摘要:
It is aimed to eliminate charges accumulated inside a wall structure of a resin vessel (2), which is sterilized by an electron beam irradiator (16), and an ionizer (134) disposed outside a filler (112) emits to the outer surface of the resin vessel (2) with negative ions having the same polarity as that of charges accumulated in the wall section of the resin vessel (2), while conveying the resin vessel (2) sterilized by the electron beam irradiator (16) to the filler (112), by which liquid fills the resin vessel (2). A filling nozzle (132) is connected to ground, and an ion flowing path is formed through a liquid column (La) filling the interior of the resin vessel (2) from the filling nozzle (132). The ions having the negative charges in a filling liquid (L) flow toward ground side of the ionizer (134), and on the other hand, ions having positive charges are attracted to the inner surface of the resin vessel (2) to thereby neutralize the charges remaining inside the wall structure of the resin vessel (2) with the ions having the positive charges.
摘要:
There is provided an electron beam sterilizer, judging, in an electron beam irradiation zone, whether an electron beam amount to be irradiated to a resin bottle 2 is proper or improper. The sterilizer includes an electron beam irradiator 16 for irradiating the resin bottle 2 with an electron beam through an irradiation window 18 and a bottle conveyer 20 for conveying the resin bottle 2, and the resin bottle 2 conveyed in front of the irradiation window 18 is irradiated with the electron beam to thereby sterilize the bottle 2. A beam collector 46 is disposed in front of the irradiation window 18 so as to oppose thereto. The beam collector 46 is supported in an electrically insulated manner by an insulating member 48. When the electron beam irradiates the beam collector 46, an electric current flowing into the beam collector 46 is measured by an electric current measuring device 52. The measured electric current is compared with a predetermined reference value by a comparator 54, and a judging unit 56 judges whether an amount of the electron beam irradiated to the resin bottle 2 is proper or improper. In the judgement, when it is judged to be improper, the improper resin bottle 2 and other resin bottles 2 conveying before and after that resin bottle 2 are removed by a reject unit 24 in accordance with instructions from a command unit 58.
摘要:
It is aimed to eliminate charges accumulated inside a wall structure of a resin vessel (2), which is sterilized by an electron beam irradiator (16), and an ionizer (134) disposed outside a filler (112) emits to the outer surface of the resin vessel (2) with negative ions having the same polarity as that of charges accumulated in the wall section of the resin vessel (2), while conveying the resin vessel (2) sterilized by the electron beam irradiator (16) to the filler (112), by which liquid fills the resin vessel (2). A filling nozzle (132) is connected to ground, and an ion flowing path is formed through a liquid column (La) filling the interior of the resin vessel (2) from the filling nozzle (132). The ions having the negative charges in a filling liquid (L) flow toward ground side of the ionizer (134), and on the other hand, ions having positive charges are attracted to the inner surface of the resin vessel (2) to thereby neutralize the charges remaining inside the wall structure of the resin vessel (2) with the ions having the positive charges.
摘要:
It is aimed to prevent electrical charging inside a resin material as well as a surface of a resin vessel at a time of sterilizing the resin vessel by being irradiated with electron beam. A bottle support unit is mounted to a lower end portion of a cylindrical rotating shaft rotatably supported by a rotating wheel. The bottle support unit includes a pair of griper members by which a mouth portion of a bottle is gripped. The bottle rotated and conveyed in a state supported by the bottle support unit is irradiated with the electron beam from an electron beam irradiator to thereby sterilize the bottle. A ground electrode is disposed to be capable of being inserted into the interior of the resin vessel through a mouth portion thereof, and the interior of the resin vessel is irradiated with the electron beam in a state of the ground electrode being inserted into the resin vessel. Since extra electrons or ions generated by the irradiation to the resin vessel with the electron beam flow outside, the charge amount of the resin vessel is alleviated.