The invention describes a method and a filling installation for filling containers, in particular glass bottles, with a beverage, in particular beer. For this, the containers are machine-washed and consequently provided in a heated state for filling. The beverage is provided at an inlet temperature and is machine-filled at a fill temperature and then pasteurized. The containers heated thereby are cooled to an outlet temperature. Since the beverage is heated for the subsequent filling, in particular from the inlet temperature at least to the fill temperature, by means of heat obtained during cooling to the outlet temperature, the expense for cooling the hot-washed containers prior to filling can be reduced.
Disclosed is a method for designing containers, and in particular plastic containers and in particular beverage containers, wherein a plurality of physical parameters characteristic of a container to be designed are taken into account, wherein an artificial intelligence is used for at least one step of the method, and wherein at least some of these physical parameters are provided to this artificial intelligence as initial training data.
G06F 30/27 - Design optimisation, verification or simulation using machine learning, e.g. artificial intelligence, neural networks, support vector machines [SVM] or training a model
G06F 30/17 - Mechanical parametric or variational design
The invention relates to a packaging device (I) and method for producing packaging units (20) comprising at least two articles (30). The articles (30) are combined with packaging (35), wherein regions of the packaging (35) are fixed to one another by an adhesive (40). The packaging device (1) comprises at least one dividing module (3), form an assembly (32) from at least two articles (30), and a packaging module (5), comprising a transport for conveying the article assemblies (32) in a transport direction. The packaging module (5) is designed to arrange packaging (35) on the assembly (32) of at least two articles (30). The packaging module (5) comprises at least one arrangement (6) having at least two application elements (7) for applying adhesive (40) to the packaging (35). The arrangement (6) can be brought into different operating positions (API, AP2), characterized by different angular positions (α).
A container treatment line and a container treatment method for treating containers in a container treatment line are provided. The container treatment line has at least two container treatment devices that comprise at least one first container treatment device for treating the containers and a second container treatment device for treating the containers, and which are configured to exchange data with one another in relation to the treatment of the containers, at least one determination device for determining an actual state of at least one predetermined element that is intended for treating the containers with at least one of the at least two container treatment devices, a comparison device for comparing the actual state determined by the determination device with a predetermined state stored in a first database, which is a measurement and/or control state in relation to the operation of an external container treatment line, which comprises at least one container treatment device that is at least partially structurally identical to one of the at least two container treatment devices, and a coordination device for coordinating at least one setting for treating the containers to be made in the first container treatment device with at least one setting for treating the containers to be made with the second container treatment device, wherein the coordination device is configured to carry out its coordination on the basis of the comparison result of the comparison device.
The invention relates, inter alia, to a clamping pin for clamping a label tape roll. The clamping pin has multiple clamping regions which are arranged distributed around a circumference of the clamping pin for internal clamping of a roll core of the label tape roll. The multiple clamping regions are formed from several adjacent, preferably additively manufactured, material layers.
An apparatus for marking objects, and in particular containers, container closures, or labels, includes a transport device, which transports the objects along a predefined transport path, and a marking device, which is configured for providing the objects with a marking, wherein the marking device including a laser generation unit for generating a laser bundle and an exit element via which the laser bundle exits the marking device, wherein the apparatus includes an inspection device which is configured for inspecting the exit element.
The invention relates, inter alia, to an apparatus for transporting objects. The apparatus has multiple magnetic force segments arranged side-by-side on a closed path curve. The apparatus has multiple motion devices, each of which has an object holder for holding an object and a magnetic force unit for magnetic interaction with the multiple magnetic force segments for driving the respective motion device. The magnetic force units are each arranged outside relative to the closed path curve for movement on a circulating drive path. The object holders are each arranged for transporting the held objects on a transport path inside relative to the circulating drive path.
B65G 29/00 - Rotary conveyors, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones
B65G 43/02 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting detecting dangerous physical condition of load- carriers, e.g. for interrupting the drive in the event of overheating
A receiving apparatus for a label carrier tape of a labeling apparatus for containers. The receiving apparatus includes a feeding apparatus and a receiving unit. The feeding apparatus can feed the label carrier tape to the receiving unit. The receiving unit includes a winding shaft which can be set in rotation by a drive apparatus. The label carrier tape can be wound onto the winding shaft in a receiving position into a winding roll. The winding shaft is configured to be moved in a first direction parallel to an axis of rotation of the winding shaft. The winding roll can be moved from the receiving position to a rest position by moving the winding shaft. The incoming label carrier tape can be wound onto a further winding roll in the receiving position.
B65C 9/18 - Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
B65H 18/10 - Mechanisms in which power is applied to web-roll spindle
B65H 35/02 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machinesArticle or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with longitudinal slitters or perforators
9.
METHOD AND MEASURING ASSEMBLY FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF PACKAGING UNITS
The invention relates to a method and a measuring assembly for detecting deviations of a current status from a target status of a packaging unit (10), formed by at least two articles combined by strapping or a packaging blank (14), after production, by measuring the width of an intermediate space between two directly adjacent articles within the packaging unit (10) or by measuring a distance (B) between the shell surfaces of the adjacent articles in their most widely spaced-apart positions. A measured width of the intermediate space or a measured distance (B) represents a current status, which is compared with a defined or with a variably definable target status. The measuring assembly generates output signals (84) from the measured values and delivers them to a downstream evaluation unit (86), which is operatively connected to a packaging machine or is part of a packaging machine of this type.
B65B 57/00 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices
B65D 71/42 - Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottlesBales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element
G01B 11/14 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures
The invention relates to a multipack (1) comprising multiple drink containers (5). The multipack (1) comprises a flat packaging blank (41), with which the drink containers (5) are interlockingly held next to one another, and has multiple openings in which the drink containers (5) are inserted. The flat packaging blank (41) forms a particular cover (7) for each drink container (5), which covers at least regions of an upper side of the particular drink container (5). According to the invention, the flat packaging blank (41) comprises at least one bridge (9) for each cover (7), which particular at least one bridge (9) connects a particular cover (7) to a remaining portion (46) of the flat packaging blank (41) and has an inclined orientation relative to an upper broad side surface (47) of the remaining portion (46).
B65D 71/42 - Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottlesBales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element
B65B 17/02 - Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
11.
THERMAL CONTAINER TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A THERMAL CONTAINER TREATMENT DEVICE
The invention relates to a thermal container treatment device such as a pasteurizer, a cooler, or a heater, comprising a main conveyor belt for transporting containers in the thermal container treatment device, said main conveyor belt being designed to be drivable at a first speed in a first direction, and a buffer belt for buffering containers in the thermal container treatment device. The buffer belt is designed to be drivable at a second variably adjustable speed in the first direction. The buffer belt directly adjoins the main transport belt when viewed in the first direction. The buffer belt is additionally designed to be drivable in a second direction for example. The invention additionally relates to a method for operating the thermal container treatment device.
B65G 47/31 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
A23B 2/00 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general
B65G 47/66 - Fixed platforms or combs, e.g. bridges between conveyors
B65G 47/82 - Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels
B65G 47/96 - Devices for tilting links or platforms
The invention relates to, inter alia, a method for laser marking of objects (12), preferably containers. The method includes: providing a representation (D) of a desired laser marking; applying a computer-assisted procedure to the representation (D) which divides the representation (D) into a plurality of sub-regions (T1-T5); and laser marking the plurality of sub-regions (T1-T5) on an object (12) by a plurality of laser marking apparatuses (20) to generate the representation (D) on the object (12), wherein the plurality of laser marking apparatuses (20) each laser mark one of the plurality of sub-regions (T1-T5) on the object (12).
G06K 15/02 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers
B41J 2/455 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using arrays of radiation sources using laser arrays
B41J 3/01 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for special character, e.g. for Chinese characters or barcodes
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
13.
METHOD FOR SETTING A STRIP TENSION OF A LABEL STRIP
The invention relates to a method for adjusting a strip tension of a label strip (120; 220; 320; 420), wherein the label strip is transported along a transport direction by means of a transport device (100), wherein a drive element (200, 201, 202; 300, 301, 302) of the transport device moves the label strip along the transport direction and generates a strip tension in the label strip, wherein a sensor (110; 203; 303; 403) measures a value indicative of the strip tension and a control unit (180; 280; 380; 480) controls the drive element on the basis of the indicative value and a target value of the strip tension, and wherein the sensor measures the indicative value substantially without influencing the strip tension.
An apparatus for producing containers includes a transport device which transports plastic preforms along a predefined transport path a forming device which expands the plastic preforms to form plastic containers; a first inspection device which is configured to inspect the plastic preforms; and a second inspection device which is configured to inspect the plastic containers. The the first inspection device has a first inspection region through which the plastic preforms to be inspected pass so that they can be inspected, and the second inspection device has a second inspection region through which the plastic containers to be inspected pass so that they can be inspected. The said first inspection region and said second inspection region overlap at least in part.
The invention relates, inter alia, to a rotary apparatus for a container processing plant. The rotary apparatus comprises a support frame having a cut-out and an annular lubricant channel surrounding the cut-out. The rotary apparatus comprises a rotor plate which is arranged in the cut-out such as to be rotatable relative to the support frame and which has an annular collar which extends into the lubricant channel from above.
The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for handling articles, having a gripping device (16) which can be subjected to negative pressure for the grasping of the articles using suction, and having a cleaning device (36) which can interact with the gripping device (16) in order to remove contaminants present therein or thereon. The invention also relates to a method for regenerating a suction surface (18) and/or air-conducting portions (32) of a gripping device (16), which comprises a movably suspended plate-like suction device which can be areally subjected to negative pressure in order to, on an underside, suction and grasp a plurality of articles by suctioning the articles onto an air-permeable elastic layer (26) when suction pressure is applied. In the method, a cleaning operation is provided, in which contaminants and/or deposits are removed at least from the elastic layer (26) and/or from the air-conducting portions (32) of the gripping device (16).
