Patent ID: 6209449
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
Method for operation of an arrangement of processing devices, each processing device comprising processing means, conveying means and individual control means, each processing device characterized as a device to which individual objects are supplied in series from one side, in which one object after the other undergoes processing and from which processed objects are conveyed away on the opposite side, and each processing device being equipped for conveying an object into the device by a conveying stroke in a conveying direction, for processing the object in the device and for conveying the object out of the device by a conveying stroke is said conveying direction, characterized in that a plurality of similar processing devices are arranged in direct succession such that the object conveyed away from an upstream device in said conveying direction is conveyed into the following device and that the arrangement comprises further control means controlling the arrangement and being superior to the individual control means, the method characterized in that the arrangement comprises at least two control modes: a first individual control mode in which processing steps are carried out alternating conveying steps with a conveying stroke, and a second mutual control mode in which all devices of the arrangement are controlled mutually and in which processing steps are carried out alternately with conveying steps, whereby in the second control mode the conveying stroke of the first control mode is multiplied by the number of devices arranged in the arrangement, or whereby in the second control mode in processing steps only part of the processing is carried out.