Khs Gmbh

Timo Jakob

Thomas Stolte

Ludwig Clüsserath

Steffen Kappel

An apparatus for filling cans with an uncarbonated liquid fill includes a rotatable rotor, can holders, filling elements, a can-pickup station, a can set-down station, and either a movable clamping element or an underpressure acting on a can's bottom. The filling operation is either pressureless filling, free-jet filling, or hot free-jet filling. During a filling operation, the rotor moves a can from the pick-up station to the set-down station. Either the clamping element or the underpressure then fixes the can to either a circumferential side with respect to the rotor or a filling-element support.

Filling device

Closing machine for closing bottles or similar containers () using closures (), having a plurality of closing stations () which each have a closing tool () and a container carrier and are formed on the circumference of a rotor (), which can be driven in circulation around a vertical machine axis (MA), wherein the rotor () has formed on it, in the region of the closing stations (), a sterile chamber () which is bounded in the direction of the surroundings by walls or wall portions () and into which the containers (), which are retained in a hanging state on the container carriers, extend by way of their container mouth () which is to be closed, and wherein the respective closing tool () extends into the sterile chamber () merely by way of a part which interacts with the container () which is to be closed and/or with the closure (), all the rest of its functional elements being arranged outside the sterile chamber ().

Closing machine

A method for the filling of beverage cans in a beverage can filling plant, a method for the filling of cans in a can filling plant, and an apparatus therefor.

Method for the filling of beverage cans in a beverage can filling plant, a method for the filling of cans in a can filling plant, and an apparatus therefor

Internal cleaning of inverted cans includes engaging a can's cylindrical wall with a wall-conforming vacuum or adhesive gripper, causing a spraying unit to travel axially in and out of the can's opening while the can is inverted on a circular conveyor, and using a supporting arm or bottom stop to subject the can to a counterforce against a flushing force from sprayed cleaning medium. This prevents the can from being pressed out of a receptacle in which it sits during cleaning.

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Framersheim, Germany

Timo Jakob