Injection molding system
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorWataru Shiraishi
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Abstract
An injection molding system includes a plurality of inspection apparatuses for inspecting molded article quality, a unit that transports a molded article molded by an injection molding machine, a molded article containment unit that is provided for each of types of post-treatment operations needed for the molded article, a transport destination designation unit that selects and designates the molded article containment unit to contain the molded article on the basis of a combination of inspection results from the plurality of inspection apparatuses, and a molded article sorting and transport unit that sorts and transports the molded article into the molded article containment unit designated by the transport destination designation unit.
Claims11
An injection molding system including a plurality of inspection apparatuses for inspecting molded article quality, the injection molding system comprising:
- a unit that transports a molded article molded by an injection molding machine;
- a molded article containment unit that is provided for each of types of post-treatment operations needed for the molded article;
- a transport destination designation unit that selects and designates the molded article containment unit to contain the molded article on the basis of a combination of inspection results from the plurality of inspection apparatuses;
- a molded article sorting and transport unit that sorts and transports the molded article into the molded article containment unit designated by the transport destination designation unit;
- an insert article inspection apparatus that inspects an insert article to be inserted into a mold;
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- a unit that inserts the insert article into the mold, wherein
- the transport destination designation unit selects and designates the molded article containment unit to contain the molded article on the basis of inspection results from the plurality of inspection apparatuses and the insert article inspection apparatus.
An injection molding system, comprising:
- an injection molding machine;
- an insert article inspection apparatus configured to inspect an insert article to be inserted into a mold of the injection molding machine for molding a molded article;
- a plurality of inspection apparatuses configured to inspect the molded article;
- a plurality of containers each for one of different post-treatment operations to be performed for the molded article;
- a controller configured to select and designate one container among the plurality of containers to contain the molded article on the basis of a combination of inspection results from the plurality of inspection apparatuses and the insert article inspection apparatus;
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- at least one robot configured to
- insert the insert article having been inspected by the insert article inspection apparatus into the mold,
- transport the molded article molded by the injection molding machine to the plurality of inspection apparatuses, and
- sort and transport the molded article having been inspected by the plurality of inspection apparatuses into the one container designated by the controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.