A remote controller can be provided on any apparatus that employs feedback control from a native controller to add functionality to the apparatus where the native controller is not capable of providing such functionality independently.

A method for moving a movable mold mounting plate of a molding machine, wherein the movable mold mounting plate is movable relative to a stationary mold mounting plate and the mold mounting plates are kinematically connected to each other and wherein a drive mechanism for moving the movable mold mounting plate is provided, wherein molding tool parts arranged on the mold mounting plates are brought into abutment to each other in a closed state and wherein a temporally changeable tilting movement of the mold mounting plates relative to each other occurs by the movement of the movable mold mounting plate, wherein the movable mold mounting plate is moved by the drive mechanism and/or the stationary mold mounting plate is moved by an injection device in such a way that when reaching a predeterminable distance of the mold mounting plates relative to each other a parameter representing the tilting movement of the mold mounting plates relative to each other is less than or equal to a presettable value, preferably equal to zero.

A system includes a cavity, an injection nozzle configured to inject material into the cavity, and a plurality of sensors at sensor locations. Each of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure parameters at one of the sensor locations. The system lacks a strain gauge. The system further includes a controller configured to control a flow rate of the injection of material into the cavity. The controller is configured to receive the measured parameters and compare the received information to predetermined curves. The controller is configured to control the flow rate when the measured parameters deviate from the predetermined curves.

An injection molding machine including a mold clamping device for clamping a mold comprising a fixed mold and a movable mold by a predetermined mold clamping force; an injection device for injecting and filling a resin into the mold by a predetermined injection pressure, wherein the mold clamping device enables natural compression of the resin at least as the resin inside the mold solidifies; and a molding machine controller at least including a specific molding condition setting function for setting a specific molding condition by obtaining a parting opening amount which becomes a predetermined gap between the movable mold and the fixed mold during injection filling, a molding injection pressure which becomes an injection pressure capable of molding a good product and a molding clamping force which becomes a mold clamping force capable of molding a good product; a fast injection condition setting function for setting, as a fast injection condition, a fast injection speed from the start of injection, the fast injection speed being higher than the injection speed set by the specific molding condition, and a fast injection section for continuing the fast injection speed; and a molding control function for mold-clamping the mold clamping device by the molding clamping force, setting the molding injection pressure to a limit pressure, injecting and filling the mold by the fast injection condition from the start of injection, and filling the mold by the specific molding condition by the end of the fast injection section.

A mold clamp control method for an injection molding machine having a toggle-type mold clamping mechanism. The mold clamp control method includes: a low-pressure mold clamping step that performs position hold control by which a crosshead is held in a set holding position in a state where a toggle link has been bent, when injection-filling is started; and a compression-press step that performs speed and position control by which the crosshead is advanced toward a set advancement position from the set holding position in a state where a first output upper limit value has been provided to a driving section. Advancement of the crosshead is continued in at least part of the compression-press step in a state where a generated output of the driving section is maintained at the first output upper limit value.

An injection molding machine uses a native controller and a retrofit controller to effectively control its operation. The controllers may determine and/or receive information regarding the machine's maximum load capacity, and may also determine a current operational load value of the machine. The retrofit controller may cause the machine to operate at any number of combinations of settings of operational parameters which result in the machine operating at or below the maximum load value by adjusting any number of machine parameters associated with the injection molding machine based on feedback sensors measuring real-time operating conditions of the machine.

In an injection molding machine, a predetermined torque limit value set in advance and acceleration/deceleration torque calculated by an acceleration/deceleration torque calculation section are added to set an output torque limit value for a motor. By this operation, quick acceleration or deceleration can be achieved in an injection process, and breakage of a mold and mechanism section of the injection molding machine can be prevented.

Disclosed is a method of adjusting a motion profile of a shooting pot plunger for use in a molding system, the shooting pot plunger slidably movable within a shooting pot cavity, the method comprising: sensing a characteristic at a predetermined location in an injection circuit of the molding system; determining that the sensed characteristic is outside of a threshold range; adjusting the motion profile of the shooting pot plunger to account for determining that the sensed characteristic is outside of the threshold range; and storing the adjusted motion profile in a memory.

A time variation of an internal pressure of the molding cavity of a multi-phase injection molding machine is detected and represented as an internal pressure graph. An internal pressure graph recorded during a production cycle that produced an injection molded part satisfying a predefined quality characteristic is used as a reference graph. If the internal pressure graph of the current production cycle exceeds a predefined threshold value, then a current machine parameter is changed so as to adapt an internal pressure graph of a subsequent production cycle to the reference graph. Each phase of the production cycle is assigned its own machine parameter determined to have a significant impact on the quality of the parts produced. The assigned machine parameters are changed in a predefined order in a plurality of production cycles wherein exactly one assigned machine parameter is changed per production cycle.

A method, apparatus and press for the injection moulding of plastic material by a plurality of injectors connected to a distributor and provided with respective obturators movable between a closing condition and an opening condition in a controlled fashion. The injection pressure in the distributor is maintained substantially constant by an actuator which actuates a screw of the injection press, from a start of a filling step up to an end of a packing step of the plastic material into a cavity of a mould. A moulding cycle is entirely controlled by each injector, by managing the position/velocity/acceleration of the respective obturator, without affecting the other injectors.