Method and apparatus for an automated injection molding configuring and manufacturing system

In a computer network-based system, an automated method for designing specifying and ordering customized injection molding systems, comprising the steps of:

• receiving one or more customer determined parameters electronically;
• generating an injection molding system with a computerized configuration subsystem that uses the one or more customer determined parameters and one or more manufacture process determined parameters for the injection molding system;
• calculating a cost for manufacturing the injection molding system with a computerized business subsystem;
• determining a schedule for completing the injection molding system with the computerized business subsystem;
• and
• submitting the configured injection molding system for processing to a computerized processing subsystem.

A computer implemented system connected to a computer network for manufacturing customized injection molding systems, comprising in combination:

• a computerized configuring subsystem for designing and a ordering customized injection molding system, the configuring subsystem using one or more customer defined parameters related to one or more components of the customized injection molding system, and one or more manufacture process determined parameters to generate the customized injection molding system;
• a computerized business subsystem in communication with the configuring subsystems the business subsystem calculating a cost for manufacturing the customized injection molding system and determining a schedule for completing the customized injection molding system;
• and
• a computerized manufacturing subsystem in communication with the configuring subsystem and the business subsystem, the manufacturing subsystem providing input for manufacturing the customized injection molding system generated by the configuring subsystem.

In a computer-implemented process for manufacturing customized injection molding systems, a method comprising the steps of:

• configuring a customized injection molding system to order by using one or more customer determined parameters and one or more manufacture process determined parameters to generate the customized injection molding system;
• creating drawings for the customized injection molding system based on the one or more customer determined parameters and the one or more manufacturing process determined parameters;
• calculating a cost for manufacturing the customized injection molding system;
• determining a schedule for completing the customized injection molding system,
• ordering the customized injection molding system;
• and
• manufacturing the customized injection molding system based on the one or more customer determined parameters and the one or more manufacture process determined parameters.

A method for remotely designing specifying and ordering a customized injection molding system, comprising:

• providing a web page server connected to a configuring subsystem network and to a digital network;
• receiving one or more customer defined parameters for designing a customized injection molding system using the web page server over the digital network using a web browser program;
• configuring an injection molding system based on the one or more customer defined parameters and one or more manufacture process determined parameters to generate the customized injection molding system;
• creating drawings for the customized injection molding system based on the one or more customer determined parameters and the one or more manufacturing process determined parameter;
• calculating a cost for manufacturing the customized injection molding system;
• determining a schedule for completing the customized injection molding system;
• and
• ordering the customized injection molding system.