EP3606866B1 - Anlage zur behandlung von behältern - Google Patents

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EP3606866B1
EP3606866B1 EP18713695.7A EP18713695A EP3606866B1 EP 3606866 B1 EP3606866 B1 EP 3606866B1 EP 18713695 A EP18713695 A EP 18713695A EP 3606866 B1 EP3606866 B1 EP 3606866B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/002—General lay-out of bottle-handling machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/001—Cleaning of filling devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/023—Filling multiple liquids in a container
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C7/004—Conveying; Synchronising the containers travelling along a circular path
    • B67C7/0046—Infeed and outfeed devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C2003/227—Additional apparatus related to blow-moulding of the containers, e.g. a complete production line forming filled containers from preforms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C2003/228—Aseptic features
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B67C7/0006—Conveying; Synchronising
    • B67C2007/006—Devices particularly adapted for container filling

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  • the invention relates to the field of the production of containers (in particular bottles, flasks) by forming from plastic material preforms, such as for example polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the containers being filled with a filling product.
  • plastic material preforms such as for example polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • Such a production installation for example, the forming of containers from preforms and the filling of these containers are combined in the continuity of the production of containers.
  • Such a production installation therefore generally comprises a forming machine forming the containers from preforms and a filling machine filling the formed containers, a transfer device being arranged to pick up the containers at the output of the forming machine and to transmit them at the entrance to the filling machine.
  • Such an installation also only makes it possible to produce containers filled with a single filling product, the installation having to be stopped for the filling product to be changed. Moreover, such an installation is also not satisfactory in the case where a container must be filled with two distinct products, in particular products requiring different filling technologies, for example when the final product contained in the container results from the mixing products chosen from: a very viscous product, a fluid product, or a product having pieces incorporated into a liquid.
  • a receptacle treatment installation does not operate optimally when a treatment machine operates at a limited rate while another processing machine can operate at a higher rate. Indeed, the processing rate is then limited by the processing rate of the processing machine having the lowest processing rate.
  • document DE102010021733 discloses a container handling device according to the preamble of claim 1, and document EP2407417 describes a container processing system.
  • One of the aims of the invention is to propose a treatment installation capable of operating continuously even during cleaning. Another object of the invention is to increase the rate of processing and/or to reduce the size of the installation, in particular when the succession of processing to be carried out has different processing rates. Another object of the invention is to increase the flexibility of the installation without increasing the size and/or the financial investment required for this flexibility.
  • the installation further comprises a second transfer device operable between an inactive configuration and an active configuration, the second transfer device in active configuration being arranged to pick up the succession of containers at the point of exit from the first machine additional processing machine and to transfer it to the second additional processing machine.
  • Providing two additional processing machines makes it possible to continue the processing while one of the additional processing machines undergoes cleaning.
  • the fact of having separate outlets from the installation for each of the additional processing machines makes it possible to clean up to this outlet, including, in particular, in the event of an incident at the outlet of the treated containers.
  • the overall processing rate can be increased by running the two additional processing machines.
  • the flexibility of the installation is increased.
  • Each additional treatment machine can be used to apply a different treatment to a part of the containers.
  • the second transfer device also makes it possible, in active configuration, to apply two successive additional treatments to the succession of containers.
  • the isolation assembly makes it possible to isolate an additional processing machine from the rest of the processing installation and thus to safely clean the additional processing machine without the risk of introducing harmful products, such as cleaning products , in the rest of the treatment plant.
  • the first and second transfer stations make it possible to physically separate the additional processing machine to be isolated in order to allow the installation of the enclosure.
  • the first transfer device comprises receptacle gripping elements distributed over the periphery of a transfer wheel, movable in rotation, each gripping element being arranged to pick up a container at the point of exit from the initial processing machine, two successive gripping elements being respectively arranged to deliver the transported container, one to the first additional processing machine and the other to the second additional processing machine.
  • an installation 1 for processing a succession of containers 2 is described.
