Device and method for moving transport elements in a container treatment system

US10167143B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Konrad Senn · Regensburg, DE
• Matthias Wahl · Langquaid, DE
• Toni Hifinger · Regensburg, DE
• Ralf Walter · Zeitlarn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 1, 2019
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2811/0673
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for adapting motion profiles of a plurality of individually controllable transport elements for transporting containers in a container treatment system along a transport path, wherein the plurality of transport elements are movably arranged along the transport path, the method includes the following steps: determining a treatment state of at least one container carried along by a first transport element, and/or determining an operational state of at least one first container treatment unit which is arranged downstream with respect to a position of the first transport element along the transport path, wherein the first transport element is moved by an open- and/or closed-loop control unit of the container treatment system as part of a stream of transport elements, and wherein the motion profile of the first transport element is adapted by the open- and/or closed-loop control unit in response to the determined treatment state and/or the determined operational state.