EP1480882B1 - Installation de fabrication et d'emballage (de cigarettes), procede et dispositif de commande de ladite installation - Google Patents

Installation de fabrication et d'emballage (de cigarettes), procede et dispositif de commande de ladite installation Download PDF

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EP1480882B1
EP1480882B1 EP03711924A EP03711924A EP1480882B1 EP 1480882 B1 EP1480882 B1 EP 1480882B1 EP 03711924 A EP03711924 A EP 03711924A EP 03711924 A EP03711924 A EP 03711924A EP 1480882 B1 EP1480882 B1 EP 1480882B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/28—Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/001—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the product to be packaged
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/02—Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • B65B61/025—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, slitting, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C2009/0003—Use of RFID labels

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  • the invention relates to a method for controlling a production and packaging system - line - with each having adjustable organs manufacturing units such as in particular (cigarette) manufacturing machine (Maker), packaging machine (packer), if necessary film wrapping machine, if necessary packer (Stangenpacker) and possibly Kartonpacker (cartoner) for the manufacture and in particular ready to ship packaging of first products - cigarettes and cigarette packaging - a first kind and then of products of a second kind each of starting materials such as in particular blanks such as paper or cardboard blanks, foil and the like.
  • adjustable organs manufacturing units such as in particular (cigarette) manufacturing machine (Maker), packaging machine (packer), if necessary film wrapping machine, if necessary packer (Stangenpacker) and possibly Kartonpacker (cartoner) for the manufacture and in particular ready to ship packaging of first products - cigarettes and cigarette packaging - a first kind and then of products of a second kind each of starting materials such as in particular blanks such as paper or cardboard blanks, foil and the like.
  • the invention relates to a control device for carrying out the method.
  • the invention relates to a production and packaging plant - line - with a control device and each having adjustable organs manufacturing units, as mentioned above, for the manufacture and in particular ready for dispatch packaging of first products - cigarettes and cigarette packaging - a first kind and then of products of a second kind in each case from starting materials such as in particular blanks such as paper or cardboard blanks, foil and the like.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the manufacturing and packaging system and the method for controlling such a system.
  • Starting materials such as in particular blanks such as paper or cardboard blanks, foil and the like, solved by at least one associated with products of the first type first set of parameters and a second type of products associated second set of parameters is stored in a memory of the control device and selectively stored upon selection of a parameter set of the or each production unit by the control device based on the selected parameters, a manipulated variable for adjusting the or each adjustable organ can be transmitted.
  • a component which can be influenced in a relative position by a positionally correcting variable is likewise an adjustable element such as a heater which can be influenced by a desired temperature or an optical sensor which can be influenced by a threshold value for specifying a response threshold.
  • the invention is based on the recognition that, when changing from a product of a first type to a product of a second type, on the one hand unnecessarily much time elapses, because complex adjustments have to be made to individual or all production units, to provide suitable starting material or present starting material the suitability for use for a second type of product is to be checked and, on the other hand, substantial errors occur after the change until finally the operator has correctly adjusted all production units to the product to be manufactured during the operation of the line. Therefore, a parameter set is provided for each product. For switching products of a first type to products of a second type, the corresponding parameter set is selected, for example, at an operator station with input and output functionality such as a screen and keyboard. On the basis of the selected parameters is then carried out automatically a suitable adjustment of the or each adjustable organ of the or each production unit and / or a review or provision of the starting material or starting material.
  • the advantage of the invention is that after this adjustment and / or the checking or provision of starting material, the production and in particular ready-to-ship packaging of the second type product can start immediately, so that downtimes are reduced. Furthermore, the individual production units are optimally adjusted to the product of the second type, so that any defective production can be prevented.
  • the embodiment shown in the drawings relates to a manufacturing and packaging plant for cigarettes, that is a so-called line.
  • This comprises production units, namely, for example, a cigarette maker, namely a maker 10, a subsequent packaging machine, so a packer 11, a subsequent film wrapping machine 12, a packaging machine for manufacturing of packages of several cigarette packs 48, that is, a rod packer 13 and a cartoner 14, the packaged packs, ie cigarette rods, packed in a shipping box.
  • the cigarettes produced by the maker 10 are supplied by a cigarette conveyor 15 with an associated cigarette storage 16 to the packer 11, for example a hinge-lid packer for producing folding boxes.
  • the packer 11 is assigned a blank storage 17, ie a device for receiving a larger stock of prefabricated blanks for the folding box, which has conveying elements for feeding blank stacks to the packer 11.
  • the (cigarette) packs 48 produced by the packer 11 are fed to the film wrapping machine 12 via a pack conveyor 18. This has the task of enveloping the cigarette packs 48 in an outer foil or plastic blank. From the finished cigarette packs 48 pack groups are formed, which are provided in the region of the rod packer 13 with a container wrapping and thus give a cigarette rod from usually ten cigarette packs 48. These cigarette rods are fed to the cartoner 14 by a bar conveyor 19. This passes finished shipping boxes 20 with a plurality of cigarette rods to a discharge conveyor 21. In the area of the pack conveyor 18 between packer 11 and film wrapping machine 12 is a pack store 22 for receiving a larger number of cigarette packs 48 (without outer wrapper).
  • the production units described must be supplied with material.
  • the maker 10 is to be supplied with tobacco in sufficient quantity, as well as cigarette paper in the form of wound webs, namely bobbins. Furthermore, the maker 10 is also supplied in the form of bobbins wound filter cake so that the manufactured cigarettes can be supplied in the field of a filter attachment machine 23 with the appropriate material.
  • the other production units packaging material is also delivered in wound webs, so as bobbins. For the production of a collar which is customary with cigarette packs 48 of the folding box type, this also applies to an inner wrapper, a so-called inner liner of the cigarette group and to the outer wrapper made of film or cellophane.
