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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Imflux Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Gene Michael Altonen, West Chester, OH (US);
Michael Thomas Dodd, Walton, KY (US);
Assignee:
IMFLUX INC., Hamilton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/77 (2006.01); B29C 45/76 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29C 45/74 (2006.01); B29C 45/78 (2006.01); B29K 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/77 (2013.01); B29C 33/3842 (2013.01); B29C 45/74 (2013.01); B29C 45/76 (2013.01); B29C 45/762 (2013.01); B29C 45/78 (2013.01); B29C 2045/776 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76498 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76501 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76535 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76545 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76561 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76688 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76859 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76936 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76939 (2013.01); B29K 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An injection molding machine that uses a mold and a native controller to operate according to an original mold cycle to mold plastic objects is retrofitted with a retrofit controller; the retrofitted machine uses the mold and the retrofit controller to operate according to a retrofit mold cycle to mold plastic objects. When molding according to the retrofit mold cycle, the injection molding machine uses lower temperatures, when compared to molding according to the original mold cycle.