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Method of controlling injection speed selecting points of injection molder

Assignee: Komatsu Ltd
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Filing: 1991-03-13
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Granted: 1993-01-12
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Expires: 2011-03-13
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Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to a method of controlling the injection speed selecting points of an injection molder, or more specifically to a method of controlling the injection speed selecting points of an injection molder injecting plasticized synthetic resin from the cylinder into a mold cavity at speed varied in multiple steps in each injection process. The objective is to control the injection molder so as to mold a product with constant surface quality in each injection process for continuous molding production. For this purpose, appropriate injection speed selecting points are determined for each injection process so as to ensure that a constant weight of plasticized synthetic resin is injected at each selected speed, and the injection speed selecting points of the injection molder is controlled accordingly.

Inventors

  • 👤 Akira Yokota

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 12:14
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C45/00; B29C45/17; B29C45/76; B29C45/7693; B29C45/77

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 223 words
A method of controlling injection speed selecting points of an injection molder which injects plasticized synthetic resin from a cylinder into a cavity of a mold at a speed varied in multiple steps in each injection process, comprising the steps of: (a) preliminarily obtaining a formula for a relation among the resin pressure value, specific volume value and temperature of plasticized synthetic resin, as a characteristic equation for the plasticized synthetic resin; (b) detecting the resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under a reference injecting condition, and the resin pressure value with the screw at each injection speed selecting point; (c) detecting the resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under a changed injecting condition; (d) determining the injection speed selecting points for the changed injecting condition, through operations on the basis of the obtained formula for the relation among the resin pressure value, specific volume value and temperature of the resin as well as the detected resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under the reference injecting condition and the detected resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under the changed injecting condition; and (e) changing the injection speed when the screw has been moved from the position immediately before injection to each determined injection speed selecting point for the changed injecting condition.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 223 words
A method of controlling injection speed selecting points of an injection molder which injects plasticized synthetic resin from a cylinder into a cavity of a mold at a speed varied in multiple steps in each injection process, comprising the steps of: (a) preliminarily obtaining a formula for a relation among the resin pressure value, specific volume value and temperature of plasticized synthetic resin, as a characteristic equation for the plasticized synthetic resin; (b) detecting the resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under a reference injecting condition, and the resin pressure value with the screw at each injection speed selecting point; (c) detecting the resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under a changed injecting condition; (d) determining the injection speed selecting points for the changed injecting condition, through operations on the basis of the obtained formula for the relation among the resin pressure value, specific volume value and temperature of the resin as well as the detected resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under the reference injecting condition and the detected resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under the changed injecting condition; and (e) changing the injection speed when the screw has been moved from the position immediately before injection to each determined injection speed selecting point for the changed injecting condition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 51 words
The method of controlling the injection speed selecting points of an injection molder as described in the claim 1, in which said changed injecting condition refers to the condition in which the resin pressure value and/or screw positional value immediately before injection are changed from those of the reference injecting condition.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 43 words
The method of controlling the injection speed selecting points of an injection molder as described in the claim 1, in which said resin pressure value is obtained by detecting the pushing pressure value applied to the screw to effect the resin pressure value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 42 words
The method of controlling the injection speed selecting points of an injection molder as described in claim 2, in which said resin pressure value is obtained by detecting the pushing pressure value applied to the screw to effect the resin pressure value.
Claim 6
Independent Claim 253 words
A method of controlling injection speed selecting points of an injection molder which injects plasticized synthetic resin from a cylinder into a cavity of a mold at a speed varied in multiple steps in each injection process, comprising the steps of: (a) preliminarily obtaining a formula for a relation among the resin pressure value, specific volume value and temperature of plasticized synthetic resin, as a characteristic equation for the plasticized synthetic resin; (b) detecting the resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under a reference injecting condition, and the weight of the plasticized resin injected into the cavity of the mold at each injection speed selecting point; (c) detecting the screw positional values immediately before injection under a changed injecting condition; (d) determining the injection speed selecting points for the changed injecting condition, through operations on the basis of the obtained formula for the relation among the resin pressure valve, specific volume value and temperature of the resin as well as the screw positional values immediately before injection under the reference injecting condition, the detected weight of the plasticized synthetic resin injected into the cavity of the mold by the screw moving from the position immediately before injection to each injection speed selecting point for the reference injecting, and the screw positional values immediately before injection under the changed injecting condition; and (e) changing the injection speed when the screw has been moved from the position immediately before injection to each determined injection speed selecting point for the changed injecting condition.
Claim 7
Independent Claim 253 words
A method of controlling injection speed selecting points of an injection molder which injects plasticized synthetic resin from a cylinder into a cavity of a mold at a speed varied in multiple steps in each injection process, comprising the steps of: (a) preliminarily obtaining a formula for a relation among the resin pressure value, specific volume value and temperature of plasticized synthetic resin, as a characteristic equation for the plasticized synthetic resin; (b) detecting the resin pressure and screw positional values immediately before injection under a reference injecting condition, and the weight of the plasticized resin injected into the cavity of the mold at each injection speed selecting point; (c) detecting the screw positional values immediately before injection under a changed injecting condition; (d) determining the injection speed selecting points for the changed injecting condition, through operations on the basis of the obtained formula for the relation among the resin pressure valve, specific volume value and temperature of the resin as well as the screw positional values immediately before injection under the reference injecting condition, the detected weight of the plasticized synthetic resin injected into the cavity of the mold by the screw moving from the position immediately before injection to each injection speed selecting point for the reference injecting, and the screw positional values immediately before injection under the changed injecting condition; and (e) changing the injection speed when the screw has been moved from the position immediately before injection to each determined injection speed selecting point for the changed injecting condition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 60 words
The method of controlling the injection speed selecting points of an injection molder as described in the claim 5, in which said changed injecting condition refers to the condition in which the weight of plasticized synthetic resin injected into the cavity of the mold and/or screw positional value immediately before injection are changed from those of the reference injecting condition.

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