Krones Ag

Krones Ag, Böhmerwaldstrasse 5

Roland Laumer

Michael Neubauer

Juergen Soellner

Josef Knott

Jochen Krueger

Franz Braun

Patrick Engelhard

Hans Scheuren

Klaus Voth

Frank Winzinger

Wolfgang Hahn

Christian Stoiber

Stefan Poeschl

Heinrich Bielmeier

Manfred Schmid

Stefan Elsperger

Holger Mueller

Wolfgang Roidl

August Peutl

Guenter Frankenberger

Berthold Burgmeier

Michael Dahmen

Karl-Heinz Achhammer

Johann Justl

Thomas Höllriegl

Günter Frankenberger

Valentin Becher

Hermann Klarl

Alexander Kaiser

Stefan Scherl

Michael Loy

Florian Lauterbach

Christina Laumer

Gerald Hüttner

Jurgen Sollner

Jürgen Söllner

Stefan Roithmeier

Martin Watter

Volker Weinbrenner

Holger Müller

Gerald HÜTTNER

Jochen Krüger

Daniel Ibanez Gomez

Andreas Niemczyk

Wolfgang Mayer

Jürgen SÖLLNER

Michael Attenhauser

Burgmeier Berthold

A system for container processing for setting up in a shop or at a station. The system may have a receiving region, a cleaning device, a filling device, a removal region and a handling device. The system can advantageously be set up or installed directly in a shop, at a station or in the public space in a town square (e.g. marketplace). The system makes it possible for beverages and other products to be able to be decanted locally. The containers here can be cleaned beforehand in order to ensure hygienic filling.

Local system for container treatment

The invention relates to a container processing system (A-U) for processing containers (). The container processing system (A-U) has a plurality of processing units () for processing the containers () and a planar drive system () for transporting the containers (). The planar drive system () is configured to move the plurality of movement devices () individually to a selection of the plurality of processing units () according to in each case one of a plurality of processing profiles for different container processing, wherein each of the plurality of processing profiles has a different selection of the plurality of processing units (). The container processing system (A-U) advantageously allows flexible processing of different containers (different formats, contents, designs, bundles, packages, etc.) from a lot size of 1.

Container processing system

The invention relates to a device () for sterilizing plastic parisons (), with a sterilization chamber () and a transport device () disposed at least partially inside the sterilization chamber () for moving the plastic parisons () within the sterilization chamber (), wherein the transport device () has at least one gripping system () for engaging round and supporting the plastic parisons () by means of a gripping clamp (), wherein the gripping system () has a displacement means () for displacement during sterilization within the sterilization chamber of contact surfaces (A) of the plastic parisons () which are shielded by the gripping system () from a sterilizing medium and/or sterilizing radiation.

Device for sterilizing plastic parisons

An apparatus for the processing of plastics material containers with a shaping device for the shaping plastics material pre-forms into containers, with a heating device comprising a heating path for heating the plastics material pre-forms and with a sterilization device for the sterilization of the plastics material pre-forms, in which the sterilization device comprises a supply device to supply the plastics material pre-forms to the sterilization device, and in which the sterilization device comprises both an external disinfecting unit to sterilize the plastics material pre-forms at least on their external wall surfaces and an internal disinfecting unit to sterilize the plastics material pre-forms on their internal wall surfaces, wherein the supply device comprises heating path conveyor for conveying the plastics material pre-forms along the heating path to supply the plastics material pre-forms at least to the external disinfecting unit.

Apparatus for the processing of plastics material containers, beverage filling plant and/or beverage container production plant and method of shaping plastics material pre-forms as well as use of heating path conveying means

An apparatus for conveying containers with a guiding element which contacts the container in at least one area of the peripheral wall thereof and guides the container on a pre-set path, with a driving device which drives the guiding element in order to convey the container, and with a base support element which supports the container at least in part during the conveying in a base region of the container. According to the invention the base support element is vertically displaceable.

Apparatus and method of conveying containers with base guidance

A device for filling containers with liquid may include a first transport, which transports a plurality of containers through a filling chamber. The filling chamber may include a sterile space. A plurality of treatment members may be arranged in the filling chamber for treating the containers, with at least one of these treatment members being a filling member which fills the containers with the liquid. The first transport may be designed in such a way that it transports the containers through the filling chamber in a cyclic manner.

