Dosing apparatus, a machine for producing single-dose capsules and relative dosing method
AssigneeFameccanica.Data S.p.A.
InventorsOscar Centorame, Diego Gualtieri
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Abstract
A dosing apparatus for dosing powdered substances for producing single-dose capsules, having at least one compartment in which at least one powdered substance is present, including a forming unit having one or more molds movable in an advancement direction, and a dosing unit including at least one dosing plate having one or more chambers, in each of which a quantity of at least one of the powdered substances can be inserted, to be subsequently transferred from at least one of the chambers to a respective mold.
Claims12
A dosing apparatus for dosing powdered substances for producing single-dose capsules, comprising at least one compartment in which at least one of said powdered substances is present, comprising:
- a forming unit, having one or more molds movable in an advancement direction on a conveyor of a continuous moving type, and
- a dosing unit comprising at least one dosing plate provided with one or more chambers each configured to contain a pre-dosed quantity of at least one of said powdered substances, and to transfer said quantity to a respective mold to be filled of the one or more molds, the dosing unit having a dosing plate moving arrangement separate from the conveyor of the forming unit,
- wherein in operation said at least one dosing plate is pre-filled at the dosing unit with the pre-dosed quantity of at least one of said powdered substances to be transferred into the respective mold to be filled before the at least one dosing plate exits the dosing unit, then the at least one dosing plate pre-filled with the pre-dosed quantity is:
- transferred from the dosing plate moving arrangement of the dosing unit to the forming unit,
- then is positioned on the respective mold to be filled and is configured to move at a same speed as the respective mold to be filled, so as not to present any relative motion between the at least one dosing plate and the respective mold to be filled for an entire time needed to fill the respective mold to be filled.
A dosing method, for dosing pre-dosed powdered substances for producing single-dose capsules, comprising at least one compartment in which at least one of said powdered substances is present, comprising:
- inserting a quantity of at least one of said pre-dosed powdered substances into at least one chamber of a dosing plate at a dosing unit;
- after inserting the quantity of at least one of said pre-dosed powdered substances into at least one chamber of the dosing plate at the dosing unit, transferring the dosing plate with the inserted quantity of the at least one of said pre-dosed powdered substances to a forming unit having one or more molds movable in an advancement direction on a conveyor of a continuous moving type,
- after transferring the dosing plate with the inserted quantity of the at least one of said pre-dosed powdered substances to the forming unit, positioning said dosing plate with the inserted quantity on a respective mold to be filled of the one or more molds, and
- moving the dosing plate at a same speed as the respective mold to be filled, so as not to present any relative motion between the dosing plate and the respective mold to be filled for an entire time needed to fill the respective mold to be filled, and
- transferring said quantity of at least one of said pre-dosed powdered substances from said at least one chamber of the dosing plate into the respective mold to be filled while the dosing plate and the respective mold to be filled are moving at the same speed.
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