WO2011069269A1 - Steuervorrichtung und verfahren zur steuerung einer druckproduktverarbeitungsanlage - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a computerized control device and a computer-implemented method for controlling a print product processing system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a computerized control device and a computer-implemented method for controlling a print product processing system comprising a collection system having a conveyor and a plurality of feed conveyors for creating product collections of products fed from the feed conveyors, in particular printed products.
- An encircling conveyor allows the transport of products, product collections or collection carriers along a closed curve cyclically past the product-feeding feeders.
- Product collections carry out several cycles on the revolving conveyor, so that they are repeatedly fed to the process of gathering before they are handed over to a further processing plants.
- peripheral design of the conveyor allows as an alternative faulty collections, especially incomplete collections with missing products, to complete each of the finishing plants and waste past, in another cycle on the rotating conveyor to pass again to the product-supplying feeders.
- product collections returned to the process in this way often have a negative effect on the net output of the collection system and thus of the print product processing system, since they cause empty rounds, particularly in the case of successive production of differently structured product collections.
- EP 1 338 542 describes, for a collection system with a plurality of feed conveyors, a determination of optimum batch quantities which precedes production and which enables the smallest possible change in product occupancy in the feed conveyors.
- US 2004/0073330 describes a collection system, for example for newspapers, which is controlled by a central control computer.
- the central control computer receives sensor information from equipment and, based thereon, calculates an optimal overall throughput rate in real time.
- the control computer also determines which conditioning elements must be set differently to achieve the optimum total throughput rate and makes the appropriate adjustments.
- the document also describes a task table with functions that are executed at a definable time and that are arranged in the sequence to be executed. The task table is loaded at the beginning of production, as the user changes the configuration of the machine, the task table is adjusted accordingly, for example by removing or adding functions and changing the execution sequence.
- EP 2 107 023 describes the automated activation of a repair mode in detecting an error in the sequence of a product stream made from sheet products.
- the repair mode is activated for the product flow by a control unit connected to the conveyor if, due to the nature of a detected product, it detects a deviation from a stored sequence or receives an error message about a missing or defective product.
- the delivery of new products to the conveyor is interrupted and the products already deposited on the conveyor become again along a closed trajectory back to the Crupp réellesumble and the resulting gap (s) and possible empty rounds on the conveyor are accepted.
- a computerized control device for controlling a print product processing system which comprises a collecting system with a conveyor and a plurality of feed conveyors for producing product collections from products supplied by the feed conveyors, which define a configuration of the print product processing facility to acquire and store in the computerized control device production configuration parameters that define the production of product collections created from a plurality of supplied products that during production in the runtime data that is stored in the computerized control device during production based on the stored system configuration parameters
- Production configuration parameters and the specific runtime data is selected dynamically one of several defined production strategies, each controlling the print product processing system. determine and which stored instructions and / or control parameters to control the print product processing system, and that the selected stored production strategy for controlling the print product processing system is activated.
- runtime data based on the term "run time” (runtime) used in English, especially in computer science, are data, in particular data values, which (dynamically) accrue at the time of production, ie during the productive operation of the print product processing system, and before
- run time is to be understood not as a measured time duration but as the production time, ie the period during which the print product processing system is productive Accordingly, run-time-dependent parameters or variables are not known prior to the start of production, but are only defined at production time by the corresponding current runtime data.
- the automatic selection of a production strategy for controlling the print product processing system during production based on the system and product configuration and runtime data enables a dynamic adaptation of the creation and further processing of product collections to current events, states and / or configurations of the print product processing system.
- the automatic selection of a production strategy allows a dynamic adaptation of the production to changing conditions in the production and in the production plant.
- the delivery of new products on the conveyor interrupted and already deposited products along a closed trajectory promoted back but it can be dynamically activated a variety of defined production strategies, which are flexibly selected depending on the current configurations of the print product processing system.
- Plant configuration parameters or production configuration parameters are recorded and saved during production.
