EP2917145B1 - Procédé et dispositif de production de contenants de boissons - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de production de contenants de boissons Download PDF

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EP2917145B1
EP2917145B1 EP13789795.5A EP13789795A EP2917145B1 EP 2917145 B1 EP2917145 B1 EP 2917145B1 EP 13789795 A EP13789795 A EP 13789795A EP 2917145 B1 EP2917145 B1 EP 2917145B1
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Wolfgang Sauspreischkies
Stephan Mayr
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/007—Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C2003/227—Additional apparatus related to blow-moulding of the containers, e.g. a complete production line forming filled containers from preforms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/001—Cleaning of filling devices

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for producing beverage containers.
  • Such methods and devices have long been known from the prior art.
  • such methods are known in which plastic preforms are first formed into plastic containers and then the plastic containers formed in this way are filled with a liquid and, in particular, a drink.
  • several components or partial products are usually brought together in such methods, such as the plastic containers themselves, their closures and the beverage to be filled.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object of providing a method and a device in which the transport devices are emptied as much as possible at the end of production or a product change, thus saving time when emptying and starting again.
  • plastic preforms are fed to a shaping device in a first method step.
  • these plastic preforms are reshaped into plastic containers by means of this reshaping device.
  • these plastic containers are transported to a filling device and continue to do so the plastic containers are filled with a liquid by means of the filling device, this filling device having a storage container for the liquid to be filled. Finally, the filled containers are closed by means of closures.
  • a product change is carried out from first containers to be filled with a first liquid to second containers to be filled with a second liquid, whereby for the purpose of this product change a target amount of the beverage containers to be filled with the first liquid is determined or specified and a remaining amount of the liquid to be filled is determined in order to enable the greatest possible consumption of the liquid to be filled, the first containers and / or the first container closures during the product change.
  • the specification of the target quantity can be made by a user input but also by the actual circumstances. It is thus possible for the target quantity to be predetermined, for example, by the remaining quantity in a storage container, that is to say production is continued until the last liquid tank or syrup tank is empty.
  • the product change can be carried out in such a way that the first liquid to be filled, the first beverage containers and / or the first container closures are used up as much as possible.
  • the user can determine whether the first liquid to be filled, the first beverage containers and / or the first container closures should be used up as much as possible.
  • the respective residual amounts of the liquid, the containers or the container closures are determined.
  • the container closures, the containers and the product to be filled are also referred to below as product components.
  • This also preferably determines the amount of a product component that is still in the supply paths, for example the amount of liquid that is in a supply line between the storage container and the containers to be filled or the amount of containers that are located on a supply path between the plastic preform feed and the area in which the containers are to be filled with the product.
  • the overall changeover times can be reduced.
  • the methods known from the prior art result in disadvantages, for example from the provision of more operating personnel that is required during the type changeover.
  • the emptying of the no longer required materials does not begin until after the end of production, and this emptying process can therefore influence the time for the type change. This reduces the availability of the system. The product and material losses will be very different due to the manual intervention of the operator and will be too high in each case.
  • the user should be given the option of selecting which product is to be used as extensively as possible.
  • this can be the product to be filled, for example.
  • other products such as water
  • the invention can also be carried out by the user without the selection described here and can be characterized, for example, by further measures described below that relate, for example, to the determination of the remaining quantity.
  • the disadvantages of the prior art can be eliminated by the present invention.
  • the process of changing a product must be carried out without an operator, provided that no mechanical settings have to be made that cannot yet run automatically.
  • the operator can enter in advance on the machines or a control center which change parameters are carried out by the respective machines (such as changing to a subsequent product, changing the closures, selecting rinsing and cleaning processes and the like).
  • the device carries out a brand change independently, wherein the device can also be controlled here in such a way that the change takes place in a time-optimized manner.
