Krones Ag

Krones Aktiengellschaft

Herbert Spindler

Frank Winzinger

Juergen Werner

Thomas Wimmer

Martin Bauer

Johann Luber

Marcus Kreis

Stephan Wittmann

Thomas Hensel

Peter Haidacher

Thomas Stadler

Richard Eschlbeck

Peter Koch

Markus Gabler

Tobias Gut

Florian Saumweber

Manuel Kollmuss

Wolfgang Huber

Johannes Kirzinger

Christian Napravnik

Lucas Kiefer

Josef Mayer

Josef Unterseher

Heiner Schaefer

Roland Hofstetter

Christian Westermeier

Christian Hastreiter

Karl Rausch

Florian Kaestner

Marcus Renz

Marcus Seidl

Simon Berger

Andreas Triffo

Volker Drahuniak

Irmengard Prankl

Olaf Treter

Andreas Fritsch

Georg Goetz

Simon Schmidt

Christian Rosenwink

Magdalena Heitauer

Tobis Gut

Helmut Schwarz

Rudi Bezuidenhout

Hans Luber

Peter Maurer

Florian KÄSTNER

Florian Kochinke

Philipp Schartner

Thomas-Florian Mayer

Thorsten Kroell

Florian Junglas

Jürgen Werner

Erhard Beer

Peter Dennemarck

The invention relates a method using an application head for grouping articles that are held together by a strapping band. The method includes: providing the at least two grouped articles; inserting a prefabricated closed strapping band into the application head, wherein the strapping band is fixed in a defined position. The application head has a variable opening width of a cage which surrounds the grouped articles. It is then lowered over the articles by a feed movement which runs approximately parallel to longitudinal central axes of the articles, wherein the cage contacts the grouped articles and slightly compresses the grouped articles. The strapping band is then positioned by lowering the application head. The opening width of the cage is then increased while the strapping band is simultaneously released. Then the application head is raised over the strapped article grouping and is removed therefrom.

Method, application device, and packaging device for producing strapped packages

The invention discloses a method for producing packaging units and the produced packaging units, comprising at least two substantially similar articles, wherein the articles are held together by at least one packaging blank (). A main surface of the packaging blank () is applied to first end faces of an article grouping (), forming a connection between the articles and primary fixing element of the packaging blank (). The primary fixing element fixes the positions of the articles relative to one another. The side surfaces () of the packaging blank () are subsequently folded over, wherein secondary fixing element interacts with the shell surfaces of the articles. The secondary fixing elements are formed by strapping sections, which surround the article grouping () and fixes the articles in a substantially parallel alignment to one another. The invention also relates to a packaging device for carrying out the method.

Packaging device, packaging unit, and method for producing packaging units

The invention relates to methods and devices for producing packaging units. Each of the packaging units has at least two articles which are held together by at least one strapping band and by at least one packaging blank. The method includes: providing the articles in a handling area of an application head; inserting a closed strapping band and a prepared packaging blank into the application head; feeding the application head to the articles, with the grouped articles being at least slightly compressed; positioning the strapping band; securing the packaging blank to the articles; opening the application head while simultaneously releasing and separating the at least one strapping band from the fixed position of the strapping band within the application head; releasing and separating the at least one packaging blank; and removing the application head from the strapped article grouping combined by a packaging blank.

Method, application device, and packaging device for producing packaging units

The invention relates to a packaging apparatus (1) and a method used to produce packaging units (35). The packaging units (35) comprise at least one article (30), such as a beverage can (31), held in a packaging blank (20) having at least in some portions or areas that are flat. The packaging blank (20) has at least one passage opening (23) in the flat portion or area for article(s) (30). The packaging apparatus (1) comprises a feeder device (2); a pre-treatment module (9) to prepare the packaging blank (20) for the application to the article(s) (30); and a first packaging module (7) to apply and locate the packaging blank (20) to the article(s) (30). The pre-treatment module (9) comprises a device to reduce a resistance force in an edge area (24) of the passage openings (23) during the application of the packaging blank (20) to the article(s) (30).

Packaging apparatus and method for producing packaging units

The invention relates to a transport device () and a method for distributing a plurality of similarly shaped and dimensioned articles (). The transport device () comprises an infeed () for conveying articles () in a mass flow, and a distribution section () downstream of the infeed (), where the distribution section () leads into a row transport (), where the articles () are conveyed in at least two separate parallel rows (). The transport device () also comprises at least one sensor device () signal-coupled to a motor-driven actuator () assigned to the distribution section () In the event of detected gaps, interruptions, or in the event of a detected termination of the mass flow within the infeed () or within the distribution section () or within the rows (), the actuator () moves a movable steering device () adjoining the mass flow.

Transport device and method for distributing a plurality of similarly shaped and dimensioned articles

Packaging blank with integrated lid protection

A device () handling articles comprises at least one work module (), which can move packages with article placed on a first packaging type and at least one folding mechanism () used to erect back and/or front flaps of the first packaging type. Another component of the device () is at least one transport module (), with a transport device (), along which articles intended for packages of a second packaging type move, where the second packaging type differs from the first packaging type. The at least one folding mechanism () and the transport device () alternate between an operating position (BP) and a waiting position (WP). The operating positions (BP) and the waiting positions (WP) are configured such that the at least one folding mechanism () is disposed exclusively adjacent to the right side or to the left side of the transport means ().

