US 12,292,731 B2
Molding machine management system and computer program
Yoshiaki Otsuki, Matsumoto (JP); Ko Tsukada, Matsumoto (JP); and Yusuke Mitsuma, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/455,096.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-190991 (JP), filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155760 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B29C 45/76 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4185 (2013.01) [B29C 45/76 (2013.01); G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G05B 19/4188 (2013.01); B29C 2045/7606 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76993 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A molding machine management system, comprising:
an injection molding machine including a molding controller, a mold, an injection unit, a material injection unit, and a mold clamping unit, the molding controller being configured to transmit a predetermined operation signal to operate one of the mold, the injection unit, the material injection unit, and the mold clamping unit;
a management server coupled to the injection molding machine via a network;
a first camera configured to capture a first moving image of the mold in response to an imaging start signal from the molding controller, the first camera being configured with a first sub-camera and a second sub-camera, the mold being configured with a movable mold part and a fixed mold part, the first and second sub-cameras being configured to capture first and second sub-moving images of the movable and fixed mold parts, respectively, the first moving image including the first and second sub-moving images;
a second camera configured to capture a second moving image of a drive unit provided in the injection molding machine in response to the imaging start signal from the molding controller;
a third camera configured to capture a third moving image of a state of a material supplied from the material injection unit to the injection unit;
a take-out robot configured to take a molded product from the injection molding machine;
an inspection device configured to receive the molded product from the take-out robot and inspect an appearance of the molded product formed by the injection molding machine based on an image captured by an imaging sensor to generate an inspection result; and
a memory configured to store first moving image data of the first moving image captured by the first camera, second moving image data of the second moving image captured by the second camera, and third moving image data of the third moving image captured by the third camera, in association with a lot number and a shot number of the injection molding machine, and the inspection result, wherein
the molding controller is configured to transmit the imaging start signal to the first and second cameras when the molding controller transmits the predetermined operation signal,
the management server includes a controller, the controller is configured to:
receive the first moving image data, the second moving image data, and the third moving image data in association with the lot number and the shot number, and the inspection result from the memory;
cause a display to simultaneously display two data of the first moving image data, the second moving image data, and the third moving image data in a first area of a first screen of the display by tab control in association with the lot number and the shot number and display the remaining one data of the first moving image data, the second moving image data, and the third moving image data in the first area of a second screen of the display by the tab control, the first area being located adjacent to a lower edge of the display; and
cause the display to display the inspection result in a second area of the display adjacent to the first area.