METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING CONTAINERS IN A FILLING PLANT

Abstract: described are a method and an apparatus for container tracking in a plant for producing and/or packaging containers and/or for filling the containers, in particular with beverages. the containers are transported through a stationary imaging region of at least one area-imaging sensor, which jointly images several containers in time-staggered images. the images are evaluated electronically and tracking data are extracted that are individually assigned to the containers, which include: identification information for identifying the respective container; and location information about a sequence of locations and associated stay times of the respective container. this makes it possible for the containers to be located and traced independently of relative movements with respect to the transport means used.

Inventor(s): Stefan PIANA, Alexander HEWICKER, Anton NIEDERMEIER

CPC Classification: B65B57/20 (Applications of counting devices for controlling the feed of articles (other applications ))

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