Patent ID: 11904520
Assignee: AGR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A blow molder system comprising:
a blow molder that forms, with pressurized fluid, blow-molded containers from preforms, wherein the blow molder comprises:
heating elements for heating the preforms;
a stretching rod;
a plurality of molds; and
one or more blow-molder temperature sensors for sensing temperatures from the blow molder in forming the blow-molded containers, and
wherein the blow molder is configured to form the blow-molder containers utilizing, for each preform, a pre-blow of the preform and stretching by the stretching rod, followed by a high-pressure blow of the preform to push walls of the preform against a mold of the plurality of molds;

a container inspection system that senses one or more characteristics of blow-molded containers following formation of the blow-molded containers by the blow molder; and
a control system that is in communication with the one or more blow-molder temperature sensors and in communication with the container inspection system, wherein the control system is configured to:
determine, using a model, updated operating parameters for the blow molder based on, at least in part, the one or more characteristics of the blow-molded containers sensed by the container inspection system; and
output the updated operating parameters to the blow molder,

wherein:
the blow molder is configured to implement the updated operating parameters; and
the updated operating parameters comprise:
a temperature set point for the preforms;
a pre-blow pressure level for the pre-blow of the preforms;
a high-pressure blow pressure level for the high-pressure blow of the preforms; and
a blow timing for the preforms.