EP2509903B1 - Dispositif de commande, produit de programme informatique, et procédé de commande d'une installation de traitement de produits d'impression - Google Patents

Dispositif de commande, produit de programme informatique, et procédé de commande d'une installation de traitement de produits d'impression Download PDF

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EP2509903B1
EP2509903B1 EP10787988.4A EP10787988A EP2509903B1 EP 2509903 B1 EP2509903 B1 EP 2509903B1 EP 10787988 A EP10787988 A EP 10787988A EP 2509903 B1 EP2509903 B1 EP 2509903B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/055—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles by collecting in juxtaposed carriers
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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  • the present invention relates to a computerized control device and a computer-implemented method for controlling a print product processing system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a computerized control device and a computer-implemented method for controlling a print product processing system comprising a collection system having a conveyor and a plurality of feed conveyors for creating product collections of products fed from the feed conveyors, in particular printed products.
  • An encircling conveyor allows the transport of products, product collections or collection carriers along a closed curve cyclically past the product-feeding feeders.
  • Product collections carry out several cycles on the revolving conveyor, so that they are repeatedly fed to the process of gathering before they are handed over to a further processing plants.
  • peripheral design of the conveyor allows as an alternative faulty collections, especially incomplete collections with missing products, to complete each of the finishing plants and waste past, in another cycle on the rotating conveyor to pass again to the product-supplying feeders.
  • product collections returned to the process in this way often have a negative effect on the net output of the collection system and thus of the print product processing system, since they cause empty rounds, particularly in the case of successive production of differently structured product collections.
  • EP 1 338 542 describes for a collection system with multiple feeders a production-preliminary determination of optimal batch sequences, which allow the smallest possible change in product occupancy in the feeders.
  • US 2004/0073330 describes a collection system, for example for newspapers, which is controlled by a central control computer.
  • the central control computer receives sensor information from equipment and, based thereon, calculates an optimal overall throughput rate in real time.
  • the control computer also determines which conditioning elements must be set differently to achieve the optimal overall throughput rate and makes the appropriate adjustments.
  • the document also describes a task table with functions that are executed at a definable time and that are arranged in the sequence to be executed. The task table is loaded at the beginning of production, as the user changes the configuration of the machine, the task table is adjusted accordingly, for example by removing or adding functions and changing the execution sequence.
  • EP 2 107 023 describes the automated activation of a repair mode when detecting an error in the sequence of a product stream created from sheet products.
  • the repair mode is activated for the product flow by a control unit connected to the conveyor if, due to the nature of a detected product, it detects a deviation from a stored sequence or receives an error message about a missing or defective product.
  • the delivery of new products to the conveyor is interrupted and the products already deposited on the conveyor become again along a closed trajectory back to the grouping line and the resulting gap (s) and possible empty rounds on the conveyor are accepted.
  • a computerized control device for controlling a print product processing system which comprises a collecting system with a conveyor and a plurality of feed conveyors for producing product collections from products supplied by the feed conveyors, which define a configuration of the print product processing facility to acquire and store in the computerized control device production configuration parameters that define the production of product collections created from a plurality of supplied products that during production in the runtime data is determined such that in the computerized control device, one of a plurality of defined production strategies is dynamically selected during production based on the stored investment configuration parameters, the stored production configuration parameters and the determined runtime data, which respectively determine the control of the print product processing facility and which stored instructions and / or Include control parameters for controlling the print product processing system, and that the selected stored production strategy is activated to control the print product processing system.
  • runtime data based on the term "run time” (runtime) used in English, especially in computer science, are data, in particular data values, which (dynamically) accrue at the time of production, ie during the productive operation of the print product processing system, and before Start of production, as defined before the operation of the print product processing plant (static).
  • the term term is not to be understood in terms of a measured period of time, but as the production time, ie the period in which the print product processing system is productive. Accordingly, the values of run-time-dependent parameters or variables are not known prior to the start of production but are only defined during production time by the corresponding current runtime data.
  • the automatic selection of a production strategy for controlling the print product processing system during production based on the system and product configuration and runtime data enables a dynamic adaptation of the creation and further processing of product collections to current events, states and / or configurations of the print product processing system.
  • the automatic selection of a production strategy allows a dynamic adaptation of the production to changing conditions in the production and in the production plant.
  • the delivery of new products on the conveyor interrupted and already deposited products along a closed trajectory promoted back but it can be dynamically activated a variety of defined production strategies, which are flexibly selected depending on the current configurations of the print product processing system.
  • At least certain run-time-dependent system configuration parameters or production configuration parameters are recorded and stored during production.
  • system configuration parameters and / or production configuration parameters are captured and stored during production.
  • a dynamic adaptation of the creation and further processing of product collections in real time or close to real time to runtime dependent and / or user specified investment conditions and / or production variables of the print product processing facility is enabled.
  • a repair mode is not activated only when a production error is detected, but depending on changes in the configurations of the print product processing system, a wide variety of defined production strategies can be selected and activated dynamically during production.
  • the runtime data indicates a production error that occurred in the creation of a product collection
  • the defined production strategy is selected depending on the detected production defect based on the installation configuration parameters and the production configuration parameters.
  • the runtime data indicates a detected error in the compilation of a product collection, eg a product missing in the product collection.
