CONTAINER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING THE OPERATION OF A CONTAINER TREATMENT SYSTEM

• Main Authors: HAHN, Wolfgang, KLEIN, Robert
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.10.2019
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

The invention relates to a method for switching the operation of a container treatment system (100) from a first operating mode to a second operating mode. Containers (130) are treated at least in a container treatment machine (101) comprising a heater, a pasteurizer, or a heat exchanger in the first operating mode. According to the method, the containers (130) to be treated in the first operating mode are transported into the container treatment machine (101). The containers are treated in the container treatment machine and are transported to the outlet (103) of the container treatment machine (101). Information indicating that the operation will be switched is stored in the controller of the container treatment system (100). At least one sensor (106) detects the last treated container (130) or the last container to be treated in the first operating mode and outputs a signal indicating same, and a transferring device (105) transports all the containers (130) which have been treated in the first operating mode from the outlet (103) of the container treatment machine to a transport device (104) at the outlet of the container treatment machine on the basis of the indicative signal. The invention also relates to a container treatment system for carrying out the method.