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61.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200368951A1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-26
申请号：US16854598
申请日：2020-04-21
Applicant: IMFLUX INC.
Inventor： Milko Gergov , Gene Michael Altonen , Herbert Kenneth Hanson, III , William Francis Lawless, III
Abstract: An additive injection system for use in injection molding machines to inject additive materials, such as fluids or powders, downstream of a nozzle of the injection molding machine. The additive injection unit has an additive tank to store or contain additive material and additive injectors that inject an additive material into an injection molding machine. A pump pumps the additive material from the tank through a common manifold connected to the additive injectors to be injected into the injection molding machine. A controller controls operation of the additive injection device and one or more sensors coupled to the additive injection device can provide feedback to the controller.
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公开(公告)号：US20200078998A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-12
申请号：US16562592
申请日：2019-09-06
Applicant: IMFLUX INC.
Inventor： William Francis Lawless, III , Gene Michael Altonen
Abstract: Systems and approaches for controlling an injection molding machine having a mold forming a mold cavity and being controlled according to an injection cycle include extruding a molten polymer according to an extrusion profile and measuring at least one variable during the extrusion profile with a first sensor. At least one extrusion operational parameter is adjusted based on the measured variable. The extrusion profile is terminated upon the molten polymer exceeding a first threshold, and the molten polymer is injected into the mold cavity according to an injection profile via a screw that moves from a first position to a second position. Upon completion of the injection profile, a recovery profile commences in which the screw is moved to the first position.
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公开(公告)号：US10525626B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-07
申请号：US15616133
申请日：2017-06-07
Applicant: IMFLUX INC.
Inventor： William Francis Lawless, III , Rick Alan Pollard , Brian Matthew Burns , Gene Michael Altonen
Abstract: Methods of monitoring and controlling a molding process using a sensed change in strain provided by a strain gauge are provided. A target strain profile is created for a molding process of a molding apparatus. An upper and lower deviation limit from the target strain profile for the molding process is provided. If a sensed change in strain exceeds a deviation limit, an alarm is activated.
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公开(公告)号：US20190389111A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-26
申请号：US16437160
申请日：2019-06-11
Applicant: IMFLUX INC.
Inventor： Ethan David Stiefel , Bryler Collins , Gene Michael Altonen , Brian Matthew Burns , Brandon Michael Birchmeier
Abstract: Systems and approaches for controlling an injection molding machine having a mold forming a mold cavity and being controlled according to an injection cycle include obtaining a pattern for the injection cycle, operating the injection molding machine to inject a molten material into the mold cavity, and measuring a cavity pressure value of the mold cavity during the mold cycle. Upon measuring a nominal cavity pressure value, a pattern recognition portion of the injection cycle that is at least partially dependent on the obtained pattern commences where a driving force being exerted on the molten material is adjusted such that the measured cavity pressure matches the obtained pattern for the injection cycle.
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65.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190337209A1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-07
申请号：US16401777
申请日：2019-05-02
Applicant: IMFLUX INC.
Inventor： Bryler Collins , Gene Michael Altonen , Chow-Chi Huang , Brandon Michael Birchmeier , Brian Matthew Burns
IPC: B29C45/77
Abstract: In order to improve the consistency of molded products as viscosity shifts throughout a run, a controller of an injection molding machine executes a calibration cycle in accordance with a mold cycle. The controller analyzes a plurality of sensed melt pressure values during the calibration cycle to determine one or more calibration metrics. The controller then uses the calibration metrics when executing each mold cycle of the run. More particularly, during each mold cycle of the run, the controller detects a plurality of sensed melt pressures prior to and during a fill phase of the mold cycle and compares the plurality of sensed melt pressures to the one or more calibration metrics to predict cavity pressure for a pack and hold phase of the mold cycle. The controller then adjusts a set point pressure for the pack and hold phase based on the predicted cavity pressure.
