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WO2025201914A1 - Installation pour remplir des récipients d'un produit de remplissage, pourvue d'un système de surveillance du niveau de remplissage - Google Patents

Installation pour remplir des récipients d'un produit de remplissage, pourvue d'un système de surveillance du niveau de remplissage

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WO2025201914A1
WO2025201914A1 PCT/EP2025/056995 EP2025056995W WO2025201914A1 WO 2025201914 A1 WO2025201914 A1 WO 2025201914A1 EP 2025056995 W EP2025056995 W EP 2025056995W WO 2025201914 A1 WO2025201914 A1 WO 2025201914A1
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containers
container
filling
monitoring device
electrical properties
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Adrian Philipp
Thomas Beck
Holger Brehm
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Syntegon Technology GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
    • G01F23/24—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring variations of resistance of resistors due to contact with conductor fluid
    • 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
    • B65B3/006—Related operations, e.g. scoring ampoules
    • 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
    • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
    • B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
    • B65B43/52—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation using roller-ways or endless conveyors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/007—Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • 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
    • B67C3/20—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus with provision for metering the liquids to be introduced, e.g. when adding syrups
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/20—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measurement of weight, e.g. to determine the level of stored liquefied gas
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
    • G01F23/26—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring variations of capacity or inductance of capacitors or inductors arising from the presence of liquid or fluent solid material in the electric or electromagnetic fields
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F25/00—Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume
    • G01F25/20—Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume of apparatus for measuring liquid level
    • 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
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/10—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B57/14—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
    • B65B57/145—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged for fluent material
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F13/00—Apparatus for measuring by volume and delivering fluids or fluent solid materials, not provided for in the preceding groups

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a system for filling a product into containers, for example, vials, phials, cartridges, and/or syringes.
  • the liquid product is, in particular, a liquid pharmaceutical.
  • Liquid pharmaceutical filling systems regularly operate at very high throughput rates. For example, it's common for more than 500 filling processes to be performed per minute, meaning a single filling system can perform more than 500 high-precision filling processes per minute.
  • Continuous, non-cyclical operation of such systems is generally advantageous for rapid processing of containers during filling. It is particularly preferred that each container be moved through the system in a single, continuous motion. This also means that each processing step within the system must be carried out while the container is moving. It is particularly preferred that during the processing of containers, groups of containers be formed within the system, which then have to be brought into a stationary position as a group for processing. Such a procedure has previously often been necessary to weigh containers before and/or after filling. Fundamentally, continuous, non-cyclical operation opens up opportunities for faster processing of containers in such a system for filling/during filling. The continuous processing of containers in such a facility presents a challenge, especially when weighing each individual container accurately. During the weighing process, it is often necessary for the container to be temporarily at rest, particularly to reduce the influence of the container's mass (inertia).
  • the object of the present invention is to at least partially solve the problems described with reference to the prior art.
  • it proposes a system for filling a liquid product into containers with a fill level monitoring system that is advantageous in terms of the weighing effort.
  • a system for filling filling material into containers comprising at least one electrical monitoring device for determining at least one electrical property of the container and/or of a the filling material contained in the container, which enables an estimation of the fill level of a filling material in the container, wherein the monitoring device has at least one measuring cell which is designed to determine electrical properties of a container, wherein the at least one measuring cell of the monitoring device is integrated into a carrier element which is designed to convey containers in the system, wherein the system further has an evaluation device with which a determination of a fill level of the filling material in the container can be carried out on the basis of electrical properties of a container detected by a measuring cell.
  • the system is particularly suitable for processing or filling liquid products.
  • the system can also be used to fill non-liquid products that behave similarly to liquids during filling.
  • the system is also suitable for filling free-flowing products.
  • this also includes such other products.
  • the electrical monitoring device makes it possible, in particular, to monitor whether the quantity of liquid product filled at the filling station corresponds to a specified quantity.
  • the system or the filling station and/or the monitoring device and the evaluation device are designed to enable complete monitoring of the filling of liquid product into each individual container.
