Krones Ag

Jochen Forsthoevel

Ulrich Lappe

Gerald Huettner

Philipp Olenberg

Konrad Senn

Frank Winzinger

Erik Blochmann

Christian Stoiber

Heinz Humele

Jochen Hirdina

Thomas Philipp

Heinrich Deyerl

Peter Knapp

Gerhard Schwoed

Johann Zimmerer

Christian Detrois

Simon Fischer

Franz Gmeiner

Alexander Dachs

Robert Aust

Simon Moewes

Florian Wickenhoefer

Peter Grassl

Stefan Hross

Martin Schloegl

Sebastian Steger

Michael Eifler

Michael Siegmund

Anna Zweigardt

Gerald HÜTTNER

An apparatus for producing plastic containers with a heating device configured to heat plastic preforms and with a forming device which forms the heated plastic preforms into plastic containers, wherein this forming device being arranged downstream of the heating device in the transport direction of the plastic preforms, and wherein the heating device and/or the forming device having at least one regulating device which makes it possible to regulate the heating process and/or the forming process as a function of at least one property of the plastic preforms. According to the invention, the at least one control device for controlling takes into account in advance at least one variable value which influences the heating process and/or the forming process.

Apparatus and method for heating plastic preforms with spatially resolved temperature detection

Apparatus for producing plastic containers has a heating device having a transport device for transporting the plastic preforms singly along a predefined transport path. The transport device has a plurality of holding devices for holding the plastic preforms, and at least one heating unit for heating the plastic preforms, wherein furthermore a rotating device is provided which rotates the plastic preforms held by the holding devices and is connected to a forming device, which transforms the plastic preforms transported by the heating device into plastic containers. The apparatus has an alignment device which enables alignment of the rotational position of the plastic preforms with respect to their longitudinal direction relative to the holding devices holding these plastic preforms and/or the apparatus has a rotational position alignment device arranged along the transport path which enables alignment of a rotational position of the holding devices with the plastic preforms arranged thereon.

Apparatus and method for producing plastic containers with non-circular cross-sections

Disclosed is a method analysing plastic preforms, wherein plastic preforms are transported along a predetermined transport path by a transport device and an infrared absorption coefficient is determined in at least one region of the plastic preform, wherein, in order to determine the infrared absorption coefficient of the plastic preform, infrared radiation is applied to the plastic preform by a first radiation device and radiation passing through the plastic preform is received by at least one receiving device and an infrared absorption behaviour of the plastic preform is determined from this received radiation, wherein the radiation device acts upon the plastic preforms with infrared radiation in a predetermined wavelength range and an evaluation device evaluates the radiation as a function of its wavelength in a wavelength range from 1500 nm to 2000 nm.

Method and apparatus for analyzing plastic preforms

The invention relates to a method for processing plastic preforms () and/or plastic containers () by means of at least one first processing apparatus (), which processes the plastic containers () in a first specified manner, and by means of at least one second processing apparatus (), which processes the plastic containers () in a second specified manner and which is arranged before or after the first processing apparatus (), wherein the plastic containers () are transported from one processing apparatus () to the other processing apparatus () by means of a transport apparatus () and the at least first processing apparatus () and the at least second processing apparatus () are coupled to each other, the first treatment apparatus () is a blow-molding machine () for shaping plastic preforms () to form plastic containers (), and the process speed of the blow-molding machine () is defined by means of a specification, which contains a plurality of process parameters that are characteristic of the shaping process. According to the invention, the process parameters associated with at least one further process speed are at least partially determined on the basis of at least two key specifications, such that the adaptation of the process speed of the blow-molding machine () to a speed of at least one further processing apparatus () is enabled and/or adjustment of the speed is possible.

Method and apparatus for processing plastic containers with speed-controllable blow moulding machine

A blow mould for producing plastic containers comprises at least two blow mould parts and a hollow space formed from the at least two blow mould parts at which plastic parisons are transformed by an application of a flowable medium to the plastic containers. The hollow space includes an interior wall that has a contour which produces a predetermined configuration of the plastic containers. A first portion of at least two blow mould parts produces a bottom of the plastic containers. A second portion of the at least two blow mould parts has an opening region for discharging a gaseous medium during an expansion process of the plastic containers. The opening region extends along a first line and a second line, wherein the first and second lines run at least in some sections of the blow mould at an angle different from 0&#xb0; relative to one another.

Apparatus and method for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers with air discharge

Provided are a system and method for producing plastics material containers at a plant. A first processing unit outputs preforms having a temperature above an ambient temperature. A forming arrangement is arranged after the first processing unit in a direction of transport of the preforms, and forms the preforms into the plastics material containers. A heating device heats the preforms. A blow molding machine is in the direction of transport of the plastics material preforms, and expands the heated plastics material preforms to form the plastics material containers by applying a free-flowing medium. A discharge device is between the first processing unit and the forming arrangement, and discharges the plastics material preforms. A storage apparatus stores the plastics material preforms discharged by the discharge device.

System and method for producing plastics material containers

A container has a base body and a thread which includes an at least partially circumferential securing ring which extends essentially radially outwards relative to the base body of the container. The circumferential securing ring is arranged between the thread and the base body in a longitudinal direction (L) of the container and is spaced apart from the thread in the longitudinal direction (L) of the container The container has an at least partially circumferential groove between the thread and the circumferential securing ring, which groove has a smaller external cross-section than the securing ring and a smaller external cross-section than the thread.

Plastic container having gripping groove

The invention discloses a method of heating a preform () of thermoplastic material prior to blow molding the same to form a container, with the preform () being held at a threaded region () during heating thereof. A neck portion () of the preform () close to the threaded region () is temporarily heated more strongly as compared to other regions. The invention further relates to a tempering device for heating such a preform (), including at least one radiation and/or heat source acting on the preform () and defining several impact regions on the preform () with different heating intensities each. The preform () has associated therewith at least one reflector () disposed in the threaded () and/or neck region () for deflecting radiation proportions piercing the neck region () and for heating the neck region () on an inside of the preform ().

Method and tempering device for heating preforms prior to molding the same to form containers

A transport device and a transport method for a container treatment plant as well as a blow molding machine is provided. The transport device comprises at least one transport star for transporting receptacles to or away from a treatment station of the container treatment plant, wherein the at least one transport star is arranged obliquely to the treatment station.

Transport device and transport method for container treatment plant as well as blow molding machine

A device () and a method for determining the friction between plastic hollow bodies () with the same material composition. For this purpose, at least one plastic hollow body (S) is rigidly clamped in parallel to its longitudinal axis (LS) by means of bilateral clamping jaws (). A linearly moveable plastic hollow body (B) lies on the plastic hollow body (S). The linearly and not in parallel to the longitudinal axis moveable plastic hollow body (B) is impinged with a force (F). The moveable plastic hollow body (B) presses with the force (F) onto the rigidly clamped plastic hollow body (S). The neck area () of the moveable plastic hollow body (B) is connected with a force measurement unit ().

Device and method for determining the friction between plastic hollow bodies of the same material composition

In a transport device for transporting containers, the transport device includes at least one transport unit movable along a curved track for transporting at least one container in response to a drive unit, the transport unit having a transport component mobile on the track and a receiver device for holding at least one container wherein the receiver device is constructed and arranged to be aligned in response and in relation to at least one movement force imparted upon the receiver device or the container as a result of movement of the transport unit.

Apparatus and methods for transporting molds

The invention relates to a method and a device for heating preforms of a thermoplastic material, the preforms, after having been heated, being subjected to a reshaping operation, and microwaves being applied to the preforms, at least during a portion of the period of heating, in a resonator.

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Jochen Forsthoevel