Abstract: In the method for checking a container inspection system with at least two detection devices, the at least two detection devices are configured to check a first and a second area of the containers to be inspected. A test container is fed to the container inspection system. The test container has a test feature in a first area to be inspected and a marking in a second area to be inspected, which is read by one of the detection devices and with which the test container can be identified as a test container. Also disclosed is a test container for use in connection with the disclosed method.

Abstract: A device and a method for detecting leaks of closed containers with an inspection apparatus configured to determine the curvature of the container closure of the closed containers, as well as an evaluation apparatus by means of which the curvature of the closure is compared with a predefined value. A pressure generating apparatus is used to press each container closure flat prior to inspection. The pressure-generating apparatus comprises an actuator with which pressure is applied locally to each container closure from the outside.

Abstract: A transport device for transporting upright containers arranged in a single row, comprising a first clamping belt and a second clamping belt, between which the containers arranged in a single row are held and transported, and at least one first rotary cylinder and one second rotary cylinder, around which the containers held by the clamping belts are transported. The containers and the clamping belts are guided one after the other around the at least two rotary cylinders in such a way that the containers are each pressed against the respective rotary cylinder by the radially outer clamping belt.

Abstract: A device and a method for inspecting containers for impurities and three-dimensional container structures comprising a radiation source. The radiation source is designed to emit radiation that radiates through a container to be examined. The device also comprises a detection element designed to detect the radiation that has been emitted by the radiation source and has radiated through the container. The device further comprises an evaluation element designed to evaluate the radiation detected by the detection element in terms of dirt and damage to the container. The radiation source has a plurality of spatially separated radiation zones. The radiation zones of the radiation source are designed to emit radiation of different wavelength ranges or of a different intensity.

Abstract: A transport device for transporting containers having a first transport section configured to convey containers in and a second transport section configured to convey containers out. The transport device includes a transfer device having a rotary cylinder, a clamping belt and a compensation device. The clamping belt can be adjusted in the area of the transfer device. The rotary cylinder and/or the clamping belt are configured to be drivable. The rotary cylinder and the clamping belt are configured to hold the containers between the rotary cylinder and the clamping belt and to transfer them from the first transport section to the second transport section. The rotary cylinder has one or more container support rings and at least one belt support element, wherein the belt support element is arranged such that the clamping belt abuts against it when there are no containers on the transfer device.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting objects, preferably containers, which has a transporting device. The transporting device is designed to transport objects. The apparatus also has a railing which is designed to guide the objects transported on the transporting device. The railing has a guide element which is designed to guide the objects. In addition, the railing has a plurality of reinforcing segments which are arranged adjacent to the guide element and are designed to reinforce the guide element.

Abstract: A cooling device for x-ray tubes in x-ray generators, comprising a housing with a central receiving device for receiving an x-ray tube with an inlet opening for supplying a gaseous coolant, an outlet opening for discharging the gaseous coolant, and a gas-conducting channel which extends between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The gas-conducting channel is designed to conduct the gaseous coolant directly by the high-voltage x-ray tube housing during operation. The gas-conducting channel additionally extends in a helical manner about the x-ray tubes such that the electric potential applied to the x-ray tubes drops to zero potential along the gas-conducting channel.

Abstract: An inspection of containers for impurities, using a radiation source. The radiation source is designed to emit radiation that radiates through a container to be examined. The device also comprises a detection element which is designed to detect the radiation that has been emitted by the radiation source and has radiated through the container. The device further comprises an evaluation element which is designed to evaluate the radiation detected by the detection element. An identification element comprising an optical watermark is arranged in the optical path between the radiation source and the detection element.

Abstract: The apparatus for diverting objects such as containers, bundles, packages, which are conveyed on a transport apparatus, comprises a first transport device, on which the objects are transported in a single row, a second transport device, which is arranged to the side of the first transport device, and a diverting device, which is provided on one side of the transport apparatus and by means of which an object to be diverted is diverted from the first transport device onto the second transport device. The apparatus furthermore comprises a rail, which is provided on a side of the transport apparatus situated opposite the diverting device, and a device for generating an air jet, wherein the device for generating the air jet is configured such that the air jet which is generated runs parallel to the rail.

Abstract: A device and a method for discharging objects having an axially symmetrical base surface. The axially symmetrical base surface has the shape of regular polygon with a five-fold axial symmetry. The device comprises an aligning unit, a discharge unit, and a transport unit, on which the objects are conveyed in a single row and in a mutually spaced manner from the aligning unit to the discharge unit. At least one railing is provided on one side of the transport unit at least in the region of the aligning unit.

