Automatic substitution of blank molds in the manufacture of hollow glass products
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Emballage
InventorsSamuele Ghione, Evelino Zanella
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Abstract
A process for manufacturing a hollow glass product using an I.S. machine and a robot that can move alongside blank molds of the I.S. machine, wherein the robot is capable of replacing one or more blank molds, section after section. The I.S. machine for manufacturing hollow glass products includes a robot that can move alongside the blank molds, and the robot is capable of carrying plural tools having different functions, simultaneously and/or alternately, chosen from an electromagnet, and/or a spray tube for greasing by spraying, and/or an optical pyrometer, an infrared or equivalent viewing port, and/or a rotary abrasive tool, and/or a camera or equivalent.
Claims12
1-11. (canceled)
A process for manufacturing a hollow glass product by an I.S. machine and a robot that can move alongside blank molds of the I.S. machine, wherein the robot is configured to replace one or more blank molds, section after section, and carries an electromagnet, and the replacement of a blank mold comprises:
- closing two half-shells of the blank mold by exerting pressure;
- operating the electromagnet;
- releasing the pressure;
- and then
- disengaging the blank mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.