# US 2023/0264402 A1 · Control device for injection molding machine and control method for injection molding machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0264402 A1 - Document ID: US20230264402A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/007,549 - Filed: 2021-06-03 - Published: 2023-08-24 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-08 - Assignees: Fanuc Corporation - Applicants: Fanuc Corporation - Inventors: Ryou OOSAKA; Atsushi HORIUCHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230264402A1 ## CPC - B29C 45/76: Measuring, controlling or regulating {(measuring in general G01; controlling or regulating in general G05)} - B29C 45/762: {the sequence of operations of an injection cycle} - B29C 33/42: characterised by the shape of the moulding surface, e.g. ribs or grooves - B29C 45/37: Mould cavity walls {, i.e. the inner surface forming the mould cavity, e.g. linings} - B29C 45/40: Removing or ejecting moulded articles - B29C 45/401: {Ejector pin constructions or mountings} - B29C 45/56: using mould parts movable during or after injection, e.g. injection-compression moulding {(B29C45/1705 and B29C45/572 take precedence)} - B29C 45/7626: {the ejection or removal of moulded articles} - B29C 45/77: of velocity or pressure of moulding material - B29C 45/80: of relative position of mould parts - B29C 2945/76006: Pressure - B29C 2945/76381: Injection - B29C 2945/76568: Position - B29C 2945/76722: ejectors - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) ## Abstract A control device for an injection molding machine includes: a pressure acquiring unit for acquiring resin pressure; an injection control unit for injecting resin into a mold; an ejector control unit for protruding an ejector pin before the resin pressure reaches a predetermined target pressure; and an insertion control unit for causing a supporting member and an attachment plate to support an ejector plate by inserting the supporting member into a gap before the resin pressure reached the predetermined target pressure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control device for an injection molding machine, wherein the injection molding machine includes: a movable platen configured to move in an opening/closing direction of a mold; a mounting plate provided on a side of the mold of the movable platen; a spacer configured to connect the mold and the mounting plate in a manner so that the mold is opened and closed accompanying movement of the movable platen in the opening/closing direction, the spacer forming an ejector movable space between the mold and the mounting plate; an ejector plate provided in the ejector movable space, and configured to advance and retract toward and from the mold; an ejector pin (44) provided on the ejector plate, and configured to project out toward the mold; a support member configured to be inserted into and removed from a gap formed between the mounting plate and the ejector plate that has advanced; and an injection unit configured to inject a resin that has been plasticized, the control device for the injection molding machine comprising: a pressure acquisition unit configured to acquire a resin pressure inside the mold; an injection control unit configured to control the injection unit to thereby inject the resin into an interior of the mold that has been closed, and cause the resin pressure to reach a predetermined target pressure; an ejector control unit configured to cause the ejector plate to advance prior to the resin pressure reaching the predetermined target pressure, to thereby project the ejector pin into the interior of the mold and impart at least one of a concave portion or a hole portion to a shape of the resin inside the mold; and an insertion control unit (68)-configured to insert the support member into the gap prior to the resin pressure reaching the predetermined target pressure, to thereby cause the ejector plate that receives the resin pressure to be supported by the support member and the mounting plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 1, further comprising a forward movement time keeping unit configured to measure a forward movement time, which is an elapsed time from when the ejector plate has started to advance prior to the resin pressure reaching the predetermined target pressure, wherein, in a case that the forward movement time has reached a predetermined insertion start time, the insertion control unit inserts the support member into the gap. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 1, further comprising an advanced position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of the ejector plate in the opening/closing direction, wherein, in a case that the ejector plate that is advancing has reached a predetermined insertion starting position prior to the resin pressure reaching the predetermined target pressure, the insertion control unit inserts the support member into the gap. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 1, further comprising an insertion time keeping unit configured to measure an insertion time, which is an elapsed time from when the support member has started to move toward the gap, wherein the ejector control unit maintains a position of the ejector plate in the opening/closing direction at a predetermined advanced position closer to the side of the mold than the support member until the insertion time reaches a predetermined maintenance release time, and releases maintenance thereof after the insertion time has reached the predetermined maintenance release time. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 1, further comprising an inserted position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of the support member in an insertion direction, wherein the ejector control unit maintains a position of the ejector plate in the opening/closing direction at the predetermined advanced position closer to the side of the mold than the support member until the support member, which is moving toward the gap, reaches a predetermined maintenance release position, and releases maintenance thereof after the support member has reached the predetermined maintenance release position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 4, wherein the injection control unit maintains the resin pressure below the predetermined target pressure until the ejector plate is released from being maintained at the predetermined advanced position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 1, wherein the injection molding machine further includes: a protruding plate provided in the ejector movable space on a side closer to the side of the mold than the ejector plate, so as to avoid the ejector pin; and a protruding pin provided on the protruding plate and configured to project out toward the mold, wherein, at a time when the mold is opened, the ejector control unit causes the ejector plate to advance to thereby push in the protruding plate toward the mold in order to eject a molded product, which is made from the resin that has been solidified, from the mold with the protruding pin, and the control device further comprises a removal control unit configured to remove the support member from between the mounting plate and the ejector plate after the ejector plate starts to advance at the time when the mold is opened. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 7, further comprising a mold opening time keeping unit configured to measure a mold opening time, which is an elapsed time from when opening of the mold has started, wherein, in a case that the mold opening time has reached a predetermined removal start time, the ejector control unit causes the ejector plate to advance to push in the ejector plate toward the mold. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 8, wherein in the case that the mold opening time has reached the predetermined removal start time, the removal control unit removes the support member from between the mounting plate and the ejector plate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 7, further comprising a movable platen position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of the movable platen in the opening/closing direction at the time when the mold is opened, wherein, in a case that the movable platen has reached a predetermined removal starting position at the time when the mold is opened, the ejector control unit causes the ejector plate to advance to push in the protruding plate toward the mold. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The control device for the injection molding machine according to claim 10, wherein in the case that the movable platen has reached the predetermined removal starting position at the time when the mold is opened, the removal control unit removes the support member from between the mounting plate and the ejector plate. ### Claim 12 A control method for an injection molding machine, wherein the injection molding machine includes: a movable platen configured to move in an opening/closing direction of a mold; a mounting plate provided on a side of the mold of the movable platen; a spacer configured to connect the mold and the mounting plate in a manner so that the mold is opened and closed accompanying movement of the movable platen in the opening/closing direction, the spacer forming an ejector movable space between the mold and the mounting plate; an ejector plate provided in the ejector movable space, and configured to advance and retract toward and from the mold; an ejector pin provided on the ejector plate, and configured to project out toward the mold; a support member configured to be inserted into and removed from a gap formed between the mounting plate and the ejector plate that has advanced; and an injection unit configured to inject a resin that has been plasticized, the control method for the injection molding machine comprising: an injection control step of controlling the injection unit to thereby inject the resin into an interior of the mold that has been closed; an ejector advancing step of, after the injection control step is started, causing the ejector plate to advance to thereby project the ejector pin into the interior of the mold and impart at least one of a concave portion or a hole portion to a shape of the resin inside the mold; an insertion control step of inserting the support member into the gap after the ejector advancing step is started; and a pressure maintaining control step of, after the insertion control step is started, causing a resin pressure inside the mold to reach a predetermined target pressure while the ejector plate is supported by the support member and the mounting plate.