A container treatment apparatus for treating containers, for example for filling containers with a filling product and/or for closing containers filled with a filling product with a container closure, includes a housing part delimiting a treatment chamber and an electrical and/or electronic component for monitoring and/or illuminating a treatment module in the treatment chamber, wherein the electrical and/or electronic component is arranged in a component receptacle that projects through the housing part into the treatment chamber.
B67C 3/00 - Bottling liquids or semiliquidsFilling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatusFilling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
B67C 7/00 - Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottlesProcesses or devices for at least two of these operations
18.
CONVEYOR FOR CONTAINER TRANSPORT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD
The invention relates, inter alia, to a conveyor for container transport for a container treatment facility. The conveyor has a circulating transport element and a plurality of carriers which are arranged at a distance from one another along the circulating transport element and are attached to the circulating transport element for carrying containers along. The conveyor further comprises a cleaning fluid line for conducting cleaning fluid, a plurality of spray devices connected to the cleaning fluid line for spraying the cleaning fluid, and a main longitudinal beam which carries the circulating transport element and the cleaning fluid line.
B65G 17/12 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element
B65G 23/44 - Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements
B65G 49/00 - Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for
The invention relates to an apparatus for sealing cans. The apparatus has a shaft, two flanging tools, and a connecting component. The connecting component connects the two flanging tools to the shaft for pivoting the two flanging tools. The two flanging tools are each height-adjustable and connected to the connecting component.
B21D 51/26 - Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects cans or tinsClosing cans or tins in a permanent manner
20.
PACKAGING DEVICE FOR PRODUCING PACKAGING UNITS, REMOVAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING AND SEPARATING MAGAZINED PACKAGING BLANKS, AND USE THEREOF IN THE PRODUCTION OF PACKAGING UNITS
A packaging apparatus includes a magazine (12) having several stacked, sheet-like packaging blanks (10), and a removal apparatus. The removal apparatus includes a horizontally and vertically movable handling device (16) with tools. The tools include at least a clamping bracket (22) and a gripping device (30). The clamping bracket (22) serves on and fixes the stack (14) of packaging blanks (10) in a first surface region (24). The gripping device (30) takes hold of a packaging blank (10, 10-1) that is uppermost in the stack (14), in a second surface region (32). The gripping device (30) is pivotable such that the second surface region (32) can be angled towards the first surface region (24) to separate the gripped packaging blank (10, 10-1) from the stack (14), after releasing the clamping bracket (22), and to remove it from the magazine (12).
The invention relates to a buffer device (18) having at least one self-propelled shuttle (12, 30, 32) for accommodating objects to be buffered, wherein each shuttle is movable along a path and comprises at least two antennas (13, 14, 29, 31, 45, 46), and having two slotted waveguides (1, 2, 23, 39, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86), which in each case comprise segments (3, 4, 5, 6, 24-28, 40-44) arranged one behind the other along the path and are configured to accommodate antennas, which interact for signal transmission with the respective slotted waveguide in which they are accommodated. The first slotted waveguide is operated at a first frequency. The second slotted waveguide is operated at a second frequency. The first and second frequencies are different. The invention further relates to a method for operating the buffer device (18), comprising: introducing the first antenna (13, 29, 31) of a self-propelled shuttle (12, 30, 32) into the first slotted waveguide (1, 23), introducing the second antenna (14, 45, 46) of the self-propelled shuttle into the second slotted waveguide (2, 39), operating the first slotted waveguide at the first frequency, and operating the second slotted waveguide at the second frequency.
H01P 3/123 - Hollow waveguides with a complex or stepped cross-section, e.g. ridged or grooved waveguides
B61L 3/22 - Continuous control along the route using magnetic or electrostatic inductionContinuous control along the route using electromagnetic radiation
B65G 47/00 - Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyorsMethods employing such devices
H01Q 1/32 - Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles
H01Q 13/22 - Longitudinal slot in boundary wall of waveguide or transmission line
H01Q 13/20 - Non-resonant leaky-waveguide or transmission-line antennas Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave
22.
Drive Apparatus for Driving a Component of a Container Treatment System
A drive apparatus for driving a component of a container treatment system includes at least one sealing element for sealing an interior of the drive apparatus and a monitoring system. The monitoring system is configured to monitor a wear condition of the sealing element.
F16J 15/3296 - Arrangements for monitoring the condition or operation of elastic sealingsArrangements for control of elastic sealings, e.g. of their geometry or stiffness
The invention relates to an apparatus for transporting containers, comprising a first container-transporting device for transporting the containers along a transport direction, a second container-transporting device for transporting the containers along the transport direction, wherein the second container-transporting device is arranged directly downstream of the first container-transporting device in the transport direction, a third container-transporting device for transporting the containers along the transport direction, wherein the third container-transporting device is arranged downstream of the second container-transporting device in the transport direction, a detection device which is designed to detect congestion of the containers in the second or third container-transporting device, and a control device which is designed to reduce the actual speed of the second transport container device as soon as the detection device detects congestion, such that the actual speed of the second container-transporting device is lower than the actual speed of the first container-transporting device. The invention also relates to a control device for a corresponding apparatus, comprising an input which is designed to obtain a signal for detecting congestion of the containers in a second and/or third container-transporting device, a processor which is designed to determine a reduced actual speed of the second container-transporting device such that the actual speed of the second container-transporting device is lower than the actual speed of the first container-transporting device, such that an accumulation of containers forms at the transition to the second container-transporting device, and an output which is designed to output a signal to reduce the actual speed of the second container-transporting device based on the determination by the processor.
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
B65G 47/26 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
B65G 47/31 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
24.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC CONTAINERS WITH ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION CAVITIES
An apparatus for producing plastic containers, having a production device for producing plastic preforms, wherein this production device has a plurality of production cavities, and having a forming device which is configured for forming the plastic preforms produced by the production device into plastic containers, having a transport device which transports the plastic preforms produced by the production device to the forming device along a predetermined transport path, and having a heating device which heats the plastic preforms produced by the production device, wherein the apparatus has at least one first inspection device which is configured for detecting at least one physical property of a plastic preform produced by the production device, and further has a first assignment device which is configured for assigning to an inspected plastic preform the production cavity which produced this plastic preform.
An apparatus for transporting plastic preforms having main body and a mouth region, has a first roller rotatable with respect to a first axis of rotation and a second roller rotatable with respect to a second axis of rotation, wherein the first axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation run parallel to each other and a gap is formed between the first roller and the second roller, which gap is dimensioned such that the main body can pass through this gap and the mouth region cannot pass through this gap, wherein the plastic preforms are transportable along this gap and with at least one application device which applies a gaseous medium, and in particular air, to the plastic preforms, wherein the application device is arranged in such a way as to apply the gaseous medium to the plastic preforms in their mouth region.
The invention relates to a packaging machine (2) for producing packs (18). The packs (18) are each formed by at least two articles (12) that are grouped together by means of at least one packaging blank (10, 10v), and the packaging blanks (10, 10v) are provided with through-openings (14) for receiving at least one article (12), each article (12) passing through a through-opening (14) and being secured therein. The packaging machine (2) comprises at least one manipulator which is configured and correspondingly equipped so that the packaging blanks (10, 10v), during their application onto the articles (12), are pressed onto the articles (12) by means of an at least partially rolling movement sequence during which the packaging blank (10, 10v) is bowed. The invention also relates to a method for producing packs (18), in which method the packaging blanks (10, 10v), during their application onto the articles (12), are pressed onto the articles (12) by means of a manipulator by means of an at least partially rolling movement sequence during which the packaging blank (10, 10v) is bowed.
B65B 43/10 - Forming three-dimensional containers from sheet material by folding the material
B65B 43/16 - Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by grippers
B65B 43/18 - Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by grippers by suction-operated grippers
B65B 43/24 - Breaking creases to facilitate setting-up cartons
B65B 43/34 - Opening or distending bagsOpening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by internal pressure
B65B 61/08 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting using rotary cutters
27.
PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PACKAGES
The invention relates to a packaging machine (2) and to a method that can be carried out therewith for producing packages (18) which are each formed by at least two articles (12) combined by means of at least one packaging blank (10, 10v). The packaging blanks (10, 10v) are equipped with passage openings (14) for receiving at least one article (12), through each of which passage openings (14) an article (12) passes and is fixed there. The packaging machine (2) has a pre-treatment station (6) with at least one expanding die (22) for pre-treating the packaging blanks (10), in particular for weakening the packaging blanks (10) using the expanding die (22) in the region of at least some of their respective passage openings (14) for the purpose of reducing a joining force (36) when applying the packaging blanks (10, 10v) to the articles (12) passing through the passage openings (14). It can additionally be provided that the respectively pre-treated passage openings (14) of the packaging blanks (10, 10v) can be pre-treated in sub-segments (60) and not pre-treated in further sub-segments (58).
B65B 17/02 - Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
B65B 43/24 - Breaking creases to facilitate setting-up cartons
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 43/16 - Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by grippers
B65B 43/18 - Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by grippers by suction-operated grippers
B65B 43/34 - Opening or distending bagsOpening, erecting, or setting-up boxes, cartons, or carton blanks by internal pressure
B31B 50/00 - Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
B31B 50/14 - Cutting, e.g. perforating, punching, slitting or trimming
B31F 1/00 - Mechanical deformation without removing material, e.g. in combination with laminating
The invention relates to, inter alia, a device (10) for furnishing containers (12), preferably with labels, printed matter and/or laser markings. The device (10) has a planar motor drive system (18) with a control device (32), a base element (20) and multiple movement devices (22, 24) which can be driven individually by means of magnetic interaction with the base element (20) and can be moved independently of one another in relation to the base element (20). The multiple movement devices (22, 24) have multiple container movement devices (22), which are designed to transport the containers (12), and/or multiple furnishing movement devices (24), which are designed to furnish the containers (12), preferably with labels, printed matter and/or laser markings.
