公开(公告)号：US20230356451A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18195240

申请日：2023-05-09

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Jochen FORSTHOEVEL ,  Robert AUST ,  Stefan SCHOBER

IPC: B29C49/78 ,  B29C49/00

CPC classification number: B29C49/78 ,  B29C49/0005 ,  B29C2049/7876 ,  B29C2049/78745 ,  B29C2049/78755

Abstract: A method for evaluating plastic preforms, wherein said plastic preforms are intended to be heated by a heating device and then expanded by a forming device by application of a flowable medium to form plastic containers, wherein the plastic preforms extending in a longitudinal direction and having several portions in the longitudinal direction, wherein the several portions having at least one threaded portion, a main body portion and a bottom portion, wherein at least the main body portion and the bottom portion being inspected, wherein values characteristic of a material quality of the plastic preforms are output, wherein the values being assigned to different portions and/or at least one property of the container to be produced being taken into account in the evaluation of the characteristic values.

公开(公告)号：US11787090B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US16645347

申请日：2018-09-06

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Alexander Feigl ,  Christian Betz ,  Johann Zimmerer ,  Konrad Senn ,  Christian Compera

IPC: H05B6/68 ,  H05B6/76 ,  B29C35/08 ,  B25J15/00 ,  B29C49/42 ,  B29C49/64 ,  F27D3/12 ,  H05B6/64 ,  H05B6/70 ,  F27D3/00

CPC classification number: B29C35/0805 ,  B25J15/0047 ,  B29C49/4205 ,  B29C49/6418 ,  B29C49/6445 ,  F27D3/12 ,  H05B6/6411 ,  H05B6/68 ,  H05B6/686 ,  H05B6/701 ,  H05B6/705 ,  H05B6/76 ,  B29C2035/0855 ,  F27D2003/0068

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 stationarily 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.

公开(公告)号：US11776790B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US16705298

申请日：2019-12-06

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Jochen Krueger ,  Nadine Ortner

IPC: H01J37/32 ,  C23C16/50

CPC classification number: H01J37/32137 ,  C23C16/50 ,  H01J37/3244 ,  H01J37/32146 ,  H01J37/32394 ,  H01J2237/332

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and a method for coating objects and in particular containers with at least one first and one second coating station, wherein these coating stations each have at least one first coating electrode and one second coating electrode, and with a supply device for electrical supply of in each case at least one of the coating electrodes. The supply device has a high-frequency generator device for generating an a.c. voltage and/or voltage pulses as well as an a.c. voltage distribution device which distributes this a.c. voltage and/or the voltage pulses respectively to in each case at least one electrode of the first coating station and at least one electrode of the second coating station, wherein the a.c. voltage distribution device is suitable and intended for distributing the a.c. voltages and/or the voltage pulses with a time delay to the electrodes.

公开(公告)号：US20230302738A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18125970

申请日：2023-03-24

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Stephanie ALLGEIER ,  Christian DOBLINGER ,  Katharina LOERCHER

IPC: B29C64/386 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  G05B19/4099

CPC classification number: B29C64/386 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  G05B2219/49023

Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a method for operating an additive manufacturing device. The method includes a transmission of a product identification information, which identifies a manufacturing material product unit, preferably a material filament spool, a container having liquid material, or a container having powdered material. The method furthermore includes a reception of a release information to release the additive manufacturing device in reaction to the transmission of the product identification information.

公开(公告)号：US20230302715A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18124816

申请日：2023-03-22

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Dominik MEIER ,  Christian BETZ

IPC: B29C49/78 ,  B29C49/58

CPC classification number: B29C49/783 ,  B29C49/58 ,  B29C49/36

Abstract: Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having at least one forming station configured to form the plastic preforms into the plastic containers by the application of a flowable and, in particular, gaseous medium, wherein the forming station has an application device configured to apply on the plastic preforms with the flowable medium, and at least one first pressure reservoir configured to store the flowable medium at a predetermined pressure, wherein the apparatus has a pressure fluctuation reducing device which is configured for reducing pressure fluctuations in the first pressure reservoir.

