Contiform

High-performance blow moulders

of the new generation
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Sustainable and flexible: the new Contiform

Your efficiency sets new standards. In terms of high-pressure air and energy consumption, it once again undercuts everything
that came before it: The fourth generation of the Contiform is here! It uses the market-proven technology of its predecessor -
but only as a basis. For be it flexibility, hygiene, user-friendliness or digitalisation: In the course of a complex development
project, the blow moulder has been given a whole series of new features and optimisations.

At a glance
− Container and product range:
▪ Container volumes of 0.1 to 8 litres
▪ Cylindrical, oval, square and rectangular containers
▪ Non-carbonated, carbonated and sensitive products
− Machine portfolio:
▪ 4 to 36 blowing stations
− Output per hour
▪ Production of 4,000 to 100,000 containers per hour
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The design

The modular design of the Contiform allows for individual

arrangements of equipment.
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Models 6 1
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− Contiform for production of containers with up to 3.5 L 5
− Contiform Speed for production of containers with up to 2.0 L
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− Contiform BigBottle for production of containers
with up to 8.0 L 9 2

Optional modules
− Preform interior cleaning system
1. Preform feed system
for pre-cleaning the incoming preforms 2. Preform interior cleaning system*
− Preferential heating section 3. Infrared heating module
for the production of oval and non-symmetrical containers 4. Preferential heating section*
− Preform and container inspection system 5. Preform/container inspection system*
for quality control 6. MouldXpress Robot Automatic mould change*
− MouldXpress Robot 7. Blowing wheel with blowing stations
for fully automatic mould change 8. Container orientation system*
− Container orientation system for an aligned transfer to the 9. Touch-screen for machine operation
* Options
downstream machine
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The new Contiform: All models at a glance

Containers for Containers for Containers for

Hot-fillable Large-size Specially shaped
non-carbonated carbonated sensitive
containers containers containers
water beverages beverages
Contiform Speed 8 to 36 blowing 8 to 36 blowing 4 to 36 blowing
(up to 2.0 litres) stations stations stations
Contiform 4 to 28 blowing 4 to 28 blowing 4 to 28 blowing 4 to 28 blowing 4 to 22 blowing
(up to 3.5 litres) stations stations stations stations stations
Contiform
10 to 14 blowing 10 to 14 blowing 10 to 14 blowing
BigBottle
stations stations stations
(up to 8.0 litres)
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Set to perform right from the start: the Contifeed preform feed system

At a glance
− Applicable with lightweight, standard and heavy preforms
− Three models – suitable for the respective blow moulder
output
− Two variants of the feed rail
▪ Gravity system for all common preform types
▪ Air-assisted - ideal for lightweight preforms and high-speed
applications
− Option: system for automatic adjustment
− Option: Contifeed in hygienic design
− Option: Gentle preform feeding by means of soft-tilting

Benefits to you
− Automatic troubleshooting
− Quick and infinitely variable adjustment to every preform type

Contifeed with automatic adjustment

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No chance for dust and other particles: Preform interior cleaning system Prejet

At a glance
− Processes up to 100,000 preforms per hour
− Removes macro particles from PET preforms
− Achieves high cleaning efficiency - depending on particle and preform type
− Sucks off particles and filters them out
− Option: Quick change of handling parts without tools

Benefits to you
− High and reproducible cleaning efficiency due to immersing air lances and
ionised air
− Efficient use of the compressed air required
− Compact integration in the infeed of the blow moulder:
No additional footprint necessary
− Increased product safety thanks to a high cleaning performance
− Fewer preform rejections thanks to reliable particle removal
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Fully integrated and highly precise: the PET-View preform and container inspection system

PET-View checks both, preforms and containers using various 1. Preform: Gate
quality criteria and systematically rejects faulty material 2. Preform: Side wall
− Preform inspection unit 3. Preform: Sealing surface
4. Preform: End-cap
▪ Only flawless preforms enter the blow-moulding process 5. Container: Sealing surface, base,
− Container inspection unit contour and side wall
▪ Only perfectly blown containers are passed on to the filler 6. Container: Side wall and light
transmission
− Operation on the touch-screen of the blow moulder 7. Container: Support ledge

Benefits to you
− 100 percent inline inspection during production
− Accurately detects faulty preforms/bottles and thus
guarantees first-class container quality
− Detects contaminations in the preform/bottle and rejects 5 4
them reliably 7 6 3
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− Equally suitable for virgin material and up to 100 percent rPET
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Efficient and flexible: the infrared heating technology

Heating tunnel
− Very small oven chain (36.4 mm or 50 mm)
− Additional reduction of the heating room
− Adjustable base reflectors: adjustable to the respective preform length
− Maintenance-free system of ceramic reflectors