- system configuration parameters and / or production configuration parameters are captured and saved during production.
- a dynamic adaptation of the creation and further processing of product collections in real time or close to real time to runtime dependent and / or user specified investment conditions and / or production variables of the print product processing facility is enabled.
- a repair mode is not activated only when a production error is detected, but depending on changes in the configurations of the print product processing system, a wide variety of defined production strategies can be selected and activated dynamically during production.
- the runtime data indicates a production error that occurred in the creation of a product collection
- the defined production strategy is selected depending on the detected production defect based on the installation configuration parameters and the production configuration parameters.
- the runtime data indicates a detected error in the compilation of a product collection, eg a product missing in the product collection.
- the runtime data is entered by a user during production via a user interface, e.g. by adding, changing and / or deleting, and saved.
- a user interface e.g. by adding, changing and / or deleting, and saved.
- an efficient and flexible possibility is created to dynamically influence the creation and further processing of product collections. For example, it is possible to enter current weather data for specific geographical areas for which weather-dependent routes or addresses for the provision, arrangement and delivery of product collections are then determined and activated at production time.
- runtime data may also be provided and determined from a computerized data source via a communication interface.
- the defined production strategies bring about a different activation of the feed conveyors for a different supply of the products.
- the different production strategies are, for example, arranged to cause such different control of the print product processing system when detecting an incomplete product collection with a missing product that further products are supplied to the incomplete product collection as it continues on the conveyor through the feeders and / or only selected further products for the creation of the product collection with a different structure are supplied (collection conversion).
- the defined production strategies bring about a different activation of a transfer unit, which transfers a created product collection to a further processing installation or leaves it on a revolving conveyor and again leads past the supply conveyors.
- the different production strategies are arranged to cause such differential control of the print product processing system upon detection of an incomplete product collection with a missing product that the incomplete product collection will complete to completion with the missing product in one (or more) additional cycle on the revolving conveyor is passed past the respective feeders, or is discarded for manual completion or as waste.
- the defined production strategies bring about a different activation of a waste gate, which feeds a faulty product collection to a waste paper discharge or continues on the conveyor.
- the defined production strategies cause a different speed control of the conveyor, which cause different speeds of the conveyor.
- the installation configuration parameters include, for example, information on the number of feeders, the position of the feeders (in relation to the conveyor), the number of collection carriers, the number of switchable stacking stations, the position of the switchable stacking stations, the number of waste macros respectively waste ejections and / or the position of the waste macros Makulaturausschleusungen.
- the production configuration parameters include, for example, information about the number of product collections to be generated, route information for the delivery of parcels with product collections, address information for the delivery of packages or product collections, information on the number of empty positions on the conveyor between the production of different product collections, eg the number of empty collection carriers between the successive production of different product collections, information on the number of product collections in increased production (redundancy), the structure of a product collection (order and type of products in a product collection), the size of a product collection, the number of products, the allocation of the feeders, the split operation of feeders (ie the allocation of several feeders with the same products, eg for efficient feeding in case of thick products or as a redundant backup for failures of feeders), the treatment of excess collections and / or the fault tolerance, eg the tolerance of false prints per product, the tolerance of product collection f Errors, tolerance of package errors, tolerance of product sequence errors, tolerance of additional products in a product collection, and / or tolerance for route compliance of packages and / or order of packages.
- configuration conditions are stored associated with the defined production strategies, which comprise defined minimum and / or maximum values for specific system configuration parameters and / or production configuration parameters, and the defined production strategies are respectively selected depending on whether the assigned configuration conditions are met. Non-compliance with configuration conditions may also result in a deactivation of the corresponding production strategy (s).
- the plant configuration parameters include, for example, the number of stacking stations for stacking product collections, ie, package forming, which is the conveyor and one of the configuration conditions defines a minimum value for the number of stacking stations required for a particular production strategy, such as two, such that this production strategy is not selectable, for example, if the print product processing facility is merely configured with a stacking station or if at production time only one stacking station is available.
