Abstract:
A method for stabilizing machine processes in which the machines are regulated by a machine regulation matrix selected from a plurality of machine regulation matrixes using a detected machine sensor value, set-point values of the machines being stored in each machine regulation matrix. A process is optimized according to a predefined criterion by also using some of the machine sensor values such that a machine regulation matrix which is optimal according to the process optimization is determined from the plurality of machine regulation matrixes and is subsequently used for regulating the machines.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS  
   This application is a continuation under 35 U.S.C. § 365(c) and 35 U.S.C. § 120 of international application PCT/EP2004/002891, filed on Mar. 19, 2004. This application also claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of DE 103 14 573.7, filed Mar. 31, 2003. Each of the foregoing applications is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 

   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   DE 3 701 880 C1 describes a method for controlling the optimum operating speeds of a processing machine. In the control method described, sensors are used to determine down times of a processing machine and the quantity of goods processed in the machine, and the processing speed of the processing machine is adjusted as a function of the store occupancy of the processing goods on the basis of different control functions, either on the basis of a control function which describes an optimum-output processing speed of the processing machine, on the basis of a control function which describes a cost-optimum processing speed of the machine, or on the basis of a control function which describes a productivity-optimum processing speed of the processing machine. 
   As an alternative to the control of a single processing machine, preferably a wrapping machine for hard caramels according to DE 3 701 880 C1, the method described in DE 3 701 880 C1 can also be applied to processing machines which are coupled to one another in parallel. 
   Furthermore, T. Rädler, Modellierung und Simulation von Abfüllinien, Fortschrittsbericht [Modelling and Simulation of filling lines, Progress Report] VDI Series 14, No. 93, VDI-Verlag, ISBN: 3-18-309314-6, page 57 (1999) describes the optimum control of filling machines with different processing speeds on the basis of a so-called speed V diagram, also referred to as a speed V profile. 
   In addition, the Institut fuer Konstruktionstechnik und Anlagengestaltung (Dresden, Germany) produces a commercially available processing machine simulation program. This simulation program, which is called PacSi, is used to simulate a process line having a plurality of processing machines which are coupled to one another in series. The simulation input parameters are, for example, the mean time between two failures (Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)) and the mean time between the occurrence of a fault and its rectification (Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)) as well as the respective processing speeds at which the respective machine is operated. 
   In addition, Dualis GmbH IT Solution (Dresden, Germany) produces a software optimization program, which is likewise commercially available and is called ISSOP. This optimization program provides different optimization methods, for example empirically based, gradient-based and model-based optimization methods, which can be used for process optimization purposes. 
   The invention is based on the problem of providing improved process optimization for a machine installation having a plurality of machines which are coupled to one another in series. 
   The problem is solved by a method for computer-aided control of a plurality of machines which are coupled to one another in series, by means of a control device and by means of a machine arrangement. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   In a method for computer-aided control of a plurality of machines which are coupled to one another in series, in other words a plurality of interlinked machines in a row, machine sensor values are recorded, for example the processing speed of the machines or the number of items which are fed into the respective machine, that is to say those which are supplied to it or are emitted from the machine, that is to say are carried away from it. 
   The machines are preferably in the form of processing machines, in particular packaging machines, whose processing and/or packaging characteristic is controlled by means of the method. 
   Using at least some of the recorded machine sensor values, the machines are controlled in order to stabilize their processes on the basis of a machine control matrix which is selected from a plurality of machine control matrices, with nominal control values for the controlled machine being stored in each machine control matrix. Furthermore, process optimization is carried out on the basis of a predeterminable criterion using at least some of the recorded machine sensor values, by which means a machine control matrix which is optimum on the basis of the process optimization is determined from the plurality of machine control matrices, and is then used to control the machines. 
   The process optimization can be carried out as often as desired, preferably on the basis of a predeterminable time criterion, that is to say preferably periodically at a predeterminable repetition interval. An optimum selected machine control matrix is thus always used for the predetermined repetition interval and, once the process optimization has been carried out, a different machine control matrix can in each case be used for process stabilization purposes. 
   A control device for controlling a plurality of machines which are coupled to one another in series has a recording device for recording machine sensor values, in which case the recording device can preferably have any desired number of sensors, for example light barriers with counters connected to them, in order to record the respective state of the machine. Furthermore, the control device has a control unit for controlling the machines in order to stabilize their processes on the basis of a machine control matrix which is selected from a plurality of machine control matrices, with nominal control values for the controlled machines being stored in each machine control matrix, and with the control unit using at least some of the recorded machine sensor values. In addition, a process optimization unit is provided for carrying out a process optimization on the basis of a predeterminable criterion using at least some of the recorded machine sensor values. A machine control matrix selection unit, which is likewise provided in the control device, determines and selects an optimum machine control matrix from the plurality of machine control matrices on the basis of the process optimization, with the specific and selected optimum machine control matrix then being used for the machine purposes. 
   A machine arrangement according to the invention has a plurality of machines which are coupled to one another in series, as well as a control device, which is coupled to the machines, in order to control the machines. 
   The invention can clearly be seen in that a two-stage, hierarchical optimization process is provided for closed-loop or open-loop control of machines which are interlinked in a row, with process stabilization being carried out in a first stage and process optimization being carried out in a second stage, with that machine control matrix which is in each case used in the course of the process stabilization, for example a matrix in which the respective nominal operating speeds of the machines are indicated, being determined and selected in the course of the process optimization. 
   The invention controls a series line of machines, whose process behavior is intrinsically very unstable and complex, in a process line in a simple, convenient and robust manner. 
   Preferred developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims. 
   The refinements of the invention which are described in the following text relate not only to the method and the control device but also to the machine arrangement. 
   One development of the invention provides that nominal speed values at which the respective machines are intended to be operated are quoted in the machine control matrix. In other words, the process stabilization is based on a matrix in which the nominal operating speeds of the controlled machines are indicated. 
   It has been found that the operating speeds of the machines are a highly suitable controlled variable which can be influenced in a simple manner and which thus allows simple control. 
   According to one refinement of the invention, the speed values in the machine control matrix are allocated to the machines in accordance with a speed V profile, preferably in a corresponding manner to that described, for example, for a filling device in T. Rädler, Modellierung und Simulation von Abfüllinien, Fortschrittsbericht [Modelling and Simulation of filling lines, Progress Report] VDI Series 14, No. 93, VDI-Verlag, ISBN: 3-18-309314-6, page 57 (1999). 
   It has been found that the speed V profile is very highly suitable for controlling machines which are interlinked in a row for process stabilization purposes. 