  • Product change means that at least the components that have not been completely used are discharged. For example, it is possible for the user to determine that the liquid itself is consumed as completely as possible. Once this has been done, further components, such as the remaining containers into which this liquid should be filled, plastic preforms which are formed into the containers, or container closures for these containers can be discharged.
  • the machine is stopped and further processes, such as a rinsing process, a cleaning process, a sterilization process or the like, take place. These processes can also be initiated automatically.
  • at least one residual amount is estimated before the product change. For example, it is possible to estimate how many of the respective product components are still in the feed paths long before the actual product change.
  • the amount of drink that cannot yet be produced or that is already in the tank and the pipelines can be determined. At this early point in time, this results in a rough but sufficiently accurate estimate of how many containers can still be filled. With this number or estimate, the material flows to the consuming machines, such as a closer and the forming device, are then stopped in good time when sufficient material is already on the way.
  • the product quantity determined continuously from a point in time at which it is known which quantity is still being produced.
  • the residues of the excess materials in the product components are preferably emptied automatically.
  • the refilling with a new product is either set by the user himself or this is done automatically.
  • the process described can preferably be used not only during a brand change but also at the end of production.
  • the above-mentioned further processes, such as flushing, cleaning or automated, mechanical changes, are preferably carried out by the machines without any further intervention.
  • the present invention makes it possible to achieve that the type change time is independent of the user, since the type or product change can be carried out with little or no operator intervention. Furthermore, the operator's workload is relieved and this results in a faster type change time and thus also a higher production and a higher availability.
  • the supply of at least one component is stopped before the product change.
  • the respective residual amounts of product components can be determined in different ways.
  • the method according to the invention serves to minimize the times for this change. So that too many objects do not remain on the transport devices or feed devices at the end or when changing, the output of these objects from a storage container into the transport devices or onto the belts should, as mentioned above, be stopped in good time. In order to be able to determine this point in time as precisely as possible, the number of objects on the transport device should be known as precisely as possible. This number can then be compared with the presumed known amount of beverage containers still required.
  • At least a percentage running time of at least one transport device which transports such a component is determined. Since the speed of the transport devices is not changed, it is conceivable to work in a start-stop mode.
  • the percentage of running time to total time can be determined with a time measuring device, such as a stop watch, in a given observation period and results from the coefficient between the running time and the total time.
  • the filling time or feed time is preferably taken into account, i.e. the time it takes the components, such as plastic preforms, closures or even the product from their respective storage container to the end of the transport, i.e. the point at which it is brought together with the other products will need.
  • This can be determined by a pure time measurement and is (depending on the system performance) a fixed system parameter that does not change.
  • Another possibility for determining the number of objects is the quotient of a transport device length and a transport device speed, for example from a belt length and a belt speed instead of the filling time. If the number of components or piece goods on the transport devices is greater than the number of objects still required to end production, the conveyance from the storage container of the objects to the transport device can be stopped. At the end of production, then ideally only a small amount of components is left.
  • the components are, in particular, at least partially and preferably completely, goods supplied in pieces, but an application to volumes or to supplied liquids would also be conceivable.
  • goods supplied in pieces are particularly suitable.
  • the containers to be produced are therefore preferably also labeled, which can be done before or after the containers are filled. A remaining quantity of the labels still to be fed can also be determined. It would also be possible to control a product change in such a way that the respective old labels are used up as much as possible.
  • a residual amount of the product component still located in a transport device is determined, as explained in more detail above.
  • At least a partial amount of a product component is advantageously taken into account as a putter. This means that a certain number is determined, but then a certain surcharge is advantageously made, ie a little more products are actually requested. In this case, at the end of production, a small amount that serves as a safety buffer is still available on the transport devices, with which, for example, incorrect equipping, failures and the like can be compensated for.
  • parameters relevant to the product change are determined while the device is in operation.
  • movements of the transport devices or a conveyor belt are generally taken into account when controlling this transport device.
  • the required parameters are recorded and evaluated during a specified period of time during the respective production.
