Container Handling Recipe Control for Site-Specific Startup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container handling systems face challenges in adapting to varying environmental conditions such as altitude, temperature, and humidity, which affect machine operation and product quality, and lack standardized procedures for initial installation and operation.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that determine and apply operating recipes based on site-specific environmental and material parameters, using sensors to collect data and simulate conditions, allowing for pre-configuration of handling devices like blow-molding machines, filling, and labeling processes, enabling efficient startup and fine-tuning by specialists.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the system operates without pre-determined operating recipes, then the system can be installed quickly, but the system cannot adapt to varying environmental conditions such as altitude, temperature, and humidity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by determining operating recipes in advance based on environmental parameters (altitude, temperature, humidity) before the system is installed. These pre-determined recipes are stored and automatically selected during operation, allowing the system to adapt to environmental conditions without time-consuming adjustments during startup.
2Ease of manufacture
If operating recipes are determined independently of the system at a different location, then the system can be standardized and manufactured efficiently, but the recipes may not accurately reflect actual on-site conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses parameter changes by allowing operating recipes to be determined based on specific environmental parameters (altitude, temperature, humidity) measured at the installation site. The system can determine recipes independently at a different location using these parameters, and the recipes are then adjusted to reflect actual on-site conditions, balancing standardization with accuracy.
3Reliability
If multiple physical parameters are measured and operating recipes are determined independently, then the system can account for environmental factors, but the complexity of the system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component - a database or storage medium that holds pre-determined operating recipes. This intermediary allows the system to account for multiple environmental parameters without increasing operational complexity, as the complex determination process is performed in advance and the results are simply retrieved during operation.
4Manufacturing precision
If the system requires specialists to perform fine-tuning after installation, then optimal performance can be achieved, but productivity is reduced during the tuning period
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-determining operating recipes that account for environmental conditions before the system is installed. This eliminates or reduces the need for specialists to perform time-consuming fine-tuning after installation, allowing the system to achieve optimal performance immediately upon startup and maintain high productivity throughout operation.
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AI summary
A method for operating a system for handling containers, wherein said system for handling containers has a first handling device which handles the containers in a first predetermined manner, and at least one second handling device which handles the containers in a second predetermined manner, and a transport device which transports the containers from the first handling device to the second handling device. A control device controls the handling of the containers by at least one of the two handling devices using at least one first physical parameter which is characteristic of environmental conditions at an operating site of the system and/or using at least one second physical parameter which is characteristic of a physical property of the containers to be handled, wherein at least one of these physical parameters is determined and an operating recipe is determined independently of the system and taking this parameter as a basis, which operating recipe is used by the control device to control at least one handling device.