Blow molder control systems and methods

A system for controlling the operation of a blow molder to affect the crystallinity of generated containers, the system comprising:

• at least one processor and operatively associated memory, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to:
• receive an indication of a crystallinity of at least one container produced by the blow molder;
• receive from at least one camera an image of the at least one container;
• derive from the image an indication of a dimension of the at least one container;
• receive from a material distribution system an indication of a material distribution of the at least one container;
• execute a model, wherein the model relates a plurality of blow molder input parameters to the indication of crystallinity and the material distribution and wherein a result of the model comprises changes to at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters to move the material distribution towards a baseline material distribution and the crystallinity towards a baseline crystallinity, and wherein the model also relates the plurality of blow molder parameters to the dimension of the at least one container;
• and
• implement the changes to the at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters, wherein the blow molder is operated according to a hot mold process, and wherein the changes to the at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters are also predicted by the model to move the dimension of containers generated by the blow molder towards a dimension threshold.