Granted Patent B2

US 12,466,149 · App. 18/249,642 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Inventors: Thomas Brinz (Bissingen an der Teck, DE); Fabian Werner (Waiblingen, DE); Torsten Grass (Urbach, DE); Matthias Mössinger (Großerlach, DE)

Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH

B30B15/304B30B11/08B30B15/14

Abstract

Claims (30)

1 . A filling unit ( 10 ) for a rotary press ( 12 ), the filling unit ( 10 ) comprising:

a filling wheel ( 14 ) configured to fill a medium to be dosed into die bores ( 16 ) of a die disk ( 18 ) of the rotary press ( 12 ); wherein the filling wheel ( 14 ) is an impeller wheel ( 20 ) configured to convey the medium to be dosed by a rotating movement of blades ( 22 );

a dosing wheel ( 24 ) configured to dose a quantity of medium to be dosed into the respective die bores ( 16 ) of the die disk ( 18 ), wherein the dosing wheel ( 24 ) is an impeller wheel ( 26 ) configured to dose the amount of medium to be dosed by sweeping over the die bores ( 16 ) of the die disk ( 18 ) with rotating movement of blades ( 28 );

at least one medium feed unit ( 36 ) configured to feed the medium to the filling wheel ( 14 ),

wherein the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) each have a conveying surface ( 40 ) with which the respective impeller wheel ( 20 , 26 ) conveys the medium,

wherein the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and dosing wheel ( 24 ) are configured such that the conveying surface ( 40 ) of the respective blades ( 22 , 28 ) can be varied in shape,

wherein the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) have a triangular or an at least partially rounded cross-section,

wherein the shape of the conveying surface ( 40 ) is variable by a rotation of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) and without disassembly and/or replacement of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) about a respective extension axis ( 38 ),

or by a variable inclination of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) and without disassembly and/or replacement of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) with respect to a radial direction ( 45 ) extending from an axis of rotation ( 42 ) of the respective impeller wheel ( 20 , 26 ),

or by a variable curvature of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) and without disassembly and/or replacement of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ).

2 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) are configured to be displaceable parallel to the axis of rotation ( 42 ) of the respective impeller wheel ( 20 , 26 ).

3 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the blades ( 22 , 28 , 34 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) have a constant cross-section along at least one region of their respective extension axis ( 38 ).

4 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the blades ( 22 , 28 , 34 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) are configured to be exchangeable.

5 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) each have blades ( 22 , 28 ) with a different cross-section along their respective extension axis ( 38 ).

6 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) are arranged in such a way that an extension of the respective extension axis ( 38 ) runs at a distance from an axis of rotation ( 42 ) of the respective impeller wheel ( 20 , 26 ).

7 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the filling unit ( 10 ) is designed in such a way that a direction of rotation and/or a speed of rotation of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) can be varied.

8 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the medium feed unit ( 36 ) comprises a conveying switch by which the medium to be dosed can be fed selectively to the filling wheel ( 14 ).

9 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the filling unit ( 10 ) has at least one electric motor ( 50 ), wherein the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) is driven by the at least one electric motor ( 50 ) directly or via at least one gear wheel ( 48 ), and/or wherein the rotational position of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) and/or the inclination of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) with respect to a radial direction ( 45 ) extending from an axis of rotation ( 42 ) of the respective impeller wheel ( 20 , 26 ) is varied by the at least one electric motor ( 50 ) directly or via the at least one gear wheel ( 46 ).

10 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) are designed to be rotatable by more than 180°.

11 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the blades ( 22 , 28 ) of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ) have a cross-section which has at least one corner and a rounded section.

12 . A method of providing an optimized rotary press comprising the steps of:

providing a first rotary press ( 12 ) having an adjustable filling unit ( 10 ), the adjustable filling unit ( 10 ) having at least one element with at least one adjustable configuration parameter;

producing a plurality of tablets with the first rotary press ( 12 ) with different settings of the configuration parameter in each case;

analyzing the produced tablets for desired properties to identify a tablet with preferred properties among the produced tablets;

identifying the setting of the configuration parameter at which the tablet with preferred properties was produced; and

providing at least a second rotary press having an optimized filling unit, the optimized filling unit having at least one element with a fixed predetermined configuration parameter at which the tablet with preferred properties was produced, wherein the adjustable filling unit is a filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 .

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the adjustable configuration parameter is a direction of rotation or a speed of rotation of the filling wheel ( 14 ) and/or dosing wheel ( 24 ), or a shape of the conveying surfaces ( 40 ) of the blades ( 22 , 28 ), a shape of the conveying surfaces ( 40 ) being varied by a rotation of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) about their respective extension axis ( 38 ), or by an inclination of the blades ( 22 , 28 ) with respect to a radial direction ( 45 ) extending from the axis of rotation ( 42 ) of the respective impeller wheel ( 20 , 26 ), or by varying a curvature of the blades ( 22 , 28 ).

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein in the step of producing tablets with the first rotary press ( 12 ), the settings for several configuration parameters are changed simultaneously.

15 . The filling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising a feed wheel ( 30 ) configured to feed the medium to be dosed to the filling wheel ( 14 ), wherein the feed wheel ( 30 ) is an impeller wheel ( 32 ) configured to convey the medium to be fed to the filling wheel ( 14 ) by a rotating movement of blades ( 34 ).

16 . The fillling unit ( 10 ) according to claim 15 , wherein the filling unit ( 10 ) is configured such that the feed wheel ( 30 ) can be switched into or out of a conveying path of the medium to be dosed.

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