A hot runner process controller configured to monitor the status and operation of a hot runner system to autonomously generate information to improve the quality of injection molding process of a hot runner system having an inlet nozzle, one or more manifolds and one or more nozzles with actuator or without actuator, and one or more heating elements, the hot runner process controller is self-operating, and independent from the injection molding machine, includes: one or more sensors located on, in or at the hot runner system to detect the status and/or the operation of the hot runner system, and a processing unit and a memory. The processing unit is connected to the one or more sensors, wherein the memory stores data and program codes. The processing unit is configured to load and execute the program code to compare sensor information with the stored data and to determine if the hot runner system is in an operable status, and in case the hot runner system is in an operable status, configured to generate status information to activate the one or more heating elements and/or the one or more actuators enabling a production operation of the injection molding machine. In case the hot runner system is not in an operable status, configured to generate status information to deactivate the one or more heating elements and/or close or deactivate the one or more actuators disabling a production operation of the injection molding machine.

The present invention discloses a ultrasonic method for indirectly measuring a pressure of a cavity of an injection molding machine, comprising: emitting ultrasonic wave to each pull rod along an axial direction of the pull rod respectively at the same time, detecting an ultrasonic wave echo time difference of each pull rod, and obtaining an average pressure inside a cavity of the injection molding machine. By the detection method and detection device of the present invention, the pressure inside the cavity may be detected in a certain state, the pressure inside the cavity in the injection molding process may be detected in real time, and the detection process is simple and the accuracy is high.

A hot runner process controller configured to monitor the status and operation of a hot runner system to autonomously generate information to improve the quality of injection molding process of a hot runner system having an inlet nozzle, one or more manifolds and one or more nozzles with actuator or without actuator, and one or more heating elements, the hot runner process controller is self-operating, and independent from the injection molding machine, includes: one or more sensors located on, in or at the hot runner system to detect the status and/or the operation of the hot runner system, and a processing unit and a memory. The processing unit is connected to the one or more sensors, wherein the memory stores data and program codes. The processing unit is configured to load and execute the program code to compare sensor information with the stored data and to determine if the hot runner system is in an operable status, and in case the hot runner system is in an operable status, configured to generate status information to activate the one or more heating elements and/or the one or more actuators enabling a production operation of the injection molding machine. In case the hot runner system is not in an operable status, configured to generate status information to deactivate the one or more heating elements and/or close or deactivate the one or more actuators disabling a production operation of the injection molding machine.

A hot runner process controller configured to monitor the status and operation of a hot runner system to autonomously generate information to improve the quality of injection molding process of a hot runner system having an inlet nozzle, one or more manifolds and one or more nozzles with actuator or without actuator, and one or more heating elements, the hot runner process controller is self-operating, and independent from the injection molding machine, includes: one or more sensors located on, in or at the hot runner system to detect the status and/or the operation of the hot runner system, and a processing unit and a memory. The processing unit is connected to the one or more sensors, wherein the memory stores data and program codes. The processing unit is configured to load and execute the program code to compare sensor information with the stored data and to determine if the hot runner system is in an operable status, and in case the hot runner system is in an operable status, configured to generate status information to activate the one or more heating elements and/or the one or more actuators enabling a production operation of the injection molding machine. In case the hot runner system is not in an operable status, configured to generate status information to deactivate the one or more heating elements and/or close or deactivate the one or more actuators disabling a production operation of the injection molding machine.

The present invention discloses a ultrasonic method for indirectly measuring a pressure of a cavity of an injection molding machine, comprising: emitting ultrasonic wave to each pull rod along an axial direction of the pull rod respectively at the same time, detecting an ultrasonic wave echo time difference of each pull rod, and obtaining an average pressure inside a cavity of the injection molding machine. By the detection method and detection device of the present invention, the pressure inside the cavity may be detected in a certain state, the pressure inside the cavity in the injection molding process may be detected in real time, and the detection process is simple and the accuracy is high.

An injection molding machine includes a belt transmission mechanism (mold opening/closing mechanism, ejector mechanism, screw drive mechanism, injection mechanism) configured to transmit drive force from a driving shaft (driving pulley) to a driven shaft (driven pulley) by means of a belt. The injection molding machine includes: a cover covering part or entirety of the belt; and a sensor attached to the cover and configured to detect an abnormality of the belt.

An injection molding apparatus for forming a gasket around an edge of a glass is provided. The injection molding apparatus includes: an injection mold die; a fixing component, disposed inside the injection mold die and adapted for fixing the glass inside the injection mold die; a detection unit, mounted to the injection molding apparatus and adapted for detecting an image or vibration of the glass; a determination unit, coupled with the detection unit and adapted for determining whether the glass breaks based on a detection result of the detection unit. The apparatus can determine whether the glass breaks, such that the risk of scratching the injection mold die by glass breaking may be reduced. Therefore, the injection molding yield can be improved, the time for repairing the injection mold die may be reduced and a service life of the injection mold die may be prolonged.

An injection molding tool and method are used to create a connection between at least two metal parts. The metal parts are inserted into the injection molding tool. Using a clinching device of the injection molding tool, the metal parts are mechanically connected to one another by clinching and are encapsulated with a plastic material using an extruder connected to the injection molding tool so as to, at least partially, enclose the metal parts with overmolding or casting.

An injection molding machine includes a plasticizing unit having a plasticizing cylinder and a material-conveying device that is movable in the plasticizing cylinder and powered by a material-conveying drive, a material-conveying drive control, which is coupled with the material-conveying drive and is designed to control operating parameters of the material-conveying drive, a closing unit having an injection molding tool that is connected with an outlet nozzle of the plasticizing cylinder, as well as a closing unit control, which is coupled with a closing unit drive of the closing unit and is designed to control operating parameters of the closing unit drive. The injection molding machine further includes one or more dieletric or acoustic sensors which are disposed in the cavity of the injection molding tool or close to the cavity of the injection molding tool and are designed to determine the dielectric polarizability, mobility of free load carriers and/or acoustic material responses of a molding material in the cavity of the injection molding tool. A sensor control is coupled with the dielectric or acoustic sensor(s) and is designed to ascertain a time-dependent degree of crystallization and a time-dependent median temperature of the molding material in the cavity of the injection molding tool from the dielectric polarizability, mobility of free load carriers and/or acoustic material responses determined by the dielectric sensor(s) and, depending on the ascertained degree of crystallization and the ascertained median temperature, to actuate the material-conveying drive control and/or the closing unit control to adjust the operating parameters of the material-conveying drive and/or of the closing unit drive.

A plurality of AE sensors 6r, 6f are provided on a heating cylinder 2 at a plurality of different positions Xr, Xf in a forward-rearward direction Fs so as to detect AE waves AE waves We. Position data Dx related to a position where each AE wave We is generated are obtained on the basis of arrival times Tr, Tf of the AE wave We obtained from the AE sensors 6r, 6f. For each combination of a predetermined sampling period Tp and a predetermined set of the position data Dx, the number of times AE wave signals Sfe, etc. related to the generated AE wave We have exceeded a threshold value L set beforehand is obtained as attack number data Da. The number of AE wave signal components Sp having exceeded a threshold value set beforehand is obtained as event count data De. At least a generation pattern Ps of sets of the attack number data Da and sets of the event count data De which correspond to sets of the position data Dx is graphically displayed.