An apparatus for assisting resin molding, including: a calculation unit for calculating, for each of a plurality of molding factors of the resin molding, a degree of influence on an analysis target characteristic of a resin molded article; a selection unit for selecting, based on the degree of influence, at least one molding factor among the plurality of molding factors; and a display processing unit for executing display processing for causing the selected at least one molding factor to be emphasized on a display of the plurality of molding factors displayed by the display device, is provided.

Provided is an apparatus configured to support resin molding, including: a prediction unit configured to generate a probability distribution of prediction values of analysis target characteristics of a resin molded body, that correspond to values of a plurality of molding factors of the resin molding; and a display processing unit configured to execute display processing for causing a display apparatus to display the probability distribution of the prediction values of the analysis target characteristics. The prediction unit is configured to calculate a change of the distribution of the prediction values of the analysis target characteristics when a value of at least one of the plurality of molding factors of the resin molding is changed within a predetermined range, and the display processing unit is configured to display the change of the probability distribution of the prediction values of the analysis target characteristics.

The invention relates to a method for improving an injection molding process, wherein a product is produced by an injection molding apparatus through an injection molding process from a precursor charge of precursor material based on process settings applied to the injection molding apparatus, wherein the injection molding process comprises injecting the precursor charge into a mold of the injection molding apparatus, wherein the precursor charge is produced through a precursor production process described by precursor production parameters, wherein the applied process settings are determined prior to the injection molding process by a computer simulation of the injection molding process executed by a computing apparatus, which computer simulation is based on a simulation model, on the precursor production parameters and on given process conditions of the injection molding process, which given process conditions comprise a shape of the mold. The invention also relates to a corresponding system.

The mould for the forming of articles, semi-finished articles or the like, includes a first die and a second die associable in such a way as to define a final form of an article, a semi-finished article or the like. The second die is movable between a first disengagement position, wherein it is substantially spaced away from the first die, and a work position, wherein it is substantially in contact with the first die. At least one of the first die and the second die includes at least a sensor device for detecting the work position of the second die.

A method for manufacturing a molded part while changing between multiple molds including a first ejecting step of opening a first mold and ejecting the molded part from the first mold, a checking step of checking the ejected molded part to determine if the molded part is acceptable, a first injecting step of closing the first mold and performing injection into the first mold, a second ejecting step of, where the ejected molded part is determined to be acceptable, changing the first mold to a second mold and ejecting the molded part from the second mold after the first injecting step, and a third ejecting step of, in a case where the molded part ejected in the first ejecting step is determined to be non-acceptable, not changing the first mold to the second mold and ejecting the molded part from the first mold.

A production management system includes: an injection molding unit producing a molded product; and a control device. The injection molding unit includes: an injection molding machine molding the molded product by injection molding; a determination unit determining whether a number of the molded products to be produced is equivalent to a predetermined unit of production or not; and an operation information transmitting unit transmitting operation information of the injection molding unit when it is determined that the number of the molded products to be produced is equivalent to the predetermined unit of production. The control device includes an operation information receiving unit receiving the operation information transmitted from the operation information transmitting unit.

Provided is a management system for managing a count value of a counting device capable of displaying a screen indicating a count value of a number of shots of a mold. The management system is configured to: obtain a first image obtained by imaging the screen; obtain first read data including the count value by performing character recognition on the first image; and accumulate the first read data in a server.

Provided are an injection molding machine and an injection molding method. An injection molding machine includes: a plasticizing unit which rotates a screw to plasticize a molding material inside a plastication cylinder, and an injection unit. The injection unit has: a plunger reciprocally moving inside an injection chamber, and an injection driving device reciprocally moving the plunger. By driving the injection driving device to move the plunger backward and forward inside the injection chamber, and driving a rotary driving device to alternately rotate the screw in a normal rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction, the molding material is controlled to reciprocate between the plastication cylinder and the injection chamber.

Provided is a management system for managing a count value of a counting device capable of displaying a screen indicating a count value of a number of shots of a mold. The management system is configured to: obtain a first image obtained by imaging the screen; obtain first read data including the count value by performing character recognition on the first image; and accumulate the first read data in a server.

An injection molding machine includes a mold clamping unit that clamps a mold unit, an injection unit that fills the mold unit clamped by the mold clamping unit with a molding material, and an ejector unit that takes out a molding product from the mold unit after the molding material with which the mold unit is filled by the injection unit is cooled and solidified, in which a communication cycle in which data is exchanged in at least one path of between two internal devices and between the injection molding machine and an external device is shorter than a control cycle in which predetermined control is performed using received data.