  • the description will be made for the case where the treatment installation is an installation for producing a succession of containers from a succession of preforms 4 in plastic material.
  • the invention relates to any type of treatment of containers, in particular: forming, labeling, marking, filling, rinsing of the containers, or treatment of the wall of the containers, or treatment of a part of each or certain containers, such as the cooling of the injection point of the preform from which the container comes, or the specific deformation of a part of the container.
  • the processing installation 1 comprises at least one machine 6 for initial processing, a first machine 8 for additional processing and a second machine 10 extra treatment.
  • the invention applies to any type of container processing machine, as will be described later, the following description will be made in the case where the initial processing machine 6 is a container forming machine 2 to from preforms 4 and where the first and second additional processing machines are container filling machines 2.
  • Each preform 4 comprises a body 12, a neck 14 and a ring 16.
  • the body 12 has for example the shape of a test tube with a closed bottom and defines an internal volume extending along a main axis A.
  • the neck 14 extends in the continuity of the body 12 opposite the bottom and forms an upper opening through which a fluid can be introduced into the internal volume of the preform, as will be described later.
  • the neck 14 of the preform has, for example, the final shape that it will have in the container 2 formed from the preform 4 and comprises, for example, a thread on its outer wall to allow the attachment of a stopper to the container. .
  • the ring 16 extends between the body 12 and the neck 14 radially outward and forms for example a transport ring by which the preform can be gripped and transported, as will be described later.
  • the preform shape given above is only by way of example and other shapes could be envisaged, as long as these are suitable for forming a container by introducing a fluid into the preform.
  • the preform could have a smooth neck, be devoid of a ring, and/or have other variant shapes according to various preform models likely to be used in the treatment installation11.
  • plastic material of the preform is for example polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • the plastic material could be different from PET, as long as this material is capable of being made malleable and deformable to allow the production of a container by introducing a fluid into the preform.
  • the preforms 4, before being formed into containers 2, are heated in a heating station (not shown), for example an oven.
  • the heating station is arranged to heat each preform 4 to a reference temperature at which the preform 4 is in a malleable state and can be formed into a container.
  • the reference temperature is between the glass transition temperature and the crystallization temperature of the material of the preform 4.
  • the heated preforms 4 are moved to a point 18 of entry to the machine 6 for initial treatment.
  • the initial processing machine 6 comprises a plurality of forming stations 20 each arranged to receive and form a preform 4 of the succession of preforms 4 into a container.
  • each forming station 20 comprises a mold 22 and a device for injecting a forming fluid.
  • the mold 22 comprises a molding cavity having the shape of the container to be produced and arranged to receive the body 12 of the preform.
  • the injection device is arranged to inject a forming fluid under pressure into the internal volume of the preform 4 through the upper opening of the latter so that the body 12 of the preform acquires the shape of the molding cavity.
  • the forming fluid is for example a gas, for example pressurized air.
  • Each forming station 20 may further comprise a drawing rod arranged to exert a bearing on the bottom of the preform 4 in order to extend it along its axis A.
  • the forming stations 20 are for example carried by a forming wheel 24 , or carousel, rotatable about an axis of rotation, for example parallel to the axes A of the preforms 4 when they are in the machine 6 for initial processing. .
  • the forming stations 20 are carried on the periphery of the forming wheel 24 so that they travel along a circular path defined by the forming wheel 24 between the entry point 18 and an exit point 26 .
  • the mold is open and is arranged to receive a preform 4, then the mold 22 is closed, the injection device is placed in fluid communication with the internal volume of the preform and the forming fluid is injected into the preform during movement of the forming station between point 18 of entry and point 26 of exit.
  • the mold 22 is opened and the formed container is extracted from the station 20 of forming.
  • all the forming stations 20, and in particular the molding cavities are identical so that all the forming stations 20 are arranged to form identical containers 2 .
  • some forming stations 20 are different and make it possible to create containers 2 of different shape and/or capacity, for example by modifying the shape of the molding cavities of the forming stations 20 in question.
