Method for controlling a cooling process, production method and open-loop and closed-loop control device as well as production apparatus for glass bodies

Abstract

A method for controlling a process of cooling a number of glass molds with a cooling medium in a process of producing glass bodies, wherein a production section of the section machine is respectively assigned at least one of the glass molds, and, for cooling the number of glass molds, the cooling medium is supplied on a jointly shared basis, wherein the supplying of the shared cooling medium for the number of glass molds is jointly controlled and the shared cooling medium is assigned a number of absolute cooling medium parameters and the absolute cooling medium parameters are determined as cooling medium parameters that are shared by the number of glass molds. It is provided that the cooling medium is assigned as absolute cooling medium parameters that can be set jointly for the number of glass molds at least one cooling capability, in particular a cooling output, and a cooling pressure, which are set, in particular are subjected to closed-loop and/or open-loop control, wherein, on the basis of a desired cooling capability, in particular desired cooling output, of the cooling medium, a cooling capability variable is determined by means of a primary actuating device, and the cooling capability variable is prescribed to a secondary actuating device, and, depending on the prescribed cooling capability variable, a cooling pressure variable is prescribed by means of the secondary actuating device on the basis of the cooling pressure of the cooling medium in such a way that a cooling capability, in particular a cooling output, of the cooling medium is made to approximate to the desired cooling capability, in particular a cooling output, of the cooling medium.