METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN EFFICIENCY OF RESOURCES OF A PLANT FOR PRODUCING BEVERAGE CONTAINERS

• US 20150332190A1
• Filed: 12/17/2013
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Krones AG (Krones)
• Original Assignee: Krones AG (Krones)
• Inventors: Ottmann, Norbert, Zoelfl, Markus, Link, Albert, Buchhauser, Ulrich
• Granted Patent: US 10,936,977 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32021 Energy management, balance and limit power to tools
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/39167 Resources scheduling and balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/10 Greenhouse gas [GHG] capture, material saving, heat recovery or other energy efficient measures, e.g. motor control, characterised by manufacturing processes, e.g. for rolling metal or metal working
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/30 Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/82 Energy audits or management systems therefor

Abstract

A method of determining the resource efficiency of a plant for the production of drinks containers, wherein the plant has at least one resource-consuming part, wherein the part of the plant is operated at least for a time in a first operative state (B1) in which a product is produced and the part of the plant has a first resource consumption (V1) in this operative state (B1), and wherein the part of the plant is operated at least for a time in a second operative state (B2) and has a second resource consumption (V1) in this second operative state (B2), wherein at least one first resource consumption (V1) capable of being allocated to the first operative state (B 1) and at least one second resource consumption (V2) capable of being allocated to the second operative state (B2) determined and the resource consumption (V1, V2) is allocated to the operative states (B1, B2). According to the invention a value characteristic of the resource efficiency of the part of the plant is determined while taking into consideration the first resource consumption (V1) and the second resource consumption (V2).

Claims

1. A method of determining the resource efficiency of a plant for the production of drinks containers, wherein the plant has at least one resource-consuming part, wherein a part of the plant is operated at least for a time in a first operative state (B1) in which a product is produced and the part of the plant has a first resource consumption (V1) in this operative state (B1), and wherein a part of the plant is operated at least for a time in a second operative state (B2) and has a second resource consumption (V2) in this second operative state (B2), wherein at least one first resource consumption (V1) capable of being allocated to the first operative state (B1) and at least one second resource consumption (V2) capable of being allocated to the second operative state (B2) are determined and the resource consumption (V1, V2) is allocated to the operative states (B1, B2), wherein at least one value characteristic of at least one resource consumption is stored in a memory device, wherein a value characteristic of the resource efficiency of the part of the plant is determined while taking into consideration the first resource consumption (V1) and the second resource consumption (V2).

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a part of the plant is operated in more than two different operative states (B1, B2, B3, B4).

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resource is selected from a plurality of resources selected from the group consisting of electrical energy, heat, media for the treatment of the containers, compressed air, (operating)operating costs, and personnel costs.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plant has a plurality of resource-consuming parts and a value characteristic of the resource efficiency of at least two parts of the plant is determined in each case for this respective part of the plant.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein a resource consumption capable of being allocated to at least one part of the plant is determined for this part of the plant.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein an overall resource efficiency characteristic of an plant is determined whilst taking into consideration a resource efficiency of at least two parts of the plant.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one part of the plant is selected from a group of parts of the plant consisting of blow moulding machines, sterilization devices, filling devices for filling containers, closure devices for closing containers, and heating devices for heating plastics material pre-forms.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the value characteristic of the resource efficiency of the part of the plant is determined by at least one quotient formation.

9. A plant for the production of containers filled with liquids, said plant comprising a first resource-consuming part of the plant which is capable of being operated for a time in a first operative state (B1) and which is capable of being operated for a time in a second operative state (B2), wherein the first operative state (B1) and the second operative state (B2) differ at least with respect to the resource consumption and wherein one operative state (B1) is a production state of a part of the plant, wherein the plant has a detection device which determines the resource consumption of the part of the plant, as well as an allocation device, which allocates to the first operative state (B1) a first resource consumption (V1) characteristic of this first operative state (B1) and which allocates to the second operative state (B2) a second resource consumption (V2) characteristic of this second operative state (B2), and a processor device which determines a value characteristic of the resource efficiency of the part of the plant whilst taking into consideration the first resource consumption (V1) and the second resource consumption (V2).

10. The plant according to claim 9, wherein the plant has a second part of the plant which is capable of being operated for a time in a first operative state (B1) and which is capable of being operated for a time in a second operative state (B2), wherein the first operative state (B1) and the second operative state (B2) differ at least with respect to the resource consumption, and wherein one operative state (B2) is a production state of the part of the plant.

11. The plant according to claim 9, wherein the plant has at least one memory device for storing at least one value which is characteristic of at least one resource consumption.