JP6122268B2 - System for operating packaging equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to systems and methods for operating packaging equipment for products, particularly tobacco articles. In this case, a plurality of components of the packaging facility, in particular a plurality of packaging machines or devices of the packaging facility, are arranged back and forth in the packaging facility during the packaging process according to the superordinate concept of claim 1.

  Today, as energy prices are rising, buyers of packaging equipment, packaging machines and their respective equipment require that these components can be operated with energy savings. Therefore, it has long been believed that it is important that these components consume as little energy as possible overall during operation. In addition, the normal components are generally specified so that the components are operated at a load factor that consumes less energy.

German Patent Application Publication No. 10021838 German Patent Application Publication No. 19914297 German Patent Application Publication No. 199467787 German Patent Application No. 102006017106 German Patent Application No. 102008033549 German Patent Application Publication No. 102009004641 German Patent Application Publication No. 10201001640 European Patent Application No. 2386363 International Publication No. 2009/109178 Pamphlet International Publication No. 2010/037517 Pamphlet

  The object of the present invention is to start from this prior art and to improve a system of the kind mentioned at the outset with regard to further energy savings. In this case, the term energy savings refers to all means of reducing energy consumption.

  In order to solve this problem, the system of the present invention has the features described in claim 1. Thus, in order to improve the energy efficiency of the packaging facility, at least some of the plurality of components are at least temporarily switched to an energy saving mode by at least one controller, in which the corresponding component However, it has been proposed that it requires less energy than in the operating mode.

  Generally, energy use efficiency, that is, the ratio of use to energy consumption is called energy efficiency. With respect to packaging equipment, it refers to the energy efficiency of a particular energy consumption, ie the energy efficiency of the energy required to package the product.

  An advantage of the present invention is that the energy consumption of the components can be reduced by a control device and / or a regulating device corresponding to these components. This improvement does not depend on the equipment efficiency, that is, the production rate of the equipment. Also, good energy efficiency of the system should not be considered as selecting a component that consumes (constant) little energy.

  The operation mode means, within the scope of the present invention, the state of the component in which the component is in rated operation or normal operation of the packaging facility. In this case, for example, for a variety of products to be packaged or handled in an installation, not only one operating mode has to be present, but a plurality of operating modes may exist.

  An energy saving mode means within the scope of the present invention that a component consumes less energy than during its respective operating mode. The less energy consumption may be implemented by shutting down the component (completely) or by reducing part of the energy consumption. In practice, each component has different energy saving modes that exhibit various respective energy consumptions, such as an energy saving mode that stops completely, an energy saving mode that exhibits minimal or low energy consumption, and the like.

  If there are different operating modes for the component-for example for different products-it can be considered that the operating mode for one product matches the energy saving mode for the other product.

  According to a further preferred configuration of the invention, it may be proposed that a program for controlling the packaging equipment and / or the components of this packaging equipment is stored in the control device. In this case, the program is assigned to a predetermined operating state of the packaging facility and / or a component of the packaging facility.

  Thus, a controller having a program for controlling or adjusting the components in consideration of the operating mode and the energy saving mode or energy consumption may be proposed. Furthermore, it is proposed that these programs are assigned to a predetermined operating state.

  For example, one program for “rated operation” in which all the components are operated in the operation mode can be considered. In some cases, a plurality of programs for “rated operation” may exist, for example depending on the product to be packaged. In this case, a program for a predetermined product can be considered. For these programs, some of the components are moved to energy saving mode or completely stopped. This is because some of the components are rarely or completely required when packaging the product.

  In particular, it is conceivable to operate the heating device at a low temperature according to the product to be packaged.

  Furthermore, it is conceivable that the components are controlled or adjusted according to the production rate. For slow production rates of packaging equipment, the heating device is operated at a lower temperature. For the fast production rate of the packaging equipment, the heating device is operated at a higher temperature.

  In particular, it is conceivable to control or adjust the equipment according to the operating speed of the operator. For example, in the case of a skilled operator, energy can be saved in this way. The normal working speed of the equipment operator may be taken into account in this way. For example, in order to keep the specific energy consumption as low as possible, it is conceivable that a given plurality of facilities are operated separately at a higher or slower production rate depending on the operator.

  In practice, a large weight may be given to programs used during operational interruptions such as breaks, obstacles, maintenance, closing work, weekends, factory closures, etc. In this case, in order to reduce the energy consumption of the component, it is conceivable that various programs are created according to the period of the interruption.

