METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATELY PROCESSING INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF PACKAGING UNITS FORMED BY PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY PACKAGINGS

摘要

A processing and/or cleaning device (10) having at least three processing and/or cleaning stations (26, 36, 42) and a method for separately processing individual components of packaging units (14) formed by primary, secondary and tertiary packagings are disclosed. The primary packagings are combined as groupings of two or more individual primary packagings in respective secondary packagings. Furthermore, at least two such secondary packagings are held in a tertiary packaging. The device (10) comprises at least one separating station (16, 20, 48) for separating the packaging units (14) into their individual components to be processed and at least three cleaning stations (24, 34, 40) and/or inspection stations for separately processing the primary, secondary and tertiary packagings, said cleaning stations and/or inspection stations being arranged downstream of the at least one separating station (16, 20, 48). In the corresponding method, the packaging units (14) are separated into their individual components to be processed, at least the primary packagings are cleaned and/or inspected, the secondary packagings are cleaned and/or inspected separately therefrom and/or the tertiary packagings are cleaned and/or inspected separately therefrom.