Injection molding method, use of a sensor, and injection molding machine

Abstract

An injection-molding method is provided in which in a first injection-molding step at least one first material component (17) is injected into a mold cavity (4) of an injection mold (3). The first injection-molding step is terminated when a condition pertaining to a first material volume that has been injected in the first injection-molding step has been met. This condition can be, for example, a minimum filling level which is caused in the mold cavity (4) by a material volume from the at least one first material component (17) that in the first injection-molding step has been injected into the mold cavity (4). When the minimum filling level can be detected or confirmed, for example with the aid of a sensor (10), the first injection-molding step is terminated and a second injection-molding step can optionally be started.

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