阅读说明：本技术 用于处理容器或诸如此类的容器处理设备 (Container treatment device for treating containers or the like ) 是由 S·施汤 A·克里格 于 2020-03-03 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种根据权利要求1前序的用于处理容器或诸如此类的容器处理设备。在此,按照本发明设定,容器处理设备具有至少一个加工装置,用于使容器处理设备的至少一个规格件的给定的规格件几何结构匹配于通过实际的容器几何结构预给定的规格件几何结构。(The present invention relates to a container treatment apparatus for treating containers or the like according to the preamble of claim 1. In this case, according to the invention, the container treatment system has at least one processing device for adapting a given format geometry of at least one format of the container treatment system to a format geometry predefined by the actual container geometry.)

1. A container treatment plant for treating containers (2) or the like, comprising at least one container treatment line (BS), wherein at least one format (10) is provided along the container treatment line (BS) which is at least partially adapted to the container geometry of the container (2) to be treated or the like, with a given Format Geometry (FG) which is releasably provided on the container treatment plant (1), characterized in that the container treatment plant (1) has at least one processing device (20) for adapting the given Format Geometry (FG) of the at least one format (10) of the container treatment plant (1) to a format geometry (VFG) which is predetermined by the actual container geometry.

2. The container treatment installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one processing device (20) is fixedly, but releasably, arranged on a container treatment line (BS) of the container treatment installation (1) by means of at least one interface (50).

3. The container treatment installation according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the processing device (20) is configured to be movable by means of a travelling mechanism (51).

4. The container processing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the processing device (20) is designed to adapt the given Format (FG) to a format (VFG) predefined by the actual container geometry in the assembled and/or disassembled state of the format (10) of the container processing device (1) to be processed accordingly.

5. Container processing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the processing device (20) has at least one processing tool (21) arranged on the guide and movement mechanism (22) for the mechanical and/or welding processing of at least one format geometry section (10.1) of the respective format (10) in order to adapt the given Format Geometry (FG) to a format geometry (VFG) of the format (10) which is predefined by the actual container geometry.

6. The container treatment installation according to claim 5, characterised in that the guiding and movement mechanism (22) is designed as a robot kinematics having a plurality of axes of rotation and/or movement, having one or more robot arms (22.1) which are each connected to one another rotatably or pivotably about a rotation axis (22.2).

7. The container treatment installation according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the at least one machining tool (21) is designed for machining the at least one format geometry section (10.1) in a cutting and/or grinding and/or bead welding and/or water jet-based manner.

8. The container treatment installation according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the at least one processing tool (21) is arranged on the guide and movement mechanism (22) by means of a transformation device (23).

9. The container treatment installation according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that a suction device (24) is additionally provided on the guide and movement device (22) in addition to the at least one processing tool (21).

10. Container processing device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container processing device (1) has at least one detection means (25) which is designed to optically detect a given format part geometry FG, the actual container geometry and a format part geometry section (10.1) to be adapted thereto which deviates and to transmit these data to a control and evaluation unit in order to determine the manner and extent of the necessary reprocessing of one or more reprocessing sections (28).

11. The container treatment installation according to claim 10, characterized in that the at least one detection means (25) is arranged on a support (25.1) and/or on the guide and movement means (22).

12. The container processing device according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the at least one detection means (25) is designed as a 3D camera system or as a 3D laser measuring means.

13. The container processing plant according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one processing device (20) adapts the at least one format (10) to a format geometry (VFG) predefined by the actual container geometry according to a control and processing program (SAR) implemented in a control unit (30).

14. The container treatment apparatus according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the control unit (30) is configured to: according to a format part geometry (VFG) predetermined by the actual container geometry, at least one rework section (28) is defined for the format part (10) to be processed on the at least one format part geometry section (10.1) different from the predetermined format part geometry (VFG), and a control and evaluation program (SAR) is generated on the basis thereof, wherein the at least one processing tool (21) is subsequently guided in a controlled manner by means of a guiding and movement mechanism (22) at least to the determined rework section (28), and the corresponding format part geometry section (10.1) assigned specifically to the rework section (28) is adapted by means of the at least one processing tool (21) to the format part geometry (VFG) predetermined by the actual container geometry.

15. Container processing plant according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guiding and moving mechanism (22) has an operating mechanism (26) which is arrangeable on the guiding and moving mechanism (22), preferably by means of a changing device (23).