  • forming stations 20A arranged to form a first type of container 2A and forming stations 20B arranged to form a second type of container 2B are arranged alternately on the forming wheel 24 so that two successive forming stations 20A, 20B form two different vessels. The transition from one embodiment to another is done for example simply by changing one out of two molds on the forming wheel 24.
  • the forming stations 20A and 20B could be arranged to receive two types of different preforms, for example preforms made of different materials.
  • the forming stations 20A and 20B could also be arranged to form containers under different conditions, for example at different pressure curves and/or at different forming pressures. It is also understood that more than two different types of forming stations could be provided to form several different types of containers.
  • the first transfer device 28 is for example formed by a transfer wheel 30 , movable in rotation about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the forming wheel 24, comprising a plurality of gripping elements 32 arranged to each enter a container 2 at the exit point 26 of the machine 6 for initial processing.
  • the gripping elements 32 are for example formed by grippers arranged to grip the containers by the ring 16 thereof.
  • the first transfer device 28 can, if necessary, be adapted accordingly, for example by adapting, if necessary, an element 32 of handle out of two to the type of container to be grabbed.
  • the transfer wheel 30 is synchronized with the forming wheel 24 so that the gripping elements 32 corresponding to the type of container produced are at the exit point 26 when this type of container is delivered to the point 26 of output by the initial processing machine 6.
  • the first transfer device 28 forms a switch capable of distributing the containers 2 of the succession of containers 2 in at least one first outlet point 34 and/or in a second outlet point 36 which are distinct from each other.
  • a type of switching is known per se and the way in which a transfer wheel can selectively deliver containers at two distinct exit points is for example described in the document EP-1 235 729 .
  • the first transfer device 28 is capable of transmitting part of the containers 2 to the first additional processing machine 8 and at the second output point 36, the first transfer device 28 is capable of transmitting another part of the containers 2 to the second machine 10 for additional processing.
  • the first types of containers 2A are transmitted to the first additional processing machine 8 and the second types of containers 2B are transmitted to the second processing machine 10 additional.
  • the treatment installation 1 is then in a differentiated treatment configuration.
  • the initial processing machine 6 produces a single type of container
  • one out of two containers is transmitted to the first additional processing machine 8 and the other containers are transmitted to the second processing machine 10 additional.
  • the processing installation 1 is then in a parallel processing configuration.
  • the first transfer device 28 only transmits containers to one of the two additional processing machines.
  • the first additional processing machine 8 comprises a first transfer station 38 and a first filling wheel 40 .
  • the first transfer station 38 is arranged, in a transfer position, to pick up the containers 2 at the first exit point 34 of the first transfer device 28 which also forms the entry point 34 of the first additional processing machine.
  • the first transfer station 38 is for example formed by a transfer wheel provided with gripping elements, of the same type as the transfer wheel 30 of the first transfer device 28 .
  • the first transfer station 38 transmits the collected containers to the first wheel 40 for filling.
  • the first filling wheel 40 is rotatable around an axis of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the forming wheel 24.
  • the first filling wheel 40 carries a plurality of filling stations 42 , or first filling stations. additional treatment.
  • Each filling station 42 is arranged to receive and fill a container 2.
  • each filling station 42 comprises a container support and a device for filling the container.
  • the filling device is arranged to introduce a filling product into the internal volume of the container 2 through the upper opening thereof.
  • the filling product is for example a liquid, which can be more or less viscous, carbonated or not, and include solid pieces.
  • the filling product can be cooled, at room temperature or hot during filling.
  • the filling stations 42 are carried by the periphery of the first filling wheel 40 so that the filling stations 42 follow a circular path between an entry point 44 and an exit point 46 of the filling wheel 42 . Between the entry point and the exit point, the filling device is placed facing the internal volume of the container 2 and the filling product is introduced into the container during the movement of the filling station.
  • a second transfer device 48 picks up the filled containers and brings them out of the first additional processing machine 8 to transfer them to an output of the forming installation 1 or to the second additional processing machine 10 , as will be described later.
