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`Expert' Controller Gains Features.


New version 1.3 of Moldflow Plastics Xpert (MPX MPX - Multiplexor Channel ) from Moldflow Corp., Lexington, Mass., incorporates several features to make it more versatile and less expensive to install. MPX was introduced last year to aid in machine set-up, process optimization Process optimization is the practice of making changes or adjustments to a process, to get results.

Optimization is the use of specific techniques to determine the most cost effective and efficient solution to a problem or design for a process.
, and process control. The most important new feature is the Manual Injection Molding Machine Injection molding machine (also known as injection press) - a machine for making plastic parts. Manufacturing products by injection molding process. Consist of two main parts, an injection unit and a clamping unit.  Controller Interface, which eliminates the cost and time to install a host-computer interface (HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Refers to the design and implementation of computer systems that people interact with. It includes desktop systems as well as embedded systems in all kinds of devices. ) card on the injection machine in order to use MPX. There is also a new, easily installed Machine Interface Unit to connect the machine to the MPX computer. Also new is the option to control by cavity pressure and a relay trigger to reject bad parts if process conditions wander.
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Publication:Plastics Technology
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 1, 1999
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