Molding Machine Management System, Molding Machine, Management Apparatus, and Molding Machine Management Method

Abstract

An object is to facilitate protection of data and suppress communication loads imposed on a network, molding machines, etc. A molding machine management system includes a management apparatus for managing a plurality of molding machines. The system comprises an information recording processing section which records on a recording device reference data acquired by operating each molding machine; an information manipulation processing section which performs predetermined processing on the reference data and actual data acquired by operating each molding machine to thereby obtain manipulated data; an information transmission processing section which transmits the reference data to the management apparatus in advance and transmits the manipulated data to the management apparatus as needed; and an information synthesis processing section which synthesizes the reference data and the manipulated data. Since the data obtained by operating each molding machine are recorded in the recording device of the molding machine, protection of the data becomes easier. After the reference data are sent from each molding machine to the management apparatus, only the manipulated data should be sent from each molding machine to the management apparatus. Consequently, there is no need for performing communication between the management apparatus and each of the molding machines at all times.

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