  • the runtime data is entered by a user during production via a user interface, e.g. by adding, changing and / or deleting, and saved.
  • a user interface e.g. by adding, changing and / or deleting, and saved.
  • an efficient and flexible possibility is created to dynamically influence the creation and further processing of product collections. For example, it is possible to enter current weather data for specific geographical areas for which weather-dependent routes or addresses for the provision, arrangement and delivery of product collections are then determined and activated at production time.
  • runtime data may also be provided and determined from a computerized data source via a communication interface.
  • the defined production strategies bring about a different activation of the feed conveyors for a different supply of the products.
  • the different production strategies are, for example, arranged to cause such different control of the print product processing system when detecting an incomplete product collection with a missing product that further products are supplied to the incomplete product collection as it continues on the conveyor through the feeders and / or only selected further products for the creation of the product collection with a different structure are supplied (collection conversion).
  • the defined production strategies bring about a different activation of a transfer unit, which transfers a created product collection to a further processing installation or leaves it on a revolving conveyor and again leads past the supply conveyors.
  • the different production strategies are arranged to cause such differential control of the print product processing system upon detection of an incomplete product collection with a missing product that the incomplete product collection will complete to completion with the missing product in one (or more) additional cycle on the revolving conveyor is passed past the respective feeders, or is discarded for manual completion or as waste.
  • the defined production strategies bring about a different activation of a waste gate, which feeds a faulty product collection to a waste paper discharge or continues on the conveyor.
  • the defined production strategies cause a different speed control of the conveyor, which cause different speeds of the conveyor.
  • the installation configuration parameters include, for example, information on the number of feeders, the position of the feeders (in relation to the conveyor), the number of collection carriers, the number of switchable stacking stations, the position of the switchable stacking stations, the number of waste macros respectively waste ejections and / or the position of the waste macros Makulaturausschleusungen.
  • the production configuration parameters include, for example, information about the number of product collections to be generated, route information for the delivery of parcels with product collections, address information for the delivery of packages or product collections, information on the number of empty positions on the conveyor between the production of different product collections, eg the number of empty collection carriers between the successive production of different product collections, information on the number of product collections in increased production (redundancy), the structure of a product collection (order and type of products in a product collection), the size of a product collection, the number of products, the allocation of the feeders, the split operation of feeders (ie the allocation of several feeders with the same products, eg for efficient feeding in case of thick products or as a redundant backup for failures of feeders), the treatment of excess collections and / or the fault tolerance, eg the tolerance of false prints per product, the tolerance of product collection f Errors, tolerance of package errors, tolerance of product sequence errors, tolerance of additional products in a product collection, and / or tolerance for route compliance of packages and / or order of packages.
  • the route conformity refers to the fact that the stacking of the product collections in packages and / or the order in the arrangement of created packages according to defined route information respectively addresses for an efficient delivery of the packages respectively product collections takes place.
  • Configuration conditions are stored associated with the defined production strategies, which comprise defined minimum and / or maximum values for specific plant configuration parameters and / or production configuration parameters, and the defined production strategies are respectively selected depending on whether the assigned configuration conditions are met. Non-compliance with configuration conditions may also result in a deactivation of the corresponding production strategy (s).
  • the plant configuration parameters include, for example, the number of stacking stations for stacking product collections, ie, package forming, which is the conveyor and one of the configuration conditions defines a minimum value for the number of stacking stations required for a particular production strategy, such as two, such that this production strategy is not selectable, for example, if the print product processing facility is merely configured with a stacking station or if at production time only one stacking station is available.
  • a strategy evaluation is assigned to each of the defined production strategies, and the defined production strategy is selected based on the assigned strategy evaluation.
  • the strategy assessment includes, for example, a strategy priority value, an expected reject value, and / or an expected performance value.
  • the assignment of strategy assessments to production strategies allows a corresponding classification of the production strategies, for example in preferred or less preferred production strategies, and / or those with high or low rejects of faulty collections, or those with high or low production output (production speed, product throughput).
  • This classification of the production strategies allows dynamic selection of the production strategies based on corresponding production configuration parameters, which define, for example, user-specified a preferred strategy evaluation, for example a preferred reject value and / or performance value.
  • At least certain user-specific installation configuration parameters or production configuration parameters are detected via a user interface, for example by adding, changing and / or deleting, and stored.
  • a user interface for example by adding, changing and / or deleting, and stored.
  • the present invention further relates to a computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored computer code.
  • the computer code is arranged to control one or more processors of the controller such that the processors and the controller respectively capture and store facility configuration parameters defining a configuration of the print product processing facility, capture and store production configuration parameters that define the production of product collections created from multiple supplied products, determine runtime data during production, and dynamically select one of a plurality of defined production strategies during production based on the plant configuration parameters, the production configuration parameters, and the runtime data, each of which determines the control of the print product processing facility.
  • the reference numeral 100 refers to a computer-controlled printing product processing system with a collecting system 1.
  • the collecting system 1 comprises at least one conveyor 11 and a plurality of feed conveyor 13, which each conveyor 3 different products 3 depending on their product occupancy.
  • a plurality of feeders 13 are occupied with the same product (split operation), for example, in thick products, where the manual assembly of a single Feed conveyor 13 is too slow to cover the non-stop feeding of products 3 to the conveyor 11 by a single feed conveyor 13.
