METHOD FOR PRODUCING BEVERAGE CONTAINERS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING BEVERAGE CONTAINERS

• US 20160272476A1
• Filed: 11/12/2013
• Published: 09/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Krones AG (Krones)
• Original Assignee: Krones AG (Krones)
• Inventors: Sauspreischkies, Wolfgang, Mayr, Stephan
• Granted Patent: US 10,252,899 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 2003/227 Additional apparatus related to blow-moulding of the containers, e.g. a complete production line forming filled containers from preforms
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 3/001 Cleaning of filling devices
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 3/007 Applications of control, warning or safety devices in filling machinery flow-control B67C3/28
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 3/22 Details
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 7/00 Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations

Abstract

A method for producing beverage containers includes the steps of:

• • delivering plastic parisons to a transforming device;
  • transforming the plastic parisons into plastic containers using the transforming device;
  • transporting the plastic containers to a filling device;
  • filling the plastic containers with a liquid using the filling device, and
  • closing the filled containers with closures. Product changeover from one product to another is facilitated.

Claims

1. A method for producing beverage containers comprising the steps of:

delivering the plastic parisons to a transforming device;

transforming the plastic parisons into the plastic containers using the transforming device;

transporting the plastic containers to a filling device;

filling the plastic containers with a liquid using the filling device, wherein this filling device has a storage container for the liquid to be bottled;

closing the filled containers with closures;

wherein a product change from first containers to be filled with a first liquid to second containers to be filled with a second liquid is carried out, and wherein for the purpose of this product change a desired quantity of the beverage containers to be filled with the first liquid is determined and a residual quantity of the liquid to be bottled is determined, in order thus in the context of the product change to facilitate the most extensive consumption possible of the liquid to be bottled, the first containers or the first container closures, wherein it can be determined by the user whether the first liquid to be bottled, the first beverage containers or the first container closures are to be consumed as far as possible.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least the components which are not completely consumed are discharged before the product change.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one residual quantity is estimated before the product change.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the delivery of at least one component is stopped (chronologically) before the product change.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least a percentage running time of at least one transport device which transports a product component is determined.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the residual quantity of the component still located in the transport device is determined.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one part-quantity of a component is taken into consideration as a buffer.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein parameters relevant for the product change are determined during a working operation of the system.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the delivery of the plastic parisons is not interrupted during a product change.

10. A system for producing containers filled with liquids, with a delivery device for delivering plastic parisons, with a transforming device which transforms the plastic parisons into plastic containers, with a filling device which is disposed after the transforming device in a transport direction of the plastic containers and which fills the plastic containers with a liquid and with a closure device which closes the plastic containers with a closure, wherein the system has a first detecting device in order to determine a quantity of the liquid to be bottled which is located in the system as well as a second detecting device in order to determine a quantity of plastic containers located in the system, and wherein a quantity of filled containers to be produced can be predetermined, wherein the system has a processor device which controls a product change on the basis of the values output by the detecting devices as well as the quantity of containers to be produced.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein within the context of a product change or a stoppage of production it can be determined by the user whether the liquid to be bottled, the beverage containers or the container closures are to be consumed as far as possible.