公开(公告)号：US20230234281A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US17591135

申请日：2022-02-02

Applicant: Krones AG

Inventor： Alexandra LYASHENKO ,  Peggy AUGST

IPC: B29C64/124 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y10/00

CPC classification number: B29C64/124 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A method is described for radiation-cured relief printing onto containers, where at least two print layers are applied one on top of the other onto a container surface by way of an ink jet and are cured successively by way of irradiation in such a way that the print layers, in particular edge regions thereof, can run over one another and/or alongside one another. As a result, the height and contours of relief-like printed images can be adjusted flexibly and efficiently by radiation-induced limited smoothing.

公开(公告)号：US11702332B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US16926063

申请日：2020-07-10

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Valentin Becher ,  Benedikt Hengl ,  Josef Doblinger ,  Anton Huber ,  Hubert Auer ,  Stefan Poeschl

IPC: B67D7/02 ,  B67D7/32

CPC classification number: B67D7/0294 ,  B67D7/3281

Abstract: A filling valve for filling a container with a filling product, e.g., a beverage in a beverage filling system, includes a valve base body. The valve base body includes an outlet configured to discharge the filling product into the container; a swirl chamber configured to receive the filling product and is able to be brought into a fluidic connection with the outlet; and a main inlet, which feeds into the swirl chamber and is configured to introduce at least one main component of the filling product into the swirl chamber such that the filling product is swirled in the swirl chamber, whereby after exiting from the outlet the filling product flows downwardly in a spiral movement in the container. The swirl chamber has an annular shape, the cross-sectional contour thereof having a rounded shape, substantially without corner points, in the direction of extent and perpendicular to the direction of extent.

公开(公告)号：US11685100B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US15505744

申请日：2016-09-12

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Wolfgang Hahn

IPC: B29C49/48 ,  B29C49/06 ,  B29C49/36

CPC classification number: B29C49/48 ,  B29C49/06 ,  B29C49/36 ,  B29C2049/4858

Abstract: A method for carrying out a changeover process in a system for producing beverage containers is provided. This system in operation produces plastic containers from plastic parisons by a transforming device and these produced containers are transported to a filling device and the containers are filled with a liquid and in particular a beverage, wherein the liquid is introduced into the container at a temperature of over 50° C., wherein at least the transforming device and the filling device are at least intermittently in data communication with one another and for carrying out the changeover process of at least the transforming device or the filling device a value is output and/or used which is characteristic for a changeover status of this transforming device or this filling device.

公开(公告)号：US20230192420A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US18082171

申请日：2022-12-15

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Thomas FISCHER

IPC: B65G47/84

CPC classification number: B65G47/846 ,  B65G2201/0244 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: The invention relates inter alia to a turn-bolt device for a transporting star wheel, preferably a sorting star, for transporting containers. The turn-bolt device has a bearing body and a rotary member having an actuating region for actuating the rotary member, a bolt region for holding a container and a shaft region which integrally interconnects the actuating region and the bolt region and is rotatably mounted in the bearing body. The bearing body and the rotary member are formed from a plurality of adjoining material layers which are preferably manufactured additively.

公开(公告)号：US20230182486A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US18016424

申请日：2021-07-22

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Wolfgang ROIDL ,  Hartmut DAVIDSON ,  Michael NEUBAUER ,  Stefan SCHERL ,  August PEUTL ,  Heinrich BIELMEIER

IPC: B41J3/407

CPC classification number: B41J3/40731 ,  B41J3/4075

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for imprinting or labelling containers (12). The device (10) comprises a planar drive system (14) having a base element (16), a first movement device (18) and a second movement device (20). The first movement device (18) has a container holder (22) for holding a container (12). The second movement device (20) has a fitting device (24) for imprinting or labelling the container (12). The device (10) can improve a flexibility and a working quality during the imprinting and labelling of the containers (12).