EP4508001A1 - Système de traitement de récipients - Google Patents

Système de traitement de récipients

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EP4508001A1
EP4508001A1 EP23717416.4A EP23717416A EP4508001A1 EP 4508001 A1 EP4508001 A1 EP 4508001A1 EP 23717416 A EP23717416 A EP 23717416A EP 4508001 A1 EP4508001 A1 EP 4508001A1
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container
treatment
row
containers
treatment block
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Niels CLAUSEN
Jens LUECKE
Christian DEPNER
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Krones AG
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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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/002—General lay-out of bottle-handling machines
    • 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
    • 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
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/0026—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a linear path
    • 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
    • B67C7/0073—Sterilising, aseptic filling and closing

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  • the present invention relates to a container treatment system according to independent claim 1 and a range of container treatment systems according to claim 12 and a method for treating containers, such as bottles, according to claim 14.
  • Container treatment systems in particular blocked container treatment systems, are already known from the prior art.
  • Various container treatment machines for example a filler and sealer and a downstream pasteurizer as well as a downstream decoration device, such as a printing press or a labeling machine, are usually operated at least partially synchronized, so that the containers are continuously transported through the system and treated in the process.
  • Transport devices are arranged between the individual container treatment machines of a container treatment system.
  • extensive buffer systems are provided in the transport devices arranged between the machines. These can accommodate a large number of containers and thus at least partially maintain the operation of the container treatment system, for example if a downstream container treatment machine fails or if an upstream container treatment machine fails.
  • the buffer systems must be large in order to provide enough buffer capacity for a typical throughput of several thousand or several tens of thousands of containers per hour in order to avoid the adverse effects of a production interruption in a system described above.
  • the technical problem to be solved is to essentially maintain the operation of a container treatment system with several container treatment machines even if individual container treatment machines fail, while keeping the space requirements as low as possible.
  • the container treatment system for treating containers, such as bottles, comprises a first treatment block with a first single-row container outlet, a downstream second treatment block comprising a wet and / or temperature control area with a mass transporter for containers, a first single-row container inlet upstream of the mass transporter and a second single-row container outlet downstream of the mass transporter, and a third treatment block arranged downstream of the second treatment block with a second single-row container inlet, the single-row container outlet of the first treatment block being connected to the single-row container inlet of the second treatment block by a first single-row transport device and the single-row container outlet of the second treatment block being connected the single-row container inlet of the third treatment block is connected by a second single-row transport device.
  • the invention is not limited to exactly one single-row container outlet or container inlet on the respective treatment blocks.
  • Several (for example two, 3 or more) single-row container outlets and/or single-row container inlets can also be provided for respective treatment blocks, which can be arranged horizontally and/or vertically offset from one another.
  • a treatment block is understood to mean an arrangement of at least one but also several container treatment machines, which carry out treatment of containers together or in isolation and are not separated from one another by the first or second single-row transport device.
  • container treatment machines within one Treatment blocks can be transported using other transport devices, in particular transport stars.
  • the throughput of the container treatment machines within a treatment block is preferably the same and/or the operation of the container treatment machines of a treatment block is synchronized, so that the same number of containers are treated per unit of time by each container treatment machine of a treatment block.
  • the mass transporter of the wet and/or temperature control area is to be understood as a transport device in which the containers are transported in a substantially disordered manner.
  • a single-row transport device is understood to be a transport device (such as a conveyor belt or air conveyor) in which containers can only be transported in exactly one row, i.e. one container after the other.
  • a wet and/or temperature control area is also understood to mean any device that either heats and/or cools the containers and/or applies a liquid to them. These include in particular pasteurizers and washing machines for containers.
  • the mass transporter or part of the mass transporter is advantageously used as a buffer area, since a large number of containers can be transported in this mass transporter.
  • this not only saves space, but also advantageously allows for a flexible arrangement of the treatment blocks relative to one another through appropriate settings or configuration of the first and second single-row transport devices.
  • Single-row transport devices are more flexible in terms of their spatial arrangement and space requirements than buffer areas that have to meet a specified buffer capacity (number of containers that can be accommodated).
  • the wet and/or temperature control area is designed as a pasteurizer and/or the second treatment block comprises a blow-off device for blowing off liquid on the surface of the container. Since the containers in a pasteurizer are usually transported in a mass flow, this is particularly suitable for achieving the necessary buffering effect. It can also be provided that an area is arranged at the inlet and/or outlet of the pasteurizer in which containers can be buffered in a disordered manner after they have left the pasteurizer or before they are fed to it. This prevents containers from remaining in the pasteurizer for too long, even when there is a large buffer requirement.
  • first single-row container outlet, the first single-row transport device and the first single-row container inlet are designed for single-row transport of containers in at least two vertical transport routes; and/or that the second single-row container outlet, the second single-row transport device and the second single-row container inlet are designed for single-row transport of containers in at least two vertical transport routes.
  • the throughput of the container treatment system and in particular the transport capacity of containers between the individual treatment blocks is increased.
  • a device for overcoming height is assigned to the treatment blocks at the inlet and/or outlet, so that the containers transported in different vertical transport routes are brought back to a height level before they are fed to a treatment machine of the respective treatment block or to two different ones Height levels are distributed in order to be fed to the respective transport routes after leaving the treatment block in the outlet.
  • the second treatment block can include a mass transporter that allows containers to be treated at two height levels corresponding to the vertical transport routes, so that a device for overcoming the height is not required in this area.
  • the first treatment block comprises a filler and/or a closer and/or an inspection device for inspecting the containers.
  • These devices can advantageously be arranged outside a treatment block that includes a wet area and can therefore continue to be operated even if the third treatment block fails, since the containers are buffered in between.
  • the third treatment block downstream of the second container inlet has a lane division for dividing the containers from the second single-row trans- port device into several lanes and/or wherein the third treatment block comprises an inspection device for inspecting the containers and/or wherein the third treatment block comprises a labeling machine and/or a direct printing machine.
  • the throughput of the third treatment block can be increased. Since the further treatment of the containers following a pasteurizer is usually not time-critical (i.e. a certain downtime of the containers before this treatment is possible without adversely affecting the containers), labeling machines or direct printing machines that are designed to decorate the containers can advantageously be used in this Treatment block can be arranged.
  • the second treatment block and/or the third treatment block comprises a coding device for applying a code to containers.
  • the containers can be tracked by the container treatment system, even if the containers are transported in a disorderly manner in the mass transporter and thus in the area of a buffer for the container treatment system. If a coding device is arranged in both the first and third treatment blocks, this allows precise tracing of where each container was treated in the first and third treatment blocks, despite the possible mixing of the containers in the second treatment block.
  • containers are not treated in the area of the first transport device and/or in the area of the second transport device.
  • the first and second transport devices therefore only serve to transport the containers, without the containers being treated during this time.
  • a fourth treatment block with a wet and/or temperature control area comprising a mass transporter for containers is arranged upstream of the first treatment block, the fourth treatment block comprising a third single-row container outlet and the first treatment block comprising a third container inlet, wherein the third single-row container outlet is connected to the third single-row container inlet by a third single-row transport device.
  • the wet and/or temperature control area with the mass transporter can also serve as a buffer here, for example to compensate for a failure of the downstream first treatment block.
  • the fourth treatment block can include a container washing machine. Since the treatment of the containers in a container washing machine is not time-critical, a longer dwell time and thus a buffering effect of the container washing machine is possible without a negative influence on the containers in order to compensate for any failure of downstream container treatment machines.
  • the third single-row container outlet, the third transport device and the third single-row container inlet are designed for single-row transport of containers in at least two vertical transport routes. This allows the throughput of containers in the single-row transport devices to be increased.
  • the fourth treatment block and/or the second treatment block comprise a buffer area for randomly buffering containers outside the wet and/or temperature control area and downstream of the container inlet of the treatment block and upstream of the container outlet of the treatment block.
  • a range of container treatment systems is further provided, each of the container treatment systems comprising a container treatment system according to one of the previous embodiments and wherein for two different container treatment systems of the range of container treatment systems, the first single-row transport device and / or the second single-row transport device and / or the third single-row transport device are different have shape.
  • the container treatment systems can only vary with regard to the design of the transport devices. This makes it possible to design different container treatment systems to suit spatial conditions without the individual treatment blocks having to be significantly changed.
  • the treatment blocks are designed essentially the same for two different container treatment systems in the range of container treatment systems.
  • This configuration makes it possible to adapt the container treatment system flexibly to different spatial conditions without requiring a fundamentally new design of the entire system, including the treatment blocks.
  • the treatment blocks are designed essentially the same for two different container treatment systems from the range of container treatment systems.
  • the fact that the treatment blocks are designed essentially the same means in particular that they differ, if at all, only with regard to the container inlet and/or the container outlet, such as the position or orientation of the container inlet and/or the container outlet. Since these elements can be designed as a modular part of a treatment block, changing these elements does not require a fundamentally new design of the treatment block itself, which increases the flexibility in providing a container treatment system for different spatial conditions but at the same time reduces the effort in designing the container treatment systems.
  • a method for treating containers, such as bottles, is also provided, wherein the containers are treated in a container treatment system according to one of the preceding embodiments and at least one treatment step is carried out on the containers in the first treatment block, the second treatment block and the third treatment block .
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a container treatment system according to one embodiment.
  • FIGS. 2a and b show schematic embodiments of the container transport in the transport devices and the treatment blocks.
  • 3a to c show different implementations of container treatment systems of a range of container treatment systems.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a container treatment system 100 for treating containers 180, such as bottles, cans or the like, according to one embodiment.
  • the container treatment system comprises a first th treatment block 101 and downstream in the transport direction of the containers 180 of the first treatment block a second treatment block 102 and downstream in the transport direction of the containers 180 of the second treatment block 102 a third treatment block 103.
  • Each of these treatment blocks 101 to 103 includes at least one container treatment machine that can carry out a treatment step on the containers.
  • the treatment of containers includes every action carried out on the containers, in particular filling, closing or cleaning as well as heating or cooling or applying a liquid, but also equipping the containers with decorative elements, such as labels or printed images. Inspecting the containers can also be understood as treating the containers. Likewise, the application of a code or other identification mark, for example to track individual containers through the treatment system, as well as the reading of such a code can be understood as treating the containers.
  • a coding device for applying a code to the containers and/or a reading device for reading out such a code and/or an inspection device for inspecting the containers can also be provided.
  • the first treatment block 101 can thus comprise at least one container treatment machine in the form of a carousel 113, indicated schematically here, along the periphery of which a large number of container holders and/or treatment stations for treating the containers are arranged (not shown in detail here).
  • the treatment machine can in particular be designed as a filler or closer or a combined filler-closer treatment machine.
  • the first treatment block 101 can also include container treatment machines arranged one after the other (in the transport direction of the containers), each of these machines can be designed as a carousel and/or as a linearly operating machine.
  • a filler can be designed as a linear machine and a subsequent capper can be implemented as a rotary machine.
  • the second treatment block 102 includes a wet and/or temperature control area 123.
  • This is designed as a mass transporter, so that the containers in the area of the wet and/or temperature control area 123 are transported in a disordered manner.
  • the mass transporter can have a length of several meters (for example 5 m or 10 m or more) and can be designed as a conveyor belt or conveyor belt on which containers are guided through the wet and/or temperature control area 123.
  • the conveyor belt can in particular have one Width transverse to the transport direction of the containers 180 in the area 123, which is a multiple of the diameter of a container, so that a large number of containers can be transported next to each other and in a disorderly manner.
  • the wet and/or temperature control area can be designed as a pasteurizer and the containers guided through the wet and/or temperature control area 123 can be heated and/or cooled either by radiation and/or air or by exposure to a liquid medium (for example water). Realize 180.
  • a liquid medium for example water
  • the second treatment block 102 can also preferably comprise a blow-off downstream of the wet and/or temperature control area, which, if the containers have been exposed to a liquid in the wet and/or temperature control area 123, can cause the containers to dry.
  • the third treatment block 103 can then include one or more decoration devices and/or inspection devices. As shown here, these can also be designed as one or more carousels 133, along the periphery of which container holders and/or container treatment stations are arranged in order to carry out the respective treatment step. For example, when designing the treatment block 103 as a labeling machine comprising a carousel 133 with container holders, fixed labeling units are arranged along the periphery in order to apply the labels to the containers transported in the carousel.
  • a printing press in particular a direct printing press, can also be provided as part of the third treatment block 103. This can, for example, include rotating (i.e. arranged on the carousel) or stationary print heads that apply printing ink to the containers.
  • a fourth treatment block 104 can be arranged upstream of the first treatment block 101, which can include a mass transporter 143 as part of a wet and/or temperature control area 143.
  • the fourth treatment block 104 can in particular include a container washing machine as the implementation of the wet and/or temperature control area 143.
  • a blow-off device is arranged downstream of the wet and/or temperature control area 143, which dries the containers.
  • a first single-row transport device 152 is arranged between the first treatment block 101 and the second treatment block 102.
