公开(公告)号：US20230191684A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17942968

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Sebastian STEGER ,  Gerhard SCHWOED ,  Michael EIFLER ,  Jochen FORSTHOEVEL ,  Thomas PHILIPP ,  Simon MOEWES

IPC: B29C49/42 ,  B29C49/64

CPC classification number: B29C49/42119 ,  B29C49/42065 ,  B29C49/42101 ,  B29C49/6418 ,  B29L2031/712

Abstract: Apparatus for producing plastic containers has a heating device having a transport device for transporting the plastic preforms singly along a predefined transport path. The transport device has a plurality of holding devices for holding the plastic preforms, and at least one heating unit for heating the plastic preforms, wherein furthermore a rotating device is provided which rotates the plastic preforms held by the holding devices and is connected to a forming device, which transforms the plastic preforms transported by the heating device into plastic containers. The apparatus has an alignment device which enables alignment of the rotational position of the plastic preforms with respect to their longitudinal direction relative to the holding devices holding these plastic preforms and/or the apparatus has a rotational position alignment device arranged along the transport path which enables alignment of a rotational position of the holding devices with the plastic preforms arranged thereon.

公开(公告)号：US20230264993A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18165878

申请日：2023-02-07

Applicant: Krones AG

Inventor： Michael RUSS ,  Franz BAUR ,  Michael AUBURGER ,  Jochen FORSTHOEVEL ,  Simon FISCHER

IPC: C02F3/06 ,  B09B3/35

CPC classification number: C02F3/06 ,  B09B3/35 ,  C02F2103/38

Abstract: A method and a system for comminuting and cleaning waste plastic are described. For this purpose, waste plastic is comminuted and pre-washed in a wet mill and then cleaned in a washing system. The resulting wastewater is subjected to mechanical filtration and flotation and then temporarily stored as circulating water. Based on this, some of the circulating water is returned to the wet mill as first process water and some of the circulating water is returned to the washing system as second process water. In this way, the first and second portions of the circulating water may be specifically adapted to the respective water requirements of the wet mill and the washing system as well as to the required water qualities, if necessary with selective post-cleaning of the second portion of the circulating water. As a result, the fresh water requirement for the process described may be minimized.

公开(公告)号：US20250026060A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18777238

申请日：2024-07-18

Applicant: Krones AG

Inventor： Florian GELTINGER ,  Dieter WUENSCHE ,  Robert AUST ,  Jochen FORSTHOEVEL

IPC: B29C45/84 ,  B29C45/76 ,  B29C45/78 ,  B29C49/06 ,  B29K23/00 ,  B29K67/00 ,  B29L31/00

Abstract: A container treatment system comprising a production machine for producing a preform, in particular an injection molding machine, at least one container treatment machine arranged downstream of the production machine in a transport direction of the preform, and a control unit, wherein the production machine and the at least one container treatment machine are integral with one another, wherein the control unit is designed to synchronize a first operation of the production machine and a second operation of the at least one container treatment machine with one another.

公开(公告)号：US20220072758A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17468213

申请日：2021-09-07

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Jochen FORSTHOEVEL ,  Philipp OLENBERG ,  Ulrich LAPPE

IPC: B29C49/68 ,  B29C49/42 ,  B29C49/78

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

公开(公告)号：US20240199299A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18537433

申请日：2023-12-12

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Jochen FORSTHOEVEL ,  Martin LOISTL

IPC: B65D79/00 ,  B65D21/02

CPC classification number: B65D79/0084 ,  B65D21/0209 ,  B65D2501/0036

Abstract: A plastics material container for holding liquids, in particular beverages, having a bottom section, a main body adjoining the bottom section that forms a holding volume that extends in a longitudinal direction of the plastics material container, a shoulder region adjoining the main body in the longitudinal direction, in which a cross-section in the longitudinal direction is reduced and with a mouth region which adjoins the shoulder region in the longitudinal direction, in which a mouth is formed, via which a liquid can be supplied to the container, wherein the shoulder region and the mouth region are arranged in an upper section of the plastics material container in relation to the longitudinal direction. The container has a deformation section in the upper section and in the longitudinal direction below the mouth section, in which deformation section the plastics material container is elastically deformable with respect to its longitudinal direction.

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：US20220307979A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17566310

申请日：2021-12-30

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Philipp OLENBERG ,  Simon FISCHER ,  Robert AUST ,  Jochen FORSTHOEVEL

IPC: G01N21/3563 ,  B29C49/80

Abstract: Disclosed is a method analysing plastic preforms, wherein plastic preforms are transported along a predetermined transport path by a transport device and an infrared absorption coefficient is determined in at least one region of the plastic preform, wherein, in order to determine the infrared absorption coefficient of the plastic preform, infrared radiation is applied to the plastic preform by a first radiation device and radiation passing through the plastic preform is received by at least one receiving device and an infrared absorption behaviour of the plastic preform is determined from this received radiation, wherein the radiation device acts upon the plastic preforms with infrared radiation in a predetermined wavelength range and an evaluation device evaluates the radiation as a function of its wavelength in a wavelength range from 1500 nm to 2000 nm.