Injection molding machine management system

An injection molding machine management system comprising:

• an injection molding machine including an injection section, a molding section, and a molding processor, the molding processor being programed to:
• control the injection section and the molding section to perform an injection molding operation to form a first molded article;
• obtain molding data that is gathered while the first molded article is molded in the injection molding operation;
• and
• generate a common identifier relating to the first molded article while the injection molding operation for the first molded article is performed;
• a peripheral device receiving the first molded article from the injection molding machine, the peripheral device including a peripheral processor, the peripheral processor being programed to:
• receive the common identifier and the molding data for the first molded article from the injection molding machine;
• perform a peripheral operation to process the first molded article;
• and
• obtain peripheral data that is gathered while the first molded article is processed in the peripheral operation;
• and
• a control device communicably connected to the injection molding machine and the peripheral device via a network to control the injection molding machine and the peripheral device, the control device including a control processor, the control processor being programed to:
• receive the common identifier and the molding data from the injection molding machine and save the common identifier and the molding data in a memory in correlation with each other;
• receive the common identifier and the peripheral data from the peripheral device and save the common identifier and the peripheral data in the memory in correlation with each other;
• and
• specify a cause of a failure of the first molded article based on the common identifier, the molding data, and the peripheral data when the failure of the first molded article occurs,
• wherein the common identifier includes information corresponding to a shot number for molding the first molded article in the injection molding machine.