DataHub+: Advancing Machine Connectivity and Production Intelligence in Rubber Injection Molding

How DESMA’s next-generation platform helps manufacturers modernize legacy equipment and turn data into a decision-making powerhouse

In today’s rubber injection molding environment, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to do more than produce quality parts. They must also reduce downtime, improve traceability, satisfy audits, and optimize cycle times.

At the same time, many facilities operate a mix of older and newer equipment spanning multiple generations. Additionally, many manufacturers still rely on manual data retrieval, spreadsheets, and operator notes to determine production performance. However, getting legacy machines to talk to each other has typically been expensive, fragmented, and difficult to implement. 

Committed to supporting companies in the rubber injection molding industry who face these challenges, DESMA has developed DataHub+ , a modular machine connectivity and production data platform. DataHub+ helps manufacturers move from error-prone manual data collection and disconnected systems to a fully automated, auditable data hub that makes quality insights available at a glance. 

Specifically designed for rubber injection molding environments, DataHub+ centralizes machines and processes information for use in monitoring, analyzing, reporting, and integrating with broader business systems such as ERP and MES platforms. 

DataHub+ captures key production and process values such as injection pressure and speed, cure time, cycle time, and plasticizing values automatically. It stores the values in a structured, searchable database that is stored on customer owned hardware, and is accessible through a web-based dashboard.

Operators, supervisors, maintenance teams, and plant managers can review machine conditions and production performance in real time, giving better visibility into cycle times, process consistency, and machine performance to identify inefficiencies and improve productivity. A remote HMI function allows authorized personnel to view machine status or assist remotely without being physically present at a machine.

Further, DataHub+ delivers full traceability. Historical production data can be reviewed, analyzed, exported to PDF and archived, better preparing companies for audits and regulatory compliance, and responding to customer documentation requests. 

While most digital manufacturing platforms are built to serve broad markets and manufacturing environments, DataHub+ centers on operational priorities in the rubber injection molding industry, including cure consistency, pressure control, temperature repeatability, material behavior, and tight quality tolerances.

DataHub+ is ideal for companies producing rubber products in the electrical power transmission & distribution, infrastructure, automotive, pharmaceutical packaging, oil production, and raw material extraction markets. 

DataHub+ Advantages

• More specialized for rubber injection molding
• Better alignment to machine-level molding data
• Potentially easier deployment in DESMA environments
• Stronger value for companies wanting production intelligence without full enterprise MES complexity
• In-house data storage (DataHub+ is NOT a cloud based or remote data storage solution)

Early adopters have already recognized its impact. One beta user noted: “It is astonishing what has been achieved within a year. From virtually nothing, a productive system has been developed that has overtaken the competition.” 

DataHub+ is currently available for implementation globally.  Several systems have been installed and are functioning well with each connected to many machines.