Method for manufacturing resin container and blow molding method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11701811-B2
Application number	US-202017440614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2020
Priority date	Mar 20, 2019
Publication date	Jul 18, 2023
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023

Abstract

In a method for manufacturing a resin container, in the adjusting the temperature of the preform, the preform is accommodated in a cavity mold, a refrigerant introduction member is inserted into the preform, the refrigerant introduction member including a first flow path and a second flow path which are different in introduction or discharge position of a refrigerant, the preform is cooled by bringing the preform into close contact with an inner wall of the cavity mold at a pressure of the refrigerant introduced from the refrigerant introduction member. When the preform is cooled, cooling is performed by switching between a first cooling blow for introducing the refrigerant from the first flow path and discharging the refrigerant from the second flow path and a second cooling blow for introducing the refrigerant from the second flow path and discharging the refrigerant from the first flow path.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a resin container, comprising:
injection-molding a preform made of a resin and having a bottomed shape;
adjusting a temperature of the preform manufactured in the injection molding; and
blow-molding the preform adjusted in temperature to manufacture a resin container,
wherein, in the adjusting the temperature of the preform,
the preform is accommodated in a cavity mold,
a refrigerant introduction member is inserted into the preform, the refrigerant introduction member including a first flow path and a second flow path which are different in introduction or discharge position of a refrigerant respectively,
the preform is cooled by bringing the preform into close contact with an inner wall of the cavity mold at a pressure of the refrigerant introduced from the refrigerant introduction member, and
when the preform is cooled, cooling is performed by switching between a first cooling blow for introducing the refrigerant from the first flow path and discharging the refrigerant from the second flow path and a second cooling blow for introducing the refrigerant from the second flow path and discharging the refrigerant from the first flow path.

2. The method for manufacturing the resin container according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the first cooling blow, the refrigerant is introduced from a bottom portion side of the preform, and the refrigerant is discharged from a neck portion side of the preform, and
wherein, in the second cooling blow, the refrigerant is introduced from the neck portion side of the preform, and the refrigerant is discharged from the bottom portion side of the preform.

3. The method for manufacturing the resin container according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the first cooling blow, the refrigerant is introduced from an intermediate position between a bottom portion and a neck portion of the preform, and the refrigerant is discharged from the neck portion side and the bottom portion side of the preform, and
wherein, in the second cooling blow, the refrigerant is introduced from the neck portion side and the bottom portion side of the preform, and the refrigerant is discharged from the intermediate position between the bottom portion and the neck portion of the preform.

4. The method for manufacturing the resin container according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the adjusting the temperature of the preform, a time for performing the first cooling blow and a time for performing the second cooling blow are set equal to each other.

5. The method for manufacturing the resin container according to any claim 1 ,
wherein, in the injection molding, a time for cooling a resin material in a mold space after completion of injection of the resin material is ½ or less of a time for injecting the resin material into the mold space.

6. The method for manufacturing the resin container according to any claim 1 ,
wherein, in the injection molding, the preform is released from a mold in a high temperature state in which an outer shape of the preform can be maintained.

7. The method for manufacturing the resin container according to claim 5 ,
wherein, in the blow molding, a refrigerant is circulated through a pair of blow cavity split molds for blow-molding the preform to cool the preform.

8. The method for manufacturing the resin container according to claim 7 ,
wherein times of the injection molding, the adjusting the temperature of the preform, and the blow molding are set to be the same.

9. The method for manufacturing the resin container according to claim 7 ,
wherein the refrigerant for cooling the blow cavity split molds is cooling water supplied from a chiller.

10. The method for manufacturing the resin container according to claim 7 ,
wherein a temperature of the refrigerant for cooling the blow cavity split molds is 0° C. to 20° C.

11. A blow molding apparatus comprising:
an injection molding unit configured to injection-mold a preform made of a resin and having a bottomed shape;
a temperature adjusting unit configured to adjust a temperature of the preform manufactured by the injection molding unit; and
a blow molding unit configured to blow-mold the preform adjusted in temperature to manufacture a resin container,
wherein the temperature adjusting unit includes:
a cavity mold that accommodates the preform;
a refrigerant introduction member which includes a first flow path and a second flow path which are different in introduction or discharge position of a refrigerant respectively and to be inserted into the preform;
a first switching unit configured to switch a flow direction of the refrigerant in the first flow path; and
a second switching unit configured to switch the flow direction of the refrigerant in the second flow path; and
wherein the first switching unit and the second switching unit switch between a first cooling blow for introducing the refrigerant from the first flow path and discharging the refrigerant from the second flow path and a second cooling blow for introducing the refrigerant from the second flow path and discharging the refrigerant from the first flow path.

Assignees

• Nissei Asb Machine Co Ltd

Inventors

• Horiuchi Kazuhiro
• Ogihara Manabu
• Nagasaki Atsushi

Classifications

• B29C49/12

  Stretching rods · CPC title

• B29C49/6463

  by contact heating or cooling, e.g. mandrels or cores specially adapted for heating or cooling preforms · CPC title

• B29C49/6427

  Cooling of preforms · CPC title

• B29C49/06 Primary

  Injection blow-moulding · CPC title

• B29C2949/3032

  having components being injected · CPC title