  • a central bearing 24 is provided, in which the reels 25 of the different materials are stored, for example, on pallets.
  • a suitable conveying device for example a common material conveyor 26, is movable along a conveyor track 27 between the bearing 24 and the individual production units for the delivery of the reel material Requirement.
  • the bearing 24 may be constructed such that filter starting paper 28, collar material 29, innerliner material 30, film material 31 and cigarette paper 32 are positioned in the region of the conveyor track 27 for receipt by the material conveyor 26, respectively in favorable relative position to the associated one manufacturing unit.
  • the production process of the cigarettes until the production of the finished cigarette boxes filled with shipping boxes 20 is controlled by a control device 33, which with each manufacturing unit, especially with one of each or each manufacturing unit locally associated machine control 35, for example via a bus, in particular a field bus 34th or a local area network, in particular a PC network, is communicatively connected. Via the fieldbus 34, the control device 33 exchanges data with one or each production unit and transmits, e.g. Manipulated variables to the respective production unit or receives production-related data.
  • the control device 33 is e.g. a process computer or a central processing unit of a programmable logic controller.
  • codes for all materials used in the manufacture and packaging of the cigarettes are stored in a suitable data structure. Likewise, an allocation of a material to at least one production unit based on the code is stored in this memory.
  • FIG. 2 shows a view of the packer 11 (cf., view II in FIG.
  • the packer 11 processes by folding and gluing blanks 37, 38 as paper or cardboard blanks into cigarette packs.
  • the packer 11 processed on reels 25 vorhaltene starting materials such as paper or board webs.
  • a first and a second blank 37, 38 made of (thin) cardboard for the production of a cigarette box is shown in FIG.
  • Each blank is characterized by characteristic cut (thick lines) and folded edges (thin lines).
  • a so-called inner or foil block ie the embossed or sheathed cigarette block and a collar glue points 39 are provided.
  • the totality of all glue spots 39 is referred to as a glue pattern.
  • First and second cut 37, 38 differ by a long inner cover flap 40 and a short inner cover flap 41 and with respect to the glue pattern in the region of the respective inner cover flap 40,41.
  • the packer 11 For folding a respective blank 37, 38, the packer 11 (FIG. 1) has adjustable organs (not shown in detail), such as e.g. Folding members known per se, which are appropriately adjusted depending on the blank 37, 38 to be processed.
  • the packer 11 also not shown in detail, known per se glue nozzles for applying the glue points 39 on the respective blank 37, 38.
  • the or each glue nozzle is an adjustable organ, the adjustment being e.g. in a relative movement of individual glue nozzles to achieve a predetermined glue point 39 or in an activation or deactivation of individual glue nozzles in a combined in the manner of a matrix plurality of glue nozzles.
  • the transponder 46 is arranged, for example, on or in one foot of the bobbin core 45 and interacts with a reader 47 which is fixedly attached to the housing of the packer 11 in a corresponding position parallel to the axis of rotation of the bobbin 25.
  • the transponder 46 is disposed either on the bobbin core 45 or one end of the material web and cooperates with a stationary in a corresponding position in the interior of the pin 44 perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the reel 25 aligned reader 47 together.
  • Each transponder 46 arranged on the bobbin core 45 is preferably designed as a rewritable transponder 46.
  • the amount of each remaining material can be stored, so that with the reading of the material identifier eg also can be determined how many cigarette packs can still be produced or packaged with the remaining material.
  • a new material identifier and an associated quantity information can be stored on the transponder.
  • the attached to the material or on the bobbin 25 transponder 46 may also provide information about the respective material manufacturer, so that can be derived from this information and control signals for influencing individual production units and / or for adjusting adjustable organs.
  • the material of different manufacturers often has different physical properties.
  • the films for outer wrappings of cigarette packs 48 have different properties that may necessitate an adjustment, for example, the sealing temperature of sealing organs.
  • FIG 5 shows a view of the film wrapping machine 12 (see view V in FIG 1), each with supplied on bobbins 25 starting material.
  • a central region (view VI) of the film wrapping machine 12 is shown in FIG.
  • Cigarette packs 48 are wrapped in a film by the film wrapping machine 12, for this purpose they process a film web (cello web 49) and possibly a tear thread.
  • the substantially horizontal conveying path of the cigarette packs 48 through the film wrapping machine 12 is illustrated by corresponding arrows.
  • the wrapping film 64 (FIG. 9) is guided as a cello web 49 in the film wrapping machine 12 via various rollers.
  • the cello track 49 is also guided past an optical sensor designed as a light barrier 50.
  • the light barrier 50 serves to detect a printing mark provided on the cello web 49.
  • the light barrier 50 is an adjustable organ.
  • the adjustment consists, for example, in specifying a threshold value for the respectively delivered signal or in a variation of a time segment (machine angle) during which signals are evaluated by the light barrier 50 or in a relative movement of the light barrier 50 itself to examine predetermined positions on the cello track 49
  • the packaged cigarette packs 48 are guided along a first and second heater 51, 52, wherein the first heater 51 is provided for sealing a longitudinal seam of the film surrounding the cigarette pack 48 and the second heater 52 for sealing a lid and a bottom of the film wrapping ,
  • the or each heater 51, 52 is part of a sealing member which acts on the material to be sealed by both temperature and pressure.
  • the heater 51, 52 or the sealing organ, hereinafter collectively referred to as sealing organ is also an adjustable organ.
  • the adjustment consists in a specification such as a set temperature for the heating and possibly in the specification of a pressure. Above In addition, the adjustment can also include a relative movement in a sealing member, for example, to center the heater on to be sealed material ends.
