement de levage (42) est guidé axialement dans au moins une colonne de guidage (50) disposée fixement sur l'unité d'entraînement (12).
  15. Station de dosage selon l'une des revendications 12 à 14, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu au moins un écarteur (56) engageant le support de poinçons (18) ou l'au moins un élément de levage engageant le support de poinçons (18), lequel empêche un abaissement involontaire du support de poinçons (18) une fois que l'au moins un entraînement de levage (42) et/ou l'au moins un élément de levage relié fixement à l'au moins un entraînement de levage (42) est détaché de l'au moins un support de poinçons (18).
  16. Machine de remplissage de capsules pour le remplissage et la fermeture de capsules constituées d'une partie supérieure de capsule et d'une partie inférieure de capsule, comportant une ou plusieurs stations de dosage selon l'une des revendications précédentes.
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