Device used to handle articles to be packaged and method used to adapt a device for the transport of articles intended for packaging

An apparatus () for assembling several beverage containers () into a multipack () is disclosed. The apparatus () comprises a horizontal conveying device () for moving groupings (), each grouping () comprising several beverage containers (). The apparatus () also comprises at least one working device () that applies packaging blanks () to the groupings (). The beverage containers () of a grouping () pass through openings in the packaging blank () and are held together by the packaging blank (). The apparatus () furthermore comprises at least one handling apparatus () which places the beverage containers () on the horizontal conveying device () such that the beverage containers () are in alignment with respect to one another. The alignment of the beverage containers () allows the packaging blank () to be applied to the beverage containers () directly upon their placement on the horizontal conveying device ().

Method and apparatus for producing a multipack with several beverage containers

Disclosed is a system () for forming a transport section for a packaging line and for coordinating the transport section to individual articles or article sets with different packaging types. The system () comprises at least one module (), which at least one module () has at least two individual module units (), which at least two individual module units () cooperate in a first operating mode (B) of the system () for the transport of individual articles or article sets provided for a first packaging type. It is furthermore provided that the at least two individual module units () are each designed to be movable, and that the system () is transferable by way of a movement of the at least two individual module units () into a second operating mode (B), which is aligned to a transport of individual articles or article sets provided for a second packaging type that differs from the first packaging type.

Transport section of a packaging line as well as method for modifying a packaging line provided for articles or article sets

The invention relates to an apparatus () with at least two modules that are selectively transferable into a specific operating position (BL) for handling of individual articles or article sets. The apparatus () comprises at least one transport module () that moves individual articles or article sets with a first packaging type and at least one work module () that moves individual articles or article sets with a second, different, packaging type. The work module () can handle packaging material during the movement, with the packaging material being in contact with the individual articles or article sets. The apparatus () has an operating position (BL) and a waiting position (W), into which operating position (BL) the transport module () or the work module () can be selectively inserted, and into which waiting position (W) the transport module () is transferable by removing it from the specific operating position (BL).

Apparatus for handling articles as well as method for exchanging at least one transport module and at least one work module of the apparatus

The invention includes a method () and an apparatus to handle irregularly conveyed and/or irregularly aligned and/or non-upright articles of an article stream under prevention of disturbances. The method () comprises the following steps: identifying at least one non-upright article in an article stream as an error; performing a correction step to resolve the error, the correction step comprising removal from the article stream of the at least one irregularly aligned article, or transfer to an upright orientation of the at least one irregularly aligned article, with a defined action being exerted temporally before and/or in temporal overlap with the correction step upon the at least one irregularly aligned article or upon regularly conveyed articles of the article stream.

Method and apparatus used to handle non-upright articles of an article stream under prevention of disturbances

In an installation for the treatment of containers, comprising at least one filling station and a packing station for processing film or packaging material blanks and having work components acting upon the packaging material and forming packages, at least one measuring device for dimensional deviations of filled containers, and a control unit for automatically adjusting at least one installation station depending on a dimensional deviation detected, work components in the packing station (P) acting upon the packaging material when the filled containers are packed are automatically adjustable by way of the control unit. In a method for packing filled containers, work components of the packing station acting upon packaging material are adjusted automatically depending on dimensional deviations measured in order to form packages of different dimensions with at least substantially the same packing density.

Installation for the treatment of containers, and method for packaging filled containers

Provided is a method for packaging piece good groupings, in which a plurality of piece goods, particularly containers, are at least partially interconnected by a first connector, wherein at least two-piece goods of this plurality are directly interconnected by the connector. According to the embodiment, this plurality of piece goods connected by the connector is packaged with a second connector in the form of a second wrapping element, and said plurality of piece goods connected by a first connector is conveyed by a conveyor device to a packaging device and enclosed, particularly wrapped, with the second wrapping element by said packaging unit.

Method and device for forming container groupings

Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for supplying, staging, and/or handling, and/or for replacing rolls () with flat material and/or film material wound thereonto and serving as packaging material () for packaging piece goods, bundles, or the like sets of articles. Depleted rolls () are removed from at least one installation position (EB, EB) of a packaging machine (), and new rolls () are mounted into the particular installation position (EB, EB), with new rolls () being staged to the packaging machine () in a specified feeder device. Each of the installation positions (EB, EB) of the packaging machine () includes at least one rotatable receiving mandrel () for the rotatable reception and holding of the rolls (). The at least one receiving mandrel () is shiftable in its axial direction upon removing a depleted roll () and/or upon mounting of a new roll ().

Method and apparatus for supplying, staging and for replacing rolls with flat material and/or film material wound thereonto

The present invention includes a method and an apparatus () for handling flat material and/or film material wound onto rolls () and that serves as packaging material. Rolls (), which are at least partially unwound, are alternately removed from at least one installation position (EB; EB) of a packaging machine (), and in each case a new roll () of flat material and/or film material is mounted in the particular installation position (EB; EB). After each mounting, an externally arranged layer () is extracted from the particular new roll () near or in the area of its free end and is attached to a section of a material web being guided in the packaging machine (). The direction of rotation and/or rotation-direction-conforming orientation of the new roll () is determined and/or verified by means of a capture device.

Method and device for handling flat and/or film material wound onto reels

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Niedermoosen, Germany

Herbert Spindler