Method for controlling and/or regulating the feed of material to be processed to a crushing and/or screening plant of a material processing device

A method for controlling and/or regulating a feed of material to be processed to a processing unit of a material processing apparatus, the material processing apparatus including a conveyor upstream of the processing unit and configured to guide the material to be processed to the processing unit, the method comprising:

• determining a characteristic of the material to be processed and/or a volumetric flow rate on the conveyor of the material to be processed;
• predicting a dwell time of the material to be processed in the processing unit or in a region of the processing unit downstream of the conveyor based at least in part on the characteristic of the material to be processed and the volumetric flow rate of the material to be processed;
• and
• controlling and/or regulating a conveying speed of the conveyor based at least in part on the characteristic of the material to be processed and/or the volumetric flow rate of the material to be processed, wherein the controlling and/or regulating the conveying speed of the conveyor is based at least in part on the predicted dwell time.