Patent ID: 7480542

Claim:
An injection mold mounted process control and data acquisition apparatus comprising: an injection mold; a process control and data acquisition system mounted on said injection mold; and at least one injection mold-located sensor providing information from said injection mold to the mold mounted process control and data acquisition system; said mold mounted process control and data acquisition system comprising: at least one sensor input circuit cable; at least one control output cable; at least one switched power device; at least one microprocessor or logic device necessary for control of a process; at least one analog-digital signal converter for converting analog sensor signals located within the injection mold to digital signals; at least one multiplexing device to deliver an analog signal to an input device within the mold mounted process control and data acquisition apparatus; at least one data transmission device to send and receive data in analog or digital format to an attached or remote communicating device; at least one memory device located within the mold mounted process control and data acquisition apparatus to store data for use in or in conjunction with control processes, control algorithms, or data storage; and a cooling system element located within the process control and data acquisition system.