Patent ID: 7918661

Claim:
Controller for a blow-molding machine with a number of functional units, wherein the blow-molding machine comprises: at least one extrusion device, blow-mold machine parts that are movable in relation to one another and with respect to the extrusion device, means for molding at least one article in the blow mold and means for removing the article from the blow mold, wherein the controller comprises at least one input and output device for setting and/or displaying the movement sequences and/or state variables of the functional units of the blow-molding machine and operator control elements for selecting specific input and display functions, wherein the input and display functions are arranged at least partially in groups on various levels, all of the functional units of the process are depicted by means of associated operator control elements on a first, upper input and display level, and all of the input and display functions associated with a functional unit are respectively depicted on in each case one or more further levels, each of which are directly activated by actuation of the corresponding operator control element of the first level.