  • the second transfer device 48 is for example of the same type as the first transfer device 28, that is to say it is formed of a wheel carrying gripping elements.
  • the structure of the second machine 10 for additional processing is substantially identical to that of the first machine 8 for additional processing. That is to say that the second additional processing machine 10 comprises a second transfer station 50 and a second filling wheel 52 .
  • said second transfer station 50 is arranged to pick up the containers 2 at the second exit point 36 of the first transfer device 28 which forms also the entry point 36 of the second additional processing machine 10.
  • the second transfer station 38 is for example formed by a transfer wheel provided with gripping elements, of the same type as the transfer wheel 30 of the first transfer device 28 .
  • the second transfer station 50 transmits the collected containers to the second wheel 52 for filling.
  • the second filling wheel 52 is rotatable around an axis of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of the forming wheel 24.
  • the second filling wheel 40 carries a plurality of filling stations 54 , or second filling stations. additional treatment, each arranged to receive and fill a container 2 between an entry point 56 and an exit point 58 of the second wheel 52 of filling.
  • the structure of the filling stations 54 is for example the same as that of the filling stations 42 of the first additional processing machine 8 and will not be described in more detail.
  • a third transfer device 60 picks up the filled containers and brings them out of the first additional processing machine 8 to transfer them to an output of the processing installation 1.
  • the containers 2 are advantageously capped before leaving the installation (the capper(s) are not shown).
  • the treatment installation 1 therefore makes it possible, from an initial treatment machine 6, to carry out an additional treatment on part of the containers in the first machine 8 for additional treatment and another additional treatment at the other part of the containers in the second additional processing machine 10 when the processing installation 1 is in the configuration of differentiated processing or in the parallel processing configuration.
  • some of the containers follow the path shown in continuous line on the Fig. 1 in the first additional processing machine 8 while the other party follows the path shown in phantom on the Fig. 1 in the second additional processing machine 10.
  • the two additional treatments namely a filling according to the example described here, can be different or identical to each other.
  • the filling product introduced into the containers during the first and second additional treatments is the same and that it is injected under the same conditions into the filling stations 42 and 54.
  • different is meant any type of difference between the two additional treatments, in the nature of the filling product and/or in the filling conditions.
  • the filling product introduced into the containers in the first additional processing machine 8 is different from the filling product introduced into the containers of the second processing machine.
  • the filling conditions such as the temperature of the product, the volume of product introduced into each container or the like, are different.
  • the filling techniques are different and chosen from volumetric, debimetric or weight filling.
  • the filling of these containers can be adapted to these types of containers, for example in terms of the volume of filling product introduced into the containers.
  • the containers are identical they can also be filled with different products.
  • the treatment installation 1 therefore offers numerous possibilities and a wide choice in the treatment of containers. It will be noted that, when the processing installation 1 is in parallel processing configuration and the additional processing operations are identical, the processing installation 1 operates at a particularly high rate since the two additional processing machines produce the same containers.
  • the treatment installation 1 can also be placed in a configuration for the successive treatment of the containers shown in the Fig. 2 .
  • all the containers 2 produced by the initial processing machine 6 are transferred to the first additional processing machine 8.
  • This can be obtained by using only one forming station 20 out of two, i.e. that is to say, by not supplying preforms 4 to the forming stations 20 producing containers intended to be transferred to the second machine 10 for additional processing.
  • the first transfer device 28, synchronized with the initial processing machine only supplies containers to the first outlet point 34 and the gripping elements 32 are empty when they arrive at the second outlet point 36 .
  • the passage to the successive processing configuration does not require carrying out a new synchronization of the initial processing machine 6 and of the first transfer device 28 .
  • the second transfer device 48 is moved from an inactive position, in which the second transfer device 48, transfers the containers from the exit point 46 of the first additional processing machine 8 to the exit of the installation, in an active position, in which the second transfer device 48 transfers the containers from the exit point 46 of the first additional processing machine to a second entry point 62 of the filling wheel 52 of the second 10 additional processing machine.
