Blow molding machine with cip system for producing plastic bottles, particularly pet bottles
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorKlaus Voth
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Abstract
A blow molding machine for producing plastic bottles, particularly PET bottles, including a plurality of blow molding stations, which have assigned thereto valve blocks with control valves and blowing nozzles for introducing or discharging blowing air; and a cleaning-in-place (CIP) system for cleaning the blow molding machine. Since the valve blocks are configured such that they can be included in the CIP process, the system components, such as the blowing nozzle, which are particularly important for the production of PET bottles in terms of hygiene, can be cleaned and sterilized without disassembly.
Claims9
1-8. (canceled)
A method for the CIP process of the blow molding machine including a plurality of blow molding stations, the stations having assigned thereto valve blocks with valves and blowing nozzles for introducing or discharging blowing air, a cleaning-in-place (CIP) system for cleaning the blow molding machine, and the valve blocks configured such that the valve blocks can be included in the CIP process, the method comprising:
- a) passing a CIP agent through the valve blocks of the blow molding stations including the valves and the blowing nozzles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.