Reduce Scrap
Stabilized quality with automatic parameter adjustments

plus10 is a Fraunhofer Spinoff that develops live learning optimization tools for complex fully automated production lines and injection molding machines. Hopper is its software application that continuously optimizes injection molding parameters across an entire fleet of connected machines. Replacing manual trial-and-error, Hopper generates situational recommendations based on a virtually learned ideal process, always within validated windows. The tool learns not only from machine data, but also from raw material and process data, which allows production teams to react immediately to batch differences due to drying, temperature, viscosity, or supplier variations. These recommendations are generated on a cavity-by-cavity basis, making them applicable even to complex, multi-cavity molds. The result is consistently lower scrap and cycle times, with expert-level process knowledge available to every operator, on every shift.