Shooting pot temperature regulation
AssigneeHusky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
InventorManon Danielle BELZILE
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and a related method for regulating a temperature in a shooting pot associated with an injection molding machine. The structure includes, amongst other things, a cooling circuit and thermocouple proximate a plunger entry end of the shooting pot as well as a cooling adjustment unit for controlling an amount of cooling provided by the cooling fluid. In operation a controller coupled with the cooling adjustment unit and the thermocouple controls the cooling adjustment unit based on a temperature reading associated with the thermocouple.
Claims21
A system for regulating a temperature in a shooting pot associated with an injection molding machine, the system comprising:
- a cooling circuit proximate a plunger entry end of the shooting pot, the cooling circuit configured to allow a cooling fluid to pass therethrough;
- a thermocouple proximate the plunger entry end of the shooting pot;
- a cooling adjustment unit for controlling an amount of cooling provided by the cooling fluid;
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- a controller coupled with the cooling adjustment unit and the thermocouple for controlling the cooling adjustment unit based on a temperature reading associated with the thermocouple.
A method of regulating a temperature in a shooting pot associated with an injection molding machine, the method comprising:
- receiving a temperature reading associated with a thermocouple proximate a plunger entry end of a shooting pot;
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- controlling a cooling adjustment unit based on the temperature reading, the cooling adjustment unit controlling an amount of cooling provided by a cooling fluid in a cooling circuit proximate a plunger entry end of the shooting pot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.