Abstract:
The present invention provides an injection molding method capable of impregnating a supercritical fluid stably and partially in molten resin in a plasticizing cylinder of an injection molding apparatus. The above object is achieved by providing the method of injection molding which includes measuring a filling amount of the molten resin in the plasticizing cylinder, introducing a supercritical fluid into the molten resin in the plasticizing cylinder while moving back the screw by a predetermined distance without rotating the screw from a position of the screw at the time of completing the measuring, detecting a pressure of the molten resin, and determining based on the pressure an injection start position for the screw.
Abstract:
The invention provides a molding apparatus adapted to use a screw having an overall length permitting the use of an existing molding machine cylinder as it is, and is capable of realizing a gas impregnation step. The screw 3 for use in the gas impregnation step comprises a resin melting portion C disposed at an upstream position for rendering the resin molten, a molten resin nonfilled-up portion E integral with the downstream side of the resin melting portion C for making the resin lower than an inert gas at a gas supply opening 5 in pressure, and a gas impregnation portion D integral with the downstream side of the molten resin nonfilled-up portion E for supplying the inert gas and impregnating the molten resin with the inert gas.
Abstract:
The cylinder head (8) of an injection molding machine has a transverse bore (20), in which is threadedly engaged a gas introduction device (21) connected to a gas bottle (22), having a pressure regulator (23). The device has a body (24) which carries a valve poppet (25) in a complementarily shaped bore (26) opening to the passage through the cylinder head. A spring (27) normally closes the poppet valve. A control valve (28), under control of the system (7) is provided upstream of the poppet valve. Gas is introduced into the injection chamber of the machine after suck back and before screw rotate for feeding plastics material to the injection chamber. On injection, the material is injected with the gas added to it.
Abstract:
The invention includes retrofitting a plasticating machine for the working and forcing of plastic material into a moldor die, the machine including an elongated housing having a first or proximal end and a second or distal end, and elongated screw shaft with a screw flight therearound. The screw shaft is rotatably supported in the elongated housing, for the working of plastic between the screw shaft and the elongated housing with at least one delivery conduit generally longitudinally arranged through the screw shaft, from a location proximal to the distal tip end of the screw. To accomplish such delivery, the screw shaft is replaced with a corresponding screw shaft with a bore extending through the distal tip end thereof, or the existing screw shaft is machined to have such a bore extend therethrough, from location proximal to the distal end out through the distal tip end. The bore in one embodiment may extend completely through the screw shaft, from its proximalmost end to its distalmost tip end. The conduit may be arranged to be movable in the bore, with respect to the screw shaft to permit delivery of a medium through the screw shaft to any plastic being worked by the machine. The medium may be any single or combination of components selected from the group comprising vapor, liquid, gas, powder or solid, to control the machine or treat any plastic being worked therefrom.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a method for delivering a medium such as a gas, vapor or liquid into a melted plastic in a mold via an elongated screw shaft rotatably supported in a housing, the method including the steps of providing the screw shaft with a bore longitudinally therethrough from a proximal end to a distal tip end thereof, rotating the screw shaft in the housing to move plastic therethrough, and into the mold, introducing a gas, vapor or liquid into the bore, to permit the gas, vapor or liquid to be delivered through the bore, and into the molten plastic in the mold through the distal tip end of the screw shaft.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a molded foam product which can reduce blisters on the surface and foaming failure in injection molding of a molten resin containing a fluid in a supercritical state even in the case of manufacturing a molded product designed to have a small thickness, thereby giving a molded foam product having excellent heat insulation. The method of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a molded foam product through injection molding of a molten resin containing a fluid in a supercritical state, the method including a step of injecting the molten resin into a cavity formed in a mold and moving a portion of the mold to increase the volume of the cavity before the molten resin injected into the cavity completely solidifies, the cavity being communicated only with a single resin injection port, the mold having a dimple which has a substantially hemispherical shape and is situated to face the resin injection port, the mold having a minimum gap size of 0.2 mm or greater in the cavity during injection of the molten resin.
Abstract:
An overmolded preform and a container blow molded from the same are disclosed, wherein the overmolded preform and the overmolded container include an inner foamed layer.
Abstract:
Method for producing a casing (1) of a plug part (2) for an electrical and/or optical plug-in connection and/or a cable (3), wherein the casing (1) is produced via injection molding from a thermoplastic material (4) in an injection mold (5), wherein at least one outgassing propellant (6) and/or at least one gas are injected into the injection mold (5) in addition to the thermoplastic material (4), and gas cavities (7) are formed in the casing (1).
Abstract:
A method for producing a foamed molded product includes: using a molding apparatus including a plasticizing cylinder having a high pressure kneading zone and a pressure reduction zone; and a screw; controlling a pressure of the pressure reduction zone to be a first pressure in a state that communication between the high pressure kneading zone and the pressure reduction zone is shut off, the first pressure being not less than an atmospheric pressure and not more than a maximum pressure of the high pressure kneading zone which is reached in a case that a molten resin is brought in contact and kneaded with a physical foaming agent; controlling back pressure of the screw to be a second pressure which is not less than the first pressure; and measuring a predetermined amount of the molten resin from which the gasified physical foaming agent has been separated.
Abstract:
A kneading apparatus for a thermoplastic resin, includes: a plasticizing cylinder which has a high pressure kneading zone and a pressure reduction zone; a screw in the plasticizing cylinder; a downstream side seal mechanism which shuts off communication between the high pressure kneading zone and the pressure reduction zone; and a pressure reduction zone pressure adjusting mechanism which is connected to the pressure reduction zone and which controls a pressure of the pressure reduction zone so that the pressure is not less than an atmospheric pressure and the pressure is not more than a maximum pressure of the high pressure kneading zone that is achieved when kneading a molten resin with a pressurized fluid, when the downstream side seal mechanism shuts off the communication between the high pressure kneading zone and the pressure reduction zone.