   The nominal control values of the selected machine control matrix can be varied for control purposes, with the control process being carried out at the process stabilization level on the basis of the amended nominal control values. This allows intervention in the process stabilization at a lower control level, directly and in real time, according to the invention. 
   Another refinement of the invention provides for a computer-aided simulation to be carried out, preferably using a computer simulation program, of the plurality of machines which are interlinked in a row, with a simulation model of the machines being used in the course of the computer-aided technical simulation. 
   This refinement of the invention provides for the process optimization to be carried on the basis of the result of the computer-aided simulation. 
   According to the invention, the PacSi program described above can be used as the simulation program. The coupling of the simulation and the optimization to one another according to the invention for the purposes of 1 two-stage control of machines which are interlinked in a row allows the machines to be controlled quickly and nevertheless very robustly and realistically. The process optimization is preferably carried out on the basis of maximization of the output of the individual machines, for example by using the effective output as a controlled variable for control purposes. 
   Another refinement of the invention provides for at least some of the machines to be in the form of one of the following machines:
     bottle erector machine   material filling machine   cap sorting machine   cap aligner machine   bottle closure machine   bottle shoe lifter machine   bottle labeling machine,   coding machine   sticker machine   sheet shrinkage machine   multiple pack aligner machine,   carton packaging machine   carton closure machine   carton label printing machine   checking balance   palletization machine.   

   This means that the invention can preferably be used in the field of process line control for a packaging process line and/or a material filling process line. 
   As stated above, the process optimization can be carried out repeatedly as a function of a repetition criterion, for example repeatedly on the basis of a predeterminable repetition period. 
   The process optimization is preferably carried out on the basis of one of the following optimization methods:
         an iterative optimization method,   a gradient-based optimization method,   a model-based optimization method.       

   The optimization can be carried out using an explicit description of the processes by means of mathematical functions, for example by means of differential equation systems, statistics etc., with fixed limits as well as quantitative transfer functions being predetermined in the course of the process description. 
   As an alternative to deterministic description of the process, a fuzzy description of a process can be used for process optimization purposes, for example using fuzzy logic with linguistic variables without fixed process limits and with qualitative transfer functions. 
   Alternatively, any type of stochastic estimator, for example a neural network can be used for process optimization, for model-based process optimization purposes. 
   One exemplary embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the figures and will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   Although the exemplary embodiment is used as the basis for describing a process line for filling bottles with hair shampoo, it should be noted that the invention can be applied to any type of machines which are interlinked in a row, in particular to processing machines which are interlinked in a row and preferably to packaging machines which are interlinked in a row, in which items which are supplied successively to each individual machine can be processed in the respective machine on the basis of the machine characteristic, can be emitted from the machine and can be supplied from this machine once again as the input processing items in each case to a subsequent machine in the processing sequence. 

   
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     In the figures: 
       FIGS. 1   a  to  1   c  show a machine arrangement according to one exemplary embodiment of the invention. 
       FIG. 2  shows an illustration of a screen surface of a computer simulation program, with the results of the simulation being used for process optimization purposes in order to control the machines in the machine arrangement, according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention. 
       FIG. 3  shows a block diagram illustrating the principle of two-stage control according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention. 
       FIG. 4  shows a diagram illustrating speed V profiles according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention. 
       FIGS. 5   a  to  5   d  show functional diagrams illustrating process optimization based on an iterative process optimization strategy. 
       FIGS. 6   a  to  6   d  show functional diagrams illustrating process optimization on the basis of a gradient-based process optimization strategy. 
       FIGS. 7   a – 7   d  show functional diagrams illustrating process optimization on the basis of a model-based process optimization strategy. 
   

   DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
   The machine arrangement  100  has a bottle erector machine  101 , which is designed such that empty bottles  102  which are supplied to the bottle erector machine  101  are placed in bottle shoes  116 , which will be described in more detail in the following text, in order in this way to ensure that the life of the bottles  102  is increased. 
   Once the bottles have been placed in the bottle shoes  116 , the bottles  102  are supplied to a filler machine  104  by means of a conveyor belt  103 . In general, the filling machine  104  is used to fill a container with a product with which it is in each case intended to be filled, with the bottle  102  that is supplied to the filling machine  104  in the case of this exemplary embodiment being filled with the desired liquid, specifically hair shampoo. 
   The bottle  105  filled with the liquid is transported by means of a further conveyor belt  106  from the filling machine  104  to a cap aligner machine  107 , and is supplied to this machine. Closure caps  110  are supplied via a secondary input in a secondary flow for the cap aligner machine  107  from a cap sorting machine  108  via a further conveyor belt  109 , and are applied to the filled bottles  105  by the cap aligner. 
   The bottles  111  with the lids fitted are supplied via a further conveyor belt  112  to a bottle closure machine  113 , which completely closes the bottles  111  with the caps  110 , so that the hair shampoo can no longer flow out of the bottle  111 . 
   The bottles  114  which have been closed with the caps  110  are supplied to a bottle shoe removal machine  115 , in which the bottles  114  which have been filled and have been closed with the caps are lifted out of the bottle shoes  116 . The bottle shoes  116 , which are now empty, are supplied once again via a further conveyor belt  117  to a secondary flow input  118  of the bottle erector machine  101 . 
   The bottles  114  are then supplied by means of an additional conveyor belt  118  to a labeling machine  119 , which applies predeterminable labels to the bottles  114 . 
   Additional predeterminable codes are applied, for example by means of an ink jet system, to the labeled bottles  120  by means of a coding machine  121 . Additional information is adhesively attached to the bottles by means of two sticker machines  122 ,  123 . 
   For the rest of the production procedure, a distinction is drawn between two situations, on the one hand single-bottle packaging and on the other hand multiple bottle packaging, that is to say a predeterminable number of bottles are combined and are jointly welded in a sheet. According to this exemplary embodiment, it is possible for any desired predeterminable number of bottles, preferably five bottles, to be jointly welded in a sheet. If this is desired, then the labeled bottles  124 , which have been marked with additional identification, are supplied via a secondary conveyor belt  125  to a group-of-five sheet shrinker machine  126 , in which five bottles are in each case packaged jointly in one sheet and are welded, and the sheet is thus shrunk. If the bottles  124  are still intended to be packaged individually, then the labeled bottles  124  which have been marked with additional information are passed on via the main conveyor belt  127 , bypassing the sheet shrinker machine  126 . 
   In a further production path, two additional sticker machines  128 ,  129  are then provided, by means of which additional information can be applied to the sheets in which the bottles are packaged. 