16. Container handling installation according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the processing device (20) has a work support (27) for indexed holding of the format (10).

17. The container treatment installation according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the processing device (20) is separated from the container treatment line (BS) by means of at least one separating wall (TW).

18. Method for adapting formats for processing containers (2) or the like, comprising at least one container processing line (BS), wherein at least one format (10) is provided along the container processing line (BS) that is at least partially adapted to the container geometry of the container (2) or the like to be processed, with a given Format Geometry (FG) that is releasably arranged on the container processing apparatus (1), characterized in that the given Format Geometry (FG) of the at least one format (10) is adapted to a format geometry (VFG) predefined by the actual container geometry by means of at least one processing device (20) that is designed according to claims 1 to 17.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a container treatment apparatus for treating containers or the like according to the preamble of claim 1. The invention further relates to a method for adapting the format parts of such a container treatment device for treating containers.

Background

Container handling apparatuses are known in different embodiments, for example as filling machines, labelling machines, printing machines, inspection machines, packaging and/or palletizing machines comprising suitable transport means. Also, different types of containers, such as bottles or cans, are known, which are transported and handled in container handling equipment. These containers may be composed of materials such as glass, plastic or metal and may differ from each other not only in their size but also in their shape. The container is designed in particular for filling with a liquid, for example a beverage.

The container treatment device has a format part designed as a guide unit, which is designed to hold the containers and/or to guide the containers through the container treatment device. In this case, the containers are guided along the guide unit through the container treatment device for processing or treatment, for example for filling or labeling, from one processing station to the next. Such a standard can be, for example, a star bag (sterntashen) of a transport vehicle (Transporteur) configured to transport stars, or a guide rail having a width specific to a containerOr a drive worm which engages and/or contacts the container.

In addition to the known adjustable holding and guide elements, these multiple format elements are to be adapted to the respective features of the container, for example the container shape/container circumference, the container weight and/or the container size, and therefore to the container geometry in any case, in order to ensure precise guidance of the container.

In order to make the container treatment device usable for different containers, the format parts must be adapted and adapted to different container geometries, i.e. in particular to the container height and the container diameter. For safe guidance, the ideal contact point of the format on a container having a small diameter and/or a small height compared to its position in the container treatment device is therefore significantly further and/or lower than in the case of a comparatively more spherical and/or taller container, for example.

For this reason, the format part is provided on the container treatment system in an exchangeable manner, so that the format part can be exchanged if the container treatment system is switched from a first container geometry to a second container geometry. Typically, multiple specification sets are stored for different container geometries.

In addition to the intensive preparation of different formats for different container geometries or different groups of container sizes or container designs, in particular the suitable formation of the formats for the actual container geometry is also expensive and cost-intensive, since the formats cannot generally be matched for this purpose at the installation site (Aufstellungsort) of the container treatment system, but rather must be transmitted to the production site of the container treatment system in order to be matched there.

However, in very many cases, the installation site or production site and the manufacturing site of such container handling equipment are geographically remote from each other, often by several hundred kilometers, if not thousands of kilometers. This results in difficulty here: in the prior art, the format is produced on the basis of a drawing of the container geometry provided by the customer or alternatively on the basis of the sample container, i.e. at the production site of the entire container treatment plant.

Often, however, the container geometry of the sample containers provided by the customer is very different from the container geometry of the containers to be subsequently processed at the production site actually by the container processing device.

This requires, in particular, the reworking of format parts of the container treatment plant. For this purpose, the format parts to be subsequently reworked are sent back from the installation or production site of the container treatment plant to the production site in order to be reworked and adapted to the actual container geometry. It is then necessary to re-send the format parts subsequently reworked and adapted to the actual container geometry to the installation or production site of the container treatment plant. This process delays the operation of the entire container processing apparatus. Furthermore, this method is time-consuming and expensive in the case of a container treatment plant which has been set up for a defined container geometry being switched to a comparatively different container geometry.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on this, the object of the invention is to provide a container treatment device for treating containers or the like, the specifications of which can be adapted to the actual container geometry of the containers to be treated by the container treatment device in a simple and time-saving manner.

This object is achieved by a container treatment plant for treating containers or the like according to the features of independent claim 1. The dependent claims relate here to particularly advantageous developments of the invention.

