Method and installation for processing cans
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorsUte WINTER, Michael NEUBAUER
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Abstract
A can processing installation and associated method for processing cans in a can processing installation. The method comprises supplying a sterilization medium into a can via a sterilization apparatus and internally sterilizing the can by the supplied sterilization medium, while the can is transported to a filling station. The method further comprises flushing the can in the filling station with a flushing gas, as a result of which the sterilization medium is flushed out of the can, and filling the flushed can in the filling station with a filling material.
Claims20
A method for processing cans in a can processing installation, wherein the method comprises:
- supplying a sterilization medium into a can via a sterilization apparatus;
- internally sterilizing the can by the supplied sterilization medium, while the can is transported to a filling station;
- flushing the can in the filling station with a flushing gas as a result of which the sterilization medium is flushed out of the can;
- and
- filling the flushed can in the filling station with a filling material.
A can processing installation, comprising:
- a sterilization apparatus that is configured to supply a sterilization medium into cans;
- and
- a can filling apparatus that is arranged downstream of the sterilization apparatus and comprises at least one filling station configured for flushing the cans for flushing the sterilization medium out of the cans and for filling the cans with a filling material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.