Heaters
− Parabolic reflector for top infrared emitter
− Longer infrared emitters and smaller dead spaces between the heaters

Benefits to you
− Up to 15 percent smaller footprint thanks to reduced deadspaces
− Improved lightweighting potential through targeted heating of the preforms
directly below the support ledge
− Up to 11 percent lower heating energy consumption due to shorter distances
and parabolic emitter technology
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Robust and precise: the Contiform blowing module

Transfer system
− Five-point heating mandrel in the linear oven
− Only four internal horizontal preform and container transfer points
− Actively controlled transfer grippers

Drive technology
− Torsion-resistant platform construction with skip-and-run technology
− Five high-precision Monotec servo motors with real-time synchronisation

Benefits to you
− Precise transfer of preforms and bottles
− Perfectly suited for very light preforms
− No PET dust deposit
− No change of handling parts if the neck finish remains the same
− Significantly reduced scrap rate thanks to skip-and-run technology:
▪ Monitors the mould locking cam
▪ Allows a non-locked blowing station to run through the main cam, for example to
reject faulty preforms without a machine emergency stop
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Intelligent and saving compressed air: the blowing stations

Blowing stations
− Electromagnetic stretching system without air consumption
− Extremely low dead space volume of the entire blowing station
− Speed mould hanger: No pressure compensation chamber necessary any more

Air Wizard Triple

− Enhanced air recycling system
− With intermediate pressure stages for internal recovery of the compressed air
− Automatic self-optimisation of the blowing air recycling process
− Significantly reduced switching time dispersion

Benefits to you
− Up to 20 percent less blowing air consumption in comparison to the valve
technology used up to now
− Larger process windows thanks to increased accuracy of the blowing process:
Processing preforms made of up to 100 percent rPET even at high outputs per
blowing station
− No possibility for incorrect settings during operation
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Intelligent process control: Contiloop AI

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At a glance
Intelligent process control based on (artificial intelligence: AI)

− In everyday operation:
Contiloop AI measures the most 6 5 4
important container, and also the
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environmental parameters inline and
readjusts the blow moulding process if necessary.
− If major changes are planned:
The system is retrained via the Krones IIoT platform and thus learns how to adjust the
blow moulding process precisely to the perfect bottle quality under the new conditions.

Benefits to you
− Insensitive to environmental changes thanks to environment monitoring
− Insensitive to variations in the preform material (e.g. rPET content) automatic process control
− Stable container quality through inline quality control (light transmission measurement)
− Independent of the operator's know-how and experience
− Production of lightweight and rPET containers with high-precision process control
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Intelligent process control: Contiloop AI

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In detail
1. The measuring bridge measures the light transmission value of the blown PET containers during production.
2. This transmission value information is continually transmitted to the Contiloop AI.
3. The information is processed by agents in real time. If necessary, process parameters are adjusted automatically.
4. The adjustments are displayed on the machine HMI.
5. The measuring and process data are transmitted to the Service Contiloop AI on the Krones IIoT platform.
6. Information regarding control interventions are displayed in Service Contiloop AI.
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Creative and in line with the market: Container design and moulds

At a glance
− Four production centres worldwide with state-of-
the-art manufacturing technology
− Container designers in all four bases
− Design and production of mould types for all Visualisation with
Engineering
mock-ups
Contiform series
− Mould validation on our own
technical centre systems
Adjustable mould
concept Product ready for
Preform Concept design and (e.g. robot- series production
Benefits to you
dimensioning consulting compatible) Product
− Customer-oriented consulting: Creative,
functional, unique
− Individual designs with a view to customer
requirements and feasibility in the beverage line
− Experience from more than 20,000 moulds per year
FEA Laboratory tests
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Quick and precise: the Contiform quick-change solutions

At a glance
− Optional: Quick-change handling parts for all Contiform
models
− Several parts can even be changed completely without tools
− Parallel change-over of heating module and blowing module
− Quick-change mould system in two versions:
▪ Manually and without tools
▪ Fully automatic by means of a robot

Benefits to you
− Fast changeover processes with simple handling
− Partly no tools necessary
− MouldXpress Robot Reliable and fully automatic changeover
system for moulds
− Fault-free change-over process thanks to the use of a robot
− Maximum efficiency in combination with LineXpress
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A multi-talented system: the Contiform in the multi-process version

At a glance
− A machine for producing water/CSD
and hot-fillable containers with or
without vacuum panels

Benefits to you
− Maximum flexibility: With the right
machine selection, the production of Process types
all desired container types is possible Main
machine Without
on just one blow moulder Bottle with panels CSD/water
panels
Moderate
Moderate Relax
Heatset Heatset classic Hot relax Relax Standard
heatset cooling
heatset
Relax Moderate Relax
- - Hot relax Relax Standard
cooling heatset cooling
Hot relax - - - - Hot relax Relax Standard

