Abstract: A container treatment plant having an oven, a blow molder located downstream of the oven and used for processing a plurality of container blanks, such as preforms, and a conveying unit configured for conveying a plurality of carriers, each carrier being provided for accommodating at least one container blank, and the conveying unit and the carrier being adapted to one another such that each carrier is individually movable through the oven.

Abstract: A method for inspecting drinks containers, wherein the container is transported along a predefined transport path by means of a transport facility, and an outside wall of the container is tempered at least in sections, and wherein an area of the inside wall of the container is inspected through an orifice of the container during or after tempering of the outside wall by means of an inspection means is provided. The inspection means includes at least heat radiation emanating from the observed area of the inside wall, and conclusions are drawn from the recorded heat radiation as to the presence of foreign bodies between the observed area of the inside wall and the inspection means.

Abstract: A method for checking an inspection device for a product flow, where the proper functioning of the inspection device can be checked even without using test containers specially provided for such checking, and having a radiation detector for measuring an inspection radiation after interacting with the products in order to detect a characteristic test radiation, and a further check is made as to whether the detected test radiation fulfills a target requirement characteristic of proper functioning of the inspection device.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a marking device for marking containers, for example, in the food industry, with devices for receiving measured feature data of a container and/or one or more container configurations, where the measured feature data is determined by a measuring device, and where the measured feature data relates to at least one criterion of several criteria which the container and/or the one or more container configurations do not satisfy. Furthermore, the marking device includes devices for creating marking data based on the measured feature data, where the marking data can be created such that it is indicated which of the several criteria the container and/or the one or more container configurations do not satisfy, and devices for physically applying at least one marking on the container, where the at least one marking is based on the marking data. The disclosure further relates to a container handling device with the marking device and a method for marking containers using the marking device.

Abstract: A method and a device for inspecting containers and/or preforms. A scattering medium is provided in the interior of the containers or preforms and is irradiated in such manner that the scattering medium forms a bright field behind the container or preform wall area to be imaged. In this way, the wall area can easily be illuminated and imaged from different directions, so that inspection units can be created with a high degree of design freedom and with smaller dimensions.

Abstract: Method for inspecting a direct print on containers with a relief-like surface contour, where the relief-like surface contour is at least partially printed onto, the direct print applied onto the relief-like surface contour is, with an inspection device, inspected in terms of its quality and/or position

Abstract: A container treatment plant having an oven, a blow molder located downstream of the oven and used for processing a plurality of container blanks, such as preforms, and a conveying unit configured for conveying a plurality of carriers, each carrier being provided for accommodating at least one container blank, and the conveying unit and the carrier being adapted to one another such that each carrier is individually movable through the oven.

Abstract: A method and a device for inspecting containers and/or preforms. A scattering medium is provided in the interior of the containers or preforms and is irradiated in such manner that the scattering medium forms a bright field behind the container or preform wall area to be imaged. In this way, the wall area can easily be illuminated and imaged from different directions, so that inspection units can be created with a high degree of design freedom and with smaller dimensions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the intactness and leaktightness of containers (4) that are processed in a filling plant, wherein the filling plant comprises at least one centering head (2) for holding, gripping and/or turning one of the containers (4), wherein the centering head (2) is arranged movably along a longitudinal axis (3) of the container (4), and wherein the relative position of the centering head (2) on the longitudinal axis (3) is determined and used for the intactness and leaktightness determination.

Abstract: A force transducer, in particular a load cell, includes a spring body that deforms when loaded with a force or load to be measured. Two support parts, which are separated by a gap, are moved out of a position of rest. A capacitive displacement detector is used to detect the relative movement of the support parts, where the capacitor includes two electrode combs that are each held on one of the support parts and includes a multiplicity of electrode fingers. The electrode combs are configured designed and mounted on the two support parts such that the electrode fingers of the one electrode comb pass into the finger interspaces of the other electrode comb when the spring body is loaded so that the force transducer is resistant to overloading.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a marking device for marking containers, for example, in the food industry, with devices for receiving measured feature data of a container and/or one or more container configurations, where the measured feature data is determined by a measuring device, and where the measured feature data relates to at least one criterion of several criteria which the container and/or the one or more container configurations do not satisfy. Furthermore, the marking device includes devices for creating marking data based on the measured feature data, where the marking data can be created such that it is indicated which of the several criteria the container and/or the one or more container configurations do not satisfy, and devices for physically applying at least one marking on the container, where the at least one marking is based on the marking data. The disclosure further relates to a container handling device with the marking device and a method for marking containers using the marking device.

Abstract: A method for quality control of a stretch-blow-molded plastic container by inspecting its base, which method is easy to execute and is not highly susceptible to faults. Such inspection of the container bases includes determining quality features such as the surface area of an unstretched and/or only slightly stretched region of the base of the plastic container.

Abstract: A method for checking an inspection device for a product flow, where the proper functioning of the inspection device can be checked even without using test containers specially provided for such checking, and having a radiation detector for measuring an inspection radiation after interacting with the products in order to detect a characteristic test radiation, and a further check is made as to whether the detected test radiation fulfills a target requirement characteristic of proper functioning of the inspection device.

Abstract: A method for testing a monitoring device (20) of an automatic labeling machine (10) for containers (12) for correct functioning, in the case of which, a specially marked measuring container (14) is fed thereto, upon whose detection, a labeling process is discontinued at least for this measuring container (14), and the measuring container (14) provided with markings (16) is scanned by at least one optical sensing device (21) of the monitoring device (20).

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing and treating plastic containers (10), especially preforms (10), comprising at least one heating device (1) for heating the preforms (10) by means of at least one heat-emitting energy source, a downstream blow molding station (3) for expanding the heated preforms (10), and a conveying device (5) which conveys the preforms (10) along a travel path P through the heating device (1). The energy source (1) includes a gas-operated heating element.

Abstract: A method for testing a monitoring device (20) of an automatic labeling machine (10) for containers (12) for correct functioning, in the case of which, a specially marked measuring container (14) is fed thereto, upon whose detection, a labeling process is discontinued at least for this measuring container (14), and the measuring container (14) provided with markings (16) is scanned by at least one optical sensing device (21) of the monitoring device (20).

Abstract: A method for quality control of a stretch-blow-molded plastic container by inspecting its base, which method is easy to execute and is not highly susceptible to faults. Such inspection of the container bases includes determining quality features such as the surface area of an unstretched and/or only slightly stretched region of the base of the plastic container.

Abstract: An inspection machine (M) for checking particularly bottles (F) comprises a conveyor (T) for transporting the bottles along an arched path (2) and past at least one inspection device (A1-A4) associated with the arched path, and at least one illumination device (3) which is arranged below the arched path and shines light through the bottles from below and upward. The conveyor (T) presents a disk (1) which can be driven in rotation, and whose top side (9) presents a standing surface for the bottom (15) of each bottle to be transported, which stands directly on the surface, where the disk (1) is constructed so that it is transparent at least in some area.

Abstract: Memorized in an apparatus (10, 12, 14) for use in an industrial process, connectable to a central control unit (18) via a bus (16) for communicating data and control signals, is a software apparatus model (20, 22, 24) which contains a comprehensive mimic image of the apparatus including its parameters, functionality and sequence programs.

Abstract: Method of optical inspection of closures on containers in which the outer edge of a closure is illuminated obliquely from above over the full circumference, and a photograph of the top side of the closure is made perpendicularly from above, and this photograph is used to detect the outer edge of the mouth, which appears brighter, and to check on the position of the cover logo relative to this edge of the mouth either directly or indirectly, and a signal is generated in the event an unacceptable eccentricity is found.