B29C2945/7627

INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEM, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND HANDLING DEVICE
20240300157 · 2024-09-12 · ·

This injection molding system can correct a change in position of a movable mold due to a mold clamping force adjustment mechanism, and is provided with: an injection unit that injects a resin into a cavity formed by a movable mold and a fixed mold; a mold clamping unit that retains the movable mold and the fixed mold to be openable and closable and has a mold clamping force adjustment mechanism that adjusts mold clamping forces of the movable mold and the fixed mold; a handling unit that performs at least one of the assisting operations of an operation of extracting a molded article from the movable mold and an operation of inserting an insert component into the movable mold; and a control system that controls the injection unit, the mold clamping unit, and the handling unit. The control system has a mold position detection portion that detects the position of the movable mold during mold opening, and an operation position adjustment portion that adjusts at least one of the position of the handling unit during the assisting operation and the position of the movable mold during the mold opening according to a detection value of the mold position detection portion.

METHOD TO CHASE WELD LINES BY TIMING AND POSITIONING OF GATES
20180229408 · 2018-08-16 · ·

An apparatus and method for eliminating mold lines when molding a part having ferromagnetic pigments is provided. A mold assembly having a mold with a cavity and valve gates is formed. Pucks are fitted at the gates to collect residual cold plastic. The calculation of a specific sequence and timing of the opening of the valve gates is determined based on a calculation of the total number of valve gates needed to fill a part while maintaining acceptable injection molding pressure. Once calculated, the gates are positioned around the mold cavity to balance flow length ratio. A primary gate is chosen for initial injection. The time for the material to flow from the first to the second gate is established. The second gate is opened after the flow front reaches the second gate. This pattern continues until all valve gates are opened.