According to a basic aspect, the invention relates to a container treatment system for treating containers or the like, wherein at least one format part having a predetermined format part geometry, which is adapted at least partially to the container geometry of the container or the like to be treated, is provided along a container treatment line, said format part being releasably arranged on the container treatment system.

According to the invention, the container treatment plant has at least one processing device for adapting a given format geometry of at least one format of the container treatment plant to a format geometry predefined by the actual container geometry. This makes it possible to adapt a given format to the format specified by the actual container geometry at once, i.e. at the installation or production site of the container treatment plant, without the need to send the format back to the production site of the container treatment plant for adaptation. This also saves time delays for the operation of the container treatment system (but also in the case of changeover to another container geometry) for sending the format parts for adaptation, and provides flexibility for the system manufacturer for different container geometries during the installation of the system. By adapting the given format geometry of at least one format of the container treatment plant directly at the installation or production site of the container treatment plant to the format geometry predefined by the actual container geometry, extremely short implementation times (time to market) result.

In this case, it can be provided that the at least one processing device is arranged fixedly, but releasably, on the container treatment line of the container treatment system by means of the at least one interface. Thereby ensuring that: the processing device may be applied at different locations along the container handling line.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that the processing device is designed to be movable by means of a travelling mechanism, which contributes to a further simplification of the provision of the processing device at different points or processing locations along the container treatment line.

According to a further advantageous embodiment variant, it can be provided that the machining device is designed to adapt a given format to a format geometry predefined by the actual container geometry in the assembled and/or disassembled state of the format to be machined in each case of the container treatment system. This makes it possible to adapt the format part directly in or on the container treatment system in a particularly time-saving manner.

According to a further advantageous embodiment variant, it can be provided that the machining device has at least one machining tool arranged on the guide and movement device for machining and/or welding at least one format geometry section of the respective format in order to adapt the given format geometry to the format geometry of the format predefined by the actual container geometry. The format can thus be machined as required in at least one format geometry section that differs from the predefined format geometry, without it having to be subjected to a complete machining. Furthermore, the arrangement of the machining tool on the guide and movement mechanism enables increased flexibility of the machining. In order to be able to carry out individually controllable machining adapted to the respective specification, it is advantageously provided that the guide and movement mechanism is designed as a robot kinematics (roboterkinitik) having a plurality of rotational and/or movement axes, which has a plurality of robot arms, which are connected to one another in a rotatable or pivotable manner about the rotational axes.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that the at least one machining tool is designed for machining at least one format part geometry section in a cutting and/or grinding and/or surfacing and/or water jet-based manner. Different format geometry sections can thus also be machined as required.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that at least one machining tool is arranged on the guiding and movement mechanism by means of a conversion device (wechselvorticichtmng). The processing tool can thus be guided and operated in a controlled manner by the guide and movement mechanism.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, provision can be made for a suction device to be provided in addition to the at least one working tool on the guide and movement device. In this way, in particular, when the cutting process is performed in the state in which the standard is attached, the fallen processing material can be immediately sucked, and therefore, the processing material does not remain in the container processing apparatus.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that the container treatment plant has at least one detection means which is designed to optically detect a format geometry section deviating from a given format geometry FG in its actual container geometry and is associated with the rework section. Advantageously, the at least one detection device can be arranged on the support and/or on the guide and movement device and can be designed here as a 3D camera system or as a 3D laser measuring device.

According to a further advantageous embodiment variant, it can be provided that the at least one processing device adapts the at least one format to a format geometry predefined by the actual container geometry as a function of the control and processing program implemented in the control unit. This enables an automated, controlled adaptation of the format geometry. Advantageously, the control unit is designed to define a three-dimensional outer contour of at least one rework section for the standard to be processed on at least one standard geometry section different from the predetermined standard geometry, depending on the standard geometry predetermined by the actual container geometry, and to generate a control and evaluation program based thereon, wherein subsequently at least one processing tool is guided in a controlled manner by means of a guide and movement mechanism at least to the requested rework section, and the corresponding standard geometry section assigned to the rework section is adapted in a targeted manner by means of at least one processing tool to the standard geometry predetermined by the actual container geometry.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that the guide and movement mechanism has an actuating mechanism, which can be arranged on the guide and movement mechanism, preferably by means of a changing device, as a result of which an automated removal of the format part from the container treatment device can be achieved.

According to a further advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that the machining device has a workpiece holder for indexed (indexienten) holding of the format part. The defined machining position is achieved by indexed holding of the format part in the workpiece holder, which improves the machining accuracy by the machining device.

