A hardware configuration and related method for performing a coining-type injection compression operation. In this case, the clutch ring and the clutch disks can be moved parallel to the clutch axis of rotation and relative to one another in such a way that, for torque transmission, first friction surfaces on each of the clutch disks can be moved into frictional surface contact with a respective second friction surface on the clutch ring. A source device sends query signals along a network path addressed to the data port and destination device.