JP2009026008A - Product type changing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for extending operation time of a production line by shortening a stop time for increasing an amount of production. <P>SOLUTION: This product type changing method includes changing the product type of beverage and/or a barrel-shaped container in a production line for successively injecting beverage to a plurality of barrel-shaped containers by a barreling machine. The production line is divided into at least 14 blocks, and after previous products are discharged from the respective blocks, product type in the blocks is changed. In the block prior to the last process, a mark for detection is attached to the last barrel-shaped container, and when the reflective mark is detected, it is notified and an apparatus for a predetermined block is temporarily stopped, while the mark is removed and products of the previous product type are discharged from the block in the last process. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for switching beer and can varieties in a beer production line.

  Conventionally, in a beer production line in which beer is sequentially poured into a plurality of barrel containers by a barrel filling machine, for example, when switching varieties from beer to sparkling liquor or from 19 liters to 10 liters, from 10 liters to 19 liters When switching varieties, it is common to implement the introduction of the next varieties after confirming the delivery of all previous varieties, and the switching time is the previous cultivar delivery time + barrel processing time + next It takes 30 minutes to 1 hour as the total time for introduction of the varieties.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for dividing a line into a plurality of blocks in a film processing line, waiting for one block to be completed (product payout) at the time of switching, and entering a switching work to shorten the switching time as a whole. Are listed.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-086045

  By the way, during the product switching, production cannot be performed because the barreling machine stops. For this reason, it is necessary to lengthen the operation time of the beer production line by shortening the stop time of the barreling machine and increase the production amount.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said subject, The objective is to implement | achieve the technique which can prolong the operation time of a manufacturing line by shortening a stop time, and can increase a production amount.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the product type switching method according to the present invention is a product of beverages and / or barrel-type containers in a production line in which beverages are sequentially poured into a plurality of barrel-type containers by a barrel filling machine. The manufacturing line is divided into at least 14 blocks, and after the previous product type is paid out from each block, the product type of the block is changed, and the block of the process before the final process is performed. At the end, a ring-shaped mark is attached to the final barrel-shaped container, and when the reflection mark is detected, the detection is notified, the equipment of the predetermined block is temporarily stopped, the mark is removed, and the final mark is removed. Distribute the previous varieties from the process block.

  Preferably, the mark is a ring-shaped reflection mark that can be placed on the upper surface of the barrel-shaped container.

  According to the present invention, by shortening the stop time, the operation time of the production line can be prolonged and the production amount can be increased.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The embodiment described below is an example as means for realizing the present invention, and the present invention can be applied to a modified or modified embodiment described below without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[Configuration of beer barrel filling line]
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a configuration of a beer production line according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In this embodiment, in a beer production line (barrel row) for sequentially injecting beer as a beverage into a plurality of barrel-shaped containers by a barreling machine that injects beer into the barrel-shaped container, at least one of beer and barrel-shaped containers It is a method of switching varieties.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the beer production line includes at least a block 1 from a charging process A for charging a barrel-shaped container to a barreling line to a barrel-setting process B for aligning the barrel-shaped containers; Block 2 to empty barrel inspection process C for performing an empty barrel inspection of the barrel-shaped container, and block 3 from the empty barrel inspection process C to the front washing process D for washing the outside of the barrel-shaped container with a washing machine, and Block 4 from the front D of the outer washing process to the mouth inspection process E for inspecting the mouthpiece of the barrel-shaped container by the mouthpiece inspection machine, and the inner washing for washing the inside of the barrel-shaped container from the mouthpiece inspection process E by the inner washing machine Block 5 up to F before the process, block 6 of the internal washing process G in which the barrel-shaped container is put into the internal washing machine, and barreling process of injecting beer into the barrel-shaped container from the internal washing process G by the barrel filling machine Put block 7 up to front H and barrel type container into barrel filling machine Block 8 of the clogging process I, block 9 from the clogging process I to the front J of the clogging inspection process for inspecting the barrel-shaped container by the leakage inspection machine, and the barrel shape from the clogging inspection process J to the autocapper From block 10 to capping step K for capping the container, block 11 from the capping step K to L during the conveying step for conveying a predetermined number of barrel-shaped containers to the palletizer arranged on the pallet, The block 12 up to the palletizer M, the block 13 from the palletizer M to the cap inspection process N for inspecting the cap of the barrel container, and the pallet-shaped barrel container from the cap inspection process N are bundled and carried out. It is divided into blocks 14 up to the unloading process O.