  • the aforementioned percentage running time can be carried out as a function of the various objects, such as, for example, containers or container closures or also the filling product.
  • the period of time for this determination is advantageously at least 3 minutes, preferably at least 5 minutes, particularly preferably at least 10 minutes.
  • the other values mentioned above can be measured depending on availability, taken over from the control or entered manually and permanently.
  • the evaluation for an object can be carried out several times in order to achieve a higher level of accuracy.
  • All results for the number of objects on the belts are preferably determined for one type, for example by arithmetic averaging. These mean values can be permanently stored or, however, preferably newly determined during each production. In this way, any changed conditions can be dealt with automatically.
  • the feed of the plastic preforms is not interrupted during a product change. In this way, as will be explained in more detail below, jams in the feed lines of the plastic preforms can be prevented.
  • the present invention is further directed to a device for producing containers filled with liquids according to claim 9, which has a feed device for feeding plastic preforms, a shaping device which reshapes the plastic preforms into plastic containers, one in a transport direction of the plastic containers Filling device arranged after the shaping device, which fills the plastic containers with a liquid, as well as a closing device, which closes the plastic containers with a closure.
  • the device has a first detection device in order to determine an amount of the liquid to be filled in the device, and a second detection device in order to determine an amount of plastic containers in the device. Furthermore, a target amount of filled containers to be produced can be specified.
  • a processor device is provided which is designed in such a way that it initiates and / or controls a product change or an end of production depending on the results that are output by the first and second detection devices and also depending on the target quantity of containers to be filled.
  • This processor device can be a separate device or, preferably, be integrated into the machine control.
  • the remaining amount of the product still to be filled is also recorded, in particular also taking into account a product located in the filling lines as well as the amount of containers, whereby here too, in particular, an amount of containers present in the feed lines or transport devices is also taken into account will.
  • product consumption can be reduced.
  • the detection devices can be components such as counting devices. However, it would also be possible for the detection devices to merely determine the respective quantities, as explained above, on the basis of other machine parameters, such as the production speed. This means that the detection devices can also be stored in the machine control system on the purely software side.
  • a detection device is therefore preferably a device which is able to determine a respective quantity of a component. This determination can be an exact determination of the number of pieces or the remaining quantity as well as an estimate.
  • a detection device in order to determine the quantity of container closures in the device.
  • the respective feed sections are preferably taken into account.
  • the user in the context of a product change or a production stop, can determine whether the liquid to be filled, the beverage containers or the container closures should be used up as much as possible.
  • the user it is therefore also proposed on the device side that the user can specify which product is to be largely consumed if possible, in order for example to use the most valuable product as efficiently as possible.
  • the shaping device is a stretch blow molding machine.
  • This preferably has a movable and, in particular, a rotatable carrier on which a multiplicity of forming stations is arranged. These forming stations preferably each have blow molds within which the plastic preforms are expanded to form the plastic containers.
  • the device advantageously also has transport devices which, for example, transport the finished blown containers to the filling device. A number of the containers within these transport devices can advantageously also be set or specified. These transport devices preferably transport the containers at least in sections and preferably completely individually.
  • the feed device for feeding the plastic preforms to the forming device (the forming device here being understood in particular including an upstream furnace for heating the plastic preforms), the feed not interrupted, but the plastic preforms are transported seamlessly, ie the last "old" plastic preform (of the first product) is immediately followed by the first new plastic preform, ie the plastic preform that is used for the new product.
  • the channel is not emptied.
  • the old plastic preforms serve as a support for the new plastic preforms.
  • the old plastic preforms are automatically ejected in the channel in front of the furnace of the forming device when they bring the new plastic preforms to the blow molding machine.
  • the device thus advantageously has a discharge point for discharging the plastic preforms. This is preferably arranged in front of the heating device for heating the plastic preforms or in any case in front of the shaping device for shaping the plastic preforms into plastic containers.
  • the device advantageously also has a sorting device for sorting the plastic preforms, such as a so-called roller sorter.
