Patent ID: 7054710

Claim:
A control for at least one glass forming machine, wherein each said glass forming machine has an electronic control and a plurality of mechanisms and comprises: a first drive having a programmable movement profile and which drives one of the mechanisms; another first drive having a programmable movement profile and which drives a second one of said mechanisms, said second mechanism opening and closing at pre-programmable positions a first valve; a second drive with a non-programmable movement profile, which can be activated and shut down by a second valve at programmable times, wherein said second drive drives a third one of said mechanisms; a third valve which can be opened and closed at programmable times; a plurality of first controllers, each of said first controllers being connected to at least any one of the following: said first drives, said second valve and said third valve; control means for controlling all of said first controllers, said control means having a first sequencer formed as a microprocessor, and all said first controllers are connected to the first sequencer and to one another via a bidirectional first bus; and a plurality of said glass forming machines, wherein each of said glass forming machines is controlled by a respective said electronic control having a said first sequencer; a second bus to which each of said first sequencers are connected; and a second sequencer connected to the second bus.