Patent ID: 7222626
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A production and/or packaging installation for producing or packaging cigarettes, having a number of production units, namely a maker ( 10 ), packer ( 11 ), film-wrapping machine ( 12 ) and a multipacker ( 13 ), each production unit or all the production units being assigned a sensor system ( 56 ) provided for picking up performance data, characterized by a performance-monitoring device ( 50 ), which is provided for scaling the production or packaging performance level which can be retrieved by the installation, with a performance-detecting device ( 51 ), a performance-specifying device ( 38 ), a comparator ( 52 ) and a performance-limiting device ( 53 ), it being the case that the performance-specifying device ( 53 ) is provided for producing a performance-related desired value ( 54 ) with reference to the performance level which is guaranteed to an operator of the production and/or packaging installation with respect to the production or packaging performance level that can be retrieved by the installation, that the performance-detecting device ( 51 ) is provided for receiving performance data ( 55 ) from the sensor system ( 56 ) and for producing a performance-related actual value ( 57 ) with reference to the performance data ( 55 ), that the comparator ( 52 ) is provided for comparing the performance-related actual value ( 57 ) and performance-related desired value ( 54 ) and, if the performance-related actual value ( 57 ) exceeds the performance-related desired value ( 54 ), for generating an activating signal ( 58 ) for the performance-limiting device ( 53 ), and that a performance-limiting device ( 53 ) is provided for reducing the performance level of individual production units or of all the production units.