US 12,280,527 B2
Injection molding machine management system
Yusuke Mitsuma, Shiojiri (JP); and Yoshiaki Otsuki, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,949.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-089066 (JP), filed on May 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379533 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/17 (2006.01); B29C 45/76 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/1774 (2013.01) [B29C 45/76 (2013.01); B29C 45/762 (2013.01); B29C 45/768 (2013.01); B29C 2045/7606 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76163 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76461 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injection molding machine management system comprising:
a material dryer configured to dry a source material by removing moisture in air and providing heated air into a drying hopper in which the source material is stored;
an injection molding machine configured to receive the source material from the material dryer and perform an injection molding operation to form a molded product;
an inspection device including a camera and a weight sensor, the camera being configured to capture an image of the molded product, the weight sensor being configured to measure a weight of the molded product;
a first display having a first screen for alternatively displaying a first state of the injection molding operation of the injection molding machine, a second state of a material drying operation of the material dryer, and a third state of an inspection operation of the inspection device, the first screen including a first screen area and a second screen area; and
a processor configured to execute a program stored in a memory so as to:
receive first, second, and third physical quantity information from the material dryer, the injection molding machine, and the inspection device, respectively;
determine a material non-defect rate based on the first physical quantity information;
determine a molding defect rate based on the second physical quantity information;
determine a molded product defect rate based on the third physical quantity information; and
cause the display to:
in the first state, display information relating to the molding defect rate in the first screen area and information relating to the material non-defect rate and the molded product defect rate in the second screen area;
in the second state, display the information relating to the material non-defect rate in the first screen area and the information relating to the molding defect rate and the molded product defect rate in the second screen area; and
in the third state, display the information relating to the molded product defect rate in the first screen area and the information relating to the molding defect rate and the material non-defect rate in the second screen area.