Patent ID: 7517206

Claim:
An injection molding system, comprising: an injection molding machine; a plurality of peripheral devices connected to the injection molding machine via communication lines for mutual communications, each of the peripheral devices arranged in proximity to the injection molding machine and configured to perform at least one manufacturing process; and a molding machine controller mounted on a main body side of the injection molding machine, the molding machine controller including a data memory having a memory area to continuously reflect information regarding operations corresponding to each of the peripheral devices, and a program to give a desired command to each peripheral device, the peripheral devices and the molding machine controller configured to each include a transmission control section equipped with a protocol function relating to information regarding operating conditions of the peripheral devices and the molding machine controller operations, the peripheral devices and the molding machine controller connected via the communication lines to continuously reflect the information; and wherein the molding machine controller and at least one peripheral device are connected to: permit the molding machine controller to remotely control the at least one peripheral device based on information relating to operations read out from the data memory, permit the at least one peripheral device to remotely control the molding machine controller based on information relating to operations read out from the data memory, and monitor operating conditions of the at least one peripheral device from the at least one peripheral device or the molding machine controller.