CH652965A5 - Welding method for the leaktight closure of thermoplastic containers, particularly containers intended to contain foodstuffs - Google Patents
Welding method for the leaktight closure of thermoplastic containers, particularly containers intended to contain foodstuffs Download PDFInfo
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Abstract
In the welding method, the portion of molten material (8) is displaced during the welding cycle towards the upper face (3) of the edge of the container (2) and the portion (8) is then forced to flow laterally, on either side of the axis (5) of the welding line, under the cover sheet (4), so that it rids the welding line of any trace of foreign material which might interrupt the welding line. <IMAGE>
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REVENDICATIONS
1. Procédé de soudage pour la fermeture étanche de récipients en matière thermoplastique à l'aide d'une feuille de couverture, caracté- risé en ce qu'on déplace une portion de matière fondue lors du cycle de soudage vers la face supérieure (3) du bord du récipient (2) et qu'on force ensuite ladite portion (8) à s'écouler latéralement, de part et d'autre de l'axe (5) de la ligne de soudure, sous la feuille de couverture (4), de façon qu'elle débarrasse la ligne de soudure de toute trace de matériau étranger pouvant interrompre la ligne de soudure.
2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la fusion de la portion de matière (8) s'effectue à l'aide de tout moyen assurant la fusion quasi simultanée de la portion de matière située dans l'axe (5) de la ligne de soudure, à l'exception de la matière en contact direct avec les surfaces comparativement froides des instruments de soudage.
3. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la fusion de la portion de matière (8) s'effectue à l'aide d'ultrasons ou d'impulsions électromagnétiques à haute fréquence.
4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'on serre pendant la fusion la portion du récipient et la portion de la feuille de couverture destinées à former ensemble la fermeture étanche entre une enclume (1) portant un bossage (6) et une tête de soudage (7) de façon qu'au moins une partie et au maximum la totalité du bossage (6) soit enfoncée dans la matière.
5. Dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une enclume (1) présentant un bossage (6) et une tête de soudage (7), mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre, l'élément mobile se déplaçant selon l'axe (5) de la ligne de soudure.
6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la tête de soudage (7) représente l'élément mobile.
7. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 5 et 6, caractérisé en ce que la surface de la tête de soudage (7) en contact avec la feuille de couverture (4) est plane.
L'invention a pour objet un procédé permettant de réaliser par soudage la fermeture hermétique de récipients en matière thermoplastique, destinés à contenir des matières sensibles notamment à l'intrusion de bactéries, de liquides ou de gaz, tel l'oxygène par exemple.
Il est quasi inévitable, notamment lorsque les opérations de conditionnement des aliments s'effectuent mécaniquement, que des particules de matière alimentaire ou autre soient déposées sur la zone prévue pour la soudure. Lors des opérations de contrôle subséquentes, de telles imperfections peuvent être alors détectées et provoquent ainsi le rejet de nombreux récipients, par conséquent une proportion élevée des pertes lors du conditionnement.
L'invention a précisément pour but de remédier à ces inconvénients.
A cet effet, le procédé selon l'invention est conçu tel que défini par la revendication 1.
Le procédé de la présente invention présente la particularité de permettre l'obtention d'une ligne de soudure totalement exempte de toute trace de produit contaminant qui, par sa présence, aurait créé l'interruption de ladite ligne de soudure et, par conséquent, favorisé la pénétration de produits, micro-organismes, liquides ou gaz non désirés.
Le procédé est particulièrement bien adapté â la fermeture étanche, à l'aide d'une feuille de couverture, de récipients en matière thermoplastique destinés à recevoir des produits sensibles, notamment des aliments, et dont le bord destiné à être soudé à la feuille de couverture aurait été au préalable souillé par des traces ou particules alimentaires au cours de la phase de remplissage.
Une mise en oeuvre du procédé selon l'invention sera décrite, à titre d'exemple, en se référant au dessin annexé, dans lequel:
la fig. 1 est une vue en coupe illustrant le dispositif de soudage avant l'opération de soudage proprement dite,
la fig. 2 est une vue en coupe illustrant le fonctionnement du dispositif selon l'invention,
la fig. 3 est une vue en coupe illustrant le dispositif selon l'invention une fois l'opération de soudage terminée.
