The value of injection molding cycle time optimization and monitoring

The company is footing the bill through overtime pay and revenue loss, and even considers investment in additional production capacity. Meanwhile, a simple output increase could be realized by just being critical of the productions at hand.

?WHAT IS THE CYCLE TIME IN INJECTION MOULDING?

The cycle time in injection molding is the total time needed to complete the stages of the molding process:

1. Closing the mould
2. Material injection
3. Holding stage to fill and cool and avoid sink marks
4. Opening the mould
5. Eject or release the part

?OUR RECOMMENDED APPROACH TO REDUCE THE CYCLE TIME IN PRODUCTION

M-Box helps you to monitor:

• Total cycle time (stage 1-5)
• Mould closed time (stages 2 and 3).

You just set the optimized target times (following the optimization steps below) for each mold configuration to the system.?When the mould appears on the machine, the corresponding RFID card (unique per mould configuration) is set to the M-Box. Then, if during the production either the cycle time or mould closed time deviates from the target, an instant notification is issued to the supervisor. If it goes unattended, a ticket is generated for handling by the production manager.

Cycle time deviations no longer go unnoticed and are addressed immediately to make sure you produce at optimal output speed.

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