Khs Corpoplast Gmbh

Khs Corpoplast Gmbh & Co. Kg

Khs Gmbh

Sig Corpoplast Gmbh & Co. Kg.

Sig Technology Ag

Norgren Ag

Khs Corporation Gmbh & Co. Kg

Michael Litzenberg

Michael Linke

Rolf Baumgarte

Frank Lewin

Ludwig Clüsserath

Marten Walther

Dieter Klatt

Matthias Bicker

Frank Haesendonckx

Stephan Behle

Niels Meyer

Klaus Vogel

Frank Berger

Karl-Heinz Balkau

Günther Godau

Martin Gerhards

Thomas Herold

Gregor Arnold

Andreas Lüttringhaus-Henkel

Benjamin Jaiser

Gerhard Klöpper

Wolf Jaksztat

Margit Kiefer

Julian Choinski

Jürgen Klein

Thorsten Herklotz

Matthias Grunwald

Daniel Abderhalden

Martin Matthiesen

Dieter Jenzen

Thomas Van Hamme

Werner Lesinski

Hartwig Müller

Carlo Striebel

Philipp Boos

Frank Lewi

Hartwig Mueller

Marco BÖHNKE

Amos Lopez Belinchon

Ken Bauer

Matthias Keller

A method for producing containers, filled with liquid filling material, from thermally conditioned preforms, in which method the filling material is introduced under pressure through a filling valve into the preform at a forming and filling station, wherein the filling material is provided by a filling material source and is pumped into the preform by means of a displacement pump, which is provided between the filling material source and the forming and filling stations, when the filling valve is open, wherein at least two forming and filling stations () are associated with each displacement pump (), which forming and filling stations are supplied, in particular successively, with filling material by the displacement pump ().

Method and device for producing containers, filled with liquid filling material, from thermally conditioned preforms

A method for producing filled containers () from preforms (). Each of the preforms is transferred to a circulating molding and filling element () of a molding and filling station and is shaped into the respective container in a subsequent molding and filling process in a mold under the effect of pressure from a supplied filler, wherein the mold is designed in multiple parts, including a base mold () and mold sides (), and each container is clamped between the base mold at the bottom and the molding and filling element at the top at least at the end of the molding and filling process. The container is separated from the respective molding and filling element and the respective mold after the molding and filling process. The mold sides are removed from each container before the molding and filling element and the base mold are separated from the container.

Method and device for producing filled containers from preforms

A method for the production of blow-molded containers that are sterile at least in certain regions, and a blow-molding machine configured to carry out the method. In accordance with the method, blowing stations are arranged on a rotating blowing wheel. A preform of a thermoplastic material is first heated and then stretched in a blowing station by a stretching rod and subjected to a pressurized blowing fluid via a blowing nozzle. A sterilizing fluid is supplied to the preform in the blowing station to perform a sterilization. The sterilizing fluid is fed into the preform from an outlet and is carried away again via an inlet and in between follows a flow path. The sterilizing fluid is made to pass through or pass by the stretching rod on its flow path, and the sterilizing fluid is supplied while the blow-molding machine continues to operate.

Method and blow-molding machine for the blow-molding production of containers that are sterile at least in certain regions

The method relates to a method for filling a container () with carbonized liquid filling material and for closing the filled container, in which the filling material is introduced in a filling station () by a filling head () at defined filling pressure into the container (), wherein the filling head () is firstly moved from an idle position, which permits supplying and inserting a container () into the filling station (), into a working position toward the inserted container, in which an end region () of the filling head seals off the opening () of the container, the container () is then filled, the filling head () is moved after completion of the filling phase back out of the working position into an idle position spaced apart from the container () and the container () is then closed in the filling station () using a cap () at least enough that filling material can no longer escape, and the container () is then removed from the filling station (), characterized in that before the movement of the filling head () from the working position into the idle position spaced apart from the container (), an overpressure lying between the ambient pressure and the filling pressure is set in a pressure chamber () of the filling station () surrounding the opening () of the inserted container (), which overpressure is selected in such a way that possible foaming up of the filling material located in the container () is minimized enough that filling material does not escape from the container () when the filling head () is raised out of the working position after the filling procedure.

