Patent ID: 11884791
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  C  A  G  Y | IPC A  B  C  G

Claim 19:
20. A physical foaming injection molding system for injecting a single-phase solution of a polymeric composition and a supercritical fluid, the system comprising:
a temperature control unit;
a temperature conditioning rack effectively coupled with the temperature control unit, wherein the temperature conditioning rack is adapted to condition a temperature of a mold maintained at the temperature conditioning rack;
a press comprising a universal runner plate comprising at least one runner outlet and configured to interface with a removable mold that is configured to engage with the press, the mold being one of an array of molds that the universal runner plate is configured to interface with;
a robot comprising an end effector adapted to reversible engage with the mold, wherein the robot is positioned relative to the temperature conditioning rack to manipulate the end effector at the temperature conditioning rack to reversible engage with the mold and the press to reversible engage with the mold;
an RFID reader; and
a controller having a processor and memory, the controller is logically coupled with the RFID reader and the robot.