Method for filling containers

A method comprising causing a first container to engage a filling position on a periphery of a rotor that is configured to be driven with an adjustable speed, causing said rotor to move said first container at a first speed along a filling path between a filling-path inlet and a filling-path outlet, adjusting a start of a filling phase such that a desired fill-level of liquid fill in said first container is reached while said first container is within a detection region of a first sensor, said first sensor being an optical sensor, during said filling phase, admitting said liquid fill into said first container at a volumetric flow rate as said first container continues to move toward said detection region, and while said first container is within said detection region, using said first sensor to optically inspect an actual fill-level in said first container to see if said actual fill-level has reached a desired fill-level.

Method for filling containers with a liquid filler product, using a filling machine having a plurality of filling positions, each formed at a filling element with at least one filling valve, with which the respective container is taken up at a corresponding filling position and moves in the transport direction at least along one filling path between a filling path inlet and a filling path outlet at an adjustable conveying speed, and is filled at least in one filling phase with a constant volume flow of liquid filler product, in that the liquid valve allocated to a filling position opens between the filling path inlet and the filling path outlet at an adjustable starting time of the filling phase, and is closed again after attaining a desired filling level of liquid filler product, wherein the attainment of the desired filling level is optically detected in a positionally fixed outlet-side detection region along the filling path by means of at least one first sensor device, and the starting point of the filling phase is adjusted at least depending on the conveying speed in such a way that the desired filling level of liquid filler product in the respective container in the positionally fixed outlet-side detection range.