- a strategy evaluation is assigned to each of the defined production strategies, and the defined production strategy is selected based on the assigned strategy score.
- the strategy assessment includes, for example, a strategy priority value, an expected reject value, and / or an expected performance span.
- the assignment of strategy assessments to production strategies allows a corresponding classification of the production strategies, for example in preferred or less preferred production strategies, and / or those with high or low rejects of faulty collections, or those with high or low production output (production speed, product throughput).
- This classification of the production strategies allows dynamic selection of the production strategies based on corresponding production configuration parameters, which define, for example, user-specified preferred strategy evaluation, for example a preferred scrap-wide and / or performance value.
- At least certain user-specific parameters Preferably, at least certain user-specific parameters
- System configuration parameters or production configuration parameters detected via a user interface eg by adding, changing and / or deleting, and stored.
- the flexible adaptation of the production, in particular during error handling, in the print product processing system is made possible to user-specified production variables of the print product processing system.
- the present invention further relates to a computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored computer code.
- the computer code is arranged to control one or more processors of the controller such that the processors and the controller respectively capture and store facility configuration parameters defining a configuration of the print product processing facility, capture and store production configuration parameters that define the production of product collections created from multiple supplied products, determine runtime data during production, and dynamically select one of a plurality of defined production strategies during production based on the plant configuration parameters, the production configuration parameters, and the runtime data, each of which determines the control of the print product processing facility.
- Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a computer-controlled printed product processing system shown schematically, which comprises a collection system with a conveyor and a plurality of feed conveyors for creating product collections.
- FIG. 2 shows a block diagram, which is schematic
- Print product processing system of Figure 1 at Illustrated compilation of multiple products to a product collection of a particular collection type.
- FIG. 3 shows a block diagram, which schematically illustrates the
- Illustrated printing product processing system of Figure 1 in the compilation of product collections with different types of collections.
- FIG. 4 shows a block diagram which schematically illustrates the
- 1 illustrates the production of product collections with different types of collections and the package formation by multiple stacking stations illustrated.
- FIG. 5 shows a block diagram which schematically illustrates the
- the reference numeral 100 refers to a computer-controlled printing product processing plant with a collection system 1.
- the collection system 1 comprises at least one conveyor 1 1 and a plurality of feed conveyor 1 3, which each conveyor 3 supply different products 3 depending on their product occupancy.
- several feeders 1 3 occupied with the same product (split operation), for example, in thick products, where the manual assembly of a single Feed conveyor 1 3 is too slow to cover the non-stop feeding of products 3 to the conveyor 1 1 by a single feed conveyor 1 3.
- the collection system 1 of the print product processing system 100 comprises a much larger plurality of feed conveyors 1 3, for example several dozen or more than one hundred.
- the collection unit 1 is set up by gathering, inserting or collecting products or by other product merging operations to create product combinations, which we refer to here as product collections, and correspondingly comprises a conveyor 1 1 having a circumferential gathering section, a collection drum, a Belt conveyor for gathering scale streams or a collection line, each with or without collection carriers, such as grippers.
- the example of the collection system 1 illustrated in FIGS. 1-5 comprises a conveyor 11 with a plurality of serially arranged collection carriers 1 2, for example grippers, which are cyclically passed along the feed conveyors 1 3 along a closed line and receive the supplied products 3. Due to the sequential feeding of the products 3, a product collection 4 is assembled on the conveyor 11, in particular on respectively in the collection carriers 1 2.
- the print product processing system 100 additionally comprises at least one waste gate 14, which feeds faulty product collections 4 * from the conveyor 1 1 away to a waste paper discharge 1 5. Faulty product collections 4 * are detected in the print product processing system 100 by various sensors, not shown.
