Abstract:
An apparatus for heating plastic preforms with a transport device which includes holding devices for holding the plastic preforms and wherein the transport path has at least one heating portion inside which the plastic preforms are heated, and with a heating device arranged stationary at least in portions along the transport path and which heats the plastic preforms transported by the transport device during their transport through the heating portion, wherein the heating device has at least one in particular stationary applicator device which is configured for bombarding the plastic preforms with microwaves to heat them. In the heating portion, the transport device is arranged relative to the applicator device such that at least parts of the holding devices are arranged outside the applicator device, wherein the applicator device is configured to receive several plastic preforms simultaneously for at least some of the time.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a machine for reshaping plastic preforms into plastic containers with at least one reshaping station, which has a blow moulding arrangement inside which plastic preforms can be reshaped into plastic containers by application of a flowable medium, and with an application device which is configured for applying a flowable medium to the plastic preforms, and with a valve arrangement with at least two valve devices which is configured for feeding the flowable medium under at least two different pressures to the plastic preform during the reshaping thereof. At least one valve device has at least one valve piston which is movable with respect to a valve housing between two valve positions, and a check piston which is movable between at least two positions is arranged on this valve piston.
Abstract:
A transport apparatus for transporting containers in a container-processing installation. The transport apparatus includes a transport track, a plurality of transport elements for transporting one or more containers, wherein the plurality of transport elements is movably arranged on the transport track, at least one special element, which is movably arranged on the transport track and is different from the plurality of transport elements, and an open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit. The transport track, the plurality of transport elements, and the special element are designed in such a way that the plurality of transport elements and the special element can be guided along the transport track in such a way that the plurality of transport elements and the special element are individually controllable by the open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit.