摘要 |
A method (300, 400) of controlling a melt preparation device (102, 110) is provided. The melt preparation device (102, 110) is located upstream from a melt accumulator (122), the melt accumulator (122) and the melt preparation device (102, 110) being part of an injection unit (100) for preparing and injecting molding material and being associated with a target cycle time. The method (300, 400) comprises appreciating (310, 410) an operational parameter associated with the melt accumulator (122); appreciating (320, 420) a target performance indicator associated with operation of the injection unit (100); based on a comparison of the operational parameter to the target performance indicator, generating (330, 430) a control signal for controlling operation of the melt preparation device (102, 110), such that the melt preparation device (102, 110) prepares molding material in an amount sufficient to transfer to the melt accumulator (122) within an allocated portion of the target molding cycle time. |