Fluid channel
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsRobert Heilmeier, Markus Glamsch, Thomas Jehl
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Abstract
A fluid channel of a container processing system for processing containers, such as bottles, is described, the container processing system comprising a blow molding machine and a container processing machine arranged downstream of the blow molding machine in the process direction. The fluid channel is arranged downstream of the blow molding machine and upstream of the downstream container treatment machine in the process direction and comprises at least one component, through which the fluid can flow and which comprises at least one outlet opening through which the fluid can escape from the fluid channel in the direction of a bottom of a container transported in the process direction. The component is produced by a generative manufacturing method.
Claims15
A fluid channel of a container processing system for processing containers:
- the container processing system comprising a blow molding machine and a container processing machine arranged downstream of the blow molding machine in a process direction;
- the fluid channel being arranged downstream of the blow molding machine and upstream of the downstream container processing machine in the process direction;
- the fluid channel comprising a plurality of components, through which a fluid is to flow and which comprise at least one outlet opening through which the fluid is to exit from the fluid channel in a direction of a bottom of a container transported in the process direction;
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- wherein the plurality of components are components manufactured by a generative manufacturing method, and wherein the at least one outlet opening is designed as one or more nozzles.
A method for producing a plurality of components of a fluid channel of a container processing system for processing containers, the method comprising:
- performing a 3D printing process to print the plurality of components of the fluid channel;
- wherein the container processing system comprises a blow molding machine and a container processing machine arranged downstream of the blow molding machine in a process direction;
- wherein a fluid is to flow through the plurality of components;
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- wherein the plurality of components comprise at least one outlet opening through which the fluid is to exit from the fluid channel in a direction of a bottom of a container transported in the process direction, and wherein the at least outlet opening is designed as one or more nozzles.
A container processing system for processing containers, comprising:
- a blow molding machine;
- a container processing machine arranged downstream of the blow molding machine in a process direction;
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- a fluid channel between the blow molding machine and the downstream container processing machine, wherein the fluid channel comprises a plurality of components through which a fluid is to flow and which comprise at least one outlet opening through which the fluid is to exit from the fluid channel in a direction of a bottom of a container transported in the process direction, and wherein the plurality of components are components manufactured by a generative manufacturing method, and wherein the at least one outlet opening is designed as one or more nozzles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.