Patent ID: 7534378

Claim:
A method of manufacturing and certifying operation of a system for producing plastic containers using equipment having at least one controllable parameter that affects quality of containers produced by such equipment and a controller operable to control said at least one controllable parameter at least when said at least one controllable parameter falls outside of a predetermined limit, which includes: (a) acquiring information about raw materials including parameters that affect manufacturability and acceptability of containers produced from such materials, (b) monitoring operation of said equipment, including an injection mold for forming plastic containers and having said at least one controllable parameter, (c) inspecting containers produced by said equipment for anomalies that affect acceptability of said containers, (d) based upon information obtained in at least one of said steps (a), (b) and (c), automatically adjusting with the controller, based on at least one predetermined limit, said at least one controllable parameter so that said at least one controllable parameter is within said predetermined limit to eliminate said anomalies, and (e) based upon information obtained in at least one of said steps (a), (b) and (c), automatically certifying to a customer for the containers acceptability of containers produced by said equipment when said equipment was operating within said predetermined limits when said containers were manufactured and unacceptable anomalies were not detected by inspecting the containers.