Method for controlling a machine combination and / or a machine for processing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry and a machine device therefor

摘要

The invention relates to a method for controlling a machine combination (2) and / or a machine (16, 17, 18) for producing rod-shaped articles (4) in the tobacco processing industry, comprising the steps: conveying the articles (4) by means of a conveyor (6, 32, 48a, 50a, 52a, 56) of the machine (16, 17, 18), thermal or pneumatic action the conveyed articles (4) by means of a knitting unit (8, 38, 39) of the machine (16, 17, 18), the active unit (8, 38, 39, 78) being brought into thermal or pneumatic operative connection with the at least one article (4), controlling the active unit (8, 38, 39, 78) by means of a control unit (10) the machine (16, 17, 18), setting the energy-optimal target power of the active unit (8, 38, 39, 78) required for the active connection by means of the control unit (10) as a function of an article type data record or of a first one updated by the article type data record Machine pair Meter set, monitoring the active unit (8, 38, 39, 78) using at least one motion sensor unit (12), determining the actual power of the active unit causing the active connection by measuring at least one performance-relevant physical variable of the active unit (8, 38, 39, 78) using a Process sensor unit (14), and updating the first machine parameter set, in particular the relevant and predeterminable parameters of the machine parameter set, on the basis of the actual power determined. The invention further relates to a machine combination (2) which is set up and designed to carry out the method.