The newest generation of high-performance blow moulders

Sustainable and flexible

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 3.5 litres
- Cylindrical, square and rectangular containers
- For still and carbonated products
Machine portfolio
- 4 to 28 blowing stations
Output per hour
- Production of 4,000 to 70,000 containers per hour

Brochure Krones Contiform

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The newest generation of Contiform

The design

The Contiform has a modular design and can be individually equipped for to meet all requirements.

* Options

Basic machine

Linear infrared heating module for processing preforms with a length of up to 160 mm and a support ledge diameter of up to 48,5 mm
Blowing module with blowing stations for manufacturing containers of up to 3.5 litres

Optional modules

Prejet preform interior cleaning system for pre-cleaning the incoming preforms
PET-View inspection system for the integral quality control of preforms and containers
MouldXpress Robot automatic mould changer for highly efficient change-over without manual intervention
Self-learning Contiloop AI process control for fully automatic and intelligent parameter adjustment

Focussed on performance right from the beginning

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

Optional:

Hygienic design
Soft-tilting preform tipper for a particularly gentle preform infeed

Benefits to you

Automatic troubleshooting
Quick and infinitely variable adjustment to every preform type

Efficient and flexible

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 the 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 5 percent lower heating energy consumption due to shorter distances and parabolic emitter technology

Robust and precise

Transfer system

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

Platform and 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

Intelligent while saving on compressed air

Blowing stations

Electromagnetic stretching system without air consumption
Extremely low dead space volume in the entire blowing station

Compressed-air recycling

Once again a further developed compressed-air recycling system, the Air Wizard Triple
With intermediate pressure stages for internal recovery of the compressed air
Automatic self-optimisation of the blowing air recycling process
Considerably lower valve switching time dispersion

Benefits to you

Up to 30 percent less blowing air consumption in comparison to the valve technology used up to now
Avoidance of potential incorrect settings
Larger process windows thanks to increased accuracy of the blowing process

Bottle design and moulds

Creative and in line with the market

At a glance

Four production centres worldwide with state-of-the-art manufacturing technology
Container design experts at all four locations
Design and production of mould types for all Contiform series
Mould validation on our own technical centre systems

Benefits to you

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

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Better in combination: Contiform 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 noncarbonated 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 moulders are supplied in block configurations.

Benefits to you

Reduced heating energy consumption

The further optimised infrared heating technology made it possible to reduce the energy consumption for heating the preforms by up to an additional 5 percent.

Production efficiency

With its sturdy design and new functions, such as skip-and-run, the new Contiform continues to operate with the utmost reliability and with even less interference than before.

High-pressure air efficiency

The Air Wizard Triple can achieve a high-pressure air saving of up to 30 percent compared to the previous generation.

Ergonomic design and user-friendliness

The servo drives in conjunction with the improved rotary joint continue to keep the noise level stress-free, even at the highest output rates. The new operating interface with large touch-screen allows for even more efficient working with the machine.