Patent ID: 11883998
Assignee: KRONES AG
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A method for producing plastic containers, wherein plastic preforms are heated by a heating device, wherein the heating device has a transport device which transports the plastic preforms singly along a predetermined transport path, and this transport device has a plurality of holding devices which hold the plastic preforms, and at least one heating unit being provided, which heats the plastic preforms and wherein furthermore a rotating device rotates the plastic preforms held by the holding devices during their transport through the heating device with respect to their longitudinal direction and wherein a forming device forms the plastic preforms transported by the heating device into plastic containers, wherein this forming device has at least one forming station which forms the plastic preforms into the plastic containers by being acted upon by a flowable medium,
wherein
an alignment device enables an alignment of the rotational position of the plastic preforms with respect to their longitudinal direction relative to the holding devices holding these plastic preforms and/or a rotational position alignment device enables an alignment of the rotational position of the holding devices with the plastic preforms arranged thereon,
wherein the rotational position of the plastic preforms is adjusted by a mechanical adjusting device which is arranged downstream of the alignment device in the transport direction of the plastic preforms and by at least one guide curve, and
wherein the at least one guide curve is adjustable in order to change the rotational position of the plastic preform.