Finally, in a further advantageous embodiment, it can be provided that the processing device is separated from the container treatment line by means of at least one separating wall. In this way, a "protected" processing center is provided next to the container treatment line, directly in the local vicinity of the container treatment plant, and the processing material is prevented from entering the container treatment plant.

"container" in the sense of the present invention is understood to mean any container, in particular a bottle, can, cup or the like, which is made of metal, glass and/or plastic, preferably PET (polyethylene terephthalate), respectively.

The expression "substantially" or "approximately" in the sense of the present invention denotes a deviation from the respective exact value of +/-10%, preferably +/-5%, and/or a deviation in the form of a variation which is not important for the function.

Drawings

The improvements, advantages and possibilities of application of the invention also result from the following description of the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. All described and/or illustrated features are in principle a subject of the present invention, individually or in any combination, independently of their generalization in the claims or their incorporation. But also makes the content of the claims an integral part of the description.

The invention is further elucidated below for embodiments according to the accompanying drawings. Here:

fig. 1 shows a container treatment device for treating containers or the like, by way of example and in a schematic top view;

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a portion of a container apparatus;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic top view of an exemplary gauge released;

fig. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of a control unit for executing a control program of a machining device;

fig. 5 shows a schematic view of an exemplary embodiment of a processing device in a modified manner;

fig. 6a shows a schematic side view of an exemplary embodiment variant of a processing device;

fig. 6b shows a schematic side view of a further exemplary embodiment variant of the processing device.

The same reference numerals are used in the drawings for the same or functionally equivalent parts of the invention. Furthermore, for the sake of clarity, only the reference numerals necessary for the description of the respective figures are shown in the individual figures.

Detailed Description

The container treatment device, which is generally designated 1 in fig. 1, is designed here for treating containers 2 or the like. In more detail, the container treatment plant 1 can have a container treatment device 3 which is designed as a filling machine, labeling machine, inspection machine or bottle washing machine for treating containers, such as bottles or cans.

The container treatment devices 3 of the container treatment installation 1 are designed as a filling machine in fig. 1 by way of example and are used in particular for filling containers 2 with a liquid filling material along a container treatment line BS extending in a treatment direction a.

The container treatment device 3 can be designed in the form of a rotary design with a rotor which is driven in a rotary manner about a vertical machine axis MA in the direction of rotation B during a filling operation and which has a plurality of treatment positions BP on its circumference, the containers 2 to be filled being supplied to the treatment positions BP by a first conveyor 5 designed as a container inlet, and the treated containers 2, for example filled with liquid filling material, being removed from the treatment positions BP by a second conveyor 6 designed as a container outlet. The container inlet 5 can be designed, for example, as a push-in star (einschubster) or as an inlet star (einlaufster).

In particular of container treatment plants 1The second conveyor 6, which is designed as a container outlet, can be designed as an outlet star or alternatively as a linear conveyorWhich receives the containers 2 that have subsequently been filled and conveys the containers 2 further along a container handling line BS in the transport direction a. The treatment of the containers 2 of the container treatment installation 1 by means of the container treatment device 3 is usually effected over an angular range of the rotational movement of the rotor between the container inlet 5 and the container outlet 6.

Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of a part of the container treatment system 1, in which a format 10 with different, specified format geometries FG is shown by way of example. In more detail, the first conveyor 5 of fig. 1 and the region of the container treatment device 3 embodied as a filling machine are shown here by way of example. In this case, the container treatment installation 1 has, for the purpose of conveying the containers 2 to the first conveyor 5 designed as a container inlet, a worm conveyor 12, the helical pitch of which forms the format 10 with the given format geometry FG. If containers 2 having, for example, a larger container outside diameter are conveyed by means of the worm conveyor 12, the thread pitch of the worm conveyor 12, which is designed as a standard 10, must be adapted to the then comparatively larger container outside diameter on its standard geometry FG.

Another exemplary format 10 shown in fig. 3 is a star bag 13 provided on the transport means 5 designed as a transport star, in which the containers 2 are accommodated during transport at least partially with their outer container circumference. Furthermore, the format 10 formed as a transport bag 13 has a predefined format geometry FG. The format part 10 is exchangeable for format part replacement, i.e. is in particular arranged fixedly, but releasably, on the container treatment device.

