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Intelligent Manufacturing Process Tool For Plastic Injection Molding Aravind Kumbakonam, Terrence L. Chambers, Suren N. Dwivedi Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Louisiana, Lafayette Bill Best Ash Industries Aravind Kumbakonam, Terrence L. Chambers, Suren N. Dwivedi Bill Best Ash Industries Abstract This paper presents an overview of ongoing research aimed at the development of a Computer-Based Intelligent Manufacturing Process Tool, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The Manufacturing Process Tool is a computer program, which would help the manufacturer in solving problems associated with Injection Molding. These problems include long process set up time, non-optimized cycle time, and poor control of the molding process. The Manufacturing Process Tool would eventually help the machine operator (who need not be an expert) in setting up, optimizing, and controlling the Injection Molding Process; thus maximizing the production rate on that particular Injection Molding machine. Introduction Plastic Injection Molding is the world’s most common method of producing complex commercial plastic parts with excellent dimensional tolerance. According to the C-mold design guide, 32% by weight of all plastics processed go through Injection Molding machines, making Plastic Injection Molding one of the most important manufacturing processes. It is seen that the final molded part quality is chiefly dependent on the type of material, mold design and the molding process settings. Once the material and the mold to be used are specified, the part quality basically depends on the molding process. The molding process is quite complex involving many variable process parameters like pressure, temperature and time settings. These process parameters have to be optimally set in order to improve part quality and maximize the production capacity of the Injection Molding machine. Educated and experienced individuals are required to set up and optimize such a