Patent ID: 7167773

Claim:
A method for curing a plurality of instances of a part, comprising: providing a plurality of sensors in a mold for curing the part instances, wherein each sensor is for generating signals related to an impedance within a current one of the part instances curing within the mold; for each sensor, receiving a corresponding time series of impedance measurements for measuring the signals generated by the sensors when the current part instance is curing; determining at least first impedance related data obtained from the corresponding time series of impedance measurements for a first of the sensors; determining second impedance related data from the corresponding time series of impedance measurements for a second of the sensors; identifying an association between: (a) a relationship between the first and second impedance related data for the current part instance, and (b) status information indicative of at least one property of the current part instance; obtaining, when the status information indicates a defect in the current part instance, curing data indicative of at least one corrective action for one of: the current part instance, or a subsequent one of the part instances; and transmitting at least one instruction, obtained from the curing data, to a curing equipment component used in curing the part instances in the mold, the transmission resulting in the curing equipment component changing a curing condition consistent with the corrective action.