A management device connected to a control device includes multiple interface processing units respectively corresponding to a plurality of types of display screens. A selection and execution unit selects one from the interface processing units, and the selected interface processing unit controls the display unit so as to cause the display unit of the control device to display the associated display screen and display the input information on the display screen of the display unit.

A plastic injection-moulding machine includes an injection unit for processing a plastic mass to be moulded, and a closing unit having an injection-moulding tool having at least one cavity, into which the plastic mass processed by the injection unit is injected to produce a moulded part. A machine controller controls the injection unit and the closing unit, and a user interface device, which has at least one input means and at least one output means. The at least one output means is designed as a screen. At least one camera is provided to record a region of the plastic injection-moulding machine lying behind the user interface device, with the machine controller being designed to display the region recorded by the camera on the screen.

A plastic injection-moulding machine includes an injection unit for processing a plastic mass, and a closing unit having an injection-moulding tool with a cavity, into which plastic mass is injected by the injection unit to produce a moulded part. A machine controller controls the injection unit and the closing unit according to a machine program running on the machine controller. A user interface device communicates with the machine controller and has a screen for displaying text information and/or image information. The machine controller includes a data memory for storing the text information and/or image information in the form of data sets, and a process generator for manually assigning each state parameter of the plastic injection-moulding machine a data set. The process generator automatically writes the data set into the data memory or automatically reads out the data set for display on the screen in accordance with the associated state parameter.

An operating unit has an operating program and a touch-sensitive display screen on which display fields and/or navigation fields can be represented. Upon actuation of the operating fields, operating signals can be sent by a control or regulating device to injection molding machine elements. Upon actuation of the navigation fields, pages of the operating program can be called up. At least one operating group contains the operating fields but no navigation fields, and/or navigation groups contain the navigation fields but no operating fields. At least one passive field in the form of rows and/or columns contains neither operating fields nor navigational fields. The least one operating group and/or the navigation groups is arranged in rows and/or columns, and the at least one passive field is arranged between the navigation groups and/or the at least one operating group.

A molding machine management system includes a molding machine molding a plurality of molded products using a molding mold having a plurality of cavities, a camera capturing a plurality of first images of the plurality of molded products, respectively, and an inspection device inspecting the plurality of molded products. The plurality of first images, a second image of a parting surface of the molding mold, a plurality of inspection results corresponding to the plurality of molded products, and information on the plurality of cavities are displayed on the same screen of a display. The plurality of molded products in the plurality of first images are respectively displayed to overlap positions of corresponding cavities of the plurality of cavities of the parting surface in the second image.

An injection molding machine includes a storage unit in which input information input via an operation unit and a molding condition under which molding is performed using a gain specified by the input information are stored in association with each other, and a control unit configured to generate a signal with a feedback-control, which uses a difference between a set value used to control an object to be controlled and an actual value measured from the object to be controlled and the gain specified by the input information associated with the molding condition, and to control a drive source using the signal to perform the molding, in a case where the molding indicated by the molding condition is performed.

An operation quantity determination device for determining an operation quantity related to a molding machine, includes an observation unit configured to acquire observation data obtained by observing a physical quantity related to molding by the molding machine when the molding is executed, a state expression unit configured to generate a state expression map expressing a state of the molding machine based on the observation data acquired by the observation unit, and an operation quantity output unit configured to output the operation quantity based on the state expression map generated by the state expression unit.

A management device is for an injection molding machine configured to repeatedly perform a shot that is a series of operations for producing a molded product in a mold part. The management device includes processing circuitry configured to: repeatedly obtain a numerical value of a physical quantity of at least an object that is withdrawn from an interior of the mold part to an exterior thereof or that is fed from the exterior of the mold part to the interior thereof, the numerical value of the physical quantity being measured externally of the mold part; and record the numerical value in association with identification data of the shot.

A controller is for an injection molding machine including an injecting member configured to push a molding material in a forward direction, the molding material containing a bioplastic; and an injection drive source configured to cause the injecting member to travel forward or backward. The controller is configured to perform filling in which a forward travel speed of the injecting member is controlled so that an actual value of a pressure applied from the injecting member to the molding material does not exceed an upper limit of the pressure. In at least a part of the filling, a value of from 550 mm/s through 700 mm/s is settable as a set value of the forward travel speed of the injecting member, and a value of 200 MPa or higher is settable as the upper limit of the pressure.

A display system includes: an imaging unit that images a mold from below; and a display unit that displays an image taken by the imaging unit together with a carry-in range of the mold in order to transport the mold in place between the stationary platen and the moving platen.