US 11,878,456 B2
Method for angular indexing of a preform
Loïc Bourvellec, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR); Hervé Pasquier, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR); Marc Mouchelet, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR); and Pierrick Protais, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR)
Assigned to SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR)
Appl. No. 17/787,452
Filed by SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/086376
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122712, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1914558 (FR), filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0125868 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 49/42 (2006.01); B29C 49/64 (2006.01); B29C 49/28 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 49/42412 (2022.05) [B29C 49/28 (2013.01); B29C 49/42065 (2022.05); B29C 49/42119 (2022.05); B29C 49/6418 (2013.01); B29C 2795/002 (2013.01); B29K 2067/003 (2013.01); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for angular indexing of a pre-form (12) which comprises a body (14) and a neck (16), the process comprising:
a step (E2) of marking the neck (16) of the pre-form (12) during which at least one reference point (87) is produced on the neck (16) of the pre-form (12);
a step (E1) of a heating station (20) taking charge of the pre-form (12), during which the pre-form (12) is transported along a heating course by a spinner (38), which makes it possible to turn the pre-form (12) around its axis (X1);
wherein the marking step (E2) is carried out during the step (E1) of taking charge, when the pre-form (12) is supported by the spinner (38), and wherein the heating course comprises at least one active section (H1, H2) along which the body (14) of the pre-form (12) is exposed directly to heating radiation, and at least one passive section (P1, P2, P3) along which the body (14) of the pre-form (12) is not exposed to heating radiation, the marking step (E2) being carried out when the pre-form (12) is situated on the passive section (P1, P2, P3).