Method and apparatus for producing plastic containers
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsStefan JANSEN, Thomas BOCK
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Abstract
Plastic preformed having a main body, a mouth, and a support ring, are transported along a predetermined transport path and heated using at least one heating device, and, subsequently, the heated plastic preforms are transported to a forming device for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers and are formed into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium, wherein at least one value is determined using an inspection device, which value is characteristic of at least one physical and in particular geometric property of a support ring of a plastic preform and/or of a plastic container, and at least one treatment parameter of the heating device and/or of the forming device is controlled taking this value into account.
Claims16
A method for producing plastic containers, wherein plastic preforms are transported along a predetermined transport path, and these plastic preforms have a main body, a mouth, and a support ring, and the main bodies of the plastic preforms are heated using at least one heating device, and, subsequently, the heated plastic preforms are transported to a forming device for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers and are formed into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium,
- wherein
- at least one value is determined using an inspection device, which value is characteristic of at least one physical property of a support ring of a plastic preform and/or of a support ring of a plastic container, and at least one treatment parameter of the heating device and/or of the forming device is controlled taking this value into account.
An apparatus for producing plastic containers, having a transport device that is configured for transporting plastic preforms along a predetermined transport path, wherein these plastic preforms have a main body, a mouth, and a support ring, and having a heating device that is configured for heating the main bodies of the plastic preforms, and having a forming device for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, which is configured for forming the heated plastic preforms into the plastic containers by applying a flowable medium,
- wherein
- an inspection device is provided which is configured for determining at least one value that is characteristic of at least one physical property of the support ring of a plastic preform and/or of a plastic container, and a control device is provided which is configured for controlling at least one treatment parameter of the heating device and/or of the forming device, taking this value into account.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.