  • the collection system 1 of the print product processing system 100 comprises a much larger plurality of feed conveyors 13, for example several dozen or more than one hundred.
  • the collector 1 is arranged by gathering, inserting or collecting products or by other product merging operations to create product mergers, referred to herein as product collections, and correspondingly comprises a conveyor 11 having a circumferential gathering line, a collection drum, a belt conveyor for collecting shingled streams or a collection line, each with or without collection carriers, for example grippers.
  • Collecting system 1 shown comprises a conveyor 11 with a plurality of serially arranged collection carriers 12, for example grippers, which are cyclically guided past the feed conveyors 13 along a closed line and receive the supplied products 3. Due to the sequential feeding of the products 3, a product collection 4 is assembled on the conveyor 11, in particular on respectively in the collection carriers 12.
  • the print product processing system 100 additionally comprises at least one waste gate 14, which feeds faulty product collections 4 * away from the conveyor 11 to a waste discharge 15. Faulty product collections 4 * are detected in the print product processing system 100 by various sensors, not shown.
  • the reference numeral 16 designates a controllable transfer unit, which feeds the completely assembled product collections 4 via a further conveyor 17, for example, a chain conveyor with grippers, a stacking station 5, which creates a package 40 with a defined number of product collections 4 and for the removal of a wegmixden conveyor 18th feeds, for example, a belt conveyor.
  • the print product processing system 100 in various embodiments, in addition to the stacking station 5, one or more further processing equipment 19, which are, for example, the transfer unit 16 downstream.
  • processing plants 19 include, for example, a packaging plant, for example a Folierstrom, a system for inserting additional products or product collections 4 in a main product, a plant for stapling and / or cutting, a system for gluing and / or cutting, and a plant for printing or Sticking on additional information such as name and address.
  • a packaging plant for example a Folierstrom
  • a plant for stapling and / or cutting a system for gluing and / or cutting
  • a plant for printing or Sticking on additional information such as name and address.
  • the conveyor 17 supplies excess product collections 4 to a delivery station 6.
  • controllable transfer unit 16 passes incompletely assembled collections 4 'on the conveyor 11 to complete the incomplete collection 4' on the conveyor 11 on an additional additional cycle past the feeding feed conveyor 13.
  • the print product processing system 100 For counting supplied products 3, faulty product collections 4 *, complete and excess product collections 4, and / or created packages 40, the print product processing system 100 also includes various counters, not shown.
  • print product processing system 100 may include further components and / or other arrangements in further embodiments respectively system configurations, for example, another controllable transfer unit 16 and / or another embodiment of the conveyor 17, which a culling and / or a slowed promotion to manually complete an incomplete collection 'allow with missing products 3.
  • the print product processing system 100 comprises a control computer 10, which is connected to the various components and units of the print product processing system 100 via communication links, in particular with the conveyor 11 of the collector 1, the feeding feeders 13, the waste gate 14, the controllable transfer unit 16, the further processing plant 19, the stacking stations 5, 5 ', the various other conveyors 17, 18 and the mentioned sensors and counters.
  • the control computer 10 is adapted to the product collections 4 carried on the conveyor 11, respectively the incomplete collections 4 'with respect to their positions on the conveyor 11, their contents and structure (ie products and order), intended and / or altered collection type (with particular collection structure ), and / or the number of swept cycles on the conveyor 11 too track (tracking information).
  • individualized product collections 4 which are provided, for example, with an individual address of a recipient and / or contents with content individually directed to the respective recipient and thus structure of the product collection, a product collection 4 over its entire creation time of the first feeding feed conveyor 13 on the conveyor 11 are identified and tracked until stacked on a particular package 40 in the print product processing system 100.
  • the reference numeral 2 refers to a computerized control device which is implemented as part of the control computer 10 or on a separate computer.
  • the control device 2 comprises various functional modules, in particular a plant configurator (plant configuration module) 21, a production configurator (production configuration module) 22 and a strategy selector (strategy selection module) 23, as well as data storage or program memory for storing system configuration parameters 24, production configuration parameters 25 and production strategies 26.
  • the functional modules are preferably implemented as programmed software modules which comprise computer program code for controlling one or more processors of one or more computers.
  • the computer program code is stored on one or more fixed or removably connected (tangible) computer readable storage media to the processors.
  • the functional modules in alternative embodiments can be partially or completely executed by hardware components.
  • control device 2 and / or the control computer 10 are preferably connected to a higher-level, not shown computerized control system.
  • the plant configurator 21 is configured to capture and store plant configuration parameters 24 that define the configuration of the print product processing facility 100.
  • the system configuration parameters 24 include, for example, information about the number, type and / or function of the feeders 3, the position of the feeders 3 on the conveyor 11, e.g. a sequential position number, the number and optionally type of collection carriers 12 of the conveyor 11, the number and type of operational and / or switchable stacking stations 5, 5 ', the position of the switchable stacking stations 5, 5' with respect to the conveyor 17, the number Waste macros 14, the position of the waste gate 14, the number and type (function) of the further processing equipment 19 and / or the position of the further processing equipment 19.
  • the plant configurator 21 preferably includes a user interface (eg graphical user interface) with display and controls for entering the plant configuration parameters 24, for example when installing the print product processing facility 100, in preparation for production and / or during production.
