Injection unit positioning apparatus
AssigneeMold-Masters (2007) Limited
InventorsMartin Kestle, John Di Simone, David Allan Shantz
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Abstract
An injection unit positioning apparatus is disclosed that includes a positioning assembly interconnecting the injection unit to the molding machine. The positioning assembly includes an angular positioning assembly that permits rotation of the injection unit through a sweep plane that extends from an axis that is perpendicular to an inlet surface of a mold. The positioning assembly also includes a linear positioning assembly that permits linear translation of the injection unit on the sweep plane, and the height of the outlet relative to the inlet surface remains substantially constant during rotation and translation of the positioning assembly.
Claims24
An apparatus for aligning an outlet of an injection unit with an inlet of a mold mounted between platens of a molding machine, the apparatus comprising:
- a positioning assembly interconnecting the injection unit to the molding machine, the positioning assembly including
- an angular positioning assembly that permits rotation of the injection unit through a sweep plane, the sweep plane extending radially outward from a sweep axis, the sweep axis being substantially perpendicular to an inlet surface of the mold, and
- a linear positioning assembly that permits linear translation of the injection unit on the sweep plane along a translation axis that is substantially transverse to the sweep axis,
- wherein a height of the outlet of the injection unit relative to the inlet surface of the mold remains substantially constant during rotation of the injection unit through the sweep plane and during linear translation of the injection unit on the sweep plane.
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