B65C 9/02 - Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station
B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B65C 9/04 - Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station having means for rotating the articles
04 - Industrial oils and greases; lubricants; fuels
Goods & Services
(1) Industrial oils and greases, in particular for machines for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and plastic processing industries; lubricants; non-slipping preparations for belts.
30.
Method and Apparatus for Determining a Wear State of a Roller of a Cam Controller for a Container Treatment Machine
In a method for determining a wear state of a roller of a cam controller for a container treatment machine, the cam controller includes a control cam, at least one roller movably guided along the control cam, and a measuring element carried along with the roller along the control cam. The control cam comprises a sensor apparatus. The roller is guided past the sensor apparatus as it runs along the control cam, and a distance value between the measuring element and the sensor apparatus is determined using the sensor apparatus as the roller is guided past. A wear state of the roller is determined on the basis of the distance value.
G01N 21/892 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in moving material, e.g. paper, textiles characterised by the flaw, defect or object feature examined
G01N 27/82 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating magnetic variables for investigating the presence of flaws
31.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A DEVICE FOR EQUIPPING OBJECTS
The invention relates, inter alia, to a method for monitoring the operation of a device (10) for labelling objects (12). The device (10) has multiple functional elements (18, 28, 32, 36, 40, 42, 48, 50), Procedures that malfunction during the operation of the device (10) are detected. Each malfunctioning procedure is linked to whichever of the multiple functional elements (18, 28, 32, 36, 40, 42, 48, 50) are at least indirectly involved in the malfunctioning procedure in question. A malfunction frequency distribution is created for the multiple functional elements (18, 28, 32, 36, 40, 42, 48, 50) on the basis of the links in order to locate malfunction-causing functional elements among the multiple functional elements (18, 28, 32, 36, 40, 42, 48, 50).
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
The invention relates to a system (10) for packaging and palletising items. The system (10) has a packaging device (12) for strapping in each case a plurality of items to form a multipack and applying a packaging blank to the multipack in order to hold the multipack together. The system (10) also has a handling device (14), a compressing device (16) and a palletising device (18).
B65B 65/00 - Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided forArrangements of such details
B65B 35/58 - Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position
B65B 35/36 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers
B65B 57/06 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
B65B 57/08 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to stop, or to control the speed of, the machine as a whole
B65B 17/02 - Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
The invention relates, inter alia, to a method for laser-marking objects with a curved face. A two-dimensional representation of a desired laser mark is provided. The provided two-dimensional representation is adjusted depending upon the curvature of the curved face. A laser mark is laser-marked on the curved face of an object by means of a laser-marking system depending upon the adjusted two-dimensional representation.
B23K 26/352 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring for surface treatment
B23K 26/042 - Automatically aligning the laser beam
B23K 26/08 - Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
B23K 26/082 - Scanning systems, i.e. devices involving movement of the laser beam relative to the laser head
B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
Multifunction gripper, comprising: - a support frame (2), associable with movement means; - an abutment (3), associated with the frame (2); - a side wall (4), arranged beneath the abutment (3) and provided with suction means; - a presser (5), arranged beneath the abutment (3) in a position opposite to the side wall (4) and movable towards and away from the side wall (4) between a minimum distance position and a maximum distance position from the side wall (4).
The invention relates to an automated method for data-based error cause analysis for at least one deviation in a container treatment process in a container treatment machine of the beverage/filling industry from a target container treatment process. The method comprises: determining at least one deviation in a container treatment process in a container treatment machine of the beverage/filling industry from a target container treatment process by analysing sensor data and/or measurement data from sensors and/or measuring devices provided in the container treatment machine; bringing the determined at least one deviation into context with a most probable error cause; outputting the most probable error cause for an error which causes the at least one deviation and an action instruction for rectifying the error; and applying the action instruction to rectify the error.
The invention relates to a plastic container (1) for receiving liquids, in particular beverages, having a base portion (2), a main body (4) which adjoins the base portion (2) and which forms a receiving volume for receiving the liquid and which extends in a longitudinal direction (L) of the plastic container, a shoulder region (8) which adjoins the main body in the longitudinal direction (L) and in which a cross section in the longitudinal direction (L) is reduced, and having a mouth region (10) which adjoins the shoulder region (8) in the longitudinal direction (L) and in which a mouth is formed via which the liquid can be supplied to the container, wherein the shoulder region and the mouth region are arranged in an upper section of the plastic container relative to the longitudinal direction (L), wherein the plastic container has a deformation portion (6) below the mouth portion (10) in the longitudinal direction (L), in which deformation portion the plastic container (1) is elastically deformable with respect to its longitudinal direction and wherein the container is label-free and preferably also printing-free.
The invention relates to a method for automatically controlling at least two drivable belts in a system. The belts are each configured to transport containers in a first or second direction. The system comprises a machine that is upstream of the belts and/or a machine that is downstream of the belts. The method comprises: detecting a first operating state of the upstream machine and/or detecting a second operating state of the downstream machine; furthermore determining a speed to be selected for each of the belts based on the first and/or second operating state; and controlling the belts in accordance with the speed to be selected. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method, wherein the system comprises a machine that is upstream of the belts and/or a machine that is downstream of the belts.
B65G 15/22 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration comprising a series of co-operating units
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
38.
METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING CONSUMPTION DATA OF MEDIA IN A FILLING LINE AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
The invention relates to a method for automatically determining consumption data of media (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 42, 47, 53) in a filling line (1), comprising at least one media-consuming machine (2, 4, 7, 41, 46, 52). The consumption data comprises an actual amount (27, 28, 29, 30, 31) and a remaining operation time (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 45, 50, 56) of the medium. The method comprises the steps of determining an actual amount (27, 28, 29, 30, 31) of a medium of the at least one machine and transferring the actual amount in a predefined format to an external storage means via an edge device, transferring context information (10) relating to the filling line and the at least one machine to the external storage means via the edge device, creating a consumption monitor comprising the consumption data of the media within an external storage means, determining a remaining operation time of the medium based on the actual amount of the medium and on the context information relating to the filling line and the at least one machine, transferring the consumption monitor to a display apparatus, displaying the consumption monitor by the display apparatus and using the consumption data when operating the filling line. The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method.
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for monitoring the quality of packaging units (12), wherein the packaging units (12) are each formed by primary packages (16) that are secondarily packaged in shrink film (30). On a conveyor section (22, 52) extending through a shrink device (36), the primary packages (16) packaged in shrink film (30) are conveyed through the shrink device (36) to undergo heat treatment. An optical detection device (54) for the optical sensor-based scanning of at least one outer surface of the packaging units (12) passing through the outlet is arranged at the outlet of the shrink device (36). Image signals (60) for each packaging unit (12) that are supplied by the optical detection device (54) are compared with predefinable target signals. If a detected deviation of the captured image signals (60) from the target signals is below a predefinable threshold value, or if the captured image signals (60) lie within a target range, a heating device, which is located in the shrink device (36) or supplies the shrink device (36) with heat at an elevated shrink temperature, is throttled at least to such an extent that a shrink temperature prevailing within the shrink device (36) is reduced by a defined value.
B65B 53/06 - Shrinking wrappers, containers, container covers or container cover securing members during or after packaging by heat supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65C 3/06 - Affixing labels to short rigid containers
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
40.
METHOD, APPLICATION DEVICE, AND PACKAGING DEVICE FOR PRODUCING STRAPPED PACKAGES
The invention relates a method using an application head for grouping articles that are held together by a strapping band. The method includes: providing the at least two grouped articles; inserting a prefabricated closed strapping band into the application head, wherein the strapping band is fixed in a defined position. The application head has a variable opening width of a cage which surrounds the grouped articles. It is then lowered over the articles by a feed movement which runs approximately parallel to longitudinal central axes of the articles, wherein the cage contacts the grouped articles and slightly compresses the grouped articles. The strapping band is then positioned by lowering the application head. The opening width of the cage is then increased while the strapping band is simultaneously released. Then the application head is raised over the strapped article grouping and is removed therefrom.
A packaging apparatus (1) and method for producing packaging units (40) is described. The packaging units (40) comprise at least two articles (20), on which at least one at least partially sheet-like packaging blank (3) is arranged. The packaging blank (3) has at least two through-openings (33) for the at least two articles (20). The through-openings (33) each have an edge region (34), which is in contact with the respective article (20). The packaging apparatus (1) comprises, among other components, an application head (10) for applying and fixing the packaging blank (30) to the article group (22), and a magazine (6) assigned to the packaging apparatus (1). The application head (10) or the magazine (6) comprises devices for pretreating the edge region of the through-openings (33). An alternative embodiment comprises a removal head which has devices for pretreating the edge region of the through-openings (33).
B65B 17/02 - Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
B65B 43/18 - Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by grippers by suction-operated grippers
42.
PACKAGING APPARATUS FOR PLACING A PACKAGING BLANK ONTO A BUNDLE OF ARTICLES, PACKAGING BLANK, PACKAGING UNIT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PACKAGING UNIT
The invention relates to a packaging apparatus for placing a packaging blank onto a bundle of articles (28), having at least one feed device, at least one dividing device and at least one application head (4) with a pressing device (8), of which the underside (9) is designed as a receiving region (10) for the at least one packaging blank. The pressing device (8) comprises receptacles (11), which each extend upwards from the receiving region (10). The receptacles (11) are each designed to receive an upper sub-region of an article. In the receiving region (10), the receptacles (11) each have a circumference (12) that deviates from a circular circumference and that is bent at least in sections. The invention further relates to a packaging blank, a packaging unit, and a method for producing such a packaging unit.
B65B 35/30 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups
B65B 41/06 - Feeding sheets or wrapper blanks by grippers by suction-operated grippers
B65D 71/42 - Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottlesBales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element
B65D 71/44 - Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottlesBales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element characterised by the handle
B65D 71/50 - Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottlesBales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed otherwise than by folding a blank
43.