  • a second single-row transport device 153 is arranged between the second treatment block 102 and the third treatment block 103 and a third single-row transport device 151 can be arranged between the optionally provided fourth treatment block 104 and the first treatment block 101.
  • the transport devices 151, 152 and 153 can in particular be designed as conveyor belts which successively transport containers in just one row (seen transversely to the transport direction of the containers in the respective transport device).
  • one or more of the transport devices can also be designed as air conveyors, in which the containers are arranged hanging on the support ring in a guide channel and are transported in the transport direction by an air flow.
  • the first treatment block 101 further comprises a first container outlet 112, which transfers containers from the treatment block 101 to the first single-row transport device 152.
  • a suitable transfer of the containers from a transport in neck handling or from a transport in corresponding container holders within the first treatment block 101 to the single-row first transport device 151 can take place.
  • Corresponding means are known from the prior art.
  • the second treatment block 102 includes a first container inlet 121, via which the containers from the first single-row transport device 152 are transferred to the second treatment block 102.
  • This first container inlet 121 can include one or more guide elements or links in order to distribute the containers from the single-row transport to the mass transporter. For example, guide gates that fan out in the transport direction of the containers come into consideration here, so that disordered mass transport or a corresponding handover to the mass transporter is guaranteed, if possible, over the entire width of the mass transporter.
  • the second treatment block 102 further comprises a second container outlet 122 downstream of the wet and/or temperature control area 123, which transfers the containers from the mass transporter to a downstream second single-row transport device 153.
  • the second container outlet 122 can be designed "inversely" to the first container inlet 121, so that it separates the containers from the initially disordered transport in the mass transporter 123 and causes them to be transferred to the second single-row transport device. You can do this too Suitable guide slots can be provided which accommodate the containers in several rows, which are then brought together to effect transport in only one row.
  • the first container inlet 121 and/or the second container outlet 122 comprises buffer areas, not shown in detail here, which can essentially be designed as standing surfaces or conveyor belts and can be used as buffers if downstream or upstream of the second Treatment blocks the container treatment is interrupted (for example due to a malfunction). It is then possible to block the second container outlet and to buffer the incoming containers in the buffer area but also in the mass transporter until they have reached their respective capacity limit. It can be provided that the buffer areas assigned to the first container inlet 121 and/or the second container outlet 122 can accommodate up to 10,000 or up to 20,000 containers or more.
  • the second single-row transport device 153 then feeds the containers to the third treatment block 103, which includes a second container inlet 131, in which the containers can be taken over from the second single-row transport device 152 and fed to a container treatment machine of the third treatment block 103.
  • the containers transported in the conveyor belt of the second single-row transport device 152 can be transferred to neck handling (for example by arranging a rotating stem and a locking device for successively feeding the containers to the rotating star).
  • neck handling for example by arranging a rotating stem and a locking device for successively feeding the containers to the rotating star.
  • a transfer to the actual container treatment machines in the third treatment block 103 can then take place.
  • the third treatment block 103 can further include a container outlet 132, via which containers can, for example, be fed to further container treatment machines or further processed as packaged pallets. However, this is not essential to the invention.
  • a fourth treatment block 104 includes a third container outlet 142, via which containers can be fed to a third single-row transport device 151. Analogous to the second container outlet 122 of the second treatment block 102, this can also use suitable scenes to separate containers from the mass transporter 143 before handing them over to the third single-row transport device 151. If a fourth treatment block 104 is provided, the first treatment block 101 further comprises a third container inlet 111, via which containers from the third single-row transport device 153 can be fed to the first treatment block 101 and in particular to a container treatment machine of this treatment block.
  • a suitable separation of the containers or a spacing of the containers can take place, for example using rotating stars and/or locking devices, in order to then feed them to the respective container treatment machines.
  • the fourth treatment block 104 can further include a container inlet 141, via which containers can be fed to the fourth treatment block 104.
  • the container inlet can be designed analogously to the previously described embodiments.
  • the first treatment block 101 and/or the third treatment block 103 can also include a lane division in the respective container inlet, which causes the containers to be divided from the single-row transport into several lanes, in which the containers are transported in an orderly manner and in a row one behind the other. From these lanes the containers can then be fed to container treatment machines. For example, each alley can lead to a different labeling machine. This allows the throughput of the treatment blocks 101 and 103 to be increased.
