Dynamico™: the unique AI-assisted “mold profit booster”

Frigel, specialized in temperature control for injection molding, presents Dynamico™. “AI-assisted” dynamic mold temperature control technology, that introduces a paradigm shift in cooling time management: the true untapped lever for increasing productivity, reducing energy costs per part and improving margins.

Dynamico is already generating important success stories in various sectors such as automotive, medical, packaging and in all specific molding applications for technical parts.

The proven results are impressive. For technical parts, simply replacing existing temperature controllers, the cycle cooling time reduction obtained with Dynamico™ can lead to productivity increases of 20% to 50%. In polyolefin molding, installing Dynamico™ between the existing cooling system and the mold has demonstrated productivity gains of 10% to 25%.

The cycle time reduction also increases the efficiency of the entire production cell thus achieving up to 15% in cost savings per unit of product.

Therefore, the cycle cooling time reduction obtained by Dynamico™ offers measurable profit gains with a payback on the investment within few months. Results are easily proven in most applications, without any modification to the mould.

How Dynamico™ works

Dynamico™ is a new device that directly replaces conventional temperature controllers in any existing mold. Using advanced algorithms, according to some molding process data input by the operator, the unit interface guides him step-by-step in reducing current cooling time to the shortest possible duration that still ensures final product quality.

Basically, with this paradigm shift, the mold temperature control unit is transformed into a cycle time optimization device. In fact, the “control variable” (set point) of the Dynamico™ is no longer the water temperature going to the mould, but “the cycle time”.

Unlike traditional temperature controllers based on fixed, constant and stable temperature control, the new technology is based on a radically opposite concept: “Dynamic Mold Temperature Control”. Dynamico™ can automatically and programmatically adjust mould water temperatures in each step of the cooling time optimization process – and in some cases, even regulate flow through each half of the mould using powerful inverter-driven booster pumps.

The booster pumps on board Dynamico™ range are designed to deliver up to for 500% more flow rate than conventional temperature controllers, reaching very high turbulent flow in the water channels and maximum heat transfer rate with the mould cavities, achieving unprecedented cooling performance.

The cooling time reduction is suggested by “Dynamico™ Wizard”, exclusive software developed by Frigel. It uses “AI-Assisted” advanced algorithms built on Frigel’s vast experience in high performance mold temperature control.

Dynamico™’s results are easy to verify, thanks to an intuitive interface that allows the operator to fine-tune the moulding process in just a few cycles, visibly confirming the significant reduction in cycle time. Once the minimum possible cooling time that guarantees product quality has been achieved, the operator can save the “mold recipe” in Dynamico™ ‘s memory. This allows it to be easily reapplied whenever that mold is used again.

The unique Dynamico™ user interface
Dynamico™ range may also include full internet connectivity which will allow, through AI-supported tools, the Dynamico™ Wizard algorithms to continuously learn from the process data of all connected machines and molds to the network, thus creating progressive improved performance and added value for every new mold.
The Dynamico™ product range covers all application needs in injection molding, in both packaging and technical molding, and two different versions: with or without integrated chiller.
“With Dynamico™ Frigel ushers in a new era for injection molding. An affordable, scalable, high impact on profitability technology that transforms a passive process (cooling time) into an active performance driver, redefining profitability standards in the industry”, explained the company.