Method and device for filling with a filling product
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsAnton Huber, Josef Doblinger, Florian Angerer
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Abstract
A method for filling with a filling product, for example for filling with a beverage in a beverage filling plant by the free jet method, includes supplying a flow of filling product through a filling product supply line by opening a filling valve disposed in the filling product supply line and opening an associated regulating valve for regulating a volume flow, and closing the regulating valve and the filling valve in order to end the flow of filling product at the end of filling. The closing of the regulating valve and the filling valve are synchronized. A corresponding device is also described.
Claims18
A method for filling with a filling product, comprising:
- supplying a flow of the filling product through a filling product supply line by opening a filling valve disposed in the filling product supply line and opening a regulating valve configured to regulate a volume flow of the filling product;
- closing the regulating valve and the filling valve to end the flow of filling product at an end of filling, wherein the closing of the regulating valve and the filling valve are synchronized such that the regulating valve and the filling valve reach a closed position at the same time;
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- controlling the regulating valve and the filling valve with a time delay equal to a time offset.
A device for filling with a filling product, comprising:
- a filling valve disposed at an end of a filling product supply line and configured to open and close the filling product supply line;
- a regulating valve disposed upstream of the filling valve and configured to regulate a volume flow of the filling product to the filling valve;
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- a control system configured:
- to close the regulating valve and the filling valve in a synchronized manner such that the regulating valve and the filling valve reach a closed position at the same time, and
- to actuate the regulating valve and the filling valve with a time delay equal to a time offset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.