Apparatus and method for treating plastic preforms

An apparatus for treating plastic containers, comprising:

• a feed transport device which is suitable for transporting the plastic preforms in a row and with a separating device which is arranged downstream of the feed transport device in a transport direction of the plastic preforms, which separates the plastic preforms, wherein the separating device includes a carrier which can be rotated with respect to a predetermined axis of rotation and which, on its outer circumference, has a plurality of recesses for receiving the plastic preforms in a takeover area and which are equidistant from one another in a circumferential direction of the carrier, wherein the separating device transports the plastic preforms separately along a predetermined transport path section and with a further transport device which adjoins the separating device in the transport direction, wherein the plastic preforms can be transferred in a transfer area from the separating device to the further transport device and the further transport device transports the plastic preforms further at a predetermined transport speed, wherein the apparatus has a control device for controlling the separating device and/or the further transport device such that during a start-up process of the apparatus, the separating device increases a transport speed at which it conveys the plastic preforms from the takeover area to the transfer area, and wherein the transport speed at which the separating device conveys the plastic preforms from the takeover area to the transfer area is continuously increased until reaching the predetermined transport speed of the further transport device.