Screw for injection molding machine, injection device, and injection molding machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12172352-B2
Application number	US-202117498889-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2021
Priority date	Oct 13, 2020
Publication date	Dec 24, 2024
Grant date	Dec 24, 2024

Abstract

A stepped flight is formed on a screw of an injection molding machine. The stepped flight is a flight in which a step-shaped step portion is formed on a top portion thereof. The top portion of the flight includes a large diameter portion on an upstream side and a land portion on a downstream side. When a gap ratio m of a gap H 1 between the land portion and a bore of the heating cylinder to a gap H 2 between the large diameter portion and the bore is defined as H 1 /H 2 , the gap ratio m is selected to be 2.3≤m≤6.4.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a cylinder having a bore; and
a screw that is insertable into the bore of the cylinder, the screw comprising:
a flight,
wherein a step-shaped step portion is formed on a top portion of the flight of a part of the screw, and the flight on which the step-shaped step portion is formed is a stepped flight;
wherein the stepped flight includes a large diameter portion on an upstream side and a land portion on a downstream side, and
wherein a gap ratio m=H 1 /H 2 is 2.3 or more and 4.33 or less,
wherein gap H 1 is the distance between the land portion and the bore,
wherein gap H 2 is the distance between the large diameter portion and the bore,
wherein for a flight width B 1 in a direction perpendicular to a lead angle and a width B2 of the land portion in the stepped flight, the width B 2 is 0.5 times or more and 0.95 times or less of the width B 1 , and
wherein the flight width B1 and the width B2 of the land portion in the stepped flight are directed from downstream to upstream of the screw.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a diameter of the large diameter portion is 70 mm or more.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the screw rotates in the heating cylinder, an inside of the heating cylinder is divided into:
a supply portion on the upstream side from which an injection material is supplied;
a compression portion in which the injection material is compressed while being melted; and
a measurement portion in which the injection material in a molten state is measured, and

wherein the stepped flight is formed in the compression portion.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the stepped flight is formed in the measurement portion.

5. An injection device, comprising:
a heating cylinder having a bore; and
a screw,
wherein in the screw, a step-shaped step portion is formed on a top portion of a flight of a part of the screw, the flight of a part of the screw is formed to be a stepped flight,
wherein the stepped flight includes a large diameter portion on an upstream side and a land portion on a downstream side, and
wherein a gap ratio m=H 1 /H 2 is 2.3 or more and 4.33 or less,
wherein gap H 1 is the distance between the land portion and the bore,
wherein gap H 2 is the distance between the large diameter portion and the bore,
wherein for a flight width B 1 in a direction perpendicular to a lead angle and a width B 2 of the land portion in the stepped flight, the width B 2 is 0.5 times or more and 0.95 times or less of the width B 1 , and
wherein the flight width B1 and the width B2 of the land portion in the stepped flight are directed from downstream to upstream of the screw.

6. The injection device according to claim 5 ,
wherein a diameter of the large diameter portion is 70 mm or more.

7. The injection device according to claim 5 ,
wherein when the screw rotates in the heating cylinder, an inside of the heating cylinder is divided into:
a supply portion on the upstream side from which an injection material is supplied;
a compression portion in which the injection material is compressed while being melted; and
a measurement portion in which the injection material in a molten state is measured, and

wherein the stepped flight is formed in the compression portion.

8. The injection device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the stepped flight is formed in the measurement portion.

9. An injection molding machine comprising:
A mold clamping device configured to clamp a mold, the mold clamping device including a fixed plate, a moveable plate, a mold clamping house, and a mold clamping mechanism formed of a toggle mechanism, the mold including a movable-side mould provided on the fixed plate and a fixed-side mold provided on the moveable plate, and the mold clamping mechanism being driven to clamp the fixed-side mold and the movable-side mold; and
an injection device including a heating cylinder having a bore and a screw, the injection device being configured to inject an injection material into the mold,
wherein a step-shaped step portion is formed on a top portion of a flight of a part of a screw to be a stepped flight,
wherein the stepped flight includes a large diameter portion on an upstream side and a land portion on a downstream side, and
wherein a gap ratio m=H 1 /H 2 is 2.3 or more and 4.33 or less,
wherein gap H 1 is between the land portion and the bore;
wherein gap H 2 is the distance between the large diameter portion and the bore,
wherein for a flight width B 1 in a direction perpendicular to a lead angle and a width B2 of the land portion in the stepped flight, the width B 2 is 0.5 times or more and 0.95 times or less of the width B 1 , and
wherein the flight width B1 and the width B2 of the land portion in the stepped flight are directed from downstream to upstream of the screw.

10. The injection molding machine according to claim 9 , wherein a diameter of the large diameter portion is 70 mm or more.

11. The injection molding machine according to claim 9 ,
wherein when the screw rotates in the heating cylinder, an inside of the heating cylinder is divided into:
a supply portion on the upstream side from which an injection material is supplied;
a compression portion in which the injection material is compressed while being melted; and
a measurement portion in which the injection material in a molten state is measured, and

wherein the stepped flight is formed in the compression portion.

12. The injection molding machine according to claim 11 ,
wherein the stepped flight is formed in the measurement portion.

Assignees

• Japan Steel Works Ltd

Inventors

• Kashiwabara Yugo
• Yufu Takuya
• Nakagawa Kazuma

Classifications

• B29C45/60 Primary

  Screws · CPC title

• B29C45/76

  Measuring, controlling or regulating {(measuring in general G01; controlling or regulating in general G05)} · CPC title

• B29C45/62

  Barrels or cylinders · CPC title

• B29C2945/7613

  Weight · CPC title

• B29C45/74

  of the injection unit · CPC title