System and method for producing plastics material containers

A plant system that produces plastics material containers, said plant system comprising:

• a first processing unit that outputs a plurality of plastics material preforms, each having a temperature above an ambient temperature;
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• a forming arrangement that is positioned in a direction of transport of the plastics material preforms and that forms the plastics material preforms into plastics material containers, the forming arrangement comprising:
• a first heating device that heats the plastics material preforms;
• a blowing wheel that applies a free-flowing medium to the plastics material preforms;
• a transport device including a roller sorter;
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• a discharge device between the first processing unit and the forming arrangement, the discharge device discharging the plastics material preforms from the first processing unit, wherein the discharge unit is arranged downstream in a transport direction of the roller sorter, the plant system further comprising:
• a storage apparatus that at least temporarily stores the plastics material preforms discharged by the discharge device, wherein the storage apparatus receives a variable number of plastics material preforms, wherein in a normal operation, the storage apparatus is constructed and arranged to receive a first number of overproduced preforms in response to the first processing unit operating to produce preforms at a higher rate than a rate at which the forming arrangement is capable of receiving the produced preforms, and wherein in the event of a fault by the first processing unit, a second number of overproduced preforms in the storage device are output to the forming arrangement.