To carry out a container inspection task, a sensor device optically detects sensor data and camera images relating to the container parts, and a real-time evaluation device evaluates spatially resolved sensor data in real time using a machine learning container inspection model which includes a set of parameters which are set to values which were learned as a result of a machine learning method. A set of container part features based on a machine learning method is predetermined, and the detected, spatially resolved sensor data are evaluated in relation to a plant inspection task different from the container inspection task, based on the predetermined set of container part characteristics, a plant inspection variable being determined depending on the inspection result of the carried out plant inspection task, which is provided for the control and/or regulation of the container treatment plant.

A method for operating a container treatment plant for treating a plurality of container parts for containers wherein a transport device transports the plurality of container parts as a container part stream along a predetermined transport path from at least one treatment device of a container treatment plant to at least one further treatment device, wherein at least one sensor device for carrying out a container inspection task captures sensor data, and preferably camera images of the container parts. A deposit variable is determined which is characteristic of a deposit instruction for depositing the captured sensor data on a non-volatile memory device. The deposit variable is determined on the basis of a similarity variable which is characteristic of a similarity between the captured sensor data and predetermined and/or predeterminable reference data.

An apparatus for inspecting flexible bags containing a liquid or viscous product including: a line for advancing the bags; a first device for gripping a first bag, the first bag forming part of the bags; a first device for lifting a part of the first gripping device; the first lifting device allowing inclination of the first gripping device to be changed with respect to a horizontal plane; a first rotatable device that rotates the first gripping device around a first rotation axis that is transverse to the line; a detection device for detecting defects of the bags and/or their contents; the detection device including a device for visual inspection of the first bag and/or its contents; a device for rejecting the bags according to information coming from the detecting device. The apparatus is a linear machine, not a carousel rotatable around its own rotation axis.