Connecting device

Connecting device (2) for connecting a container (F) containing a powder/granular product to an isolator (1) with a connecting opening (120), through which the container (F) is introduced into the isolator (1) for emptying as intended, the connecting device (2) comprising:

• a holding device (220) being configured to receive the container (F) and hold it during connecting and emptying;
• a transfer device (210, 230) for transferring the holding device (220);
• and
• a control device for controlling the transfer device (210, 230);
• wherein
• the control device is configured to control the transfer device (210, 230) in such a way that the transfer device (210, 230) transfers the holding device (220) together with the container (F) from an initial holding position in which the container (F) is received in the holding device (220) as intended, into an emptying position such that at least an opening of the container (F), via which the powder/granular product is removed for emptying the container (F) as intended, is introduced into the isolator (1) through the connecting opening (120),
• wherein an entire transfer process of transferring the container from the initial holding position to the emptying position is automated, so that a user does not need to be in the immediate vicinity of the container during connecting, and
• wherein the holding device (220) undergoes an intermediate position during transfer, the intermediate position being a position at which the transfer of the container is paused in order to carry out intermediate processes in connection with the automated feeding/connecting of the container into/to the isolator.