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| 20080319571 | Method and Device for Controlling and Regulating a Hollow Body Manufacturing Unit - A method for controlling and regulating a unit for producing hollow bodies, including a compressor, a blowing machine and a control unit, which controls both the compressor and the blowing machine. A system also provided for returning blast air from the finished blown container to the compressor. Also, a device for producing hollow bodies, with a compressor, a blowing machine and a control system, which for the exchange of data is connected to the blowing machine and to the compressor. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090095598 | APPARATUS FOR SORTING PREFORMS - An apparatus for sorting piece goods may include a receiving surface which can rotate about a predefined rotation axis and is designed to receive the piece goods. The apparatus may include a first guide rail for guiding the piece goods, wherein this guide rail has a gap through which one region of the piece goods passes and by means of which another region of the piece goods is held. The apparatus may include a turning device which pivots the piece goods with respect to a longitudinal direction of the piece goods. The apparatus may include a separating device which separates out some of the sorted piece goods which are not guided in a predefined manner by the first guide rail or by the turning device. The turning device may be arranged upstream of the separating device in the movement direction of the piece goods. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090098235 | STRETCHING ROD HOLDING ARRANGEMENT - A stretching rod holding arrangement may include a stretching rod for expanding plastic containers, wherein the stretching rod has an elongate rod-shaped main body and a holding body, which protrudes with respect to this rod-shaped main body in a radial direction of the rod-shaped main body. The arrangement comprises a receiving space for mounting the stretching rod, wherein at least one region of the holding body can be received by this receiving space, and the receiving space has a lower boundary wall in the longitudinal direction of the stretching rod. An opening is provided in this lower boundary wall, through which opening the main body of the stretching rod can pass. An arresting mechanism, which can be moved with respect to the receiving space between at least two positions, may be provided above the lower boundary wall in the longitudinal direction of the stretching rod. In the first position, the arresting mechanism allows the passage of the holding body in the longitudinal direction of the stretching rod, and in the second position prevents the passage of the holding body of the stretching rod. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100090375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC CONTAINERS - A method and an apparatus for the economical production of containers from thermoplastic material with a blow moulding machine ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100176540 | BLOWING APPARATUS FOR EXPANDING CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a blowing apparatus ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110057343 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BLOW MOLDING CONTAINERS - A method for blow molding containers in blow molds of a device operated with the recovery of air from the blow molds, where operation is accomplished consecutively in a preblow stage with a low pressure and at least two further blow stages with respective higher pressures, and where subsequently, in a recovery phase with several pressure stages, air is fed from the respective blow mold, air from the blow mold is first fed into the volumes allocated to the preblow stage, with priority over a feeding at least into the volume allocated to the pressure stage following the preblow stage. Further, a blow control and a control means for the pressure in the volume, where the blow control has a program section for primarily feeding air first into the volume, and possibly for limiting the pressure in the volume to a multiple of the pressure. | 03-10-2011 |
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| 20110260373 | STRETCH-BLOW MOLDING MACHINE - A stretch-blow molding machine having at least one blow molding station, in which a split blow mold, an adjustable blow nozzle with a valve section, a stretching rod with a stretching rod drive system, and an electronic control unit are provided, the electronic control unit arranged in the blow molding station is equipped with hardware and software for selectively operating the blow molding station with a combination of a cam drive and a pneumatic drive, or a combination of an electric servo drive and a pneumatic drive, or only an electric servo drive in the stretching rod drive system. The movement of the stretching rod is initiated in the stretch-blow molding machine in the production process of a container by means of an electric servomotor with the beginning of or during the locking phase of the blow mold and before the blow nozzle is placed, and the stretching rod is already displaced to a position in which the stretching rod is either very closely approached to the preform bottom or contacts the preform bottom, or has even already pre-stretched the preform, until the blow nozzle is placed. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110287126 | APPARATUS FOR SHAPING PLASTIC PREFORMS, COMPRISING A STERILE CHAMBER - An apparatus ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120141621 | DEVICE FOR BLOW MOULDING CONTAINERS - A device with blow stations disposed on a blow wheel for blow moulding containers from a thermoplastic material includes a unit for pneumatic control of a blow pressure. The pneumatic control unit has a control piston which is guided in a cylinder and is mounted so as to be movable in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the piston. A main flow path, which can be closed by the control piston, extends through the cylinder. The control piston is provided with a control surface which faces a control chamber of the cylinder and is designed to transmit a control force to the control piston. The control piston is constructed at least in some regions from a metal or a ceramic. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120223464 | Blow molding machine with clean room and sterilizably connected components - A device for transforming parisons into containers with a plurality of transforming stations which are disposed on a movable carrier, wherein the transforming stations each have blow molds, within which the parisons can be transformed into containers by a supply of a flowable medium, and blow mold supports for holding these blow molds, wherein the blow mold supports have at least two blow mold support parts which are movable relative to one another for opening and closing the blow molds, with a clean room which is demarcated with respect to the surroundings by means of at least one wall and which at least partially surrounds the individual transforming stations, so that the transforming stations are movable within this clean room, and with at least one supply unit in order to supply flowable sterilising medium to at least one region of the transforming stations which are movable within the clean room. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120225156 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH STERILE CHAMBER AND MEDIA FEED IN THE STERILE CHAMBER - An apparatus for shaping plastics material preforms into plastics material containers, having a multiplicity of shaping stations arranged on a movable carrier. The shaping stations each comprise blow moulds, inside which the plastics material preforms can be shaped into plastics material containers by application of a free-flowing medium, as well as blow mould carriers for holding these blow moulds. The blow mould carriers comprise at least two blow moulding carrier parts movable in relation to one another to open and close the blow moulds, and having at least one fastening element, via which at least one element of the shaping stations is arranged on the carrier. A clean chamber surrounds the individual shaping stations, at least in part, so that the shaping stations are movable inside this clean chamber. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120225157 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH A STERILE CHAMBER AND STERILE BLOWING AIR FEED - An apparatus for shaping plastic preforms for providing plastic containers), having a plurality of shaping stations arranged on a movable carrier, wherein the shaping stations have blowing moulds which accommodate the preforms and within which the preforms are shaped to provide the containers, and wherein the shaping stations each have charging devices which are movable relative to the preforms and which charge the preforms arranged in the moulds with a flowable medium for expansion, and wherein the shaping stations have a valve arrangement which controls the feed of the medium to the preforms, with a clean chamber within which the shaping stations are conveyed with the charging devices, wherein the clean chamber is arranged against the surroundings by at least one wall. Flow connections for guiding the flowable medium are provided between the valve arrangements and the charging devices and the valve arrangements are arranged outside the clean chamber. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120225158 | BLOW-MOULDING MACHINE WITH BLOW MOULD LOCKING IN THE CLEAN ROOM - An apparatus for moulding plastic preforms into plastic containers includes a plurality of moulding stations arranged on a movable carrier. The moulding stations each including blow moulds, within which the plastic preforms can be moulded into plastic containers by applying a flowable medium, as well as blow mould carriers for holding these blow moulds. The blow mould carriers include at least two blow mould carrier parts for opening and closing the blow moulds. The blow mould carrier parts are movable relative to each other. A clean room at least partially surrounds the individual moulding stations, and includes a locking mechanism that is at least partially located within the clean room for locking the two blow mould carrier parts together in a closed condition. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120261865 | Apparatus and Method for Transforming Plastic Preforms into Plastic Containers, with Coupled Pivoting and Locking Movements - Apparatus for transforming plastic preforms into containers includes a blow moulding station on a movable carrier. The station includes a carrier for holding a blow mould, and the carrier includes a first part and a second part, pivotable with respect to the first part relative to a predefined first pivot axis. The station includes a lock mechanism for locking the first part with respect to the second part. Lock mechanism includes a first element arranged on the first part and a second element arranged on the second part. At least the first element is movable with respect to the carrier relative to a second predefined axis. Pivoting movement of the first part and movement of the first element are coupled to one another by a coupling device such that the second axis moves with respect to the carrier in a direction perpendicular to the second axis. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120286459 | Aseptic Blow Moulding Machine with Sterile Removal of Air - Apparatus for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms into containers includes at least one blow mould with two blow mould parts movable with respect to each other. The blow mould forms a cavity inside which the pre-forms may be shaped into the containers. The apparatus includes a stressing device which acts upon the pre-forms with a flowable medium for their expansion, a conveying device which conveys the blow mould along a pre-set conveying path, and a clean room inside which the blow mould may be conveyed during the expansion of the pre-forms. An inner wall of the blow mould facing the pre-form has at least one opening through which a flowable medium may be removed out of the cavity during the expansion procedure. A flow connection provided between the opening and the clean room is sealed off from a non-sterile environment of the clean room. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120306127 | Apparatus and plant for the stretch blow moulding of plastics material pre-forms and use of a ceramic component - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120321741 | BLOW MOULDING MACHINE WITH PIVOT SHAFTS GUIDED ON SLIDE BEARINGS - An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms into containers has a plurality of blow moulding stations arranged on a movable carrier blow moulding stations have two part blow moulds with a cavity inside in which the plastics material pre-forms are expanded. The blow moulding stations have stressing devices which act upon the plastics material pre-forms to expand them with a flowable medium. At least one first bearing device is provided for movable mounting of the blow mould carriers with respect to each other and at least one second bearing device is provided for movable mounting of the first locking element with respect to the second locking element. At least one of these bearing devices is a slide bearing without lubricant or a bearing which is injection moulded at least in part from a plastics material between bearing parts movable relative to each other. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120326358 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHAPING PLASTICS MATERIAL PREFORMS - At least one blow-moulding station is arranged on a conveying device. The blow-moulding station includes a blow-mould that forms a cavity into which plastics material pre-forms are expanded by a gaseous medium, supplied by a stressing device. A clean room at least partially surrounds the blow-moulding station. A stretching unit stretches the plastics material pre-forms along their longitudinal direction with a stretch bar that is insertable into the plastics material pre-forms. The stretching unit includes a drive device for moving the stretch bar. The blow moulding station includes a receiving space with at least one wall for receiving the stretch bar. In operation, the drive device is positioned outside the receiving space at least part of the time. A gaseous medium at a pressure higher than ambient pressure in a non-sterile environment of the receiving space is supplied to the receiving space. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326360 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SHAPING PLASTICS MATERIAL PRE-FORMS INTO PLASTICS MATERIAL CONTAINERS WITH AIR EXTRACTION GUIDED THROUGH A SURGE CHAMBER - An apparatus and method for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers with at least one blow moulding station which is arranged on a conveying device rotatable about a pre-set axis of rotation (D). The blow moulding station has a blow mould and this blow mould forms a cavity in the interior of which the plastics material pre-forms are capable of being expanded by being acted upon with a gaseous medium to form the plastics material containers, with a stressing device, which acts upon the plastics material pre-forms with the gaseous medium in order to expand them, and with a clean room, which surrounds the blow moulding station at least in part. The clean room is bounded off from an environment by at least two walls which are movable relative to one another. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130043622 | APPARATUS FOR SHAPING PLASTICS MATERIAL PRE-FORMS INTO PLASTICS MATERIAL CONTAINERS WITH PRESSURE PADS - An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers with a blow mould which has at least two blow mould parts which are arranged so as to be movable with respect to each other on first and second blow mould carrier parts. A pressure pad arrangement is arranged between at least one blow mould carrier part and the blow mould part. The pressure pad arrangement is designed in such a way that the force acting between the blow mould carrier part and the blow mould part has a first force component which acts in a first pre-set region in the peripheral direction of the blow mould part and a second force component which acts in a second pre-set region in the peripheral direction of the blow mould part | 02-21-2013 |