- the reference numeral 1 6 denotes a controllable transfer unit which supplies the fully assembled product collections 4 via a further conveyor 1 7, for example, a chain conveyor with grippers, a stacking station 5, which creates a package 40 with a defined number of product collections 4 and a wegmix for removal Conveyor 18 feeds, for example, a belt conveyor.
- the print product processing system 100 comprises, in various embodiments, in addition to the stacking station 5, one or more further processing units 1 9, which are connected downstream of the transfer unit 16, for example.
- post-processing equipment 19 includes, for example, a packaging equipment, e.g. a Folierstrom, a system for inserting additional products or product collections 4 in a main product, a stapling and / or cutting equipment, a device for gluing and / or cutting, and a system for printing or sticking additional information such as name and address.
- a packaging equipment e.g. a Folierstrom
- a system for inserting additional products or product collections 4 in a main product e.g. a stapling and / or cutting equipment
- a device for gluing and / or cutting e.g. gluing and / or cutting
- a system for printing or sticking additional information such as name and address.
- the conveyor 1 7 leads excess product collections 4 to a delivery station 6.
- the controllable transfer unit 1 6 passes incompletely assembled collections 4 'on the conveyor 1 1 to complete the incomplete collection 4' on an additional additional cycle on the conveyor 1 1 to the feeding feeders 1 3 over.
- the print product processing system 100 also includes various counters, not shown.
- the print product processing system 100 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 can comprise further components and / or other arrangements in further design variants or system configurations, for example a further controllable transfer unit 16 and / or another embodiment of the conveyor 17 discard and / or slow down promotion to manually complete an incomplete collection 4 'with missing products 3.
- the print product processing system 100 comprises a control computer 10, which is connected to the various components and units of the print product processing system 100 via communication links, in particular with the conveyor 1 1 of the collection 1, the feeding feeders 1 3, the waste gate 14, the controllable transfer unit 16, the further processing system 19, the stacking stations 1 5, 1 5 ', the various other conveyors 1 7, 1 8 and the mentioned sensors and counters.
- the control computer 10 is set up, the product collections 4 carried on the conveyor 1 1 or the incomplete collections 4 'with respect to their positions on the conveyor 1 1, their content and structure (ie products and order), the intended and / or changed collection type (with certain collection structure), and / or the number of cycles passed on the conveyor 1 to 1 track (tracking information).
- individualized product collections 4 which are provided, for example, with individual address of a recipient and / or content individually with the recipient concerned content and thus structure of the product collection, a product collection 4 over its entire period of time from the first feeding feeder 1 3 on the Conveyor 1 1 to be stacked on a particular package 40 in the print product processing system 100 identified and tracked.
- the reference numeral 2 refers to a computerized control device which is implemented as part of the control computer 10 or on a separate computer.
- the control device 2 comprises various functional modules, in particular a plant configurator (plant configuration module) 21, a production configurator (production configuration module) 22 and a strategy selector (strategy selection module) 23, as well as data storage or program storage for storing system configuration parameters 24, production configuration parameters 25 and production strategies 26.
- the functional modules are preferably implemented as programmed software modules which comprise computer program code for controlling one or more processors of one or more computers.
- the computer program code is stored on one or more fixed or removably connected (tangible) computer readable storage media to the processors.
- the person skilled in the art will understand, however, that the functional modules in alternative embodiments can be partially or completely executed by hardware components.
- the control device 2 and / or the control computer 10 are preferably connected to a higher-level, not shown computerized control system.
- the plant configurator 21 is configured to capture and store plant configuration parameters 24 that define the configuration of the print product processing facility 100.
- the system configuration parameters 24 include, for example, information about the number, type and / or function of the feeders 3, the position of the feeders 3 on the conveyor 11, e.g. a sequential position number, the number and optionally type of collection carrier 1 2 of the conveyor 1 1, the number and type of ready and / or switchable stacking stations 5, 5 ', the position of the switchable stacking stations 5, 5' with respect to the conveyor 1 7 , the number of waste macros 14, the position of the waste gate 14, the number and type (function) of the further processing plants 19 and / or the position of the further processing plants 1 9.
