Khs Gmbh

Focke & Co.

Hauni Maschinenbau Ag

Khs Corpoplast Gmbh

Alfred Drenguis

Dieter Klatt

Michael Wegmann

Heinz H Focke

Volker Till

Jürgen Focke, Legal Representative

Doris Focke, Legal Representative

Reinhard Hoppe

Marius Michael Herrmann

Jürgen Herrmann

Ralf Barkmann

Tobias Jacobi

Claas Fritsche

Jörg Beckmann

Christina Ott

Andreas Storcks

Klaus-Jurgen Pohl

Frauke Illigner

Remo Schulz

A device for the integrated production and filling of containers and a method for cleaning and/or disinfecting at least the mold of at least one molding and filling station of the device. During a cleaning and/or disinfecting operation of the device, at least the inside of the mold is cleaned and/or disinfected with at least one cleaning and/or disinfecting agent by at least one cleaning element. During the cleaning and/or disinfecting operation, the at least one mold is opened and closed at least once, preferably many times and/or the plunger is moved at least once, preferably many times, between its initial position and end position.

Method and device for cleaning and/or disinfecting a device for producing containers filled with a liquid filling material

A method and device for producing filled containers from preforms made of a thermoplastic material. The preforms are respectively transferred to a molding or filling element of a molding and filling station and are shaped in the respective container in a subsequent molding and filling process inside a mold of the molding and filling station due to the action of the pressure of a supplied filling material in the preform. The respective container is withdrawn from the molding and filling element of the molding and filling station after molding and filling.

Method and device for producing filled containers made from preforms

A method and apparatus for sterilizing containers, such as cans, bottles, or similar containers. The method involves relatively moving a container and an elongated electron radiation treatment member with respect to one another, such that the treatment member is located in the container. The treatment member is used to treat the entire inside surface of the container with identical or essentially identical radiation power, and then is removed from the container.

Method of sterilizing bottles with electron radiation and a sterilizing arrangement therefor

A container handling installation in which retaining and transport elements transport containers in a transport direction and in which filling stations fill containers with product includes an inspection device for checking the container for unwanted foreign matter. The inspection device is integral with the retaining and transport element and includes a piezo sensor. Also included is an evaluation unit connected to the inspection device. The inspection device is configured to connect to the container such that the container and the inspection device move together in a respective direction of movement and in the transport direction.

Inspection device for inspecting foreign matter

The invention relates to a device for transporting bottles or similar containers between a transfer position and a discharge position, comprising a transport element that may be driven in a rotating manner about at least one vertical machine axis and several container receptacles provided on the transport element and having, for example, a gripper-like design for picking up and holding in each case one container during the transport thereof from the transfer position to the discharge position.

Device for transporting bottles or similar containers

An apparatus for sterilizing cap-like closures for closing bottles includes a conveying system to move the cap-like closures through a treatment zone in which the cap-like closures are exposed to ultraviolet radiation for sterilization, the treatment zone having ultraviolet radiation sources for emitting ultraviolet light. Within the treatment zone, the conveying system includes a rotor that can be driven to rotate about a vertical rotor axis, and closure holders formed on a periphery of the rotor. Each closure holder is oriented with a longitudinal extension thereof in a direction of the rotor axis. The closure holders are configured for moving the cap-like closures vertically from top to bottom through the treatment zone on a treatment section between a closure supply and a closure discharge.

Device for sterilizing closures for containers

An apparatus for sterilizing cap-like container closures includes a transport system for moving closures through treatment zones. The first zone preheats the closures, the second exposes them to a sterilizing agent, and the third activates or dries them. The first and third zones each have a rotor that circulates about a rotor axis thereof, and closure holders formed on a periphery thereof for moving closures through the first zone from a closure pickup disposed therein to a first closure delivery position, and through the third zone from a second closure delivery position disposed therein to a closure discharge. The second treatment zone is between the first and second closure delivery positions such that closures delivered to the first position, after passing the second zone and after exposure to the sterilizing agent, are passed on to a closure holder ready at the second position of the rotor in the third zone.

A passage for the sealed and/or sterile passage of a functional element (), for example a rod and/or wave-like functional element through at least one wall () separating a sterile chamber () from an non-sterile chamber, comprising at least one hydraulic seal () enabling a relative movement of the functional element () in relation to the at least one wall ().

Container treatment machine with a passage for passing

The container has a bottle-like shape and is made of thermoplastic material. The container is provided with a mouth section which has a fixing ring () on the outside. The pre-form is provided for the production of such a container. Both the pre-form and the container produced therefrom are designed without any supporting ring. In order to enable handling, an associated holding device () acts on a fixing ring () of the pre-form or the container.

Method and apparatus for handling workpiece

The invention relates to a device for sterilizing caps or the like closures for closing bottles or the like containers. Said device comprises a conveyor system conveying the caps in a direction of conveyance through a treatment section having a plurality of successive treatment stations in the direction of conveyance.

Device for sterilizing closures

A buffer store for storing containers having a container axis has rotor that can be driven to rotate about a vertical machine axis. The rotor includes storing units distributed around the machine axis. Each one forms a storage region extending extends along an axial direction thereof in the rotor's longitudinal direction to accommodate containers in a storage position. Each container is oriented with its axis in either square or radial to the machine axis. A transport system introduces containers into and causes them to issue from the storage regions. The transport system swivels a container into storage position upon introduction of the container from a normal container position in which its container axis extends in a vertical direction. It also swivels a container out of storage position and into the normal position as the container is issued from a storage region.

Store, in particular buffer store for storing bottles or similar containers

A distributor or hopper is part of a cigarette production machine and serves for dressing the tobacco in the provision of a continuous tobacco strand. An integral part of a distributor is a metering system which prepares the tobacco for the production of the tobacco strand. To separate out undesirable constituents, such as foreign bodies, stalks or ribs, from the tobacco, at least one sifter () is provided. The latter precedes the metering system of the distributor in the working direction, in particular is arranged outside the distributor, so that sifted tobacco is introduced into the distributor.

Device for processing tobacco during the production of cigarettes

For the purpose of wrapping articles, in particular groups () of packs, in a blank (), use is made of a folding turret () having a single pocket () passing through its diameter. Lateral boundaries of the pocket () comprise belts () which, upon introduction of a group () of packs with blank (), can be moved in the pushing-in direction and which butt in a friction-free manner against legs () of the blank (), which is folded in a U-shaped manner. A block-form stop component () can be moved within the pocket () from one end position to the other.

Device for covering packaging groups

The orbiting knife or knives on a rotary knife holder in a tobacco shredding machine is or are automatically adjusted relative to a sharpening tool in response to signals indicating changes of one or more variable parameters which are indicative of the need for a sharpening of the knife or knives. Such parameters include at least the magnitude of torque which is required to rotate the knife holder but often also the temperature of the mass of condensed tobacco being fed into the range of the knife or knives, the quantity of tobacco per unit length of the mass, the mosture content of tobacco in the mass, the presence and/or the size and/or the nature of foreign matter in the mass, and others.

Method of and apparatus for sharpening orbiting knives

A sealer for the adhesive-containing seam of a tubular wrapper surrounding a running filler of tobacco or filter material for tobacco smoke has an at least partially ceramic heating device which contacts the moving seam and contains an electric conductor of ceramic material. The temperature of the heating device can be regulated to decrease, either stepwise or gradually, in the direction of movement of the seam. The heating device can consist of or contain silicon nitride and can be doped with titanium nitride to enhance its heat conductivity.

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Alfred Drenguis