With regard to the selection of programs in the control device, various possibilities are conceivable which can be realized individually or in any combination in a stack.
The program can be selected directly (manually),
A program can be automatically selected.

  On the one hand, in the case of automatic selection, for example, sequence-controlled selection with planned changes in the operational status of components such as breaks, planned maintenance, closing work, work shifts, weekends, deduction closure etc. Can be done.

  However, on the other hand, automatic selection of the program based on the operating state of the packaging equipment and / or the components of this packaging equipment is also conceivable.

  For the automatic selection of the program in particular, for statistical purposes or for manual evaluation, the operating status and / or interruption of the packaging equipment and / or components of this packaging equipment is detected by the control device. It can be important.

Furthermore, it is particularly proposed that the energy consumption of the packaging equipment and / or components of this packaging equipment is detected. In particular, the detection is performed according to one or more of the following factors.
The operating mode of the packaging facility (10) and / or the components of this packaging facility;
・ Time,
・ Product,
・ Operator or operator team.

  At this time, the detected data can be stored in, for example, the control device (27), the machine control device, or the line computer.

  According to a further preferred configuration of the invention, the program stored in the control device is based on a record of the operating status and / or energy consumption and / or interruption of operation of the packaging equipment and / or one or more components. It is proposed to be automatically adapted. In this case, the system can “learn” from the recorded data and spontaneously optimize the program from the data.

  For example, the self-learning system can recognize that a predetermined failure of a component causes an interruption of operation for a specific period. If enough data is present, how long each interrupt is sustained as a prediction can be calculated statistically or by calculating the probability. As a result, the corresponding program is appropriately adapted by the control device.

  Further, in order to respond to the operation interruption, it is conceivable that a new cause of the operation interruption is recognized by the control device and a corresponding program is created.

  As an example, it can be assumed that the device of the sealing turret fails first in a cigarette packaging facility. In this case, there is still no programming for this failure. The system recognizes the newly recorded failure and subsequently which component of the equipment can be shut down or must be shut down due to this failure or can be operated with less power or Record whether it must be up and running. In addition, the system may record the time until this fault is removed and then create a new rule or new program. This new program is called upon a new occurrence of the fault. At each future occurrence of the interruption, the impact is recognized and the program is adapted in some cases.

  The procedure can be used not only in the event of a failure or failure, but can also be used during planned interventions during operation such as, for example, brand exchange, product exchange, maintenance, etc.

  A further feature relates to a “forecast” of the expected period of operational interruption. The expected duration of interruption is calculated using statistical calculations or probability calculations based on the stored data. In this case, it is also considered in particular which component is associated with which combination of operation interruptions. This is because this can also affect the period of interruption of operation.

  A further feature relates to a configuration solution during component migration during the energy saving mode.

  In the following, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

It is a top view of the packaging equipment shown schematically. 1 schematically shows components of a packaging facility and a control device for the packaging facility. Figure 3 schematically shows the current energy consumption of these components. An operating device is shown schematically. The packaging machine of a packaging equipment is shown with the side view along the arrow V in FIG. The detail of the packaging machine by the characteristic part VI in FIG. 5 is shown with an enlarged view. The program is shown schematically. The horizontal cross section of the installation along the cutting line VIII-VIII in FIG. 6 is shown.

  Below, the present invention will be exemplarily described based on a packaging facility 10 for tobacco articles. The packaging facility 10 includes all packaging lines from the manufacture of cigarettes to the packaging of a group of packs in the illustrated embodiment.

  Obviously, the packaging facility 10 does not necessarily have all the packaging lines. The packaging facility 10 may only have a single packaging machine or a single packaging device.

  Furthermore, obviously, the present invention can be used not only in connection with packaging of tobacco articles such as cigarettes, cigars and the like, but also in other products such as hygiene products.

  The packaging facility 10 according to FIG. 1 has a plurality of continuous packaging machines. Products to be manufactured or intermediate products pass through these packaging machines during processing in this packaging facility. Each packaging machine also has a plurality of consecutive unit devices that can be similarly controlled or adjusted. The unit device is always referred to as a component of the packaging facility 10 below for the sake of simplicity in language expression. The term includes all controllable or adjustable components of the packaging facility 10, i.e., eventually includes a packaging machine, a unit device of the packaging machine, a sub-unit device, and the like.