- the plant configurator 21 preferably includes a user interface (eg graphical user interface) with display and controls for entering the plant configuration parameters 24, for example when installing the print product processing facility 100, in preparation for production and / or during production.
- Plant configuration parameters 24 that are input during production are thus runtime data that determines the dynamic selection of a production strategy 26. That is, by entering the above-described plant configuration parameters 24 by adding, changing, and / or deleting, the selection of the production strategy 26 can be influenced during the production time.
- the installation configurator 21 is also set up to automatically acquire and store at least certain installation configuration parameters 24 by querying via a communication channel from the various components of the print product processing system 100, on the one hand, static but also runtime-dependent system configuration parameters 24 of the print product processing system 100, whereby the system configuration at the production time especially with regard to available or failing system components is automatically updated.
- the dynamic detection of run-time-dependent system configuration parameters 24 takes place, for example, periodically and / or on request or user instruction.
- the production configurator 22 is set up to record and store production configuration parameters 25 which define at least one production series for the compilation of product collections 4 from a plurality of supplied products 3.
- a production series is a production run for the compilation of product collections 4 of a certain type of collection, i. a particular collection structure, where a production run has one start of production and one end of production, and can include several different series of production.
- the production configuration parameters 25 also include, in particular, customer-specific information (specifications) on product quality or permissible fault tolerance in production and on delivery of the packages 40 or product collections 4.
- the production configuration parameters 25 include, for example, information about the structure of a product collection 4, that is, the number and optionally the prescribed order of products 3 in a product collection 4, the size of a product collection 4, the number of product collections 4 in a production or production series, route information for the efficient Delivery of packages 40 with product collections, address information for the delivery of packages 40 respectively product collections 4, the number of empty positions, for example empty collection carrier 1 2, between two consecutive production runs in a production run production series to create different product collections 4, the assignment of the feed conveyor 1 3, that is the order and number of products 3 of a particular product type on a respective feed conveyor 1 3, and / or the split operation of two or more feed conveyors 1 3 with an occupancy of the same Products 3.
- the route information or address information for the delivery of packages 40 with product collections 4 comprises an assignment of packages 40 to defined delivery sequences or geographical positions, for example an association of packages 40 with product collections 4 of a specific collection structure to particular routes, addresses or zones.
- the route information or address information for the delivery of packets 40 include in one embodiment also associated weather information, which allow for certain geographical areas an automatic weather-dependent route selection or address selection at production time.
- the production configuration parameters 25 also include information about the number of product collections 4 in additional production for a production respectively production series, ie the planned number of additional (redundant) product collections 4 over the defined target production, the tolerance of false prints per product 3 in total and / or by feed conveyor 1 3, the tolerance of package errors, the tolerance of collection errors, eg the tolerance of Defects of the product order or additional products 3 in a product collection 4, the conditions of production volume or production speed, the treatment of excessively produced product collections 4, and / or the tolerance for route conformity of parcels and / or the order of parcels.
- the production configurator 22 preferably includes a user interface (eg graphical user interface) with display and controls for entering the production configuration parameters 25, for example in preparation for production and / or during production.
- Production configuration parameters 25 entered during production are thus runtime data which determines the dynamic selection of a production strategy 26. That is, by inputting (adding, changing, and / or deleting) the above-described production configuration parameters 25 or other production configuration parameters, such as current weather conditions for certain geographical areas, the selection of the production strategy 26 during production time may be affected, for example, the selection of the routes or addresses for the delivery of the packages 40, 40a, 40b with product collections and thus the appropriate preparation of the packages 40, 40a, 40b and their order or arrangement for an efficient route-specific delivery. In one variant, even the order of the product collections 4, 4a, 4b in the packages 40, 40a, 40b is determined for efficient route-specific delivery. For example, in sunny weather for the production of packages respectively Product collections a different delivery route than in rainy weather.