  • the CCD camera 54 may be provided with data on an expected position of the band 53 on the cigarette pack 48 or other data on the appearance or appearance characteristics, such as gray portions, contrast or pattern, etc. of the band 53.
  • the CCD camera 54 can also be transmitted a plurality of different images for representing respectively different bands 53 and for comparison with the respectively recognized band 53.
  • incorrectly positioned, nonexistent or false bands 53 can be distinguished from correct bands 53.
  • the correct position of a band 53 may vary depending on the type of cigarette packs 48 produced.
  • FIG 7 shows as a detail (see view VII) of the film wrapping machine 12 the banding apparatus with a banderole 55, a driven by a servo motor 56 cam 57 for transport and to place each a banderole 53 on a cigarette pack 48 and a pressure washer 58 for fixing the set Banderole 53 on the cigarette pack 48 during further transport through the film wrapping machine 12.
  • a conveyor belt 59 is provided, on which the cigarette packs 48 rest.
  • the cigarette packs 48 are fixed on the conveyor belt 59 by equidistantly arranged drivers 60 in the transport direction (indicated by horizontally directed arrows).
  • the banding apparatus or at least its cam disc 57 together with the driving servomotor 56 in the following summarized as a banding apparatus is also an adjustable organ.
  • a banding apparatus By adjusting the banding apparatus, it is possible to configure this, for example, for a so-called flat application or a so-called Kocheck-placing the band 53.
  • 8 shows in the left-hand area a cigarette pack 48 with a flat-laid band 53 and in the right-hand area a cigarette pack 48 with a band 53 which runs over at least one corner of the cigarette pack 48 ("placed over corner").
  • the applied over corner banderole 53 is shown as a solid, bold line and the flat-laid band 53 dashed lines.
  • the cam disc 57 carries on the or each cam in each case a band 53.
  • the rotational movement of the cam disc 57 and the translational movement of the conveyor belt 59 with the overlying cigarette packs 48 are coordinated with each other, for example by means of an electric wave. The coordination ensures that whenever a cigarette pack 48 is located in a suitable position under the cam plate 57, and the cam with the band 53 is in a position for placing the band 53 on the cigarette pack 48.
  • the cam of the cam plate 57 is shown in the position for transversely placing the band 53 with a solid line and in the position for laying flat of the band 53 with a dashed line.
  • a first such line is produced by the cam in its position for laying flat the band 53 and a second such line through the cam in its position to Laying the band 53 an angle that describes a rotational offset of the two cam positions.
  • the adjustment of the banding apparatus is thus essentially in the specification of the respective position of the cam to a cigarette pack 48 located under the cam disc 57.
  • the rotation of the cam disc 57 is coupled to the movement of the conveyor belt 59.
  • the adjustment of the Banderolenapparates refers to a rotational offset in the sense of a lead or lag between the cam 57 and the conveyor belt 59.
  • the adjustment can be done by specifying a relative rotation to a reference position of the cam 57, in which case for adjusting the Banderolenapparates to flat how to apply the appropriate rotatory offset for the sake of interleaving.
  • the reference position can also correspond, for example, with the position for laying flat, so that the reference values are restored for an adjustment for laying flat and for an adjustment to Applying a suitable rotary offset is taken into account.
  • a third possibility of adjusting the banding apparatus is finally to delay or accelerate the conveyor belt 59 for a short time, so that the cigarette packs 48 are located in the respective required position under the cam disk 57 located above the cigarette pack 48 for placing the band 53.
  • FIGS. 9a and 9b show a first and a second parameter set 61, 62 and illustrate the effects on adjustable organs of individual production units in the selection of a parameter set 61, 62.
  • the data contained in a parameter set 61, 62 are illustrated by corresponding image symbols.
  • First and second parameter set 61, 62 are possibly together with other, not shown parameter sets in a memory area 63, z. B. a memory of the control device 33 (FIG 1) stored.
  • Each parameter set 61, 62 describes a product, such as a cigarette pack 48.
  • the first parameter set 61 describes a cigarette pack 48 of a first type and thus a product or a part of a product of a first type.
  • the second parameter set 62 describes a cigarette pack 48 of a second Kind and thus a product or a part of a product of a second kind.
  • Each parameter set 61, 62 comprises data of the starting materials required for the preparation of the respective product.
  • the first parameter set 61 comprises data on a first blank 37 and the second parameter set 62 on data on a second blank 38.
  • each parameter set 61, 62 comprises data on a wrapping film 64 which is used as film web 49 (FIG. 6) in the film wrapping machine 11 (FIG. FIG. 6).
  • each parameter set 61, 62 may include data on other required starting materials.
  • Each parameter set 61, 62 comprises at least one identifier 65, eg distinguishes a first blank 37, such as a paper or board blank of a first manufacturer, from a basically similar first blank 37 of a second manufacturer.
  • Each identifier 65 identifies a valid source material.
  • each parameter set 61, 62 is represented in the form of a tabular or matrix-like structure with four columns 69, 70, 71, 72.
  • the first column 69 also forms a head of the parameter set 61, 62 in the manner of a heading.
  • an operator can be represented graphically or textually on a display device, such as a screen, by means of the information associated with this first column 69 or the subsequent complete parameter set 61, 62, for example for selecting the data set 61, 62.
  • the second column 70 comprises the required starting materials.
  • the equivalent of the second column 70 in the memory is, for example, a field with a certain number of field elements, wherein a separate field element is provided for each required starting material.
  • Each element of the column 70 with a first element with the blank 37, 38, a second element with the wrapping film 64 and possibly other elements not shown corresponds to such a field element.