In the embodiment of the packaging facility 10 shown in FIG. 1, the following components are arranged one behind the other in the packaging line or are operated with each other during the packaging process.
・ Marker 11,
-Filter device 12,
・ Cigarette storage 13,
・ Hinge lid wrapping machine 14,
・ Blank magazine 15,
・ Packaging storage 16,
・ Cellophane packaging machine 17,
・ Carton packaging machine 18,
-Cardboard packaging machine 19.

  A bobbin reservoir 20 having packaging material for the individual components of the packaging facility 10 is arranged next to the packaging line. These packaging materials can be supplied to the individual components by the bobbin feeder 21.

  In order to control each machine or each component, a machine controller 22 is assigned to each component of the packaging facility 10. These machine control devices 22 are connected to a main computer 24 through a control line 23. Similarly, the main computer 24 can be connected to the Internet and / or an intranet through lines 25 and 25.

  A plurality of such packaging facilities 10 can be operated at one production site. These packaging facilities 10 can be connected to each other and controlled via the line 25 in some cases. Multiple packaging facilities 10 may be combined through an intranet and / or the Internet to allow one or more current location packaging facilities 10 to be controlled, coordinated, managed or evaluated by one or more central sites. Conceivable.

  In order to improve the energy efficiency of the packaging equipment 10 or the components of these packaging equipment 10, a control device 27 is provided. This control device 27 may be realized as a remote facility, may be connected to the packaging facility 10 through lines 25, 26, or may be arranged in the main computer 24. Various various programs for operating the packaging facility 10 are stored in the control device 27. These programs provide different software configurations for the components of the packaging facility 10 depending on the purpose of use.

  An example of the first program for interrupting the operation is shown in FIG. In the left column of the figure, the individual components of the packaging facility 10 are shown in a chart. Next to each component, there is a software configuration that depends on the operation interruption period. In this case, the temperature of the heat shrink device 28 is lowered to a temperature of 50 ° C. at the time of a short interruption, and the temperature is lowered to 30 ° C. at the time of operation interruption that lasts longer. It is programmed to stop automatically. In particular, when the temperature decreases, the expected operation interruption period is also taken into consideration. In particular, the temperature must be lowered so that the temperature can be raised again to the operating temperature by the expected end of the interruption so that the interruption is not extended by a decrease in temperature.

  Corresponding software configurations are programmed for the thermal adhesive reservoir 29, monitor 30, mechanical lighting device 31, emergency stop switch 32, servo motor 33, vacuum pump 34, camera monitoring device 35 and laser printer 3.

  Furthermore, of course, software configurations for “rated” operation of these components can also be programmed into the program. In addition to the symbols in FIG. 7, programmed software configurations of the components exist for the various energy saving modes of these components.

  In this case, the control device 27 is configured to install, display, and select a program. As already mentioned above, this configuration is possible because the components are connected to the respective machine control devices 22 and these machine control devices 22 are connected to the control device 27. FIG. 2 further shows the control panel 37 and the cellophane packaging machine 17 as other components of the packaging facility 10.

The selection of the plurality of programs can be performed in three different types as shown in FIG.
・ Automatic and sequence control,
-Automatically according to the operating state,
Can be executed.

  These three methods are indicated in FIG. 2 by corresponding symbols in the control device 27.

  The case where the manual selection of the plurality of programs is simple is shown. Each program can be selected by an operator at one control device 27. The selection may be performed, for example, according to the operating state of the packaging facility 10, according to the product to be manufactured, or according to other limit conditions.

  When a failure that causes operation interruption occurs, the operator can select a corresponding program in the control device 27. At this time, the program switches a single component or a plurality of components or all components to the energy saving mode. This energy saving mode may be constant until the end of the program or may be time dependent as shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, the sequence-controlled programming of the control device 27 makes it possible to automatically take account of predefined interruptions, such as breaks, work shifts, closings, weekends, and days off. The sequence controlled program can also be used for maintenance to be carried out systematically.

  Basically, the time required to bring the components back into operation must be taken into account in the operation interruption. This consideration applies in particular to the time required to heat sealing components, bond lines, bond nozzles, drying turrets and the like.

