A multi-component injection moulding machine provided has a machine bed, two mould mounting plates movable relative to one another by a closing unit, an injection unit and an extruder unit. The injection unit moves relative to the neighbouring mould mounting plate and has a nozzle having a nozzle head. The extruder unit is adjustable between a first position, where a nozzle contact of the extruder unit rests on the nozzle head, and a second position releasing the injection unit for contacting of the nozzle head on a tool mounted on the neighbouring mould mounting plate. In the first position, the extruder unit and the injection unit can be directly coupled, and the extruder unit has a coupling unit having a second clamping element cooperating mechanically with a clamping element on the injection unit such that the coupling device provides a pressing force of the nozzle head on the nozzle contact.

An injection molding apparatus includes an electric motor, a torque variable mechanism that changes an output torque of the electric motor, and a screw driving unit that transmits the output torque of the torque variable mechanism to a feed screw, whereby the feed screw is turned by the electric motor, the torque variable mechanism and the screw driving unit. The torque variable mechanism applies, to the feed screw, a torque equivalent to a hydraulic drive. The electric motor is interchangeable with a hydraulic motor to enable the injection molding apparatus to change between electric and hydraulic drive of the feed screw.

An injection molding apparatus is on the basis of a hydraulic injection molding device, and the apparatus includes an electric motor, a torque variable mechanism that changes output torque by the electric motor, and a screw driving unit that transmits the output torque by the torque variable mechanism to a screw. The screw is turned by the electric motor, the torque variable mechanism, and the screw driving unit. The torque variable mechanism applies, to the screw, torque equivalent to a hydraulic drive.

A configuration of oil hydraulic power unit is simplified. In the oil hydraulic power unit, a port B and a port C are communicated to each other. By this, the hydraulic oil supplied to the port B can also be supplied to the port C even in exclusion of the solenoid valve and the flow-rate control valve, and, as a result, the hydraulic oil supplied to the port C contacts a side surface of the piston, and therefore, a backward pressure can be applied to the side surface of the piston. Thus, according to the oil hydraulic power unit, the backward movement of the piston can be achieved even in the exclusion of the solenoid valve and the flow-rate control valve.

Disclosed is an oil-electricity hybrid injection molding machine, including a base, a feeding barrel, a screw rod and a power system. The oil-electricity hybrid injection molding machine utilizes a dual clutch combination with coaxial arrangement to enable the use of the same motor for injection and feeding, thereby reducing the selection specifications of the motor; on the other hand, through the use of auxiliary oil cylinders, under the oil-electricity hybrid power, the pressure, speed, and accuracy of the injection can be ensured, especially during injection

A production plant includes an injection unit suitable for forming processes, and the injection unit includes a barrel and an injection actuator, a hydraulic system for moving the injection actuator, an safety device configured to output an access signal when access detecting a person accessing the production plant and/or a possibility of a person accessing the production plant, and an electronic control unit to operate the hydraulic system in a production mode and in a safety mode. The control unit is configured to switch from the production mode to the safety mode when the access safety device outputs the access signal, and is configured to operate the hydraulic system in the safety mode such that the hydraulic system at least partially, preferably completely, counteracts an axial movement of the injection actuator caused directly or indirectly by an action of a molding compound present in the barrel on the injection actuator.

A production plant includes an injection unit suitable for forming processes, and the injection unit includes a barrel and an injection actuator, a hydraulic system for moving the injection actuator, an safety device configured to output an access signal when access detecting a person accessing the production plant and/or a possibility of a person accessing the production plant, and an electronic control unit to operate the hydraulic system in a production mode and in a safety mode. The control unit is configured to switch from the production mode to the safety mode when the access safety device outputs the access signal, and is configured to operate the hydraulic system in the safety mode such that the hydraulic system at least partially, preferably completely, counteracts an axial movement of the injection actuator caused directly or indirectly by an action of a molding compound present in the barrel on the injection actuator.

A configuration of oil hydraulic power unit is simplified. In the oil hydraulic power unit, a port B and a port C are communicated to each other. By this, the hydraulic oil supplied to the port B can also be supplied to the port C even in exclusion of the solenoid valve and the flow-rate control valve, and, as a result, the hydraulic oil supplied to the port C contacts a side surface of the piston, and therefore, a backward pressure can be applied to the side surface of the piston. Thus, according to the oil hydraulic power unit, the backward movement of the piston can be achieved even in the exclusion of the solenoid valve and the flow-rate control valve.

Disclosed is an oil-electricity hybrid injection molding machine, including a base, a feeding barrel, a screw rod and a power system. The oil-electricity hybrid injection molding machine utilizes a dual clutch combination with coaxial arrangement to enable the use of the same motor for injection and feeding, thereby reducing the selection specifications of the motor; on the other hand, through the use of auxiliary oil cylinders, under the oil-electricity hybrid power, the pressure, speed, and accuracy of the injection can be ensured, especially during injection.