  FIG. 2 is a time chart illustrating the procedure for switching the type of the beer production line according to this embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, after the barrel type container of the previous product type is paid out for each block, the product type is switched to the next product type as necessary for the equipment. Put it on the line.

  Also, in the capping step K, a ring-shaped reflection mark is attached to the base of the final barrel container of the previous product type, and the reflection mark detection sensor indicates that the final barrel container with the reflection mark has reached the palletizer M. Detect by. When the reflection mark is detected, the palletizer stops temporarily, and the worker X removes the reflection mark attached to the final barrel container and confirms that the final barrel container has reached the cap inspection process N. Then, a switch provided in the vicinity of the cap inspection process N is turned on to notify the operator Y of the fact by an alarm or the like. Then, the final barrel-shaped container proceeds from the cap inspection process N to the unloading process O, and the product type switching is completed.

  In the type switching, the worker X inspects the barrel type containers of the previous type and the next type in block 2 of the empty barrel inspection process C. Further, the worker X moves to the block 13 in the cap inspection process N, removes the reflection mark attached to the final barrel-shaped container, and turns on the switch. Thus, in order to save the waste of the movement time of the barrel-shaped container between the process K to the process N, the worker X attaches a reflection mark to the final barrel-shaped container in the process K, and then the final barrel-shaped container is Since it is detected by the sensor that the process M has been reached, the next kind of empty barrel inspection can be performed in the process C in the meantime.

  In addition, the operator Y performs the operation management of the entire line, the delivery of the previous product for each block, the product switching, the confirmation of the next product, and the work of attaching the reflection mark to the final barrel container in the capping process K. Do.

  In addition, since the machine type of each block can be switched sequentially for each block after the previous type is paid out, the machine stop time of each process can be shortened.

  Specifically, the time for introducing the next variety into block 3 (process C to process D) could be shortened by 3 minutes compared to the conventional method (FIG. 3). Furthermore, the switching time of the barrel filling machine in block 8 could be shortened by 15 minutes compared to the conventional case.

  According to the said embodiment, the operation time of a beer production line can be prolonged by shortening a stop time, and a production amount can be increased.

  Specifically, if the stop time at each block is reduced to 4-6 minutes, the stop time of the barreling machine is reduced to 5 minutes, and the annual number of operating days is 250 days, then the reduction time is 15 minutes × 250 days = 3. It is shortened by 750 minutes. When this is converted into the number of production days (7 hours / day), the operating time can be extended by 3,750 minutes / (7 hours × 60 minutes) = 8.9 days (about 9 days). Moreover, when converted into a production amount (packing number: 13 / min), this corresponds to 3750 minutes × 13 / min = 48,750.

  Further, the reflective mark is formed in a ring shape, and the diameter thereof is smaller than the outer peripheral portion of the barrel-shaped container and larger than the base portion, so that it can be stably placed on the upper portion of the barrel-shaped container.

  If the number of divided blocks in the production line is too large, the number of switching operations increases from the completion of the previous product payout in each block, and the operation becomes complicated. On the other hand, if the number of divided blocks is too small, the waiting time for completion of the previous product delivery in each block becomes long, and the effect of shortening the stop time is not improved.

  Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to beverages other than beer and containers other than beer barrels.

It is a top view which shows the structure of the beer production line of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is a time chart which shows the kind change procedure of the beer production line of this embodiment. It is a time chart which shows the kind change procedure of the conventional beer production line.

Claims (2)

A method for switching beverages and / or varieties of barrel-shaped containers in a production line for sequentially injecting beverages into a plurality of barrel-shaped containers by a barrel filling machine,
Dividing the production line into at least 14 blocks;
After the previous type is paid out from each block, the type of the block is changed.
Attach a mark for detection to the final barrel-shaped container in the block of the process before the final process,
When the mark is detected, the fact that it has been detected is notified, the equipment of the predetermined block is temporarily stopped, the mark is removed, and the barrel type is discharged from the block of the final process. How to switch container types.   The method for switching types of barrel-shaped containers according to claim 1, wherein the mark is a ring-shaped reflective mark that can be placed on the upper surface of the barrel-shaped container.