Method for operating a container treatment plant, container inspection apparatus for a container treatment plant
A method for operating a container treatment plant for treating a plurality of container parts for containers wherein a transport device transports the plurality of container parts as a container part stream along a predetermined transport path from at least one treatment device of a container treatment plant to at least one further treatment device, wherein at least one sensor device for carrying out a container inspection task captures sensor data, and preferably camera images of the container parts. A deposit variable is determined which is characteristic of a deposit instruction for depositing the captured sensor data on a non-volatile memory device. The deposit variable is determined on the basis of a similarity variable which is characteristic of a similarity between the captured sensor data and predetermined and/or predeterminable reference data.
G01N 21/90 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in a container or its contents
G06V 10/44 - Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersectionsConnectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
44.
METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTAINER TREATMENT PLANT, AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A CONTAINER TREATMENT APPARATUS
To carry out a container inspection task, a sensor device optically detects sensor data and camera images relating to the container parts, and a real-time evaluation device evaluates spatially resolved sensor data in real time using a machine learning container inspection model which includes a set of parameters which are set to values which were learned as a result of a machine learning method. A set of container part features based on a machine learning method is predetermined, and the detected, spatially resolved sensor data are evaluated in relation to a plant inspection task different from the container inspection task, based on the predetermined set of container part characteristics, a plant inspection variable being determined depending on the inspection result of the carried out plant inspection task, which is provided for the control and/or regulation of the container treatment plant.
Disclosed is a method for performing a container inspection task in a container treatment plant for treating a plurality of container parts for containers, in which a transport device transports the plurality of container parts as a container part stream along a predetermined transport path from at least one treatment device of the container treatment plant to at least one further treatment device of the container treatment plant and at least one sensor device for performing the container inspection task captures, in particular spatially resolved, sensor data, preferably camera images, with regard to the container parts to be inspected, and a real-time evaluation device evaluates the, spatially resolved, sensor data, in real time.
A description is given of a system (1) for manipulating and palletizing items (21), comprising a layer-forming device (2) for producing palletizable layers (20) from a plurality of items (21) and also comprising a palletizing station (3), which is designed to collect produced palletizable layers from a transfer location (22) of the layer-forming device (2) and to stack collected palletizable layers (20) on a pallet. In the system (1), for at least one of the palletizable layers (20) to be stacked on a respective pallet, the palletizing station (3) and the layer-forming device (3) are brought into operative connection with one another in such a way that it takes less than 0.3 seconds between the at least one palletizable layer (20) being provided at the transfer location (22) and the start of a movement for transferring the at least one palletizable layer (22) from the transfer location (22) to the palletizing station (3). Alternatively, for at least one of the palletizable layers (20) to be stacked on a respective pallet, the palletizing station (3) and the layer-forming device (2) may be brought into operative connection with one another in such a way that a gripper head (32) of the palletizing station (3) is arranged above the at least one palletizable layer (20) when all the items (21) of the at least one palletizable layer (20) are located at the transfer location (22), wherein less than 0.3 seconds pass between all the items (21) of the at least one palletizable layer (20) being provided at a transfer position of the transfer location (22) and the gripper head (32) reaching the vertical level of the items (21) located at the transfer position.
B65G 47/08 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding
B65G 57/24 - Stacking of articles of particular shape three-dimensional, e.g. cubiform, cylindrical in layers, each of predetermined arrangement the layers being transferred as a whole, e.g. on pallets
47.
Methods and apparatuses for forming plastics material preforms into plastics material containers with determination of a switching time delay of valves
Disclosed is a method for operating a forming device for forming plastics material preforms into plastics material containers, wherein the forming device has a movable carrier on which a plurality of forming stations are arranged, wherein each of these forming stations forms plastics material preforms into the plastics material containers by applying a flowable and, in particular, gaseous medium in an operation mode, wherein in the operation mode at least two different pressure levels are applied to the plastics material preforms for the expansion thereof and at least two valves are used for this application, wherein at least one measured value is determined, at least at times, which is characteristic of a switching time and/or a switching time delay of at least one of the valves, wherein this measured value results from a pressure measured value.
The invention relates to a device and a method for producing and handling a container (6) made of fibre-based material (2), comprising the following steps: applying a suspension of fibre-containing material (2) into the multi-part mould (4) in order to form a container (6), wherein the mould (4) determines the outer shape of the container (6) to be produced; opening the multi-part mould (4); and holding the formed container (6) by a mould part (5) which is movable relative to one or more other parts of the mould (4) and outputting the movable mould part (5) with the held container (6).
The invention relates to a device and a method for producing and handling a container (6) made of fibre-based material (2), comprising: a multi-part mould (4), wherein the mould (4) defines the outer shape of the container (6) to be produced; a supply line (7) for supplying a suspension of fibre-containing material (2) and a pressurized liquid into the mould (4) in order to form the container (6), wherein the device (1) is configured to detachably attach a transport adapter (5) to the container (6) during the forming of the container (6). A production method according to the invention comprises the steps of applying a suspension of fibre-containing material (2) into a multi-part mould (4) in order to form a container (6), wherein the multi-part mould (4) defines the outer shape of the container (6) to be produced; opening the multi-part mould (4); and fastening a transport adapter (5) to the container (6) during the forming of the container (6), wherein the transport adapter (5) is detachably fastened to the container (6).
The disclosure relates to a method, a computer apparatus and a system for automatically recognizing an anomaly in a machine operation. The machine operation is, in particular, of machines for filling and packaging food and/or beverages. Anomaly recognition comprises the capturing of sensor data, the automatic categorization of these data according to operating states and the extraction of relevant features for each category of operating states. Threshold values are specified with the aid of statistical methods in order to define precise operating limits. This model is monitored and adjusted in order to respond to anomalies at an early stage and ensure operational safety. The disclosure creates a robust monitoring system that makes it possible to monitor the condition of the machine system in real time and respond at an early stage to deviating operating conditions. This contributes to increasing operational safety, avoiding downtime and optimizing maintenance processes.
The invention relates, inter alia, to a method for setting a cleaning operation of an apparatus for filling containers with a filling material. The apparatus has several filling stations, each having a filling material path, a filling material path valve arranged in the corresponding filling material path, and a flow meter arranged to measure a flow rate through the corresponding filling material path. A cleaning medium is passed through at least some of the filling material paths by releasing at least some of the filling material paths by opening the corresponding filling material path valves. Cleaning medium flow rates through the released filling material paths are measured by the corresponding flow meters. At least one valve actuation parameter of the cleaning operation of the apparatus is set depending on the measured cleaning medium flow rates.
B67C 3/00 - Bottling liquids or semiliquidsFilling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatusFilling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
B08B 9/032 - Cleaning the internal surfacesRemoval of blockages by the mechanical action of a moving fluid, e.g. by flushing
The invention relates, inter alia, to an apparatus for transporting objects. A sealing device seals between a first space and a second space and has a liquid channel for accommodating a sealing liquid for sealing. A conveying device has at least one movement apparatus for transporting an object. The at least one movement apparatus has an object holder which is arranged in the second space. The at least one movement apparatus has a connecting region for guiding, driving and/or supporting the respective movement apparatus, which is arranged in the first space. The at least one movement apparatus has a support connection which connects the connecting region and the object holder to one another. A section of the support connection extends through the liquid channel for immersion in the sealing liquid.
The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a container (1) from a fiber-based material (2), said method having the following steps: forming a container blank (3) from a fiber-based material (2) in a mold (4), the mold (4) defining the outer shape of the container (1) to be produced; connecting a preform (6), preferably a preform made of a biodegradable polymer, to a preformed container part (5) in order to form a unit (9); inserting the unit (9) into the container blank (3); and connecting the container blank (3) to the unit (9) by expanding the preform (6) in the container blank (3). In an alternative embodiment, the method has the following steps: forming a container blank (3) from a fiber-based material (2) in a mold (4), the mold (4) defining the outer shape of the container (1) to be produced; placing a preformed container part (5) on the container blank (3); inserting a preform (6), preferably a preform made of a biodegradable polymer, into the container blank (3); and fixing the preformed container part (5) between the container blank (3) and the preform (6) by expanding the preform (6) in the container blank (3).
B29C 49/22 - Blow-moulding, i.e. blowing a preform or parison to a desired shape within a mouldApparatus therefor using multilayered preforms or parisons
54.
CLEANING OF DEVICES OF AN INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING CONTAINERS COMPRISING FIBRE-BASED MATERIALS
The invention relates to an installation (10) for producing containers which consist of at least one fibre-based material or comprise at least one fibre-based material, wherein the installation (10) comprises a production machine (1), which is designed to form the containers, and a CIP/SIP device (2), which is designed to clean the production machine (1) with the aid of at least one cleaning and/or disinfecting agent. The invention further relates to an installation for producing containers which consist of at least one fibre-based material or comprise at least one fibre-based material, wherein the installation comprises a production machine, which is designed to form the containers and comprises a screen mould for forming the containers, and a device for cleaning the screen mould, which is arranged outside the production machine and is designed to clean the screen mould with the aid of at least one cleaning and/or disinfecting agent, in particular comprising one of an acid, a lye, hydrogen peroxide and water.
A container treatment system includes a manufacturing machine for preforms, a blow molding machine, and at least one heat recovery device. A first process medium can be supplied from the manufacturing machine and/or the blow molding machine to a first heat recovery device. Heat can be exchanged between the first process medium and a second process medium of the container treatment system using the first heat recovery device.
The invention relates to, inter alia, a container treatment system having a container producing apparatus for producing pulp containers from pulp, a tunnel dryer for drying the pulp containers, and a conveyor apparatus which connects the container producing apparatus to the tunnel dryer for transporting the pulp containers from the container producing apparatus to the tunnel dryer. Advantageously, the container treatment system allows a very large number of pulp containers to be produced and dried for a subsequent filling process because the drying process no longer acts as a bottleneck during the treatment process.
