US 12,115,715 B2
Apparatus and method for treating plastic preforms
Bernhard Sternkopf, Burglengenfeld (DE); Thomas Hoellriegl, Teublitz (DE); and Florian Geltinger, Donaustauf (DE)
Assigned to KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed by KRONES AG, Neutraubling (DE)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/408,822.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 122 470.2 (DE), filed on Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063170 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 49/42 (2006.01); B29C 49/64 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 49/4205 (2013.01) [B29C 49/6418 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treating plastic preforms, wherein the plastic preforms are transported in a row by a feed transport device and are separated by a separating device, wherein the separating device has a carrier which is rotatable with respect to a predetermined axis of rotation and which has on its outer periphery a plurality of recesses equidistant from one another in a peripheral direction of the carrier for receiving the plastic preforms in a takeover area, wherein the separating device transports the plastic preforms separately along a predetermined transport path section and wherein the separating device transfers the plastic preforms in a transfer area to a further transport device which transports the plastic preforms further at a predetermined transport speed, the method comprising: increasing a transport speed at which the separating device conveys the plastic preforms from the takeover area to the transfer area during a production start up process, wherein the transport speed at which the separating device conveys the plastic preforms from the takeover area to the transfer area is continuously increased until reaching the predetermined transport speed of the further transport device.