- the production strategies 26 in each case include executable and / or interpretable instructions and / or control parameters for controlling the print product processing system 100 in certain situations, states and events during production or a production series, ie depending on a variety of runtime data such as production configuration parameters 25, installation configuration parameters 24 entered during the production time or weather data, or erroneous runtime data such as investment errors or production errors.
- the production strategies 26 comprise in particular stored instructions and / or control parameters for controlling components of the print product processing system 100, for example for controlling the conveyor 1 1, individual feeders 1 31, 1 32, 1 33, 1 34, the waste gate 14, the controllable transfer unit 1 6 , the further processing system 19, the conveyor 1 7, 18 and / or the stacking stations 5, 5 'at defined runtime-specific scenarios, constellations, configurations and events, especially when defined error situations and error conditions in the compilation of a product collection 4 or the supply of a product 3 to a product collection 4.
- the selected production strategies 26 for controlling the print product processing system 100 are executed on the control computer 10 or interpreted by the control computer 10 or evaluated their control parameters on the control computer 10.
- the skilled person will understand, however, that in alternative embodiments at least certain instructions and / or control parameters of selected production strategies 26 distributed by processors of other computerized components of the print product processing system 100 can be executed, interpreted or expanded.
- the defined production strategies 26, as illustrated in Table 1 are each assigned a strategy evaluation, for example a strategy priority value P 1 ( P n , an expected reject value Ai, A n and / or an expected power value Li, L n .
- the strategy priority value Pi, P n is, for example, an index or measure of the extent to which the assigned production strategy PS 1 ( PS n is generally preferred or postponed over other production strategy PSi, PS n .
- the expected Committee value Ai, A n is an index or measure of the degree to which the associated production strategy PSi, PS n of this is aligned defective product collections 4 *, in particular incomplete collections 4 'having failed product feeding, on the waste diverter 14 of the waste gate control 1 5 supply, or vice versa, the degree to which the associated production strategy pSi, PS n is aligned for correct incomplete collections 4 'with a failed product feed by converting it into a different collection type and / or completion by recycling through the controllable transfer unit sixteenth
- the expected power value Li, L n is an index or measure of the degree to which the associated production strategy PSi, PS "is designed to minimize the production times (production duration) or the production throughput and the production costs To keep production speed as large as possible by mistreating collections 4 *, in particular incomplete collections 4 'with failed product feed, if possible without additional production steps, in particular without empty production cycles.
- the strategy priority value Pi, P n , the expected reject value Ai, A n and the expected power value Li, L n are, for example, ranking values from a defined ranking scale with a value range between a lowest rank value, eg one, and a highest rank value, eg ten.
- Corresponding (eg user-specified) information in the production configuration parameters for preferred strategy evaluations, in particular for strategy priority values, reject values and / or performance values, enables a selection of the production strategies 26 by the strategy selector 23 in this regard.
- the defined production strategies PSi, PS n each associated with one or more configuration conditions saved.
- the configuration conditions each comprise defined minimum and / or maximum values S m i n , SKn max. SPi qm in > SPi qmax , SKni m j n , SK n i m ax, 5P nq min. SP nqm ax, for certain plant configuration parameters 24 and / or
- Production configuration parameter 25 which must be configured accordingly, so that the production strategy concerned PSi, PS n in the relevant production run respectively selectable and activatable in the relevant production run, that is the value of a respective system configuration parameter 24 or production configuration parameter 25 must be at least the corresponding minimum value SKn min, SPi qm in, SKni min, SP nq mi n , and / or at most the corresponding maximum value SKn max , SPi qmax , SK n i max. SP nqm ax have.