  • the evaluation device is preferably configured to determine a parameter for each individual container filled by the system, which parameter describes the correctness or, in particular, the accuracy of the filling of the container with the liquid product.
  • the electrical monitoring device and the evaluation device are preferably used to determine a fill level.
  • the fill level describes in particular the Quantity or the filling volume of the product in the container.
  • the terms filling volume/fill level and filling volume are sometimes used synonymously below. Since the system describes the processing of liquid products, the term fill level is preferred here, because the filling volume of a liquid product in a container regularly results in a level of the product in the container.
  • the fill level is regularly detected, preferably at least partially, independently of the level of the liquid filling material in the container.
  • the electrical properties of the liquid filling material are preferably determined by the monitoring device independently of the position of the filling material in the container. Depending on how much liquid filling material is present in the container, the monitoring device determines certain electrical properties that enable the determination of a filling quantity.
  • a specific filling quantity preferably corresponds to a specific fill level in the container.
  • a fill level is therefore preferably determined indirectly by determining a filling quantity. In other words: a specific fill level corresponds to a specific filling quantity and vice versa.
  • the liquid filling material is, in particular, a liquid pharmaceutical.
  • the liquid filling material can be a filling material for which very precise dosing is important.
  • the containers can be any type of container into which such liquid filling materials are filled.
  • the system has, in particular, a barrier system (e.g., a clean room) in which the filling takes place.
  • the system is preferably configured such that the empty (not yet filled) containers are fed into the clean room or the system, preferably through a designated input system (in particular, a lock system).
  • the system is further configured such that the filled containers leave the system again through a designated output system (in particular, also a lock system).
  • Electrical properties that can be monitored with the monitoring device are preferably capacitive properties of the objects (containers and/or the contents in the containers) arranged in or on the monitoring device.
  • the electrical properties of the container refers to the electrical properties of the empty container or the (combined) electrical properties of the filled container, which are the sum of the electrical properties of the (empty) container and the contents contained therein.
  • a permittivity which is also called dielectric conductivity or dielectricity.
  • the permittivity or dielectricity of a material can, for example, be described by the so-called dielectric constant, which describes the relative permittivity in relation to a perfect vacuum.
  • the dielectric constant of water for example, is approximately 80, while the dielectric constant of air is in the range of 1.
  • a dielectric constant can preferably be determined, which can be made available by the monitoring device to an evaluation device for evaluating electrical properties.
  • the monitoring device is therefore preferably used to check for the presence of filling material based on the electrical properties of the filling material, and electrical properties/measured values are determined that describe the electrical properties of the filling material.
  • the evaluation device is preferably set up to calculate a quantity of filling material using this information/measured values, wherein further parameters and in particular at least one dielectric constant of the filling material are preferably taken into account.
  • At least one measuring cell is integrated into a carrier element.
  • Carrier elements for transporting the containers through the system are in contact with the containers to transport the containers through the system. It has been shown that fill level determination can be carried out based on the electrical properties of the containers or the product being filled if measuring cells for determining electrical properties are integrated into such carrier elements. Since contact or interaction between carrier elements and containers already occurs in the system, fill level determination can be carried out particularly efficiently in this way.
  • the carrier elements are designed with so-called format parts.
  • Format parts are preferably integrated into the system in an interchangeable manner and adapted to the shape of the containers.
  • format parts can preferably be exchanged.
  • the measuring cells are preferably (at least partially) integrated into such format parts.
  • measuring cells have electrode arrangements that are integrated into format parts.
  • the driving device is designed together with the driving elements and the measuring cell transport device is designed together with the measuring cells.
  • the at least one measuring cell is preferably configured to be moved synchronously with the container in the system or in the monitoring device. This movement occurs, in particular, during the determination of the electrical property. This means, in particular, that the measuring cell is moved together or parallel with the container such that no relative movement occurs between the measuring cell and the container during the determination of the electrical property.
  • the monitoring device has a plurality of measuring cells, which are arranged one behind the other, in particular along a conveying path of the containers through the system. The measuring cells are preferably moved one behind the other, parallel or synchronously with containers arranged one behind the other.