   The bottles  130 , which are completely marked in this way, are supplied to a carton packaging machine  131 , by means of which the bottles  130  are packaged in cartons  133  which are supplied to the carton packaging machine  131  via a secondary input. The cartons  133  are erected by means of a multiple package erector machine  132 , and are supplied, folded in a predetermined manner, to the secondary input of the carton packaging machine  131 . 
   The cartons  134  which have been filled with the bottles are supplied via a further conveyor belt  135  to a carton closure machine  136 , in which the cartons  134  are closed. 
   The closed cartons  137  are transported, once again by means of a conveyor belt  138 , from the carton closure machine  136  to a carton label printing machine  139 , in which predeterminable labels are printed on the cartons  137 . The cartons  140  which have been provided with labels are supplied, once again by means of a conveyor belt  141 , to a check weighing facility  142 , which determines the correct weight of the respectively filled and closed cartons  137 , in order to check whether the cartons  137  have actually been completely filled. If the cartons have not been completely filled, then the incorrectly filled cartons are rejected, and the bottles are used to fill new cartons. The correctly filled cartons  143  are supplied from the check weighing facility  142  by means of a further conveyor belt  144  to a palletization machine  145 , which stacks the cartons  143  on pallets, and then delivers them. 
   Sensors, for example light barriers, are provided both at the main flow inputs of the individual machines and at the secondary flow inputs of the machines, by which, for example, caps or cartons are supplied to the respective machine, in general for processing of the supplied material which is actually used for the items to be processed, and at the outputs of the machines and at any desired predeterminable positions on a conveyor belt, in order to determine elements, for example a bottle, passing through a light barrier and, for example, to count these events by means of counters which are likewise provided and are coupled to the light barriers. 
   The conveyor belts are coupled by means of a first fieldbus  146 , in this exemplary embodiment a Profibus, to a belt control unit  147 , in this exemplary embodiment a programmable logic controller (PLC). 
   The machines are connected to a process stabilization control computer  149  by means of a second fieldbus, in this exemplary embodiment likewise a Profibus  148 . 
   Control variables by means of which the speed of the individual conveyor belts is set are supplied to the individual conveyor belt by means of the belt control unit  147 . Control variables are supplied by means of the process stabilization control computer  149  to the individual machines and to the programmable logic controllers which are preferably provided in the machines, by means of the second fieldbus  148 , with the control variables in this exemplary embodiment being nominal speed values, by means of which the respective nominal operating speed of the machine is set, using the programmable logic controller for the respective machine. 
   In an alternative embodiment, in the situation where some of the machines are not fieldbus compatible, predeterminable signals are recorded by means of separate remote input/output interfaces (not illustrated), and corresponding control variables are supplied to the respective machine in accordance with the respective proprietary data format which is supported by the respective machine. 
   Furthermore, the data recorded by the sensors is supplied by means of the first fieldbus  146  and/or the second fieldbus  148  to a measurement data recording computer  150 , which is coupled to the belt control unit  147  and to the process stabilization control computer  149  via a local communication network  151 , in this exemplary embodiment the Ethernet, and is stored by this process stabilization control computer  149  in a measurement data database. The measurement data database is managed by a database computer  150 . An additional process optimization computer  152  is likewise coupled to the abovementioned computers  147 ,  149 ,  150  by means of the Ethernet  151 . The process optimization computer  152  carries out the process optimization processes described in the following text. 
   A simulation program, in this exemplary embodiment the technical computer simulation program PacSi, is stored in a simulation computer  153 . The simulation computer  153  is likewise coupled to the Ethernet  151  and, via it, to the computers  147 ,  149 ,  150 ,  152  mentioned above, so that data can be interchanged between the individual computers  147 ,  149 ,  150 ,  152 . 
   In other words, this means that, according to the invention, the process stabilization control computer  149  controls the machines as described in the following text on the basis of the respectively selected speed V profile. In other words, this means that the control process is carried out at the first hierarchical level, that is to say at the lower hierarchical level. 
   As will be explained in more detail in the following text, the process optimization computer  152  uses the results of the technical simulation (which is in each case carried out by the simulation computer  153 ) of the process line with the large number of machines to carry out process optimization with the maximum effective output (productivity) of the process line in production items as the optimization criterion. 
   In an alternative embodiment, the computers  149 ,  150 ,  152  and  153  are partially or completely combined in a hardware unit, preferably in a personal computer. 
   Each machine in the production path is preceded on the input side by a store of any desired size (not shown), in which the production item to be processed is inserted, and from which the machine takes the production item. The store allows the process line to be controlled more robustly and with fewer fluctuations since a defect or jam which is limited to a short time at a previous or subsequent machine has no effect on the machine itself. 
   In this context, it should be noted that, in an alternative embodiment, a plurality of the machines described above can be integrated in one machine. For example, the cap sorting machine  108  and the cap erector machine  107  may be integrated in one machine. 
     FIG. 2  shows a screen surface  201  of the PacSi simulation program, which is carried out by the simulation computer  153 , in order to illustrate the coupling according to the invention of a technical simulation of the machines in the machine arrangement and the process optimization. The respective large number of machines and their coupling to one another, preferably by means of conveyor belts, and the respective material flows are entered in the simulation program. 
   The operating speeds  202 , the mean time between two failures of the machine  203  and the mean failure rates  204  as well as the associated distribution functions are also entered for each of the machines. 
   During a simulation relating to the respectively entered variables for different fault states, which are in each case set manually or automatically in the simulation, for example a failure of one or more of the machines in the process line or a lack or excess of production items in the material flow, the simulation program determines the optimization functions of the effective output, as is described per se for a single machine in [1]. 
   The result of the simulation is thus, for example, the simulated actual speed of the respective machine, the actual productivity of the machine or of the entire process line and, depending on the process optimization strategy that is used, the nominal productivity of the machines in the process line of the individual machines running at the actual speed mentioned above, or the complete characteristic, that is to say a complete model description of the nominal productivity as a function of the nominal speeds. 
   These results which are produced by the simulation program are supplied via the Ethernet  151  to the process optimization computer  152 , where they are processed using the respective process optimization process, in the form of a process optimization computer program  205 , in this exemplary embodiment the ISSOP optimization program. 
   Process optimization is carried out by means of the process optimization program using the respectively desired process optimization strategy, as will be explained in more detail in the following text. One result of the process optimization that is carried out is a selected optimum machine control matrix, in which the respective optimum operating speeds (in terms of the effective output) are stored in the previously defined speed V profiles. 
