Patent ID: 8251201

Claim:
A method of controlling a system for processing containers including a first processing unit, in which the containers are processed in a first specified manner, a second processing unit, in which the containersare processed in a second specified manner which is different from the first manner, with the first processing unit and the second processing unit being kinematically rigidly coupled to one another, and with the second processing unit being located downstream of the first processing unit in the transport direction of the containers, wherein the supply of containers into the first processing unit is interrupted at a first specified point in time (t 1 ) and the working speed of the processing units is reduced at a second point in time (t 2 ) which is later than the first point in time, with the working speed not being reduced until after essentially all of the containers in the first processing unit have been processed thereby, and wherin essentially all of the containers located in the system are in a conveying device between the first and second processing units by the second point in time (t 2 ).