Production process determination device and method

A production process determination device for at least partially automatic, preferably fully automatic, determination of at least one production process variable for manufacturing a predetermined target plastic molded part using an apparatus, in particular an injection molding machine, for the molding production of plastic molded parts, wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of production devices comprising a plastic supply device for supplying the plastic to be processed as raw material, a plasticizing device for plasticizing and/or homogenizing the plastic to be processed, an injection device for injecting the plasticized and/or homogenized plastic into at least one molding device, and/or the at least one molding device for molding the injected plastic into a plastic molded part, wherein the apparatus and/or the plurality of production devices can be adjusted according to a predetermined and/or predeterminable plurality of production process variables which are characteristic of the production process of the plastic products to be manufactured, wherein

• the production process determination device is provided with a plurality of production process data sets relating to production processes realized for the manufacture of previous target plastic molded parts, and that the production process determination device is configured for determining at least one production process variable and preferably several production process variables from the plurality of production process variables on the basis of the plurality of production process data sets and in dependence on at least one target plastic molded part variable characteristic of the predetermined target plastic molded part.