CPC B65G 54/02 (2013.01) [B65G 47/842 (2013.01); B65G 47/847 (2013.01); B67C 3/24 (2013.01); B65G 2207/08 (2013.01); B67C 2003/2668 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method for format adaptation of carriages for a transportation of containers, on a linear motor system, where container guides present on said carriages are adapted to a cross-section of a neck, shoulder and/or body of said containers by adjusting a guide width of said container guides in an automated manner between guide jaws which in relation to a direction of travel are leading and trailing guide jaws and/or by adjusting a vertical distance between guide jaws arranged one above the other, wherein an operating element is approached in an automated manner by way of at least one electronically, pneumatically and/or hydraulically controlled drive toward said respective carriage and thereby brought into operative connection with an actuating mechanism coupled to said guide jaws to enable the format adaptation, and wherein actively driven components of the at least one drive are arranged outside the carriages at at least one of an adjustment station arranged in a region of the linear motor system and in stators of the linear motor system.
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