Tool for producing fiber-reinforced plastics components in the injection process
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBernhard Heim, Stefan Huber
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Abstract
A tool for producing fiber-reinforced plastics components in the injection process has a receptacle for a plastics component, which receptacle is surrounded by a circumferential seal which is inserted into a groove formed in the tool. It order to devise such a tool with which a higher service life for the seal can be achieved, the invention provides a receptacle chamber as volume compensation.
Claims19
A tool for producing fiber-reinforced plastic components in an injection process, the tool comprising:
- a receptacle for a plastics component to be produced;
- and
- a circumferential seal surrounding the receptacle, the seal having a circular portion adjoined by a non-circular portion, wherein
- the seal is inserted into a groove formed in the tool, and
- a receptacle chamber fluidly coupled with the receptacle is configured to provide volume compensation for injection material injected into the receptacle.
A tool for producing fiber-reinforced plastic components in an injection process, the tool comprising:
- a receptacle for a plastics component to be produced;
- and
- a circumferential seal surrounding the receptacle, wherein
- the seal is inserted into a groove formed in the tool,
- a receptacle chamber fluidly coupled with the receptacle is configured to provide volume compensation for injection material injected into the receptacle, and
- the receptacle chamber is configured to be curved in a domed manner on a tool side of the receptacle chamber.
A tool for producing fiber-reinforced plastic components in an injection process, the tool comprising:
- a receptacle for a plastics component to be produced;
- and
- a circumferential seal surrounding the receptacle,
- wherein the seal is inserted into a groove formed in the tool, and
- a receptacle chamber is configured to provide volume compensation,
- wherein a wall of the seal on a side facing the receptacle chamber is deformable,
- in a case of an opened tool, the wall is substantially planar, and
- in a case of a closed tool, the wall is curved in a domed manner toward the receptacle chamber, whereby the receptacle chamber has a substantially lunate or crescent shape, and
- wherein the seal is configured to have:
- the deformable wall that faces the receptacle chamber,
- a circular portion, and
- a portion having two parallel walls, a first of the two parallel walls adjoining one end of the circular portion on one side and transforming into a comparatively long convex portion that terminates at the deformable wall on the other side, a second of the two parallel walls adjoining another end of the circular portion on one side and, on the other side, transforming into a comparatively short portion that extends perpendicularly from the second parallel wall and which is adjoined by a concave region that is opposite the deformable wall,
- the concave region and the deformable wall being interconnected at ends opposite the circular portion by a region formed of two unequal length portions that are outwardly curved in a domed manner.
A tool for producing fiber-reinforced plastic components in an injection process, the tool comprising:
- a receptacle for a plastics component to be produced;
- and
- a circumferential seal surrounding the receptacle,
- wherein the seal is inserted into a groove formed in the tool, and
- a receptacle chamber is configured to provide volume compensation,
- wherein the seal is configured as a round or oval shaped rod,
- wherein the tool comprises a lower tool part and an upper tool part,
- wherein the lower tool part has a plunging edge on a side of the seal that faces away from the receptacle,
- wherein in a case of a closed tool, the plunging edge projects beyond a lower edge of the upper tool part, and
- wherein the tool further has a chamfer provided at a transition of the lower tool part to the groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.