Multi-cavity tools on busy presses
Every shot is logged by press, tool and cavity, so scrap gets an address.
Injection moulding software. Every shot, every cavity, on record.
One bad cavity in an eight-impression tool bleeds scrap for a week before anyone can prove which one. Bulk records every shot by press, tool and cavity, so the scrap has an address, and a resin-lot recall is a query, not a day.
- Press & shot tracking
- Cavity-level SPC & NCRs
- Resin & masterbatch lots
- Tool & press scheduling
This is your floor. These are the modules on it.
Where Bulk fits best.
Resin lots an OEM will ask about
The lot booked at goods-in traces forward to every shipped box in clicks.
Paper travellers and shot logs
Run on manual entry today; bring press data in as you connect machines.
Your tools, your report formats
Configured around your cavity layouts and CoC layout, not a plastics template.
From resin lot to shipped part, one thread.
Book the resin lot in
OCR reads the delivery note; resin and masterbatch lots book in, nobody re-types.
See inventoryDelivery note readGoods-in · Resin lot R-5521 · today 07:48
PP copolymer · 6 × 25 kg sacks · masterbatch MB-318 linked
Lot R-5521 booked
Set the tool and press
The run is planned on tool, press and cavity count; setter and setup sheet pinned.
See schedulingTool T-214 set on press 6Scheduling · Job 4180 · Wed 06:00
8 cavities · lot R-5521 loaded · setter D. Walsh
Setup sheet pinned
Run the press
Shots, downtime and per-cavity checks log once; a failed first-off raises the NCR.
See qualityCavity 5 short shotQuality · Job 4180 · press 6 · 09:32
Fill weight 18.2 g, limit 18.6 g · 3 of 3 samples
Cavity 5 on hold
Trace and despatch
Every part carries lot, tool, cavity and press; the CoC builds itself.
See data threadResin lot R-5521 traceData thread · Lot lookup
2 tools · 14 cavities · 11 boxes shipped · 3 customers
Full trace in 0.6 s
Today's reality: built on paper.
Genealogy lives in shot logs
An OEM waits while you cross-reference press diaries by hand.
Scrap you can't pin to a cavity
One bad impression bleeds scrap for a week, unproven.
OEE is a spreadsheet nobody trusts
Downtime on a clipboard becomes a fortnight-old argument.
The blocks that hold a recall trace.
Press & shot tracking
Shots, cycle and downtime captured once, flowing to every record.
ProductionCavity-level SPC & NCRs
A drifting impression is caught per cavity, before a week of scrap.
QualityResin & masterbatch lots
Chain of custody from silo to shipped part, no re-typing.
InventoryTool & press scheduling
See tool availability live and give the customer a real date.
SchedulingResin-lot-to-part genealogy
Suspect lot to every shipped box, and back, in clicks.
Data threadOEE by press & tool
Know which press is costing you: live, not a fortnight old.
OEE analytics
The recall trace takes minutes, not a day.
−92%Recall trace time at Dunmore Mouldings
0Re-keys between press and CoC
−27%Scrap across monitored tools
“A customer rang about a resin lot on a Friday. Old way, that's my weekend gone in shot logs. In Bulk I had every part it touched (which cavity, which box, where it shipped) before the call ended. That's the difference.”
DM
Production Manager at Dunmore MouldingsInjection moulding, automotive & consumer
Questions, answered.
01
Is Bulk an MES or an ERP for injection moulding?
Neither, and that's deliberate. An MES is machine-integration first: it wants sensors on every press before it does much. A plastics ERP re-platforms your whole business. Bulk is the operations layer in between: press and shot tracking, cavity SPC, resin-lot genealogy, scheduling and OEE on one record, running on manual entry today and machine data as you add it. Most moulders our size replace spreadsheets and paper travellers, not systems.
02
Can Bulk trace a resin lot to a specific cavity?
Yes, that's the core of it. A run is logged against its tool, press, cavity count and the exact resin and masterbatch lots loaded. So a recall runs both ways: a suspect lot forward to every cavity, part and shipped box it touched, and any returned part back to its shot. Cavity-level, not just run-level.
03
Does Bulk pull data straight from our presses?
Where a machine exposes data (Euromap/OPC-UA, a PLC or a file drop), shot counts, cycle and downtime can flow in automatically. Where it doesn't, the setter or operator enters it at the machine and the same single-entry rule applies downstream. You get value from day one on manual entry, and tighten the loop press by press. We're early access, so machine connectors are built with you against your actual fleet, not promised off a list.
04
Can we run SPC at cavity level?
Yes. Dimensional and process checks are recorded per cavity rather than per run, so a single drifting impression in a multi-cavity tool is caught before it bleeds a week of scrap. A failed first-off or an out-of-limit check raises an NCR on the same record, tied to the tool and cavity.
05
How does OEE work across a bank of presses?
Availability, performance and quality are built from the downtime, cycle and reject data captured at each machine, so OEE is live per press and per tool, not a spreadsheet typed up a fortnight later. You can see which press is costing you and why, and decide where to send the maintenance hours.
06
What does it cost, and how long does rollout take?
One per-site price with every module included, no per-module upsell, hosting and rollout in the figure. Rollout is one tool end to end first: resin lot to shipped part, proven on real work in weeks, then the rest of the tools follow the same pattern. Never a big-bang cutover. Early-access moulders work directly with the build team.