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ShakesBeer in action
The fundamental requirements when it comes to the quality and efficacy of the brewing process include both taste-stability and good filterability.more...
Krones at the Emballage 2008
At the Emballage 2008, to be held from 17 to 21 November at the exhibition centre in Villepinte, Paris, Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, will be showing some of its numerous complete-system solutions.more...
Krones at the BRAU Beviale 2008
Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, will be using the BRAU Beviale 2008 primarily for showcasing new forms of service support.more...
Krones Lifecycle Service
Krones Lifecycle Service Symposium in Rosenheim. The keynote theme was potential savings on existing lines, and the core topic this time round was packing and palletising systems.more...
LCS Centre Africa in Johannesburg
As part of its global LCS strategy, Krones has opened a new base in Johannesburg. The new Life- Cycle Service Centre in South Africa comprises a large logistics centre, service coordination for all of Africa, and spare parts management.more...
Blow-moulding machine symposium in the USA
Reduced energy consumption, lighter bottle weights and shorter change-over times are vital considerations not only when purchasing new machinery, but also for existing kit.more...
Extended useful lifetime
A supplementary lubrication feature for the main cam of the Contiform stretch blow-moulding machine prolongs the useful lifetime of the cam rollers and the machine’s main cam. The cam roller is lubricated before it actually comes up against themore...
Repositioned stretching rod monitor
For early detection of worn stretching valves and avoidance of damage to the stretching unit and the stretching cam in Contiform S stretch blow-moulding machines up to series status 10/2005, and for the Contiform Compact as well, themore...
Modified bottle infeed for improved efficiency
A large beverage plant was experiencing difficulties with a special bottle shape at the bottle washer’s infeed.more...
New shape for your PET bottle?
New trendy shapes of the packaging and beverage bottle dress attract the customers’ attention. Any new PET bottle shapes requested by the marketing people must pass swiftly through their design phase.more...
Parsifal for enhanced performance and lower operating costs
The beverage industry has long been seeking a practicable system for filtering out the contaminants from a bottle washer’s operating media.more...
They know exactly what they’re doing
When installing its new non-returnables line for handling 1-litre and 1.5-l bottles, the mineral water producer Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG took full advantage of the training options provided by the Krones Academy.more...
Improved extract yields
Shaken, not stirred: in order to achieve better extract yields in conjunction with shorter mashing times, Krones has adopted an entirely fresh approach for its ShakesBeer mashing system.more...
3.3-l PET container with a new base design
3.3 litres is the capacity of the largest containers that the Krones Contiform S can currently produce.more...
Air Wizard for reducing compressedair consumption
By retrofitting an Air Wizard system in Contiform S stretch blow-moulders, substantial savings can be achieved.more...
For enhanced customer-responsiveness
Krones Life-Cycle Service, LCS for short, has been purposefully established and expanded over the past few years. It’s already been well received by numerous clients worldwide, as evidenced by their extensive use of Krones’ service support capabilities.more...
360° closure inspection at the conveyor
The newly developed Checkmat for 360° closure inspection provides dependable monitoring of container closures directly at the conveyor.more...
Pressure curve recording for Contiform blowmoulding stations
For monitoring the blow-moulding process during PET bottle production and reducing the number of bottles rejected as defective at the blow-moulding stations, all Contiform stretch blow-moulding machines as from the series status of 01/2005 canmore...
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Plastic sleeves for mechanical filling valves
Plastic in place of stainless steel: retrofittingplastic sleeves to the fillingvalves of the Mecafill VK mechanicalfilling system will reduce wear and tearon the gas needles compared to the stainless-steelgas sleeves previously used.more...
Optimising PU control at tunnel pasteurisers
To compensate for fluctuations caused by line-entailed malfunctions or halts,we can provide a fast, flexible PU controldesigned to ensure consistently highproduct quality.more...
Energy savings for PET container production
Where can costs be cut in the stretch blow-moulding process? When the production costs for PET containers are examined, the biggest factor involved is the material costs for PET, which account for over 70 per cent of the total.more...
Optimising the Contiform
The production output of existing stretch blow-moulding machines from the Contiform S series can be retrospectively upgraded by a series of appropriate measures.more...
Fobber upgrade for optimum oxygen values
Achieving tangible qualitative improvements by relatively simple means: upgrades are sometimes the obvious answer.more...
Prevention is better than cure – A real-life example
At one of its facilities, a major German mineral water and soft drinks producer operates four Krones blow-moulding machines from different series, built between 1999 and 2003. Over the course of years, the machines’ susceptibility to malfunctions beganmore...
Enclosed pilot valves
Increasing a filler’s availability while substantially cutting the spare parts costs involved – no problems when the machine is fitted with pilot valves from SMC Pneumatik. One significant improvement here is the hygiene-friendly enclosure of the valvesmore...
Neck-handling with a magnetic system
When neck-handling clamps with a magnetic system are used, the machine downtimes formerly caused by spring breakages in a conventional system are a thing of the past. These new clamp elements need overhauling only once every two yearsmore...
Absolute end-ofreel detector for PS labelling
With the APS 3 pressure-sensitive labelling station, Krones has created a high-performance label applicator for PS labelling, combining high speed andaccurate label positioning with simple operator control and easy change-over proceduresmore...
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