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US 8,985,340 B2Granted
Handling installation, in particular for containers, with a retroactive correction capability
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorThomas Zech
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Abstract
A device and a method for the handling of containers with a plurality of handling units recognize a defective state in a handling element situated downstream and, as a reaction to this recognition, a specified container conveyed upstream is separated out, namely preferably that container which in the further course of operation would arrive at the handling element known to be operating defectively.
Claims22
A device for the handling of containers, the device comprising:
- a first handling unit which handles the containers in a first pre-set manner,
- a second handling unit, which is arranged downstream with respect to the first handling unit in the conveying direction of the containers, the containers being conveyed separately in a sequence, wherein the second handling unit has a plurality of handling elements for handling the containers, wherein the second handling unit has at least one state-recognition device, which detects a fault at the second handling unit by recognizing an atypical state of at least one of the handling elements or an atypical state of at least one container handled by at least one of the plurality of handling elements, and
- a separating device, positioned downstream from the first handling unit and upstream from the second handling unit, wherein at least one control device calculates an offset, based on the fault at the second handling unit, and causes the separating device to create a gap in the sequence of the containers, based on the offset, corresponding to a position of the fault at the second handling unit.
A method of handling containers, comprising:
- handling the containers in a first pre-set manner in a first handling unit;
- handling the containers in a second pre-set manner in a second handling unit with a plurality of handling elements, the containers being conveyed separately in a sequence and thus capable of being identified and tracked for a further procedure by means of a control device;
- detecting a fault at the second handling unit by recognizing an atypical state of at least one of the plurality of handling elements or an atypical state of a container handled by at least one of the plurality of handling elements;
- calculating, via a processing device, an offset, based on the fault at the second handling unit;
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- causing, via the processing device, the separating device to create a clap in the sequence of the containers, based on the offset, corresponding to a position of the fault at the second handling unit.
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A device for the handling of containers, comprising:
- a first handling unit structured and arranged to handle the containers in a first pre-set manner;
- a second handling unit, which is arranged downstream with respect to the first handling unit in the conveying direction of the containers, the second handling unit including:
- a plurality of handling elements for handling the containers, the containers being conveyed separately in a sequence and thus capable of being identified and tracked for a further procedure by means of a control device,
- at least one state-recognition device configured to detect a fault at the second handling unit by recognizing an atypical state of at least one of the plurality of handling elements or an atypical state of at least one container handled by at least one of the plurality of handling elements;
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- a separating device, positioned downstream from the first handling unit and upstream from the second handling unit, wherein at least one control device calculates an offset, based on the fault at the second handling unit, and causes the separating device to create a gap in the sequence of the containers, based on the offset, corresponding to a position of the fault at the second handling unit.
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The device according to claim handling 17, wherein the gap occurs at the faulty element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.