METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPARE PARTS FOR PACKAGING MACHINES

Disclosed is a method for producing spare parts (16) for a machine for producing packaging for products to be smoked (packaging machine (10)), in particular for cigarettes, said method comprising the following steps: a) encrypting the digital production data that is required for the production of the spare part (16); b) transmitting the encrypted production data from a first computing unit (13), in particular associated with the manufacturer of the machine (10), to a second computing unit (11), in particular associated with the user of the machine (10), via remote data transmission, preferably over a communication network, for example the Internet; c) decrypting the transmitted, encrypted production data; d) producing the spare part (16) according to the transmitted production data by means of a spare part production device (14) which is associated with the machine user and which comprises a 3D printer (15).