Standard - - - - - Relax Standard

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When it needs to be a bit bigger: die Contiform BigBottle

At a glance
− It is suitable for filling non-carbonated beverages and edible oil
− Possible container sizes:
▪ Volumes up to eight litres
▪ Diameters up to 190 mm
▪ Net height up to 380 mm
− Output per hour:
▪ Up to 1,200 containers per cavity
▪ Up to 16,800 containers in total
− Also available block-synchronised with the filler and/or labeller

Benefits to you:
− Large container solution for high outputs from Krones development
and manufacturing
− Resource and cost-efficient production of large containers
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When it's not supposed to be round: Preferential heating

At a glance
− Produces oval, non-symmetrical, square and rectangular containers.
− Can also be optionally equipped to produce cylindrical containers
− Possible container sizes:
▪ Volume up to 3.5 litres
▪ Diameters up to 155 mm
▪ Net height up to 355 mm
− Output per hour:
▪ Up to 2,500 containers per cavity
▪ Up to 60,000 containers in total

Benefits to you:
− Special container production based on proven technology
− Flexible, quick-change technology (less handling parts)
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Better in combination: the block solutions

Flexible block solutions

− Contiform Bloc:
Blow moulder with filler or labeller
− ErgoBloc L:
High-performance block consisting of blow moulder, labeller
and filler

Compact block solutions for non-carbonated water filling

− Contiform Bloc BF-C: blow moulder and filler
− ErgoBloc LM: Blow moulder, labeller and filler

− More than 50 years of experience in block technology

− More than 2,000 Contiform block solutions sold worldwide
− More than 80 percent of all Contiform blow moulder are
supplied in block configurations
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Benefits to you
High-pressure air efficiency
A further reduction in high-pressure air consumption was the top
priority in the development of the fourth Contiform generation:
The result is the Air Wizard Triple with a high-pressure air saving
of up to 20 percent compared to the previous generation.
Reduced heating energy consumption
Not only has the high-pressure air efficiency been improved, but
the energy consumption for heating the preforms has also been
reduced by up to 11 percent thanks to the further optimised
infrared heating technology.
Production efficiency
With its robust design and new functions, such as skip-and-run,
the new Contiform continues to operate with the utmost
reliability and even more trouble-free than before.
Request new machine
You can easily send a request for a non-binding
quotation in our Krones.shop.
Production quality
The Contiloop AI regulates the blowing process both intelligently
and automatically - and thus ensures consistently high container
quality that can be reproduced at any time. The new Contiform
also processes preforms made of up to 100 percent rPET with
absolute reliability.
Hygienic design
The new, integrated preform rotary rinser and the elimination of
lubrication points in many areas of the machine make the
production with the new Contiform an all-round clean affair.
Ergonomic design and user-friendliness
The servo drives in conjunction with improved rotary joint continue
to keep the noise level at a stress-free point, even at the highest
output rates. The new operating interface with large touch-screen
allows for even more efficient working with the machine.
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Certified ecological efficiency: Machines with enviro certification

At Krones, the blue enviro certification stands for excellent ecological efficiency. Products that bear the enviro certification have proven
in an objective test procedure that they efficiently use energy and media, and that they produce in an environmentally friendly way. The
requirements are defined by the EME standard that has been developed by the TÜV SÜD (technical inspection authority) for assessing
production plants. The enviro test procedure, too, has been certified by TÜV SÜD as an independent expert. Therefore, you can be sure
that: an enviro label stands for ecological efficiency.

This is why the new Contiform is enviro-classified:

Energy efficiency
− Wide energy-optimised heating room with adjustable base reflector
− New valve block technology and Air Wizard Triple for the highest possible
recovery of blowing air

Environmental compatibility
− Further minimised lubricant consumption
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Everything from a single source

Container design
Krones container design - creative, functional, unique with design
and production of mould types for all Contiform series.
Experience through approx. 20,000 moulds per year.
Training sessions at the Krones Academy – trained personnel for
an increased efficiency of your line
The multifaceted training offered by the Krones Academy ranges
from operation, servicing and maintenance courses through to
management training. We will gladly also create your individual
training programme.
KIC Krones cleaning agents make your machine shine
Only if the production environment is immaculate, can your
product be brilliant. KIC Krones provides you with the optimum
cleaning agents and disinfectants for each individual production
step.
KIC Krones lubricants for each production step
Whether for gears, chains or central lubrication systems – our
greases and oils are true all-round talents. They can reach every
lubrication point, protect your line and ensure gentle treatment for
your products thanks to their food-grade quality.

Krones Lifecycle Service – partner for performance

It goes without saying that also after the purchase of new
machines, Krones takes care of your lines: The Krones LCS experts
are always there to help you reaching your goals and turn your
wishes into optimal LCS solutions.