Patent ID: 7620471
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: A24C,B65B,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a system for the manufacture of tobacco products comprising a plurality of machines, turning out products comprising at least one of cigarettes, packets, cartons, overwrapped packets, overwrapped cartons, packs and boxes, wherein the machines of the system can be supplied respectively with at least one of wrapping materials, additional materials and auxiliary materials, comprising: programming a number (Pn) into a master control unit representing a nominal production target for at least one predetermined product among those turned out by the machines of the system; programming a value (Cmax) into the master control unit, representing a maximum holding capacity of the system from start to finish, expressed as a quantity of the predetermined product; counting a number (P) of at least one of products emerging from a relative machine of the system and relaying a corresponding item of data to the master control unit; running a first check on an actual quantity (C comparing the value of the actual quantity (C initiating a procedure for changeover to another brand of tobacco products in an event that the actual quantity (C