  • the equivalent of the second column 70 in the memory can also be a dynamic data structure, eg a list concatenated on one or two sides. Such a list comprises a number of list elements matched to the number of required starting materials, each element of the column 70 corresponding to such a list element.
  • the third column 71 includes a number of identifiers 65 for each required starting material, each identifier 65 identifying an acceptable starting material.
  • each identifier 65 identifying an acceptable starting material.
  • two identifications 65 and each wrapping film 64 are associated with three identifiers 65 for each blank 37, 38.
  • the two identifiers 65 to the or each blank 37, 38 and the three identifiers 65 to each wrapping film 64 are each stored in memory in their own fields, each identifier 65 corresponds to a field element.
  • the fourth column 72 comprises for each identifier 65 data for the respective valid source material identified by the identifier 65.
  • These data can also include manipulated variables for adjusting adjustable organs. If the manipulated variables are not stored in the parameter set 61, 62, they are located in a separate database 66. Otherwise, these data include, for example, information on the nature of the respective permissible starting material, such as thickness or weight. Overall, this results in a hierarchical structure in the memory.
  • a first field comprises a number of field elements, each field element being a parameter set 61, 62 equivalent.
  • Each parameter set 61, 62 comprises a second field with a number of field elements, each field element corresponding to a required starting material.
  • Each of these field elements comprises a third field with a number of field elements, each field element comprising an identifier 65 for identifying a permitted starting material.
  • Each of these field elements is assigned data for the respective starting material.
  • the change of products of the first type to products of the second type is effected, for example, by selecting the second parameter set 62 instead of the previously selected first parameter set 61.
  • Selection or suitably determined data are in contrast to the unselected or unsuitable ones indicated by dashed arrows Data indicated by solid arrows or filled arrowheads.
  • This selection makes an operator eg by means of an input and output unit, such as keyboard and screen of the control device 33 (FIG 1).
  • the material identifier of the starting materials present at the respective production units is checked. This can be done by reading the material identifier assigned to the or each starting material.
  • means such as, in particular, a transponder 46 (FIG. 4) and an associated reader 47 (FIG.
  • each production unit for receiving a respective material identifier of the or each respectively supplied starting material are provided for each production unit.
  • the material identifier is stored in a bobbin 25 (FIG. 4) having the starting material stored, for example, in a bobbin 25 assigned transponder 46.
  • the or each production unit is associated with a machine control 35 (see also FIG. 1), under the control of which, triggered by the control device 33, the material code is read out. If a production unit has recorded the material identifier of the respectively supplied starting material, it is checked whether a suitable identifier 65 is contained in the parameter set 62 selected during the product change.
  • an error message is generated, which is output, for example, on a screen associated with the controller 33.
  • a recorded material identifier and an identifier 65 in the parameter set 62 match, for example, if they match completely or in a predetermined or predeterminable number of significant bits.
  • each production unit has suitable starting material is automatically supplied according to the selected parameter set 62, such as by the material conveyor 26 (FIG. 1).
  • the material identifier is read out from the stock material stored in the bearing 24 (FIG. 1) and removed from the bearing 24 when a starting material with a material identifier matching the identifier 65 is found and supplied to the respective production unit. If at least one production unit can not supply the or each required starting material, an error message is generated.
  • a manipulated variable associated with the identified identifier 65 or the recorded material identifier is transmitted to the respective production unit for adjusting the or each adjustable member of the production unit.
  • the or each manipulated variable is taken either from the selected parameter set 62 or from the database 66, in which access to the respective manipulated variable on the basis of the determined identifier 65 or the recorded material identifier in the manner of an index or the like is possible.
  • 67 identifies material-specific data 68, such as the identification 65 or material identification in an operating data acquisition. Consumption or scrap or failure rates are archived to identify which material is best in the production process.
  • the access to this material-specific data 68 is based on an identifier 65, possibly the same identifier 65, which is also used in the parameter set 61, 62, in the manner of an index.
  • the respective material-specific data 68 are shown as an image symbol in the form of a floppy disk.
  • the operating data acquisition 67 is carried out in particular for different products, e.g. different types of cigarette packs 48, separated.
  • the hitherto valid settings of the or each manufacturing unit and / or the or each adjustable organ are stored for eventual later reuse.
  • the settings saved in this way can also differ from the stored manipulated variables and If necessary, replace them if the settings are based on adjustments made by the operating personnel. Then you can select whether the last valid settings have improved the production process. If this is the case, the associated manipulated variables in the database 66 are modified accordingly. This enables a continuous improvement of the production process in the manner of an evolutionary strategy.
  • the data stored in this way include z. B. the data for adjusting the CCD camera 54 as stated above.
  • the storage of the last valid settings prior to the product change is illustrated by a data record 73 assigned to the respective machine control 35.
  • the data record 73 contains data for adjusting the adjustable organ for producing the product of the first type, such as the cigarette pack 48, which were used until the product change in the production process (arrow from the cigarette pack 48 to the data record 73 shown in dashed lines).
  • individual or all data such. B. in accordance with a selection of an operator, taken into the database 66.
  • each with a label 65 or material identifier associated variables in the database 66 is a cam plate 57 (see also FIG 7), a light barrier 50 (see also FIG 6) as an optical sensor, a heater 51 (see also FIG 6) as a sealing organ and a variable length of wrapping film 64.
  • One or more identifiers 65 may be associated with a single manipulated variable. This makes it possible to take into account that a single starting material, the adjustment of several adjustable organs or a plurality of permissible starting materials may require an individual adjustment of the same adjustable organ.
  • the or each determined manipulated variable is transmitted from the database 66 (or the selected parameter set 62) to the respective functional unit or its machine control 35 and causes a movable adjustable organ, for example, a change of a relative position with respect to a reference position.
