Servomotor driven packaging apparatus and method of control

A system for a machine comprising:

• a turret having a plurality of stations for positioning a plurality of flexible pouches at the plurality of stations along a path defined by the turret;
• a servomotor operably connected to rotate the turret;
• a control unit operably connected to control the servomotor, the control unit having a memory component, a data storage, and a processor;
• the memory component coupled to the processor, the memory component stores a logic module that when executed by the processor, causes the servomotor to operate, the logic module having a first operation and a second operation, wherein each operation corresponds to a type of product to fill the flexible pouch and each operation includes a desired rate of acceleration of the turret, a desired rate of deceleration of the turret, and a predetermined speed of rotation of the turret to advance the flexible pouch to a next station of the plurality of stations along the path, each of the operations having a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode;
• and
• a plurality of sensors configured to monitor a production process, the plurality of sensors provides the control unit with a production data,
• wherein each of the modes has a respective ramp up time, a respective ramp down time and a respective predetermined threshold speed that the servomotor rotates the turret in a direction during operation of the servomotor and each of the respective ramp up time, the respective ramp down time, and the respective predetermined threshold speed is different for each mode.