Container treatment system
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorMax Brikmann
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a container treatment system for the treatment of containers, such as bottles, in the beverage processing industry, comprising a clean room and a container treatment machine arranged therein with at least one exchangeable component, where the container treatment system comprises a robot which is arranged in the clean room and is designed to exchange said exchangeable component, and a corresponding method.
Claims17
A container treatment system for the treatment of containers, in the beverage processing industry, comprising:
- a clean room and a container treatment machine arranged therein with at least one exchangeable component, wherein said container treatment system comprises a robot which is arranged in said clean room and is designed to exchange said exchangeable component, wherein said robot comprises a robotic arm, which is arranged as movable along a guide arranged at a ceiling or a ground of said clean room, wherein said guide and a part of said robot form a linear drive, wherein the robotic arm comprises several joints and several segments, each connected to at least one of the joints, wherein the joints are rotatable and pivotable, and wherein the guide comprises a curvature.
A method for exchanging exchangeable components of a container treatment machine arranged in a clean room for the treatment of containers, in the beverage processing industry, comprising:
- removing an exchangeable component of the exchangeable components of the container treatment machine from the container treatment machine via a robot arranged in said clean room;
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- exchanging the exchangeable component for a different exchangeable component via the robot, wherein the robot comprises a robotic arm, wherein said exchanging further comprises moving the robotic arm between a first position and a second position along a guide arranged at a ceiling or a ground of said clean room, wherein said guide and a part of said robot form a linear drive, wherein the robotic arm comprises several joints and several segments, each connected to at least one of the joints, wherein the joints are rotatable and pivotable, and wherein the guide comprises a curvature.
A system, comprising:
- a clean room comprising a ceiling and walls for separating an interior volume of the clean room from an area outside of the clean room;
- a container treatment system configured to treat bottles configured to store liquids;
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- a robot comprising a robotic arm, which is arranged as movable along a guide arranged at one of the ceiling or a first wall of the walls and configured to actuate in response to feedback from a sensor or an input provided via an operator from outside of the clean room, wherein the guide comprises a curvature, wherein the robot is configured to arrange a first exchangeable component within a lock arranged in a second wall of the walls via moving from a first position to a second position, and wherein the robot acquires a second exchangeable component from the lock when in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.