Apparatus and method for producing plastic bottles
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsChristoph Klenk, Wolfgang Hausladen
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for producing plastic bottles. An apparatus for producing plastic bottles includes a molding machine to manufacture preforms for plastic bottles. The apparatus also includes a blow molding machine to receive the preforms from the molding machine and to stretch blow mold the preforms into bottles. The apparatus also includes a labeling machine to receive the bottles from the blow molding machine and to label the bottles. The molding machine is bloc-synchronized with the blow molding machine to space the molding machine a first distance from the blow molding machine. The blow molding machine being bloc-synchronized with the labeling machine to space the blow molding machine a second distance from the labeling machine.
Claims20
An apparatus for producing plastic bottles, the apparatus comprising:
- a molding machine to manufacture preforms for plastic bottles;
- a blow molding machine to receive the preforms from the molding machine and to stretch blow mold the preforms into bottles;
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- a labeling machine to receive the bottles from the blow molding machine and to label the bottles, the molding machine being bloc-synchronized with the blow molding machine to space the molding machine a first distance from the blow molding machine, the blow molding machine being bloc-synchronized with the labeling machine to space the blow molding machine a second distance from the labeling machine,
- wherein the molding machine is an injection molding machine.
A method of producing plastic bottles, the method comprising:
- manufacturing preforms for plastic bottles using a molding machine;
- receiving the preforms from the molding machine and stretch blow molding the preforms into bottles using a blow molding machine;
- receiving the bottles from the blow molding machine and labeling the bottles using a labeling machine, the molding machine being bloc-synchronized with the blow molding machine to space the molding machine a first distance from the blow molding machine and the blow molding machine being bloc-synchronized with the labeling machine to space the blow molding machine a second distance from the labeling machine;
- receiving the bottles from the labeling machine and filling the bottles using a filler;
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- covering the bottles as they are transferred between the labeling machine and the filler.
A method of producing plastic bottles, the method comprising:
- manufacturing preforms for plastic bottles using a molding machine;
- receiving the preforms from the molding machine and stretch blow molding the preforms into bottles using a blow molding machine, wherein receiving the preforms from the molding machine includes receiving the preforms at a first infeed starwheel of the blow molding machine from a pitch changing starwheel of the molding machine, the pitch changing starwheel to change a pitch of the preforms prior to the preforms being received by the molding machine;
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- receiving the bottles from the blow molding machine and labeling the bottles using a labeling machine, the molding machine being bloc-synchronized with the blow molding machine to space the molding machine a first distance from the blow molding machine and the blow molding machine being bloc-synchronized with the labeling machine to space the blow molding machine a second distance from the labeling machine,
- wherein receiving the bottles from the blow molding machine includes receiving the bottles at a second infeed starwheel of the labeling machine from a transfer wheel interposed between the blow molding machine and the labeling machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.