US 12,138,837 B2
Injection molding machine management system
Kosuke Atsuta, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,492.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-198192 (JP), filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173726 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 45/76 (2006.01); B29C 45/17 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/76 (2013.01) [B29C 45/1774 (2013.01); B29C 2045/7606 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76107 (2013.01); B29C 2945/7618 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An injection molding machine management system that includes an injection molding machine and manages one or a plurality of injection molding units each of which produces a molded article by molding a material and places in a container the molded article that has been produced, the injection molding machine management system comprising:
a display unit configured to display a display screen on which operation information on an operation status of each of the one or plurality of the injection molding units and at least one of container shortage information indicating a shortage of a remaining empty container in which accommodates the molded article has not been placed, and material shortage information indicating a shortage of the material for molding required to mold the molded article are displayed on an injection molding unit basis, wherein
the display unit is configured to display the container shortage information is displayed on the display screen in association with the operation information when the remaining empty container is insufficient in each of the one or plurality of the injection molding units and
the display unit is configured to display the material shortage information is displayed on the display screen in association with the operation information when the material is insufficient in the each of the one or plurality of injection molding units.