Abstract: An apparatus for transporting objects and in particular containers, having a first conveyor which transports the objects along a specified transport path (P), including a sterile room, within which the objects are transported, and including a second conveyor which follows on from the first conveyor. According to the invention, the first conveyor is positioned completely inside of the sterile room and the second conveyor is positioned completely outside of the sterile room, wherein both the first conveyor and the second conveyor are preferably positioned in a specified transitional area (B) along the transport path (P).

Abstract: A method of treating devices of a plant for producing plastics material containers may include the steps of selection of at least one treatment device, acting upon the treatment device with a sterilization temperature in order to sterilize the treatment device, supplying at least one plastics material pre-form to the treatment device, shaping the plastics material pre-form to form a plastics material container, and removal of the at least one plastics material container from the treatment device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (100) for sterilizing plastic parisons (1), with a sterilization chamber (3) and a transport device (2) disposed at least partially inside the sterilization chamber (3) for moving the plastic parisons (1) within the sterilization chamber (3), wherein the transport device (2) has at least one gripping system (4) for engaging round and supporting the plastic parisons (1) by means of a gripping clamp (41), wherein the gripping system (4) has a displacement means (5) for displacement during sterilization within the sterilization chamber of contact surfaces (1A) of the plastic parisons (1) which are shielded by the gripping system (4) from a sterilizing medium and/or sterilizing radiation.

Abstract: An apparatus for sterilizing at least a segment of an inner wall and a segment of an outer wall of containers by accelerated charge carriers, includes at least one first external application device for sterilizing at least a segment of an outer wall of containers and an internal application device for sterilizing at least a segment of an inner wall of containers. The internal application device at least in portions is arranged to be introduced through an opening into the container in order to apply the emitted charge carriers to an inner wall of the container. The containers are transported along a transport path during their sterilization, wherein along a segment of the transport path of the containers between the first external application device and the internal application device is arranged a pitch change device to change a distance between two containers succeeding each other along the transport path.

Abstract: An apparatus for shaping plastic preforms into plastic containers includes a transport device on which a plurality of blow molding stations are arranged. Each of these blow molding stations comprises a blow mold inside which a plastic preform can be shaped into a plastic container. The apparatus includes a clean chamber inside which the plastic preforms can be transported. The region of the transport device in which the blow molding stations are arranged is arranged in the clean chamber and at least one further region of the transport device is arranged outside the clean chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for moulding plastic preforms into plastic containers, including a transport unit, on which a plurality of moulding stations is provided and which moves the moulding stations along a predefined transport path, wherein the moulding stations respectively have blow mould parts that are movable relative to each other, the parts are movable relative to each other for opening and closing blow moulds; and including a clean room that surrounds a transport path, along which the moulding stations are transported, and which is separated from an environment by at least one wall; wherein the apparatus includes a cooling system for cooling at least one element of the respective moulding stations; and wherein the apparatus includes a supply unit that supplies a gaseous medium to the clean room. The apparatus also includes a drying unit for drying the gaseous medium supplied to the clean room via the supply unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms into containers has a plurality of blow molding stations arranged on a movable carrier The blow molding stations have two part blow molds with a cavity inside in which the plastics material pre-forms are expanded. The blow molding stations have stressing devices which act upon the plastics material pre-forms to expand them with a flowable medium. At least one first bearing device is provided for movable mounting of the blow mold carriers with respect to each other and at least one second bearing device is provided for movable mounting of the first locking element with respect to the second locking element. At least one of these bearing devices is a slide bearing without lubricant or a bearing which is injection molded at least in part from a plastics material between bearing parts movable relative to each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms to form plastics material containers includes a conveying device on which a plurality of blowing stations are arranged. Each of these blowing stations has a blow mold inside which a plastics material pre-form is capable of being shaped to form a plastics material container. The apparatus has a clean room inside which the plastics material pre-forms can be conveyed. The region of the conveying device on which the blowing stations are arranged is situated in the clean room, and at least one further region of the conveying device is arranged outside the clean room.

Abstract: A device for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with a mobile carrier on which is arranged a plurality of blowing stations, each comprising blow mould carrier parts to hold blow mould parts, wherein at least one of these blow mould carrier parts is mobile in relation to the other blow mould carrier part, and wherein the blowing stations each comprise a carrier element to carry at least one blow mould carrier part. The device includes a clean room within which the plastic preforms can be expanded into plastic containers. The blow mould carrier parts together with the carrier element form a unit which can be demounted as a whole from the carrier.

Abstract: At least one blow-moulding station is arranged on a conveying device. The blow-moulding station includes a blow-mould that forms a cavity into which plastics material pre-forms are expanded by a gaseous medium, supplied by a stressing device. A clean room at least partially surrounds the blow-moulding station. A stretching unit stretches the plastics material pre-forms along their longitudinal direction with a stretch bar that is insertable into the plastics material pre-forms. The stretching unit includes a drive device for moving the stretch bar. The blow moulding station includes a receiving space with at least one wall for receiving the stretch bar. In operation, the drive device is positioned outside the receiving space at least part of the time. A gaseous medium at a pressure higher than ambient pressure in a non-sterile environment of the receiving space is supplied to the receiving space.

