Method for after-run amount regulation in filling units

Abstract

In a method for controlling after-run in a filling unit, wherein the amount of after-run is normally determined by the averaging of n filling instances, following a signal associated with the unit and signalling changes in the filling conditions, the after-run amount is determined by the averaging of m<n filling instances.

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       8 . A method for controlling after-run amount in a filling unit, comprising the steps of: 
 determining the averaging of n filling instances; and    following a signal associated with the unit and signaling changes in the filling conditions, the after-run amount is determined by the averaging of m<n filling instances.    
   
   
       9 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein: 
 the signal associated with the unit is a machine-stop, or machine-start, signal.    
   
   
       10 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein: 
 n>=3.    
   
   
       11 . The method as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein: 
 m>=1-3.    
   
   
       12 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein: 
 following a signal associated with the unit, m is increased dynamically from 1 to n.    
   
   
       13 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein: 
 a machine stoppage is signaled when the time span between two filling instances is longer than a limit value.    
   
   
       14 . The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein: 
 a machine-stop, or machine-start, signal is signaled via an external signal.