  • a movable adjustable organ for example, a change of a relative position with respect to a reference position.
  • the banding apparatus causes the transmission of the manipulated variable, for example, influencing the rotational offset of the cam 57 of the film wrapping machine 12.
  • the transmission of the manipulated variable for example, a suitable evaluation of the light barrier 50 of the film wrapping machine 12 supplied as an optical sensor data and an adjustment of the temperature of Heating 51 of the sealing member of the film wrapping machine 12.
  • the transmission of the manipulated variable for example, causes the setting of a cutting length for cutting film blanks from the wrapping film 64.
  • Access to the database 66 is based on the respective identifier 65 of the selected or provided starting material.
  • the database 66 is essentially realized in the memory as a field, referred to below as product-type-related parameter set 74, with a number of field elements.
  • Each product type-related parameter set 74 corresponds to a product, e.g. a cigarette pack 48 and comprises, again as a field with a number of field elements, a matrix whose columns 75 are assigned to individual output materials or machine configurations and their rows 76 to the respective manipulated variables. If a starting material requires influencing of a manipulated variable, that is to say an adjustment of an adjustable element, the identifier 65 of the starting material is entered in the field assigned to the respective column 75 and line 76.
  • the product type related parameter set 74 comprises e.g. Manipulated variables for adjusting a folding member for folding the cigarette pack and / or manipulated variables for adjusting glue nozzles for applying the required glue pattern.
  • the product type-related parameter set 74 includes e.g. Manipulated variables for the adjustment of an optical sensor, such as a light barrier 50 (see also FIG. 6), for detecting e.g. Print marks on the wrapping film 64.
  • FIG. 10 shows the product-type-related parameter set 74 from FIG. 9b. Shown is a parameter set relating to a specific product, a cigarette pack 48, which comprises parameters, ie manipulated variables, for adjusting adjustable organs. The manipulated variables are only shown by the adjustable organs themselves.
  • the product-type-related parameter set 74 it is also possible to take account of dependencies of individual starting materials among one another. If, for example, a temperature of, for example, 160 ° C. is specified for a wrapping film 64 as a control variable for the heating 51 of the sealing member, then in the case of a blank 37 with a coating with high heat conductivity this temperature is not sufficient for securely sealing the material ends.
  • the product-type-related parameter set 74 contains, for example, a temperature of, for example, 165 ° C. for the heating 51 as the manipulated variable, with which the wrapping film 64 can also be securely sealed in conjunction with the special blank 37.
  • the situation is similar with respect to a blank 37 and a band 53 to be applied thereto. For a specific blank 37 and a particular band 53, it may be provided that this band 53 is always placed over the corner.
  • the product-type-related parameter set 74 then contains for this combination of starting materials a manipulated variable for adjusting the cam disk 57 to be laid over.
  • the parameter set in the corresponding line 76 contains only the identifier of the respective starting material.
  • the or each product type related parameter set 74 may be extended or updated during operation of the line. Upon extension, additional identifiers 65 of one or more source materials are received, thereby generating another row 76 with a manipulated variable associated with the raw material (s). In the case of an update, the manipulated variable for an existing line 76 is adapted to the more favorable values determined during the operation of the line.
  • the extension or update of the product type-related parameter set 74 is transparent to the user. This means that the user, the operator of the line, for example, actuates a key to accept the data of the current production.
  • the corresponding product type-related parameter set 74 is then determined on the basis of the respectively produced product, that is, for example, based on the manufactured cigarette pack 48.
  • the manipulated variable for adjusting the light barrier 50 depends only on the wrapping film 64 used.
  • the manipulated variable for adjusting the heater 51 is dependent on the combination of wrapping film 64 and blank 37 and the manipulated variable for adjusting the cam disk 57 is dependent on the combination of blank 37 and band 53.
  • At least one column 75 for machine configurations is provided in the product-type-related parameter set 74, which can likewise influence the adjustment of adjustable organs.
  • an adjustment curve 77 for a cutting device for separating the wrapping film 64 is provided.
  • a machine configuration value 78 describing the machine configuration is entered.
  • the numerical value "06" indicates the sixth stage of the readjustment of the cutting device due to wear.
  • Line 76 with machine configuration value 78 is used when a wrapping film 64 is used along with a blank 37 with the indicia 65 indicated in line 76 and when the cutter is in the readjustment level indicated at machine configuration value 78.
  • a length of individual foil blanks influencing control value is output to the machine controller 35.
  • the extension or addition of the product-type-related parameter set 74 is also possible with respect to such machine configurations. That If the cutting device is only in the third stage of the readjustment and the operator retrieves a transfer of current data and the product-type-related parameter set 74, a further line 76 is generated, the identifiers 65 of wrapping film 64 and blank 37, as machine configuration value 78 the numerical value " 03 "and the current manipulated variable for specifying the length of the film blank includes.
  • the parameter sets 61, 62 as well as the database 66 and the operating data acquisition 67 can, for. B. stored in the memory of the controller 33.
  • the parameter sets 61, 62 and / or the database 66 and / or the operating data acquisition 62 also distributed, so z. B. be stored in a memory of each machine control. This makes the control device 33 unnecessary in the sense of a central control, so that each production unit by its own, decentralized machine control 35th is controllable. This can also be done optimizing the parameters for adjusting adjustable organs for each machine control 35 individually.

