公开(公告)号：US20210094770A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：US17121719

申请日：2020-12-14

Applicant: Krones AG

Inventor： Alexander Hartung ,  Heiner Schaefer ,  Peter Zeiner ,  Konrad Senn ,  Torsten Kilgenstein ,  Stefan Elsperger ,  Michael Neubauer ,  Manfred Kieslinger

IPC: B65G54/02

Abstract: A rotor for a long-stator linear motor system comprises at least three rollers for mounting the rotor on one or more guide rails of the long-stator linear motor system, the at least three rollers comprising a first roller that engages with an upper part of a first guide rail of the one or more guide rails, a second roller that engages with a lower part of the first guide rail, and a third roller that a) is rotatably mounted to at least one rotatable bolster of the rotor or b) comprises a steering rotational axis with an integrated castor.

公开(公告)号：US10894675B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-19

申请号：US16479909

申请日：2017-09-29

Applicant: Krones AG

Inventor： Alexander Hartung ,  Heiner Schaefer ,  Peter Zeiner ,  Konrad Senn ,  Torsten Kilgenstein ,  Stefan Elsperger ,  Michael Neubauer ,  Manfred Kieslinger

IPC: B65G54/02 ,  H02K7/08 ,  H02K41/025 ,  H02K41/03

Abstract: The present disclosure provides rotors for long-stator linear motor systems, having at least two rollers for mounting the rotors on parallel guide rails of the long-stator linear motor system, wherein the rotors comprise at least one rotatable bolster, on which at least one roller, in particular at least one pair of rollers, of the at least two rollers is rotatably mounted, and/or at least one roller with a steering rotational axis with integrated castor, wherein the roller is mounted on a roller axle by means of a bolt, via an asymmetric and/or sloping bore, and further comprises a pendulum ring which is mounted on the bolt and has an external ball or slide bearing.

公开(公告)号：US20240190692A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18535118

申请日：2023-12-11

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Andreas Hippel ,  Stefan Elsperger ,  Michael Neubauer

IPC: B67D1/00 ,  B67D1/08

CPC classification number: B67D1/0021 ,  B67D1/0894

Abstract: Method and apparatus for the free-jet filling of a container with a filling product, for example a beverage. The apparatus includes several product components. The method includes holding the container by means of a container holder; and introducing the product components into the container so that the product components span a free-jet region in one jet in each instance. The product components span the free-jet region in separate jets, so that the product components mix only in the container. The container has a container wall and a container bottom, and is held obliquely by the container holder during filling, so that the product components impinge on the container wall after spanning the free-jet region.

公开(公告)号：US11377311B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US17252240

申请日：2019-03-07

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Stefan Elsperger ,  Michael Neubauer

IPC: B65G54/02 ,  H02K41/03

Abstract: The present invention provides a container treatment system with a transport system for transporting containers along a transport conveyor the transport system comprising a plurality of transport elements movably supported on one side on at least one first guide element, and a long-stator linear motor drive arranged on the side of the first guide element, wherein a bearing of the transport elements on the first guide element is formed in such a way, in that the transport elements are held essentially by magnetic interaction on the first guide element, and wherein at least one second guide element is provided in sections along the transport conveyor, which is adapted in such a way that the transport elements are held on the first guide element by a mechanical engagement with the second guide element.

公开(公告)号：US10053304B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15221093

申请日：2016-07-27

Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH ,  KRONES AG

Inventor： Michael Reinthaler ,  Martin Hoeck ,  Konrad Senn ,  Michael Neubauer ,  Stefan Elsperger

IPC: B65G15/60 ,  B65G54/02 ,  F16B17/00 ,  H02K41/03

CPC classification number: B65G54/02 ,  F16B17/00 ,  H02K41/031

Abstract: A holder (10) for use in a conveyor line (20) formed from a stator of a long stator linear motor with at least a first retaining element (1) and a second retaining element (2), wherein the first retaining element (1) and the second retaining element (2) are arranged side by side and spaced apart from each other in a first direction (3) and the first retaining element (1) in this first direction (3) comprises a first rigidity (S1) and the second retaining element (2) in this first direction (3) a second rigidity (S2), which is lower than the first rigidity (S1).