   The optimum operating speeds (which are selected in this way using the optimum machine control matrix) of the individual machines are supplied to the programmable logic controllers for the machines from the process stabilization control computer  149 , and are thus supplied to the machines. The process stabilization control computer  149  receives details about the optimum speed V profile from the process optimization computer  152 . 
     FIG. 3  uses a block diagram to show, schematically, the interaction between the machines, the process stabilization control computer  149 , the process optimization computer  152  and the simulation computer  153 . 
   The machines, which are identified jointly as a block  300  in  FIG. 3 , are monitored by means of the sensors that are provided in the process line for their actual speeds as well as their material flow, for example the number of bottles passing through a light barrier per unit time. 
   The machine sensor values which are recorded by means of the sensors are supplied via the first fieldbus  146  to the control computers  147  and/or  149  and, via them, to the measurement data database. Process stabilization is carried out by means of the process stabilization control computer  149  using the recorded actual speeds and the selected speed V profile, that is to say the individual machines are controlled, with conventional control algorithms being used for process stabilization, in which case the speeds of the individual machines can be changed from the predetermined nominal speeds (which are stored in the machine on the basis of the selected machine control matrix) as a function of the rules which are described in the following text and can be combined in a speed matrix, and the programmable logic controllers for the machines can be driven using the changed speeds. 
   The process stabilization control computer  149  thus clearly allows a real-time reaction to instantaneous fault situations, shortage situations and jam situations in the individual machines by selection of fixed manipulated variables corresponding to the respectively optimum selected speed V profile. 
   Furthermore, the simulation computer  153  carries out simulations of the entire process line to be simulated with the large number of machines, optionally using the machine sensor values. The simulation computer  153  clearly carries out a technical simulation of the process line, allowing reaction well in advance to the statistically protected aligned performance of the process line by using the simulator to create optimization functions, as will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The process optimization computer  152  uses the determined optimization functions to carry out process optimization processes with the optimum optimization function from a large number of previously stored optimization functions being determined as the result of the process optimization and, via this, with the optimum operating speed V profile on the basis of the respective optimization function being determined, selected and transmitted to the process stabilization control computer  149 . This clearly allows medium-notice reaction to the current trend in the process line performance by presetting an optimum speed profile for the process stabilization control computer  149 . 
   According to this exemplary embodiment, the control process is carried out on the basis of the optimum, selected speed profile in a time period based on seconds, for example every five seconds. According to this exemplary embodiment, the process optimization is carried out on the basis of minutes, that is to say for example every 10 minutes. The complete simulation of the process line is carried out repeatedly with a repetition interval of several hours, according to this exemplary embodiment eight hours. 
     FIG. 4  uses a diagram  400  to show a plurality of machine control matrices, with the nominal operating speed  407  of each machine in the process line being stored in each machine control matrix  401 ,  402 ,  403 ,  404 . 
   The nominal operating speeds  407  in each operating speed profile  401 ,  402 ,  403 ,  404  are preset according to this exemplary embodiment of the invention on the basis of the operating speed V profile, as described in [2]. 
   By way of example,  FIG. 4  shows five machines  101 ,  104 ,  107 ,  119 ,  131  in order to simplify the illustration, for each machine control matrix which, in this exemplary embodiment, represents just one vector in whose components the respective nominal operating speed for each machine is entered. 
   According to the invention, m operating speed V profiles  401 ,  402 ,  403 ,  404  are provided, where m is any desired number. 
   As is illustrated symbolically in  FIG. 4 , local adaptation of the operating speeds  407  is carried out within a selected speed V profile, the second speed V profile  402  by way of example in  FIG. 4 , that is to say local control of the nominal operating speeds  407  for process stabilization, as is in each case indicated by a vertical arrow  405 . 
   As can be seen from  FIG. 4 , the speeds  407  of the respective speed profile V profiles  401 ,  402 ,  403 ,  404  differ, so that it is either possible to speed up or to slow down all of the machines in the process line, overall, by varying the selected operating speed V profiles. 
   In this context, it should be noted that the local control within a speed profile  401 ,  402 ,  403 ,  404  means that overlapping of the actual nominal speed  407  within a selected speed V profile can occur with a nominal speed  407  of an adjacent speed V profile. 
   As described above, the fundamental principle is to provide any desired number of stored and selectable speed V profiles. 
   20 speed V profiles are preferably provided, with one speed V profile  401 ,  402 ,  403 ,  404  in each case being provided at an interval of in each case five percent from the maximum operating speed of the machines. 
   In an alternative embodiment, the speed V profiles are located in a region within +or −20% of the respective nominal operating point. 
   As is likewise illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the respectively used speed V profile  401 ,  402 ,  403 ,  404  is “shifted” by the process optimization computer  152  by reselection of the process optimization carried out. On the basis of the process optimization, it is possible to select the immediately adjacent speed V profile to a selected speed V profile. Alternatively, any desired speed V profile can be selected on the basis of the result of the respective process optimization. 
   A double-headed arrow  406  in  FIG. 4  illustrates the process optimization and the respective redefinition and reselection of the instantaneously optimum speed V profile associated with this. 
   The states of a respective machine, in particular the disturbance determined in the respective machine, which are considered in the course of the exemplary embodiment according to the invention, are explained briefly in the following text: 
   1. Disturbance in a Machine: 
   In the case of this event, a machine has completely or partially failed, and is thus subject to a disturbance. 
   2. Main Flow Jam: 
   In the case of this event, the machine sensor values are used to determine that there are an excessive number of the production items at the output of the respective machine, so that no further products can be emitted. The threshold value which leads to an event such as this, that is to say the number of production items which is greater than the number of products which can be accommodated in the main flow downstream from the machine leading to the fault message can be predetermined freely on a machine-specific basis. 
   3. Initial Alarm, Main Flow Jam: 
   In the case of this event, it is likewise possible to predetermine freely on a machine-specific basis an intermediate threshold value such that, if this intermediate threshold value is exceeded, it is assumed that a jam will occur in the main flow if the rate at which the production items are emitted from the machine is not reduced and/or the supply rate to the downstream machine is not increased. 
   4. Jam, Secondary Flow: 
   In the case of this event, a jam is determined via a secondary output from the machine in the material which is emitted from the machine which has a second or further material output as a result of the processing of the actual production item, for example empty bottle shoes being carried away in the exemplary embodiment according to the invention. 
   5. Shortage in the Main Flow: 
   In the case of this event, the process determines whether the machine is being supplied with too few production items, so that the machine can no longer operate correctly at its full load level. This event can be initiated if no production items are supplied to an input of the main flow of the machine for a predetermined time period. 
