Control device for injection molding machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12168317-B2
Application number	US-202218055034-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2022
Priority date	Dec 16, 2021
Publication date	Dec 17, 2024
Grant date	Dec 17, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure prevents load from being produced in an injection molding machine. The control device for an injection molding machine according to one embodiment of the present disclosure has a determining part that is configured to determine, based on information detected in accordance with a movement of a measurement motor provided in the injection molding machine, whether or not an operation of removing or attaching a screw that rotates in accordance with the measurement motor has been performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device for an injection molding machine, the control device comprising:
a detecting part configured to detect a rotation position of a measurement motor,
a storage part configured to store a first rotational position indicating a rotational position of the measurement motor when control of the measurement motor is stopped,
a determining part configured to determine, based on the first rotational position and a second rotational position indicating the position of the measurement motor when the control of the metering motor is turned on, whether or not an operation of removing or attaching a screw that rotates in accordance with the measurement motor has been performed between a time when the control of the measurement motor is stopped and the time when the control of the measurement motor is turned on.

2. The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a saving part configured to save a first encoder position in a memory part when the control of the measurement motor of the injection molding machine is stopped, the first encoder position indicating a rotation position of the measurement motor,
wherein, when the control of the measurement motor is turned on, the determining part determines whether or not the operation of removing or attaching the screw has been performed, based on whether or not a difference between the first encoder position and a second encoder position is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the second encoder position indicating the rotation position of the measurement motor detected when the control of the measurement motor is turned on.

3. The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory part configured to store characteristic information indicating a response characteristic of the screw,
wherein, when the control of the measurement motor is turned on, the determining part causes the screw to make a predetermined movement, and determines whether or not the operation of removing or attaching the screw has been performed, based on a difference between a response characteristic corresponding to the predetermined movement of the screw, and the response characteristic indicated by the characteristic information stored in the memory part.

4. The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 3 ,
wherein the memory part stores the characteristic information indicating the response characteristic of the screw detected in past.

5. The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 4 ,
wherein the memory part stores the characteristic information for each diameter of the screw, and
wherein the control device further comprises a setting part configured to specify, when the determining part determines that the operation of removing or attaching the screw has been performed, a diameter of the screw corresponding to the response characteristic detected upon the predetermined movement, and to configure a setting based on the diameter of the screw.

6. The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an output part configured to output check information for prompting checking of a setting of the screw when the determining part determines that the operation of removing or attaching the screw has been performed;
a receiving part configured to receive as input a predetermined operation corresponding to the check information output by the output part; and
a control part configured to limit an operation of a plasticizing device until the receiving part receives as input the predetermined operation, the plasticizing device being a component configured to allow rotational plasticization by the screw.

7. The control device of the injection molding machine according to claim 6 ,
wherein the check information that is output by the output part is a screen indicating that a diameter of the screw and a specification of a configuration including the screw are receivable as input, and
wherein, as the predetermined operation, the receiving part receives as input the diameter of the screw and the specification of the configuration including the screw.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Ono Hajime

Classifications

• B29C2945/76167

  Presence, absence of objects · CPC title

• B29C2945/76187

  screw · CPC title

• B29C2945/761

  Dimensions, e.g. thickness · CPC title

• B29C2045/7606

  Controlling or regulating the display unit · CPC title

• B29C45/84

  Safety devices {(B29C45/7626 takes precedence)} · CPC title