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US 2019/0009449 A1Published application
Changing blow moulds in blow moulding machines
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsNorbert Kindl, Florian Geltinger
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AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsNorbert Kindl, Florian Geltinger
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The invention relates to an apparatus for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers, having a transport device which transports plastic parisons along a predetermined transport path, wherein the transport device has a movable station support, on which a plurality of transforming stations are arranged, wherein said transforming stations each have blow mould devices, which each have cavities within which the plastic parisons can be transformed into the plastic containers, and said blow mould devices are each arranged on blow mould supports, and the apparatus has a changing device, which is suitable and intended at least to remove the blow mould devices from the blow mould supports thereof and/or to arrange blow mould devices on the blow mould supports. According to the invention, the changing device has an identification device for identifying blow moulds and/or blow mould parts, wherein the identification device preferably has an RFID detection device.
System for transforming plastic parisons to plastic containers with a transport device which transports the plastic parisons along a predetermined transport path, wherein the transport device has a movable station support on which a plurality of transforming stations are arranged, wherein these transforming stations each have blow mould devices which each form cavities within which the plastic parisons can be transformed into the plastic containers and these blow mould devices are each disposed on blow mould supports, and the system has a changing device which is suitable and intended in order at least to remove the blow mould devices from their blow mould supports and/or to arrange blow mould devices on the blow mould supports, wherein the changing device has an identification device for identifying blow moulds and/or blow mould parts, wherein the identification device preferably has an RFID detection device.
Method for operating a transforming device for transforming plastic parisons to plastic containers, wherein in a working operation of the system the plastic parisons are transported by means of a plurality of transforming stations along a predetermined transport path and are expanded by application of a flowable medium to form the plastic containers, wherein for expanding the plastic parisons blow mould devices are used, in the interior of which the plastic parisons are expanded to form the plastic containers, wherein in a changing mode at least one of the blow mould devices of the system is removed and/or one of the blow mould devices is disposed on a blow mould support of the system, wherein for changing the blow mould devices a changing device is used and by means of at least one identification device at least one part of at least one blow mould device to be changed is identified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.