  • Plant configuration parameters 24 that are input during production are thus runtime data that determines the dynamic selection of a production strategy 26. That is, by entering the above-described plant configuration parameters 24 by adding, changing, and / or deleting, the selection of the production strategy 26 can be influenced during the production time.
  • the installation configurator 21 is also set up to automatically acquire and store at least certain installation configuration parameters 24 by querying via a communication channel from the various components of the print product processing system 100, on the one hand, static but also runtime-dependent system configuration parameters 24 of the print product processing system 100, whereby the system configuration at the production time especially with regard to available or failing system components is automatically updated.
  • the dynamic detection of run-time-dependent system configuration parameters 24 takes place, for example, periodically and / or on request or user instruction.
  • the production configurator 22 is set up to record and store production configuration parameters 25 which define at least one production series for the compilation of product collections 4 from a plurality of supplied products 3.
  • a production series is a production run for the compilation of product collections 4 of a certain type of collection, i. a particular collection structure, where a production run has one start of production and one end of production, and can include several different series of production.
  • the production configuration parameters 25 also include, in particular, customer-specific information (specifications) on product quality or permissible fault tolerance in production and on delivery of the packages 40 or product collections 4.
  • At least some of the production configuration parameters 25 are transmitted from the higher-level control system to the production configurator 22.
  • the production configuration parameters 25 include, for example, information about the structure of a product collection 4, that is, the number and optionally the prescribed order of products 3 in a product collection 4, the size of a product collection 4, the number of product collections 4 in a production or production series, route information for the efficient Delivery of packages 40 with product collections, address information for the delivery of packages 40 respectively product collections 4, the number of empty positions, for example empty collection carrier 12, between two successive production runs in a production run to create different product collections 4, the assignment of the feed conveyor 13, that is the order and number of products 3 of a certain product type on a respective feed conveyor 13, and / or the split operation of two or more feed conveyors 13 with an occupancy of the same P Products 3.
  • the route information or address information for the delivery of packages 40 with product collections 4 comprises an assignment of packages 40 to defined delivery sequences or geographical positions, for example an association of packages 40 with product collections 4 of a specific collection structure to particular routes, addresses or zones.
  • the route information or address information for the delivery of packets 40 include in one embodiment also associated weather information, which allow for certain geographical areas an automatic weather-dependent route selection or address selection at production time.
  • the production configuration parameters 25 also include information about the number of product collections 4 in additional production for a production respectively production series, ie the planned number of additional (redundant) product collections 4 over the defined target production, the tolerance of false prints per product 3 in total and / or by feed conveyor 13, the tolerance of package errors, the tolerance of collection errors, eg the tolerance of errors the product order or additional products 3 in a product collection 4, the conditions of production volume or production speed, the treatment of excessively produced product collections 4, and / or the tolerance for route conformity of packages and / or the order of packages.
  • the production configurator 22 preferably includes a user interface (eg graphical user interface) with display and controls for entering the production configuration parameters 25, for example in preparation for production and / or during production.
  • Production configuration parameters 25 entered during production are thus runtime data which determines the dynamic selection of a production strategy 26. That is, by inputting (adding, changing, and / or deleting) the above-described production configuration parameters 25 or other production configuration parameters, such as current weather conditions for certain geographical areas, the selection of the production strategy 26 during production time may be affected, for example, the selection of the routes or addresses for the delivery of the packages 40, 40a, 40b with product collections and thus the appropriate preparation of the packages 40, 40a, 40b and their order or arrangement for an efficient route-specific delivery. In one variant, even the order of the product collections 4, 4a, 4b in the packages 40, 40a, 40b is determined for efficient route-specific delivery. For example, in sunny weather for the production of packages respectively Product collections a different delivery route than in rainy weather.
  • the production strategies 26 in each case include executable and / or interpretable instructions and / or control parameters for controlling the print product processing system 100 in certain situations, states and events during production or a production series, ie depending on a variety of runtime data such as production configuration parameters 25, installation configuration parameters 24 entered during the production time or weather data, or erroneous runtime data such as investment errors or production errors.
  • the production strategies 26 comprise in particular stored instructions and / or control parameters for controlling components of the print product processing system 100, for example for controlling the conveyor 11, individual feeders 131, 132, 133, 134, the waste gate 14, the controllable transfer unit 16, the further processing unit 19 Conveyor 17, 18 and / or the stacking stations 5, 5 'in defined runtime-specific scenarios, constellations, configurations and events, in particular when defined error situations and error conditions in the compilation of a product collection 4 or the supply of a product 3 to a product collection. 4
  • the selected production strategies 26 for controlling the print product processing system 100 are executed on the control computer 10 or interpreted by the control computer 10 or evaluated their control parameters on the control computer 10.
  • the skilled person will understand, however, that in alternative embodiments at least certain instructions and / or control parameters of selected production strategies 26 distributed by processors of other computerized components of the print product processing system 100 can be executed, interpreted or evaluated.
  • a strategy evaluation is assigned to the defined production strategies 26, as illustrated in Table 1, for example a strategy priority value P 1 , P n , an expected reject value A 1 , An and / or an expected power value L 1 , L n .
  • the strategy priority value P 1 , P n is, for example, an index or measure of the degree to which the assigned production strategy PS 1 , PS n is generally preferred or postponed over other production strategy PS 1 , PS n .
