Rotary mold type injection molding machine and method for exchanging mold member of rotary mold type injection molding machine

A rotary mold type injection molding machine comprising:

• a fixed platen;
• a movable platen which is opened and closed in a horizontal direction with respect to the fixed platen;
• and
• a rotary table to which a mold member is mounted and which is rotatably provided on one of the fixed platen and the movable platen,
• the rotary mold type injection molding machine further comprising
• rollable rollers which are disposed on the rotary table in line in a chord direction with respect to a rotation center of the rotary table.

A method for exchanging mold members of a rotary mold type injection molding machine including a rotary table to which each of the mold members is mounted, which is rotatably provided on one of a fixed platen and a movable platen, and which is provided with a mold-member moving mechanism,

• the method comprising:
• upon mold member exchange, moving each of the mold members in a horizontal direction by the mold-member moving mechanism;
• and
• performing carrying-in or carrying-out of each of the mold members from between upper and lower tie bars on at least one of an operation side or a side opposite to the operation side.