Cooling system for container treatment assemblies

Abstract

Assembly for the beverage processing industry having several individual machines, including at least a blow molding machine, a labeling machine and a filler, including a common water cooling circuit with a radiator for components of the individual machines to be cooled and a corresponding method for cooling such an assembly.

1 . An assembly for the beverage processing industry, comprising a plurality of individual machines, including at least a blow molding machine, a labeling machine and a filler, and a common water cooling circuit with a radiator for components of the individual machines to be cooled. 
     
     
         2 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , and the water cooling circuit comprises at least one supply line for water for each individual machine. 
     
     
         3 . The assembly according to  claim 2 , and a heat exchanger is provided in at least one individual machine and connected to the at least one supply line. 
     
     
         4 . The assembly according to  claim 2 , and a main line is provided that distributes water from the radiator in the water cooling circuit and is connected to the at least one supply line. 
     
     
         5 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , and an air-water heat exchanger is provided in at least one individual machine and connected to the water cooling circuit and/or that a cold plate being connected to said water cooling circuit is provided in at least one of said individual machines. 
     
     
         6 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , and flow controllers that can control the cooling capacity supplied to an individual machine are provided in the water cooling circuit. 
     
     
         7 . The assembly according to  claim 1 , and the individual machines are configured as processing units connected in series which can perform sequential processes. 
     
     
         8 . A method for cooling an assembly in the beverage processing industry having several individual machines, comprising cooling the individual machines of the assembly by a common water cooling circuit. 
     
     
         9 . A method according to  claim 8 , and supplying water to the individual machines via supply lines. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 9 , and the water exchanges heat with a heat exchanger in the individual machine and cools the individual machine. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 9 , and transporting the water through a main line into the supply lines. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 8 , and the cooling of the individual machine is effected by heat exchange of the water with air in an air-water heat exchanger. 
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 8  and controlling the supplied cooling capacity for each individual machine.