Abstract: An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms into containers has a plurality of blow moulding stations arranged on a movable carrier blow moulding stations have two part blow moulds with a cavity inside in which the plastics material pre-forms are expanded. The blow moulding stations have stressing devices which act upon the plastics material pre-forms to expand them with a flowable medium. At least one first bearing device is provided for movable mounting of the blow mould carriers with respect to each other and at least one second bearing device is provided for movable mounting of the first locking element with respect to the second locking element. At least one of these bearing devices is a slide bearing without lubricant or a bearing which is injection moulded at least in part from a plastics material between bearing parts movable relative to each other.

Abstract: Apparatus for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms into containers includes at least one blow mould with two blow mould parts movable with respect to each other. The blow mould forms a cavity inside which the pre-forms may be shaped into the containers. The apparatus includes a stressing device which acts upon the pre-forms with a flowable medium for their expansion, a conveying device which conveys the blow mould along a pre-set conveying path, and a clean room inside which the blow mould may be conveyed during the expansion of the pre-forms. An inner wall of the blow mould facing the pre-form has at least one opening through which a flowable medium may be removed out of the cavity during the expansion procedure. A flow connection provided between the opening and the clean room is sealed off from a non-sterile environment of the clean room.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for moulding plastic preforms (10) into plastic containers (10a), comprising a clean room (20), at least one blow station (8) comprising a blow mould (4) for shaping the plastic preforms (10) by means of at least one process pressure (89, 91, 92), and comprising a venting device (65) for venting the process pressure (89, 91, 92) or a process pressure reduced to a recovery pressure into the atmosphere, wherein the venting device (65) comprises at least one venting valve (67), by means of which the process pressure (89, 91, 92) or the recovery pressure can be vented into the atmosphere via a sound absorber (69), said apparatus (1) being characterised by a pressure drop safety device (68) for closing the venting valve (67) before the atmospheric pressure level (97) on the venting device (65) is reached.

Abstract: An apparatus for shaping preforms of plastic includes a plurality of shaping stations arranged on a movable carrier. The shaping stations each have blowing moulds which are arranged in blowing mould carriers and serve to accommodate the preforms of plastic. The shaping stations are conveyed within a clean chamber which is separated from its surroundings by of at least one wall. A sterilization device charges regions lying within the clean chamber with a flowable sterilization agent for sterilization thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers, with a plurality of shaping stations which are arranged on a movable carrier, wherein the shaping stations have blow moulds which are used for receiving the plastic pre-forms and inside which the plastic pre-forms are shaped into the plastic containers, and wherein the shaping stations have stressing devices which are movable relative to the plastic pre-forms and which act upon the pre-forms arranged in the blow moulds with a sterile flowable medium to expand them, with a clean room, inside which the shaping stations are conveyed, wherein this clean room is arranged or demarcated from the environment by means of at least one wall. At least one supply device is provided for supplying a flowable control medium to at least one shaping station), wherein this supply device (60) is sealed off from the clean room.

Abstract: A device for transforming parisons into containers with a plurality of transforming stations which are disposed on a movable carrier, wherein the transforming stations each have blow molds, within which the parisons can be transformed into containers by a supply of a flowable medium, and blow mold supports for holding these blow molds, wherein the blow mold supports have at least two blow mold support parts which are movable relative to one another for opening and closing the blow molds, with a clean room which is demarcated with respect to the surroundings by means of at least one wall and which at least partially surrounds the individual transforming stations, so that the transforming stations are movable within this clean room, and with at least one supply unit in order to supply flowable sterilising medium to at least one region of the transforming stations which are movable within the clean room.

Abstract: An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms to form plastics material containers includes a conveying device on which a plurality of blowing stations are arranged. Each of these blowing stations has a blow mould inside which a plastics material pre-form is capable of being shaped to form a plastics material container. The apparatus has a clean room inside which the plastics material pre-forms can be conveyed. The region of the conveying device on which the blowing stations are arranged is situated in the clean room, and at least one further region of the conveying device is arranged outside the clean room.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for filling containers (6) with a liquid and, in particular, with a beverage, with a plurality of filling elements (5) which in each case have an outlet (37) in order to pour the beverage into the containers (10), as well as a valve device (38) in order to control the supply of the liquid into the containers (6), with a conveying device which conveys the containers (10) along a pre-set conveying path at least for a time during the filling thereof with the liquid, and with a cleaning device which acts with a cleaning medium upon at least one region contacted by the liquid to be filled. According to the invention at least one filling element (5) is designed in such a way that the cleaning medium is freely discharged out of this filling element (5) during a cleaning operation.

Abstract: A method of treating devices of a plant for producing plastics material containers may include the steps of selection of at least one treatment device, acting upon the treatment device with a sterilization temperature in order to sterilize the treatment device, supplying at least one plastics material pre-form to the treatment device, shaping the plastics material pre-form to form a plastics material container, and removal of the at least one plastics material container from the treatment device.

Abstract: An apparatus for shaping plastics material pre-forms to form plastics material containers may include a conveying device which conveys the containers along a pre-set conveying path, a stressing device which acts upon the containers with a flowable medium in order to expand them, a reservoir for storing the flowable medium, and a supply device which delivers the flowable medium from the reservoir to the container. A valve device controls the supply of the flowable medium into the containers, in order to expand the containers. The apparatus includes a first feed line in order to supply a flowable sterilization medium to the supply line between the reservoir and the container to be treated or in a removal line for the flowable medium, which removes the flowable medium from the containers.