Device and method for transporting containers
First Claim
1. A device for transporting containers and in particular plastic containers with a main carrier rotatable about a pre-specified main axis (D), with a multiplicity of transport elements for transporting the plastic containers, wherein each of these transport elements is arranged on an arm and swivelable in relation to the main carrier about a pre-specified geometric pivot axis (S1, S2), and a multiplicity of independently controllable first drive devices is provided to generate swivel movements of the transport elements, wherein each transport element is also mobile linear in relation to the pivot axis (S1, S2) about which it is swivelable, and a multiplicity of independently controllable second drive devices is provided to generate linear movement of the transport elements, wherein the first drive devices and the second drive devices are independently controllable electric motor drives, whereupon linear movement and swivel movement of the transport elements are controllable independently of each other.
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Abstract
A device for transporting containers and in particular plastic containers has a main carrier rotatable about a pre-specified main axis D, with a multiplicity of transport elements for transporting the plastic containers. Each of the transport elements is arranged on an arm and can swivel in relation to the main carrier about a pre-specified geometric pivot axis. A multiplicity of independently controllable first drives is provided to generate the swivel movements of the transport elements. Each transport element is also mobile linear in relation to the pivot axis about which it is pivotable, and a multiplicity of independently controllable second drives is provided to generate the linear movement of the transport elements.
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- 1. A device for transporting containers and in particular plastic containers with a main carrier rotatable about a pre-specified main axis (D), with a multiplicity of transport elements for transporting the plastic containers, wherein each of these transport elements is arranged on an arm and swivelable in relation to the main carrier about a pre-specified geometric pivot axis (S1, S2), and a multiplicity of independently controllable first drive devices is provided to generate swivel movements of the transport elements, wherein each transport element is also mobile linear in relation to the pivot axis (S1, S2) about which it is swivelable, and a multiplicity of independently controllable second drive devices is provided to generate linear movement of the transport elements, wherein the first drive devices and the second drive devices are independently controllable electric motor drives, whereupon linear movement and swivel movement of the transport elements are controllable independently of each other.
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8. A method for transporting containers, wherein the containers are transported along a pre-specified transport path with a multiplicity of transport elements and these transport elements are each arranged on a common rotatable carrier, wherein during transport of the plastic containers the transport elements are swivelled each in relation to pre-specified pivot axes (S1, S2) by a multiplicity of independently controllable first drive devices, and wherein the individual transport elements at least part of the time are moved in a straight line in relation to their pivot axes (S1, S2), and a multiplicity of independently controllable second drives is provided to generate the linear movement of the transport elements, wherein the first drive devices and the second drive devices are independently controllable electric motor drives, whereupon linear movement and swivel movement of the transport elements are controllable independently of each other.
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