Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa

Cft S.p.a.

Andrea Zanardi

Fiorenzo Parrinello

Maurizio Borgatti

Gabriele Stocchi

Roberto Catelli

Emilio Re

Massimo Morovingi

Paolo Dalle Vacche

Luca Ferrari

Roberto Puglia

A device for transferring objects, in particular parisons () or bottles (), has a carousel () able to rotate about a predetermined axis (X), an object () pick up element (), a supporting arm () for the pick up element () connected to the carousel (), the pick up element () having at least three degrees of freedom relative to the carousel (), a cam () for guiding the arm () and the pick up element (), having a predetermined number of tracks (), for moving the pick up element () along a predetermined path (P); the cam () has a fixed portion () and at least one removable portion () connected to the fixed portion (), the removable portion () having a predetermined profile and there being the possibility of substituting it with other removable portions having a different profile to the portion ().

Transfer device

An apparatus () for making plastic containers by blow-molding parisons comprises: a mold () having at least one molding cavity; a base () mounted over the mold (), forming at least one passage () connected to a high-pressure fluid source; a blow nozzle () forming at least one conduit and connected to a bottom face () of the base () to be positioned between the base () and the mold () in such a way that the conduit is in fluid communication with the passage () to receive the high-pressure fluid and convey it into the molding cavity; fastening means for coupling and uncoupling the blow nozzle () to and from the base (); at least one pin () protruding from the nozzle () to be inserted into a respective through hole in the base () with an end portion () of it positioned above a top face () of the base (); a fastening element () connected to the base () to be movable from an unlocked position, where it does not interfere with the pin (), to a locked position where it is inserted in an end groove () defined by the end portion () of the pin (), and vice versa.

Apparatus and a method for making plastic containers by blow-moulding parisons

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