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Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling a packaging machine, which comprises a product conveyor for conveying a product and packaging conveyor for conveying a packaging. The conveyors run, in sections, parallel and synchronous to one another thereby enabling the product to be introduced into the packaging inside a transfer station. The packaging machine additionally comprises an including conveyor for including an inclusion part to be enclosed with the product, for example, a pamphlet or a measuring scoop. A data memory provided in the form of a shift register contains different state data and control data pertaining to the packaging units consisting of the product, packaging and the inclusion part. The data, at time t.sub.o, are displaced in the shift register in a clocked manner. At at least time t.sub.p, which is given by an initiator, a monitoring or processing action is initiated on the inclusion part, whereby time t.sub.p can be shifted with regard to time t.sub.o. The relative position of time t.sub.p with regard to time t.sub.o is checked, and time t.sub.p is shifted when it is located within a tolerance period of time T formed around t.sub.o.

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