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US 2011/0033269 A1Published application
Container-handling plant with retroactive correction capability and method for retroactively correcting faults occurring within a container-handling plant
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorStefan Bierschneider
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Abstract
A device and a method for the handling of containers with a plurality of handling units. A defective state in a handling element situated downstream can be recognized and as a reaction to this recognition a specified container conveyed upstream can be separated out, namely preferably that container which in the further operating sequence would arrive at the handling element known to be operating defectively.
Claims15
A device for the handling of containers, comprising:
- a first handling unit that handles containers in a first pre-set manner;
- a second handling unit that handles containers in a second pres-set manner, the second handling unit being arranged downstream with respect to the first handling unit in a conveying direction of the containers, wherein the second handling unit comprises:
- a plurality of handling elements for handling the containers;
- and
- at least one state-recognition device, which recognizes an atypical state of at least one handling element or at least one container handled by at least one of the plurality of handling elements;
- at least one control device that assigns to at least one of the plurality of handling elements at least one container to be handled by the at least one of the plurality of handling elements;
- and
- a barring device that interrupts the supply of containers to at least one of the first and second handling units.
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A method of handling containers, comprising:
- handling a plurality of containers in a first pre-set manner in a first handling unit;
- conveying the plurality of containers downstream from the first handling unit, the plurality of containers being conveyed in a first conveying direction;
- handling the plurality of containers in a second pre-set manner in a second handling unit with a plurality of handling elements, the second handling unit being arranged downstream with respect to the first handling unit;
- recognizing an atypical state of at least one of the plurality of handling elements of the second handling unit or at least one of the plurality of containers handled by the second handling unit;
- and
- temporarily interrupting a supply of the plurality of containers assigned to the at least one of the plurality of handling elements of the second handling unit recognized as being in an atypical state or temporarily interrupting a supply of the plurality of containers recognized as being in an atypical state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.