Method of injection molding a low-melting-point alloy
AssigneeThe Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
InventorKengo Takeya
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AssigneeThe Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
InventorKengo Takeya
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In a control method of the injection molding in accordance with the invention, in the process of injecting molding a low-melting-point alloy, an upper limit Qmax and a control lower limit CQmin of a quantity of material detained in a cylinder 12 are set to eliminate an excess or a shortage of the quantity of material detained in the cylinder 12. A material in a quantity greater than shot weight Qout is fed continuously into the cylinder until the upper limit is reached, while the material in a quantity less than the shot weight is fed into the cylinder until the lower limit is reached, thereby automatically maintaining the quantity of material detained in the cylinder within the range between the upper and lower limits. Accordingly, the down time due to the instability of metering in a molding machine can be reduced, and manpower for adjustment of conditions is not required, thereby making it possible to curtail the cost.
A control method of an injection molding in which a low-melting-point alloy, which is a molding material, is melted in a cylinder of a screw-type low-melting-point alloy injection molding machine and is injected into a mold by a screw to effect molding, and control is provided such that an appropriate quantity of material is fed from a material feeder in correspondence with a shot and the quantity of material detained in said cylinder is maintained appropriately, comprising the steps of:
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