Patent ID: 7840306

Claim:
A molding-system set-up process, comprising: a receiving operation, including receiving an attribute associated with a molded part; a determining operation, including determining a molding-system set-up parameter based on the attribute associated with the receiving operation, the molding-system set-up parameter being usable for setting up a molding-system operation; and a providing operation, including providing the molding-system set-up parameter, wherein: the determining operation further includes: using a graph, the graph including: a vertical axis representing a solids content of the molded part, a horizontal axis representing a residency time, and an indication of cushion values; and determining the molding-system set-up parameter by selecting a desired solids content, and drawing a horizontal line across the graph and find a cushion set up based on the indication of cushion values, the graph being associated with a specific alloy type, a model of a molding system, and a shot weight, and a temperature profile.