Method for manufacturing foamable injection molding and injection device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10160144-B2
Application number	US-201414768819-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2014
Priority date	Feb 26, 2013
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

A plasticizing process in which a molten resin that has been plasticized and dissolved in a foaming gas is sent to the front end side of a heating cylinder ( 20 ) by means of a screw ( 21 ) that rotates in a heating cylinder ( 20 ), and the screw ( 21 ) retreats according as the molten resin accumulates in the front end side of the heating cylinder ( 20 ); a transfer process in which the screw ( 21 ) is advanced with rotating and transfers the molten resin accumulated in the front end side of the heating cylinder ( 20 ) from a plasticizing unit ( 2 ) to an injection unit ( 3 ), and an injection process in which the molten resin is injected from the injection unit ( 3 ) are conducted and repeated to produce a foamable injection molded product.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing foamable injection molded product using an injection apparatus comprising a plasticizing unit that plasticizes a raw material resin and an injection unit that injects a plasticized molten resin, and the plasticizing unit is provided with a heating cylinder having a foaming gas injection valve and a screw arranged inside the heating cylinder,
the method comprises:
a plasticizing process wherein the raw material resin is plasticized by means of the screw provided inside the heating cylinder of the plasticizing unit, the foaming gas injected from the foaming gas injection valve is dissolved in the plasticized molten resin, and the screw retreats according as the molten resin accumulates in the front end side of the heating cylinder by the screw that is rotating, and
a transfer process wherein the screw that has retreated to a predetermined position is caused to advance while rotating, and the molten resin which has been accumulated in the front end side of the heating cylinder is transferred to the injection unit;
wherein, when the transfer process is completed, the plasticizing process re-starts without stopping the rotation of the screw and an injection process in which the molten resin is injected from the injection unit is conducted, and
when the injection process is completed, the plasticizing process is completed and the transfer process re-starts.

2. The method for producing a foamable injection molded product according to claim 1 , wherein, after allowing the screw to advance while rotating, the screw is further rotated, whereby the molten resin is transferred to the injection unit.

3. The method for producing a foamable injection molded product according to claim 1 , wherein the foaming gas is injected to the molten resin which has been plasticized by means of the screw that is rotating.

4. The method for producing a foamable injection molded product according to claim 1 , wherein, simultaneously with the start of the transfer process or after the lapse of a predetermined period of time from the start of the transfer process, the injection of a foaming gas starts.

5. The method for producing a foamable injection molded product according to claim 1 , wherein, after the start of the transfer process and after the screw that advances in the heating cylinder reaches a predetermined position, the injection of a foaming gas starts.

6. The method for producing a foamable injection molded product according to claim 1 , wherein, after the completion of the transfer process and after the lapse of a predetermined period of time from the start of the plasticizing process, the injection of a foaming gas starts.

7. The method for producing a foamable injection molded product according to claim 1 , wherein, after the completion of the transfer process and after the screw that advances inside the heating cylinder from the start of the plasticization process reaches a predetermined position, the injection of a foaming gas starts.

8. The method for producing a foamable injection molded product according to claim 1 , wherein the injection of a foaming gas stops before the completion of the plasticization process.

9. The method for producing a foamable injection molded product according to claim 1 , wherein the screw is provided with a check valve, and the molten resin which has been sent to the front end side of the heating cylinder by the rotation of the screw and has passed through the check valve is dissolved in the foaming gas.

Assignees

• Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd
• Toshiba Machine Eng Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakatani Toyohiko
• Ichikawa Kentarou
• Tanaka Hideo
• Sato Kazuhito
• Levi Kishbaugh

Classifications

• B29K2105/04

  cellular or porous · CPC title

• B29C45/1701

  using a particular environment during moulding, e.g. moisture-free or dust-free · CPC title

• B29C44/3446 Primary

  Feeding the blowing agent · CPC title

• B29K2067/003

  PET, i.e. poylethylene terephthalate · CPC title

• B29C2045/1702

  dissolving or absorbing a fluid in the plastic material · CPC title