A device for optical inspection of caps includes an illuminator configured to emit a beam of light directed at a cap located at an inspection position; a detector configured to capture an image of the cap interposed between the illuminator and the detector, where the illuminator includes an emission-polarizing filter configured to generate a polarized light beam, and where the detector includes a receiving polarizing filter configured to receive the polarized light beam.

A device for steadying parisons for plastics containers, in particular PET bottle parisons, in the entry region of an entraining device of an inspection unit having an overlaid part that has at least a first functional portion and a second functional portion. The second functional portion is arranged downstream of the first functional portion. The first functional portion damps, in particular, vertical disruptive movements of a parison that has been taken up by the entraining device such that the second functional portion comes into a substantially form-fitting guiding engagement with the parison, this guiding engagement bringing about complete steadying of the parison.

Systems and methods for controlling the operation of a blow molder are disclosed. An indication of a crystallinity of at least one container produced by the blow molder may be received along with a material distribution of the at least one container. A model may be executed, where the model relates a plurality of blow molder input parameters to the indication of crystallinity and the material distribution and where a result of the model comprises changes to at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters to move the material distribution towards a baseline material distribution and the crystallinity towards a baseline crystallinity. The changes to the at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters may be implemented.

An apparatus for producing plastics material containers has a production device for producing plastics material preforms, a forming device that forms the plastics material preforms into the plastics material containers and a cooling device for cooling the plastics material preforms produced by the production device. The apparatus has a first inspection device that is configured for inspecting at least one region of the plastics material preforms produced by the production device, wherein this first inspection device is arranged between the production device and the cooling device. The first inspection device has an image recording device that is configured for recording a spatially resolved image of a plurality of plastics material preforms.

A production device for producing plastics preforms has a transport device configured for transporting the produced plastics preforms along a predetermined transport path, and a first inspection device configured for inspecting a first portion of the plastics preforms. The inspection device has at least one image recording device configured for recording a spatially resolved image of at least said first portion of the plastics preforms and a second inspection device configured for inspecting a second portion of the plastics preforms. The second inspection device has a second image recording device which is configured for recording a spatially resolved image of at least the second portion of the plastics preforms.

An apparatus for producing plastics material preforms, has a production device having a plurality of production units for producing plastics material preforms, a transport device which is configured for transporting the plastics material preforms produced by the production device, a control device for controlling the production device, and a first inspection device which is configured for inspecting at least one area of the plastics material preforms produced by the production device. The inspection device is configured for outputting at least one value which is characteristic of a physical property of the plastics material preforms. The apparatus has an assignment device which is configured for assigning to each inspected plastics material preform the production unit which has produced this plastics material preform and wherein the control device is configured for controlling the production device and in particular the production units as a function of this value.

An apparatus for producing plastic preforms has a production device having production units configured for producing a plastic preform, wherein these plastic preforms are each formed in one piece and have at least one main body and a threaded portion arranged on the main body, and a removal device that is configured for jointly removing the plastic preforms manufactured from this production device. The removal device has a carrier and transport device configured for holding the removed plastic preforms, and for transporting the carrier jointly with the plastic preforms, removed by the removal device, and an inspection device having at least one infrared image recording device that is configured for recording a spatially resolved image of at least one region of a plurality of the plastic preforms produced and for outputting at least one measured value that is characteristic of a physical property of the plastic preforms.

An apparatus for producing plastics material containers has a production device having a plurality of production units for producing plastics material preforms, a forming device having a plurality of forming stations for forming the plastics material preforms into the plastics material containers and a transport device for transporting the plastics material preforms produced by the production device to the forming device. The apparatus has a spectral analysis device for inspecting and/or analyzing at least one area of the plastics material preforms produced by the production device, arranged between the production device and the forming device. The spectral analysis device is configured for spectral analysis of the radiation impinging thereon.

An operation abnormality detection method for detecting an operation abnormality in a molding device having a movable part includes: acquiring a prescribed measured value relating to operation of the movable part and calculating, as statistical information, an average value of prescribed information values based on the prescribed measured values: calculating a first threshold and a second threshold; acquiring a current measured value and comparing a current information value based on the current measured value with the greater of the first threshold and the second threshold; and issuing a warning if the current information value at least exceeds the greater of the first threshold and the second threshold.

Provided is a method of producing a container by deforming a heated preform. The method includes: determining at least two formed zones along the container axis in the body, said formed zones being produced using a different quantity of material, each formed zone corresponding to at least one heated zone of a body of the preform; heating the body of the preform using at least two heating elements that each heat one of the heated zones of the body of the preform; deforming the heated preform to form the container; and before the step of heating the body of the preform, adjusting a heating power of each heating element wherein the heating power of each heating element is adjusted as a function of the quantity of material in the formed zone of the body of the container corresponding to the zone heated by each heating element.