METHOD FOR PROCESSING GLASS CONTAINERS, CAPTURING DEVICE FOR CAPTURING AND HOLDING GLASS CONTAINERS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING GLASS CONTAINERS

• Main Authors: WASCHBÜSCH, Michael, ANTON, Andrea, SCHMITT, Hans-Joachim, BAUCH, Hartmut, FRATZER, Oliver
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.08.2023
• Subjects: BABY COMFORTERS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; CONVEYING; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; GLASS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; STORING; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

The invention relates to a method for processing glass containers, in particular for washing and coating of vials for pharmaceutical, medical or cosmetic applications, wherein a plurality of glass containers is simultaneously subjected to a first processing step and thereafter the plurality of glass containers is simultaneously subjected to a second processing step, and wherein before and/or during the first and/or second processing step the outer container surface of the glass container is contact-free or in contact with a material having a lower hardness than that of the glass container or only in contact with such materials, and to an apparatus for processing, in particular for washing and coating, glass containers with a capturing device which is designed to capture and hold a plurality of glass containers simultaneously, wherein the capturing device comprises a plurality of individual holding sockets, each of which is designed to capture and hold one of the glass containers individually and without contact to the other glass containers, at least two processing stations, each of which being designed to simultaneously subject the plurality of glass containers held by the capturing device to a specific processing step, and a transport device which is adapted to move the capturing device from one processing station to the next processing station such that the plurality of glass containers held by the capturing device is simultaneously transported from one processing station to the next processing station.