Fuente: WIPO "tomato" A control device performs a method for configuring a capping machine, which is operable to engage a threaded cap with a threaded neck of a container. In the method, angular positions, APs, are sequentially selected from a predefined set of APs of the cap, where each AP corresponds to an orientation of the cap relative to the neck. For each AP, a cap mounting test is performed, in which the capping machine is operated to engage a plurality of caps, arranged in the selected AP, with the neck on a respective container. The capping operations are evaluated for consistent capping performance. The method is performed until consistent capping performance is detected for a sequence of adjacent APs corresponding to a sequence of spatially adjacent cap orientations. The capping machine is then configured by setting its operational AP in relation to the sequence of adjacent APs.