US 2022/0035345 A1 · CONTAINER PROCESSING SYSTEM

Abstract

The invention relates to a container processing system (10A-10U) for processing containers (12). The container processing system (10A-10U) has a plurality of processing units (22) for processing the containers (12) and a planar drive system (14) for transporting the containers (12). The planar drive system (14) is configured to move the plurality of movement devices (18) individually to a selection of the plurality of processing units (22) according to in each case one of a plurality of processing profiles for different container processing, wherein each of the plurality of processing profiles has a different selection of the plurality of processing units (22). The container processing system (10A-10U) advantageously allows flexible processing of different containers (different formats, contents, designs, bundles, packages, etc.) from a lot size of 1.

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Dependent claims

A container processing system for processing containers, having:

a plurality of processing units for processing the containers;
and
a planar drive system having a base element and a plurality of movement devices for transporting the containers, wherein the base element connects the plurality of processing units to one another and the plurality of movement devices can be moved independently of one another relative to the base element;
wherein the planar drive system is configured to move the plurality of movement devices individually to a selection of the plurality of processing units according to in each case one of a plurality of processing profiles for different container processing, wherein each of the plurality of processing profiles has a different selection of the plurality of processing units.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/386,290Filed 27 Jul 2021

Priority

DE 102020120279.231 Jul 2020

Published

3 Feb 2022

Term ends

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Classification13 codes

B65G 54/02
Non-mechanical conveyors not otherwise provided for: electrostatic, electric, or magnetic
G05B 19/4166
Characterised by control of velocity, acceleration or deceleration: controlling feed or in-feed
B41J 3/4073
For marking on special material: printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
B65C 9/02
Details of labelling machines or apparatus: devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station

Container processing system

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Abstract

Claims17