Manufacturing method and injection molding system
AssigneeCanon Virginia, Inc.
InventorsKoki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara
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Abstract
Manufacturing a molded part using one injection molding machine while changing between multiple molds includes performing, at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, clamping, injection, and dwelling of a mold, conveying the mold from the molding operation position and performing a process of cooling the mold at a position different from the molding operation position, conveying the mold to the molding operation position, opening the mold, and ejecting a molded part from the mold, wherein, before performing the first step for a first mold, a molded part previously ejected from a second mold is placed into the first mold that has been opened.
Claims13
A method for manufacturing a molded part using one injection molding machine while changing between multiple molds, the method comprising:
- a first step of performing, at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, clamping, injection, and dwelling of a mold;
- a second step of conveying the mold from the molding operation position and performing a process of cooling the mold at a position different from the molding operation position;
- and
- a third step of conveying the mold to the molding operation position, opening the mold, and ejecting a molded part from the mold,
- wherein, before performing the first step for a first mold, a molded part previously ejected from a second mold is placed into the first mold opened in the third step.
An injection molding system comprising:
- a injection molding machine;
- a first conveyance machine configured to convey a mold;
- a second conveying machine configured to convey a mold;
- and a control apparatus,
- wherein the control apparatus is configured to control:
- a first step of, at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, clamping a mold, injecting the mold, and dwelling the mold;
- a second step, of conveying, via the first conveyance machine or the second conveyance machine, the mold from the molding operation position to a different position, wherein cooling of the mold occurs at the different position;
- and
- a third step of conveying the mold to a predetermined position via the first conveyance machine or the second conveyance machine, opening the mold, and ejecting a molded part,
- wherein, before performing the first step for a first mold, the molded part previously ejected from a second mold is placed into the first mold opened in the third step.
A method for manufacturing a molded part using one injection molding machine while changing between multiple molds, the method comprising:
- a first step of, at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, performing mold clamping, injection, and dwelling of a mold;
- a second step of conveying the mold out of the molding operation position and performing cooling of the mold at a position different from the molding operation position;
- and
- a third step of conveying the mold into a predetermined position in the injection molding machine, performing opening of the mold, and performing ejection of a molded part,
- wherein, before performing the first step for a first mold, the molded part previously ejected from a second mold is placed into the first mold opened in the third step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.