Patent ID: 7411163

Claim:
Process for preparing a melt, especially a plastic melt, with a device ( 2 ) for supplying material components to a unit ( 3 ) for plasticizing the components, where at least one cleaning unit ( 4 ) for the melt passing through, especially a rotating screen disk ( 5 ), and at least one sensor unit ( 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ) for detecting one or more process parameters are provided, by means of which parameters and in the knowledge of the filter-specific process data the work of the cleaning unit ( 4 ) can be influenced, wherein, on the basis of the determined ( 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ) process parameters and/or the filter-specific process data, the process materials being supplied by the feed device ( 2 ) can be controlled at least with respect to type and metering rate.