Process for determining the actual temperature of a moldable material contained within a mold or passed through a die

A process for determining the actual temperature of a non-conductive moldable material contained within a mold or passing through a die at a given point in time, said process comprises:

• (a) shaping a non-conductive, moldable material, said moldable material either having dipoles or other charged particles therein, or being susceptible to the creation of dipoles or other charged particles therein when subjected to a polarization medium;
• (b) polarizing at least a portion of the moldable material while within the mold or while passing through the die, by subjecting the material to a polarization medium, wherein during the polarization step, the moldable material is subjected to said polarization medium until either at least some of the dipoles or other charges within the moldable material are oriented in the direction of the polarization medium, or until at least some of the dipoles or other charged particles are created thereby;
• (c) cooling the polarized, moldable treated material;
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• (d) analyzing the effect of polarizing the moldable material while said moldable material is within the mold or passing through the die by permitting an at least partial relaxation of the polarized dipoles or other charges within the polarized, moldable material,
• (i) wherein the relaxation results in the disorientation of, or decrease in, at least some of the polarized dipoles or other charges within the polarized, moldable material,
• (ii) wherein the disorientation of, or decrease in, the polarized dipoles or other charges within the polarized, moldable material generates a measurable electrical current,
• (iii) wherein the electrical current generated from the relaxation of polarized, moldable material is measured, and
• (iv) wherein the measured electrical current is correlated to the temperature at which the polarization was performed.