METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR PROCESSING CANS

    公开(公告)号:US20250153882A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-15

    申请号:US18941703

    申请日:2024-11-08

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Abstract: A can processing installation and associated method for processing cans in a can processing installation. The method comprises supplying a sterilization medium into a can via a sterilization apparatus and internally sterilizing the can by the supplied sterilization medium, while the can is transported to a filling station. The method further comprises flushing the can in the filling station with a flushing gas, as a result of which the sterilization medium is flushed out of the can, and filling the flushed can in the filling station with a filling material.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONTAINER BUNDLES

    公开(公告)号:US20250153876A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-15

    申请号:US18945074

    申请日:2024-11-12

    Applicant: Krones AG

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for producing container bundles, comprising a container inlet for transporting containers that contain product, an inspection apparatus for individually detecting the containers, wherein the inspection apparatus is configured, based upon the detected containers, to output a detection signal, a packer inlet with one or more inlet lanes, a robot that is configured to move the containers, entering via the container inlet, to the one or more inlet lanes of the packer inlet on the basis of the detection signal and a control signal, and a packer that is configured to produce, on the basis of a predetermined pattern, a container bundle, comprising a plurality of containers, from the containers guided on the packer inlet.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOLDING AND COATING A CONTAINER COMPRISING FIBERS

    公开(公告)号:US20250153417A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-15

    申请号:US18938936

    申请日:2024-11-06

    Applicant: Krones AG

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for molding and coating a container comprising fibers, in particular pulp, wherein the method comprises: molding a container comprising fibers, in particular pulp, which container comprises an opening, wherein the container is provided in a mold and in particular is molded around a coating bladder, or molding container elements comprising fibers, in particular pulp, which container elements comprise an opening, wherein the container elements are provided in a mold and in particular are molded around a coating bladder; molding the coating bladder, which is arranged at least temporarily and/or partially in the container or the container elements; applying a pressure medium from a pressure source to the coating bladder to expand it, so that the coating bladder is at least partially applied to an inner wall of the container or the container elements.

    Transport system for containers in the beverage industry and lubrication method

    公开(公告)号:US12286308B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-29

    申请号:US16768022

    申请日:2018-11-21

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Inventor: Matthias Meier

    Abstract: A transport system for containers in the beverage industry, with a first container conveyor including a conveyor belt for conveying the containers, and a lubrication system including an applicator for applying a lubricant to the conveyor belt of the first container conveyor, wherein the transport system comprises a second container conveyor with a further conveyor belt for conveying the containers, and the lubrication system includes a mobile robot which has the applicator arranged thereon and a floor-supported undercarriage, for applying the lubricant in an automated selectively to the conveyor belt of the first container transporter or the conveyor belt of the second container conveyor.

    Apparatus and a method for processing beverage containers

    公开(公告)号:US20250100811A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18893027

    申请日:2024-09-23

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Abstract: An apparatus for processing containers having a transport device which transports the containers to be processed along a predefined transport path has at least one processing device which is configured to process a container in a predefined manner, wherein the apparatus has a movement device, having at least one first guide cam and at least one guide roller which is configured to roll relative to the guide cam. The apparatus also has a detection device which is configured to detect at least one measurement value which is characteristic of a running property of the guide roller relative to the guide cam, and an evaluation device which is configured to evaluate this detected measurement value taking into account at least one further operating value characteristic of the operation of the apparatus.

    Method and apparatus for determining properties of containers made of paper or cardboard

    公开(公告)号:US20250093289A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-20

    申请号:US18888494

    申请日:2024-09-18

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Abstract: A method for determining container properties, wherein a container to be examined is transported along a predetermined transport path, and this container has a bottom region, a main body which serves to receive a filling material, and an mouth region, and wherein this container is formed at least in part of a material containing paper or cardboard. At least one wall of the container is arranged between two electrodes, and an electrical voltage or an alternating electrical field is applied to the electrodes, and at least one electrical parameter is determined which is characteristic of an electrical field which is built up between electrodes, and from this electrical parameter, at least one parameter characteristic of the container is determined.

    FILM STORE AND METHOD FOR STORING A STRIP-LIKE CONTINUOUS FILM

    公开(公告)号:US20250091832A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-20

    申请号:US18562254

    申请日:2022-04-06

    Applicant: Krones AG

    Abstract: The invention relates to a film store and method for dynamically storing a strip-like label film, wherein the film store comprises at least one storage region with an upper carriage and a lower carriage as well as deflection rollers fastened thereto for the label film. The label film is guided along a transport path extending in a meandering manner between the upper carriage and the lower carriage, and the size of the film store is adjusted by the upper and lower carriage moving in opposite directions while mutually compensating for weight. Because the upper carriage and the lower carriage are moved toward one another or away from one another by a torque-controlled or force-controlled servo motor and/or the servo motor tensions the label film between the deflection rollers, the storage dynamics and the storage capacity can be optimized while maintaining a maximum permissible strip tension in the label film.

    Method and apparatus for inspecting containers provided with fittings

    公开(公告)号:US20250085233A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18882615

    申请日:2024-09-11

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Abstract: Method for inspecting containers, wherein a fitting is applied to at least one surface region of an outer wall of a container, wherein this fitting has at least one carrier-free fitting element and preferably a plurality of fitting elements which are at least partially not connected to one another. The surface region fitted with this at least one fitting element or with these fitting elements is inspected by an inspection device and at least one characteristic value is output which is characteristic of at least one property that is characteristic of the first fitting element.

    METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A SETTING OPERATION OF A CONTAINER INSPECTION APPARATUS AND CONTAINER INSPECTION APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20250071418A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18720932

    申请日:2022-11-21

    Applicant: KRONES AG

    Abstract: A method for carrying out a setting mode of a container inspection apparatus including the following steps: a plurality of spatially resolved sensor data detected by the sensor device is stored on a non-volatile storage device, which is retrieved by a setting device in the setting mode; the setting device is provided with a set of test evaluation parameters, which are to be assessed in terms of a working mode of the container inspection device, in which the set of test evaluation parameters is set as a set of real-time evaluation parameters in the real-time evaluation device; for assessing the set of test evaluation parameters, the setting device determines at least one statistical assessment variable on the basis of the retrieved plurality of spatially resolved sensor data.

    Device and method for filling a container with a filling product

    公开(公告)号:US12195317B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-14

    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.

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