- the strategy selector 23 is set up to select and activate one of the stored production strategies 26 based on the (current) stored system configuration parameters 24, the (current) stored production configuration parameters 25 and, if appropriate, the assigned configuration conditions and / or strategy ratings. Depending on the application and situation, the strategy selector 23 can change the production strategies 26, for example, from one production series to another or even within a production series, so that typically two successive production series have different production strategies 26 or even a single production series with several different production strategies 26 is produced.
- the strategy selector 23 is activated when changing certain runtime data for the dynamic selection of the production strategy 26, for example for certain user inputs such as current (or predicted) Weather data, or erroneous runtime data such as production errors or failures of certain equipment or other abrupt changes in equipment configuration.
- the strategy selector 23 also has the function of a monitoring module, that is to say the strategy selector 23 does not only evaluate defined decision basis data for the dynamic determination and activation of a situationally optimal production strategy 26, but also captures at least some of the decision base data in FIG Print product processing system 100 and / or by the user.
- the strategy selector 23 activates the system configurator 21 for the acquisition of runtime-dependent system configuration parameters 24 of the print product processing system 100 prior to the selection of the production strategy 26.
- the Strate Giese selector 23 determines in a first step, the production strategies 26, which are selectable by respective checking whether the associated configuration conditions of a production strategy PSi, PS n by the current system respectively production configuration are met, that is, whether the current system configuration parameter 24 and / or production configuration parameters 25 to the defined minimum and / or maximum values SKn m i n .
- production strategies 26 the configuration conditions of which are not fulfilled by the current system configuration parameters 24 and / or production configuration parameters 25, are automatically deactivated and, for example, activated again only when their configuration conditions are fulfilled. If a plurality of selectable (respectively non-deactivated) production strategies 26 are determined, in a second step the strategy selector 23 selects the production strategy to be applied and activated 23 based on the associated strategy evaluation of the relevant production strategy PS 1 t PS n , that is, which production strategy PSi, PS n has a high assigned strategy priority value P lf P n and / or a rejection value Ai, A n and / or power width Li, L n that best matches a preferred strategy score included in the production configuration parameters 25, in particular with a preferred reject score and / or a preferred power value.
- the strategy selector 23 also takes into account for the selection of the production strategy 26 production status values of the current production run respectively the current production series such as the number of supplied or remaining products 3 of the feed conveyor 1 3, the number of defective respectively rejected collections 4 *, the number and position incomplete collections 4 ', 4a', 4V, the number of complete and excess product collections 4 and / or the number of created packages 40.
- the selected production strategy 26 is then used to control the print product processing system 100, for example when detecting new or changed runtime data such as weather data, investment errors or production errors, eg errors in the compilation of a product collection 4, in particular when detecting an incomplete collection 4 '. which incorrectly misses one or more products 3 at the relevant point in the production or production series.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the print product processing system 100 during production in which product collections 4 of a certain type of collection are assembled in an ongoing production series and product collections 4 # of a collection type different from the collection type of the current production series in a subsequent production series.
- the feed conveyor 1 31 feeds the conveyor 1 1, for example onto a collection carrier 1 2, for assembling the product collection 4 to a first product 41. From the subsequent feeders 1 32, 1 33 each a further product is supplied, so that on the conveyor 1 1, for example in the relevant collection carrier 1 2, a sub-collection 42 respectively 43 is formed, which from the feed conveyor 1 34 by supplying a further product for Product Collection 4 is completed.
- the product collections 4 are transported by the conveyor 1 7 to the stacking station 5, where they are stacked and the created packages 40 are led away.
- reference numeral 4 # in Fig. 2 designates a product collection of a collection type different from the current production series, produced according to a selected production strategy 26 based on an incomplete collection (partial collection) originally intended for the compilation of a product collection of Collection type of the current production series was provided, but in which a failed product feed was detected.
- This dynamic collection conversion strategy is selectable depending on the collection structures successive production cycles and the assignment and arrangement of the feed conveyor 1 3.
