Molding machine and molding machine management system

• US 7,496,427 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2006
• Issued: 02/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited
• Inventors: Konishi, Toshio
• Primary Examiner(s): Bahta; Kidest
• Application Number:
  US11/517,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20070009627A1
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 700/197, 700/17, 700/83, 700/180, 700/51, 700/2, 700/120, 701/101, 701/200, 425/162, 425/132, 709/203, 707/10
• US Class Current: 700/197
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/76 Measuring, controlling or regulating measuring in general G01; controlling or regulating in general G05
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31205 Remote transmission of measured values from site, local to host
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/33225 Interface nc machine to data server
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/34038 Web, http, ftp, internet, intranet server
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45244 Injection molding

Abstract

A molding machine includes a control part incorporating a specific server program and a memory part saving internal data of the molding machine. The specific server program transmits the internal data, which is converted into a predetermined format and stored in the memory part, to a network.

Claims

1. A molding machine comprising:

a control part incorporating a specific server program; and

a memory part saving internal data of the molding machine,

wherein the specific server program converts the internal data into a predetermined format, and the memory part stores files which include the internal data which has been converted into the predetermined format,

wherein said specific server program transmits said internal data, which has been converted into the predetermined format and stored in said memory part, to a network, and

wherein said control part further incorporates therein a molding operation program for controlling an operation, and said internal data is converted into HTML file data by the molding machine operation program.

2. The molding machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said specific server program is an HTTP server program.

3. The molding machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein said internal data is converted into HTML file data by said HTTP server program.

4. The molding machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said internal data contains at least one kind of molding condition data, performance value data, waveform data, molding machine state data, instruction manual data, and molding machine specification list data.

5. The molding machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein said instruction manual data and said molding machine specification list data are fixed said HTML file data by said HTTP server program, and said molding condition data, said performance value data, said waveform data and said molding state data are converted into said HTML file data by said molding operation program.

6. The molding machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said internal data is screen data displayed on a display part.

7. The molding machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said external terminal apparatus is an external computer, and incorporates therein an HTTP server program, and said external computer is provided with a Web browser program.

8. The molding machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein said external terminal apparatus and said control part are capable of performing bi-directional communication therebetween.

9. The molding machined as claimed in claim 8, wherein said molding machine operation program is updated by being sent from said external terminal apparatus to said control part side.

10. A molding machine management system comprising:

a molding machine having a control part incorporating a specific server program, and a memory part storing internal data of the molding machine and storing files which include the internal data converted into a predetermined format;

an external terminal apparatus displaying and managing the internal data transmitted from said molding machine; and

a communication line connecting said molding machine and said external terminal apparatus,

wherein said specific server program transmits the internal data, which is converted into the predetermined format and stored in said memory part, to said communication line, and

wherein said control part further incorporates therein a molding operation program for controlling an operation, and said internal data is converted into HTML file data by the molding machine operation program.