Intelligent molding environment and method of configuring a molding system

Abstract

An injection molding machine, including: a human machine interface being configured to provide graphical representation of a status of the injection molding machine; a machine controller being configured to: (i) provide operational control of the injection molding machine, (ii) operationally couple with the human machine interface, the machine controller having; (i) a machine-controller processor; and (ii) machine-controller memory being coupled with the machine-controller processor; an injection unit being configured to plasticizing and inject a molding material; a tie-bar clamping mechanism being associated with the injection unit; and a mold assembly being supported by the tie-bar clamping mechanism, the mold assembly being coupled with the injection unit, the mold assembly being adapted to receive the molding material from the injection unit so that a molded article may be molded, and the mold assembly including: a mold assembly body; and a mold memory device being coupled with the mold assembly body, and being operatively coupled with the machine controller so that data being stored in the mold memory device may be accessed by the machine controller, the mold memory device including; mold set-up data being related with the molded article to be molded in the mold assembly.