Packaging machine having an improved adjustment function

An apparatus comprising:

• a packaging machine comprising a control unit having a process parameter generator for determining one or more process parameters for a production process of the packaging machine, and a recipe generator for an adjustment process of the packaging machine, wherein the recipe generator is one of (a) a part of the control unit of the packaging machine, or (b) as a separate unit in communication with the control unit;
• wherein the respective recipe generator comprises a first set of rules for determining one or more recipe variables for the adjustment process of the packaging machine and generates the one or more recipe variables with reference to a plurality of data, said plurality of data comprising at least one or more of:
• a product to be packaged, two or more tools of the packaging machine, or a label to be applied;
• the recipe generator forms a recipe data set for the adjustment process of the packaging machine from the plurality of data, and wherein the process parameter generator is designed to pre-allocate the control unit with the one or more process parameters for the production process of the packaging machine which at least partially are based on the recipe variables of the recipe data set respectively generated for the adjustment process;
• wherein the recipe generator calculates the recipe variables independently of a process-related control system of the production process;
• and
• wherein the process parameter generator adapts the one or more process parameters using a second set of rules formed in the process parameter generator depending on two or more tool components used on the packaging machine.