Twin injection molding machine including two injection devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12202037-B2
Application number	US-202217748232-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2022
Priority date	May 21, 2021
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

A twin injection molding machine includes: a mold clamping device configured to clamp a mold; and first and second injection devices each including: a heating cylinder; a screw disposed in the heating cylinder; and a screw driving device including driving system components and configured to drive the screw. The first and second injection devices are disposed symmetrically with respect to a machine center line of the mold clamping device. The driving system components provided in the screw driving device of the first injection device and the driving system components provided in the screw driving device of the second injection device are each disposed on a side away from the machine center line in the respective screw driving devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A twin injection molding machine comprising:
a mold clamping device configured to clamp a mold, the mold clamping device comprising a fixed platen, a mold clamping housing, and a movable platen movable between the fixed platen and the mold clamping housing; and
first and second injection devices each comprising:
a heating cylinder;
a screw disposed in the heating cylinder; and
a screw driving device comprising driving system components and configured to drive the screw,

wherein the first and second injection devices are disposed symmetrically with respect to a machine center line of the mold clamping device,
wherein the driving system components provided in the screw driving device of the first injection device and the driving system components provided in the screw driving device of the second injection device are each disposed on the outward side of each respective injection device corresponding to a side away from the machine center line in the respective screw driving devices, the driving system components being configured to drive the screw of each the first and second injection devices in an axial direction of the first and second injection devices and rotate the screw of each the first and second injection devices, and
wherein the twin injection molding machine further comprises:
a first bed on which the first injection device is mounted; and
a second bed on which the second injection device is mounted, the first bed and the second bed being separable from each other,

wherein the first and second injection devices each comprise a movement mechanism configured to move the respective one of the first and second injection devices in a direction of approaching or being separated from the mold clamping device,
wherein each movement mechanism comprises a piston cylinder component,
wherein a first end portion of each piston cylinder component is fixed to the fixed platen and a second end portion of each piston cylinder component is fixed to a fixing member positioned further rearward than a rear end portion of the heating cylinder of each of the first and second injection devices, the fixing member being a frame of the screw driving device of each of the first and second injection devices, and
wherein the driving system components of each of the first driving device and the second driving device comprises a plurality of hydraulic accumulators on the outer side of each respective injection device corresponding to the side away from the machine center line in the respective screw driving devices and configured to drive the screw of each the first and second injection devices in the axial direction of the first and second injection devices.

2. The twin injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the driving system components each comprises an electric motor configured to rotate the screw of each the first and second injection devices.

3. The twin injection molding machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first and second injection devices comprises a support structure configured to support the respective heating cylinder,
wherein the support structure comprises a support plate that supports the heating cylinder, and
wherein the support plate has a cutout for passing the piston cylinder component.

4. The twin injection molding machine according to claim 3 ,
wherein the support plate comprises:
a rear plate that supports a rear end portion of the heating cylinder; and
a flange plate that supports a center portion of the heating cylinder, and

wherein the support structure comprises a plurality of rods connecting the rear plate and the flange plate.

5. The twin injection molding machine according to claim 4 , wherein the flange plate has a U-shaped groove formed in a center of the flange plate.

6. The twin injection molding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a merging adapter,
wherein the merging adapter is connected to the first and second injection devices and has one injection nozzle, and injection materials from the first and second injection devices are merged and injected from said one injection nozzle.

7. The twin injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second injection devices are configured to inject metal as injection materials.

8. The twin injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hydraulic accumulators of each of the first driving device and the second driving device comprises a plurality of injection accumulators.

9. The twin injection molding machine according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of hydraulic accumulators of each of the first driving device and the second driving device further comprises an oil recover accumulator and a pilot valve accumulator.

10. The twin injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the driving system components each comprises a screw rotation servo motor disposed on the outer side of each respective injection device corresponding to the side away from the machine center line in the respective screw driving devices and configured to rotate the respective screws.

Assignees

• Japan Steel Works Ltd

Inventors

• Yonehara Yusuke
• Nakagawa Yutaka
• Toyoshima Toshio

Classifications

• B22D17/02

  Hot chamber machines, i.e. with heated press chamber in which metal is melted · CPC title

• B22D17/203

  Injection pistons (B22D17/2053 takes precedence; for plastics B29C45/53) · CPC title

• B29C45/1761

  Means for guiding movable mould supports or injection units on the machine base or frame; Machine bases or frames (B29C45/1747 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C45/17

  Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations · CPC title

• B29C45/74

  of the injection unit · CPC title