- Another condition is that the out of the regular order, product collections 4 # may be stacked by a separate stacking station 5 'provided therefor, or production configuration parameters 25 define a tolerance of package failures that tolerate product collections 4 # having different collection types on a package 40 of product collections 4. Depending on which feeder 3 the product feeder fails, it may also be necessary for the collection conversion to also specify a tolerance for a different product order and / or additional products 3 in a product collection 4 #.
- the incomplete collection 4 ', 41' in alternative production strategies 26 can be supplemented to an additional cycle or removed as a defective collection 4 * by purging, in the latter case depending on the specified Additional production the production target for the product collections 4 of the respective collection type must be increased.
- the two incomplete collections 4 ', 41' in FIG. 2 schematically illustrate different production strategies 26 for the completion of incomplete collections.
- the incomplete collection which is designated 41 ', was further transported after detection of a failed product feed, for example at the feed conveyor 1 32, without feeding other products through the subsequent feed conveyor 1 33, 1 34 on the conveyor 1 1, then to completion with the missing products of the feeders 1 32, 1 33, 1 34 to be performed on an additional cycle on the conveyor 1 1.
- This recirculation, with additional cycle on the conveyor 1 1, without prior feeding of products after the fault detection is For example, if the product order sequence in the product collection must be adhered to and conversion into a 4 # product collection of another collection type is not possible.
- Figure 3 illustrates the print product processing equipment 100 during production transitioning from a first production series for product collections 4a of a first collection type to a subsequent second production series for product collections 4b of a second collection type.
- the transition in the example of FIG. 3 takes place seamlessly, for example without empty collection carriers 1 2 between the different product collections 4 a, 4 b on the conveyor 11.
- empty spaces for example empty collection carriers 1 2, can also be provided between the production series.
- the product collections 4b of the second type of collection are sequentially assembled by the feeders 3 as described above with reference to Figure 2 for the product collections 4 via sub-collections 41b, 42b and 43b, while the product collections already fully assembled 4a of the first type of collection are transported by the conveyor 11 to the stacking station 5, where they are stacked and led away to packages 40a of the first collection type.
- FIG. 3 it is also shown how an incomplete collection 4a 'of the first type of collection is passed on to the feed conveyor 13 again on an additional cycle for completion, the corresponding location on the conveyor 17, for example the corresponding collection carrier 1 2', remains empty (with variable feed of the conveyor 1 7 this can also be prevented).
- the completed product collection 4a of the first type of collection is fed by the conveyors 1 7 to the stacking station 5 'provided in this phase, for example for the (delayed) stacking of the product collections 4a of the first collection type and already incomplete Package 40a 'of product collections 4a of the first collection type, whereas the stacking station 5 is provided for the ongoing creation of packages 40b with product collections 4b of the second collection type.
- the production strategy 26 with mixed types of collections on the conveyor 1 1 is not selectable, if not several stacking stations 5, 5 'are available or the packages 40a, 40b may not have product collections 4a, 4b with different types of collections.
- the production series for the production of product collections 4b of the second collection type can only be started when the returned product collection 4a of the first collection type from the respective feeder, for example 1 34, has been completed, as illustrated schematically in FIG.
- This production strategy 26 described above ensures at a single stacking station 5 homogeneous packages 40a with product collections 4a, which have the same type of first collection, but at the expense of production, since many places, such as collection carrier 1 2 ', remain empty on the conveyor 1 1, As can be seen in FIG. 5, and the throughput quantity or production speed is reduced accordingly.
- the maintenance or conversion of the intended collection type, completion with or without additional cycle on the conveyor 1 1 the discharge of partial collections with or without increasing the Depending on the design variant, production schedules, the start of a production series during or after the completion of partial collections of previous production series, are provided for new or modified runtime data for controlling the print product processing system 100, which is selected by the strategy selector 23 based on the current system configuration parameters 24, the current production configuration parameters 25 , the specific runtime data and the associated configuration conditions and / or strategy ratings automatically selected and ak
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