The format 10 of the container treatment system 1 has a predetermined format geometry FG at the installation or production site, after the container treatment system 1 with the format 10 produced at the production site is first set up, the predetermined format geometry FG being produced according to the container geometry transmitted on the client side and corresponding at least in part to the actual container geometry of the container 2 to be treated at the installation or production site.

In other words, the actual format geometry FG of the at least one format 10, which is specified after the installation of the container treatment system 1, does not correspond, at least in one format geometry section 10.1, to the setpoint format geometry VFG specified by the actual container geometry.

For example, at least one format geometry section 10.1 of the format 10, which differs from the predefined format geometry VFG in its given format geometry FG, can be formed in the region of the star packet 13 of the conveyor 5 or in the pitch of the worm conveyor 12.

This is illustrated in fig. 3, for example, according to an exemplary selected star bag 13. The solid black lines in the star packet 13 form the actual outer contour as the actual format geometry FG given, while the dashed lines represent the nominal format geometry VFG of the format geometry section 10.1, which is predefined by the actual container geometry.

It is also possible to form several format part geometry sections 10.1 on the format part 10, the format part geometry sections 10.1 differing from the format part geometry VFG predefined by the actual container geometry on their given format part geometry FG.

According to the invention, the container treatment system 1 has at least one processing device 20 for adapting a given format geometry FG of at least one format 10 of the container treatment system 1 to a format geometry VFG predefined by the actual container geometry. In other words, the given actual format FG can be adapted to the nominal format VFG predefined by the actual container geometry by means of the at least one processing device 20.

In this case, it can be provided that the predetermined format geometry FG of at least one format 10 is adapted to the format geometry VFG predetermined by the actual container geometry by means of the processing device 20 in the installed, i.e., assembled, state of the format 10 in the container treatment system 1, i.e., in this case, in particular, the format 10 does not need to be removed from the container treatment system 1.

The processing device 20 can be arranged on the container treatment system 1 or can be connected to the container treatment system 1 in a stationary manner via an interface 50, for example a port or a flange, which is schematically illustrated in fig. 6a and 6 b. Furthermore, the interface 50 can be designed, as shown in fig. 6b, for carrying and holding the machining device 20 in a stationary manner. The processing device 20 can be arranged on the container treatment system 1, in particular fixedly, but releasably, by means of the interface 50.

A plurality of interfaces 50 may also be provided along the container treatment line BS, so that the processing device 20 can be used on different interfaces 50 along the container treatment line BS as required.

In this case, it can be advantageous if the processing device 20 has a separate running gear 51, for example a roller running gear, for the movement of the processing device 20 at ground level (see fig. 6 b). This enables a simple and desired application of the processing device 20 to different interfaces 50 along the container treatment line BS.

In particular, the machining device 20 has at least one machining tool 21 for machining and/or welding at least one format geometry section 10.1, which is arranged and guided on a guide and movement mechanism 22, in order to adapt to the format geometry VFG predefined by the actual vessel geometry. In the context of the present invention, a machining and/or welding process is understood to mean not only a material removal but also a material displacement, i.e. a material supply, on at least one format part geometry section 10.1.

The guide and movement mechanism 22 can be designed as a robot kinematics mechanism with a plurality of rotational and/or movement axes, which has a plurality of robot arms 22.1, which are each connected to one another so as to be rotatable or pivotable about a rotational axis 22.2.

The at least one machining tool 21 can be designed, for example, as at least one gauge geometry section 10.1 for cutting, grinding, welding or machining the respective gauge 10 on the basis of a water jet. The at least one machining tool 21 can preferably be arranged on the guide and movement mechanism 22 by means of a merely schematically indicated change device 23, which is designed, for example, as a quick coupling system. A simple exchange between different working tools 21 on the guide and movement mechanism 22 can be achieved by the changing device 23.

It is also possible to provide a plurality of working tools 21, for example, machining tools and welding tools, on the guide and movement mechanism 22.

In addition to the at least one working tool 21, a suction device 24 can be provided on the guide and movement device 22 in order to suck off the working material that has fallen during the working process.

In this case, the at least one machining tool 21 arranged on the guide and movement mechanism 22 can be moved and operated in a controlled manner by means of the guide and movement mechanism 22, i.e. in accordance with a control and evaluation program SAR implemented in the control unit 30.

