Granulate production device and method for controlling and/or regulating the granulate production device

A method for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a granulate production device, having a granulator comprising an agitator driven by an agitator drive unit, which granulator has at least one granulator inlet for feeding the raw materials, having a screening device connected to the granulator via a granulate feed line, which screening device comprises a screen chamber confined by a screen housing, which screen chamber is subdivided by a screen into a granulate chamber for receiving the granules discharged from the granulator and a screen product chamber for receiving the screened granules, the screen product chamber being connected to a transfer gas feed line comprising a feed line inlet, and with a processing apparatus which is connected to the screen product chamber of the screening device via a granulate transfer line comprising a transfer line outlet and which comprises a processing chamber through which a process gas conveyed by a conveyor device arrangement flows on a processing path from a processing chamber to a processing chamber outlet, and wherein a transfer gas is conveyed by the conveyor device arrangement on a transfer gas conveyor path extending from the feed line inlet to the transfer line outlet, which is further suitable for conveying the screened granules by means of the transfer gas via the granulate transfer line from the screen product chamber of the screening device into the processing chamber of the processing apparatus, wherein the granulate production device comprises a measuring device which, during a granulate transfer process, detects a physical parameter of the transfer gas selected from the group consisting of flow rate, mass flow and flow velocity on the transfer gas conveyor path,

• wherein the granulate production device further comprises a control device comprising a closed loop control functionality, to which the detected physical parameter is forwarded for further processing during the granulate transfer process, and
• wherein the control device carries out a comparison with a first threshold value stored in the control device for the physical parameter during the further processing of the detected physical parameter of the transfer gas in order to open-loop and/or closed-loop control the granulate production device wherein the control device sends an open-loop and/or closed-loop signal to the agitator drive unit and/or granulator outlet closing device in order to set a speed of the agitator drive unit and/or to open or close the granulator outlet closing device.