US 12,076,899 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. 17/455,102.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-191044 (JP), filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0152903 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/76 (2006.01); B29C 45/26 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/768 (2013.01) [B29C 45/7686 (2013.01); B29C 2045/2683 (2013.01); B29C 2045/7606 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76163 (2013.01); B29C 2945/7629 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76464 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A molding machine management system comprising:
a molding machine configured to mold a plurality of molded products using a molding mold having a plurality of cavities;
a camera configured to capture a plurality of firstimages of the plurality of molded products, respectively, molded by the molding machine;
an inspection device configured to inspect the plurality of molded products to provide a plurality of inspection results corresponding to the plurality of molded products, respectively; and
a management server including a processor configured to:
acquire the plurality of first images captured by the camera and the plurality of inspection results by the inspection device;
acquire a second image of a parting surface of the molding mold; and
cause a display to display the plurality of first images, the second image, and the plurality of inspectionresults, wherein
the management server includes a memory configured to store the plurality of first images, the second image, the plurality of inspection results of the plurality of molded products, and cavity information on the plurality of cavities in which the plurality of molded products are molded in association with each other,
the processor is configured to cause the display to display the plurality of first images of the plurality of molded products, the second image of the parting surface of the molding mold, the plurality of inspection results, and the cavity information on the plurality of cavities on a same screen of the display, and
the plurality of molded products in the plurality of first-image images are respectively displayed to overlap positions of corresponding cavities of the plurality of cavities of the parting surface in the second image.