  • the expected reject value A 1 , An is an index or measure of the degree to which the associated production strategy PS 1 , PS n is aligned to faulty product collections 4 *, in particular incomplete collections 4 'with failed product delivery, via the waste gate 14 of the waste discharge 15 or vice versa, to what degree the associated production strategy PS 1 , PS n is directed to correct incomplete collections 4 'with a failed product feed by conversion to another type of collection and / or completion by returning via the controllable transfer unit 16.
  • the expected power value L 1 , L n is an index or measure of the degree to which the associated production strategy PS 1 , PS n is designed to minimize the production times (production time) or the production throughput and the To keep production speed as large as possible by mistreating collections 4 *, in particular incomplete collections 4 'with failed product feed, if possible without additional production steps, in particular without empty production cycles.
  • the strategy priority value P 1 , P n , the expected reject value A 1 , A n and the expected power value L 1 , L n are, for example, ranking values from a defined ranking scale having a value range between a lowest rank value, eg one, and a highest rank value, eg ten .
  • Corresponding (eg user-specified) information in the production configuration parameters for preferred strategy evaluations, in particular for strategy priority values, reject values and / or performance values enables a selection of the production strategies 26 by the strategy selector 23 in this regard.
  • Strategy priority value Committee value power value System configuration parameters ...
  • the defined production strategies PS 1 , PS n are each assigned one or more configuration conditions saved.
  • the configuration conditions include respectively defined minimum and / or maximum values SK 11min , SK 11max , SP 1qmin , SP 1qmax , SK n1min , SKn1max , SPnqmin , SPnqmax for particular system configuration parameters 24 and / or production configuration parameters 25, which must be configured accordingly so that the relevant production strategy PS 1 , PS n can be selected and activated in the relevant production run, ie the value of a relevant installation configuration parameter 24 or production configuration parameter 25 must have at least the corresponding minimum value SK 11min , SP 1qmin , SK n1min , SP nqmin , and / or at most the corresponding maximum value SK 11max , SP 1qmax , SK n1max , SP nqmax .
  • the strategy selector 23 is set up to select and activate one of the stored production strategies 26 based on the (current) stored system configuration parameters 24, the (current) stored production configuration parameters 25 and, if appropriate, the assigned configuration conditions and / or strategy ratings. Depending on the application and situation, the strategy selector 23 can change the production strategies 26, for example, from one production series to another or even within a production series, so that typically two successive production series have different production strategies 26 or even a single production series with several different production strategies 26 is produced.
  • the strategy selector 23 is activated when changing certain runtime data for the dynamic selection of the production strategy 26, for example for certain user inputs such as current (or predicted) Weather data, or erroneous runtime data such as production errors or failures of certain equipment or other abrupt changes in equipment configuration.
  • the strategy selector 23 also has the function of a monitoring module, ie the strategy selector 23 evaluates not only defined decision base data for the dynamic determination and activation of a situationally optimal production strategy 26, but also captures at least some of the decision basis data in the Print product processing system 100 and / or by the user.
  • the strategy selector 23 activates the system configurator 21 for the acquisition of runtime-dependent system configuration parameters 24 of the print product processing system 100 prior to the selection of the production strategy 26.
  • the strategy selector 23 determines the production strategies 26 that can be selected by respectively checking whether the associated configuration conditions of a production strategy PS 1 , PS n are met by the current system perspective production configuration, that is, if the current system configuration parameters 24 and / or Production configuration parameters 25 the defined minimum and / or maximum values SK 11min. SK 11max, SP 1qmin, SP 1qmax, SK n1min, SK nimax, SP nqmin, SP Nqmax production strategy PS 1, PS n match.
  • production strategies 26, the configuration conditions of which are not fulfilled by the current system configuration parameters 24 and / or production configuration parameters 25, are automatically deactivated and, for example, activated again only when their configuration conditions are fulfilled.
  • the strategy selector 23 selects the production strategy to be applied and activated 23 based on the associated strategy evaluation of the relevant production strategy PS 1 , PS n , that is, which production strategy PS 1 , PS n has a high assigned strategy priority value P 1 , P n and / or a reject value A 1 , An and / or power value L 1 , L n , which best matches a preferred strategy evaluation contained in the production configuration parameters 25, in particular a preferred reject value and / or a preferred power value.
  • the strategy selector 23 also takes into account for the selection of the production strategy 26 production status values of the current production run respectively the current production series such as the number of supplied or remaining products 3 of the feed conveyor 13, the number of defective respectively rejected collections 4 *, the number and position incomplete Collections 4 ', 4a', 41 ', the number of complete and excess product collections 4 and / or the number of created packages 40th
  • the selected production strategy 26 is then used to control the print product processing system 100, for example when detecting new or changed runtime data such as weather data, investment errors or production errors, eg errors in the compilation of a product collection 4, in particular when detecting an incomplete collection 4 '. which incorrectly misses one or more products 3 at the relevant point in the production or production series.
  • new or changed runtime data such as weather data, investment errors or production errors, eg errors in the compilation of a product collection 4, in particular when detecting an incomplete collection 4 '. which incorrectly misses one or more products 3 at the relevant point in the production or production series.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the print product processing system 100 during production in which product collections 4 of a certain collection type are assembled in an ongoing production series and product collections 4 # of a collection type different from the collection type of the current production series in a subsequent production series.
