Mold temperature adjusting apparatus/method and mold temperature control unit
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsOsamu Muranaka, Naoki Toda, Masahiro Bessho, Satoshi Miyagawa, Koji Kubota
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AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsOsamu Muranaka, Naoki Toda, Masahiro Bessho, Satoshi Miyagawa, Koji Kubota
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A mold temperature adjusting apparatus is provided in which change-over timing of high temperature medium and low temperature medium is adjusted by a heat transmission delay in heating and cooling of a mold being taken into consideration, so that a cycle time of molding steps is shortened, a temperature deflection from a set temperature of the high temperature and low temperature medium is reduced, an energy loss is reduced and an optimal mold temperature for an injection step can be obtained. The mold temperature adjusting apparatus comprises a high temperature fluid tank and a low temperature fluid tank, a high temperature fluid supply system and a high temperature fluid return system between the mold and the high temperature fluid tank, a low temperature fluid supply system and a low temperature fluid return system between the mold and the low temperature fluid tank, a high temperature fluid by-pass system and a low temperature fluid by-pass system, a heat recovery tank connected to the high temperature fluid tank and a pressure adjusting means.
A mold temperature adjusting apparatus (1) comprising a high temperature fluid supply system (41) supplying a fluid of high temperature into a mold (2), a low temperature fluid tank (3), a low temperature fluid transfer pump (6, 7), a low temperature fluid supply system (31) supplying the fluid into said mold (2) from said low temperature fluid tank (3), a low temperature fluid return system (35) returning the fluid into said low temperature fluid tank (3) from said mold (2) and a low temperature fluid by-pass system (40) connecting said low temperature fluid supply system (31) and said low temperature fluid return system (35) to each other so that a control of a mold temperature of said mold (2) is effected by a high temperature heat medium and low temperature heat medium of predetermined temperatures being selectively caused to flow in a heat medium passage provided in said mold (2), wherein said mold temperature adjusting apparatus (1) further comprises a mold temperature sensor (62) actually measuring a mold temperature of said mold (2) and a mold temperature control means (132) performing a control including the steps of;
A mold temperature adjusting method using a high temperature fluid supply system (41) supplying a fluid of high temperature into a mold (2), a low temperature fluid tank (3), a low temperature fluid transfer pump (6, 7), a low temperature fluid supply system (31) supplying the fluid into said mold (2) from said low temperature fluid tank (3), a low temperature fluid return system (35) returning the fluid into said low temperature fluid tank (3) from said mold (2) and a low temperature fluid by-pass system (40) connecting said low temperature fluid supply system (31) and said low temperature fluid return system (35) to each other so that a control of a mold temperature of said mold (2) is effected by a high temperature heat medium and low temperature heat medium predetermined temperatures being selectively caused to flow in a heat medium passage provided in said mold (2), wherein said mold temperature adjusting method includes the steps of:
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