D21J 3/10 - Manufacture of articles by pressing wet fibre pulp, or papier-mâché, between moulds of hollow bodies
F26B 15/10 - Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movementMachines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in a path composed of one or more straight lines, e.g. compound
57.
CONTAINER TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A PRODUCTION MACHINE, A BLOW MOLDING MACHINE AND AT LEAST ONE HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE
A container treatment system includes a production machine for preforms, a blow molding machine and at least one heat exchange device. The production machine and the blow molding machine are interlocked with one another, and the at least one heat exchange device is configured for heat exchange between the production machine and at least one component of the container treatment system.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Machines for the drinks, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic,
chemical and plastic processing industries; machines for
malthouses, breweries and dairies; machines for the
production of bottles of plastic and machines for producing
plastic container closures; machines for manufacturing
blanks for plastic bottles; plastic recycling installations
(machines); machines for manufacturing, coating,
transporting, treating, crushing, packaging and recycling
bottles, bottle caps, cans, jars, containers, cartons,
bottle crates and piece goods; machines for the transport,
treatment, testing, packaging and recycling of crushed
plastic containers; machines for palletising, depalletising,
packing, unpacking, sorting, cleaning, filling, fastening,
labelling and packaging; machines for printing on
containers; injection moulding, injection blow moulding,
extrusion blow moulding, stretch blow moulding and blow
moulding machines for producing plastic items and hollow
items, in particular containers and container closures made
of plastic; machines for the further processing of plastic
flakes; injection and blow moulds (parts of machines);
machines and mechanical apparatus for storage,
transportation, sorting and shaping of blanks for plastic
bottles; sorting machines for bulk goods and in particular
for container closures; buffer devices for container
buffering, in particular during container transport; parts
of the aforesaid machines and apparatus; pressurised
hot-water tanks; automated or semi-automated storage systems
and components of automated or semi-automated storage
systems and warehouse management systems for the beverage,
food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, chemical and plastics
processing industries, in particular pneumatic or hydraulic
drives, belt conveyors, compressed air conveyors, pressure
regulators, pressure valves, machine housings, filters as
parts of machines or motors, motors and valves (machine
parts); mechanical tools of metal for plastics processing,
in particular moulding tools; foundry moulds of metal and
plastic (parts of machines); nozzles for plastic processing
machines and tools; spare parts (parts of machines) for
plastic-processing machines, in particular for nozzles;
control apparatus for plastic-processing machines; parts for
the aforesaid machines and tools. Machines for testing bottles, bottle caps, cans, jars,
containers, cartons, bottle crates and piece goods; machines
for testing crushed plastic containers; machines and
mechanical apparatus for testing blanks for plastic bottles
or machines and mechanical devices for testing plastic
closures for containers; individual parts of the
above-mentioned machines and apparatus; scientific, optical,
surveying, weighing, signalling and checking (supervision)
apparatus and instruments; gas testing instruments; pressure
measuring apparatus; inspection machines (testing machines);
machines, namely measuring, counting, alignment and
calibration devices for testing bottles, plastic bottle
blanks, container closures, cans, jars, containers, cartons,
bottle crates and piece goods; electric and electronic
devices for measuring, monitoring and regulating of machines
for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical
and plastic processing industries; electric couplings for
the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and
plastic processing industries; electricity indicators; chips
(integrated circuits) for the beverage, food,
pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and plastic processing
industries; computers for the beverage, food,
pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and plastic processing
industries; computer programs for controlling and/or
monitoring of machines for the beverage, food,
pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and plastic processing
industries; temperature sensors for measuring the
temperature of blanks for plastic bottles or temperature
sensors for measuring the temperature of container closures. Decontamination machines; machines and mechanical devices
for heating and cooling plastic products, in particular
blanks for plastic bottles or plastic container closures;
individual parts of the above-mentioned machines and
apparatus; hot runners systems for plastic processing
machines and tools; nozzles for hot runners; spare parts
(parts of machines) for hot runner systems for
plastic-processing machines; control apparatus for
controlling hot runner systems for plastic processing
machines; parts of the above-mentioned machinery and tools;
steam generating installations; heating installations; heat
pumps; heat exchangers, other than parts of machines;
installations for the heat treatment of beverages;
installations for accumulating heat; installations for
cooling blanks for plastic bottles or systems for cooling
plastic container closures; installations for heating
plastic flakes; installations for heating blanks for plastic
bottles; installations for the treatment of process water;
biomass heating plants and component parts; block-type
thermal power stations; installations for recovering energy.
59.
TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR PLANAR PACKAGING BLANKS, PACKAGING SYSTEM HAVING A PACKAGING DEVICE FOR PLANAR PACKAGING BLANKS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE PACKAGING SYSTEM
A transport device (1) for planar packaging blanks is disclosed. The transport device (1) comprises at least one driverless transport vehicle (7) and at least one adapter (3). The at least one driverless transport vehicle (7) is designed to carry the at least one adapter (3). Furthermore, the at least one adapter (3) is designed to hold at least one stack (5) of planar packaging blanks.
B65B 59/04 - Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
B25J 5/00 - Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages
B65B 43/12 - Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed stateFeeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
B65B 43/14 - Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines
B65G 17/12 - Conveyors having an endless traction element, e.g. a chain, transmitting movement to a continuous or substantially-continuous load-carrying surface or to a series of individual load-carriersEndless-chain conveyors in which the chains form the load-carrying surface comprising a series of individual load-carriers fixed, or normally fixed, relative to traction element
The invention relates to a thermal container treatment machine (1), such as a pasteurizer, comprising a first transport device (2), a second transport device (3) and a transfer region, wherein: the first transport device (2) is designed to transport containers (5) in a first transport direction (R1) and to transfer the containers, in the transfer region, to the second transport device (3), which is designed to transport the containers (5) in a second transport direction (R2); the second transport device (3) is designed to transport the containers through the container treatment machine; and the transfer region comprises a static transfer surface (4) so that the containers (5) can be passed from the first transport device (2) to the second transport device (3) via the static transfer surface (4). The first transport device (2) has a wedge-shaped extension (7) on a side adjoined by the transfer region.
B65G 47/53 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices between conveyors which cross one another
B65G 47/66 - Fixed platforms or combs, e.g. bridges between conveyors
A23B 2/00 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general
61.
CONTAINER HANDLING DEVICE COMPRISING A TRANSPORT DEVICE AND A BUFFER DEVICE
A container handling device comprising a transport device for containers, a buffer device for buffering the containers in the container handling device and a control unit, wherein the containers can be conveyed by means of the transport device at a first conveying speed along a transport direction and by means of the buffer device at a second conveying speed along the transport direction, wherein the buffer device is located downstream of the transport device along the transport direction and containers can be transferred from the transport device to the buffer device, wherein the second conveying speed can be controlled by means of the control unit on the basis of a desired output of at least one container handling machine located downstream of the buffer device.
B65G 43/08 - Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed, or discharged
B65G 43/10 - Sequence control of conveyors operating in combination
B65G 47/31 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
B65G 47/51 - Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyors with distribution, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination
62.
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRETREATING PACKAGING BLANKS AND PACKAGING DEVICE FOR PRODUCING PACKAGING UNITS
An apparatus (6) as well as a method for the pre-treatment of packaging blanks are disclosed (10). These each have through-openings for receiving articles (12) and for forming packaging units (18).
An apparatus (6) as well as a method for the pre-treatment of packaging blanks are disclosed (10). These each have through-openings for receiving articles (12) and for forming packaging units (18).
A weakening of the at least one through-opening of the packaging blank (10) can be carried out in each case using at least two different expansion dies (44; 44a, 44b, 44c). The expansion dies (44; 44a, 44b, 44c) are each equipped with expansion tools with different opening widths and/or different contours for respectively influencing an extent of the weakening of the at least one through-opening.
An apparatus (6) as well as a method for the pre-treatment of packaging blanks are disclosed (10). These each have through-openings for receiving articles (12) and for forming packaging units (18).
A weakening of the at least one through-opening of the packaging blank (10) can be carried out in each case using at least two different expansion dies (44; 44a, 44b, 44c). The expansion dies (44; 44a, 44b, 44c) are each equipped with expansion tools with different opening widths and/or different contours for respectively influencing an extent of the weakening of the at least one through-opening.
At least one handling robot (70, 88, 90, 108) serves to bring together the packaging blanks (10) with at least one of the at least two available expansion dies (44; 44a, 44b, 44c).
B31B 50/59 - Shaping sheet material under pressure
B31B 50/02 - Feeding or positioning sheets, blanks or webs
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
A plant for producing and treating containers includes a heating device having a plurality of heating elements for heating a preform transported through the heating device, a blow-molding machine downstream of the heating device for forming the preform into a container, and a container treatment machine downstream of the blow-molding machine for treating a container. The heating device, the blow-molding machine, and the container treatment machine are operable synchronously at different production speeds. The plant also includes a control unit which is configured to adjust a power of at least one of the heating elements depending upon a change in the production speed of the blow-molding machine or the container treatment machine such that a total heat quantity, supplied to a preform, in the heating device does not exceed a specified limit value.
The invention relates to an apparatus (6) and to a method for pre-treating packaging blanks (10). Each packaging blanks (10) has, within a planar region, at least two through-openings (14) for receiving at least two articles (12) in order to form a packaging unit (18). A stretching die (44) is provided for widening the at least two through-openings (14) of the packaging blank (10) and is equipped with at least two stretching tools (46). In order to adapt to through-openings (14) that are positioned differently from one another in different designs of packaging blanks (10), the stretching tools (46) can be variably adjusted relative to the stretching die (44) by changing the position of the at least two stretching tools (46). The invention also relates to a packaging apparatus (2) which comprises a pre-treatment module having such a stretching die (44).
