Converter systems and methods for controlling operation of glass tube converting processes

A system for converting glass tubes into glass articles, the system comprising:

• a converter comprising:
• a plurality of holders, each of which is operable to hold a glass tube and rotate the glass tube about a center axis of the glass tube;
• a plurality of processing stations comprising at least one heating station, at least one forming station, and at least one separating station;
• at least one measurement device operable to measure one or more attributes of each of the glass articles produced from the glass tubes, each of the glass tubes, or both;
• and
• a control system communicatively coupled to the converter, the control system comprising one or more processors, one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable and executable instructions stored on the one or more memory modules, the machine readable and executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control system to automatically:
• operate the converter to convert the glass tubes into the glass articles;
• measure one or more attributes of the glass articles, the glass tubes, or both with the at least one measurement device;
• adjust a plurality of process parameters of the converter to run the converter at each of a plurality of condition sets, wherein each of the plurality of condition sets comprises settings for the plurality of process parameters;
• associate each of the plurality of glass articles with one of the plurality of condition sets that is used to produce the glass article and the one or more attributes measured;
• and
• develop one or more operational models based on the one or more attributes measured and the plurality of condition sets, wherein each of the one or more operational models relates one or more of the plurality of process parameters to the one or more attributes of the glass articles, the glass tubes, or both.