  • a counting register is advantageously provided in the forming device after the roller sorter, by means of which the plastic preforms can be counted and by means of which in particular the still old plastic preforms that are to be exchanged can be counted.
  • This counting register can be implemented, for example, by the infeed star on the blow molding machine.
  • the roller sorter or the sorting device is emptied and the excess plastic preforms that are still in the transport device are advantageously diverted in front of the roller sorter.
  • the new plastic preforms are now conveyed in the roller sorter, they are supported on the old plastic preforms located in the channel.
  • the old plastic preforms are diverted by means of the counting register.
  • the device preferably has at least one diverting device for diverting at least one product component, this diverting device being arranged in front of an area in which this product component is brought together, for example connected, with a further product component.
  • the device preferably has a multiplicity of such diversion devices and in particular at least one diversion device for each product component.
  • several diverting devices arranged one behind the other in a direction of movement of this product component are present for a product component, for example two or more diverting devices for diverting plastic preforms.
  • Fig. 1 shows a view of an arrangement 1 according to the invention for producing beverage containers 20.
  • This system has a forming device 2 as system parts, by means of which plastic preforms are formed into plastic containers, a filling device 4 and a closing device 6.
  • Reference number 22 relates to a storage device for plastic preforms and reference number 24 to a conveying device for feeding in the plastic preforms.
  • Reference numeral 10 relates to a plastic preform (shown only schematically and not true to detail), which is first fed to an oven 34 and then to the actual forming device 2 via a transport path 26 and a feed channel 32.
  • the reference number 36 denotes a first diverting device for diverting plastic preforms.
  • Reference numeral 28 relates to a (but covered) second diverting device for diverting plastic preforms, in particular in the run-up to a conversion process.
  • the product to be filled or here a syrup that is mixed with the drink, is stored in storage containers 42 and first reaches a mixing device 44. From there, the product to be filled reaches the filling device 4, designated in its entirety by 4, from there via a supply line 46 The containers filled in this way are transferred to a closing device 6 and the containers 20 are closed by means of this closing device.
  • the reference numeral 62 relates to a storage device for closures, the reference numeral 64 to a first conveyor device, such as an inclined conveyor, and the reference numeral 68 to a further transport device which conveys the closures to the closer 6.
  • Reference numeral 66 denotes a diverting path for diverting the closures.
  • diverting sections or diverting devices are understood to mean those devices which divert or divert a specific product component from the system before it is assembled with other product components.
  • Reference numeral 12 relates to a first detection device (shown only schematically) which is used to detect a quantity of the product to be filled in the respective supply lines 46.
  • the reference number 14 denotes a second detection device which detects the quantity of the containers located in the system. It is possible to detect the number of plastic preforms 10 as well as the number of those containers or plastic preforms which are located, for example, in the furnace 34 or in the forming device 2 itself.
  • the reference number 18 identifies a third detection device (also only shown schematically) which detects the number of container closures in the transport system 64 and 68.
  • these individual recorded numbers can be compared with one another in such a way that it is possible, for example, to change the product which is in the lines, to be used up completely and to provide the necessary number of containers and container closures for this. Excess containers or in particular plastic preforms can then be diverted via the diverting devices 36 and 28, respectively.
  • the reference number 50 denotes a control device which in particular controls this product change, it being possible for this control device in particular to also take into account the respective values determined by the detection devices.
  • This control device can communicate with the individual detection devices, whereby it would also be conceivable that these detection devices are integrated into the control.
  • the control device also has a processor device 52, which controls the product change in the system as a function of the quantities recorded or determined in each case. As mentioned, the individual detection devices can also be contained in the machine controls.
  • the second diverting device 28 for the plastic preforms is used in particular to ensure that the plastic preform channel 32 does not have to be emptied completely, but rather, as described above, the "new" plastic preforms can directly adjoin the "old” plastic preforms.
