Device and method for automatic generation of control instructions for rotary machines

The invention relates to a device and a method for generating control instructions for a rotary machine, wherein processing stations are disposed on a rotary machine. In the preferred embodiment, the processing stations have holders for receiving bottles. Furthermore, gas is supplied via the processing stations and via the pressure management system. The processing stations can be controlled centrally by a PLC, by respectively one separate PLC or by specific microcontrollers. Said components can be programmed by code instructions. A further component of the device is an input and display terminal by which means the programs are created interactively. This is preferably a laptop with a windowed interface such as Windows(R). Since rotary machines need to be controlled differently depending on the type of bottles and the type of coating, different programs should be created which then control the individual components of the rotary machine and the processing stations. As a result of the complexity of the control instructions and the associated liability to error in the programming, it is unreasonable for a normal user to create such a program which is generally based on a recipe.