| CPC B29C 45/768 (2013.01) [B29C 2945/76163 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76949 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first computing device and from a monitoring device comprising a plurality of sensors, a plurality of sensor readings associated with operation of an injection press or with a mold usable by the injection press, wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a thermocouple, a strain gauge, an inertial measurement unit, a humidity sensor, an accelerometer, and a distance sensor, and wherein the plurality of sensor readings is collected by the monitoring device when the monitoring device is attached to an exterior of the mold;
determining, by the first computing device, one or more metrics associated with a state of the injection press or a state of the mold, wherein the determining of the one or more metrics comprises applying a machine-learned model to the plurality of sensor readings;
providing, by the first computing device to a second computing device, the one or more metrics;
adjusting injection press parameters of a future injection molding operation across a fleet of injection presses or a fleet of molds in response to the one or more metrics;
receiving, by the first computing device and from a secondary monitoring device comprising a secondary plurality of sensors, a secondary plurality of sensor readings associated with operation of a secondary injection press or with a secondary mold usable by the secondary injection press, wherein the secondary plurality of sensors comprises a secondary thermocouple, a secondary strain gauge, a secondary inertial measurement unit, a secondary humidity sensor, a secondary accelerometer, and a secondary distance sensor, and wherein the secondary plurality of sensor readings is captured by the secondary monitoring device when the secondary monitoring device is attached to an exterior of the secondary mold;
determining, by the first computing device, one or more secondary metrics associated with the fleet of injection presses or the fleet of molds based on the plurality of sensor readings and the second plurality of sensor readings, wherein the fleet of injection presses comprises the injection press and the secondary injection press, and wherein the fleet of molds comprises the mold and the secondary mold;
providing, by the first computing device to the second computing device or a third computing device, the one or more secondary metrics; and
further adjusting the injection press parameters of the future injection molding operation across the fleet of injection presses or the fleet of molds in response to the one or more secondary metrics.
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