Molding system, support arm, resin molding device, method for supporting supported member, mold, and method for producing molded body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12311592-B2
Application number	US-202017773176-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2020
Priority date	Dec 12, 2019
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

A molding system capable of reducing molding defects including first and second parison forming devices; first and second molds configured to be opened and closed; and a control unit. The first parison forming device comprises a first extruder, a first accumulator, and a first injection head, the first parison forming device is configured to form a first parison by injecting a first molten resin from the first injection head after the first molten resin extruded from the first extruder is accumulated in the first accumulator, the second parison forming device comprises a second extruder, a second accumulator, and a second injection head, the second parison forming device is configured to form a second parison by injecting a second molten resin from the second injection head after the second molten resin extruded from the second extruder is accumulated in the second accumulator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A molding system, comprising:
first and second parison forming devices;
first and second molds configured to be opened and closed; and
a control unit,
wherein the first parison forming device comprises a first extruder, a first accumulator, and a first injection head,
the first parison forming device is configured to form a first parison by injecting a first molten resin from the first injection head after the first molten resin extruded from the first extruder is accumulated in the first accumulator,
the second parison forming device comprises a second extruder, a second accumulator, and a second injection head,
the second parison forming device is configured to form a second parison by injecting a
second molten resin from the second injection head after the second molten resin extruded
from the second extruder is accumulated in the second accumulator,
the first and second parisons are injected between the first and second molds,
the control unit is configured to determine a timing of starting operation of at least one of the first and second parison forming devices and the first and second molds in a next cycle on the basis of history data in a past cycle;
wherein the first parison is a first resin sheet,
the first resin sheet is fed by a roller arranged between the first injection head and the first and second molds, and
the control unit is configured to determine a rotation speed of the roller in the next cycle on the basis of the history data in the past cycle,
the history data are a length of the first and second resin sheets,
when a deviation of the length of the first and second resin sheets from a target value is equal to or larger than a threshold value in an immediately preceding cycle, the control unit makes a correction to increase or decrease the rotation speed of the roller in the next cycle.

2. The molding system of claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit is configured to determine a timing of starting injection of the first and second molten resins in the next cycle on the basis of the history data in the past cycle.

3. The molding system of claim 1 ,
wherein the first and second molds are configured to move to a mold opening position, a standby position, and a mold closing position,
the standby position is a position in which a distance between the first and second molds is smaller than in the mold opening position and the distance between the first and second molds is larger than in the mold closing position, and
the control unit is configured to determine a timing at which the first and second molds start moving from the mold opening position to the standby position in the next cycle on the basis of the history data in the past cycle.

4. The molding system of claim 1 ,
wherein the control unit is configured to determine a timing of starting rotation of a screw of the first extruder in the next cycle on the basis of the history data in the past cycle.

Assignees

• Kyoraku Co Ltd

Inventors

• Harasawa Yuki
• Kato Takeshi
• Ouchi Tsutomu
• Fukuda Tatsuya
• Hayashi Yosuke
• Funato Takafumi
• Ono Seiji

Classifications

• B29L2007/002

  Panels; Plates; Sheets · CPC title

• B29K2101/12

  Thermoplastic materials · CPC title

• B29C51/46

  Measuring, controlling or regulating · CPC title

• B29C51/36

  specially adapted for vacuum forming {, Manufacture thereof} · CPC title

• B29C51/261

  Handling means, e.g. transfer means, feeding means (B29C51/44 takes precedence) · CPC title