Krones Ag

Ulrich Lappe

Juergen Soellner

Klaus Voth

Frank Winzinger

Oliver Martini

Josef Hausladen

Alexander Dachs

Gerald Huettner

Jochen Forsthoevel

Konrad Senn

Florian Geltinger

Michael Neubauer

Jochen Hirdina

Eduard Handschuh

Peter Knapp

Arno Haner

Michael Dahmen

Helmut Asbrand

Stephanie Pietrasch

Florian Wickenhoefer

Thomas Hoellriegl

Erik Blochmann

Josef Knott

Stefan Piana

Thomas Philipp

Heinrich Deyerl

Rudolf Fiegler

Jochen Forsthovel

Bastian Tissmer

Simon Fischer

Andreas Steiner

Andreas Wutz

Robert Aust

Robert Schmitt

Jochen Forsthövel

Philipp Olenberg

Stefan Schober

Bastian Tiβmer

Jürgen Söllner

Oliver Apfelbacher

Stephanie Wunderlich

Stefan Hross

Gerhard Fischer

Peter Grassl

Gerald HÜTTNER

Thomas HÖLLRIEGL

Jürgen SÖLLNER

Florian Wickenhöfer

Disclosed is a method for heating plastic preforms, wherein the plastic preforms are transported along a predetermined transport path and are heated during this transport by applying electromagnetic radiation, wherein an absorption and/or transmission of the plastic preforms is determined for radiation in an infrared wavelength range, wherein an absorption and/or transmission of the plastic preforms and/or of the plastic containers produced from these plastic preforms is determined for radiation in a visible wavelength range.

Method and apparatus for heating plastic preforms with absorption measurement

An apparatus for producing plastic containers with a heating device configured to heat plastic preforms and with a forming device which forms the heated plastic preforms into plastic containers, wherein this forming device being arranged downstream of the heating device in the transport direction of the plastic preforms, and wherein the heating device and/or the forming device having at least one regulating device which makes it possible to regulate the heating process and/or the forming process as a function of at least one property of the plastic preforms. According to the invention, the at least one control device for controlling takes into account in advance at least one variable value which influences the heating process and/or the forming process.

Apparatus and method for heating plastic preforms with spatially resolved temperature detection

Provided is a device for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having a feed device for feeding the plastic preforms to the device, at least one first preform store, a multiplicity of plastic preforms being arranged unsorted in the preform store, and having an alignment device for bringing the plastic preforms into a predetermined position before feeding them to the device. The device includes at least a second preform store, wherein a plurality of plastic preforms of exactly one production batch can be accommodated in each preform store.

Apparatus and method for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with two preform stores

A method is described for shaping the bottom of hot-filled containers, in which the bottoms of the containers are forced inwardly from a state bulged outwardly, in particular as they cool down. Complex mechanisms for forcing the bottom inwardly are dispensable for the reason that the bottoms are forced inwardly by at least one fluid jet and/or fluid pressure wave. In addition, shaping the bottom can advantageously be carried out in a production region immediately downstream of a closer.

Method for shaping the bottom of hot-filled containers

An apparatus () for the heating of plastics material pre-forms () with a conveying device () which conveys the plastics material pre-forms () along a pre-set conveying path (T), with at least one heating element () which is arranged along the conveying path (P) of the plastics material pre-forms () and which heats the plastics material pre-forms (), wherein in addition a cooling device is provided which cools the plastics material pre-forms () and/or at least one element of the apparatus () during the heating of the plastics material pre-forms () by acting upon them with a gaseous medium.

Apparatus for the heating of plastics material pre-forms with aeration screening capable of being dismantled

A blow mould for producing plastic containers comprises at least two blow mould parts and a hollow space formed from the at least two blow mould parts at which plastic parisons are transformed by an application of a flowable medium to the plastic containers. The hollow space includes an interior wall that has a contour which produces a predetermined configuration of the plastic containers. A first portion of at least two blow mould parts produces a bottom of the plastic containers. A second portion of the at least two blow mould parts has an opening region for discharging a gaseous medium during an expansion process of the plastic containers. The opening region extends along a first line and a second line, wherein the first and second lines run at least in some sections of the blow mould at an angle different from 0&#xb0; relative to one another.

