Gerresheimer Glas Gmbh

Thomas Maiberger

Uwe Röhrhoff

Bruno Bürkel

The present invention relates to a particle filter (F) for a glass forming machine operating according to a blow-and-blow process or according to a press-and-blow process, said particle filter (F) is adapted for placing in at least an air channel () serving pressurized air for counter blow () of a parison (P) in a blank mold () forming station of said glass forming machine, and/or an air channel () serving pressurized air for final blow () and/or for finish cooling () of a glass container () made of said parison (P) in a finish mold () station of said glass forming machine, said particle filter (F) comprising a surface filter as a main filter media (MF) and said particle filter (F), if placed in at least said air channel () serving pressurized air for counter blow () of said parison (P) in said blank mold () forming station of said glass forming machine, and/or said air channel () serving pressurized air for final blow () and/or for finish cooling () of said glass container made of said parison (P) in said finish mold () station of said glass forming machine, avoiding passage of particles above a certain size from a dirty side of said main filter media (MF) to a clean side of said main filter media (MF) and thus, also avoiding final passage of said particles above said certain size into said parison (P) or said glass container () blown by said glass forming machine and a plunger unit (PU), a blow head (BH), a blow head support and a glass forming machine adapted for a particle filter (F) according to the present invention.

Glass forming machine particle filter, a plunger unit, a blow head, a blow head support and a glass forming machine adapted to or comprising said filter

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