  The selection of the program according to the operating state of the packaging facility 10 provides the most advanced automation. Based on the networking of a plurality of components of the packaging facility 10, information regarding the operating state of the packaging facility 10 and the components included in the packaging facility 10 is transmitted to the control device 27 through the machine control device 22. The In this case, not only data relating to the actual energy consumption of these components, but also information relating to the failure of the respective components can be transmitted to the control device 27. In the case of corresponding programming, the control device 27 can automatically select a program that matches the operating state of the packaging facility 10 each time.

  For example, it is conceivable that a fault that requires stopping of the components of the cellophane packaging machine 17 and possibly the packaging equipment 10 exists in the area of the cellophane packaging machine 17. The error information in the area of the cellophane packaging machine 17 is evaluated by the control device 27 and the corresponding program is started. For example, the program stops the vacuum pump 34 for supplying suction air to the cellophane packaging machine 17. The stop may only be performed after a certain period of error as illustrated in FIG. As a result, short interruptions do not cause an outage.

  If other components are involved in an interruption or failure in the region of one component, the energy saving modes corresponding to these other components may also be stored in the controller 27.

  In particular, the control device 27 is further configured as a self-learning system. By managing the operating states of a plurality of components of the packaging facility 10, the control device 27 can estimate how much time is required to remove a failure or interruption of operation. At this time, the control device 27 can adapt and improve the stored program through the estimation. It is also conceivable that the program is programmed depending on the product to be packaged or manufactured, for example depending on the brand of cigarette or the corresponding packaging type.

  Furthermore, it is conceivable that a single interruption of operation will cause a plurality of components not related to the failure or interruption to be transferred to the energy saving mode in the same or the same extent or only to a limited extent. For example, in the event of a failure of the hinge lid wrapping machine 14 in FIG. It is also conceivable that the machine 17 is operated at a slower production rate. Until the reservoirs 13 and 16 are filled or emptied, the above mentioned components are initially made to manufacture at the rated operating speed, and after the reservoirs 13 and 16 are filled or emptied. For the first time, it is conceivable as another embodiment that the speed is reduced by corresponding programming. All these programming can be preset by the controller 27 in a centralized manner.

  Furthermore, in order to improve energy efficiency, it is conceivable that the control device 27 spontaneously creates a program for a newly generated operating state. The creation can be performed using measurement results, error information and statistical calculations. Furthermore, it is conceivable to implement the programming depending on other factors such as the product to be packaged, the operator's ability, for example the influence of the environment such as temperature.

  Furthermore, the control device 27 can be used to manage and display the operation of the packaging facility 10 in terms of the energy consumption of the components. For this reason, the said control apparatus by FIG. 4 may have the monitor 38 for displaying the said information. It is conceivable that information regarding the energy consumption of the component or the packaging facility 10 is displayed on this monitor 38.

  Thus, FIG. 4 shows a graphic image 39 of the energy consumption of the packaging facility 10 over time. In addition, the monitor 38 shows the specific energy consumption of the packaging facility 10 in another graphic image 40. It is conceivable to display these pieces of information regarding each component of the packaging facility 10. Further, the control device 27 includes a plurality of electric keys 41 and one knob 42 for selecting information to be displayed or selecting a program and / or programming of the program.

  Instead of only displaying the actual energy rating, it is basically conceivable that a time-based evaluation or statistical evaluation, for example the previous day, other working hours or a comparison with other packaging equipment 10 is performed. .

  In addition, the control device 27 enables an evaluation of the current energy consumption of a plurality of components, as shown in FIG.

  In this case, the energy consumption at that time is indicated by one arrow 43 for each component. In addition, the limit value is indicated by a bar 44. In this case, away from this limit value, the corresponding component is at a level with higher energy consumption than the average. Therefore, the packaging facility 10 must be operated so that the energy consumption is below the respective limit value. For example, it can be seen that the laser printer 36 and the servo motor 33 are operated on their limit values. This may indicate a disorder. In both cases, for example, foreign substances can consume more energy than usual. Conversely, the increase in energy consumption may indicate that foreign material is in a particular component or device and that the component or device needs to be repaired, maintained or serviced. Of course, the energy consumption need not be expressed as a percentage, and the energy consumption may be absolute data.

