Krones Linatronic M Empty Bottle Inspector (2018)

Overview

This Krones Linatronic M is an empty bottle inspector for glass bottles, built in 2018. It inspects every empty container before filling and rejects any container that fails one of the inspection stages.

The machine combines camera-based base, sealing surface, screw thread and sidewall inspection with high-frequency and infrared residual liquid and caustic detection. Two sidewall modules with four mirror assemblies and four cameras provide a compact full-front view of the container, and the DualFlash neck finish lighting inspects the outer and inner sealing surface separately using two minimally offset lighting angles. Foreign containers are identified at the machine infeed by height, contour and colour detection. Three Ecopush rejection points separate foreign, dirty and damaged containers. The machine is operated from a Krones iPanel CD terminal.

Technical data

• Manufacturer: Krones
• Model: Linatronic M
• Machine type: empty bottle inspector
• Year of manufacture: 2018
• Application: inspection of empty bottles prior to filling; neck ring detection for returnable PET containers included
• Inspection modules: base inspection, sealing surface inspection, screw thread inspection (cone optics), sidewall inspection
• Sidewall inspection: 2 modules with 4 mirror assemblies and 4 cameras, two views per camera at 45°
• Residual liquid and caustic detection: high frequency and infrared
• Additional detection: polarising transparent films at container base and sidewall, glass fragments at the container base, scuffing via sidewall camera
• Foreign bottle detection at the infeed: container height, contour and colour via camera
• Rejection: 3 x Ecopush - foreign containers at the infeed, dirty containers and damaged containers at the discharge
• Control: Krones iPanel CD operator terminal, prepared for data connection to a single-station PC (Datalyser)
• Test bottle programme with 2D code
• Conveyor height: 1,200 mm, adjustment range 1,155 - 1,315 mm
• Minimum required room height: 2,810 mm
• Overall dimensions: approx. 6,700 x 1,300 x H 2,800 mm
• Direction of operation: right-left machine
• Power supply: 400 / 230 V, 3/N/PE, 50 Hz, 6 A full load current, 20 A pre-fuse; auxiliary supply 230 V, 1/N/PE, 5 A
• Standards: IEC 61439-1 / IEC 60204-1, CE marked
• Machine base and housing: stainless steel (AISI 304 equivalent), clean design

Equipment

• DualFlash neck finish lighting, separate inspection of outer and inner sealing surface
• Combined thread inspection via the sidewall mirror assembly
• Fallen container detection in front of the machine (photoelectric sensors with infeed pusher)
• Base blow-off unit with clocked air nozzle for foam and lubricant residues
• Container blower at the infeed, conveyor dead plate (3-fold)
• Servo-driven collection module for rejected containers at the discharge
• Festo pneumatic system with maintenance unit, food-grade lubricants
• Emergency mode: passage operation without inspection
• OEM machine data sheet and dimension drawing

Condition

Used, technically complete. The machine is still installed and under power at its production site; the photographs show it in the installed state.

Availability

Immediately. The machine will be dismantled and relocated to Germany. Viewing by arrangement; dismantling, loading and transport can be quoted on request.