By means of a controlled, targeted guidance of the at least one machining tool 21 according to the control and evaluation program SAR implemented in the control unit 30, the machining tool 21 can be moved onto the at least one format geometry section 10.1 of the format 10 to be machined, and the at least one format geometry section 10.1 can be adapted to the format geometry VFG predefined by the actual container geometry, i.e. the format geometry section is machined.

In more detail, for this purpose, the three-dimensional outer contour of at least one rework section 28 is defined for the standard 10 to be processed on at least one different standard geometry section 10.1 from the actual container geometry VFG on the basis of the standard geometry VFG specified by the actual container geometry, and a control and evaluation program SAR is generated on the basis thereof, wherein subsequently the at least one processing tool 21 is guided in a controlled manner by means of the guiding and movement mechanism 22 at least to the requested rework section 28, and the corresponding standard geometry section 10.1 assigned to the rework section 28 is adapted in a targeted manner to the standard geometry VFG specified by the actual container geometry by means of the at least one processing tool 21.

The actual container geometry can be detected, for example, by means of the detection device 25 and stored in the control unit 10 for controlling and evaluating the processing program SAR as a setpoint processing data record SBD for a format part geometry VFG predefined by the actual container geometry. Given the predetermined format part geometry VFG, i.e. given the actual container geometry, the format part geometry section 10.1 is assigned a rework section 28, for example, wherein the format part geometry section 10.1 deviates from the predetermined format part geometry VFG in its predetermined format part geometry FG.

In addition to the at least one working tool 21, the detection means 25 can also be arranged on the guide and movement means 22 in a replaceable manner by means of the conversion device 23. Furthermore, the detection means 25 can also be designed here for detecting the actual container geometry and thus for providing the setpoint processing data record SBD.

As indicated schematically in fig. 5a, the detection means 25 can also be connected to the processing device 20 in a stationary manner via a support 25.1.

By means of the detection device 25, at least one format geometry section 10.1 can be detected optically, which deviates from the actual container geometry by a given format geometry FG, and the format geometry section 10.1 is then assigned a rework section 28. In order to optically detect a given format geometry FG of the format 10, a detection mechanism 25 is preferably carried in a controlled manner by means of the guide and movement mechanism 22.

For the controlled guidance of the guide and movement mechanism 22 and/or the optical determination and detection of the at least one further processing section 28, the detection mechanism 25 and/or the guide and movement mechanism 22 are connected to a control unit 30, in which a control and evaluation program SAR is executed. The control and evaluation program SAR is also provided in addition to the control of the detection means 25 for controlling the guidance and movement means 22 and the at least one processing tool 21.

In this case, it is particularly advantageous to provide both the detection device 25 and the at least one processing tool 21 on the guide and movement device 22, namely: such that the machining of the rework section 28 is carried out by means of the at least one machining tool 21 and can be switched between the functionalities of the detection means 25 and/or the at least one machining tool 21 before and/or after the optical detection of the given format part geometry FG and the determination of the respective rework section 28.

The detection means 25 are in particular designed to detect at least one image recording of the format geometry section 10.1, which deviates from the actual container geometry at a given format geometry FG, and are assigned to the rework section 28 by means of an image processing unit, and in particular to measure the format geometry section 10.1 as the given actual format geometry FG and/or the actual container geometry as a predefined nominal format geometry VFG.

The detection means 25 can advantageously be designed as a 3D camera system with a resolution of up to 5 μm or as a 3D laser measuring means, which is designed to generate a three-dimensional image record of the at least one rework section 28 and/or the actual container geometry. Thus, a format geometry section 10.1 of the format 10, which deviates from the predefined format geometry VFG, can be detected and measured by means of the detection device 25.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of the control unit 30 in which the control and evaluation routine SAR is executed. For this purpose, the control unit 30 has at least one processor unit 30.1 for executing the control and evaluation programs SAR, a memory unit 30.2 which cooperates with the processor unit 30.1 for at least temporarily storing process parameters and/or control data, and a first and a second interface 40, 41. The processor unit 30.1 is in particular designed here to convert the actual container geometry received at the first interface 40 of the control unit 30 into control and process data SD by means of a control and evaluation program SAR; or else control commands are defined which can be transmitted via the second interface 41 to the guide and movement mechanism 22 in order to move the guide and movement mechanism 22 in a controlled manner, in accordance with the control and processing data SD or control commands generated by means of the control and evaluation program SAR, to the predetermined format geometry section 10.1 of the three-dimensional outer contour of the format 10 and then to adapt it to the format geometry VFG predetermined by the actual container geometry, i.e. to process the format geometry section.