  • the movement from the inactive position to the active position is done for example by translation of the wheel of the second transfer device 48 so as to bring it closer to the filling wheel 52 of the second additional processing machine 10, as shown in the Fig. 2 .
  • the containers 2 after having undergone the first additional treatment, undergo the second additional treatment.
  • the successive processing configuration thus makes it possible to partially fill the containers with a first filling product in the first machine 8 for additional processing and then to complete this filling with a second filling product in the second machine 10 additional processing.
  • the path followed by the containers 2 in successive processing configuration is shown in continuous line on the Fig. 2 .
  • the containers are evacuated to the outlet of the treatment installation by means of the third transfer device 60 at the outlet of the wheel 52 for filling the second machine 10 for additional treatment.
  • the treatment installation 1 further comprises an enclosure 64, shown partially in the figures, in which the treatment machines and transfer devices of the installation are installed in order to isolate them from the external environment and thus keeping them in a controlled atmosphere and making it possible to prevent access to the installation when the latter is in normal operation.
  • the enclosure 64 is further provided with an insulation assembly comprising removable walls 66 making it possible, when they are put in place, to isolate the first machine 8 for additional processing ( Fig. 4 ) or the second additional processing machine 10 ( Fig. 3 ) from the rest of the processing installation 1, when the latter is placed in a cleaning configuration.
  • the insulation assembly In normal operation, the insulation assembly is in a retracted configuration, in which the containers 2 can circulate throughout the production installation.
  • walls 66 of the insulation assembly are placed in a first insulation configuration so as to define a first enclosure isolating the first additional processing machine 8 from the rest of the processing installation, that is to say from the initial processing machine 6, from the first transfer device 18, from the second additional processing machine 10 .
  • the second transfer device 48 in the inactive position, is also placed in the isolated space defined by the walls 66 and the enclosure 64.
  • the first transfer station 38 is for example retractable in a retracted position to accommodate in the space defined by the walls 66 and the enclosure and to separate the first transfer station 38 from the first exit point 34.
  • detergent products can be used in the isolated space housing the first additional treatment machine 8 without risking that these products do not reach the rest of the processing facility.
  • the processing plant can continue to operate by producing containers and transferring them to the second additional processing machine.
  • containers are only produced in one out of two forming stations 20 so that the first transfer device 18 supplies containers only to the second machine 10 for additional processing.
  • the path followed by the containers in this cleaning configuration is represented by a continuous line on the Fig. 4 .
  • walls 66 of the insulation assembly are placed in a second insulation configuration so as to form a second enclosure isolating the second additional processing machine 10 from the rest of the processing installation, that is to say from the initial processing machine 6, from the first transfer device 18, from the first additional processing machine 8 and the second transfer device 48 .
  • the second transfer station 50 is for example retractable in a retracted position to fit in the space defined by the walls 66 and the enclosure and to separate the second transfer station 50 from the second point 36 of exit.
  • detergent products can be used in the isolated space housing the second additional treatment machine 10 without risking these products reaching the rest of the treatment installation.
  • the processing plant can continue to operate by producing containers and transferring them to the first additional processing machine 8.
  • containers are only produced in one out of two forming stations 20 so that the first transfer device 18 supplies containers only to the first additional processing machine 8.
  • the path followed by the containers in this cleaning configuration is shown in continuous line on the Fig. 3 .
  • the treatment installation described above has been described only as an example and could be different. Thus, other devices or machines could be added to the installation, such as a labeling machine, a capping machine, etc.
  • the initial processing machine 6 could be another type of machine, for example a filling machine, the additional processing machines being in this case capping machines for example. More generally, the invention can be applied to any type of machine, provided that these machines apply successive treatments to the containers.

