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US 7,066,725 B2Granted
Injection molding machine with control system
AssigneeKrauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH
InventorMichael Züfle
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Abstract
An injection molding machine includes a plurality of input and output units, a plurality of actuators, a plurality of sensors, and at least one computing unit, wherein a functional assignment of the input and output units, actuators and sensors is established via the computing unit and changeable online. As a result, it can be freely ascertained which input unit communicates with which output unit, in the presence of a plurality of input and output units, and changes in the configuration can easily be taken into account.
Claims7
An injection molding machine, comprising:
- a plurality of input and output units;
- a plurality of actuators;
- a plurality of sensors;
- at least one computing unit;
- and
- a serial bus system, wherein the computing unit, each of the sensors, actuators and input units have an interface for the serial bus system and communicate with one another via the bus system,
- wherein a functional assignment of the input and output units, actuators and sensors is established via the computing unit and changeable online.
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