   6. Shortage in the Secondary Flow: 
   In the case of this event, the process determines whether the machine is being supplied with too little secondary flow material via one of the secondary inputs, so that the machine can no longer operate correctly at its full load level. This event can be initiated if no secondary flow material is supplied to an input of a secondary flow to the machine for a predetermined time. 
   7. Initial Alarm, Shortage of Main Flow: 
   In the case of this event, it is likewise possible to predetermine freely on a machine-specific basis an intermediate threshold value such that, if this intermediate threshold value is exceeded, it is assumed that there will be a shortage in the main flow if the supply rate of the production items to the machine is not increased. 
   The speed matrix for the individual machines in the machine arrangement  100  in the course of the process stabilization will be described in the following text as a function of the disturbances recorded for the respective machine: 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur:
     1. Disturbance, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Bottle erector machine  101  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Bottle erector machine  101  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       The bottle erector machine  101  is slowed down;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Bottle erector machine  101  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage, secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Bottle erector machine  101  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change;   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle erector machine  101 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 ;
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Lack of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Lack of secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is adapted in the following manner when the above events occur in the bottle erector machine  101 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 ;
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Lack of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Lack of secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle erector machine  101 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 ;
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Lack of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Lack of secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle erector machine  101 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 ;
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Lack of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Lack of secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner in accordance with the exemplary embodiment when the following events occur in the bottle erector machine  101 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 ;
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow bottle erector machine  101 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Lack of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Lack of secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle erector machine  101 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 ;
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Lack of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;.   
       6. Lack of secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change.   
       

   There is no speed change to the coding machine  121 , the first sticker machine  122  or the second sticker machine  123  when the above disturbances occur in the bottle erector machine  101 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the above events occur in the bottle erector machine  101 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinking machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle erector machine  101 ;
       Speed up the sheet shrinking machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow bottle erector machine  101 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinking machine  126 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Lack of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinking machine  126 ;   
       6. Lack of secondary flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinking machine  126 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle erector machine  101 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the remaining machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the bottle erector machine  101 . 
   The change in the operating speeds when the following events occur in the filling machine  104  will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the filling machine  104 :
     1. Disturbance in the filling machine  104 ;
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage in the secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the filling machine  104 :
     1. Disturbance in the filling machine  104 ;
       Filling machine  104  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Filling machine  104  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Filling machine  104  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage in the secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       Filling machine  104  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the filling machine  104 :
     1. Disturbance in the filling machine  104 ;
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage in the secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the filling machine  104 :
     1. Disturbance in the filling machine  104 ;
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage in the secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the filling machine  104 :
     1. Disturbance in the filling machine  104 ;
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage in the secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the filling machine  104 :
     1. Disturbance in the filling machine  104 ;
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage in the secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the filling machine  104 :
     1. Disturbance in the filling machine  104 ;
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage in the secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the coding machine  121  and of the first sticker machine  122  as well as the second sticker machine  123  remains unchanged when all of the above events occur in the filling machine  104 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the filling machine  104 :
     1. Disturbance in the filling machine  104 ;
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage in the secondary flow, filling machine  104 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage in the main flow, filling machine  104 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  remains unchanged when the above events occur in the filling machine  104 . 
   The change to the operating speeds of the machines when the following events occur in the cap sorting machine  108  will be described in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 :
     1. Disturbance, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 :
     1. Disturbance, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 :
     1. Disturbance, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Cap sorting machine  108  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Cap sorting machine  108  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 :
     1. Disturbance, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 :
     1. Disturbance, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 :
     1. Disturbance, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 :
     1. Disturbance, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121 , of the first sticker machine  122  and of the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 :
     1. Disturbance, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap sorting machine  108 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the cap sorting machine  108 . 
   The changes in the operating speeds of the machines in the process line when the following events occur in the cap aligner machine  107  will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 :
     1. Disturbance, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 :
     1. Disturbance, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 :
     1. Disturbance, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 :
     1. Disturbance, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Cap aligner machine  107  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Speed up the cap aligner machine  107 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 :
     1. Disturbance, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 :
     1. Disturbance, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 :
     1. Disturbance, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121 , the first sticker machine  122  and the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 .
     1. Disturbance, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, cap aligner machine  107 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142 ,  145  in the process line remain unchanged when the above events occur in the cap aligner machine  107 . 
   Changes to the operating speeds of the machines when the following events occur in the bottle closure machine  113  will be explained in detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 .   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 .   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 .   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 .   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Bottle closure machine  113  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Bottle closure machine  113  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Bottle closure machine  113  is stopped;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Bottle closure machine  113  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Bottle closure machine  113  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 .   
       

   The bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 .   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 .   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121  and of the first sticker machine  122  as well as the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle closure machine  113 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 .   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  contained in the process line remain unchanged when the above events occur in the bottle closure machine  113 . 
   The change to the operating speeds of the individual machines in the process line when the following events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115  will be explained in detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       5. Initial alarm, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       7. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       No speed change;   
       8. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 .   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 .
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       5. Initial alarm, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       No speed change;   
       8.Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 .   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       5. Initial alarm, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       No speed change;   
       8.Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 .   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       5. Initial alarm, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       No speed change;   
       8.Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 .   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       5. Initial alarm, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       No speed change;   
       8.Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 .   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Bottle shoe removal machine  115  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Bottle shoe removal machine  115  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Bottle shoe removal machine  115  is stopped;   
       5. Initial alarm, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Bottle shoe removal machine  115  is stopped;   
       7. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       No speed change;   
       8.Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 .   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       5. Initial alarm, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       No speed change;   
       8.Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 .   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121  and of the first sticker machine  122  as well as the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
     1. Disturbance, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       5. Initial alarm, secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       7. Shortage of secondary flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       No speed change;   
       8.Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, bottle shoe removal machine  115 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 .   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the bottle shoe removal machine  115 . 
   The change to the operating speed of the individual machines in the process line when the following events occur in the labeling machine  119  will be explained in detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the labeling machine  119 :
     1. Disturbance, labeling machine  119 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the labeling machine  119 :
     1. Disturbance, labeling machine  119 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the labeling machine  119 :
     1. Disturbance, labeling machine  119 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  118 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the labeling machine  119 :
     1. Disturbance, labeling machine  119 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the labeling machine  119 :
     1. Disturbance, labeling machine  119 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the labeling machine  119 :
     1. Disturbance, labeling machine  119 :
       Bottle shoe removal machine  115  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       Bottle shoe removal machine  115  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the labeling machine  119 :
     1. Disturbance, labeling machine  119 :
       Labeling machine  119  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       Labeling machine  119  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121  and of the first sticker machine  122  as well as the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the labeling machine  119 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the labeling machine  119 :
     1. Disturbance, labeling machine  119 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, labeling machine  119 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, labeling machine  119 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  in the process line remain unchanged when the above events occur in the labeling machine  119 . 
