Krones Ag

Juergen Soellner

Holger Mueller

Florian Geltinger

Klaus Voth

Ulrich Lappe

Josef Hausladen

Michael Neubauer

Oliver Martini

Eduard Handschuh

Frank Winzinger

Franz Braun

Thomas Hoellriegl

Josef Knott

Bruno Landler

Roland Laumer

Michael Dahmen

Sebastian Baumgartner

Manfred Schmid

Michael Loy

Thomas Knitl

Jochen Krueger

Thomas Philipp

Andreas Brunner

Thomas Spitzer

Hans Scheuren

Patrick Engelhard

Josef Doblinger

Guenter Frankenberger

Michael Peter

Sven Fischer

Markus Kulzer

Robert Schmitt

Yasin Kerim

Katharina Seidenberg

Waldemar Suppes

Florian Nebl

Max Brikmann

Ute Bedoe

Christian Brey

Matthias Stubenhofer

Dieter Wuensche

Thomas Weber

Bernd Schafaczek

Bettina Kohl

Marina Goldbach

Martin Doebler

Martin Watter

Kevin Werkmann

Hans-Peter Schiessl

Gertrud Soellner-wein

Armin Dirscherl

Disclosed is a device for handling plastic parisons with a storage device which serves for storing a plurality of plastic parisons and with at least one transport device which transports the plastic parisons along a predetermined transport path from the storage device to a processing device. At least one portion of the storage device and/or of the transport path is enclosed by a housing device and an application device is provided which applies a flowable and in particular gaseous medium to an interior of this housing device.

Machine and method for treating and in particular transporting plastic parisons

Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers includes a transport device for transporting the plastic preforms, wherein the transport device has a movable carrier on which a plurality of forming stations are arranged, wherein the forming stations each form a cavity having forming moulds configured to receive plastic preforms which are formable into plastic containers within this cavity when acted upon by a flowable medium and expanded. The forming stations further includes an applicator which acts upon the plastic preforms with the flowable medium, and at least one connecting line configured to guide the flowable medium to the applicator. The apparatus also has a sterilization device, whereby at least a section of this connecting line can be at least temporarily pressurized with a sterilization medium.

Sterilizable blowing air paths and stretching rod of a blow moulding machine

Machine () for distributing flowable media to containers with a housing (), with a transport device () for transporting the containers () which is arranged at least partially inside the housing (), wherein this transport device has a rotatable carrier () with a distributor device () which is arranged inside this housing () an accommodates at least one inlet () for the flowable medium and a plurality of outlets () to which the flowable medium can be distributed, and with a supply conduit () which is suitable and intended for supplying the flowable medium to the inlet (). According to the invention the distributor device () is non-rotatably connected to the carrier ().

Distribution machine for distributing flowable media

A device for treating containers, for example, for filling and closing containers in filling plants is described. The device includes an isolator chamber in which the treatment of the containers takes place, and an outlet disposed beneath the isolator chamber for discharging fluids, wherein the outlet has a housing for receiving ejected containers and a suction device for extracting gases from the isolator chamber.

Device for treating containers

Apparatus () for forming plastic preforms () into plastic containers (). In a closed state of a blow mould (), a contact area is formed between side parts (), in which the two side parts () rest against each other, the side parts () form a mould separation seam () in the contact area. In accordance with the invention, at least one section of at least one side part () has a coating and/or an additional element () in a region of the mould separation seam (), so that a heat transfer between the plastic preform () and the inner wall () in the contact area can be delayed at least in places at these at least one section.

Apparatus and method for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers and blow mould

A device for evaporating a fluid medium in a filling product filling plant includes an inclined evaporator surface, a medium supply line for applying the fluid medium that is to be evaporated to the evaporator surface, and grooves in the evaporator surface for conducting the fluid medium. The grooves along the evaporator surface have a non-linear design.

Device for evaporating a liquid medium in a filling product filling system

An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, with a movable carrier on which at least one forming station is arranged for forming the plastic preforms, wherein the forming station is transported along a predefined transport path, and wherein the apparatus has a clean room inside which the plastic preforms are formed, wherein this clean room is isolated from a non-sterile environment by at least one wall, with a sterilisation device for sterilising the plastic preforms and/or plastic containers, which device acts upon the plastic preforms and/or plastic containers to be sterilised with a flowable sterilisation medium for their sterilisation. According to the invention, the apparatus comprises an ejection device for ejecting containers from the clean room, and this ejection device has a lock chamber from which the ejected containers can be removed, wherein this lock chamber can be acted upon with an atmosphere containing a sterilisation medium.

