A plasticizing apparatus includes a drive motor, a rotor rotated by the drive motor and having a groove-forming surface provided with a groove, a barrel facing the groove-forming surface and having a communication hole, an enclosure that accommodates the rotor, a heating section that heats a material, and a wear suppressor provided in at least one of the portion between the rotor and the barrel and the portion between the rotor and the enclosure. When the wear suppressor is provided between the rotor and the barrel, the wear suppressor is fixed to the rotor or the barrel and has Vickers hardness higher than the Vickers hardness of one of the rotor and the barrel, the one to which the wear suppressor is fixed, whereas when the wear suppressor is provided between the rotor and the enclosure, the wear suppressor is fixed to the rotor or the enclosure and has Vickers hardness higher than the Vickers hardness of one of the rotor and the enclosure, the one to which the wear suppressor is fixed.

A plasticizing apparatus includes a drive motor, a rotor rotated by the drive motor and having a groove-forming surface provided with a groove, a barrel facing the groove-forming surface and having a communication hole, an enclosure that accommodates the rotor, a heating section that heats a material, and a wear suppressor provided in at least one of the portion between the rotor and the barrel and the portion between the rotor and the enclosure. When the wear suppressor is provided between the rotor and the barrel, the wear suppressor is fixed to the rotor or the barrel and has Vickers hardness higher than the Vickers hardness of one of the rotor and the barrel, the one to which the wear suppressor is fixed, whereas when the wear suppressor is provided between the rotor and the enclosure, the wear suppressor is fixed to the rotor or the enclosure and has Vickers hardness higher than the Vickers hardness of one of the rotor and the enclosure, the one to which the wear suppressor is fixed.

In a temperature control device, a resin flow channel is formed from a nozzle section and a cylinder section that is connected to the nozzle section and the device controls the temperature of the resin that flows in the resin flow channel. The temperature control device is provided with: a first temperature sensor for detecting the nozzle temperature of the resin flowing through the nozzle section; a first temperature control unit for performing PID control so that the nozzle temperature achieves a first target temperature; multiple second temperature sensors for detecting the cylinder temperature of the resin flowing through the cylinder section; and second temperature control units for performing PID control so that the cylinder temperature achieves a second target temperature. The second temperature control units perform PID control of the cylinder temperature using temperature control information from the first temperature control unit.

In a temperature control device, a resin flow channel is formed from a nozzle section and a cylinder section that is connected to the nozzle section and the device controls the temperature of the resin that flows in the resin flow channel. The temperature control device is provided with: a first temperature sensor for detecting the nozzle temperature of the resin flowing through the nozzle section; a first temperature control unit for performing PID control so that the nozzle temperature achieves a first target temperature; multiple second temperature sensors for detecting the cylinder temperature of the resin flowing through the cylinder section; and second temperature control units for performing PID control so that the cylinder temperature achieves a second target temperature. The second temperature control units perform PID control of the cylinder temperature using temperature control information from the first temperature control unit.

To provide a heated cylinder for resin melting in a molding machine which realizes high material supply/transport performance, cost reduction, and more favorable maintenance performance, while making the plan view/plan sectional view shape of a resin charging port into a circular shape. The resin charging port of the heated cylinder is formed to include: an upper charging path section formed in a circular shape in a plan sectional view; a lower charging path section which is formed in a square shape or oblong hole shape in a plan sectional view; and an intermediate charging path section which smoothly links an inner surface of the upper charging path section and an inner surface of the lower charging path section.

To provide a heated cylinder for resin melting in a molding machine which realizes high material supply/transport performance, cost reduction, and more favorable maintenance performance, while making the plan view/plan sectional view shape of a resin charging port into a circular shape. The resin charging port of the heated cylinder is formed to include: an upper charging path section formed in a circular shape in a plan sectional view; a lower charging path section which is formed in a square shape or oblong hole shape in a plan sectional view; and an intermediate charging path section which smoothly links an inner surface of the upper charging path section and an inner surface of the lower charging path section.

Provided are an injection molding machine control device and a program that can improve the accuracy of a calculated heat dissipation quantity of a heater. The present invention is provided with: an operation information acquisition unit 12 that acquires the heater output of a heater 102 and the set temperature of the heater 102 for a prescribed period immediately preceding a prescribed time as operation information; a surface temperature acquisition unit 15 that acquires the surface temperature of the heater 102 for the prescribed period included in the acquired operation information; a characteristic information acquisition unit 21 that acquires characteristic information on a characteristic relating to heat dissipation of the heater 102; a results information acquisition unit 14 that acquires, as results information, results of transitions in the ratios of the surface temperature and the set temperature of the heater 102 to transitions in heater output of the heater 102; an estimation unit 17 that estimates the surface temperature of the heater 102 at the prescribed time on the basis of the operation information, the results information, and the acquired surface temperature; and a heat dissipation quantity calculation unit 22 that calculates a heat dissipation quantity from a surface of the heater 102 to the atmosphere on the basis of the estimated surface temperature and the characteristic information.

Provided are an injection molding machine control device and a program that can improve the accuracy of a calculated heat dissipation quantity of a heater. The present invention is provided with: an operation information acquisition unit 12 that acquires the heater output of a heater 102 and the set temperature of the heater 102 for a prescribed period immediately preceding a prescribed time as operation information; a surface temperature acquisition unit 15 that acquires the surface temperature of the heater 102 for the prescribed period included in the acquired operation information; a characteristic information acquisition unit 21 that acquires characteristic information on a characteristic relating to heat dissipation of the heater 102; a results information acquisition unit 14 that acquires, as results information, results of transitions in the ratios of the surface temperature and the set temperature of the heater 102 to transitions in heater output of the heater 102; an estimation unit 17 that estimates the surface temperature of the heater 102 at the prescribed time on the basis of the operation information, the results information, and the acquired surface temperature; and a heat dissipation quantity calculation unit 22 that calculates a heat dissipation quantity from a surface of the heater 102 to the atmosphere on the basis of the estimated surface temperature and the characteristic information.

A method for manufacturing an optical lens includes pressing a fluid-state optical material by using a solid-state optical material to inject the fluid-state optical material molten from the solid-state optical material into a cavity. The solid-state optical material is molten only at the part adjacent to the cavity to form the fluid-state optical material, which facilitates transport of the optical material and minimizes residual waste. The pressing force applied to the solid-state optical material can be controlled to hence control the moving rate of the solid-state optical material, thereby precisely controlling the injection volume and injection rate of the fluid-state optical material.

A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a plasticizing unit, a nozzle, a stage, and a control unit, wherein the plasticizing unit includes a driving motor, a screw, a barrel, and a first heater that heats a material supplied between the screw and the barrel, and the control unit performs a process of decreasing an output of the first heater when at least one of a first condition, a second condition, and a third condition is satisfied, provided that the first condition is that a measurement value of a first temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the screw or the barrel is larger than a first predetermined value, the second condition is that a torque value of the driving motor is smaller than a second predetermined value, and the third condition is that a measurement value of a pressure sensor that measures a pressure in a flow channel between a communication hole and a nozzle opening is smaller than a third predetermined value.