Patent ID: 7236841
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: B23P,B29C,G05B,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented system connected to a computer network and accessible by a plurality of users for specifying, orderings, and manufacturing injection molding systems, comprising in combination: a configuring subsystem that uses one or more customer defined parameters to generate a customized injection molding system which implements the customer defined parameters; a processing subsystem in communication with the configuring subsystem that processes the customized injection molding system generated by the configuring subsystem to provide drawings of the customized injection molding system; a business subsystem in communication with the configuring subsystem that calculates a cost for manufacturing the customized injection molding system and that determines a schedule for completing the customized injection molding system; and a manufacturing subsystem in communication with the configuring subsystem that provides input for manufacturing the customized injection molding system generated by the configuring subsystem; wherein the customized injection molding system is created by assembling a plurality of components, the components including at least a manifold plate that was partially manufactured and placed in inventory before the configuring subsystem received any customer defined parameters for the customized injection molding system, the manufacture of the manifold plate being completed after the configuring subsystem receives the customer defined parameters for the customized injection molding system.