   If a disturbance occurs in the coding machine  121 , the speed of the individual machines is changed in the following manner: 
   the bottle erector machine  101  is slowed down; 
   the filling machine  104  is operated at the same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ; 
   the cap sorting machine  108  is slowed down; 
   the cap aligner machine  107  is operated at the same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ; 
   the bottle closure machine  113  is slowed down; 
   the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is stopped; 
   the labeling machine  119  is stopped; 
   the coding machine  121  is stopped; 
   the sheet shrinker machine  126  is slowed down; 
   the operating speeds of the other machines  122 ,  123 ,  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  remain unchanged. 
   The operating speeds of all the machines in the process line remain unchanged in response to all of the other events which occur in the coding machine  121 . 
   The operating speed of the machines in the process line is changed as follows when a disturbance occurs in the first sticker machine  122 : 
   the bottle erector machine  101  is slowed down; 
   the filling machine  104  is operated at the same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ; 
   the cap sorting machine  108  is slowed down; 
   the cap aligner machine  107  is operated at the same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ; 
   the bottle closure machine  113  is slowed down; 
   the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is slowed down; 
   the labeling machine  119  is operated at the same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ; 
   the first sticker machine  122  is stopped; 
   the sheet shrinker machine  126  is slowed down; 
   the operating speeds of the other machines  121 ,  123 ,  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  in the process line remain unchanged. 
   The operating speeds of all the machines in the process line remain unchanged in response to all of the other events which occur in the first sticker machine  122 . 
   When a disturbance occurs in the second sticker machine  123 , the operating speeds of the machines in the process line are changed in the following manner: 
   the bottle erector machine  101  is slowed down; 
   the filling machine  104  is operated at the same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ; 
   the cap sorting machine  108  is slowed down; 
   the cap aligner machine  107  is operated at the same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ; 
   the bottle closure machine  113  is slowed down; 
   the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is slowed down; 
   the labeling machine  119  is operated at the same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ; 
   the second sticker machine  123  is stopped; 
   the sheet shrinker machine  126  is slowed down; 
   the operating speeds of the other machines  121 ,  122 ,  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  in the process line remain unchanged. 
   The operating speeds of all the machines in the process line remain unchanged in response to all of the other events which occur in the first sticker machine  123 . 
   The change to the operating speeds of the machines when the following events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126  will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 :
     1. Disturbance, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 :
     1. Disturbance, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 :
     1. Disturbance, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 :
     1. Disturbance, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 :
     1. Disturbance, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 :
     1. Disturbance, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 :
     1. Disturbance, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121  and of the first sticker machine  122  as well as the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 :
     1. Disturbance, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Sheet shrinker machine  126  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Sheet shrinker machine  126  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Sheet shrinker machine  126  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       Sheet shrinker machine  126  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, sheet shrinker machine  126 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  in the process line remain unchanged when the above events occur in the sheet shrinker machine  126 . 
   The operating speeds of the machines in the process line are changed in the following manner when a disturbance occurs in the third sticker machine  128 : 
   the bottle erector machine  101  is slowed down; 
   the filling machine  104  is operated at the same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ; 
   the cap sorting machine  108  is slowed down; 
   the cap aligner machine  107  is operated at the same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ; 
   the bottle closure machine  113  is slowed down; 
   the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is slowed down; 
   the labeling machine  119  is operated at the same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ; 
   the sheet shrinker machine  126  is slowed down; 
   the third sticker machine  128  is stopped; 
   the operating speeds of the other machines  121 ,  122 ,  123 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  in the process line remain unchanged. 
   The operating speeds of all the machines in the process line remain unchanged when other events occur in the third sticker machine  128 . 
   The operating speeds of the machines in the process line are changed in the following manner when a disturbance occurs in the fourth sticker machine  129 : 
   the bottle erector machine  101  is slowed down; 
   the filling machine  104  is operated at the same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ; 
   the cap sorting machine  108  is slowed down; 
   the cap aligner machine  107  is operated at the same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ; 
   the bottle closure machine  113  is slowed down; 
   the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is slowed down; 
   the labeling machine  119  is operated at the same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ; 
   the sheet shrinker machine  126  is slowed down; 
   the fourth sticker machine  129  is stopped; 
   the operating speeds of the other machines  121 ,  122 ,  123 ,  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  in the process line remain unchanged. 
   The operating speeds of all the other machines in the process line remain unchanged if another event occurs in the fourth sticker machine  129 . 
   The change to the operating speeds of the machines in the process line when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132  will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 :
     1. Disturbance, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Sheet shrinker machine  126  is stopped;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Sheet shrinker machine  126  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 :
     1. Disturbance, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 :
     1. Disturbance, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 :
     1. Disturbance, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 :.
     1. Disturbance, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 :
     1. Disturbance, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 :
     1. Disturbance, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121  and of the first sticker machine  122  as well as the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 :
     1. Disturbance, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the multiple pack erector machine  132  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 :
     1. Disturbance, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       The multiple pack erector machine  132  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       The multiple pack erector machine  132  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       The multiple pack erector machine  132  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, multiple pack erector machine  132 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the multiple pack erector machine  132 . 
   The changes to the operating speeds of the machines in the process line when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131  will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131 :
     1. Disturbance, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131 :
     1. Disturbance, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131 :
     1. Disturbance, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131 :
     1. Disturbance, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131 :
     1. Disturbance, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131 :
     1. Disturbance, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131 :
     1. Disturbance, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121 , of the first sticker machine  122  and of the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the events described above occur in the carton packaging machine  131 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131 :
     1. Disturbance, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the carton packaging machine  131  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton packaging machine  131 :
     1. Disturbance, carton packaging machine  131 :
       The carton packaging machine  131  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       The carton packaging machine  131  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       The carton packaging machine  131  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       The carton packaging machine  131  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton packaging machine  131 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  remain unchanged when the events described above occur in the carton packaging machine  131 . 
   The change to the operating speeds of the individual machines when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  136  will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  136 :
     1. Disturbance, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  136 :
     1. Disturbance, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  136 :
     1. Disturbance, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  136 :
     1. Disturbance, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  136 :
     1. Disturbance, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  136 :
     1. Disturbance, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;.   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  136 :
     1. Disturbance, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121 , of the first sticker machine  122  and of the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the carton closure machine  136 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  135 :
     1. Disturbance, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the carton closure machine  136  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton closure machine  136 :
     1. Disturbance, carton closure machine  136 :
       The carton closure machine  136  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       The carton closure machine  136  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       The carton closure machine  136  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       The carton closure machine  136  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton closure machine  136 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  139 ,  142  and  145  in the process line remain unchanged when the above events occur in the carton closure machine  136 . 