  • control device 160 is shown in FIG. 1, which is connected to each of the intended treatment blocks 101, 102, 103 and 104, preferably for bidirectional data exchange.
  • control unit 160 can also preferably be connected to the respective single-row transport devices for bidirectional data exchange.
  • the control unit can be designed as a control unit of the container treatment system and can control all components of the container treatment system.
  • each of the treatment blocks 101 to 104 can be assigned a respective control unit, which can take over the control of the functions of the treatment blocks.
  • the control units can in particular be designed as computers.
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b show different embodiments of treatment blocks arranged one after the other, with at least one of the treatment blocks having a mass transporter.
  • the first treatment block 101 and the second treatment block 102 which includes a mass transporter, are therefore shown by way of example in FIGS. 2a and 2b.
  • the transport from the first treatment block 101 to the second treatment block 102 takes place via the single-row transport device 152, in which the containers 180 are transported in single rows.
  • the containers are then divided from the single-row transport, as described with reference to FIG. 1, for example via suitable links, so that they can preferably be fed to the mass transporter 123 over its entire width.
  • the mass transporter 123 is moved slower than the transport speed of the containers 180 in the first single-row transport device, so that the capacity of the mass transporter 123 is utilized as fully as possible.
  • the transport speed of the containers in the mass transporter can correspond to the reciprocal value of the maximum number of containers transported across the width of the mass transporter perpendicular to the transport direction of the containers in the mass transporter 123 multiplied by the transport speed of the containers in the first single-row transport device 152.
  • the transport speed of the containers in the mass transporter 123 can correspond to approximately one tenth of the transport speed of the containers in the transport device 152.
  • a lower belt occupancy in the transport device of the mass transporter is also conceivable.
  • the transport speed of the containers in the mass conveyor can also correspond to the reciprocal of the maximum possible average occupancy per row assuming the densest packing of the bottles multiplied by the transport speed of the containers in the first single-row transport device 152.
  • This closest packing is theoretically the hexagonal packing, with one row of bottles offset from the adjacent row by half the diameter of the bottles perpendicular to the direction of transport.
  • This dense packing is often not achieved perfectly, but only to a certain percentage. If, for example, 90% or 97.5% of the densest possible packing can be achieved during operation, this value can be used to determine the transport speed in the single-row transport device.
  • the transport speed of the containers in the mass transporter 123 is used as a guideline, since the transport speed of the containers in the mass transporter 123, if it is implemented, for example, as part of a pasteurizer, is essentially determined by the speed required for pasteurizing the products Treatment time or the length of time the containers stay in the pasteurizer.
  • 2b shows an alternative embodiment to FIG.
  • the containers in the first treatment block 101 are only treated in one plane.
  • a carousel can only contain one level of container holders.
  • suitable guide devices can be used to realize a division of the containers.
  • the container treatment in the first treatment block takes place at the level of the transport route 252 and the containers 180 are transferred from this height to a lower height corresponding to the transport route 251 by a suitable vertical guide device and fed thereto.
  • This can be done, for example, using suitable transport stars, whereby every second container can be fed to the second transport route 251 and the remaining containers to the first transport route 252.
  • the transport star can, for example, have lowering elements that enable containers to be lowered individually.
  • the second treatment block is designed such that the mass transporter comprises two mass transporters 231 and 232, each at the height of the transport route 251 and 252, respectively.
  • the first container inlet 121 is then preferably designed in such a way that it can distribute the containers transported in single rows in the respective transport routes 251 and 252 to the respective mass transporters 231 and 232.
  • the mass transporter only transports containers in one plane.
  • the first container inlet 121 enables the containers to be transferred, for example, from the transport route 252 to the height of the mass transporter 231.
  • this can be implemented using suitable rotating stars, which enable all containers arriving on the transport route 252 to be lowered.
  • This can be designed in such a way that at the height but upstream of the mass transporteurs 231 then two independent scenes are arranged, which ensure that the containers are distributed to the mass flow 231 so that unintentional collisions of containers do not occur.
  • the first arrangement of backdrops can distribute the containers of the transport route 251 at a constant height.
  • the second arrangement of links can distribute the containers lowered down from the transport path 252 before they are fed to the mass transporter 231 with the other containers.
  • the containers can either be arranged on just one transport level or on two transport levels.
  • the containers can first be separated again from the respective mass transporters 231 and 232 (via appropriate links) and then transferred to the downstream single-row transport device by transferring them to appropriate rotating systems with suitable guide devices for lowering or raising the containers.