Sterile blow-moulding machine with ejection for containers

A device for capping a container with a container cap, for example in a beverage filling plant, includes an isolator for providing a defined atmosphere in the interior thereof; a capper for capping a container with a container cap, which capper is arranged in the isolator; and a cap production device for producing container caps from a hot melt, for example a plastics melt. The cap production device is arranged outside the isolator, and is interconnected with the isolator or is connected to the isolator via a cap transport tunnel in order to feed produced container caps to the capper.

Method and device for capping containers with container caps

Apparatus for producing containers, and in particular beverage containers, having a heating device configured to heat plastic parisons, having at least one first transport device, which transports the plastic parisons along a predetermined transport path, a sterilization device configured to sterilize the plastic parisons, and a forming device arranged downstream of the sterilization device, as seen in a transporting direction of the plastic parisons, and configured to form the plastic parisons into plastic containers by the application of a free-flowing medium, wherein said forming device has a transport chamber within which the plastic parisons are transported. The apparatus has an application device configured to apply a free-flowing sterilization medium, at least temporarily, to the transport chamber.

Plant for producing beverage containers with sterilisation of the blow moulding machine

A rotary cleaning nozzle for cleaning surfaces of a beverage bottling installation using a fluid, comprising a nozzle assembly which has a feed duct for the fluid, and a nozzle head which is mounted rotatably on the nozzle assembly and has at least one nozzle outlet opening from which, during operation, fluid flowing through the feed duct and the nozzle head emerges in the form of a cleaning jet. The rotary cleaning nozzle furthermore comprises an electrical generator for the induction of electrical energy by way of rotation of the nozzle head, and a control unit for indicating a rotation of the nozzle head in dependence on the induced electrical energy.

Rotary cleaning nozzle, and cleaning system for cleaning surfaces in a beverage bottling installation

A filling member for filling a container with a filling product, for example in a beverage filling system, includes a product outlet which is designed to dispense the filling product into a container located thereunder; and an equipment portion which as a first equipment means includes a screen device with a screen and which is designed to transfer the screen as required into a screen state, in which the screen is located between the product outlet and the container so that the filling product is filtered by the screen when introduced into the container, and out of the screen state.

Filling member with changeover system from free-flow to screen outlet

A device for cleaning a plant part that is to be cleaned in a beverage filling plant, including a medium inflow for supplying a cleaning medium to the plant part that is to be cleaned, and having a medium return flow for removing the used cleaning medium from the plant part that is to be cleaned is described. A heating unit is provided for heating the cleaning medium in the medium inflow, and a recuperator is provided for transferring heat energy from the cleaning medium that is removed via the medium return flow to the cleaning medium that is to be supplied to the heating unit.

Device and method which recovers heat from liquids during cleaning of a plant part that is to be cleaned of a beverage filling plant

The invention relates to a filling device for filling a container to be filled with a filling product in a filling product filling plant, comprising at least one filling valve for dosing the filling product into the container that is to be filled, as well as a sterilization device for sterilizing at least a portion of the at least one filling valve, wherein a contactless temperature sensor is provided for contactlessly measuring the temperature of the filling valve.

Filling device for filling a container to be filled with a filling product in a filling product filling plant

A device for filling a container with a sterilized filling product, preferably for filling a beverage container with a sterilized beverage in a beverage bottling installation, comprising a sterilization device for sterilizing the filling product, a sterile tank for buffered receiving of the filling product sterilized in the sterilization device, and a filling device which has a filling valve for the filling of the container to be filled, wherein the filling valve is a proportional valve for controlling and/or regulating the filling-product flow of the filling product into the container to be filled, and the proportional valve is connected in a buffer-free manner to the sterile tank.

Device and method for filling a container with a sterilised filling product

A device for providing clean air in a beverage filling plant is described. The device includes an inflow channel with at least one filter for pretreating the air sucked in via a supply-air feed. The inflow channel is adjoined by a first outflow channel with at least one filter for treating the air pretreated in the inflow channel for feeding into a filling cleanroom of the beverage filling plant. The inflow channel is adjoined by a second outflow channel for treating the air pretreated in the inflow channel for feeding into a blowing cleanroom for the blow-molding of plastic containers. A dehumidifying device for dehumidifying the pretreated air is arranged in the second outflow channel.

Device for providing clean air in a beverage filling plant

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Beratzhausen, Germany

Juergen Soellner