In the memory unit 30.2, control and processing modules SM already specified for the control and evaluation program SAR can also be stored. Furthermore, a nominal machining data record SBD of the format part 10, which has been adapted beforehand by means of the machining tool 21 to the format part geometry VFG predefined by the actual container geometry, can also be stored, in particular stored, in the storage unit 30.2 as a machining module SM. It is thereby possible to manufacture the format part 10 already produced in advance in a particularly simple manner. But also replacement specifications can thus be reproduced simply and at once. By means of the control and machining module SM, a predefined machining step can be assigned to a predefined part geometry section 10.1 of the three-dimensional outer contour of the format 10, which can then be loaded by means of the control and evaluation program SAR and executed in the processor unit 30.1. Furthermore, the machining steps to be carried out for different format geometry sections 10.1 can be individually predefined according to such a control and machining module SM.

In this case, a wireless or wired data transmission line 42 can be provided for transmitting control and processing data SD or control commands between the second interface 41 and the guide and movement mechanism 22. The first interface 40 is likewise connected here via a data transmission line 42 to a computer unit 43, which may be embodied, for example, as a personal computer, a laptop or a tablet computer, for transmitting the setpoint processing data record SBD. The computer unit 43 is designed here for generating the setpoint processing data record SBD and has the program routines required for this purpose.

Furthermore, the computer unit 43 is connected to a display unit 44, i.e. the display unit can be connected to the computer unit 43 or integrated therein. The display unit 44 is designed to display a three-dimensional graphic object, in particular a three-dimensional outer contour of the format part 10 with its format part geometry section 10.1 and/or the actual container geometry, as a function of the detected 3-dimensional scan of the container 2. In particular, the nominal machining data record SBD can be generated by means of the computer unit 33 in such a way that the rework section 28 is assigned to the format geometry section 10.1 of the format 10 on the basis of software.

The processing device 20 can also be designed for processing the format parts 10 next to or outside the container treatment line BS, i.e. in the state in which the respective format part 10 is removed from the container treatment system 1, i.e. in the detached state. For this purpose, the guide and movement mechanism 22 can have an actuating mechanism 26, for example a gripper mechanism, which can be arranged on the guide and movement mechanism 22, preferably by means of the conversion device 23.

By means of an actuating device 26 provided on the guide and movement device 22, the respective standard 10 can be removed, for example removed, from the container treatment installation 1 and can be moved to a workpiece carrier 27 associated with the processing device 20. The workpiece holder 27 serves here for indexed holding of the format 10 during the processing of the format 10 by means of at least one processing tool 21.

Here, the processing device 20 may be configured such that: the raw format part 10' having the given format part geometry FG is adapted to the format part geometry VFG predefined by the actual container geometry. For this purpose, the machining device 20 can store such raw format parts, for example, in the region of the workpiece holder 27 and be used for machining, if necessary. The format can be realized as a partial production from a raw format, which at least partially corresponds to the actual container geometry as the predefined format geometry VFG on its given format geometry FG. The processing device 20 forms a type of processing center in addition to the container treatment line BS.

In this case, it can also be provided that the processing device 20 is separated from the container treatment line BS by means of at least one separating wall TW. This can prevent: contaminants that occur during processing enter the container treatment line BS.

The invention has been described above by way of example. It goes without saying that various variations or modifications are possible without thereby departing from the scope of protection of the invention as defined by the claims.

List of reference numerals:

1 Container treatment plant

2 Container

3 Container treatment device

5 first conveyer

6 second conveyer

10; 10' size piece

10.1 Specification part geometry section

12 worm conveyor

13 Star bag

20 processing device

21 machining tool

22 guide and movement mechanism

22.1 robot arm

22.2 shaft

23 changing device

24 suction mechanism

25 detection mechanism

25.1 Stent

26 operating mechanism

27 workpiece support

28 rework section

30 control unit

30.1 processor Unit

30.2 memory cell

40 first interface

41 second interface

42 data transmission line

43 computer unit

44 display unit

50 interface

51 running gear

A operating mechanism

BS container processing line

MA machine shaft

Direction of rotation B

BP processing location

FG given part geometry

VFG predetermined format part geometry

SAR control and analysis processing program

SBD nominal machining data

SD control and Process data

SM control and processing module

TW partition wall.