  • the monitoring device is preferably designed such that one measuring cell interacts with a container in the nest in order to determine the electrical properties of the container and/or the filling material arranged therein.
  • the determination of the electrical properties usually requires a certain period of time; by having several measuring cells arranged one behind the other, the determination of electrical properties of several containers arranged one behind the other can be carried out in an overlapping manner.
  • the time period required for the determination of electrical properties of containers for level determination is advantageous, for example, is approximately 10 ms [milliseconds]. This can increase the conveying speed for containers through the system.
  • the measuring cell is preferably designed with at least one electrode, or particularly preferably with an electrode arrangement that can be brought close to the container in such a way that the measuring cell, together with the container or the filling material contained in the container, acts like a capacitor.
  • the filling material preferably changes the capacitive properties of the measuring cell. These capacitive properties, and in particular the change in these capacitive properties, can be provided to the evaluation device as a measured value in order to determine a fill level or a filling quantity of the liquid filling material.
  • the fill level determination via electrical properties of the filling material with the monitoring device described here enables a fill level determination that can also be carried out while the containers are moving through the system or through the monitoring device.
  • a cylindrical section here refers to a shape that extends partially around the circumference of a container.
  • the measuring cells or electrode arrangements do not completely enclose the containers in the circumferential direction during the determination of the electrical properties.
  • the measuring cells or electrode arrangements only encompass a circumferential section of the containers, so that the containers can be engaged with the measuring cells or electrode arrangement outside of this section.
  • the system is designed to process a continuous supply of containers, at least in the area of the at least one electrical monitoring device.
  • the system and the monitoring device are particularly designed to ensure that no timing of containers takes place - preferably neither during filling nor during the determination of electrical properties for level determination.
  • a continuous supply line refers, in particular, to a continuous flow of containers that are fed to the monitoring device or that pass through the filling system.
  • the containers are constantly moving within the system.
  • the containers are constantly moving, from a feed device for feeding empty containers to the system to a supply device for supplying containers filled with the filling material.
  • one moving container after another is passed through the monitoring device, and the electrical properties of the container are determined to determine the fill level.
  • the entrainment element is designed as part of a entrainment device which is designed to at least partially encompass at least one container and to transmit forces to the container in order to achieve a conveying movement of the container.
  • a carrier device preferably simultaneously forms a measuring cell transport device, which transports the measuring cells parallel or synchronously to the containers.
  • the carrier device with the carrier elements for transporting the containers and the measuring cell transport device for moving or transporting the measuring cells to be independent of each other (i.e., not directly mechanically coupled), but to be moved synchronously, so that a measuring cell is always temporarily guided synchronously or parallel to a container.
  • a carrier device for conveying containers through the system and/or a measuring cell transport device comprises a circulation device on which a plurality of carrier elements or measuring cells are arranged and designed to circulate and to convey containers through the system in a carrier section of the circulation device, wherein carrier elements or the measuring cells are moved in the carrier section with containers along a conveying direction for containers in order to be transferred at one end of the carrier section into deflection regions and a return region of the circulation device and to be fed back to a start of the carrier section.
  • the carrier elements and/or the measuring cells are preferably arranged on a chain and/or a wheel which rotates and circulates during operation of the system and thereby guides the movement of the individual carrier elements or measuring cells through the carrier section as well as the deflection areas and the return area.
  • the determination of the electrical properties usually requires a certain period of time; by having several measuring cells arranged one behind the other, the determination of electrical properties of several containers arranged one behind the other can take place with a temporal overlap.
  • the time period that is advantageous for determining the electrical properties of containers for fill level determination is, for example, approximately 10 ms [milliseconds]. This can increase the conveying speed for containers through the system.
  • the above-described monitoring devices primarily involve the determination of the electrical properties of the containers continuously, i.e. not in a timed manner.
  • the system described here can also be configured to perform synchronized container processing, particularly in the area of the monitoring device.
  • the system can be designed to carry out a clocked processing of a group of containers at least in the area of the at least one electrical monitoring device.