  • a further discharge line (not shown) is therefore provided between the plastic preform channel 32 and the furnace in order to be able to discharge the still old plastic preforms after a product change.
  • Fig. 2 shows a comparison between a method according to the prior art (left side) and a method according to the invention.
  • the number of containers still required is determined or specified (for example by a user input) product components located in the transport facilities) are compared with the required number and the change is carried out accordingly.
  • the content on the transport is also determined, ie in particular the number of containers or closures or the product.
  • the content is compared with the required number instead of the fixed content specified in the prior art.
  • the method step of determining the content shown here can be repeated for several product components and, as illustrated, can also be carried out during ongoing production.
  • Fig. 3a shows a diagram to illustrate the determination of the content. It is conceivable that either the filling time is determined manually or it is determined automatically. This value is in turn output and the system parameters relating to the filling time are saved.
  • the amount in the respective filling lines can again be determined, the corresponding values are stored.
  • This amount can be determined, for example, using a flow meter and / or taking into account a diameter and a length of the respective lines.
  • This method for determining the content is preferably carried out only once, for example when configuring and / or starting up the system.

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  1. Procédé de fabrication de contenants de boisson (20) avec les étapes consistant à :
    - acheminer des préformes en matière plastique (10) vers un équipement de transformation (2) ;
    - transformer les préformes en matière plastique (10) en contenants en matière plastique (20) au moyen de l'équipement de transformation (2) ;
    - transporter les contenants en matière plastique (20) vers un équipement de remplissage (4) ;
    - remplir les contenants en matière plastique (20) avec un liquide au moyen de l'équipement de remplissage (4), dans lequel cet équipement de remplissage (4) présente un récipient de stockage pour le liquide destiné au remplissage ;
    - fermer les contenants remplis avec des obturateurs,
    dans lequel est réalisé un échange de produits de premiers contenants (20) à remplir avec un premier liquide contre des seconds contenants à remplir avec un second liquide et dans lequel aux fins de cet échange de produits est prédéfinie une quantité de consigne des contenants (20) de boisson à remplir avec le premier liquide et est déterminée une quantité restante du premier liquide destiné au remplissage, pour ainsi rendre possible dans le cadre de l'échange de produits une utilisation la plus large possible du premier liquide destiné au remplissage, des premiers contenants (20) ou des premiers obturateurs de contenant, dans lequel il est déterminé par l'utilisateur si le premier liquide destiné au remplissage, les premiers contenants de boisson ou les premiers obturateurs de contenant doivent être utilisés le plus largement possible, dans lequel avant l'échange de produits se réalise une extraction au moins de composantes de produit non entièrement utilisées, dans lequel des obturateurs de contenant, les contenants et le liquide destiné au remplissage sont des composantes de produit,
    caractérisé en ce que
    pendant un échange des préformes en matière plastique l'acheminement des préformes en matière plastique (10) avec une conduite de préformes en matière plastique (32) vers l'équipement de transformation n'est pas interrompu et qu'au contraire les préformes en matière plastique (10) sont transportées de façon ininterrompue, c'est-à-dire qu'à la dernière ancienne préforme en matière plastique (10) du premier produit succède immédiatement une première nouvelle préforme en matière plastique (10), c'est-à-dire la première préforme en matière plastique (10) qui sert pour le nouveau produit, de sorte que lors de l'échange des préformes en matière plastique (10) la conduite de préformes en matière plastique avant l'équipement de transformation ne soit pas menée à vide, et que de cette façon les anciennes préformes en matière plastique (10) servent de support aux nouvelles préformes en matière plastique (10), et dans lequel les anciennes préformes en matière plastique (10) dans la conduite de préformes en matière plastique sont automatiquement éliminées avant un four de l'équipement de transformation pour chauffer les préformes en matière plastique lorsqu'elles rapprochent les nouvelles préformes en matière plastique (10) au niveau de l'équipement de transformation.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    avant l'échange de produits est effectuée une évaluation d'au moins une quantité restante.
