US 12,109,747 B2
Procedure for checking the suitability of a shaping tool
Ruth Markut-Kohl, Vienna (AT); and Klemens Springer, Leonding (AT)
Assigned to ENGEL AUSTRIA GMBH, Schwertberg (AT)
Filed by ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH, Schwertberg (AT)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/889,061.
Claims priority of application No. A 50504/2019 (AT), filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0391423 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. B29C 45/76 (2006.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/766 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76913 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45244 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for checking the suitability of a simulated moulding tool to be checked before and for a defined and damage-free moulding process, using a computing unit, comprising at least the following steps:
a. providing an electronic dataset concerning the moulding process, comprising a plurality of different features of a generally suitable moulding tool, in an electronic memory, wherein each feature of the plurality of different features has a range of possible values;
b. selecting at least one feature of the electronic dataset as at least one characterizing feature by means of a computing unit, which can be brought into a data-transferring connection with the electronic memory;
c. establishing an identity of the simulated moulding tool to be checked using at least one value of the value range of the at least one characterizing feature, wherein the simulated moulding tool to be checked is regarded as identical to the generally suitable moulding tool if the established at least one value is present in relation to the at least one characterizing feature;
d. providing or creating an electronic tool dataset for the simulated moulding tool to be checked by means of the computing unit, wherein the electronic tool dataset comprises a plurality of different features of the simulated moulding tool to be checked;
e. allocating the electronic tool dataset to the simulated moulding tool to be checked with the established identity by means of the computing unit; and
f. checking the electronic tool dataset by means of the computing unit in relation to the suitability of the simulated moulding tool to be checked with the established identity in the defined moulding process, wherein prohibited ranges for the features of the electronic tool dataset are predefined and used for checking before the moulding process.