Patent ID: 8544244

Claim:
Method for unscrewing lids from a cartridge system or from containers stored at randomized positions within the cartridge system comprising: loading the cartridge system onto a surface arranged below a plurality of screwing heads; providing the plurality of screwing heads adjacent an upper surface of the cartridge system; processing the cartridge system in one operating cycle which unscrews lids during an unscrewing operation; detecting a height of the cartridge system, and dependent on the height of the cartridge system which has been detected, performing a predetermined vertical movement in a downward direction of the plurality of screwing heads and/or compensating at least one of variable heights and sizes of cartridge systems by means of an adapting device; and moving lids unscrewed from the cartridge system or the containers stored within the cartridge system after processing thereof into a lid container, arranged underneath the surface on which the cartridge system is loaded.