BOTTLE FORMING UNIT AND TRANSPORTABLE BOTTLING PLANT

摘要

Bottle forming unit (300) comprising a furnace (204) for heating preforms, a moulder (306) for moulding the heated preforms into bottles, and a transporter (302) for moving the bottles and/or the preforms. The transporter (302) comprises a plurality of movable preform/bottle carriers (308) in a loop. The loop has at least four corners. The transporter (302) comprises at least four advancers (314), arranged for moving a carrier (308) positioned at a corner away from that corner. At least two carrier positions at diagonally opposed corners of the loop are vacant and a controller (318) controls the advancers for simultaneously moving carriers (308) positioned at the diagonally opposed corners of the loop.