High-speed storage

A device for temporarily storing cans, comprising:

• (a) a supplying conveyor system;
• (b) an intermediate storage system;
• (c) a handling system which is designed and controlled for simultaneously transferring a plurality of cans from the conveyor system into the intermediate storage system, wherein the supplying conveyor system is at the same time also a delivering conveyor system, and the handling system is designed and controlled for simultaneously transferring a plurality of cans from the intermediate storage system onto the conveyor system;
• (d) a first auxiliary can storage and a first transfer device for transferring cans onto the conveyor system are arranged upstream of the conveyor system are arranged upstream of the conveyor system;
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• (e) a second auxiliary can storage and a second transfer device for transferring cans from the conveyor system into the second auxiliary can storage are arranged downstream of the conveyor system.

A method for temporarily storing cans, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a device comprising a conveyor system, an intermediate storage system and a handling system;
• (b) filling the intermediate storage system with a plurality of cans which are transferred simultaneously by the handling system from the conveyor system to the intermediate storage system;
• and
• (c) simultaneously the conveyor system is emptying the intermediate storage system by means of the handling system, wherein a plurality of cans are transferred simultaneously from the intermediate storage system onto said conveyor system.