公开(公告)号：US09617089B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14913181

申请日：2014-09-03

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Mareike Josefowitz ,  Markus Prinz ,  Stefan Elsperger ,  Manfred Kieslinger ,  Konrad Senn

IPC: B65G47/46 ,  B65G47/10 ,  B65G54/02 ,  B60L13/00 ,  E01B25/34

CPC classification number: B65G54/02 ,  B60L13/003 ,  B60L13/10 ,  B65G47/642 ,  E01B25/34

Abstract: A transport system with a transport track with at least one passive track switch, which includes a main track and first and second diverging side tracks of the transport track, and at least one transport element with a response element with at least one permanent magnet and/or non-switching electromagnet. The transport track has fixed first and second guide rails in the area of the passive track switch as well as linear motor strings that are arranged in parallel to the first and second guide rail. The response element of the transport element is engaged within a gap between the first and the second linear motor string.

公开(公告)号：US11809167B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17386290

申请日：2021-07-27

Applicant: Krones AG

Inventor： Stefan Scherl ,  August Peutl ,  Heinrich Bielmeier ,  Florian Lauterbach ,  Roland Laumer ,  Stefan Elsperger ,  Michael Neubauer ,  Alexander Kaiser ,  Wolfgang Roidl ,  Frank Winzinger

IPC: G05B19/416

CPC classification number: G05B19/4166 ,  G05B2219/45048

Abstract: The invention relates to a container processing system (10A-10U) for processing containers (12). The container processing system (10A-10U) has a plurality of processing units (22) for processing the containers (12) and a planar drive system (14) for transporting the containers (12). The planar drive system (14) is configured to move the plurality of movement devices (18) individually to a selection of the plurality of processing units (22) according to in each case one of a plurality of processing profiles for different container processing, wherein each of the plurality of processing profiles has a different selection of the plurality of processing units (22). The container processing system (10A-10U) advantageously allows flexible processing of different containers (different formats, contents, designs, bundles, packages, etc.) from a lot size of 1.

公开(公告)号：US11555857B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US17252690

申请日：2019-02-18

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Thomas Kiendl ,  Hartmut Davidson ,  Stefan Elsperger

IPC: G01R31/00 ,  G01R31/34 ,  H02K41/03

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are described for monitoring the wear of a long stator linear motor system comprising at least one motor train with stators and at least one transport vehicle that is driven electromagnetically thereby. Due to the fact that a force exerted electromagnetically and/or mechanically upon said motor train by the transport vehicle transverse to the latter's direction of transport or a differential force exerted in such manner by the transport vehicle upon two oppositely disposed motor trains is measured using sensors, changes in the forces between the motor train and the vehicle caused by dimensional tolerances and/or wear can be detected in order to prevent a malfunction of the track switch.

公开(公告)号：US11254521B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16973748

申请日：2019-03-14

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Manfred Kieslinger ,  Stefan Elsperger

IPC: B65G54/02 ,  H02K41/03

Abstract: Mover for a transport apparatus in the beverage processing industry, the packaging industry, or the warehouse industry, where the mover can form a linear drive together with a guide rail and a long stator of the transport apparatus, and the mover comprises rolling mechanisms for moving along the guide rail, where the mover comprises a base body and one secondary part or two secondary parts, which, in the case of two secondary parts, are arranged on oppositely disposed sides of the base body and are suitable to interact with an electromagnetic field generated by the transport apparatus to drive the mover along the guide rail characterized in that the mover comprises a device for the continuously variable adjustment of the relative position of a secondary part relative to the base body.

公开(公告)号：US11511951B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US17121719

申请日：2020-12-14

Applicant: Krones AG

Inventor： Alexander Hartung ,  Heiner Schaefer ,  Peter Zeiner ,  Konrad Senn ,  Torsten Kilgenstein ,  Stefan Elsperger ,  Michael Neubauer ,  Manfred Kieslinger

IPC: B65G54/02 ,  H02K7/08 ,  H02K41/025 ,  H02K41/03

Abstract: A rotor for a long-stator linear motor system comprises at least three rollers for mounting the rotor on one or more guide rails of the long-stator linear motor system, the at least three rollers comprising a first roller that engages with an upper part of a first guide rail of the one or more guide rails, a second roller that engages with a lower part of the first guide rail, and a third roller that a) is rotatably mounted to at least one rotatable bolster of the rotor or b) comprises a steering rotational axis with an integrated castor.