Apparatus for transporting containers with sensor for position monitoring
AssigneeKrone Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsNina Habenschaden, Harald Effenberger, Thomas Hoellriegl
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Abstract
The apparatus for transporting containers with a movable and in particular rotatable carrier which has a plurality of changeable holding devices for holding the containers during transport, wherein the apparatus has at least one sensor device which detects and/or monitors a position of the holding device, in particular after a change of the holding devices. According to the invention, the apparatus has an assignment device which assigns at least one measured value detected by the at least one sensor device to at least one and preferably to each holding device.
Claims7
An apparatus for transporting containers with a movable carrier, which comprises a plurality of changeable holding devices for holding the containers during transport, wherein the apparatus has at least one sensor device configured to detect and/or monitor a position of the holding device,
- wherein
- the apparatus has an assignment device configured to assign at least one measured value detected by the at least one sensor device to at least one holding device,
- wherein
- the apparatus has a control device which is configured to readjust the position of the holding devices in dependence on the detected measured value, and
- wherein
- the control device has a memory device in which a plurality of target values is saved and a comparison device configured to compare the detected measured values with the target values saved in the memory device and the apparatus has an output device configured to output an error message when there is a deviation between the detected measured values and the saved target values determined by the comparison device comparing the detected values with the target values saved in the memory device, and outputting an error message when there is a deviation between the detected measured values and the saved target values determined by the comparison device.
A method for transporting containers along a predetermined transport path, wherein the containers are held on holding devices during transport, and a position of the holding device is detected and/or monitored by at least one sensor device,
- wherein
- at least one holding device is assigned at least one measured value detected by the at least one sensor device,
- wherein
- the detected measured values are compared with target values and an error message is output in the event of a deviation in the comparison, wherein the apparatus has a control device which is configured to readjust the position of the holding devices in dependence on the detected measured value, and wherein the control device has a memory device in which a plurality of target values is saved and a comparison device configured to compare the detected measured values with the target values saved in the memory device and the apparatus has an output device configured to output an error message when there is a deviation between the detected measured values and the saved target values determined by the comparison device, comparing the detected values with the target values saved in the memory device, and outputting an error message when there is a deviation between the detected measured values and the saved target values determined by the comparison device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.