Method for controlling a packaging machine

摘要

The invention relates to a method for controlling a packaging machine, which comprises a product conveyor for conveying a product and packaging conveyor for conveying a packaging. The conveyors run, in sections, parallel and synchronous to one another thereby enabling the product to be introduced into the packaging inside a transfer station. The packaging machine additionally comprises an including conveyor for including an inclusion part to be enclosed with the product, for example, a pamphlet or a measuring scoop. A data memory provided in the form of a shift register contains different state data and control data pertaining to the packaging units consisting of the product, packaging and the inclusion part. The data, at time t_o, are displaced in the shift register in a clocked manner. At at least time t_p, which is given by an initiator, a monitoring or processing action is initiated on the inclusion part, whereby time t_p can be shifted with regard to time t_o. The relative position of time t_p with regard to time t_o is checked, and time t_p is shifted when it is located within a tolerance period of time T formed around t_o.