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US 2016/0053777 A1Published application
Device and process for vacuum recycling in a container treatment unit
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsFrank Winzinger, Wolfgang Roidl
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Abstract
A device for vacuum recycling in a container treatment unit with a plurality of treatment stations that each have a sealable vacuum area, including a plurality of connection lines, which connect the vacuum areas to each other and/or to a central vacuum accumulator, and a control and/or regulating unit that is configured such that a vacuum created in a vacuum area is partially transferred to another vacuum area and/or the central vacuum accumulator.
Claims18
A device for vacuum recycling in a container treatment unit, comprising:
- a plurality of treatment stations that each have a sealable vacuum area,
- a plurality of connection lines that connect the vacuum areas to each other and/or to a central vacuum accumulator, and
- a control and/or regulating unit that is configured such that a vacuum created in a vacuum area is partially transferred to another vacuum area and/or the central vacuum accumulator.
A process for partial recycling of a vacuum in a container treatment unit, comprising:
- providing a container treatment unit with a plurality of treatment stations each having a sealable vacuum area;
- evacuating a first vacuum area to a first pressure;
- performing a treatment step on a container within the first vacuum area;
- ventilating the first vacuum area, for removal of the treated container;
- and
- prior to ventilating the first vacuum area, creating a connection for pressure equalization between the first vacuum area and a second vacuum area at a second, higher pressure and/or a central vacuum accumulator.
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