Injection molding method and injection molding die

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10022926-B2
Application number	US-201614996044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2016
Priority date	Sep 24, 2013
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

An injection molding method includes a supply step of simultaneously supplying molten resins to a cavity portion from two gate portions and an associating step of associating the molten resins supplied from the two gate portions in a central part of the cavity portion. The supply step supplies the molten resins to the cavity portion from the two gate portions which substantially face each other around the cavity portion. The associating step includes at least one of a first step in the supply step of simultaneously starting the supply of the molten resins to the cavity portion from the two gate portions, and a second step in the supply step of simultaneously starting the injection of the molten resins into the cavity portion from the two gate portions at the same injection rate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An injection molding method of supplying molten resins to a cavity portion and molding a concave lens which has an uneven thickness degree of four or more, wherein a thickness of a lens center portion of the lens is different from a thickness of a circumferential portion of the lens, the injection molding method comprising:
a supply step of simultaneously supplying the molten resins to the cavity portion from two gate portions which are provided around the cavity portion and which are connected to the cavity portion; and
an associating step of associating the molten resins supplied from the two gate portions in a central part of the cavity portion,
wherein the supply step supplies the molten resins to the cavity portion from the two gate portions which substantially face each other around the cavity portion,
wherein the associating step comprises at least one of: (i) simultaneously starting supply of the molten resins to the cavity portion from the two gate portions, and (ii) starting injection of the molten resins into the cavity portion from the two gate portions at a same injection rate,
wherein opening areas of inlets of the two gate portions for the molten resins toward a cavity portion side are equal to each other, and the inlets are configured such that flow volumes and flow velocities of the molten resins toward the cavity portion side are equal to each other, and
wherein the supply step comprises heating a molding portion in the cavity portion for an optical effective surface of the lens to a temperature of at least 30° C. higher than a glass transition point of the molten resins.

2. An injection molding die having a cavity portion to which molten resins in a high-temperature state are supplied to mold a concave lens which has an uneven thickness degree of 4 or more, wherein a thickness of a lens center portion of the lens is different from a thickness of a circumferential portion of the lens, the injection molding die comprising:
two gate portions which are connected to the cavity portion and which simultaneously supply the molten resins to the cavity portion; and
an associating mechanism which associates the molten resins supplied from the two gate portions in a central part of the cavity portion,
wherein a molding portion in the cavity portion to mold an optical effective surface of the lens is formed by a bushing that uses glass as a low-thermal-conductivity material,
wherein the two gate portions substantially face each other around the cavity portion,
wherein the associating mechanism is configured to at least one of: (i) simultaneously start supply of the molten resins from the two gate portions to the cavity portion, and (ii) start injection of the molten resins from the two gate portions into the cavity portion at a same injection rate,
wherein opening areas of inlets of the two gate portions for the molten resins toward a cavity portion side are equal to each other, and the inlets are configured such that flow volumes and flow velocities of the molten resins toward the cavity portion side are equal to each other, and
wherein the cavity portion includes a molding portion for an optical effective surface of the lens that is heated to a temperature of at least 30° C. higher than a glass transition point of the molten resins.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Otsuka Masaki
• Iwasawa Koki
• Sugata Shigeya
• Otsuka Yoshitaka

Classifications

• B29D11/00432 Primary

  Auxiliary operations, e.g. machines for filling the moulds (B29D11/00125 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C45/0025

  Preventing defects on the moulded article, e.g. weld lines, shrinkage marks (preventing defects on the preformed parts or layers B29C45/14836) · CPC title

• B29L2011/0016

  Lenses · CPC title

• B29C45/0046

  Details relating to the filling pattern or flow paths or flow characteristics of moulding material in the mould cavity · CPC title

• B29C45/2708

  Gates (B29C45/2703 takes precedence) · CPC title