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  1. Anlage zur Behandlung (1) einer Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) umfassend:
    - wenigstens eine Maschine (6) zur Erstbehandlung der Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2), wobei die Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) eine Erstbehandlung zwischen einem Eingangspunkt (18) und einem Ausgangspunkt (26) der Erstbehandlungsmaschine (6) erfährt,
    - wenigstens eine erste Maschine (8) zur weiteren Behandlung und eine zweite Maschine (10) zur weiteren Behandlung der Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2), die jeweils dafür angeordnet sind, dass wenigstens ein Anteil der Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2), die die Erstbehandlung erfahren hat, eine weitere Behandlung in der ersten Maschine (8) zur weiteren Behandlung und/oder in der zweiten Maschine (10) zur weiteren Behandlung erfährt, wobei die weitere Behandlung zwischen einem Eingangspunkt (34, 36) und einem Ausgangspunkt (46, 58) jeder der ersten und zweiten Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung (8, 10) angewandt wird,
    - wenigstens eine erste Übertragungsvorrichtung (28), die dafür angeordnet ist, die Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) am Ausgangspunkt (26) der Erstbehandlungsmaschine (6) zu entnehmen und sie selektiv an den Eingangspunkt (34, 36) der ersten und/oder zweiten Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung (8, 10) auszugeben, wobei die Bearbeitungsanlage ausgerüstet ist mit
    - einem ersten Ausgang der Anlage, durch den Behälter austreten können, die von der ersten Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung behandelt wurden, und
    - einem zweiten Ausgang der Anlage, durch den Behälter austreten können, die von der zweiten Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung behandelt wurden, wobei der erste und zweite Ausgang der Anlage voneinander unterschiedlich sind,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Anlage ferner eine zweite Übertragungsvorrichtung (48) umfasst, die zwischen einer inaktiven Konfiguration und einer aktiven Konfiguration betätigbar ist, wobei die zweite Übertragungsvorrichtung (48) in der aktiven Konfiguration dafür angeordnet ist, die Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) am Ausgangspunkt (46) der ersten Maschine (8) zur weiteren Behandlung zu entnehmen und sie an die zweite Maschine (10) zur weiteren Behandlung zu übertragen.
  2. Behandlungsanlage nach Anspruch 1, ferner umfassend eine Isolationsanordnung, die eine Mehrzahl von bewegbaren Wänden (66) umfasst, wobei die Isolationsanordnung betätigbar ist zwischen wenigstens:
    - einer ersten Isolationskonfiguration, in der wenigstens ein Abschnitt der Wände (66) eine erste Einfassung definieren, die die erste Maschine (8) zur weiteren Behandlung von einer Anordnung isoliert, die die Erstbehandlungsmaschine (6), die erste Übertragungsvorrichtung (28) und die zweite Maschine (10) zur weiteren Behandlung umfasst, und
    - einer zweiten Isolationskonfiguration, in der wenigstens ein Abschnitt der Wände (66) eine zweite Einfassung definieren, die die zweite Maschine (10) zur weiteren Behandlung von einer Anordnung isoliert, die die Erstbehandlungsmaschine (6), die erste Übertragungsvorrichtung (28) und die erste Maschine (8) zur weiteren Behandlung umfasst.
  3. Behandlungsanlage nach Anspruch 2, wobei:
    - die erste Maschine (8) zur weiteren Behandlung eine erste Übertragungsstation (38) umfasst, die bewegbar ist zwischen:
    * einer Übertragungsposition, in der es die erste Übertragungsstation (38) ermöglicht, wenigstens einen Anteil der Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) von der ersten Übertragungsvorrichtung (28) zu ersten Stationen (42) zur weiteren Behandlung der ersten Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung (8) zu verlagern, und
    * einer eingefahrenen Position, in der die erste Übertragungsstation (38) in der ersten Isolationskonfiguration in der ersten Einfassung platziert ist; und/oder
    - die zweite Maschine (10) zur weiteren Behandlung eine zweite Übertragungsstation (50) umfasst, die bewegbar ist zwischen:
    * einer Übertragungsposition, in der es die zweite Übertragungsstation (50) ermöglicht, wenigstens einen Anteil der Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) von der ersten Übertragungsvorrichtung (28) zu zweiten Stationen (54) zur weiteren Behandlung der zweiten Maschine (10) zur weiteren Behandlung zu verlagern, und
    * einer eingefahrenen Position, in der die zweite Übertragungsstation (50) in der zweiten Isolationskonfiguration in der zweiten Einfassung platziert ist.