B65B 17/02 - Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
B65B 59/04 - Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance
B65B 41/04 - Feeding sheets or wrapper blanks by grippers
B65B 35/36 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers
The invention relates to a device (12, 14, 16), preferably a rotary device, for treating containers for a container treatment plant (10). The device (12, 14, 16) has a part (20), a pivot bearing (22) which rotatably supports the part (20), and a vibration sensor (26) which is arranged on the pivot bearing (22) in order to detect mechanical vibration of the pivot bearing (22). With this technique, critical bearing points, such as main bearings, rotary ball connectors, etc. can advantageously be monitored by means of vibration monitoring in order to predict wear or imminent failure. It has been recognized that mechanical vibration monitoring is particularly advantageous here, since it can detect wear and failure of a bearing very much earlier and very much more accurately than pure temperature monitoring or acoustic monitoring, for example.
B65G 29/00 - Rotary conveyors, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones
B65G 43/00 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting
B65G 43/02 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting detecting dangerous physical condition of load- carriers, e.g. for interrupting the drive in the event of overheating
B65G 47/84 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
66.
Sterile blow molding machine with airlock and method for the operation thereof
An apparatus for forming plastics material preforms into plastics material containers has a transport device having a rotatable transport carrier on which a plurality of forming stations is arranged, wherein said forming stations each have blow molding devices within which the plastics material preforms can be formed by application of a flowable medium into the plastics material containers in a clean room within which the plastics material preforms are expanded into the plastics material containers, and ejection device for ejecting plastics material preforms or plastics material containers from the transport path. The ejection device is integrated in the clean room and/or the ejection device is integrated in at least one wall delimiting the clean room.
An apparatus (1) for treating plastic preforms (10) with a receiving device (2), which is suitable and intended for receiving a plurality of plastic preforms (10), with a first transport device (4), which removes the plastic preforms from the receiving device (2) and transports them in a specified transport direction, and with a second transport device (6), which is arranged after the first transport device (4) in the transport direction and which is suitable and intended for transporting the plastic preforms (10) in the transport direction, characterized in that the transport of the plastic preforms (10) by the first transport device (4) can be controlled independently of the transport of the plastic preforms (10) by the second transport device (6).
B65G 37/00 - Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes
B65G 47/82 - Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels
A labeling machine for labeling containers includes a container receptacle for rotatably receiving a container and for transporting the container along a transport direction, a functional component for carrying out a function associated with labeling the container at a position of the container along the transport direction, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine a necessary rotation of the container on the basis of a manually defined rotational position of the container in the receptacle at the position and to control the rotation of the container.
Apparatus for transporting piece goods, in particular containers (10) or container packs, comprising a supply device (2) which is suitable for supplying the piece goods along at least one first supply path (Z) to a distribution region (B), and comprising a discharge device (4) which is suitable for discharging the piece goods either along at least one first discharge path (A1) or one second discharge path (A2), wherein the apparatus comprises a first distribution device (6) which is movable between at least two positions (P1, P2), wherein the first distribution device (6) is suitable and intended for pushing the piece goods toward the first discharge path (A1) when the distribution device (6) is arranged in the first position (P1) and for pushing or guiding the piece goods toward the second discharge path when the first distribution device (6) is arranged in the second position (P2).
B65G 47/68 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
B65G 47/26 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
B65G 47/82 - Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels
The invention relates to, inter alia, a method for transporting objects (12). The method comprises successively transporting the objects (12) from an inlet region (24) to an outlet region (26) by means of a plurality of movement devices (28). The movement devices (28) can be moved independently of one another and can be individually magnetically driven, preferably by means of a long-stator linear motor drive system, a short-stator linear motor drive system or a planar motor drive system. During transport, the plurality of movement devices (28) move along a circulating path (32) which connects the inlet region (24) and the outlet region (26). During transport, at least one movement device (28) carries out an empty run in which, during movement from the inlet region (24) to the outlet region (26), no object (12) is transported by means of the respective movement device (28).
B65G 47/84 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
B65G 54/02 - Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for electrostatic, electric, or magnetic
71.
APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING CONTAINERS AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD
The invention relates, inter alia, to an apparatus for conveying containers. The apparatus has a container conveyor with a circulating conveyor element and a sensor device which is configured to detect at least one of a contamination of the circulating conveyor element, a contamination of the containers and a friction characteristic value of the circulating conveyor element. The apparatus further comprises a user interface and/or a cleaning device for cleaning the circulating conveyor element. The apparatus further comprises a processing device which is configured to operate the user interface to output a request to clean the circulating conveyor element and/or to operate the cleaning device to clean the circulating conveyor element depending on a signal output of the sensor device.
The invention relates to a parallel robot (1, 1') which comprises a tool holder, a gripping and/or capturing tool fastened to the tool holder, as well as at least two control arms which are articulated to the tool holder. The parallel robot (1, 1') comprises, for each control arm, at least one dedicated coupling rod to which the control arm is articulated. According to the invention, the parallel robot (1, 1') is designed to linearly move, in a mutually coordinated way, the coupling rods provided for the control arms.
The invention relates to an arrangement for treating filled containers (10), comprising an equipping device (2) which is suitable and intended for providing the containers with an imprint and/or a label, wherein the equipping device (2) has a first transport device (22), which is suitable and intended for transporting the containers (10) individually through the equipping device (2), and comprising an inspection device, which is suitable and intended for inspecting the filled containers (10), wherein the inspection device (4) has a second transport device (40), which is suitable and intended for transporting the containers at least temporarily individually during their inspection, characterised in that the inspection device (4) has an X-ray device (44) which is suitable and intended for outputting X-rays onto the containers transported by the second transport device (40), and an X-ray detector device (46) which is suitable and intended for detecting radiation output by the X-ray device (44) and transmitted and/or reflected by the containers.
G01N 23/04 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by transmitting the radiation through the material and forming images of the material
B65C 9/00 - Details of labelling machines or apparatus
B67C 3/00 - Bottling liquids or semiliquidsFilling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatusFilling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
The invention relates to, among other things, a method for filling and closing containers. At least an upper portion of a container (B) is positioned in a treatment chamber. The container is filled with a carbonated filling material via a filling member up to a gas volume in a head space of the container. The filling member is removed from the container mouth after filling, wherein a pressure in the treatment chamber is greater than a saturation pressure of the carbonated filling material. The pressure in the treatment chamber is reduced below the saturation pressure of the carbonated filling material, thereby causing foaming of the carbonated filling material in the head space of the filled container, which forces the gas volume out of the head space. The container is closed via a closing member.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
37 - Construction and mining; installation and repair services
Goods & Services
Machines for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, plastic processing and recycling industries; stretch blow moulding machines; injection moulding, injection blow moulding, extrusion blow moulding, stretch blow moulding and blowing machines for the production of hollow bodies of plastic, in particular bottles and containers of plastic; injection moulds and blow moulds [machine parts]; machines and mechanical equipment for producing, coating, storing, transporting, sorting, heating, cooling and shaping of blanks for plastic bottles; labelling machines; cleaning machines; bottle cleaning machines; machines for rinsing containers; mixing machines; filling machines; bottle filling machines; adhesive tape dispensers [machines]; stamping machines; gluing units for labelling machines; vacuum cylinders for labelling machines; machines for printing on containers, bottles and packaging materials; sealing machines for industrial purposes; bottle sealing machines; packaging machines; industrial robots for packaging; bundling machines; packing and unpacking machines; lifting machines and apparatus; stacking machines; palletisers; industrial robots for palletising; depalletisers; industrial robots for depalletising; industrial robots for the change-over of blow-moulds; industrial robots for working plastic materials; industrial robots for shaping plastic materials; container handling machines and apparatus; conveyors [machines]; pneumatic conveyors; belts for machines; parts of the aforesaid goods. Electric and electronic apparatus for measuring, monitoring and controlling machines for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, plastic processing and recycling industries; electric and electronic devices, namely, thermostats, video cameras, CCD cameras and electrical conductors for measuring, monitoring and controlling machines and industrial processes; inspection and quality control apparatus, namely electronic inspection and sorting systems; computers and computer programs for controlling machines for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, plastic processing and recycling industries; computers, computer software and management systems consisting thereof for controlling stretch blow moulding installations, brewery installations, filling installations, packaging installations, mixing installations, sorting installations, labelling installations, and individual machines used in said installations. Apparatus for cooling and heating blanks for plastic bottles [heating and cooling units]; installations for the heat treatment of beverages; installations for heating liquids, in particular liquids filled in containers; heating installations; coolers for use in industry; installations for degassing liquids, in particular water and beer wort; installations for gassing liquids, in particular water; filters for liquids [parts of industrial installations]. Installation, putting into operation, maintenance and repair of devices, installations and parts of installations for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, plastic processing and recycling industries and of storage systems relating thereto.
76.
COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL STATIC TEST DESIGN
A computer-implemented method for generating a digital static test design (STD) of a container treatment machine. The digital STD can predict a value of an operating parameter of the container treatment machine based on a target value of a characteristic variable of a container to be treated. The method includes obtaining a obtaining a parameter inertia for operating parameters of the container treatment machine; operating the container treatment machine with a fixed operating parameter value of a first operating parameter with a first parameter inertia and varying at least one second operating parameter with a smaller second parameter inertia than the first parameter inertia; determining at least one characteristic variable of a treated container depending on the operating parameter value of the first operating parameter and the operating parameter values of the second operating parameter; and generating the digital STD based on the operating parameter values and the characteristic variable.
The invention relates, inter alia, to an apparatus for closing a container, comprising a closure element, a pre-tensioning device with at least one elastic, pre-tensioned element for specifying a head pressure and a lifting cam follower for following a lifting cam. The lifting cam follower is connected to the closure element via the pre-tensioning device for vertically moving the closure element when following the lifting cam. The at least one elastic, pre-tensioned element is arranged substantially at the same height as the lifting cam follower or above the lifting cam follower. Alternatively, it is provided that a vertical extension of the at least one elastic, pre-tensioned element along a vertical axis and a vertical extension of the lifting cam follower along the vertical axis overlap or adjoin one another.