Apparatus and method for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers with air discharge

A method of after-cooling of the bases of blown out containers, wherein after the transfer of the blown out containers from a blow molding machine to a run-out star wheel which directly follows the blow molding machine along a conveying direction of the containers a cooling of the bases of the containers is carried out by at least one apparatus for cooling the bases. The cooling of the bases of the containers starts immediately during a time interval of at least 0.1 seconds and at most 2 seconds after a pressure release of the containers by the blow molding machine after the blowing out.

Apparatus for the after-cooling of bases

The invention discloses a method of heating a preform () of thermoplastic material prior to blow molding the same to form a container, with the preform () being held at a threaded region () during heating thereof. A neck portion () of the preform () close to the threaded region () is temporarily heated more strongly as compared to other regions. The invention further relates to a tempering device for heating such a preform (), including at least one radiation and/or heat source acting on the preform () and defining several impact regions on the preform () with different heating intensities each. The preform () has associated therewith at least one reflector () disposed in the threaded () and/or neck region () for deflecting radiation proportions piercing the neck region () and for heating the neck region () on an inside of the preform ().

Method and tempering device for heating preforms prior to molding the same to form containers

An apparatus for the conditioning of plastics material pre-forms with a tempering space for receiving a plurality of plastics material pre-forms, with a supply device a removal device, and a conveying device which conveys the plastics material pre-forms from the supply device to the removal device in such a way that each plastics material pre-form remains in the tempering space for a preset duration of the dwell period. The temperature of the plastics material pre-forms upon leaving the removal device is substantially constant irrespective of a duration of the dwell period of the plastics material pre-forms in the tempering space and the conveying device is designed in such a way that each plastics material perform remains in the tempering space for a period of time of at least five minutes.

Apparatus and method of producing plastics material containers

An apparatus and method are described for cleaning gas in blow moulding machines for shaping plastics material pre-forms to form plastics material containers. The apparatus includes at least one gas-processing device, which is capable of filtering the gas in a sterile manner and/or of reducing a quantity of an oxidative disinfecting/sterilizing agent contained in the gas flowing through and/or flowing past, is arranged in at least one gas line which is a gas supply line or a gas removal line of a blowing station.

Apparatus and method of cleaning gas in blow moulding machines

A method for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers, wherein the plastics material pre-forms are introduced into a blow mould and are expanded to form the plastic bottles by being acted upon with a gaseous medium in the blow mould, includes the steps of:

Blow moulding machine with variable intermediate pressure level

An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms to form plastics material containers may include a conveying device which conveys the containers along a pre-set conveying path, a stressing device which acts upon the containers with a flowable medium in order to expand them, a reservoir for storing the flowable medium, and a supply device which delivers the flowable medium from the reservoir to the container. A valve device controls the supply of the flowable medium into the containers, in order to expand the containers. The apparatus includes a first feed line in order to supply a flowable sterilization medium to the supply line between the reservoir and the container to be treated or in a removal line for the flowable medium, which removes the flowable medium from the containers.

Blow moulding machine with feed line sterilization

Bottle bottom

An apparatus for transforming plastic preforms into containers may include at least one blow mould which forms a cavity, inside which the plastic preforms can be transformed into containers. The apparatus may include a pressure application device for applying a medium to the plastic preforms in order to expand the preforms against an inner wall of the blow mould delimiting the cavity. The apparatus may include a stretching rod for stretching the plastic preforms in the longitudinal direction. The apparatus may include a cleaning device for cleaning regions of the blow mould. The cleaning device may include at least one outlet opening for a cleaning medium for cleaning the blow mould, and this outlet opening is arranged at least at times inside the blow mould.

Blow moulding machine with cleaning system

A device for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with a mobile carrier on which is arranged a plurality of blowing stations, each comprising blow mold carrier parts to hold blow mold parts, wherein at least one of these blow mold carrier parts is mobile in relation to the other blow mold carrier part, and wherein the blowing stations each comprise a carrier element to carry at least one blow mold carrier part. The device includes a clean room within which the plastic preforms can be expanded into plastic containers. The blow mold carrier parts together with the carrier element form a unit which can be demounted as a whole from the carrier.

Blowing machine with demountable blowing stations

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Wuppertal, Germany

Ulrich Lappe