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  1. Chaîne d'installation de fabrication et d'emballage, comportant un dispositif de commande (33) et des unités de fabrication comprenant des organes respectivement ajustables, comme notamment une machine de fabrication (de cigarettes) (producteur 10), une machine à emballer (emballeuse 11), le cas échéant une machine de mise sous film (12), le cas échéant une emballeuse en bottes (emballeuse en cartouches 13) et le cas échéant une emballeuse sous carton (cartonneuse 14), pour la fabrication et notamment l'emballage prêt à l'expédition d'abord de produits - cigarettes et emballages de cigarettes- d'un premier type et ensuite de produits d'un deuxième type respectivement à partir de matières de base, comme notamment des découpes (37, 38) telles que des découpes de papier ou de carton, du film ou similaires,
    caractérisée en ce que,
    dans une mémoire du dispositif de commande (33), sont sauvegardés de manière sélectionnable au moins un premier jeu (61) de paramètres associé aux produits du premier type et un deuxième jeu (62) de paramètres associé aux produits du deuxième type et qu'en cas de sélection d'un jeu de paramètres (61, 62) de la ou de chaque unité de fabrication, sur la base des paramètres sélectionnés, l'unité de commande (33) peut transmettre une grandeur de réglage pour l'ajustement de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable.
  2. Chaîne d'installation de fabrication et d'emballage, comportant un dispositif de commande (33) et des unités de fabrication comprenant des organes respectivement ajustables, comme notamment une machine de fabrication (de cigarettes) (producteur 10), une machine à emballer (emballeuse 11), le cas échéant une machine de mise sous film (12), le cas échéant une emballeuse en bottes (emballeuse en cartouches 13) et le cas échéant une emballeuse sous carton (cartonneuse 14), pour la fabrication et notamment l'emballage prêt à l'expédition d'abord de produits - cigarettes et emballages de cigarettes - d'un premier type et ensuite de produits d'un deuxième type respectivement à partir de matières de base, comme notamment des découpes (37, 38) telles que des découpes de papier ou de carton, du film ou similaires,
    caractérisée en ce que,
    dans une mémoire du dispositif de commande (33), sont sauvegardés de manière sélectionnable au moins un premier jeu de paramètres (61) associé aux produits du premier type et un deuxième jeu de paramètres (62) associé aux produits du deuxième type, comprenant pour chaque matière de base dont on a besoin un indicatif (64) et que
    soit
    - on peut déterminer, pour la matière de base présente dans l'unité ou dans chaque unité de fabrication, un indicatif de matière et
    - qu'en cas de sélection d'un jeu de paramètres (61, 62), l'indicatif de matière de la matière de base présente dans l'unité ou dans chaque unité de fabrication peut être comparé à l'indicatif correspondant (64) du jeu de paramètres sélectionné (62),
    soit
    - la matière de base utilisable dans l'unité ou dans chaque unité de fabrication comporte un indicatif de matière lisible et
    - qu'en cas de sélection d'un jeu de paramètres (61, 62), de la matière utilisable peut être acheminée vers l'unité ou chaque unité de fabrication sur la base de l'indicatif (64) du jeu de paramètres sélectionné (62).
  3. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce qu'il peut être généré un message d'erreur si au moins un indicatif de matière déterminé ne coïncide pas avec l'indicatif correspondant (64) du jeu de paramètres sélectionné (62).
  4. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que chaque jeu de paramètres (61, 62) contient un certain nombre de matières de base nécessaires et au moins un indicatif (65) pour la ou pour chaque matière de base nécessaire.
  5. Chaîne d'installation de fabrication et d'emballage, comportant un dispositif de commande (33) et des unités de fabrication comprenant des organes respectivement ajustables, comme notamment une machine de fabrication (de cigarettes) (producteur 10), une machine à emballer (emballeuse 11), le cas échéant une machine de mise sous film (12), le cas échéant une emballeuse en bottes (emballeuse en cartouches 13) et le cas échéant une emballeuse sous carton (cartonneuse 14), pour la fabrication et notamment l'emballage prêt à l'expédition d'abord de produits - cigarettes et emballages de cigarettes - d'un premier type et ensuite de produits d'un deuxième type respectivement à partir de matières de base, comme notamment des découpes (37, 38) telles que des découpes de papier ou de carton, du film ou similaires,
    caractérisée en ce que,
    dans une mémoire du dispositif de commande (33), sont sauvegardés de manière sélectionnable au moins un premier jeu (61) de paramètres associé aux produits du premier type et un deuxième jeu (62) de paramètres associé aux produits du deuxième type,
    chaque jeu de paramètres (61, 62) contient un certain nombre de matières de base nécessaires,
    dans la mémoire est sauvegardé au moins un jeu de paramètres (74) se rapportant au type de produit pour la combinaison des matières de base,
    en cas de sélection d'un jeu de paramètres (61, 62), l'unité de commande (33) peut, sur la base des paramètres sélectionnés et/ou du jeu de paramètres se rapportant au produit (74), transmettre à l'unité ou à chaque unité de fabrication une grandeur de réglage pour l'ajustement de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable.
  6. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que le jeu de paramètres se rapportant au produit (74) comprend des combinaisons prescrites ou prescriptibles de matières de base et pour chaque combinaison au moins une grandeur de réglage pour l'ajustement d'un organe ajustable.
  7. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que chaque jeu de paramètres (61, 62) et le jeu de paramètres se rapportant au produit (74) comporte pour chaque matière de base un indicatif (65) et que la transmission de la grandeur de réglage a lieu sur la base de l'indicatif (65).
  8. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisée en ce que la matière de base comprend un indicatif de matière et que celui-ci, dans la mesure où la matière de base est gardée en réserve sous forme de bande de matière sur une bobine (25) à noyau de bobine (45), est sauvegardé dans un transpondeur (46), en particulier réinscriptible.
  9. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que le transpondeur (46) est disposé sur ou dans un pied du noyau de bobine (45) et coopère avec un lecteur (47) orienté fixement dans une position correspondante parallèlement à l'axe de rotation de la bobine (25).