Method and device for filling containers with carbonized filling material and subsequently closing the filled containers

The invention relates to a method for producing a container from a thermoplastic parison, the container being produced from the parison with the aid of a fluid, either by blow molding and subsequent filling with a fluid that is in particular liquid, or being produced by hydroforming and subsequently containing the liquid fluid as contents, and, during the blow-molding process and/or when receiving the in particular liquid fluid, the container revolves about and is spaced apart from an axis of rotation extending, in particular, vertically, in a mold that can be opened. According to the invention, the closed mold adopts, at least temporarily, an inclined position, i.e. that deviates from a perpendicular position.

Method and device for producing a container from a thermoplastic parison

The invention relates to a method for producing a container () filled with a liquid product in which a preform () consisting of a thermoplastic material is stretched after a thermal conditioning with a stretching rod () and is shaped in an inflation process to the container (), wherein the inflation process comprises a pre-blowing phase in which a fluid of a first pressure level is used for the inflation, and comprises a main blowing phase in which a fluid of a second pressure level that is greater than the first pressure level is used for the inflation and is characterized in that the fluid used in the pre-blowing phase is a blowing gas and that the fluid used in the main blowing phase is the product. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for carrying out a method according to the invention.

Method and device for producing a container filled with filling medium

A device for controlling a blow-molding machine for producing a thermoplastic container, wherein a blowing gas for blow-molding the container is introduced into a thermally conditioned preform, while the preform is held in a blow mold of the blow-molding machine. The blowing gas is introduced during a preblowing phase into the preform so that the temperature-conditioned material of the preform approaches the walls of the blow mold. The blowing gas is introduced during a following finish-blowing phase into the preform so that the temperature-conditioned material of the preform is pressed into the contours of the blow mold walls. The volumetric flow rate of the blowing gas is determined at least during the preblowing phase by an adjustable flow-control valve that can be controlled by a control unit that generates a control signal for adjusting the flow-control valve. The flow-control valve is adjusted as a function of the control signal.

Volume controlled blowing-air feed

The invention relates to a method and to a device for producing containers () filled with a liquid filling material () from preforms () made of a thermoplastic material, wherein the preform () is thermally conditioned before its transformation, and subsequently, during a forming and filling phase, in a mold () of a forming and filling station (), it is transformed into the container () by means of the filling material () as pressure medium, wherein the filling material () is introduced from a forming and filling head () into the preform, wherein the forming and filling head () is moved from a rest position, which enables a supplying and insertion of a preform into the mold () of the forming and filling station (), into a sealing position with respect the preform (), wherein, during the transformation into the container (), the preform () is preferably guided at least temporarily by a stretching rod () and stretched in axial direction, wherein, after the completion of the forming and filling phase, the container () is closed with a closure cap () before the container () is removed from the forming and filling station (), wherein the closure cap () is supplied from a cap supplying device () into the area of the forming and filling station (), and characterized in that, after the completion of the forming and filling phase, the forming and filling head () is moved from the sealing position into a position spaced apart from the container (), then the closure cap () is supplied into the area between container () and forming and filling head (), and then the closure cap () is pressed by the forming and filling head () in a longitudinal direction () of the container onto the container ().

Method and device for producing containers filled with a liquid filling material and closed with a closure cap

The present invention relates to a piston assembly for pumping a liquid, in particular in a bottle filling system. The object of the invention is to propose a piston assembly for pumping a liquid, which can be cleaned and/or disinfected without dismantling of the piston or performing any other external interventions into the assembly. The object is achieved by a piston assembly for pumping a liquid, which comprises a pistonthat travels within a cylinderand has a working path A between a first inversion point Uand a second inversion point U, with the pistonforming a tight seal with respect to the cylinderin the region of the working path. The assembly is characterized in that beyond one of the two inversion points U, U, outside of the working path A, the diameter of the cylinderis enlarged in one sectionsuch that the sealing closure is eliminated there, and the pistoncan be moved into this area for a cleaning and/or disinfection process.