The invention relates to an application tool (28) for applying packaging blanks (26) to container groupings (22) previously formed from at least two grouped containers (14) for the purpose of forming packaging units (12). The application tool (28) comprises means for receiving individual packaging blanks (26), for the handling thereof, and for connecting the packaging blanks (26) to the respective containers (14) of the container grouping (22). In addition, the application tool (28) has aligning elements with which those regions of the respective container grouping (22) which are to be connected to the respective packaging blank (26) are positioned. The invention further relates to a method (10) for forming packaging units (12) by applying packaging blanks (26) to container groupings (22). The containers (14) pass through openings in the packaging blank (26). The method provides for the positioning of aligning elements of the application tool (28) in the vicinity of the containers (14) of the respective container grouping (22) which is connected to the respective packaging blank (26).
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65D 71/44 - Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottlesBales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element characterised by the handle
B65B 41/06 - Feeding sheets or wrapper blanks by grippers by suction-operated grippers
A method and a packaging apparatus for producing packaging units as well as an application head (60) for use in the method or in the packaging apparatus are disclosed. In the method, a flat packaging blank (14) is transferred, by an application head (60) to an article grouping (20) held ready, to be applied there to an upper end face of the article grouping (20), producing a mechanical connection between the packaging blank (14) and the article grouping (20). Foldable portions (24) of the packaging blank (14) that project beyond an upper side of the article grouping (20) are then folded over and are applied to the article grouping (20) laterally. The packaging apparatus is equipped with at least one such application head (60).
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
07 - Machines and machine tools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
11 - Environmental control apparatus
Goods & Services
Vats of metal; containers of metal; liquid containers of
metal, in particular for beverages; liquid storage tanks of
metal; pipes of metal; high-bay warehouse systems of metal
[structures of metal]. Machines for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic,
chemical, plastic processing and recycling industries;
machines for malthouses, breweries and dairies; machines for
the production, coating, transportation, treatment,
packaging and recycling of bottles, cans, glasses, packages,
cartons, bottle crates and piece goods; machines for
palletizing, depalletizing, packing, unpacking, sorting,
cleaning, filling, sealing, labeling and packaging; machines
for removing bottles from beverage crates; machines for
grouping, distributing and bringing together packs;
carbonization and mixing apparatus, in particular for the
production of syrups and beverages; beverage degassing
machines; installations [machines] for processing and dosing
gases, flavouring agents, sugar, pieces of fruit, malt,
hops, as far as required for making and bottling beverages
and liquid foodstuff; machines for carbonating beverages;
machines for impregnating liquids and in particular
beverages; industrial mixers [mixing machines] for making
beverages; machines for producing liquid mixtures with
predetermined mixing ratios for malthouse, brewery, dairy
and winepress machines; devices [machines] for mixing
liquids; injection molding, injection blow molding,
extrusion molding, stretch blow molding and blowing machines
for the production of hollow bodies of plastic, in
particular bottles and containers of plastic; injection
molds and blow molds [machine parts]; machines and
mechanical equipment for producing, coating, storing,
transporting, sorting, and shaping of blanks for plastic
bottles; electric cleaning machines for the beverage
industry; bottle capper machines; screw cappers for
containers [machines for applying closing caps]; machines
composed of a plurality of system parts, or machine parts
for closing containers; robots for conducting changeover
procedures on machines; robots for supplying machines with
material; robots for the disposal of material from machines;
components of warehouse systems and warehouse management
systems for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic,
chemical, plastic processing and recycling industries,
namely pneumatic or hydraulic drives, belt conveyors,
pneumatic conveyors, pressure controllers [machines parts],
pressure valves [machine parts], machine housings, motors
and valves [machines parts]; filtering installations
[machines] for making beverages, in particular for beer and
wine filtration; filters as parts of machines for making
beverages, in particular for beer and wine filtration; beer
stabilizing filters, wort filters and ceramic filters
[machine parts]; stocking machines, in particular for
labels; lifting apparatus and conveyor belts; mechanical
apparatus and machines for the disposal of waste;
installations mainly consisting of machines for degassing
liquids, in particular water and beer wort; installations
mainly consisting of machines for gassing liquids, in
particular water; homogenizers [crushing machines];
carbonizing installations [as part of industrial
installations], namely machines for carbonizing liquids. Electric and electronic apparatus for measuring, testing,
monitoring and regulating, all the aforementioned goods for
the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical,
plastic processing and recycling industries; electric
display devices; computer programs for warehouse management
systems and transport control units, in particular for the
beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical, plastic
processing and recycling industries; computers, computer
programs, software and control systems consisting thereof
for controlling and regulating brewing installations,
filling installations, packaging installations and sorting
installations, and individual machines of these
installations; machines and devices for inspecting bottles,
cans, glasses, packages, cartons, bottle crates and piece
goods [inspection machines]; inspection machines; machines
and devices for inspecting blanks for plastic bottles;
machines for detecting foreign matter [inspection machines],
in particular in filled bottles; analysis instruments for
the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical,
plastic processing and recycling industries; apparatus and
installations for generating X-rays, gamma rays, ultraviolet
and electron rays, not for medical purposes; gas analysis
equipment. Filters for industrial installations for making beverages,
in particular for beer and wine filtration; filters [as
parts of domestic or industrial installations]; liquid
filters [parts of domestic or industrial installations];
beer stabilizing filters [parts of industrial
installations]; wort filters [parts of industrial
installations]; ceramic filters [parts of industrial
installations]; sterilizing machines; pasteurizing machines;
disinfectant apparatus; water treatment devices; water
treatment installations; water purification installations;
water distribution installations; water softening
installations; water filters; water filtering apparatus;
installations for drying the outer surfaces of filled
containers; installations for blow drying containers [drying
installations]; machines for cooling and heating blanks for
plastic bottles [heating and cooling units]; installations
for the heat treatment of beverages; installations for
heating liquids, in particular liquids filled in containers,
for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical
and plastic processing industries; apparatus for heating
liquids to ultrahigh temperatures; sprinkler installations,
in particular for sprinkling containers; heating boilers;
heating installations; heat pumps; heat exchangers; steam
generating installations; installations for cooling liquids
for the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical,
plastic processing and recycling industries; clean rooms;
sterile rooms; steam accumulators; heat accumulators;
thermal energy accumulators; installations for heating
plastic foils.
An apparatus for feeding plastic preforms to a forming device for forming plastic preforms, includes a transport device for transporting plastic preforms having two rotatable and mutually parallel arranged rollers, between which the plastic preforms can be guided. The transport device has first portion and second portions, a first portion having sorting device for bringing the plastic preforms into a predetermined orientation, and a second portion having a hold-down device, which determines a vertical position of the plastic preforms with respect to the transport device. The two rotatable and mutually parallel arranged rollers each extend over the entire first and second portions of the transport device and/or the hold-down device is arranged above the two rotatable and mutually parallel arranged rollers.
The invention relates, inter alia, to an apparatus for dispensing a liquefied fluid into a container. The apparatus has a cooling container for receiving a cooling medium. The apparatus has a liquefaction device arranged in the cooling container for cooling and liquefying a gaseous fluid. The apparatus has a storage container which is connected to the liquefaction device for receiving the liquefied fluid from the liquefaction device and which is arranged in the cooling container for cooling the liquefied fluid. The apparatus has a dosing device for dispensing the liquefied fluid into the container, wherein the dosing device is connected to the storage container for receiving the liquefied fluid from the storage container.
F17C 5/04 - Methods or apparatus for filling pressure vessels with liquefied, solidified, or compressed gases for filling with liquefied gases requiring the use of refrigeration, e.g. filling with helium or hydrogen
A method and apparatus for shaping plastic preforms into plastic containers, wherein at least three different pressure stages are applied to the plastic preforms in order to expand them, wherein the pressure stages are provided by at least three different compressed-air reservoirs, and wherein, additionally, the plastic preforms are stretched in their longitudinal direction by stretching rods, wherein compressed air is returned at least at times from the plastic containers to at least one compressed-air reservoir, and at least one value characteristic of the consumption of compressed air is detected.
The invention relates to a system and a method for packaging pallet stacks (12). At least one film layer is wound by means of a winding device (18) around each pallet stack (12) to be packaged. A plurality of provisioning devices (40) for film rolls (36) are stored and provided in a magazine (42). A driverless transport vehicle (44) is provided for receiving provisioning devices (40) for film rolls (36) having a supply of film from the magazine (42) and for transferring same to the winding device (18) and/or for transferring provisioning devices (40) for film rolls (36) having an exhausted supply of film to the magazine (42). The provisioning devices (40) are prepared and equipped accordingly for receiving at least one film roll (36) and for gripping a film end of the supply of film wound thereon and for transferring same to a winding device (18) of the system (10), which winding device interacts with the provisioning device (40). The provisioning devices (40) are each equipped with an interface (46) for handling by means of a driverless transport vehicle (44).
A thermal container treatment apparatus comprising a conveying apparatus for containers, a treatment zone with a spraying apparatus for dispensing treatment medium to containers, a tank for collecting and providing treatment medium and a line connection between the tank and the spraying apparatus, wherein a pump is provided in the line connection. A temperature sensor is provided in the tank below a filling level of the treatment medium. The thermal container treatment apparatus comprises a control apparatus which is configured to operate the pump at a rated power for dispensing treatment medium by the spraying apparatus during normal operation in the treatment zone and not to operate the pump during standby operation in the treatment zone or to operate the pump at a reduced rated power without treatment medium being able to be dispensed by the spraying apparatus.
A61L 2/24 - Apparatus using programmed or automatic operation
B65B 55/10 - Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging by liquids or gases
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
86.
