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Disclosed, amongst other things, is a method of post-mold cooling of a molded article, the molded article having just been molded within mold halves, the method comprising: receiving, in a post-mold device, the molded article; subjecting the molded article to post-mold cooling, the post-mold cooling

Disclosed, amongst other things, is a method of post-mold cooling of a molded article, the molded article having just been molded within mold halves, the method comprising: receiving, in a post-mold device, the molded article; subjecting the molded article to post-mold cooling, the post-mold cooling including: implementing a first post-mold cooling process portion in the post-mold cooling device at a first temperature; and implementing a second post-mold cooling process in the post-mold cooling device portion at a second temperature, said second post-mold cooling temperature being greater than said first post-mold cooling temperature; determining a switch point; triggering at the switch point, a transition from the first post-mold cooling process portion to the second post-mold cooling process portion.

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1. A method of post-mold cooling of a molded article, the molded article having just been molded within mold halves, the method comprising: receiving, in a post-mold device, the molded article from within the mold halves;subjecting the molded article to post-mold cooling process in the post-mold dev

1. A method of post-mold cooling of a molded article, the molded article having just been molded within mold halves, the method comprising: receiving, in a post-mold device, the molded article from within the mold halves;subjecting the molded article to post-mold cooling process in the post-mold device, the post-mold cooling process including:controlling the temperature of coolant media to a first temperature using a temperature control device;implementing a first post-mold cooling process portion in the post-mold cooling device at the first temperature; andcontrolling the temperature of the coolant media to a second temperature using the temperature control device;triggering at a predetermined switch point, a transition from the first post-mold cooling process portion to a second post-mold cooling process portion; andimplementing the second post-mold cooling process portion in the post-mold cooling device at the second temperature, said second temperature being greater than said first temperature. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising balancing cooling rates between said first temperature and said second temperature is executed such that the molded article reaches the target exit temperature at a point of time that substantially coincides with removal of the molded article from post-mold cooling. 3. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said switch point comprises a temperature value; and wherein the method further comprises determining a temperature associated with operation of a post-mold device. 4. The method in accordance with claim 3, wherein said determining comprises receiving a signal (403) from a sensor (402), the signal (403) indicative of the temperature associated with operation of a post-mold device (15). 5. The method in accordance with claim 4, wherein said sensor (402) comprises a single sensor (402), and wherein said post-mold device (15) implements a multi-position post-mold cooling function; and wherein the method further comprises, based on said signal (402), determining a temperature value associated with each position of the multi-position post-mold cooling function. 6. The method in accordance with claim 5, wherein said post-mold device (15) implements a multi-position post-mold cooling function; and wherein said sensor (402) comprises a plurality of sensor (402), each of the plurality of sensors being associated with a given holder (50) in a given position of the multi-position post-mold cooling function. 7. The method in accordance with claim 5, wherein said sensor (402) comprises a plurality of sensor (402), each of the plurality of sensors being associated with a given holder (50) of the post-mold device (15). 8. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said switch point comprises an indication of a point in time. 9. The method in accordance with claim 8, wherein said indication of a point of time comprises one of a time value, a value representative of a number of positions of the post-mold cooling cycle and a combination thereof. 10. The method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising selecting the first temperature such as to decrease a temperature differential between a just-molded article and cooling media. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first post-mold cooling process portion is implemented at an instance of time before the second post-mold cooling process portion. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining of the switch point is executed prior to executing the post-mold cooling. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining of the switch point comprises appreciating a pre-set switch point. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein said transition is implemented by means of switching one of a temperature or the rate of flow of the cooling media. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein said transition is implemented by means of switching the type of cooling media from the first type of coolant media to a second type of coolant media.