US 11,746,034 B2
Hot forming device for producing glass containers from a glass tube
Diego Studerus, Steinach (CH); Oliver Fruhner, Mainz (DE); and Andreas Groh, Dienheim (DE)
Assigned to SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA, Mainz (DE); and SCHOTT Pharma Schweiz AG, St. Gallen (CH)
Filed by SCHOTT PHARMA AG & CO. KGAA, Mainz (DE)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/938,271.
Application 16/938,271 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/051699, filed on Jan. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 101 840.1 (DE), filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0354256 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. C03B 23/11 (2006.01); C03B 23/045 (2006.01); C03B 23/09 (2006.01)
CPC C03B 23/112 (2013.01) [C03B 23/045 (2013.01); C03B 23/09 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hot forming device for producing glass containers from a glass tube, comprising:
a turntable;
a plurality of holding chucks arranged over a circumference of the turntable;
a machine frame having an upper region,
wherein the machine frame is a support column that rotatably supports the turntable to the upper region;
and
a direct drive motor directly connecting the turntable to the machine frame without interposition of a transmission in order to drive a rotary motion of the turntable with respect to the machine frame, the direct drive motor having a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator is arranged at an upper end of the support column and the rotor is arranged on the turntable.