Method for producing packaging by means of a packing machine

A method for producing packaging by means of a packaging machine (1) having a PLC control (20), said packaging machine (1) comprising several electronic drive units (3, 6), which are capable of being controlled independently of each other, are controlled by the PLC control (20) and drive functional elements (8) of the packaging machine (1) in a manner synchronous to a clock cycle when trailing predefined movement trajectories (33), and several setting parameters (27) of the production process, in particular the number of objects to be packaged per time unit, the packaging dimensions, the sealing times, having the following method steps:

• a) capturing setting parameters (27) at the PLC control (20) which controls the drive units (3, 6) of the packaging machine (1);
• b) transmitting the setting parameters (27) of the PLC control (20) to a PC control;
• c) calculating clock-cycle-dependent parameter profile curves (24, 25, 26) for the electronic drive units (3, 6) in the PC control (23), said parameter profile curves (24, 25, 26) enabling clock-cycle-synchronous control of the electronic drive units (3, 6) when trailing predefined movement trajectories (33) by factoring in the predefined setting parameters (27) of the production process and by factoring in static and dynamic threshold values of the packaging machine (1);
• d) separating the clock-cycle-dependent parameter profile curves (24, 25, 26) into a plurality of support points (30) in the PC control (23), each support point (30) including a clock-cycle point and at least one allocated parameter value;
• e) forming several support-point data sets (31) in the PC control (23), each support-point data set (31) containing at least a selection of the support points (30) and representing the clock-cycle-dependent parameter profile curves (24, 25, 26) in a discrete form;
• f) transferring the several support-point data sets (31) from the PC control (23) to the PLC control (20).