  • FIG. 3a shows different configurations of the container treatment system to illustrate a range of container treatment systems.
  • the container treatment system 380 is arranged in a room 301, such as a factory hall, which has an elongated shape.
  • the respective treatment blocks 311 to 314 are arranged in a row one after the other in the transport direction of the containers.
  • the single-row transport devices 315 to 317 extend between them and connect the container outlet of a treatment block with the downstream container inlet of a next treatment block.
  • the single-row transport devices 315 to 317 can be adapted in particular to the space requirements of the room 301, in particular shortened or lengthened, depending on the space available.
  • the treatment blocks 311 to 314 can always be designed the same regardless of the length of the space 301, so that an adaptation to a space that is shorter in the transport direction of the containers can be achieved by shortening the single-row transport device when planning the container treatment system 380.
  • a structural redesign of the treatment blocks is not necessary, which makes the construction of the container treatment system 380 easier.
  • treatment blocks are always designed in the same way, apart from the arrangement of the container inlets and/or outlets, so that an adaptation to spatial conditions is achieved by adapting the single-row transport devices and the arrangement of the container inlets and the container outlets, without the treatment blocks themselves need to be changed.
  • FIG. 3b Another embodiment of the container treatment system 380 is shown in FIG. 3b.
  • the available space 302 is essentially rectangular and does not allow, for example, a linear arrangement of the treatment blocks 321 to 324 one after the other, as was the case in FIG. 3a.
  • the treatment blocks are preferably designed essentially in the same way as the treatment blocks 311 to 314 according to FIG. 3a, an adaptation to the spatial conditions can be carried out by changing the single-row transport devices 325 to 327, for example the single-row transport device 326 transporting the containers along a Curve realized so that the transport device of the containers is reversed and space can be saved.
  • the length and/or curvature of the individual single-row transport devices can be adjusted if necessary.
  • FIG. 3c shows a container treatment system 380, which is to be arranged in a substantially L-shaped space 303.
  • treatment blocks 331 to 334 are provided, which are designed essentially identically to the treatment blocks according to the embodiments of FIGS. 3a and 3b.
  • An adaptation to the available space 303 can be done here again by suitable configurations of the single-row transport devices 335 to 337, with the transport direction being changed by 90° in the transport device 336 in order to take into account the L-shape of the available space 303 to wear.
  • the single-row transport devices do not have to ensure a buffer effect, they can be chosen practically arbitrarily with regard to their length and thus their capacity of containers (the maximum number of containers present in the respective single-row transport device at a certain time) in order to adapt to the spatial conditions make possible.
  • the buffering effect is guaranteed by the treatment blocks themselves, which are essentially always designed in the same way.
  • a range of container treatment systems can be implemented that can be adapted to the available space in virtually any way, for example in a factory hall. This is achieved by adapting the single-row transport devices for single-row transport between the treatment blocks, whereas the individual treatment blocks are preferably always designed in the same way.
  • minor deviations in the treatment blocks can be provided, in particular regarding the container inlet and/or the container outlet.
  • the container treatment machines within the respective treatment blocks are preferably always designed and constructed in the same way for each container treatment system in such a range.

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Est divulgué un système de traitement de récipients (100) pour le traitement de récipients (180), tels que des bouteilles, comprenant un premier bloc de traitement (101) comportant un premier point de sortie de récipients à ligne unique (112), comprenant en outre un deuxième bloc de traitement aval (102) comportant une région humide et/ou une région de régulation de température (123) comportant un convoyeur de masse pour récipients, un premier point d'alimentation en récipients à ligne unique (121) en amont du convoyeur de masse et un second point de sortie de récipients à ligne unique (122) en aval du convoyeur de masse, et comprenant un troisième bloc de traitement (103) qui est situé en aval du convoyeur de masse du deuxième bloc de traitement (102) et comporte un second point d'alimentation en récipients à ligne unique (131), le premier point de sortie de récipients à ligne unique (112) du premier bloc de traitement (101) étant relié au premier point d'alimentation en récipients à ligne unique (121) du deuxième bloc de traitement (102) par l'intermédiaire d'un premier dispositif de transport à ligne unique (152), et le second point de sortie de récipients à ligne unique (122) du deuxième bloc de traitement (102) étant relié au second point d'alimentation en récipients à ligne unique (131) du troisième bloc de traitement (103) par l'intermédiaire d'un second dispositif de transport à ligne unique (153).
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