Krones Ag

Martin Kammerl

Michael Neubauer

Konrad Senn

Thomas Kiendl

Florian Fuchs

Klaus Voth

Josef Knott

Stefan Poeschl

Wolfgang Schoenberger

Hartmut Davidson

Andreas Kursawe

Alexander Feigl

Eduard Handschuh

Jochen Krueger

Andreas Kraus

Andreas Sonnauer

Johann Zimmerer

Andreas Vornehm

Florian Hoffmann

Andreas Pense

Harald Effenberger

Viktor Gette

Andreas Eichenseher

Stefan Kornprobst

Tobias Raith

Robert Aumer

Disclosed is a container treatment apparatus, 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. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the treatment, in particular the sterilisation, of containers.

Apparatus and method for treating and in particular sterilising containers

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 for treating containers includes a handling device for the containers wherein the handling devices has a movable carrier with which the containers can be moved on a transport path, and wherein the handling devices is assigned at least one handling station, wherein the transport speed of the handling device can be controlled in such a way that the transport speed of the handling device can be synchronised with the transport speed of the transport device and/or a further transport device during transfer and/or discharge of the containers and the transport speed of the handling device can be reduced after the transfer of the containers.

Apparatus and method for treating containers

The invention relates to a switch () of a transport system for a movable transport element (T), where the switch () comprises a main track () and a secondary track () branching off, where the movable transport element (T) can be guided from a transition region (), in which the secondary track () branches off from the main track (), optionally along the main track () or transferred into the secondary track (), where one or more linear motor sections () are respectively provided at the main track () and the secondary track () for moving the movable transport element (T), where a normal force is present between the movable transport element (T) and the adjacent linear motor section or the adjacent linear motor sections (), characterized in that devices for altering the normal force are provided in the transition region. The invention also relates to a transport system comprising such a switch and a transport element for such a transport system.

Magnet switch for a transport system

Provided is an apparatus for coating containers having an inlet where containers are handed over to the apparatus, and an outlet where containers leave the apparatus, having at least one vacuum device for producing a vacuum, having at least one treatment station for coating containers with a plasma, wherein the treatment stations are in fluid connection with the vacuum device and wherein the treatment stations have at least one treatment device into which is able to be introduced into a container, wherein the apparatus has a first and a second transport device for transporting containers, wherein the first transport device feeds the containers at least indirectly to a treatment station, wherein the first transport device is able to be switched off at least temporarily, resulting in the feeding of containers to the treatment station being interrupted, and the second transport device being an at least sectionally linear transport device.

Apparatus for coating containers with bypass and method for operating such an apparatus

A switch of a transport system for a movable transport element includes a main track and a secondary track branching off the main track. The movable transport element can be guided from a transition region in which the secondary track branches off from the main track. Devices for increasing a switching force to guide a moveable transport element along the main track or transfer the movable transport element to the secondary track are provided in the transition region.

An apparatus is provided for heating plastic preforms, having a plurality of resonator units, into which in each case plastic preforms can be introduced in order to heat the latter, having at least one microwave generating unit for generating microwaves, and having a feed device for feeding to at least one resonator unit the microwaves generated by the microwave generating unit, and having at least one rectifier unit for providing a rectified voltage. Further, at least one rectifier unit provides voltage for operating at least two resonator units.

Apparatus for heating plastic preforms by means of microwaves

Provided is a method for calibrating at least one processing element, in a processing station for processing plastic preforms, includes providing:

Method for calibrating at least one processing element

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.

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Hemau, Germany

Martin Kammerl