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公开(公告)号：US20190308353A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-10
申请号：US16364966
申请日：2019-03-26
Applicant: IMFLUX INC.
Inventor： William Francis Lawless, III , Brandon Michael Birchmeier , Brian Matthew Burns , Gene Michael Altonen , Ethan David Stiefel , Bryler Collins
Abstract: A method of determining melt flow front travel in a molding apparatus includes setting a sensor threshold, receiving a sensor amount as an output from a sensor monitoring a nozzle of the molding apparatus, and determining that the sensor amount exceeds the sensor threshold. The method further includes receiving a screw location, calculating a travel distance of the screw from the screw location, and calculating melt flow front travel based on the travel distance of the screw. The method further includes receiving, via an interface, an operator generated value for the desired melt flow front travel to be reached, and sending, via an interface, an analog or digital output after the operator generated value has been reached. A method of detecting a leaking condition of a check valve is also included.
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67.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10226889B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-12
申请号：US15216762
申请日：2016-07-22
Applicant: iMFLUX Inc.
IPC: B29C45/77 , B29C45/00 , B29C45/76 , B29C45/78 , B29C45/80 , B29K101/12 , B29K105/00
Abstract: A injection molding method involves measuring, using at least one external sensor, a change in a parameter of a mold side of a mold cavity, approximating a condition within the mold cavity based on the change in the parameter, such as pressure within the mold cavity or flow front position, and comparing the approximated condition to a trigger point. If the approximated condition equals or exceeds the trigger point, activating a virtual cavity sensor having an optimal pre-defined pressure-time curve, and upon activation, the virtual cavity sensor tracks an approximated condition calculated from the change in parameter measurements measured by the at least one external sensor over time. In an embodiment, results of the approximated parameter tracking can be used in conjunction with an optimal pre-defined pressure-time curve.
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公开(公告)号：US10226885B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-12
申请号：US15448195
申请日：2017-03-02
Applicant: IMFLUX INC.
Inventor： Frank Gustaaf Debruin , Chow-Chi Huang , Michael Thomas Dodd
Abstract: A nozzle assembly for an injection molding system has a nozzle adapter with one or more vent holes therein. A porous metal insert is provided in fluid communication with at least one of the vent holes. The porous metal insert is also in fluid communication with a flow channel through the nozzle assembly. As molten polymeric material advances through the flow channel from a barrel to a mold assembly, gases entrained in the molten polymeric material are vented through the porous metal insert and escape through the one or more vent holes. Pressurized air may be introduced through the vent holes, such as by one or more blow-back modules, to unclog pores of the one or more porous metal inserts between shots of the injection molding system.
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公开(公告)号：US20190005164A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-03
申请号：US15929028
申请日：2018-06-29
Applicant: IMFLUX INC.
Inventor： Milko Georgiev Gergov , Chow-Chi Huang
Abstract: A method of molding includes providing a physical mold having a plurality of physical sensors at sensor locations and providing pressure, volume, and temperature curves for a desired flow rate profile of an injection material at the sensor locations. The method also includes injecting the injection material into the physical mold at a physical flow rate corresponding to the desired flow rate profile and monitoring pressure, volume, and temperature of the injection material by the physical sensors. The method further includes controlling the physical flow rate when the monitored pressure, volume, or temperature of the injection material deviates from the pressure, volume, and temperature curves.
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公开(公告)号：US20180370108A1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-27
申请号：US15992855
申请日：2018-05-30
Applicant: IMFLUX INC.
Abstract: Non-time dependent calculated variables based on measured strain are used to effectively determine an optimal hold profile for an expanding crosslinking polymer part in a mold cavity. A system and/or approach may first inject molten expanding crosslinking polymer into a mold cavity, then measure strain at the mold cavity or at another location within the injection molding system, and then calculate at least one non-time dependent variable during an injection molding cycle. Next, the system and/or method commences a hold profile for the part, and upon completing the hold profile, the part is ejected from the mold cavity, whereupon a cure profile is commenced.
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