公开(公告)号：US20250004449A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18684110

申请日：2022-07-14

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Bernhard WESS ,  Elisabeth PILNEY ,  Ottmar AMANN ,  Thomas KELLHAMMER ,  Veronika TESAR ,  Korbinian KASBERGER ,  Florian FISCHER ,  Andreas JEZIOROWSKI

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  B29C49/78 ,  B29L31/00 ,  B65B3/00 ,  B65B57/00

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating mechatronic functional modules for the production, processing, inspection and/or intermodular transport of containers for liquid products in a production system, and to a corresponding production system. According to the invention, the functional modules each store, in machine-readable form, individually assigned initial design data and specification data and initial topological data at least regarding the product flow in the production system and the communication between the functional modules. Because the functional modules are also controlled using the initial design data, specification data and/or topological data, production processes and maintenance measures can be particularly flexibly carried out, in a decentralized way, with greater efficiency and with the possibility of intermodular data transfer.

公开(公告)号：US20190070881A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US16053490

申请日：2018-08-02

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Martin WAGNER ,  Bernhard WESS ,  August PEUTL ,  Kai-Uwe DREGER ,  Christian HAJEK

IPC: B41M5/00 ,  B41F17/00

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a printing machine for direct printing on containers, comprising: a continuously rotatable carousel for conveying the containers, a plurality of printing units, and stationary docking stations for docking the printing units to the periphery of the carousel. Due to the fact that the printing machine comprises rail guides stationarily associated with the docking stations and used for separately moving the printing units from a docked-on operating position outwards to a maintenance position spaced apart from the carousel, and back again, the printing units can easily be made accessible from several sides for maintenance and they can be locked quickly and reproducibly at their operating position.