La fusion de la portion de matière thermoplastique 8 peut s'effectuer par tout moyen assurant la fusion quasi simultanée de la portion de matière située dans l'axe 5 de la ligne de soudure, à l'exception de la matière en contact direct avec les surfaces comparativement froides des instruments de soudage.
On peut avantageusement effectuer cette fusion à l'aide d'ultrasons ou d'impulsions électromagnétiques a haute fréquence par exemple (micro-ondes).
Le dispositif servant à la mise en oeuvre du procédé de soudage comprend une enclume 1 pourvue d'un bossage 6. Au contact de ce bossage vient se placer le bord du récipient 2 auquel se superpose la feuille de couverture 4. Cette dernière se trouve en contact avec la tête de soudage 7, dont la surface est essentiellement plane et dépourvue d'aspérités majeures. Les éléments 7 et I sont mobiles Fun par rapport à l'autre. La tête de soudage 7 est de préférence l'élément mobile du dispositif; elle se déplace selon l'axe 5 de la ligne de soudure, comme indiqué par la flèche sur la fig. 2, le plus généralement verticalement.
Lw fusion de la portion de matière une fois réalisée à l'aide de moyens connus tels ceux décrits ci-dessus, la pression exercée par la tête de soudure 7 sur l'ensemble 2 et 4 provoque l'enfoncement du bossage 6 de l'enclume I dans le bord du récipient 2. La portion de matière fondue 8 est en un premier temps progressivement forcée vers la face supérieure 3, c'est-à-dire vers le haut. Une fois parvenue à à cette dite face supérieure 3, sous l'effet de la pression exercée par la tête 7, la masse de matière fondue s'écoule à l'interface, de part et d'autre de l'axe 5, le plus généralement horizontalement. Cette situation est illustrée par la fig. 2.
Au cours de ce déplacement de matière fondue, la surface de la feuille de couverture 4 n'est pratiquement pas altérée, cette dernière demeurant relativement froide par rapport à la température de la portion de matière 8. Toute trace de particule étrangère ou de matière alimentaire est par conséquent entraînée lors de ce déplacement de matière fondue.
La profondeur de pénétration du bossage 6 dans le bord du récipient 2 détermine la quantité de matière ainsi déplacée lors du procédé de soudage. Elle peut être aisément contrôlée. La hauteur dudit bossage 6, en outre, détermine la profondeur de pénétration maximale.
Une fois les opérations terminées et la matière fondue refroidie, le bord du récipient 2 se retrouve dans un état structurel voisin de celui de l'origine, l'excédent de matière thermoplastique déplacé durant le procédé constituant désormais une ligne de soudure ininterrompue. Une telle ligne de soudure peut alors efficacement s'opposer à toute pénétration d'élément contaminant étranger tel que micro-organisme, liquide ou gaz.
Pour la réalisation de la fermeture étanche de récipients par le procédé de soudage selon l'invention, on utilisera le plus généralement des récipients dont le bord destiné au soudage présente une épaisseur supérieure a la hauteur du bossage 6, et également supérieure à l'épaisseur de la feuille de couverture 4. Il est important de veiller à ce que l'épaisseur de ladite feuille 4 ne soit pas diminuée de façon importante au cours des opérations, ni que sa structure soit altérée.
Le procédé de l'invention a l'avantage de n'affecter au plus qu'une très faible portion de la feuille de couverture 4, et cela de manière parfaitement contrôlable.
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CLAIMS
1. Welding method for sealing of thermoplastic containers using a cover sheet, characterized in that a portion of molten material is displaced during the welding cycle towards the upper face (3 ) from the edge of the container (2) and then forcing said portion (8) to flow laterally, on either side of the axis (5) of the weld line, under the cover sheet ( 4), so that it rids the weld line of all traces of foreign material which can interrupt the weld line.
2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the melting of the portion of material (8) is carried out using any means ensuring the almost simultaneous melting of the portion of material located in the axis (5) of the weld line, except for material in direct contact with the comparatively cold surfaces of the welding instruments.
3. Method according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the fusion of the portion of material (8) is carried out using ultrasound or high frequency electromagnetic pulses.
