Container handling plant and method for a container handling plant with signals for planned states

US10981685B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

• Robert Klein · New York, US
• Wolfgang Hahn · Neutraubling, DE
• Timo Pronold · Regensburg, DE
• Markus Zoelfl · Deggendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 22, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container handling plant and a method for a container handling plant are shown. The container handling plant comprises at least one container handling machine for handling containers, wherein at least one container handling machine comprises a type preselection memory in which different types are preselectable for a handling to be performed by the container handling machine, at least one output device positioned at the at least one container handling machine for outputting an audio signal and/or an optical signal, and a control device configured to control the at least one output device such that the output device acoustically outputs a predetermined audio signal made of tone sequences comprising at least two different tones and/or optically outputs an optical signal, if due to the type preselected in the type preselection memory a change of a type or a refilling for the preselected type at the container handling machine is scheduled in the future at the end of a predetermined time period.