Injection molding system and control method for injection molding system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSeijun HORIE
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Abstract
An injection molding system includes an injection molding section that molds a workpiece by injection molding, a robot that transports the workpiece, an inspection section that inspects the workpiece transported by the robot, and a control section that controls the injection molding section, the robot and the inspection section, wherein the control section has, as control modes of the robot, a first control mode, which is performed when the inspection section is not inspecting the workpiece, and a second control mode, which is performed when the inspection section is inspecting the workpiece, and in which the robot is operated to suppress vibration of the inspection section more than is in the first control mode.
Claims10
An injection molding system comprising:
- an injection molding section that molds a workpiece by injection molding;
- a robot that transports the workpiece;
- an inspection section that inspects the workpiece transported by the robot;
- and
- a control section that controls the injection molding section, the robot, and the inspection section;
- wherein
- the control section has, as control modes of the robot,
- a first control mode that is performed when the workpiece is not being inspected by the inspection section and
- a second control mode that is performed when the workpiece is being inspected by the inspection section, and that causes the robot to operate so that vibration of the inspection section is suppressed more than in the first control mode.
A control method for an injection molding system including an injection molding section that molds a workpiece, a robot that transports the workpiece, an inspection section that inspects the workpiece transported by the robot, and a control section that controls the injection molding section, the robot, and the inspection section,
- the control method for the injection molding system comprising:
- molding the workpiece by the injection molding section;
- transporting the workpiece by the robot;
- when the workpiece is not being inspected by the inspection section, performing by the control section a first control mode as a control mode of the robot;
- and
- when the workpiece is being inspected by the inspection section, performing by the control section a second control mode that causes the robot to operate to suppress vibration of the inspection section more than in the first control mode as the control mode of the robot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.