A method and apparatus for the sequential injection moulding of plastic material into the mould cavity or by using a plurality of controlled open-close injectors, wherein the sequentially injected plastic material originates in mould flow fronts in different directions whose collision generates at least one weld line on the moulded article. The sequential injection is actuated with specific modes according to which the opening of the at least one of said injectors is anticipated or delayed with respect to other injectors and/or at least one of the injectors is closed partly and/or at least one of the injectors is gradually opened only partly. Such specific modes are managed to control and define the shape and/or the position of the weld line on the moulded article.

An injection molding system comprising: a first selected valve, one or more downstream valves, delivering a fluid to a mold cavity, at least one fluid property sensor, each valve associated with a position sensor that detects opening of a gate at an actual open gate time to the controller, the controller automatically adjusting time of instruction to open the gates on a subsequent injection cycle by an adjustment time equal to any delay in time between a predetermined open gate target time and an actual open gate time, wherein the system forms a first one or more parts or objects, the user inspecting or measuring the first one or more parts or objects and manually adjusts the predetermined open gate target time.

An injection molding system comprising: a first selected valve, one or more downstream valves, delivering a fluid to a mold cavity, at least one fluid property sensor that detects a flow front of fluid material flowing downstream through the mold cavity at a trigger location within the cavity disposed between the first gate and at least one selected downstream gate, a controller instructing an actuator associated with the downstream gates to open the gates at a predetermined open gate target time on a first injection cycle, each valve associated with a position sensor that detects opening of a gate at an actual open gate time to the controller, the controller automatically adjusting time of instruction to open the gates on a subsequent injection cycle by an adjustment time equal to any delay in time between the predetermined open gate target time and the actual open gate time.

An injection molding machine that uses a mold and a native controller to operate according to an original mold cycle to mold plastic objects is retrofitted with a retrofit controller; the retrofitted machine uses the mold and the retrofit controller to operate according to a retrofit mold cycle to mold plastic objects. The retrofit mold cycle has a maximum injection pressure that is less than a maximum injection pressure of the original mold cycle. The retrofit mold cycle can also have more constant injection pressures than the original mold cycle.

An injection molding machine that uses a mold and a native controller to operate according to an original mold cycle to mold plastic objects is retrofitted with a retrofit controller; the retrofitted machine uses the mold and the retrofit controller to operate according to a retrofit mold cycle to mold plastic objects. When molding according to the retrofit mold cycle, the injection molding machine uses lower temperatures, when compared to molding according to the original mold cycle.

An injection molding system configured to complete molding by sequential injection molding by a plurality of injection devices, a data acquisition unit is configured to acquire an operation data, a count value of an injection molding number, and identification information of the injection device, and an injection molding number setting unit is configured to set the count number of the injection molding number stored in the injection molding number storing unit of each injection device composing the plurality of the injection devices to be same number, when the injection molding system begins the injection molding.

An injection molding machine that uses a mold and a native controller to operate according to an original mold cycle to mold plastic objects is retrofitted with a retrofit controller; the retrofitted machine uses the mold and the retrofit controller to operate according to a retrofit mold cycle to mold plastic objects. When molding according to the retrofit mold cycle, the injection molding machine can obtain a faster cycle time.

An injection molding device includes a fixing section to which a molding die having a fixed molding die and a movable molding die, an injection section that injects a molding material, and a moving section that moves the injection section relative to the fixed molding die. The injection section includes a nozzle and an injection amount adjustment mechanism. The injection molding device further includes a control section configured to control the moving section, the injection amount adjustment mechanism, and a heater. The control section executes the following in a state where the molding die is mounted on the fixing section, a first control in which the nozzle is brought into contact with the fixed molding die and the molding material is injected, and a second control in which the nozzle is separated from the fixed molding die after a predetermined time elapses from the completion of the first control.

An injection molding machine that uses a mold and a native controller to operate according to an original mold cycle to mold plastic objects is retrofitted with a retrofit controller; the retrofitted machine uses the mold and the retrofit controller to operate according to a retrofit mold cycle to mold plastic objects.

Disclosed are a power time sequence conversion method and device for manufacturing products in batches. A common power is sequentially coupled with power input ends of a plurality of execution mechanisms in different time periods, so as to provide in time order a plurality of power drives required during a batch manufacturing process of products, or provide power drives in different forms such as movements and forces to the same execution mechanism in a relaying manner in two adjacent time periods. A change gear capable of rotation and revolution is sequentially meshed with a plurality of tail end driving gears in different time periods, wherein the tail end driving gears are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction and serve as power outputs, the revolution of the change gear is braked after each meshing to achieve the power drive of a certain execution mechanism in batch manufacturing of the products, and meanwhile, power drives in different forms such as movements and forces are provided to the same execution mechanism in a relaying manner through a torque converter. Compared with the conventional batch manufacturing of products where a plurality of independent power drives are required, the present invention has remarkable characteristics in low cost, low energy consumption, high reliability, good stability and the like.