  Furthermore, it is conceivable that the control device 27 controls the packaging facility 10 so as to reduce the energy cost as much as possible. For example, it is conceivable that the control device 27 controls the packaging facility 10 so that a predetermined (particularly periodic) packaging process is performed when the purchase price of energy is particularly advantageous. That is, for example, use of off-peak electricity charges and the like can be considered. For example, periodically proceeding processes such as tobacco processing can proceed in this way, particularly when, for example, energy can be used inexpensively. If the energy can be generated from a renewable energy source, the process proceeds according to the energy yield predicted from the renewable energy source, for example considering the weather forecast or according to the weather forecast.

  Another feature is that the program is programmed to move the component back to operation mode in time before the end of the operation interruption. For example, it is conceivable to heat a heating component such as the heat shrink device 28 in time. As a result, the operation mode is obtained at the end of the operation interruption. This can be immutably programmed with a sequence-controlled program, or the controller 27 learns based on the results that have already occurred to tailor the program accordingly.

  Another feature is shown in FIGS. These figures relate to means for supporting an energy saving mode. In order to be able to guarantee the continuation of the packaging process after interruption of operation or after activation of the energy saving mode, several means have been proposed.

  One such means will be described as an example of the cellophane packaging machine 17. In general, the packaging material 45 is fed into the region of the suction conveyor 47 via the guide roller 46 in this region. The semi-processed product of the packaging material 45 separated from the packaging material 45 by the separating device 48 is held in the conveyance path of the product 49 to be packaged using the suction conveyor 47. The product 49 is inserted into the pocket 50 of the sealing turret 51 across the workpiece that is held in the vertical plane of the suction conveyor 47. Therefore, a negative pressure is applied to the suction conveyor 47 by the vacuum pump 34.

  In case of a vacuum pump 34 stoppage during a longer interruption of operation (FIG. 7), it is always the case that the semi-processed parts already separated fall out of the suction conveyor 47. As a result, the product 49 is inevitably inserted into the sealing turret 51 without being packaged when starting the equipment after the end of the operation interruption.

  In order to solve this problem, it has been proposed that the holding device 52 is activated when the vacuum pump 34 is stopped in order to fix the position of the wrapping 45 or the respective workpiece relative to the suction conveyor 47.

  The holding device 52 is configured so that the position of the packaging material 45 is automatically fixed mechanically when the vacuum pump 34 is stopped.

  In this case, a holding shoe 53 is provided for the holding device 52. The holding shoe 53 is pressed against the suction conveyor 47 by the spring 54, and at this time, the packaging material 45 is pressed against the suction conveyor 47. The holding shoe 53 is disposed on the mandrel 55. This mandrel 55 passes through a corresponding opening in the housing 56. A suction plate 57 is disposed on the mandrel 55 within the housing 56. The spring 54 abuts against the suction plate 57 and presses the holding shoe 53 against the suction conveyor 47 while being supported by the wall of the housing 56. Further, the housing 56 has a connection portion 58 for connecting to the vacuum pump 34. In this case, the suction conveyor 47 has two suction belts 59. In this case, one holding device 52 is attached to each suction belt 59.

  The operation of the holding device 52 is shown in FIG. The lower diagram in FIG. 8 shows the holding device 52 in the operating state. Negative pressure is generated in the housing 56 through the connection 48. This negative pressure causes the suction plate 57 to be sucked under the prestress of the spring 54. Further, the suction causes the brake shoe 53 of the holding device 52 to be separated from the suction conveyor 47. When the vacuum pump 34 is deactivated according to the corresponding programming of the control device 47, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 8, the brake shoe 53 is pressed against the suction conveyor 47 by the spring 54.

  In other words, this aspect of the present invention is that securing means are attached to components that are stopped or down-regulated during the energy saving mode to ensure that the packaging process continues after a restart of the operating state. I advocate.

  In this context, the packaging material and / or the product may provide energy-saving measures so that after the end of the energy-saving mode, the manufacturing can be continued without requiring any intervention in the manufacturing, in particular by the operator. It is basically considered that the fixing is performed by a mechanical holding means as a fixing means. The solution is possible, for example, by negative pressure, compressed air or centrifugal force during product transport or fixation.

  In addition to the solution, for example, by introducing energy saving means, it is possible to replace the mechanical means with an electromagnetically operated holding device as a fixing means. In this connection, it is conceivable to replace the mechanical (spring pressure) brakes with an electromagnetic holding device of an electric motor (for example for servo drive).

