COMPUTERISED CONTROL DEVICE AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRODUCT PROCESSING PLANT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
First Claim
1. A computerized control device for controlling a product processing plant, which comprises a collecting plant having a conveyor and a plurality of feeders for preparing product collections of flat products of various types supplied by the feeders, wherein the control device comprises:
- a production module configured for detecting a production configuration, which defines production of multiple production sequences for multiple delivery routes, wherein one or more production sequences are assigned to each delivery route and each defines the production of multiple product collections of a type of collection comprising multiple products, anda control module configured for determining occupancy with products for the feeders, these products to be supplied from the feeder to the conveyor for preparing the product collections, to receive a production optimization parameter, which determines whether a defined production order is to be maintained for the delivery routes or whether the production order of the delivery routes can be altered, and if the production order can be altered for multiple delivery routes, to combine the production sequences for the production of product collections of the same type of collection, to form a cohesive production sequence, and to determine the occupancy of the feeders for the production order with the combined production sequences.
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Abstract
A production configuration is determined for controlling a product processing plant that comprises a collecting system having a conveyor and a plurality of feeders for preparing product collections from products supplied by the feeders. The production configuration defines a production of a plurality of production sequences for a plurality of delivery routes, wherein each delivery route is assigned one or more production sequences, each of which define a production of a plurality of production collections of a collection type comprising a plurality of products. For each feeder an occupancy with products, which are to be conveyed by the feeder to the conveyor for preparation for the product collections, is determined. A production optimization parameter determines whether a defined production order is to be maintained for the delivery routes or whether the production order of the delivery routes can be altered. If the production order can be altered, the production sequences of a plurality of delivery routes for the production of production collections of the same collection type are combined to a cohesive production sequence and the occupancy of the feeders is determined for the production order with combined production sequences.
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1. A computerized control device for controlling a product processing plant, which comprises a collecting plant having a conveyor and a plurality of feeders for preparing product collections of flat products of various types supplied by the feeders, wherein the control device comprises:
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a production module configured for detecting a production configuration, which defines production of multiple production sequences for multiple delivery routes, wherein one or more production sequences are assigned to each delivery route and each defines the production of multiple product collections of a type of collection comprising multiple products, and a control module configured for determining occupancy with products for the feeders, these products to be supplied from the feeder to the conveyor for preparing the product collections, to receive a production optimization parameter, which determines whether a defined production order is to be maintained for the delivery routes or whether the production order of the delivery routes can be altered, and if the production order can be altered for multiple delivery routes, to combine the production sequences for the production of product collections of the same type of collection, to form a cohesive production sequence, and to determine the occupancy of the feeders for the production order with the combined production sequences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for control of a product processing plant, which comprises a collecting plant with a conveyor and a plurality of feeders for preparing product collections of flat products of various types supplied by the feeders, comprising:
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detecting a production configuration, which defines production of multiple production sequences for multiple delivery routes, such that one or more production sequences are assigned to each delivery route, each defining the production of multiple product collections of a type of collection comprising multiple products and determining for the feeders an occupancy by products which are to be supplied by the feeder to the conveyor to prepare the product collections, receiving a production optimization parameter that determines whether a defined production order is to be maintained for the delivery routes or whether the production order of the delivery routes can be altered in the case of a variable production order, combining the production sequences of multiple delivery routes for the production of product collections of the same type of collection to form a cohesive production sequence, and determining the occupancy of the feeders for the production order with combined production sequences. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising an accessible non-transitory computer-readable memory medium having stored computer code, which is configured to control one or more processors of a control device for controlling a product processing plant, which comprises a collecting plant with a conveyor and multiple feeders for preparing product collections of flat products supplied by the feeders, so that the control device is configured to:
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detect a production configuration which defines the production of multiple production sequences for multiple delivery routes, such that one or more production sequences are assigned to each delivery route, each defining the production of multiple product collections of a type of collection comprising multiple products; determine an occupancy with products for the feeders, these products to be supplied from the feeder to the conveyor for preparing product collections; receive a production optimization parameter that determines whether a defined production order is to be maintained for the delivery routes or whether the production order of the delivery routes can be altered with a variable production order; combine the production sequences of multiple delivery routes for the production of product collections of the same type of collection into a cohesive production sequence; and determine the occupancy of the feeders for the production order with combined production sequences.
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