  • the feed conveyor 131 leads the conveyor 11, for example, on a collection carrier 12, to assemble the product collection 4, a first product 41 to.
  • a further product is supplied in each case, so that on the conveyor 11, for example in the relevant collection carrier 12, a sub-collection 42 respectively 43 is formed, which is completed by the feed conveyor 134 by supplying a further product to the product collection 4.
  • the product collections 4 are transported by the conveyor 17 to the stacking station 5, where they are stacked and the created packages 40 are led away.
  • the reference numeral 4 # in the FIG. 2 a product collection of a collection type different from the collection type of the current production series, which was created according to a selected production strategy 26 based on an incomplete collection (sub-collection) originally intended for the compilation of a collection type product collection of the current production series but which detects a failed product delivery has been.
  • This dynamic collection conversion strategy is selectable depending on the collection structures of successive production cycles and the allocation and arrangement of the feed conveyor 13.
  • Another condition is that the out of the regular order, product collections 4 # may be stacked by a separate stacking station 5 'provided therefor, or production configuration parameters 25 define a tolerance of package failures that tolerate product collections 4 # having different collection types on a package 40 of product collections 4.
  • the incomplete collection 4 ', 41' in alternative production strategies 26 can be supplemented to an additional cycle or removed as a defective collection 4 * by purging, in the latter case depending on the specified Additional production the production target for the product collections 4 of the respective collection type must be increased.
  • the two incomplete collections 4 ', 41' in the FIG. 2 moreover illustrate schematically different production strategies 26 for completing incomplete collections.
  • the incomplete collection which is designated 41 ', after the detection of a failed product feed, for example at the feed conveyor 132, without feeding other products through the subsequent feeders 133, 134 transported on the conveyor 11, then to complete with the missing products of Feed conveyor 132, 133, 134 to be performed on an additional cycle on the conveyor 11.
  • This recirculation, with additional cycle on the conveyor 11, without prior feeding of products after fault detection becomes For example, if the product order sequence in the product collection must be adhered to and conversion into a 4 # product collection of another collection type is not possible.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the print product processing system 100 during production, as it moves from a first production series for product collections 4a of a first collection type to a subsequent second production series for product collections 4b of a second collection type.
  • the transition takes place in the example of FIG. 3 seamless, for example without empty collection carriers 12 between the different product collections 4a, 4b on the conveyor 11.
  • empty spaces for example empty collection carriers 12, can be provided between the production series.
  • an incomplete collection 4a 'of the first type of collection is passed on an additional cycle for completion again to the feed conveyor 13, wherein the corresponding location on the conveyor 17, for example, the corresponding collection carrier 12', remains empty (with variable feed rate of the conveyor 17 this can also be prevented).
  • the incomplete collection 4a ' will be transported to the stacking stations 5, 5' as a product collection of the first collection type in the middle of product collections 4b of the second collection type.
  • the completed product collection 4a of the first type of collection is fed by the conveyors 17 to the stacking station 5 'provided in this phase, for example for the (delayed) stacking of the product collections 4a of the first collection type and already an incomplete package 40a' of product collections 4a of the first type of collection, whereas the stacking station 5 is for the ongoing creation of packages 40b with product collections 4b of the second collection type.
  • the production strategy 26 with mixed types of collection on the conveyor 11 is not selectable unless several stacking stations 5, 5 'are available or the packages 40a, 40b may not have product collections 4a, 4b with different types of collections.
  • the production series for the production of product collections 4b of the second collection type can be started only when the returned product collection 4a of the first collection type from the respective feeder, for example 134, was completed, as in the FIG. 5 is illustrated schematically.
  • This production strategy 26 described above ensures at a single stacking station 5 homogeneous packages 40a with product collections 4a, which have the same type of first collection, but at the expense of production, since many places, such as collection carrier 12 ', remain empty on the conveyor 11, as in of the FIG. 5 can be seen, and the throughput and production rate is reduced accordingly.
  • further production strategies 26 are provided for controlling the print product processing system 100 with new or changed runtime data, which is determined by the strategy selector 23 based on the current system configuration parameters 24, the current production configuration parameters 25, automatically selects and activates the particular runtime data as well as the assigned configuration conditions and / or strategy ratings Fourth, for example, the slowed continuation and / or separation of the faulty collections with or without supplying further products for the subsequent manual completion of the missing product (s).