   The changes to the operating speeds of the machines in the process line when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139  will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 :
     1. Disturbance, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 :
     1. Disturbance, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 :
     1. Disturbance, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 :
     1. Disturbance, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 :
     1. Disturbance, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 :
     1. Disturbance, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 :
     1. Disturbance, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121 , of the first sticker machine  122  and of the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 :
     1. Disturbance, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the carton label printing machine  139  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the carton label printing machine  139 :
     1. Disturbance, carton label printing machine  139 :
       The carton label printing machine  139  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       The carton label printing machine  139  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       The carton label printing machine  139  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       The carton label printing machine  139  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, carton label printing machine  139 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  142  and  145  in the process line remain unchanged when the events described above occur in the carton label printing machine  139 . 
   The change to the operating speeds of the machines in the process line when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142  will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142 :
     1. Disturbance, check weighing facility:
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142 :
     1. Disturbance, check weighing facility:
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142 :
     1. Disturbance, check weighing facility:
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142 :
     1. Disturbance, check weighing facility:
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142 :
     1. Disturbance, check weighing facility:
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142 :
     1. Disturbance, check weighing facility:
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142 :
     1. Disturbance, check weighing facility:
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121 , of the first sticker machine  122  and of the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the check weighing facility  142 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142 :
     1. Disturbance, check weighing facility:
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the check weighing facility  142  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the check weighing facility  142 :
     1. Disturbance, check weighing facility:
       The check weighing facility  142  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       The check weighing facility  142  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       The check weighing facility  142  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, check weighing facility  142 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131 ,  132 ,  136 ,  139  and  145  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the check weighing facility  142 . 
   The changes to the operating speeds of the machines in the process line when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145  will be explained in more detail in the following text. 
   The operating speed of the bottle erector machine  101  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145 :
     1. Disturbance, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Speed up the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the bottle erector machine  101 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the filling machine  104  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145 :
     1. Disturbance, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap sorting machine  108  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145 :
     1. Disturbance, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Speed up the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the cap aligner machine  107  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145 :
     1. Disturbance, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the cap sorting machine  108 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle closure machine  113  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145 :
     1. Disturbance, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Speed up the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the bottle closure machine  113 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the bottle shoe removal machine  115  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145 :
     1. Disturbance, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Speed up the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the labeling machine  119  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145 :
     1. Disturbance, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Same speed as the bottle shoe removal machine  115 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the coding machine  121 , of the first sticker machine  122  and of the second sticker machine  123  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the palletization machine  145 . 
   The operating speed of the sheet shrinker machine  126  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145 :
     1. Disturbance, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       2. Jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Speed up the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       Slow down the sheet shrinker machine  126 ;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speed of the palletization machine  145  is changed in the following manner when the following events occur in the palletization machine  145 :
     1. Disturbance, palletization machine  145 :
       The palletization machine  145  is stopped;   
       2. Jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       The palletization machine  145  is stopped;   
       3. Initial alarm, jam, main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       4. Jam, secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change;   
       5. Shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       The palletization machine  145  is stopped;   
       6. Shortage of secondary flow, palletization machine  145 :
       The palletization machine  145  is stopped;   
       7. Initial alarm, shortage of main flow, palletization machine  145 :
       No speed change.   
       

   The operating speeds of the other machines  128 ,  129 ,  131  remain unchanged when the above events occur in the palletization machine  145 . 
   In this context, it should be noted that the extent to which a machine is speeded up or slowed down is dependent on the respective application and the architecture of the overall process line. Suitable values for increasing or reducing the operating speed of the machines may be determined, for example, by means of the technical simulation or, in a general form, from empirical values during operation of the machine while the process line is in operation. 
   The totality of all of the requirements mentioned above for the purposes of controlling the operating speeds of the machines is referred to as the speed matrix. 
   The control process at the first hierarchy level is thus based on the predetermined speed matrix. 
     FIG. 5   a  to  FIG. 5   d  use a functional diagram  500  for a family of functions covering all process lines in each case to show the relationship between the effective output (productivity) Q L  of the process line as a function of the speeds of the machines in the process line. 
   As has already been described in [1], the effective output Q L  is a function of the speed v L  of the machine. 
   Each function in the family of functions has a maximum for the effective output. 
   The function  502  in this case corresponds to the modelled characteristic and is flanked by the functions  501  and  503 , which cover a tolerance band. 
   The individual points of the function  502  are each associated with a speed V profile, with each individual machine in the process line in turn being associated with a nominal operating speed in each speed V profile. The association between the speed V profiles and the points of the function can be provided by a suitable mathematical function, for example digitization with a process-relevant step width. 
     FIG. 5   a  to  FIG. 5   d  show the procedure according to the invention for process optimization, that is to say the determination and selection of the optimum speed V profile from the large number of stored speed V profiles by selection of the optimum points in the function for the case of an iterative process optimization strategy. 
   As is illustrated in  FIG. 5   b  and  FIG. 5   d , in the situation where the actual speed v Lact  is greater than the speed v Lopt  for the maximum effective output, in other words for the speed at which the maximum effective output is reached for the respective function  502 , a speed V profile which is one step lower is selected irrespective of the current productivity, that is to say the speed V profile which is immediately adjacent to the current speed V profile and for which the individual machine speeds are lower by one step is selected for subsequent control of the machines on the basis of the speed matrices described above. 
     FIG. 5   a  and  FIG. 5   c  show the situation in which the actual speed of the machines v Lact  is less than the speed v Lopt  which leads to the maximum effective output. If the selected actual speed is less than the speed v Lopt  for the maximum effective output, then a speed V profile which is lower by one step or a speed V profile which is higher by one step is selected depending on whether the current effective output differs in the negative or positive sense from the expected effective output. If the current effective output Q Lact  is in a tolerance band which can be predetermined, then the speed V profile which is actually used for control of the individual machines is not changed. 
   In the iteratively optimum process optimization strategy using the actual speed and the actual effective output Q Lact  and the nominal effective output for the respective actual speed of the machines is obviously counteracted when there is a discrepancy of a fixed control step between the actual effective output and the nominal effective output. The iterative process optimization strategy thus leads to permanent proximity to the respectively optimum operating point when a large number of small adjustment steps are available, or in other words this leads to the selection of the respectively optimum speed V profile. This procedure has the advantage that the iterative control process allows relatively large discrepancies in the recorded data. 
