Patent ID: 7684889

Claim:
A production and packaging installation having a control arrangement ( 33 ) and production units having adjustable mechanisms for the production and packaging of, first, cigarette products of a first type and, thereafter, cigarette products of a second type, with the control arrangement ( 33 ) having a communications interlace, the installation further comprising: a) at least a first set ( 61 ) of parameters associated with the products of the first type and a second set ( 62 ) of parameters associated with the products of the second type, wherein the sets ( 61 , 62 ) of parameters are stored in a selectable manner in a memory of the control arrangement ( 33 ), with each of the sets of ( 61 , 62 ) of parameters containing a number of necessary starting materials; b) at least one product-type-related set of parameters ( 74 ) also stored in the memory of the control arrangement ( 33 ) for each of the product types, the at least one product-type-related set of parameters ( 74 ) comprising at least one manipulated variable for adjusting an adjustable mechanism, said variable being dependent on at least two types of starting materials, with a first value of the at least one manipulated variable relating to a first combination of certain starting materials of said at least two types of starting materials being stored in the product-type-related set of parameters ( 74 ), with a second value of the at least one manipulated variable, differing from the first value of the at least one manipulated variable, relating to a second combination of certain starting materials of said at least two types of starting materials being stored in the product-type-related set of parameters ( 74 ), and with all starting materials of the first combination differing in each case from the starting materials of the second combination; c) upon selection of one of the sets ( 61 , 62 ) of parameters, a manipulated variable for adjusting the or each adjustable mechanism is transmitted to at least one of the production units by the control arrangement ( 33 ) by way of the communications interface of the control arrangement; and d) the manipulated variable is transmitted as determined by the selected parameters of the set ( 61 , 62 ) of parameters and/or as determined by the product-type-related set of parameters.