US 12,384,083 B2
Method for providing an operating system of a machine controller
Eberhard Duffner, Starzach (DE)
Assigned to ARBURG GMBH + CO KG, Lossburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/613,570
Filed by ARBURG GMBH + CO KG, Loßburg (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/066252
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/254196, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 208 937.2 (DE), filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242021 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/76 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G16Y 10/25 (2020.01); G16Y 40/30 (2020.01)
CPC B29C 45/76 (2013.01) [G06F 9/455 (2013.01); G06F 16/288 (2019.01); G16Y 10/25 (2020.01); G16Y 40/30 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Method for providing an operating system of a machine control system for an injection molding machine for processing plastics and other plasticizable masses on a target system with a processor, said target system being independent of the injection molding machine, comprising the following steps:
(a) providing information relating to an operating system of a machine control system of a first injection molding machine configured to operate according to the operating system which is configurable according to configuration data, said operating system being configurable or adaptable by means of configuration data of a first machine configuration to properties of the first injection molding machine,
(b) providing a hardware-independent App for the operating system of the machine control system,
(c) installing the operating system for the machine control system with all the configuration data as a digital twin on the target system using the hardware-independent App for converting the information relating to the operating system of the machine control system to the target system, the digital twin configured to operate according to the operating system and the configuration data, including properties, specifications and settings, of the first injection molding system, wherein a configuration file of the machine control system is adapted bidirectionally converted to the target system for offline creation or modification of settings datasets,
(d) calculating at least one new settings dataset by the digital twin on the target system for producing injection molded parts, which settings dataset is executable on the first injection molding machine,
(e) transferring a further settings dataset created or modified on the target system to the first injection molding machine,
(f) operating the first injection molding machine with the further settings dataset.