Krones Ag

Florian Fuchs

Konrad Senn

Michael Neubauer

Josef Knott

Wolfgang Schoenberger

Hartmut Davidson

Andreas Pense

Andreas Vornehm

Alexander Feigl

Andreas Eichenseher

Viktor Gette

Stefan Kornprobst

Florian Hoffmann

Martin Kammerl

Johann Zimmerer

Andreas Kursawe

Thomas Kiendl

Christoph Mayer

Uwe Koch

Denny Hansen

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.

Apparatus for heating plastic preforms, having a microwave generating device which generates microwaves, and having a resonator device which forms a receiving space into which the plastic preforms can be introduced so as to be acted upon by the microwaves in the resonator device in order to be heated, wherein the apparatus has a reflector element which is arranged at least partially in the receiving space and which is suitable and intended for conducting microwaves in the direction of a base region of the plastic preforms. According to the invention, the reflector element is movable relative to the receiving space and the apparatus has a drive device for moving the reflector element relative to the receiving space.

Apparatus and method for heating plastic preforms by means of microwaves using an adaptable base reflector

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Wuppertal, Germany

Florian Fuchs