Krones Ag

Andreas Pense

Andreas Vornehm

Konrad Senn

Klaus Voth

Michael Neubauer

Dieter Finger

Josef Knott

Wolfgang Schoenberger

Christian Betz

Viktor Gette

Andreas Eichenseher

Alexander Feigl

Dominik Meier

Florian Fuchs

Stefan Kornprobst

Cora Hanesch

Florian Hoffmann

Thomas Kitzinger

Gerald Huettner

Thomas Philipp

Martin Kammerl

Andreas Steiner

Thomas Kiendl

Markus Kulzer

Gerald HÜTTNER

Disclosed is a container treatment apparatus for transporting plastic containers and in particular plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path, wherein the container treatment apparatus has at least one transport device having a plurality of holding elements, wherein the transport device is a pitch distribution starwheel having a movement device configured to allow movement of the holding elements in at least two planes.

Apparatus and method for treating and in particular sterilising containers

A container treatment apparatus includes a transport apparatus for transporting containers along a predetermined transport path, wherein the transport apparatus has at least one transport device () for transporting the containers () and at least one container treatment device () for treating the container in a predetermined manner, wherein the transport devices include a rotatable carrier on which a plurality of holding elements () for holding at least one container is arranged. The container treatment device is arranged to treat the containers transported by the transport device and the holding element is rotatable such that the container held by the holding element is rotatable with respect to its longitudinal direction and the container treatment apparatus includes a monitoring device for monitoring the rotational movement of the containers.

Disclosed is a container treatment apparatus and treatment method, in particular a container sterilisation apparatus, having a plurality of transport devices for transporting a container along a predetermined transport path, at least one of the transport devices having at least one holding device for holding at least one container during container treatment and/or transport along the transport path, the transport device having a rotatable carrier and a plurality of holding elements arranged on this carrier, wherein a holding element in a first sector, in which a container is received, having a height with respect to a perpendicular projection of the transport path which is different from that in a second sector in which a container is dispensed, and wherein a sector in which an at least partial compensation of the height difference of the holding elements takes place lies along a direction of rotation of the carrier after the second sector and before the first sector.

An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with at least one forming station which forms the plastic preforms into the plastic containers by the action of a flowable medium, wherein the forming station has a blow mould which forms a cavity, within which the plastic preforms are formed into the plastic containers. The blow mould has a base part which has an inner contour which forms a base of the containers, wherein the base part has at least one channel for conducting a temperature control medium for temperature control of the base part. A course of the channel is adapted to a course of the inner contour and/or the channel has, on its inner surface facing the temperature control medium, structures and/or cross-sectional changes which influence the flow of the temperature control medium through the channel.

Blow moulding machine with tempered base mould

Disclosed is an apparatus for expanding and filling plastic parisons to form plastic containers with a liquid medium, with at least one transforming station which has a hollow mould, inside which the plastic parisons can be expanded into plastic containers and can be simultaneously filled by application of a liquid medium, wherein the transforming station is arranged on a carrier and wherein the transforming station has a filling device which feeds the liquid medium to the plastic parisons under pressure, wherein the transforming station has a pressure chamber to which a gas can be applied, wherein for filling of the plastic parisons the filling device can be introduced into the pressure chamber and after the filling can be removed at least partially, and wherein a closing unit can be introduced into the pressure chamber, in order to close the expanded und filled plastic containers.

Mould filling with subsequent closing under internal pressure

Provided is an apparatus for expanding plastics material parisons into plastics material containers by a liquid medium with at least two transforming stations which fill and expand the plastics material parisons with the liquid medium with at least one common delivery device, which delivers the liquid medium to both transforming stations, wherein the transforming stations in each case have filling devices which fill the liquid medium into the plastics material parisons. According to the embodiments these transforming stations and/or filling devices in each case have a throttle device which are suitable and intended for changing the volume flow of the liquid entering the plastics material parisons.

Apparatus for transforming and filling plastics material containers with controlled filling

A forming unit () for forming plastic preforms into plastic bottles, wherein the forming unit comprises a blow mould () having a first lateral portion (), a second lateral portion () and a bottom portion (), wherein said lateral portions as well as the bottom portion () form a cavity (), within which the plastic preforms () can be formed into the plastic bottles, wherein the bottom portion () can be moved relative to the lateral portions () in a closed condition of the blow mould, wherein the forming unit () comprises a drive unit in order to move the bottom portion () relative to the lateral portions (), wherein the drive unit preferably has a movable piston element () which ist movable along a predefined stroke path. According to the invention, the apparatus has a first stroke path limiting means () that limits the stroke path of the bottom portion () and/or of the piston element () in a first direction, wherein this stroke path limiting means () is adjustable in order to modify the stroke path.

Apparatus and a method for forming plastic preforms into plastic bottles with a movable bottom portion

A machine for expanding plastic parisons into plastic containers by a liquid medium with at least two transforming stations. These transforming stations fill and expand the plastic parisons with the liquid medium, with at least one pressure generating device. This pressure generating device is suitable and intended to deliver the liquid medium to at least one filling device which fills the plastic parisons with the liquid medium, wherein at least one shut-off device is installed in at least one connection channel between the pressure generating device and the filling device, inside which the liquid medium is conveyed. This shut-off device is configured and provided in order that a fluid path inside the connection conduit can be at least partially interrupted.

Machine for expanding plastic containers with shut-off valve between pressure generating device and filling device

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Wuppertal, Germany

Andreas Pense