FLEXIBLE PLANT FOR TREATING CONTAINERS
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200346394A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-05

    申请号:US16643097

    申请日:2018-09-10

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Abstract: Provided is a device for treating containers, comprising a heating device for heating plastic preforms, wherein the heating device has a plurality of heating stations which are suitable for individually heating the plastic preforms, and wherein the heating device has a transport device which transports the plastic preforms individually through the heating device, and comprising a reshaping device which is suitable and intended for reshaping the plastic preforms heated by the heating device into plastic containers. This reshaping device is arranged downstream of the heating device in the transport direction of the plastic preforms, and the reshaping device has a movable support, on which a plurality of reshaping stations are arranged for reshaping the plastic preforms into the plastic containers. The device also comprises a transport device, for transporting the heated plastic preforms individually from the heating device to the reshaping device, and a decorating device.

    Device and Method for Commissioning Pallets with Beverage Packages

    公开(公告)号:US20220227583A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17615677

    申请日:2020-05-28

    Applicant: Krones AG

    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for picking pallets (17) having beverage containers (9, 10), comprising a device for providing empty pallets, at least two production lines (1, 2), each comprising packers (7, 8) for providing beverage containers (9, 10), a high-bay warehouse (13) for receiving and storing beverage containers (9, 10) and special containers (15), a separate transport device (21), which is designed to transport special containers (15) to the high-bay warehouse (13) and to store them there, transport devices (11, 12), each leading from the production lines (1, 2) to the high-bay warehouse (13) and being designed to transport the beverage containers (9, 10) to the high-bay warehouse (13) and to store them there. The device for picking furthermore comprises one or more palletizers (16), each being designed to move beverage containers (9, 10) and/or special containers (15) provided from the high-bay warehouse (13) to a pallet (17-19).

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING A CONTAINER WITH A FILLING PRODUCT

    公开(公告)号:US20220135388A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17518915

    申请日:2021-11-04

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Inventor: Stefan POESCHL

    Abstract: A device and method for filling a container with a filling product, for example in a beverage bottling installation, wherein the device has: at least one filling valve which is configured to introduce the filling product into the container; at least one flowmeter which is connected to the filling valve via a product conduit and which is configured to ascertain a filling product quantity passing the flowmeter in the product conduit; and a controller which communicates with the filling valve and with the flowmeter and which is configured to control the filling valve during the filling process; characterized in that the controller communicates bidirectionally with the flowmeter and is configured to perform a parameterization of the flowmeter in a manner dependent on one or more filling process variables.

    MAGNET SWITCH FOR A TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200180872A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16614616

    申请日:2018-05-03

    Applicant: Krones AG

    Abstract: Switch (1) of a transport system for a movable transport element (T), where the switch (1) comprises a main track (3) and a secondary track (4) branching off, where the movable transport element (T) can be guided from a transition region (2), in which the secondary track (4) branches off from the main track (3), optionally along the main track (3) or transferred into the secondary track (4), where one or more linear motor sections (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) are respectively provided at the main track (3) and at the secondary track (4) for moving the movable transport element (T), where a switching force can be generated by way of the one or more linear motor sections (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) with which the movable transport element (T) can be guided along the main track (3) or transferred into the secondary track (4), characterized in that devices for creasing the switching force are provided in the transition region (2). Transport system comprising such a switch and transport element for such a transport system.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A CONTAINER HANDLING PLANT

    公开(公告)号:US20240317562A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18733692

    申请日:2024-06-04

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Inventor: Stefan POESCHL

    CPC classification number: B67C3/007 B67C3/287

    Abstract: Methods for controlling a container handling plant, for example a beverage filling plant, including at least one container handling station for handling containers, and an assigned control means for controlling a container handling process of the container handling station, the method including: sending real-time process data from the control means to a means for automatic process adjustment, the real-time process data in some embodiments being acquired by one or more sensors of the container handling plant; determining at least one process parameter, by the means for automatic process adjustment, in dependence on the received real-time process data; and writing the determined process parameter to the control means, resulting in adjustment of the container handling process of the container handling station.

    CONTAINER-HANDLING FACILITY AND REGULATING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210269187A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17255402

    申请日:2019-03-14

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Inventor: Stefan POESCHL

    Abstract: ontainer-handling facility for handling containers such as cans or bottles or the like in the beverage-processing industry, the container-handling facility compris at least one transport device for transporting the containers and a drone can be brought into the transport device, wherein the drone comprises an acceleration sensor for measuring an acceleration acting on the drone and a pressure sensor for measuring a pressure acting on the drone in the transport device, wherein the drone can transmit data corresponding to a measured acceleration and a measured pressure to a control unit, and wherein the control unit is ed to regulate at least one operating parameter influenc the acceleration of the drone and/or the pressure acting on the drone, ding o a comparison between the data received the drone and nominal values for the operating parameter and/or the acceleration and/or the pressure, stored in a memory.

    MAGNET SWITCH FOR A TRANSPORT SYSTEM
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200095072A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16614645

    申请日:2018-04-20

    Applicant: Krones AG

    Abstract: The invention relates to a switch (1) of a transport system for a movable transport element (T), where the switch (1) comprises a main track (3) and a secondary track (4) branching off. where the movable transport element (T) can be guided from a transition region (2), in which the secondary track (4) branches off from the main track (3), optionally along the main track (3) or transferred into the secondary track (4), where one or more linear motor sections (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) are respectively provided at the main track (3) and the secondary track (4) for moving the movable transport element (T), where a normal force is present between the movable transport element (T) and the adjacent linear motor section or the adjacent linear motor sections (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d), characterized in that devices for altering the normal force are provided in the transition region. The invention also relates to a transport system comprising such a switch and a transport element for such a transport system.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING A CONTAINER WITH FUNCTIONAL CHECKING

    公开(公告)号:US20220119238A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17502443

    申请日:2021-10-15

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Inventor: Stefan POESCHL

    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a container with a treatment fluid, for example in a beverage bottling plant, including: at least one treatment member with a switchable treatment valve, wherein the treatment member is configured to treat the container with the treatment fluid by opening the treatment valve and to end the treatment by closing the treatment valve; at least one motion sensor which is configured to detect a movement of the treatment member or a component that is mechanically coupled to the treatment member during switching of the treatment valve; and an electronic evaluation unit which is coupled in a communicating manner to the motion sensor and is configured to draw conclusions about the switching behavior of the treatment valve from processing the data that is detected by the motion sensor.

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