  • the carrier element is designed as a slider in which the at least one measuring cell is integrated and which is designed to feed a group of containers to a processing station simultaneously.
  • Such a slide preferably has a fixed number of carrier elements, each of which can accommodate a container.
  • each of these carrier elements has a measuring cell for determining the electrical properties of a container.
  • Such a slide can, for example, be fed with a continuous stream or supply of containers, with the containers filling all of the slide's drive elements one after the other. As soon as the slide's drive elements are completely filled, the slide can be used to convey the containers further together. This is then called cyclic operation because a group of containers is always conveyed at the same time and then the conveying is interrupted. Such a change to cyclic operation can occur, for example, in order to feed a group of containers (cyclically) to a filling device. It is particularly advantageous to provide the described monitoring device at a point within the system at which a change from continuous processing/conveying of containers to cyclic processing/conveying of containers takes place. At such a point, containers regularly remain on the drive elements for a certain period of time. This period can be used particularly advantageously to record electrical properties for fill level determination.
  • carrier elements can be designed as format parts. It is particularly preferred if the carrier element has an interchangeable format part that can be adapted to the containers filled by the system.
  • the measuring cells are preferably (at least partially) integrated into such format parts.
  • measuring cells have electrode arrangements integrated into the format parts.
  • the system has a filling station for filling the liquid product into the containers.
  • the containers are processed continuously or intermittently.
  • Filling materials are preferably moved synchronously with the containers in the filling station, or containers are fixed in position for the duration of the filling process.
  • the system prefferably, it is also possible for the system to have a (single) monitoring device, with which the electrical properties can be determined both before and after filling of the product.
  • the system is then configured to move containers to the filling station after an initial determination of the electrical properties on or with the monitoring device.
  • the system is further configured to return containers to the filling station after filling. monitoring device so that a second determination of the electrical properties can be carried out there.
  • a first electrical property can preferably be determined for each individual container before filling with filling material, while using the second monitoring device in the conveying direction downstream of the filling station, a second electrical property is determined after filling.
  • the evaluation device is preferably configured to calculate a difference or a differential between the second electrical property and the first electrical property and to determine the fill level based on this.
  • the container itself as well as the respective measuring cell have electrical properties of their own which overlay the electrical properties of the liquid filling material when determining the second electrical property using the second monitoring device.
  • the specific designs of the first monitoring device and the second monitoring device largely correspond to one another, so that it is reasonably possible to offset measured values from the two monitoring devices to calculate differences in the measured values or to calculate a differential.
  • Vials, ampoules, or carpules are preferably stored upright in carrier devices for transport through the system.
  • the vials, ampoules, and carpules in particular, have contact with their bases on a flat support surface of the carrier element.
  • a flat section of the carrier element, on which the containers stand, is preferably located below the containers.
  • the vials, ampoules, or carpules preferably have contact exclusively with the flat section or the flat support surface.
  • the system described here is specifically designed to test containers arranged one behind the other as they move along a conveyor path and to determine their fill levels.
  • the electrical properties measured on one container may be influenced by the electrical properties of adjacent containers (or containers arranged in front of and behind it).
  • Such cross-influences occur particularly when electrode arrangements do not completely enclose the respective container.
  • the method is repeated for a plurality of nests with containers, wherein a fill level determination is regularly checked on the basis of electrical properties by carrying out a gravimetric fill level determination with a weighing device at least in step a) and/or in step c).
  • Fig. 2 a three-dimensional representation of a detail of a monitoring device
  • Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a monitoring device 5, 9 for a described system 1.
  • the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 is only an example.
  • the principle of the monitoring device 5, 9 can be applied to many other embodiments.
  • a feed 21 can be seen, with which containers 2 are fed to a conveying device 12.
  • This conveying device 12 is designed as a wheel 23 and has conveying elements 3 for transporting containers 2 with a conveying movement 22 in a conveying direction 10.
  • the conveying device 12 has a conveying section 15, in which the conveying elements 3 convey containers 2, as well as a deflection area 16 or return area 17, in which the empty conveying elements 3 are returned.
