Method for regulating a facility for processing a series of containers and corresponding facility

Method for regulating a facility for processing a series of containers (4) comprising:

• an operating phase during which a first machine (8) for processing containers (4) that is equipped with a number of first stations (28A, 28B, 28C, 28D) is driven in rotation, and a second machine (10) for processing containers (4) that is equipped with a number of second stations (36A, 36B, 36C, 36D, 36E, 36F, 36G, 36H) is driven in rotation, with the facility having a transfer point of each of the containers from the first to the second processing machine,
• with the operating phase comprising a synchronized operating step in which the speeds of rotation of the first and second processing machines are synchronized in such a way that the frequency of passage from the two first successive stations to the transfer point is equal to the frequency of passage from the two second successive stations to the same transfer point,
• the operating phase comprises a synchronized and paired operating step in which the synchronized rotation of the first and second machines is accompanied by a repetitive series of pairing partners at the transfer point, with each pairing partner comprising a first station (28i) arriving at the transfer point at the same time as a second station (36j) in such a way as to make it possible to transfer a container from the first station of the pairing partner to the second station of the pairing partner,
• with the regulating method being wherein the driving in rotation of the first processing machine is done by means of a first drive motor, the driving of the second processing machine is done by means of a second drive motor that is separate from the first motor, with the regulating method comprising a desynchronized pairing step during which the first processing machine and/or the second processing machine is/are driven in rotation in desynchronized operation in such a way as to time a first station and a second station of one of the pairing partners to arrive at the same time at the transfer point.