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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Krones Aktiengesellschaft, Neutraubling, DE;
Wolfgang Hausladen, Mötzing, DE;
Josef Mayer, Regensburg, DE;
Josef Deglmann, Neutraubling, DE;
Michael Jogsch, Barbing, DE;
Krones Aktiengesellschaft, Neutraubling, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method and a system () for arranging a plurality of articles moved in at least one mass flow (M, M). Articles designed identically in respect of an allocation feature (A, B, C) are fed to a separate buffer station (P, P, P) from the at least one mass flow (M, M) and stored in the buffer station (P, P, P). A specified compilation (Z, Z) of articles is then formed wherein stored articles are removed from one or more of the buffer stations (P, P, P) in consideration of the specified compilation (Z, Z) and forwarded and/or guided to a handling station () in a defined sequence and/or arrangement.