Abstract: An operating unit for a molding machine includes a support, a screen part mounted pivotable on the support, and an operating part mounted pivotable on the screen part and/or the support, and the pivotability of the screen part and the operating part results in different use positions for an operator. The operating part is motion-coupled to the screen part and/or to the support by a mechanism and/or a drive unit at least in areas such that a first relative angle between the support and the screen part determines a second relative angle between the screen part and the operating part.

Abstract: A measuring arrangement for a shaping machine includes a measuring diaphragm deformable by a force action, a measuring device for metrological detection of a deformation of the measuring diaphragm with the output of a measurement signal, and an evaluation device connected to the measuring device. The evaluation device, in the course of a first calibration, can convert the measurement signal originating from the deformation of the measuring diaphragm with a force from a first force value range into a first output signal, and the first output signal is in a previously defined value range. The evaluation device, in the course of a second calibration, can convert the measurement signal originating from the deformation of the measuring diaphragm with a force from a second force value range differing from the first force value range into a second output signal, and the second output signal is in the previously defined value range.