Method and device for producing beverage containers

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a method for producing beverage containers (20), having the following steps: • - feeding plastic preforms to a shaping device (2); • - shaping the plastic preforms (10) into the plastic containers (20) by means of the shaping device (2); • - transporting the plastic containers (20) to a filling device (4); • - filling the plastic containers (20) with a liquid by means of the filling device (4), said filling device (4) having a storage container for the liquid to be filled; and • - closing the filled containers with closures, wherein a product changeover of first containers to be filled with a first liquid to second containers to be filled with a second liquid is carried out, a target quantity of the beverage containers to be filled with the first liquid is specified for the purpose of said product changeover, and a remaining quantity of the liquid to be filled is determined in order to allow the liquid to be filled, the first containers, or the first container closures to be used to the greatest possible extent during the product changeover; and the user can determine whether the first liquid to be filled, the first beverage containers, or the first container closures should be used to the greatest possible extent.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to methods and systems for producing beverage containers. Such methods and systems have long been known in the prior art. The following method is known in particular: firstly, a plastic preform is converted into a plastic container, and the converted plastic container is subsequently filled with a liquid, especially a beverage. In other words, in this method several constituent parts or sub-products are guided relative to each other, eg the plastic container itself, the closure cap of the plastic container and the beverage to be bottled. Background technique [0002] However, if the product is changed and often occurs at the end of production, the problem is that the remaining product has to be disposed of and, moreover, long changeover times are required. Therefore, such a product exchange should be made easier in the methods known from the prior art. Thus, for example DE 10 2008 037 708 A1 describes a method for handl...

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[0002] However, if the product is changed and often occurs at the end of production the problem is that the remaining product has to be disposed of and in addition long changeover times are required

However, this algorithm must also be implemented in a complex manner for each product processed at the customer's site

[0004] If the supply of corresponding items is stopped too early or too late in the prior art, it will lead to blockage of equipment or slow down due to long idle time

Furthermore, it is no longer able to react to different situations (e.g. static charge, perfusion, etc.) that affect the amount of components placed on the delivery device

Therefore, frequent occurrences here are associated with increased changeover time or waste of product

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