  4. Anlage nach Anspruch 2, aufweisend eine Konfiguration für weitere Behandlungen, in der die Isolationsanordnung ferner eine eingefahrene Konfiguration aufweist, in der sich die zweite Übertragungsvorrichtung in der aktiven Konfiguration befindet.
  5. Behandlungsanlage nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei die Erstbehandlungsmaschine (6) eine Maschine zur Formung einer Aufeinanderfolge von Vorformlingen (4) zu einer Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) ist, wobei die Aufeinanderfolge von Vorformlingen (4) am Eingangspunkt (18) in die Formungsmaschine eingegeben wird und die Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) am Ausgangspunkt (26) von der ersten Übertragungsvorrichtung (28) aus der Formungsmaschine entnommen wird.
  6. Behandlungsanlage nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Formungsmaschine ein drehbewegliches Formungsrad (24) umfasst, das eine Mehrzahl von Stationen (20, 20A, 20B) zur Formung von Behältern (2) trägt, die dafür angeordnet sind, jeweils einen Vorformling (4) aufzunehmen und den Vorformling (4) zwischen dem Eingangspunkt (18) und dem Ausgangspunkt (26) zu einem Behälter (2) zu formen.
  7. Behandlungsanlage nach Anspruch 6, wobei zwei aufeinanderfolgende Formungsstationen (20A, 20B) dafür angeordnet sind, in einer Konfiguration für differenzierte Behandlung der Anlage unterschiedliche Behälter (2A, 2B) oder in einer Konfiguration für parallele Behandlung der Anlage identische Behälter zu formen.
  8. Behandlungsanlage nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei die erste und zweite Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung (8, 10) Maschinen zum Abfüllen von Behältern sind, die dafür angeordnet sind, ein Produkt in den Anteil der Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) einzugeben, der in jede der Abfüllmaschinen eingegeben wurde.
  9. Behandlungsanlage nach Anspruch 8, wobei die erste und zweite Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung (8, 10) dafür angeordnet sind, ein unterschiedliches Produkt in die Behälter einzugeben, die in der ersten und zweiten Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung (8, 10) transportiert werden,
    und/oder wobei die erste und die zweite Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung Abfüllmaschinen sind, die verschiedene Abfülltechniken verwenden, die aus volumetrischem, dezimetrischem oder Gewichtsabfüllen gewählt sind.
  10. Behandlungsanlage nach Anspruch 8 oder 9, wobei in einer ergänzenden Abfüllkonfiguration der Anlage die erste Maschine (8) zur weiteren Behandlung dafür angeordnet ist, ein erstes Produkt in die Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) einzugeben, die in der ersten Maschine transportiert werden, und die zweite Maschine (10) zur weiteren Behandlung dafür angeordnet ist, ein zweites Produkt in die Aufeinanderfolge von Behältern (2) einzugeben, die das erste Produkt enthalten.
  11. Behandlungsanlage nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, wobei die erste Übertragungsvorrichtung (28) Elemente (32) zum Greifen von Behältern (2) umfasst, die über den Umfang eines drehbeweglichen Übertragungsrads (30) verteilt sind, wobei jedes Greifelement (32) dafür angeordnet ist, einen Behälter (2) am Ausgangspunkt (26) der Erstbehandlungsmaschine (6) zu entnehmen, wobei zwei aufeinanderfolgende Greifelemente (32) jeweils dafür angeordnet sind, den transportierten Behälter an die erste Maschine (8) zur weiteren Behandlung beziehungsweise an die zweite Maschine (10) zur weiteren Behandlung zu liefern.
  12. Nutzung der Anlage nach den Ansprüchen 4 und 8 zusammengenommen, wobei die ersten und die zweite Maschine zur weiteren Behandlung (8, 10) Abfüllmaschinen sind, die dafür angeordnet sind, ein identisches Produkt einzugeben.
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