Krones Ag

B&r Industrial Automation Gmbh

Stefan Elsperger

Konrad Senn

Michael Neubauer

Manfred Kieslinger

Hartmut Davidson

Torsten Kilgenstein

Helmut Schuesslburner

Peter Zeiner

Heiner Schaefer

Frank Winzinger

Michael Hartl

Roland Laumer

Wolfgang Roidl

August Peutl

Kurt Perl

Alexander Hartung

Heinrich Bielmeier

Thomas Kiendl

Alexander Kaiser

Stefan Scherl

Florian Lauterbach

Markus Gabler

Josef Unterseher

Ralf Walter

Michael Reinthaler

Markus Prinz

Martin Dietersberger

Michael Beyer

Mareike Josefowitz

Martin Hoeck

Marco Ehberger

Martin Höck

Hans Luber

Christian Dresch

A method and a device for buffering containers in a container treatment plant. According thereto, containers are put into storage in a grouped manner in single file on at least one input conveyor belt, are moved in single file on a transversely adjoining buffering surface of shuttles, guided and driven individually on rails, having row pushers, in a buffering direction extending transversely to the input direction, and are taken out of storage on at least one output conveyor belt. Since, furthermore, containers are taken out of storage from the buffering surface by branching conveyor belts integrated in the buffering surface, transversely to the buffering direction and independently of the input conveyor belt and output conveyor belt, and/or are put into storage on the buffering surface, it is possible for container flows to be distributed flexibly and combined on the buffering surface.

Method and device for buffering containers in a container treatment plant

Method for adjusting a transport vehicle for a container handling system, where the transport vehicle comprises two oppositely disposed secondary parts which can be driven electromagnetically as an armature by way of a linear motor system of the container handling system, wherein in a device for adjusting, a first magnetic force of the first secondary part is determined with a sensor, in that a second magnetic force of the second secondary part is determined with the sensor; and in that the first magnetic force and the second magnetic force are compared with one another and/or with at least one reference force, and the two secondary parts are adjusted based thereon at the transport vehicle in such a way that the first magnetic force and the second magnetic force are of the same magnitude.

Method and device for adjusting a transport vehicle for a container-handling system

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

An apparatus () and method for distributing and/or grouping containers in a container treatment system. The device () includes a supply conveyor (), a discharge conveyor () and a transfer conveyor (). The transfer conveyor () uses a guide path () and several movement devices () that can be driven individually, preferably by a long stator linear motor () and which are guided along the guide path (). The several movement devices () include a conveyor device () that is designed to transfer several containers from the supply conveyor () to the discharge conveyor (). The device () can preferably be used to reduce the risk of the containers tipping over when being transferred, to reduce the number of movement devices () and/or to enable the containers to be pre-grouped.

Method and device for distributing and/or grouping containers

A method and an apparatus are described for monitoring the wear of a long stator linear motor system comprising at least one motor train with stators and at least one transport vehicle that is driven electromagnetically thereby. Due to the fact that a force exerted electromagnetically and/or mechanically upon said motor train by the transport vehicle transverse to the latter's direction of transport or a differential force exerted in such manner by the transport vehicle upon two oppositely disposed motor trains is measured using sensors, changes in the forces between the motor train and the vehicle caused by dimensional tolerances and/or wear can be detected in order to prevent a malfunction of the track switch.

Method and apparatus for monitoring the wear of a long stator linear motor system

A rotor for a long-stator linear motor system comprises at least three rollers for mounting the rotor on one or more guide rails of the long-stator linear motor system, the at least three rollers comprising a first roller that engages with an upper part of a first guide rail of the one or more guide rails, a second roller that engages with a lower part of the first guide rail, and a third roller that a) is rotatably mounted to at least one rotatable bolster of the rotor or b) comprises a steering rotational axis with an integrated castor.

Rotors for long-stator linear motor systems, having a low-wear mounting arrangement

A method and a device for buffering containers in a container treatment plant are disclosed. The containers are stored in single rows by at least one inlet conveyor belt in an inlet direction, are shifted in single rows on a buffer surface transversely adjacent by shuttles with row pushers guided on rails and driven individually into a buffer direction extending transversely to the inlet direction in single rows, and are withdrawn by at least one outlet conveyor belt adjacent to the buffer surface in the buffer direction in an outlet direction extending transversely to the buffer direction, or by at least one planar motor armature that can be driven towards the buffer surface and that is in particular driven two-dimensionally. Thus, the containers can be decelerated/accelerated with respect to the inlet/outlet conveyor belt in a controlled manner.

