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US 11,958,224 B2Granted
Shooting pot refill timing
AssigneeHusky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
InventorManon Danielle Belzile
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of refilling a shooting pot cavity in a molding system, the method comprising: determining that a trigger event has occurred in the molding system; and coordinating a refill of the shooting pot cavity with the occurrence of the trigger event.
Claims15
A method of refilling a shooting pot cavity with resin in a molding system, the method comprising:
- receiving, at an input device a selection of a trigger event, wherein the trigger event is one of a mold opening, a mold closing, a valve stem being in a closed position, a shutoff valve blocking flow of melted resin to the shooting pot cavity, and a shooting pot plunger in a refill position;
- measuring, using a sensor, a property associated with the resin in the mold shooting pot cavity;
- determining, based on the measured property, that the trigger event has occurred in the molding system;
- and
- coordinating a refill of the shooting pot cavity so that the refill begins with the occurrence of the trigger event.
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A control system for controlling a shooting pot plunger in a molding system, the control system comprising:
- a memory for storing instructions;
- an input device for receiving a selection of a trigger event;
- a sensor for measuring a property associated with a resin in a shooting pot cavity;
- a controller comprising a processor for executing instructions stored on memory to:
- determining, based on the measured property, that the trigger event has occurred in the molding system;
- and
- coordinating a refill of the shooting pot cavity to begin trigger event;
- and
- wherein the trigger event is one of a mold opening, a mold closing, a valve stem being in a closed position, and a shutoff valve blocking flow of melted resin to the shooting pot cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.