Abstract:
Injection moulding of plastic materials is a well known and practised process. There is also a well known group of processes referred to as ''gas-assisted injection moulding''. This invention concerns apparatus for and method of injecting the gas into injection mouldings at one ore more positions within an injection moulding tool so that the gas passes between shut-out faces (9) of the mould (1) at positions which are completely surrounded by plastic (10) during and after the mould filling cycle. The gas may be injected through porous sintered metal inserts located at the surface of the cavity of the mould. At the end of the cycle, gas can also be exhausted via the path of entry of the gas (4, 16). This invention covers advantageous methods of injecting the gas into the plastic compared with other existing known methods.
Abstract:
A mold apparatus and method is used to form a solid injection molded plastic part having no internal voids, a Class A finish, a sink-free exterior appearance surface, and unevenly distributed structural detail extending from the opposite surface, the detail including free-standing reinforcement ribs, attachment bosses, and the like. In the method the mold portions (14,16) of the mold apparatus are closed, charges of molten thermoplastic and pressurized gas are sequentially injected into a mold cavity (18) defining the shape of the desired part, and the mold portions are sequentially separated and closed. The pressurized gas forces the hot plastic away from one mold half and against the other mold half, and separation of the mold portions ensures uniform distribution of the pressurized gas behind the hot plastic, which pressure is maintained during cooling. Depending on the application, the plastic completely packs the cavity, fills but does not pack the cavity, and the mating faces can be abutted or maintained partially separated when the mold portions reclosed. A gas seal is formed by the plastic to prevent gas in the mold cavity from reaching the finished exterior surface of the part during shrinkage of the plastic.
Abstract:
A center-portion molding member (21) having a center-portion transfer shape surface (30) and a side wall surface (211) is inserted and fitted in a frame-portion molding member (38) having a frame-portion transfer shape surface (23) to form a part of a cavity (28). The center-portion molding member (21) has a groove portion (212) in the side wall surface (211). The groove portion (212) protrudes from the frame-portion transfer shape surface (23). Before injected resin transfers a shape of the center-portion transfer shape surface (30), the side wall surface (211) of the center-portion molding member (21) is sealed with the resin to form, between the center-portion transfer shape surface (30) and the resin, a space (39) in which gas is confined.
Abstract:
A mold for foam molding which can sufficiently prevent burrs from being formed on a molded product, and a foam molding method using the mold are provided. A groove 6 into which a packing seal is to be fitted is formed in a mating surface 3a of a lower mold 3 so as to extend around a cavity 7. The groove 6 has a deep groove portion 6a which is deeply recessed from the mating surface 3a, and a shallow groove portion 6b which is located on the cavity 7 side with respect to the deep groove portion 6a and which continues to the deep groove portion 6a. A portion of the mating surface 3a that extends from its edge on the cavity 7 side down to the groove 6 has a width "a" of from 0.1 mm to 10 mm. A packing seal 5 has a base portion 5a which is inserted into the deep groove portion 6a, and an overhang portion 5b which continues to the base portion 5a and is engaged with the shallow groove portion 6b.
Abstract:
Le moulage par injection de matériaux en plastique est un procédé connu. Il existe également un groupe de procédés connus dénommé ''moulage par injection assisté par gaz''. L'invention se rapporte à un dispositif et à un procédé d'injection de gaz dans des moulages par injection sur une ou plusieurs positions à l'intérieur d'un instrument de moulage par injection, de façon que le gaz passe entre des faces fermées (9) du moule (1) à des positions totalement entourées par le plastique (10) pendant et après le cycle de remplissage du moule. On peut injecter le gaz à travers des insertions en métal poreux fritté situé à la surface de la cavité du moule. A la fin du cycle, on peut également évacuer le gaz par l'intermédiaire du trajet d'entrée du gaz (4, 16). L'invention regroupe des procédés avantageux d'injection du gaz dans le plastique par rapport à d'autres procédés correspondant à l'état actuel de la technique.
Abstract:
[Problem]The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for obtaining a molded article having an expanded layer in the molded article, wherein an expanding agent and device used to manufacture a resin having expansion properties, and a means for increasing expansion ratio are provided. [Solution] In the present invention, an expanding agent placed in a heating cylinder of a molding machine is configured as a liquid, the volume of the expanding agent is controlled, and the expanding agent is injected into a molten resin in the heating cylinder of the molding machine. The volume of the injected expanding agent can thereby be accurately measured each time. When a low-boiling liquid such as water, an alcohol, or an ether is used as the injected expanding agent, all of the liquid is vaporized by the temperature of the heating cylinder of the molding machine, and no residue thereof is therefore left in the molded article. When sodium bicarbonate water is used as the injected expanding agent, solvent water vaporizes and water vapor also becomes expandable gas, which is less expensive than using sodium bicarbonate as the expanding agent for a master batch using the resin that is to be molded.
Abstract:
On modifie un procédé de moulage par injection classique afin d'améliorer la qualité du moulage par rapport à la finition de surface sur l'un des côtés du moulage (1.16), de réduire les contraints de moulage et, de ce fait, de diminuer les tendances au gondolement, ainsi qu'afin d'augmenter les possibilités d'apport de caractéristiques décoratives supplémentaires. Ceci s'effectue au moyen de l'injection d'une quantité régulée de gaz dans la cavité du moule, de façon à constituer une pellicule (1.11) ou une couche de gaz entre un côté de la cavité du moule (1.12) et la pellicule contiguë de plastique sensiblement fondu (1.13) pendant ou après le remplissage du moule avec le plastique. Ceci permet au gaz d'exercer une pression sur le plastique, la pression dudit gaz étant régulée à partir d'une source extérieure (1.15). L'invention comprend des procédés de scellement du gaz à l'intérieur du moule, de façon à empêcher des fuites, ce qui permet de réguler la pression du gaz. L'invention comprend également des procédés servant à réaliser des saillies localisées par pression à partir de la paroi générale du moulage, telle que des piliers, des bosses, des nervures.
Abstract:
A mold for foam molding which can sufficiently prevent burrs from being formed on a molded product, and a foam molding method using the mold are provided. A groove 6 into which a packing seal is to be fitted is formed in a mating surface 3a of a lower mold 3 so as to extend around a cavity 7. The groove 6 has a deep groove portion 6a which is deeply recessed from the mating surface 3a, and a shallow groove portion 6b which is located on the cavity 7 side with respect to the deep groove portion 6a and which continues to the deep groove portion 6a. A portion of the mating surface 3a that extends from its edge on the cavity 7 side down to the groove 6 has a width "a" of from 0.1 mm to 10 mm. A packing seal 5 has a base portion 5a which is inserted into the deep groove portion 6a, and an overhang portion 5b which continues to the base portion 5a and is engaged with the shallow groove portion 6b.