  • Such a wheel 23 can also be referred to as a circulating device 13.
  • the slider 19 is then preferably used to feed a group of containers 2 thus formed in a cycle to another processing station, for example a filling station 8, in which the containers can be processed simultaneously.
  • Such sliders 19 are regularly used in systems 1 to switch from a continuous conveying of containers 2 to a cyclic conveying of containers 2.
  • Fig. 1 shows, by way of example, that the monitoring device 5, 9 is arranged in the carrier device 12, which is designed as a slide 19.
  • the monitoring device 5, 9 has a measuring cell 6 with an electrode arrangement 11 on each carrier element 3 of the carrier device 12, with which the electrical properties of the containers 2 or the product 4 contained therein can be recorded for fill level determination.
  • an electrode arrangement is shown as an example only on one of the carrier elements 3.
  • the monitoring device 5, 9 or the measuring cells 6 and electrode assemblies 11 of the monitoring device 5, 9 could alternatively also be implemented in the carrier elements 3 of the carrier device 12 designed as a wheel 23. Such a variant is shown in three-dimensional form in Fig. 2.
  • the carrier device 12 designed as a wheel 23 has carrier elements 3 in which measuring cells 6 or electrode assemblies 11 are arranged, which are connected to an evaluation device 7 for determining the fill level.
  • Carrying elements 3 are designed with interchangeable format parts 24 which can be exchanged in order to adapt the system 1 to different types of containers 2.
  • Fig. 3 shows a first embodiment of a described system 1 for filling a liquid product 4.
  • the system 1 is configured in particular so that the fill level of containers 2 can be determined during a conveying movement 22 of the containers 2 through the system 1.
  • the system 1 serves to fill the containers 2.
  • Such a system 1 preferably has a series of processing stations arranged one behind the other, each of which is shown schematically here. The containers 2 are moved through the system 1 from one processing station to the next in the conveying direction 10.
  • containers 2 are provided. Subsequently, containers 2 are fed to the first monitoring device 5, wherein first electrical properties for each container 2 are determined using the first monitoring device 5. This corresponds to step a) of the described method. This is followed by a filling station 8, with which the filling material 4 is dosed from a filling material supply 20 into the containers 2. This corresponds to step b) of the described method. Next, the containers 2 are fed to the second monitoring device 9, wherein second electrical properties for each container 2 are determined using the second monitoring device 9. This corresponds to step c) of the described method.
  • the first electrical properties determined by the first monitoring device 5 and the second electrical properties determined by the second monitoring device 9 are fed together, preferably individually for each container 2, to the evaluation device 7, which then determines the fill level based on the electrical properties and, in particular, based on a difference or differential between the second electrical properties and the first electrical properties.
  • step d) of the described method The embodiment of system 1 according to Fig. 4 essentially corresponds to the embodiment according to Fig. 3, so that reference is made here to the explanations for Fig. 3.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une installation (1) qui comporte au moins un dispositif de surveillance (5, 9) électrique destiné à déterminer au moins une propriété électrique du récipient (2) et/ou un produit de remplissage (4) contenu dans le récipient (2), le dispositif de surveillance (5, 9) présentant au moins une cellule de mesure (6) qui est conçue de manière à déterminer dans chaque cas des propriétés électriques d'un récipient (2), ladite moins une cellule de mesure (6) du dispositif de surveillance (5, 9) étant intégrée dans un élément d'entraînement (3) qui est conçu de manière à transporter des récipients (2) dans l'installation (1), ladite installation (1) présentant en outre un dispositif d'évaluation (7) au moyen duquel une détermination d'un niveau de remplissage du produit de remplissage (4) dans le récipient (2) peut être effectuée, sur la base de propriétés électriques d'un récipient (2) identifiées par une cellule de mesure (6).
PCT/EP2025/056995 2024-03-27 2025-03-14 Installation pour remplir des récipients d'un produit de remplissage, pourvue d'un système de surveillance du niveau de remplissage Pending WO2025201914A1 (fr)

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