Patent ID: 9743686
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A23L

Claim:
1. An apparatus for container processing, said apparatus comprising a pasteurizer for pasteurization of containers filled with contents, said pasteurizer comprising a plurality of zones, and a transport element, wherein said zones follow one another in a transport direction, wherein said zones comprise a preheating set having at least one preheating zone, a cooling set having at least one cooling zone, and a pasteurizing set comprising at least one pasteurizing zone, wherein said transport element moves containers along said transport direction through said sets, wherein said containers are subjected to a liquid treatment medium at different treatment temperatures, wherein treatment temperatures in said preheating set rise in a stepwise manner in said transport direction, wherein, in said pasteurizing set, treatment temperature is at least at a pasteurizing temperature, wherein treatment temperatures in said cooling set decrease in a stepwise manner in said transport direction, wherein said transport element transports containers in said pasteurizer at a changeable transport speed, and wherein said transport speed is subject to continuous control, wherein said apparatus further comprises a controller configured to respond to an increase in transport speed by reducing a cardinality of zones in said preheating set, increasing treatment temperature in said zones in said preheating set, and increasing a cardinality of zones in said pasteurizing set.