     FIG. 6   a  to  FIG. 6   d  show the procedure for gradient-based process optimization relating to the functional diagram  500 . 
   As is illustrated in  FIG. 6   b  and  FIG. 6   d , in the situation where the selected actual speed v Lact  is greater than the speed v Lopt  which leads to the maximum effective output, then a speed V profile which is smaller by a number of steps is selected as a function of the current effective output Q Lact , that is to say a speed V profile is selected whose speed is lower by at least one step than the currently used speed V profile, depending on the gradient of the operating point of the optimization function. The number of steps is in this case chosen to be greater the greater the discrepancy in the operating point, and vice versa. 
     FIG. 6   a  and  FIG. 6   c  show the situation in which the selected actual speed V Lact  is less than the speed V Lopt . In this case, a speed V profile which is less by a number of steps matched to the discrepancy or a speed V profile which is greater by a number of steps matched to the discrepancy is selected depending on whether the current effective output Q Lact  differs in the negative or positive sense from the expected effective output. If the current effective output Q Lact  is in a predeterminable tolerance band, then this process optimization strategy does not result in any reselection of the speed V profile to be used at that time, either. 
   A number of steps which is adequate for the respective discrepancy is selected in the gradient-based process optimization strategy using the actual speed and the actual effective output Q Lact  as well as the nominal effective output for the respective actual speed when there is a discrepancy between the actual effective output Q Lact  and the nominal effective output, in order to counteract the respective discrepancy. The number of steps is in this case dependent on the gradient of the respective operating point on the respectively selected optimization function. Since the gradient-based procedure thus requires a small number of adjustment steps, the optimum operating point and thus the selection of the respectively optimum speed V profile can be reached approximately with a relatively small number of selection steps. This process optimization strategy allows operation with a broad recorded data tolerance band. 
     FIG. 7   a  to  FIG. 7   d  show the procedure for a model-based optimization strategy. 
     FIG. 7   b  and  FIG. 7   d  illustrate the situation in which the selected actual speed V Lact  is greater than the speed V Lopt  for the maximum effective output. If the current effective output is higher than the expected effective output, that operating speed V Lopt  of the machines which corresponds to the optimum effective output is selected as the optimum speed V profile. If the current effective output is less than the expected effective output, a speed V profile is selected whose expected effective output coincides with the current effective output. 
   If the selected actual speed V Lact  is less than the speed V Lopt  which leads to the maximum effective output, as is illustrated in  FIGS. 7   a  and  7   c , then a speed V profile is selected whose expected effective output coincides with the current effective output. The direction of the speed change is in this case dependent on whether the current effective output is greater than or less than the expected effective output at the actual speed. However, the maximum increase in speed in this case does not exceed the speed v Lopt  which leads to the maximum effective output. 
   Once again, in this process optimization strategy as well, no new speed V profile is selected when the current effective output Q Lact  is in a predeterminable tolerance band. 
   In the case of the model-based process optimization strategy, the optimum speed V profile is selected using the actual speed, the actual effective output Q Lact  and the respective complete characteristic (the respective complete model) of the nominal effective output as a function of the respective operating speed of the machines. When there is a discrepancy between the actual effective output Q Lact  and the nominal effective output, the actual speed of the machines is predetermined which corresponds to the characteristic, that is to say to the model of the machines. The number of steps for selection of the respective optimum speed V profile is in this case directly dependent on the model of the machines. This process optimization strategy has the particular advantage that the optimum operating point can be set very precisely with a minimum number of adjustment steps being required, that is to say selection steps for the respective speed V profile. The adjustment dynamic response and the control accuracy of the reference variables are directly proportionally dependent on the data quality. 
   As used herein, and in particular as used herein to define the elements of the claims that follow, the articles “a” and “an” are synonymous and used interchangeably with “at least one” or “one or more,” disclosing or encompassing both the singular and the plural, unless specifically defined otherwise. The conjunction “or” is used herein in its inclusive disjunctive sense, such that phrases formed by terms conjoined by “or” disclose or encompass each term alone as well as any combination of terms so conjoined, unless specifically defined otherwise. All numerical quantities are understood to be modified by the word “about,” unless specifically modified otherwise or unless an exact amount is needed to define the invention over the prior art. 
   LIST OF REFERENCE SYMBOLS 
   
       
         100  Machine arrangement 
         101  Bottle erector machine 
         102  Bottle 
         103  Conveyor belt 
         104  Filling machine 
         105  Filled bottle 
         106  Conveyor belt 
         107  Cap aligner machine 
         108  Cap sorting machine 
         109  Conveyor belt 
         110  Cap 
         111  Bottle provided with cap 
         112  Conveyor belt 
         113  Bottle closure machine 
         114  Closed bottle 
         115  Bottle shoe removal machine 
         116  Bottle shoe 
         117  Conveyor belt 
         118  Secondary input bottle erector machine 
         119  Labeling machine 
         120  Labeled bottle 
         121  Coding machine 
         122  First sticker machine 
         123  Second sticker machine 
         124  Marked bottle 
         125  Secondary conveyor belt 
         126  Sheet shrinker machine 
         127  Main conveyor belt 
         128  Third sticker machine 
         129  Fourth sticker machine 
         130  Completely marked bottle 
         131  Carton packaging machine 
         132  Multiple pack erector machine 
         133  Carton 
         134  Carton with bottles in it 
         135  Conveyor belt 
         136  Carton closure machine 
         137  Closed cartons 
         138  Conveyor belt 
         139  Carton label printing machine 
         140  Printed cartons 
         141  Conveyor belt 
         142  Check weighing facility 
         143  Weighed carton 
         144  Conveyor belt 
         145  Palletization machine 
         146  First fieldbus 
         147  Belt control unit 
         148  Second fieldbus 
         149  Process stabilization control computer 
         150  Measurement data database management computer 
         151  Ethernet 
         152  Process optimization computer 
         153  Simulation computer 
         201  Screen surface simulation program 
         202  Actual speed 
         203  MTBF 
         204  MTTR 
         205  Process optimization program 
         300  Machines 
         400  Block diagram 
       First speed V profile 
       Second speed V profile 
       Third speed V profile 
       m-th speed V profile 
         405  Double-headed arrow to symbolize the change in the speeds during the course of process stabilization of a selected speed V profile 
         406  Double-headed arrow to symbolize the selection of different speed V profiles 
         407  Nominal operating speed, machine 
         500  functional diagram 
         501  Function, effective output 
         502  Function, effective output 
         503  Function, effective output