APPARATUS FOR FILLING CONTAINERS AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD
The invention relates, inter alia, to an apparatus for filling containers with a filling material. The apparatus has a filling material reservoir and a supply line which is connected to the filling material reservoir. The apparatus further has a filling element with a filling valve and a filling line which connects the filling material reservoir and the filling valve. The apparatus further has a further line which is connected to the filling line for media discharge and/or media supply, and a bypass line which connects the filling material supply line and the further line to one another.
B67C 3/28 - Flow-control devices, e.g. using valves
B67C 3/00 - Bottling liquids or semiliquidsFilling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatusFilling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
B67C 3/26 - Filling-headsMeans for engaging filling-heads with bottle necks
87.
CONTAINER-HANDLING INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR HANDLING CONTAINERS
The invention relates, inter alia, to a container-handling installation (10) having an inspection and discharging device (16), a container-handling device (64) and a plurality of first conveyors (24, 26, 28), which are each single-track conveyors, are connected to the inspection and discharging device (16) in order to receive the stream of containers, are arranged downstream in series one behind the other, and are connected to one another by transfer means (30, 32) and each have a drive unit (34, 36, 38). The container-handling installation (10) also has a second conveyor (46), which has a plurality of movement devices (48) which can be moved and individually driven independently of one another between an exit portion (52) of the plurality of first conveyors (24, 26, 28) and the container-handling device (64) for the purpose of transporting the containers (12).
B65G 29/00 - Rotary conveyors, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones
B65G 47/84 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
B65G 54/02 - Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for electrostatic, electric, or magnetic
B67C 7/00 - Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottlesProcesses or devices for at least two of these operations
B65G 43/10 - Sequence control of conveyors operating in combination
B65G 47/26 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
B65G 47/31 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
88.
CONVEYING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING CONTAINERS, AND SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING AND PACKAGING CONTAINERS
The invention relates to a conveying apparatus having at least one track (28) for continuously transporting a multiplicity of containers (12) conveyed one behind the other, having at least one detection device (32) which is arranged above the track (28) and is provided and correspondingly equipped to detect an orientation of the individual containers (12) conveyed therebelow, and having a gripper unit (20) which is spatially assigned to the detection device (32) or is arranged downstream in a transporting direction (14) and is provided and correspondingly equipped to grip the containers (12) in groups and lift them from the at least one track (28), to space the containers (12) apart from one another by defined distances and to rotate the containers (12) on the basis of their orientations respectively detected by means of the detection device (32). Thereafter, the rotated containers (12) of the gripped container grouping (18) are deposited on the at least one track (28) in the state in which they are brought closer together again. The invention additionally discloses a corresponding method (80) for continuously transporting a multiplicity of containers (12) conveyed one behind the other on at least one track (28).
B65G 47/244 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors orientating the articles by turning them about an axis substantially perpendicular to the conveying plane
Apparatus for treating and in particular sterilizing plastic preforms and/or containers, including a transport device configured for transporting the plastic preforms during their treatment, a housing forming a treatment chamber within which the transport device is arranged, a generating device for generating a flowable treatment agent, and a supply device configured for supplying the sterilization agent generated by the generating device to the treatment chamber. The apparatus has a first discharge device configured for removing a flowable medium enriched with the sterilization agent from the treatment chamber, and a return device configured for returning at least part of the medium removed from the treatment chamber back to this treatment chamber.
Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having a forming device which has a plurality of forming stations each having a stretching bar for stretching the plastic preform and an application device act upon the plastic container with a flowable medium. The forming device has at least four pressure reservoirs for the flowable medium, which each have predetermined pressures, and a valve block with at least five process valves. The application device is configured for producing a fluid connection between the valve block and a mouth region of the plastic preform in order to act upon the plastic preforms with the pressurised flowable medium, and the process valves are configured to act upon the plastic preforms with different pressures, wherein at least one process valve is configured for producing a connection between the plastic preform and an environment.
An apparatus for treating piece goods has a transport device for transporting the goods and at least one application device for sterilizing the goods that are transported by the transport device, to sterilize them with radiation and/or to apply a flowable sterilization agent. The transport device has a first transport unit rotatable with respect to an axis of rotation which has a plurality of first holding devices for holding the goods. The transport device has a second transport unit rotatable with respect to the axis of rotation which has a plurality of second holding devices, each arranged in a second level perpendicular with respect to the axis of rotation. The transport device has at least one first lifting device for displacing a predetermined first portion of the first holding devices with respect to a predetermined second portion of the first holding devices in the direction of the axis of rotation.
Gripping device for folded boxes provided with two gripping openings lying on a gripping plane. The gripping device includes a support frame, at least a first and a second gripping element, associated with the frame and structured to each fit into a respective gripping opening and to interact with an edge of the gripping opening. The gripping elements are movable between a first position, in which they cannot interact with the edge of the opening, and a second position, in which they can engage with the edge of the opening.
The present invention relates to a device for moving containers, comprising an inlet having one or more inlet lanes, a first outlet and a second outlet, each having one or more outlet lanes, a control unit which is designed to generate and output a control signal on the basis of a specified target signal, and a robot which is designed to operate the inlet and the outlets and to move all incoming containers to the first outlet or to the second outlet on the basis of the control signal that is output by the control unit. The present invention further provides a method for moving containers.
B65G 47/71 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor the articles being discharged to several conveyors
B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
94.
AUTOMATED METHOD FOR OVERALL CONTROL OF A CONTAINER TREATMENT LINE, AND CONTAINER TREATMENT LINE
The invention relates to an automated method for overall control of a container treatment line (1), the container treatment line (1) comprising at least one machine (2, 4) for container treatment and at least one transport unit (5) for transporting containers. Overall control is performed by means of a superordinate line management system for the container treatment line (1). The superordinate line management system comprises several programmes (5, 7) for overall control of the container treatment line (1) by flexibly switching over between the programmes (5, 7). The method comprises overall control of the container treatment line (1) by means of the superordinate line management system. The invention also relates to a container treatment line (1) for executing the automated method.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
95.
METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING MACHINES LOCATED UPSTREAM AND/OR DOWNSTREAM OF A FIRST MACHINE IN A CONTAINER-PROCESSING INSTALLATION, AND CONTAINER-PROCESSING INSTALLATION
The invention relates to a method for automatically controlling machines (3, 4) located upstream and/or downstream of a first machine (2) in a container-processing installation (1, 9), the upstream and/or downstream machines (3, 4) being controlled on the basis of process and/or product data (5, 6) relating to the first machine (2) and gathered by the first machine (2). The invention also relates to a container-processing installation (1, 9) comprising a first machine (2), machines (3, 4) located upstream and/or downstream of the first machine, and a control device, comprising stored instructions, for carrying out the method.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
B29C 45/00 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mouldApparatus therefor
96.
PACKAGING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PACKAGING UNITS
The invention relates, inter alia, to a modular container-processing installation comprising a conveyor main module-which is arranged for conveying containers through the modular container-processing installation, and a plurality of sub-module interfaces. The container-processing installation also comprises a plurality of container-processing sub-modules which can be coupled to and uncoupled from the plurality of sub-module interfaces The container-processing installation-also comprises a control system which, in a self-configuring manner, is configured to automatically adapt the operation of the modular container-processing installation depending on coupling and/or uncoupling of at least one of the plurality of container-processing sub-modules.
B65G 37/02 - Flow sheets for conveyor combinations in warehouses, magazines or workshops
B65C 9/02 - Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station
B65G 43/02 - Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting detecting dangerous physical condition of load- carriers, e.g. for interrupting the drive in the event of overheating
B67C 3/00 - Bottling liquids or semiliquidsFilling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatusFilling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
B67C 7/00 - Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottlesProcesses or devices for at least two of these operations
98.
RECYCLING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING A RECYCLING APPARATUS
The invention relates to a recycling apparatus for recycling plastics material, in particular containers, in particular made of PET material, comprising: an electronic control device for controlling the recycling apparatus; a sensor device designed to control the feed of material to be recycled in accordance with predefined quality parameters of the material to be recycled; wherein the sensor device is also designed to acquire measurement data relating to at least one consumable parameter of the recycling apparatus in the form of an inflow, consumption, supply and/or property of a consumable and at least one machine parameter or machine state of the recycling apparatus; a data output device designed to transmit the acquired measurement data to a receiver outside the recycling apparatus; a data input device connected to the electronic control device and designed to receive control data for control of the recycling apparatus; and wherein the electronic control device is designed to control the operation of the recycling apparatus on the basis of the received control data and acquired measurement data.
The invention relates to a packaging apparatus (1) and to a method for producing packaging units (25). The packaging units (25) comprise an article combination (21) consisting of at least two articles (20) with a packaging blank (30) arranged thereon. The packaging blank (30) holds the articles (20) together in a neck or head region (22) and fixes the articles (20) in their relative positions with respect to one another within the packaging unit (25). The packaging blank (30) comprises at least two through-openings (32) for the at least two articles (20), wherein a handle region (33) is formed between the at least two through-openings (32). The packaging device (1) comprises an application module (5) for applying the at least one packaging blank (30) to the article combination (21) and a tool (7) for at least partially bringing the handle region (33) into a lower storage position.
B65B 17/02 - Joining articles, e.g. cans, directly to each other for convenience of storage, transport, or handling
B65B 61/14 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for incorporating, or forming and incorporating, handles or suspension means in packages
The invention relates, inter alia, to a portable label roll holder (10, 10', 10'') for fitting to a container labelling apparatus (90) for dispensing a label strip (14) to the container labelling apparatus (90). The label roll holder (10, 10', 10'') has a receiving device (12) which is designed to receive a label roll (14) and from which the received label roll (14) can be unrolled. The label roll holder (10, 10', 10'') also has a strip delivery device (26) for delivering a label strip (14A) unrolled from the received label roll (14) to the container labelling apparatus (90).
