METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING BEVERAGE CONTAINERS

• Main Authors: MAYR, STEPHAN, SAUSPREISCHKIES, WOLFGANG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.09.2015
• Subjects: BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OFBOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS; LIQUID HANDLING; OPENING, CLOSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a device and a method for producing beverage containers (20), having the following steps: * - feeding plastic preforms to a shaping device (2); * - shaping the plastic preforms (10) into the plastic containers (20) by means of the shaping device (2); * - transporting the plastic containers (20) to a filling device (4); * - filling the plastic containers (20) with a liquid by means of the filling device (4), said filling device (4) having a storage container for the liquid to be filled; and * - closing the filled containers with closures, wherein a product changeover of first containers to be filled with a first liquid to second containers to be filled with a second liquid is carried out, a target quantity of the beverage containers to be filled with the first liquid is specified for the purpose of said product changeover, and a remaining quantity of the liquid to be filled is determined in order to allow the liquid to be filled, the first containers, or the first container closures to be used to the greatest possible extent during the product changeover; and the user can determine whether the first liquid to be filled, the first beverage containers, or the first container closures should be used to the greatest possible extent.