Abstract: A device for transporting stationary objects, such as containers, bottles, multipacks, packaged items, which comprises at least one transporting device having a first conveying speed and defines a transport plane for the standing transport of the objects, at least one web arranged parallel to the transporting device, the upper side of the web defines a support plane and the web has a length which is at least equal to double the diameter of the deck surface of the objects to be transported, and at least a lifting device, by which the relative tilting of the support plane of the web relative to the transport plane of the at least one transporting device can be changed, the lifting device allows a step-free tilting of the web and/or transporting device, so that the horizontal position of an intersection line between the support plane and the transport plane is continuously adjustable.

Abstract: A device and a method for discharging objects having an axially symmetrical base surface. The axially symmetrical base surface has the shape of regular polygon with a five-fold axial symmetry. The device comprises an aligning unit, a discharge unit, and a transport unit, on which the objects are conveyed in a single row and in a mutually spaced manner from the aligning unit to the discharge unit. At least one railing is provided on one side of the transport unit at least in the region of the aligning unit.

Abstract: A device for transporting objects, such as containers, bottles, multipacks and packaged items, comprising a first transporting device having a first conveying speed, at least a second transporting device which is arranged in parallel to the first transporting device and has a second conveying speed, wherein the first and the at least one second transporting device form with each other a substantially closed transport surface and have the same conveying direction, and at least one lifting device, by which at least one of the transporting devices is height-adjustable so that at least a portion of a transport surface of the at least one transporting device can be raised and lowered above and/or below a transport surface of the other transporting device.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting empty containers in order to detect dirt therein is disclosed. A radiation source generates exciting radiation, and the exciting radiation is directed onto the inner wall of a container and excites dirt to be detected in such a way that the dirt emits luminescent radiation. At least one device detects the luminescent radiation emitted by the dirt, and another device analyzes the detected luminescent radiation. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for inspecting empty containers in order to detect dirt therein.

Abstract: The torque which is required to open a plastic screw closure which is screwed onto a bottle is determined without contact by the rotation position of the screwed-on plastic screw closure in relation to the bottle being established. The rotation position is established by evaluating an image on the basis of a mark on the bottle and a mark on the screw closure. Ventilation slots which interrupt the turns of the screw thread on the bottle neck can be used as the mark on the bottle, and a predetermined breaking point on a securing ring of the screw closure can be used as the mark on the screw closure.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting empty containers in order to detect dirt therein is disclosed. A radiation source generates exciting radiation, and the exciting radiation is directed onto the inner wall of a container and excites dirt to be detected in such a way that the dirt emits luminescent radiation. At least one device detects the luminescent radiation emitted by the dirt, and another device analyzes the detected luminescent radiation. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for inspecting empty containers in order to detect dirt therein.

Abstract: Method for optical pressure measurement of a gas in a closed container by directing a radiation of a radiator through the container and measuring the transmitted radiation by a detector, wherein the radiation of the radiator covers at least one first wavelength range in which there is an absorption of the radiation by the gas, the intensity of the transmitted radiation is detected in a second wavelength range by the detector, wherein the second wavelength range overlaps at least partially with the first wavelength range, and an accumulated intensity of the detected radiation in the second wavelength range is assigned to a pressure of the gas.

Abstract: In order to test the integrity of products in containers, several characteristics of the products are detected with physical measuring methods and a good-bad signal is produced on the basis of the measuring results, for which purpose several of the measuring results are placed in relation to each other, which can consist in the following: the deviations of the individual measuring results from a reference value, optionally after weighting and standardization are added up and the sum is compared to a threshold value. The measuring results can also form a multidimensional area in which one or several boundary surfaces separate the good value areas from the bad value areas.

Abstract: To establish the integrity of a product located in a container a given feature of the product in the container is determined by means of a first measurement method in which a first physical property of the product is ascertained, the given feature is additionally ascertained at least directly or by means of a second measurement method which is based on a second physical property which is different from the first physical property, and the values obtained by means of the two measurement methods of the given feature are compared. If the product is a drink in a bottle and if the given feature is the fill level, the first measurement method can consist of the fill level being measured by means of absorption of an X-ray beam, and the second measurement method can consist of the change effected by the bottle in the resonant frequency of a high-frequency oscillating circuit being measured.