Global Patent Index - EP 3725734 B1

EP 3725734 B1 20211110 - A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR FILLING A CONTAINER

Title (en)

A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR FILLING A CONTAINER

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM BEFÜLLEN EINES BEHÄLTERS

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR REMPLIR UN RÉCIPIENT

Publication

EP 3725734 B1 20211110 (EN)

Application

EP 19305503 A 20190418

Priority

EP 19305503 A 20190418

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3725734A1] A method for filling a container (2) with a pourable product by means of a modulating valve (5) provided with a shutter (8) movable through a plurality of positions includes the steps of getting (504) a first current value indicative of the position of the shutter (8), getting (505) a second current value indicative of a pressure of the pourable product, controlling (509) the position of the shutter (8) based on a third current value indicative of an actual flow rate of the pourable product through the valve (5), providing (501) a first relation (R1; T1) between the pressure (8) and a reference flow rate of the pourable product that flows when the shutter (8) is at a given reference position, providing (503) a second relation (R2; T2) between the position of the shutter and a parameter defined by a ratio between the actual flow rate and the reference flow rate, determining (506) a fourth current value of the parameter through the second relation (R2; T2) according to the first current value, determining (507) a fifth current value of the reference flow rate through the first relation (R1; T1) according to the second current value, and computing (508) the third current value from the fourth current value and the fifth current value.

IPC 8 full level

B67C 3/00 (2006.01); B67C 3/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B67C 3/007 (2013.01); B67C 3/286 (2013.01); B67C 3/287 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3725734 A1 20201021; EP 3725734 B1 20211110; WO 2020212029 A1 20201022

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19305503 A 20190418; EP 2020056627 W 20200312