Patent ID: 6631301
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: A24C,A61F

Abstract:
A method of controlling an apparatus for producing products selected from the group consisting of cigarettes, cigarette packs, and plasters or plaster packs, said apparatus having: a PLC (programmable logic controller); an axis control system for controlling axes of devices selected from the group consisting of drives (51, 57, 69, 81), servo motors (39-42), conveyors (50, 55, 67, 80) and cutting elements (47, 65, 78); and a visualization system for displaying processes and/or process parameters, the PLC (programmable logic controller) and the axis control system running on a common physical appliance (10) or on a common hardware platform, said method being characterized in that the visualization system also runs on said common physical appliance (10) or on said common hardware platform, in that the products are detected individually by sensors (LS1, LS2, LS3, LS4) along at least one conveying path (44, 58, 64, 73, 77, 86, 87) of the products, and in that a rotational speed of said axes is permanently regulated on the basis of detected positions of the products.