Patent ID: 11931942
Assignee: ENGEL AUSTRIA GMBH
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 2:
3. A moulding machine comprising:
a closing mechanism including a movable platen and a movement mechanism for moving the movable platen;
a control or regulation device for controlling or regulating a movement of the movable platen by controlling the movement mechanism;
an operator interface for allowing entry of operatory inputs into the control or regulation device;
a first algorithm for calculating a first trajectory for the controlled or regulated movement of the movable platen based on the operatory inputs entered via the operator interface relating to a desired movement of the movable platen, and based on at least one predefined parameter value for at least one dynamic or kinematic variable of the closing mechanism; and
a measurement device for measuring the at least one dynamic or kinematic variable of the closing mechanism during at least one movement of the movable platen according to the first trajectory;
wherein the control or regulation device is configured to generate an estimate of at least one parameter value,
wherein the control or regulation device is further configured to calculate a second trajectory for the controlled or regulated movement of the movable platen based on the estimate, using an optimization algorithm, and
wherein the control or regulation device is further configured to control or regulate the movement of the movable platen by controlling the movement mechanism according to the second trajectory.