Device for filling containers

An apparatus for treating containers may include a treatment chamber in which the containers are treated, and a conveyor unit which transports the containers within the treatment chamber. The treatment chamber can be isolated by means of at least one wall from an environment external of the treatment chamber in such a way that sterile conditions can be achieved in the treatment chamber, and by means of at least one treatment unit which treats the containers within the treatment chamber. At least one wall of the treatment chamber is arranged to be movable. A sealing assembly seals the treatment chamber in an area with regard to elements of the apparatus, which are movable relative to each other, against the environment external of the treatment chamber. The sealing assembly includes a surrounding channel, into which a liquid sealing agent can be introduced, as well as a secondary wall which is arranged within the channel at least in sections. The secondary wall is movable relative to the channel in the circumferential direction of the channel, and the secondary wall is movable in a direction that is perpendicular to the circumferential direction.

Apparatus for treating containers having a height-adjustable isolator

An apparatus for filling containers with a liquid and, in particular, with a beverage, with a plurality of filling elements which in each case have an outlet in order to pour the beverage into the containers, as well as a valve device in order to control the supply of the liquid into the containers, with a conveying device which conveys the containers along a pre-set conveying path at least for a time during the filling thereof with the liquid, and with a cleaning device which acts with a cleaning medium upon at least one region contacted by the liquid to be filled. At least one filling element is designed in such a way that the cleaning medium is freely discharged out of this filling element during a cleaning operation.

Apparatus and method of filling containers with cleaning device

A blow molding machine for shaping plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers, has a plurality of blow molding stations with blow mold carriers for holding blow molds, including a clean room for arranging or conveying the blow molding stations under aseptic conditions and having an installation access to the clean room for installing the blow mold carriers with blow molding station components. The installation access includes at least one sterile room which is positioned in front of the clean room with the plurality of blow molding stations on the environment side.

Blow moulding machine, method of exchanging blow moulding station components and beverage filling plant and/or beverage container production plant

An apparatus for sterilizing at least a segment of an inner wall and a segment of an outer wall of containers by accelerated charge carriers, includes at least one first external application device for sterilizing at least a segment of an outer wall of containers and an internal application device for sterilizing at least a segment of an inner wall of containers. The internal application device at least in portions is arranged to be introduced through an opening into the container in order to apply the emitted charge carriers to an inner wall of the container. The containers are transported along a transport path during their sterilization, wherein along a segment of the transport path of the containers between the first external application device and the internal application device is arranged a pitch change device to change a distance between two containers succeeding each other along the transport path.

Device for internal and external sterilisation of plastic containers by means of charge carrier beams

A method for blow molding and filling sterile containers of preforms in a container treatment device containing a blow module, in which the preforms are transferred from a heating device to the blow module via transport devices, and the containers are transported to a filling machine and filled, where a sterilization treatment is performed each at the preforms and the containers, a main sterilization treatment is performed at the preforms between the heating device and the blow module, and only a subsequent sterilization treatment is performed at the containers on the transport path to the filling machine. Further, a device having a main sterilization module between the heating device and the blow module, and a subsequent sterilization module between the blow module and the filling machine.

Method and device for stretch blow molding or blow molding and filling sterile containers

A device for sterilizing containers includes a first treatment space, which is filled with a sterilizing gaseous medium under predetermined thermodynamic conditions, a tank, which is filled with a liquid medium and extends along a closed path, and a multiplicity of holding devices for holding the containers. The holding devices are arranged rotatably with respect to the treatment space, and a dividing wall, which protrudes into the liquid medium located in the tank is arranged rotatably with respect to the tank. A discharge opening, via which the gaseous medium can be discharged, is provided between the treatment space and the tank.

Device for sterilizing containers

A conveying device having a drive motor with motor shaft, a motor housing, and a load-receiving support stand, where to improve the conveying device in terms of simplified assembly and ease of maintenance, the motor housing is configured as part of the load-receiving support stand.

Conveying device

A transport system for container processing machines, particularly for bottle fillers, with inlet and outlet stars, which can be driven and are arranged on columnar support housings, and define a star configuration, in which the inlet and outlet stars define container transport paths which are linked with the machine. Each support housing presents at least one, preferably lateral, connection interface, to which a joining end of a connection strut is attached, in a removable manner. The other joining end of the connection strut is connected, in a detachable manner, to a connection interface of an additional support housing or of a machine substructure. In each case, in such manner, the star configuration can be changed as desired in a modular manner.

Transport system for container processing machines

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Wuppertal, Germany

Roland Laumer