  10. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que le transpondeur (46) est disposé soit sur le noyau de la bobine (45), soit à l'extrémité de la bande de matière et coopère avec un lecteur (47) orienté fixement dans une position correspondante perpendiculairement à l'axe de rotation de la bobine (25).
  11. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisée en ce que chaque unité de fabrication comporte des moyens, notamment le transpondeur (46) et le lecteur associé (47), permettant de relever respectivement un indicatif de matière de la ou de chaque matière de base respectivement acheminée et que l'unité de commande (33), en cas de détermination d'un indicatif (65) correspondant à un indicatif de matière du jeu de paramètres (61, 62), peut transmettre à l'unité de fabrication respective une grandeur de réglage associée à cet indicatif (65) ou indicatif de matière pour l'ajustement de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable.
  12. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisée en ce qu'à chaque unité de fabrication peut être acheminée la ou chaque matière de base nécessaire dotée d'un indicatif, en tenant compte d'une comparaison de l'indicatif (65) et de l'indicatif de matière, et que l'unité de commande (33) peut transmettre une grandeur de réglage associée à cet indicatif (65) ou indicatif de matière pour l'ajustement de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable.
  13. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisée en ce que l'unité de commande (33) est reliée au niveau communication à l'unité ou à chaque unité de fabrication, notamment par un bus de champ (34).
  14. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisée en ce qu'il est prévu, pour chaque type de produit, au moins un jeu de paramètres se rapportant au type de produit pour tenir compte de la dépendance mutuelle des différentes matières de base et qu'au lieu d'une grandeur de réglage associée à une matière de base dépendant d'une autre matière de base, une grandeur de réglage associée à un paramètre correspondant du jeu de paramètres se rapportant au type de produit peut être transmise à l'unité de fabrication respective.
  15. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisée en ce qu'une position relative de l'organe ajustable peut être modifiée en se référant à une position de référence.
  16. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins un des organes ajustables est un appareil à banderole comprenant un disque à cames tournant (57) pour des découpes, notamment des banderoles (53), dont la rotation est couplée à au moins un autre composant mobile ou en mouvement de l'unité de fabrication respective et que l'ajustement se réfère à un décalage rotatoire entre le disque à cames (57) et le ou chaque autre composant.
  17. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins un des organes ajustables est un organe de pliage notamment de la machine à emballer (emballeuse 1) et que l'ajustement se réfère à une succession de plis ou une pression de pliage ou qu'au moins un des organes ajustables est un organe de chauffage et/ou de pression notamment de la machine de mise sous film (12) et que l'ajustement se réfère à une température et/ou une pression pouvant être exercée de l'organe.
  18. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins un des organes ajustables est un capteur optique, comme une caméra, particulièrement une caméra CCD (54) ou comprend un capteur optique, comme une barrière lumineuse (50), et que l'ajustement influe sur les caractéristiques de réponse du capteur.
  19. Installation de fabrication et d'emballage selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes ou l'une des autres revendications, caractérisée en ce qu'avant l'ajustement de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable, les réglages valables jusqu'alors de l'unité ou de chaque unité de fabrication et/ou de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable peuvent être sauvegardés pour une éventuelle réutilisation ultérieure.
  20. Procédé de commande d'une installation de fabrication et d'emballage, comportant des unités de fabrication comprenant des organes respectivement ajustables, comme notamment une machine de fabrication (de cigarettes) (producteur 10), une machine à emballer (emballeuse 11), le cas échéant une machine de mise sous film (12), le cas échéant une emballeuse en bottes (emballeuse en cartouches 13) et le cas échéant une emballeuse sous carton (cartonneuse 14), pour la fabrication et notamment l'emballage prêt à l'expédition d'abord de produits - cigarettes et emballages de cigarettes - d'un premier type et ensuite de produits d'un deuxième type respectivement à partir de matières de base, comme notamment des découpes (37, 38) telles que des découpes de papier ou de carton, du film ou similaires,
    caractérisée en ce que,
    pour passer des produits du premier type aux produits du deuxième type, on sélectionne un jeu de paramètres corrélatifs (61, 62) et
    que, sur la base des paramètres sélectionnés (62), il y a un ajustement de ou de chaque organe ajustable de l'unité ou de chaque unité de fabrication.
  21. Procédé de commande d'une installation de fabrication et d'emballage, comportant des unités de fabrication comprenant des organes respectivement ajustables, comme notamment une machine de fabrication (de cigarettes) (producteur 10), une machine à emballer (emballeuse 11, le cas échéant une machine de mise sous film (12), le cas échéant une emballeuse en bottes (emballeuse en cartouches 13) et le cas échéant une emballeuse sous carton (cartonneuse 14), pour la fabrication et notamment l'emballage prêt à l'expédition d'abord de produits - cigarettes et emballages de cigarettes - d'un premier type et ensuite de produits d'un deuxième type respectivement à partir de matières de base, comme notamment des découpes (37, 38) telles que des découpes de papier ou de carton, du film ou similaires,
    caractérisé en ce que,
    pour passer des produits du premier type aux produits du deuxième type, on sélectionne un jeu de paramètres corrélatifs (61, 62) comprenant pour chaque matière de base nécessaire un indicatif (64) et que
    soit
    - on détermine, pour la matière de base présente dans l'unité ou dans chaque unité de fabrication, un indicatif de matière et
    - on compare l'indicatif de matière de la matière de base présente dans l'unité ou dans chaque unité de fabrication à l'indicatif correspondant (64) du jeu de paramètres sélectionné (62),
    soit,
    - en cas de sélection d'un jeu de paramètres (61, 62) de l'unité ou de chaque unité de fabrication, de la matière utilisable est acheminée vers l'unité ou chaque unité de fabrication sur la base de l'indicatif (64) du jeu de paramètres sélectionné (62) ainsi que d'un indicatif de matière pouvant être lu de la matière de base.