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  1. Dispositif de commande informatisé (2) pour commander une installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100), qui comprend une installation de collecte (1) avec un convoyeur (11) et plusieurs convoyeurs d'alimentation (13) pour établir des collections de produits (4, 4a, 4b) à partir des produits (3) alimentés par les convoyeurs d'alimentation (13),
    un configurateur d'installation (21) pour détecter et mémoriser des paramètres de configuration d'installation (24), qui définissent une configuration de l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100),
    un configurateur de production (22) pour détecter et mémoriser des paramètres de configuration de production (25), qui définissent une production de collections de produits (4, 4a, 4b) établies à partir de plusieurs produits (3) alimentés,
    des moyens pour déterminer des données de durée d'exécution pendant la production,
    plusieurs stratégies de production mémorisées (26), qui déterminent respectivement la commande de l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100), et qui comprennent des instructions et/ou paramètres de commande mémorisés pour commander l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100),
    un sélecteur de stratégie (23), qui est conçu afin de, sur la base des paramètres de configuration d'installation (24) mémorisés, des paramètres de configuration de production (25) mémorisés et des données de durée d'exécution déterminés, de sélectionner et activer, une des stratégies de production (26) mémorisées pour commander l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100),
    caractérisé en ce
    que des conditions de configuration sont mémorisées de manière coordonnée aux stratégies de production (26) définies, qui comprennent des valeurs minimales et/ou maximales pour des paramètres de configuration d'installation (24) et/ou des paramètres de configuration de production (25), et en ce que le sélecteur de stratégie (23) est configuré afin de sélectionner les stratégies de production (26) définies en fonction du fait que les conditions de configuration coordonnées sont remplies.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le configurateur d'installation (21) et/ou le configurateur de production (22) sont configurés afin de détecter et mémoriser pendant la production au moins certains paramètres de configuration d'installation (24) étant fonction de la durée d'exécution, respectivement paramètres de configuration de production (25).
  3. Dispositif selon une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les données de durée d'exécution affichent un défaut de production survenu lors de l'établissement d'une collection de produit (4a, 4a, 4b), et en ce que le sélecteur de stratégie (23) est conçu afin de sélectionner la stratégie de production définie (26) sur la base du défaut de production.
  4. Dispositif selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les moyens pour déterminer les données de durée d'exécution comprennent une interface d'utilisateur, qui est conçue afin de recevoir et mémoriser les données de durée d'exécution par un utilisateur pendant la production.
  5. Dispositif selon une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que les stratégies de production définies (26) provoquent une commande différente du convoyeur d'alimentation (13) pour une alimentation différente des produits (3).
  6. Dispositif selon une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que les stratégies de produits définies (26) provoquent une commande différente d'une unité de transfert (16), qui transfère une collection de produits établie (4, 4a, 4b) à une installation de finition (19)ou les laisse sur le convoyeur (11) et les avance de nouveau sur le convoyeur d'alimentation (13) .
  7. Dispositif selon une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que les stratégies de production définies (26) provoquent une commande différente d'une séparation de papier de rebut (14), qui introduit une collection de produits défectueuse (4*) dans une évacuation de papier de rebut (15) ou la transmet au convoyeur (11).
  8. Dispositif selon une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que les stratégies de production définies (26) provoquent une commande de vitesse différente du convoyeur (11).
  9. Dispositif selon une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que respectivement une estimation de stratégie est mémorisée de manière coordonnée aux stratégies de production définies (26), et en ce que le sélecteur de stratégie (23) est conçu afun de sélectionner une des stratégies de production (26) définies sur la base de l'estimation de stratégie coordonnée.
  10. Dispositif selon une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que les paramètres de configuration d'installation (24) comprennent des indications relatives à au moins un d'un nombre de convoyeurs (13), une position du convoyeur d'alimentation (13), un nombre de supports de collection (12), un nombre de postes d'empilage (5, 5') pouvant être commutés, une position des postes d'empilage (5, 5') pouvant être commutés, un nombre de séparations de papier de rebut (14) et une position de séparations de papier de rebut (14) et en ce que les paramètres de configuration de production (25) comprennent des indications relatives à au moins un d'un nombre de collections de produits (4, 4a, 4b) dans une production, des informations de route pour la livraison des paquets (40, 40a, 40b) avec des collections de produits (4, 4a, 4b), des informations d'adresse pour la livraison des paquets (40, 40a, 40b) de collections de produits respectives (4, 4a, 4b), un nombre de positions vides sur le convoyeur (11) entre la production de collections de produits différentes (4, 4a, 4b), un nombre de collections de production (4, 4a, 4b) en surproduction, une structure d'une collection de produits (4, 4a, 4b), une taille d'une collection de produits (4, 4a, 4b), un nombre de produits (3), une affectation du convoyeur d'alimentation (13), un fonctionnement décalé des convoyeurs d'alimentation (13), un traitement des collections de produits excédentaires, une tolérance d'erreurs de retrait par produit (3), une tolérance d'erreurs de collection de produits, une tolérance d'erreurs de paquets, une tolérance d'erreurs dans une séquence de produits, une tolérance de produits supplémentaires (3) dans une collection de produits (4, 4a, 4b), une tolérance concernant la conformité de route des paquets (40, 40a, 40b) et une tolérance concernant une conformité de route de la séquence de paquets (40, 40a, 40b).