Method and device for buffering containers

The present invention relates to a mover for a longitudinal stator system, comprising a primary part with elements for movably arranging the mover on a longitudinal stator and an accommodating area, in which a sensor for position-dependent measurement of at least one system parameter is arranged, the sensor being releasably connected to the accommodating area, and to a corresponding method for determining a system parameter of a longitudinal stator system.

Mover for a longitudinal stator system

The present invention provides a container treatment system with a transport system for transporting containers along a transport conveyor the transport system comprising a plurality of transport elements movably supported on one side on at least one first guide element, and a long-stator linear motor drive arranged on the side of the first guide element, wherein a bearing of the transport elements on the first guide element is formed in such a way, in that the transport elements are held essentially by magnetic interaction on the first guide element, and wherein at least one second guide element is provided in sections along the transport conveyor, which is adapted in such a way that the transport elements are held on the first guide element by a mechanical engagement with the second guide element.

Device for supporting transport elements on linear motors

Mover for a transport apparatus in the beverage processing industry, the packaging industry, or the warehouse industry, where the mover can form a linear drive together with a guide rail and a long stator of the transport apparatus, and the mover comprises rolling mechanisms for moving along the guide rail, where the mover comprises a base body and one secondary part or two secondary parts, which, in the case of two secondary parts, are arranged on oppositely disposed sides of the base body and are suitable to interact with an electromagnetic field generated by the transport apparatus to drive the mover along the guide rail characterized in that the mover comprises a device for the continuously variable adjustment of the relative position of a secondary part relative to the base body.

Mover for a transport apparatus

The present disclosure provides rotors for long-stator linear motor systems, having at least two rollers for mounting the rotors on parallel guide rails of the long-stator linear motor system, wherein the rotors comprise at least one rotatable bolster, on which at least one roller, in particular at least one pair of rollers, of the at least two rollers is rotatably mounted, and/or at least one roller with a steering rotational axis with integrated castor, wherein the roller is mounted on a roller axle by means of a bolt, via an asymmetric and/or sloping bore, and further comprises a pendulum ring which is mounted on the bolt and has an external ball or slide bearing.

A holder () for use in a conveyor line () formed from a stator of a long stator linear motor with at least a first retaining element () and a second retaining element (), wherein the first retaining element () and the second retaining element () are arranged side by side and spaced apart from each other in a first direction () and the first retaining element () in this first direction () comprises a first rigidity (S) and the second retaining element () in this first direction () a second rigidity (S), which is lower than the first rigidity (S).

Holder

A device for distributing and grouping containers in a container treatment assembly, including an infeed conveyor which is configured to convey a plurality of containers in a single-lane infeed flow; an outfeed conveyor which is configured to convey the containers away in multiple lanes; and a transfer conveyor associated with the infeed and the outfeed conveyor and having a plurality of circulating guide elements for the containers; where the transfer conveyor is adapted to separate the containers in a standing position by way of the circulating guide elements from the single-lane infeed flow to the multi-lane outfeed flow by selective guiding, in particular, by pushing them forward and/or decelerating them.

Device and method for distributing and grouping containers

A transport system with a transport track with at least one passive track switch, which includes a main track and first and second diverging side tracks of the transport track, and at least one transport element with a response element with at least one permanent magnet and/or non-switching electromagnet. The transport track has fixed first and second guide rails in the area of the passive track switch as well as linear motor strings that are arranged in parallel to the first and second guide rail. The response element of the transport element is engaged within a gap between the first and the second linear motor string.

Passive switch for a linear-motor-operated transport system for piece goods

A splicing device () and a method for the transport and feeding of plastic film () to a processing station. In this processing station the articles are wrapped in the plastic film () and the film () can subsequently be shrunk. This device includes a supply of film rolls with at least three separate film rolls (to) that are subsequently fed to a conveyor. The device furthermore includes a fixation device () arranged between the conveyor and the film rolls (to). The fixation device () fixes and joins the beginnings of film of new full film rolls (to) to the sheet of film currently fed into the processing device.

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Soechtenau, Germany

Stefan Elsperger