Patent ID: 7055296

Claim:
A method for controlling a blister packaging machine having a work station, the method comprising the steps of: a) selecting a first cycle rate R (cycles/min); b) selecting a time period T V1 , for performing a first adjusting motion within a work cycle; c) selecting a time period T B , immediately following T V1 , for performing a treatment process on a product or material within the work cycle; d) selecting a time period T V2 , immediately following T B , for performing a second adjusting motion within the work cycle; e) selecting a resting time period T R , immediately following T V2 , before beginning a next cycle; f) selecting a second cycle rate R V using an input means; g) calculating a cycle time difference ΔT between the first and second cycle rates; and h) changing a time duration of the resting time period T R substantially by the time difference ΔT.