Gap Generating Device for Sequential Container Rejection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing container treatment systems require complex and costly rejection processes, often involving wide conveyors and individual handling of containers, which are inefficient and lead to increased loss and operational complexity.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that includes a transport device creating gaps in the container stream before treatment, allowing for sequential rejection of containers using a pivoting rejection element, eliminating the need for individual handling and reducing loss by synchronizing treatment devices and using a single-track conveyor.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a complex rejection system with a wide conveyor is used to reject containers individually, then the rejection capability is improved, but the device complexity and operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The container stream is segmented into groups corresponding to the number of treatment elements. A gap is introduced in the container stream to allow sequential rejection of containers after treatment, eliminating the need for a complex wide conveyor system. The segmentation principle divides the continuous stream into manageable groups that can be processed and rejected in an organized manner.
Solution Approach 2:
A gap is generated in advance in the container stream before the treatment stage. This preliminary action of creating a gap allows the rejection mechanism to operate more simply, as containers can be rejected sequentially into the pre-created gap space rather than requiring complex simultaneous handling mechanisms.
2Manufacturing precision
If individual container handling is performed, then the precision of rejection is improved, but the productivity and efficiency decrease
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple container rejection operations are merged into a single sequential process. Instead of handling each container individually through complex mechanisms, the system combines the rejection of multiple containers into a streamlined sequential process that occurs after the gap is created and treatment is completed.
Solution Approach 2:
The container stream maintains continuous flow through the treatment devices, with rejection occurring sequentially without interrupting the overall production flow. The gap generation and sequential rejection process ensures that the useful action of treating containers continues without significant interruption, maintaining high productivity.
3Quantity of substance
If wide conveyors are used for rejection, then the rejection capacity is improved, but the loss of containers and operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The rejection function is extracted from the complex wide conveyor system and simplified to a sequential rejection process. By removing the need for wide conveyors and complex handling mechanisms, the system reduces the risk of container loss during the rejection process while maintaining the capacity to reject the required quantity of containers.
4Productivity
If treatment devices are synchronized with gap generation, then the operational efficiency is improved, but the control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system uses feedback from the gap generation device to coordinate the treatment devices and rejection mechanism. When a gap is generated in the container stream, the control system receives this information and synchronizes the treatment devices to process containers accordingly, ensuring efficient operation without excessive complexity.
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AI summary
An apparatus for treating containers with a first treatment device configured to treat the containers in a predetermined first manner, with a transport device which transports the containers in a predetermined transport direction, wherein the transport device transports the containers in a transport stream extending in the transport direction, and with a reject device arranged after the first treatment device, which is configured to reject a plurality of containers arranged one after the other in the transport direction from the transport stream, wherein the apparatus has a second treatment device which is arranged before the first treatment device in the transport direction of the containers. The apparatus has a gap generating device which is arranged in front of the first treatment device in the transport direction of the containers and which generates at least one gap in the transport stream of the containers.