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US 2014/0197561 A1Published application
Detection of change in orientation of central axis of platen assembly
OwnerRoman Robert Piroginventor
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Abstract
A molding system (100), comprising: a platen assembly (102) having: (i) a mold-support face (104), and (ii) a central axis (106) extending orthogonally from the mold-support face (104); and a detection assembly (108) being positioned relative to the central axis (106), the detection assembly (108) being configured to detect, at least in part, an amount of change in orientation of the central axis (106).
Claims12
A molding system (100), comprising:
- a platen assembly (102) having:
- (i) a mold-support face (104), and (ii) a central axis (106) extending orthogonally from the mold-support face (104);
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- a detection assembly (108) being positioned relative to the central axis (106), the detection assembly (108) being configured to detect, at least in part, a change in orientation of the central axis (106).
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A method of operating a molding system (100), the method comprising:
- detecting an amount of change in orientation of a central axis (106) relative to a mold-support face (104) of a platen assembly (102) having the central axis (106) extending orthogonally from the mold-support face (104).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.