Piston arrangement for pumping a liquid

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing liquid-contents-filled containers () from preforms () by contents being introduced into the preform () under a filling pressure, wherein the contents are placed under pressure by a pressure pump () and are introduced into the preform () at a molding and filling station () by a filling valve (). A pressure accumulator () arranged between the pressure pump () and the filling valve () is subjected to pressure and is filled with a volume of contents by the pressure pump (). The invention is distinguished in that a displacement pump () having a filling chamber () for the contents and having a displacement body () guided so it is movable therein is provided, wherein the displacement body () divides the chamber () into a first partial chamber () on the filling station side and a second partial chamber () facing away from the filling station, each of which can be brought into a fluidic connection with the pressure accumulator (). The displacement body () has a drive connection to a drive unit () and is drivable by the drive unit (), wherein when the filling valve () is opened, the drive unit () and/or the pressure accumulator () each at least temporarily apply a drive force to the displacement body (), and at the same time the displacement body () displaces at least a part of the quantity of contents required for the forming of the preform () in the direction of the preform ().

Method and apparatus for producing liquid-contents-filled containers from preforms by contents being introduced into the preform under pressure

The device is used for the blow-molding of containers. A preform made of thermoplastic material, following a thermal conditioning within a blow-mold, is stretched by a stretching rod and is reshaped by effects of blowing pressure into the form of a container. A specification for the positioning of the stretching rod occurs through the use of a linear drive. Blowing pressure is created through the use of at least one positionable blowing gas supply. The linear drive is at least intermittently mechanically coupled with the positionable blowing gas supply and the stretching rod in such a way that coordinated movement kinetics are carried out. The coupling means and the coupled elements are constructed in such a manner that the axis of motion and the resulting force-effect axis form a common spatial axis.

Device for blow moulding containers

The invention relates to an arrangementfor feeding contents into a container being formed from a preformin a mold, in a machine for simultaneously molding and filling containers made from preforms, wherein the arrangement defines, by the way of its wall, a flow path between a contents-supply lineand the mouth openingof the container. The arrangementis characterized in that it has a sealing termination both in relation to the contents-supply lineand in relation to the preform

Arrangement for feeding contents into a container being formed from a preform, in a machine for simultaneously moulding and filling containers made from preforms

The invention relates to a stretch rod for the form-and-fill head of a machine for forming and filling of containers produced from preforms. The object of the invention is to devise a stretch rod of this type which can be cleaned and/or disinfected without being disassembled and without any other intervention. According to the invention, the object is achieved by a stretch rod () for the form-and-fill head () of a machine for forming and filling (molding and filling) of containers produced from preforms (), which rod comprises a drive unit for axially moving said stretch rod (). At least the part () of the drive unit which is connected to the stretch rod () is arranged in a drive chamber () which is sealed off from the regions of the form-and-fill head () which come into contact with the filling material (the material with which the container is being filled). The inventive stretch rod is characterized in that the sealing action is achieved by a seal () which surrounds the stretch rod ().

Stretch rod for the form-and-fill head of a machine for forming and filling containers produced from preforms

A method for controlling a blow-molding machine for producing a thermoplastic container, wherein a blowing gas for blow-molding the container is introduced into a thermally conditioned preform, while the preform is held in a blow mold of the blow-molding machine. The blowing gas is introduced during a preblowing phase into the preform so that the temperature-conditioned material of the preform approaches the walls of the blow mold. The blowing gas is introduced during a following finish-blowing phase into the preform so that the temperature-conditioned material of the preform is pressed into the contours of the blow mold walls. The volumetric flow rate of the blowing gas is determined at least during the preblowing phase by an adjustable flow-control valve that can be controlled by a control unit that generates a control signal for adjusting the flow-control valve. The flow-control valve is adjusted as a function of the control signal.

The present invention relates to a rotor of an apparatus for forming and/or filling containers made from preforms. The object of the invention is to propose a rotor of such an apparatus, that allows the preforms or the filled containers to be transferred with reduced forces to a processing station downstream. This object is achieved by a rotorof such an apparatus having a rotational axis A and having processing stations that rotate about the rotational axis for receiving preforms or containers, wherein the processing stations move along a closed pathabout the rotational axis A, which is characterized in that the distance of pathfrom the rotational axis A varies depending upon the position on path, and the radius of curvature of pathin at least one sectionis greater than the greatest distance of pathfrom the rotational axis A.

Rotor of a device for forming and/or filling containers made from preforms

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Michael Litzenberg