  Another solution proposes that the operating device is mechanically held in a pause position by introducing energy saving means. For example, it is conceivable to place the robot arm at a temporary stop position. In this temporary stop position, the power supply to the robot arm can be cut off.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Packaging equipment 11 Marker 12 Filter apparatus 13 Cigarette storage machine 14 Hinge lid packaging machine 15 Blank magazine 16 Packaging storage machine 17 Cellophane packaging machine 18 Carton packaging machine 19 Corrugated cardboard packaging machine 20 Bobbin storage machine 21 Bobbin feeder 22 Machine control device 23 Control line 24 Main computer 25 Line 26 Line 27 Control device 28 Heat shrink device 29 Thermal adhesive storage container 30 Monitor 31 Mechanical lighting device 32 Emergency stop switch 33 Servo motor 34 Vacuum pump 35 Camera monitoring device 36 Laser printer 37 Control panel 38 Monitor 39 Graphic image 40 Graphic image 41 Electric key 42 Knob 43 Arrow 44 Bar 45 Packaging material 46 Guide roller 47 Suction conveyor 48 Separating device 49 Product 50 Pocket 51 Sealing tallet 52 holding device 53 holding the shoe, the suction belt brake shoe 54 spring 55 mandrel 56 housing 57 suction plate 58 connecting portion 59

Claims (14)

A system operating the packaging equipment for the product (10), a plurality of components including a plurality of the packaging machine or the plurality of devices of the packaging equipment (10), during the packaging process in this packing equipment In the system placed back and forth,
In order to improve the energy efficiency of the packaging facility (10), at least some of the components are at least temporarily switched to an energy saving mode by at least one controller (27), The corresponding component requires less energy than in the operating mode ,
A plurality of programs for controlling the packaging facility (10) and / or components of the packaging facility (10) are stored in the control device (27), and the program is stored in the packaging facility (10). ) And / or depending on the predetermined operating state of the components of this packaging facility (10),
The program stored in the control device (27) is selected depending on the expected period of interruption of operation of the packaging facility (10) and / or components of the packaging facility (10), and the program Is created so that the operation mode can be obtained at the end of the operation interruption. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the program stored in the control device (27) is selectable by the control device (27). The operation state and / or operation interruption of the packaging facility (10) and / or the components of the packaging facility (10) are detected, and the program stored in the control device (27) the system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is selected automatically according to the detected operating state and / or operation interruption. The energy consumption of the packaging facility (10) and / or the components of the packaging facility (10) depends on the following factors:
The operating mode of the packaging equipment (10) and / or the components of the packaging equipment (10),
・ Time,
・ Product,
・ Operator or operator team,
The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , characterized in that it is detected in accordance with at least one of the following and the detected data is stored in the control device (27). . The program stored in the control device (27) is automatically based on the operating status and / or energy consumption and / or interruption of operation of the packaging facility (10) and / or one or more components. system according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that it is adapted. A program for interrupting the operation of the packaging facility (10) and / or the components of the packaging facility (10) is stored in the control device (27), and the program depends on the period of the operation interruption. a system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it is selected automatically depending on with or duration of the operation interruption for replacement of the products to be produced. The program sets the operating parameters of the components in advance, the operating parameters, temperature, clock frequency, speed, position, any claim 1-6, characterized in that includes brightness, ON / OFF The system according to claim 1. Wherein the control device (27) is characterized in that it comprises means for evaluating the packaging installation (10) and / or the detected operating state and / or energy consumption of the components of the packaging equipment (10) The system according to claim 1. An interruption of operation of the packaging facility (10) and / or a component of the packaging facility (10) is detected and the expected duration of the interruption of operation is the detected data, statistical calculation or probability calculation. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the system is calculated based on the following. An operation interruption of the packaging facility (10) and / or a component of the packaging facility (10) is detected, and a combination of a plurality of related components is taken into account when calculating an expected period of the operation interruption. 10. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , wherein: A system according to any one of claims 1-10 which process consumes a lot of energy, energy is characterized in that it is executed by the control device at a time which can be used at low cost (27). Claim 1-11 for packaging and / or product and / or components, characterized in that it is held mechanically on introduction of the operating interruption time or the energy saving means until the end of the working interruption or energy saving means The system according to any one of the above. 13. A system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the product is a tobacco article. The control device (27) serves as means for evaluating the detected operating state and / or energy consumption of the packaging facility (10) and / or components of the packaging facility (10). And / or a means for detecting a specific energy consumption of a component of the packaging facility (10).

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