OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000001347

Apparatus for handling preforms

Published: 2026-09-15T19:05:14.094392Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001347
Categories: Material Handling > Conveying Systems

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ABSTRACT

An apparatus for handling plastic preforms includes a feeding line for
preforms that comprise a preform body and a preform mouth, a conditioning
oven, a setdown device for the preforms being provided which is designed to
feed the preforms to a transfer or blow-molding carousel, the conditioning
oven being associated with a closed conveyance circuit which includes
supporting elements to support respective preforms. The feeding line has a
feeding device to feed the preforms to respective supporting elements; the
setdown device has an overturning element adapted to pick up the preforms and
to bring them to a pickup condition in which the respective mouths are
directed upward. The setdown device further includes a pickup device to pick
up the preforms in the pickup condition from the overturning element to feed
them to the transfer or blow molding carousel.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000001347
Published 2026-09-15T19:05:14.094392Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001347