摘要 |
The invention relates to a manufacturing apparatus for simultaneously making different hollow glass products having different gob sizes comprising at least one feed apparatus ( 12 ), that has at least one glass reservoir ( 14 ), at least one plunger ( 18 a, b), and at least one appurtenant cutting device ( 24 a, b) in the discharge from the reservoir, at least one conveying means ( 28 ) to successively transport at least one of the gobs discharged from the feed apparatus ( 12 ) into a plurality of shape-imparting units ( 32 a-c) disposed next to each other for variously sized gobs, at least one controller ( 22 ) to control the plunger ( 18 a, b) and the cutting device ( 24 a, b) of the feed apparatus ( 12 ), the conveying means ( 28 ), and the shape-imparting units ( 32 a-c), and said controller ( 22 ) controls the activity of the shape-imparting units ( 32 a-c), the feed apparatus ( 12 ), and the conveying means ( 28 ) in coordination with the gob-size-specific processing time of the products in the shape-imparting units ( 32 a-c) or their cycle time, and the controller ( 22 ) is embodied in such a way that, when it determines that the feed times of at least two shape-imparting units ( 32 a-c) will coincide, or if the interval between the times that two of the shape-imparting units ( 32 a-c) are fed will be less than the time necessary for a feed operation, the feeding of one of the shape-imparting units ( 32 a-c) that is to be fed will be delayed and shifted to a subordinate available time window that is long enough to allow the feeding of the not-yet-fed shape-imparting unit(s) to be performed. The invention also relates to a manufacturing process for hollow glass products that uses the said apparatus. Glass products having different masses can be made simultaneously in a single manufacturing apparatus.
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