4. Method according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that during the fusion tightens the portion of the container and the portion of the cover sheet intended to form together the seal between an anvil (1) carrying a boss (6) and a welding head (7) so that at least part and at most the entire boss (6) is pressed into the material.
5. Device for implementing the method according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises an anvil (1) having a boss (6) and a welding head (7), movable relative to the other, the movable element moving along the axis (5) of the weld line.
6. Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the welding head (7) represents the movable element.
7. Device according to one of claims 5 and 6, characterized in that the surface of the welding head (7) in contact with the cover sheet (4) is planar.
The subject of the invention is a process allowing the hermetic sealing of containers made of thermoplastic material, intended to contain materials sensitive in particular to the intrusion of bacteria, liquids or gases, such as oxygen for example.
It is almost inevitable, especially when food packaging operations are carried out mechanically, that particles of food or other material are deposited on the zone provided for welding. During subsequent control operations, such imperfections can then be detected and thus cause the rejection of many containers, consequently a high proportion of losses during packaging.
The object of the invention is precisely to remedy these drawbacks.
To this end, the method according to the invention is designed as defined by claim 1.
The process of the present invention has the particularity of allowing a weld line to be obtained which is completely free of any trace of contaminating product which, by its presence, would have created the interruption of said weld line and, consequently, favored penetration of unwanted products, microorganisms, liquids or gases.
The method is particularly well suited to sealing, using a cover sheet, containers of thermoplastic material intended to receive sensitive products, in particular food, and the edge of which intended to be welded to the sheet of cover would have been previously contaminated with traces or food particles during the filling phase.
An implementation of the method according to the invention will be described, by way of example, with reference to the appended drawing, in which:
fig. 1 is a sectional view illustrating the welding device before the actual welding operation,
fig. 2 is a sectional view illustrating the operation of the device according to the invention,
fig. 3 is a sectional view illustrating the device according to the invention once the welding operation has ended.
The portion of thermoplastic material 8 can be melted by any means ensuring the almost simultaneous melting of the portion of material located in the axis 5 of the weld line, with the exception of the material in direct contact with the comparatively cold surfaces of welding instruments.
This fusion can advantageously be carried out using ultrasound or high frequency electromagnetic pulses for example (microwave).
The device used for carrying out the welding process comprises an anvil 1 provided with a boss 6. In contact with this boss, the edge of the container 2 is placed, on which the covering sheet 4 is superimposed. contact with the welding head 7, the surface of which is essentially flat and devoid of major roughness. Elements 7 and I are movable Fun with respect to each other. The welding head 7 is preferably the mobile element of the device; it moves along the axis 5 of the weld line, as indicated by the arrow in fig. 2, most generally vertically.
Lw melting of the portion of material once produced using known means such as those described above, the pressure exerted by the welding head 7 on the assembly 2 and 4 causes the boss 6 of the anvil I in the edge of the container 2. The portion of molten material 8 is initially progressively forced towards the upper face 3, that is to say upwards. Once at this so-called upper face 3, under the effect of the pressure exerted by the head 7, the mass of molten material flows at the interface, on either side of the axis 5, the more generally horizontally. This situation is illustrated in fig. 2.
During this displacement of molten material, the surface of the cover sheet 4 is practically not altered, the latter remaining relatively cold compared to the temperature of the portion of material 8. Any trace of foreign particle or food material is therefore driven during this displacement of molten material.
The depth of penetration of the boss 6 in the edge of the container 2 determines the amount of material thus displaced during the welding process. It can be easily controlled. The height of said boss 6, moreover, determines the maximum penetration depth.
Once the operations are completed and the molten material has cooled, the edge of the container 2 is found in a structural state close to that of the origin, the excess of thermoplastic material displaced during the process now constituting an uninterrupted weld line. Such a weld line can then effectively oppose any penetration of foreign contaminating elements such as microorganisms, liquids or gases.
For the sealing of containers by the welding method according to the invention, containers will generally be used whose edge intended for welding has a thickness greater than the height of the boss 6, and also greater than the thickness of the cover sheet 4. It is important to ensure that the thickness of said sheet 4 is not significantly reduced during operations, nor that its structure is altered.
The method of the invention has the advantage of affecting at most only a very small portion of the cover sheet 4, and this in a perfectly controllable manner.
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