Filling Machine and method of operating the same
AssigneeElopak ASA
InventorsThiemo Scheerer, Christian Pringal
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Abstract
A filling machine (100) is disclosed having a processing unit (600) including a processing station (612, 614, 616) and a conveyor system (601) configured for conveying container precursors through processing station. The conveyor system has comprising a plurality of shuttles or carriers (602) configured for carrying the container precursors along a track (604) through the processing station and a shuttle propulsion system allowing each shuttle to be individually propelled along the track. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
Claims10
A filling machine comprising a processing unit comprising at least one processing station and a conveyor system configured for conveying container precursors through the at least one processing station, the conveyor system comprising a plurality of shuttles or carriers configured for carrying the container precursors along a track through the at least one processing station and a shuttle propulsion system allowing each shuttle or carrier to be individually propelled along the track.
A method of operating a filling machine comprising a processing unit comprising at least one processing station for processing container precursors, characterised by conveying the container precursors through the least one processing station in a plurality of individually propellable shuttles or carriers traveling along a track through the processing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.