  11. Procédé implémenté de manière informatisée pour commander une installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100), qui comprend une installation de collecte (1) avec un convoyeur (11) et plusieurs convoyeurs d'alimentation (13) pour établir des collections de produits (4, 4a, 4b) à partir des produits (3) alimentés par les convoyeurs d'alimentation (13), comprenant de
    détecter et mémoriser dans un dispositif de commande informatisé (2) des paramètres de configuration d'installation (24), qui définissent une configuration de l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100),
    détecter et mémoriser dans le dispositif de commande informatisé (2) des paramètres de configuration de production (25), qui définissent une production de collections de produits (4, 4a, 4b) établies à partir de plusieurs produits (3) alimentés,
    déterminer dans le dispositif de commande informatisé (2) des données de durée d'exécution pendant la production,
    sélectionner dans le dispositif de commande informatisé (2) une de plusieurs stratégies de production mémorisées (26), qui déterminent respectivement la commande de l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100), et qui comprennent des instructions et/ou paramètres de commande mémorisés pour commander l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100), pendant la production sur la base des paramètres de configuration d'installation (24) mémorisés, des paramètres de configuration de production (25) mémorisés et des données de durée d'exécution déterminés,
    activer les stratégies de production (26) sélectionnées mémorisées pour commander l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100),
    caractérisé en ce
    que des conditions de configuration sont mémorisées de manière coordonnée aux stratégies de production (26) définies, qui comprennent des valeurs minimales et/ou maximales pour des paramètres de configuration d'installation (24) et/ou des paramètres de configuration de production (25), et en ce que le sélecteur de stratégie est configuré afin de sélectionner les stratégies de production (26) définies en fonction du fait que les conditions de configuration coordonnées sont remplies.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que au moins certains paramètres de configuration d'installation (24) fonction de la durée d'exécution, respectivement paramètres de configuration de production (25) sont détectés et mémorisés pendant la production.
  13. Procédé selon une des revendications 11 ou 12, caractérisé en ce que les données de durée d'exécution affichent un défaut de production survenu lors de l'établissement d'une collection de produit (4a, 4a, 4b), et en ce que la stratégie de production définie (26) est sélectionnée sur la base du défaut de production.
  14. Procédé selon une des revendications 11 à 13, caractérisé en ce que les données de durée d'exécution sont reçues et mémorisées par un utilisateur dans le dispositif de commande informatisé (2) pendant la production par l'intermédiaire d'une interface d'utilisateur.
  15. Procédé selon une des revendications 11 à 14, caractérisé en ce que un ordinateur de commande (10) commande différemment les convoyeurs d'alimentation (13) sur la base des stratégies de production définies (26), afin d'alimenter les produits (3) différemment.
  16. Procédé selon une des revendications 11 à 15, caractérisé en ce que un ordinateur de commande (10) commande différemment une unité de transfert (16) sur la base des stratégies de production définies (26) afin de transférer une collection de produits établie (4, 4a, 4b) à une installation de finition ou la laisser sur le convoyeur (11) et l'avancer à nouveau sur les convoyeurs d'alimentation (13).
  17. Procédé selon une des revendications 11 à 16, caractérisé en ce que un ordinateur de commande (10) commande différemment une séparation de papier de rebut (14) sur la base des stratégies de production définies (26), afin d'introduire une collection de produits défectueuse (4*) dans une évacuation de papier de rebut (15) ou la transmettre au convoyeur (11).
  18. Procédé selon une des revendications 11 à 17, caractérisé en ce que un ordinateur de commande (10) commande différemment le convoyeur (11) sur la base des stratégies de production définies (26) afin d'atteindre une vitesse différente du convoyeur (1).
  19. Procédé selon une des revendications 11 à 18, caractérisé en ce que respectivement une estimation de stratégie est mémorisée de manière coordonnée aux stratégies de production définies (26), et en ce que une des stratégies de production définies (26) est sélectionnée sur la base de l'estimation de stratégie coordonnée.
  20. Procédé selon une des revendications 11 à 19, caractérisé en ce que pour la production de différentes collections de produits (4, 4a, 4b) dans des séries de production se suivant, une stratégie de production (26) respectivement différente est sélectionnée.
  21. Produit de programme informatique, comprenant un support de mémorisation préhensible lisible par ordinateur sur lequel du code informatique est mémorisé,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le code informatique est conçu afin de commander un ou plusieurs processeurs d'un dispositif de commande (2) pour commander une installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100), qui comprend une installation de collecte (1) avec un convoyeur (11) et plusieurs convoyeurs d'alimentation (13) pour établir des collections de produits (4, 4a, 4b) à partir des produits (3) alimentés par les convoyeurs d'alimentation (13), de telle sorte que les processeurs détectent et mémorisent des paramètres de configuration d'installation (24), qui définissent une configuration de l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100), détectent et mémorisent des paramètres de
    configuration de production (25), qui définissent une production de collections de produits (4, 4a, 4b) établies à partir de plusieurs produits (3) alimentés, déterminent des données de durée d'exécution pendant la production,
    sélectionnent une ou plusieurs stratégies de production (26) définies, qui déterminent respectivement la commande de l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100), et qui comprennent des instructions et/ou paramètres de commande mémorisés pour commander l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100), pendant la production sur la base des paramètres de configuration d'installation (24) mémorisés, des paramètres de configuration de production (25) mémorisés et des données de durée d'exécution déterminés, activent la stratégie de production (26) sélectionnée mémorisée afin de commander l'installation de fabrication de produits imprimés (100),
    dans lequel des conditions de configuration sont mémorisées de manière coordonnée aux stratégies de production (26) définies, qui comprennent des valeurs minimales et/ou maximales pour des paramètres de configuration d'installation (24) et/ou des paramètres de configuration de production (25), et en ce que le sélecteur de stratégie est configuré afin de sélectionner les stratégies de production (26) définies en fonction du fait que les conditions de configuration coordonnées sont remplies.
  22. Produit de programme informatique selon la revendication 21, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de mémorisation comprend du code informatique supplémentaire, qui est conçu afin de commander un ou plusieurs processeurs, de telle sorte que les processeurs mettent en oeuvre le procédé selon une des revendications 12 à 22.
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