Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of detecting a malfunction during a die clamping step in an injection molding machine. A reference pattern is taken which shows a relation between a die clamping force and a position of a movable platen when die clamping is normally carried out. One or more monitoring sections are set in advance with respect to that position on the basis of the reference pattern and an allowable limit value of a die clamping force in the respective monitoring sections is also set in advance in a form of a linear function of the position. The die clamping force is monitored in the respective monitoring section during a respective die clamping step and, when its value exceeds the allowable limit value, it is decided that a malfunction occurs and an alarm is issued.
Abstract:
The force pushing the ejector pin when a molded product is ejected is obtained from the driving torque of the servomotor. A malfunction is detected in the ejection step as follows. First, a reference pattern is obtained in advance, when a molded product is normally removed. As the reference pattern, the relationship between torque of the servomotor and time from the initiation of ejecting the ejector pin or the position of an ejector pin is used. At least one monitoring zone is set based on the pattern and the upper and lower limits of torque of each of the monitoring zones are set. A torque value is monitored in each monitoring zone and when the torque value falls outside the upper and lower limits of any one of the monitoring zones, it is determined that a malfunction occurred and an alarm is raised.