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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Vito Galati, Rowley, MA (US);
Lin Yang, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Ling Feng, Jiangsu Province, CN;
Sergio Ribeiro DE Oliveira Antunes, Amesbury, MA (US);
Vito Galati, Rowley, MA (US);
Lin Yang, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Ling Feng, Jiangsu Province, CN;
Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Amesbury, MA (US);
Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc., Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
An injection molding apparatus () comprising a signal converter () interconnected to a machine controller (MC) of an injection molding machine (IMM) that generates standardized signals (VPS), the signal converter () receiving and converting the standardized signals (VS) to a command signal (MOPCS, PDCVS) that is compatible with a signal receptor or interface of an electrically powered actuator () or a signal receptor, interface or driver of a proportional directional control valve (V, V, V) that drives a fluid driven actuator () to respectively operate the electrically powered actuator () or the proportional directional control valve (V, V, V) to move in a direction that operates to either begin an injection cycle and to end an injection cycle.