  22. Procédé selon la revendication 21, caractérisé en ce qu'il est généré un message d'erreur si au moins un indicatif de matière ne coïncide pas avec l'indicatif correspondant (64) du jeu de paramètres sélectionné (62).
  23. Procédé selon la revendication 20, 21 ou 22, caractérisé en ce que chaque jeu de paramètres (61, 62) contient un certain nombre de matières de base nécessaires et au moins un indicatif (65) pour chaque matière de base nécessaire, que chaque unité de fabrication relève respectivement un indicatif de matière de la ou de chaque matière de base respectivement acheminée et qu'en cas de détermination d'un indicatif (65) correspondant à un indicatif de matière du jeu de paramètres (61, 62), une grandeur de réglage associée à l'indicatif (65) ou l'indicatif de matière est envoyée à l'unité de fabrication respective pour l'ajustement de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable.
  24. Procédé de commande d'une ligne d'installation de fabrication et d'emballage, comportant des unités de fabrication comprenant des organes respectivement ajustables, comme notamment une machine de fabrication (de cigarettes) (producteur 10), une machine à emballer (emballeuse 11), le cas échéant une machine de mise sous film (12), le cas échéant une emballeuse en bottes (emballeuse en cartouches 13) et le cas échéant une emballeuse sous carton (cartonneuse 14), pour la fabrication et notamment l'emballage prêt à l'expédition d'abord de produits - cigarettes et emballages de cigarettes - d'un premier type et ensuite de produits d'un deuxième type respectivement à partir de matières de base, comme notamment des découpes (37, 38) telles que des découpes de papier ou de carton, du film ou similaires,
    caractérisé en ce que,
    pour passer des produits du premier type aux produits du deuxième type, on sélectionne un jeu de paramètres corrélatifs (61, 62) comprenant un certain nombre de matières de base nécessaires et qu'en cas de sélection d'un jeu de paramètres (61, 62) l'unité de commande (33), sur la base des paramètres sélectionnés et d'un jeu de paramètres se rapportant au produit (74) comprenant des combinaisons prescrites ou prescriptibles de matières de base et pour chaque combinaison au moins une grandeur de réglage pour l'ajustement d'un organe ajustable, transmet à l'unité ou à chaque unité de fabrication une grandeur de réglage pour l'ajustement de ou de chaque organe ajustable.
  25. Procédé selon la revendication 24, caractérisé en ce que chaque jeu de paramètres (61, 62) et le jeu de paramètres se rapportant au produit (74) comporte un indicatif (65) pour chaque matière de base et que la transmission de la grandeur de réglage a lieu sur la base de l'indicatif (65).
  26. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 à 25, caractérisé en ce que chaque jeu de paramètres (61, 62) contient un certain nombre de matières de base nécessaires et au moins un indicatif (65) pour chaque matière de base nécessaire, qu'à chaque unité de fabrication est acheminée la ou chaque matière de base pourvue d'un indicatif de matière en tenant compte d'une comparaison de l'indicatif (65) et de l'indicatif de matière et qu'une grandeur de réglage associée à l'indicatif (65) ou l'indicatif de matière est transmise pour l'ajustement de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable.
  27. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 à 26, caractérisé en ce que la grandeur de réglage est extraite d'une base de données (66) à laquelle on accède au moyen de l'indicatif de matière ou de l'indicatif (65) du jeu de paramètres (61, 62).
  28. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 à 27, caractérisé en ce qu'un message d'erreur est généré si on ne trouve pas un indicatif (65) correspondant à au moins un indicatif de matière dans le jeu de paramètres sélectionné (62).
  29. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 à 28, caractérisé en ce qu'un message d'erreur est généré si la ou chaque matière de base nécessaire ne peut être acheminée vers au moins une unité de fabrication.
  30. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 à 29, caractérisé en ce que la fabrication et l'emballage de produits du deuxième type commencent si on trouve pour chaque indicatif de matière un indicatif correspondant (65) dans le jeu de paramètres sélectionné et si, sur la base de la grandeur de réglage respective corrélative, l'ajustement de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable a été fait.
  31. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 à 30, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu pour chaque type de produit au moins un jeu de paramètres se rapportant au type de produit pour tenir compte de la dépendance mutuelle des différentes matières de base et que chaque grandeur de réglage associée à une matière de base dépendant d'une autre matière de base est remplacée par une grandeur de réglage associée à un paramètre correspondant du jeu de paramètres se rapportant au produit.
  32. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 20 à 31, caractérisé en ce qu'avant l'ajustement de l'organe ou de chaque organe, les réglages valables jusqu'alors de l'unité ou de chaque unité de fabrication et/ou de l'organe ou de chaque organe ajustable sont sauvegardés.
  33. Dispositif de commande pour la réalisation du procédé selon l'une quelconque ou plusieurs des revendications 20 à 32, comprenant une mémoire (66) et au moins une interface de communication, caractérisé en ce que, dans la mémoire (66), sont sauvegardés au moins un premier jeu de paramètres (61) associé à des produits du premier type et un deuxième jeu de paramètres (62) associé à des produits du deuxième type et qu'en cas de sélection d'un jeu de paramètres (61, 62), l'interface de communication peut, pour ajuster l'organe ou chaque organe ajustable, transmettre une grandeur de réglage à l'unité ou à chaque unité de fabrication.
  34. Dispositif de commande selon la revendication 33, caractérisé en ce qu'à l'interface ou à chaque interface de communication est raccordée une ligne de communication, notamment une ligne à bus de champ (34) et à celle-ci au moins une unité de fabrication.
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