Processing apparatus and method of operating a processing apparatus

A processing apparatus for container blanks, the processing apparatus comprising:

• a machine bed;
• a feed device supported by the machine bed for feeding the container blanks;
• a discharge device supported by the machine bed for removal of the container blanks;
• a rotary worktable rotatably mounted to the machine bed about a rotation axis;
• a plurality of locating devices supported on the worktable for temporary location of the container blanks, wherein rotation of the worktable conveys the container blanks along a circular orbit section shaped conveyance path between the feed device and the discharge device, wherein the conveyance path determines a first circle segment shaped surface section;
• a plurality of operating devices supported by the machine bed opposite the rotary worktable in a radial direction extending outward from the rotation axis of the worktable, each operating device designed for the processing of the container blanks located on the rotary worktable;
• a component mounting fixed to the machine bed for storing components of the container blanks, the component mounting being located in a second circle segment shaped surface section, the second circle segment shaped surface section supplementing the first circle segment shaped surface section determined by the circular orbit section shaped conveyance path to make a full circle;
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• at least one conveyor having a conveyor rail extending between the component mounting and an assigned operating device of the plurality of operating devices for transporting the components of the container blanks from the component mounting to the assigned operating device.