Patent ID: 8442673

Claim:
A method for controlling a machine for treating containers as well as for controlling processing and/or treatment stations located downstream from the machine, the method comprising: driving each of a plurality of turntables by an individual motor drive, the plurality of turntables orienting and positioning the containers, the machine being a rotary stage machine with the turntables arranged along a circumference of a rotor; and monitoring separately the motor drives of the turntables so that, if an error occurs with one or more of the turntable motor drives, the affected one or more defective turntable drive is deactivated while the machine and the stations located downstream continue to be operated; wherein each deactivated turntable drive triggers a partial deactivation of the subsequent processing and/or treatment steps involving the container positions associated with the deactivated turntable drive of the machine, so that the machine and the stations located downstream continue to be operated at a reduced output due to the partial deactivation.