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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155782 | Fluid heating apparatus A fluid heating apparatus heats fluid in a passage to a target temperature. The fluid heating apparatus includes a fluid heating unit that heats the fluid, a fluid temperature measuring unit that measures a temperature of the fluid, and a pressure control unit that ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7647134 | Method of operating a temperature management device There are provided a method of operating a temperature management device. For example, there is disclosed a method of operating a temperature management device. The method comprises transmitting towards the temperature management device a probe, the probe having a p... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7480542 | Closed loop interactive controller An injection mold apparatus has multiple injection zones, each zone having at least one heater and at least one temperature sensor generating a temperature indicating signal. A power source provides power to the heaters. A controller controls the temperature of at l... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7343505 | Method and apparatus for thermal control of electronic components A method and system are provided for thermal management of a CPU. Both hardware and software data are used to periodically calculate a power consumption index. An internal database is provided to convert power consumption data to rotational speed of an associated co... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325749 | Distributed solid state programmable thermostat/power controller A self-contained power controller having a power driver switch, programmable controller, communication port, and environmental parameter measuring device coupled to a controllable device. The self-contained power controller needs only a single voltage source to powe... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7218990 | Control device for use in injection molding machine A barrel has an injection nozzle at the forward end, and an injection screw inside, and heaters in the outer circumference. The barrel injects the molten resin from the injection nozzle at the forward end by the rotation of the injection screw. In the barrel, the te... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7181311 | Identification of a modular machine component A plastics processing machine, in particular injection molding machine or extruder, includes at least one component represented by a clamping unit, feed and metering apparatus, plasticizing unit, injection unit, or separate injection apparatus, and characterized by ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7058475 | System for software PLC implementation for plastic molding machines A system for integrating a software programmable logic controller functions along with the human machine interface functions for plastics molding machines is disclosed. A general purpose computer integrates the programmable logic controller functions of monitoring a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7020540 | Temperature control A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling temperature of a plant comprising plural temperature control zones, wherein an effective control parameter for a first zone for which a signal representing measured temperature is available is produced according t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014453 | Machine having sensors for controlling molding operation A mold and molding machine having a sensor and a control circuit for monitoring operation of the molding machine during a molding operation. The molding machine may be a blow molding machine that is used in an insert molding operation wherein a preformed insert is p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6874561 | Method and system for controlling a casting process A method (300) and a system (100) for controlling a casting process are described herein. The system (100) generally includes a die casting device (110) and a measuring device (120). The die casting device (110) includes a m... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6691209 | Topological data categorization and formatting for a mass storage system A method and apparatus for storing data in a mass storage system implementing striped RAID technology by topological categorization and ordering of the data according to the topology of the storage areas. A mass storage system includes a mass storage spac... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6529796 | Closed loop interactive controller An injection mold apparatus has multiple injection zones, each zone having at least one heater and at least one temperature sensor generating a temperature indicating signal. A power source provides power to the heaters. A controller controls the temperat... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6323804 | Method and apparatus for GPS time determination A system for rapidly acquiring a time reference for the location determination of a wireless communication device. The system includes a wireless communication device (200), a GPS satellite (202) and a communication satellite (208). The method comprises t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6000831 | Injection mold data transmission system The present invention relates to injection mold hot runner control devices and more particularly to an injection molding control device which eliminates the conventional control cables to improve the quality of feedback signals received by the controller ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5853631 | Mold heater startup method A method for mold heater startup and sequencing detects the heater zones associated with greater mass and allows them to heat up before zones of lesser mass, thereby reducing wear of the associated mechanical components and minimizing degradation of plast... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5795511 | Method and apparatus for controlling injection-molding systems Apparatus and method for providing material to a mold, such as in an injection molding system, wherein the settings for controlling the molding operation are retained in a non-volatile memory in a hot-half of the mold. When connected to a system controlle... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5683633 | Process and device for tempering molding tools for processing plastics The tempering process is divided in two phases, a start-up phase and a stationary operating phase, each having different tempering conditions, whereby the start-up phase is completed after the preset nominal tool temperature has been reached or exceeded f... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5456870 | Barrel temperature state controller for injection molding machine An improved temperature control system using a state controller with two degrees of freedom to regulate the temperature of the barrel of an injection molding machine is disclosed. The control system divides the temperature of the barrel into longitudinall... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5397515 | Injection molding machine temperature control system A control system for controlling the temperature within process machinery such as the feed assembly in an injection molding machine. The control system provides a six phase process for starting up the machine from cold conditions and controlling the machi... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5272644 | Apparatus for controlling a heating temperature An apparatus for controlling a heating temperature, especially for heating a resin in a injection mold machine, a extruder and the like, includes a control device for controlling a heating means and the state of a heated barrel and a condition compensatin... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5210698 | Servo control for molding machine A method and apparatus are provided for servo control of injection molding machine devices. A signal processor periodically produces analogue control signals for controlling machine mechanisms at a first loop closure interval and periodically produces dig... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5173224 | Fuzzy inference thermocontrol method for an injection molding machine with a PID control To perform automatic PID control corresponding a status of an injection molding machine for eliminating a temperature overshoot or an undershoot during thermocontrol of thermocontrolled components of the injection molding machine, the Fuzzy Control theory... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5149472 | Fuzzy inference thermocontrol method for an injection molding machine To eliminate a temperature overshoot or an undershoot during thermocontrol of thermocontrolled components, e.g. an injection cylinder, with resepct to an object temperature in each operating status of the injection molding machine, the Fuzzy Control theor... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5135688 | Fuzzy inference thermocontrol method for an injection molding machine with a plurality of means for heating or cooling To eliminate a temperature overshoot or an undershoot during thermocontrol of thermocontrolled components, e.g. an injection cylinder, with respect to an object temperature in each operating status of the injection molding machine, the Fuzzy Control theor... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5097431 | Evaluation method of flow analysis on molding of a molten material An evaluation method analyzes flow on molding of a molten material. This is achieved in a system of making a flow analysis on an in-mold molten material through division of a molded part model into minute elements and numerical analysis thereof including ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5097432 | Evaluation method of flow analysis on molding of a molten material An evaluation method of a flow analysis on molding of a molten material is achieved in a system of performing a flow analysis on an in-mold molten material through breakdown of a molded part model into minute elements and numerical analysis thereof includ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4983336 | Method of controlling the afterpressure variation with time of an injection-moulding machine A method controlling the afterpressure variation with time of an injection-moulding machine. A process computer controlling a hydraulic pressure drive of the injection-moulding machine stores a given reference afterpressure variation with time. Upon a var... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4899288 | Temperature control indicating apparatus of a hot runner in a thermoplastic synthetic resin injection molding system In a temperature control indicating apparatus of a hot runner in a thermoplastic synthetic resin injection molding system, the apparatus has a hot runner comprising a body heater, a tip heater and a temperature sensor. The hot runner is connected to a hot... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4802097 | Control systems of injection molding machines In an injection molding machine combined with a peripheral apparatus, control units capable of interchanging signals are provided for the molding machine and the peripheral apparatus. Each control unit comprises a memory device storing set molding data ap... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4674053 | Control system of injection molding machines In a control system of an injection molding machine of the type including a data setting unit corresponding to injection and mold clamping operations of the injection molding machine, and a control device which is response to data set in the data setting ... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4208176 | Time independent cycle control for plastic injection molding machines A cycle control for plastic injection molding machines. All time-responsive machine controls are eliminated by initiating or terminating machine functions in response to actual, physical properties experienced by the machine or by the plastic or in the mo... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4094940 | Injection molding machine controls Method for controlling the parameters of injection molding processes in a machine having a barrel with a plasticating chamber and a screw, rotatably and slidably disposed in said chamber, hopper means adjacent one end of said chamber communicating therewi... | 06/13/1978 |
