Patent ID: 7097791

Claim:
A method of controlling and/or regulating an embossing process for producing a precision part, comprising: providing an injection moulding machine having a driven mould half, a counter-mould half, and a column; setting the injection moulding machine to a basic setting; injecting a mass into an embossing slot during an injection cycle, wherein the embossing slot is defined by the driven mould half and the counter mould half; moving the driven mould half via an electro-mechanical or hydraulic embossing drive relative to the counter-mould half; controlling and/or regulating the embossing force on the mass by controlling and/or regulating a path of the driven mould half; and preventing the driven mould half from physically contacting the counter-mould half during the embossing process, wherein the column expands as a function of an embossing force applied to the mass in the embossing slot during the embossing process, wherein the expansion of the column influences the mass in the embossing slot, wherein the controlling and/or regulating includes compensating for changes in the movement of the driven mould half due to the expansion of the column.