  3. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'acheminement d'au moins une composante de produit est arrêté temporairement avant l'échange de produits.
  4. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    est déterminée au moins une durée en pourcentage d'au moins un équipement de transport qui transporte une composante de produit.
  5. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    est déterminée la quantité restante de la composante de produit se trouvant encore dans un équipement de transport.
  6. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    au moins une quantité partielle d'une composante de produit est prise en considération en tant qu'amortisseur.
  7. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    pour l'échange de produits sont déterminés des paramètres pertinents pendant une exploitation du dispositif.
  8. Procédé selon au moins l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    pendant l'échange de produits l'acheminement des préformes en matière plastique n'est pas interrompu.
  9. Dispositif de fabrication de contenants remplis de liquides avec un équipement d'acheminement (24, 26) pour acheminer des préformes en matière plastique, avec un équipement de transformation (2) qui transforme les préformes en matière plastique (10) en contenants en matière plastique (20), avec agencé après l'équipement de transformation (2) dans une direction de transport des contenants en matière plastique (20) un équipement de remplissage (4) qui remplit les contenants en matière plastique (10) avec un liquide et avec un équipement de fermeture (6) qui ferme les contenants en matière plastique (20) avec un obturateur, dans lequel le dispositif (1) présente un premier équipement de saisie (12) pour déterminer une quantité du liquide destiné au remplissage se trouvant dans le dispositif (1) ainsi qu'un second équipement de saisie (14) pour déterminer une quantité de contenants en matière plastique se trouvant dans le dispositif (1) et dans lequel une quantité de contenants (10) remplis à fabriquer peut être prédéfinie,
    dans lequel le dispositif présente un équipement de processeur (52) via lequel, sur la base des valeurs fournies par les équipements de saisie (12, 14) ainsi que des quantités de contenants à fabriquer, un échange de produits de premiers contenants (20) à remplir avec un premier liquide contre des seconds contenants à remplir avec un second liquide peut être commandé, dans lequel dans le cadre de l'échange de produits ou d'un arrêt de la production le dispositif est conçu pour et prévu pour que soit déterminé par l'utilisateur si le liquide destiné au remplissage, les contenants de boisson ou les obturateurs de contenant doivent être utilisés le plus largement possible, dans lequel le dispositif présente au moins un équipement d'évacuation pour évacuer au moins une autre composante de produit,
    dans lequel cet équipement d'évacuation est encore agencé avant une zone dans laquelle cette composante de produit est acheminée ensemble avec une autre composante de produit, dans lequel des obturateurs de contenant, les contenants et le liquide destiné au remplissage sont des composantes de produit,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif est conçu pour et prévu pour que, pendant un échange de produits des contenants en matière plastique l'équipement d'acheminement (24, 25) pour acheminer les préformes en matière plastique avec une conduite de préformes en matière plastique (32) vers l'équipement de transformation (2), l'acheminement des préformes en matière plastique (10) ne soit pas interrompu et qu'au contraire les préformes en matière plastique (10) soient transportées de façon ininterrompue, c'est-à-dire qu'à la dernière ancienne préforme en matière plastique (10) du premier produit succède immédiatement une première nouvelle préforme en matière plastique (10), c'est-à-dire la première préforme en matière plastique (10) qui sert pour le nouveau produit, de sorte que lors de l'échange des préformes en matière plastique (10) la conduite de préformes en matière plastique avant l'équipement de transformation ne soit pas menée à vide, et que de cette façon les anciennes préformes en matière plastique (10) servent de support aux nouvelles préformes en matière plastique (10), et dans lequel les anciennes préformes en matière plastique (10) dans la conduite de préformes en matière plastique peuvent être automatiquement éliminées avant un four de l'équipement de transformation pour chauffer les préformes en matière plastique lorsqu'elles rapprochent les nouvelles préformes en matière plastique (10) au niveau de l'équipement de transformation.
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