AU690222B2 - Heating device, especially for insertion into injection moulds for processing thermoplastic materials - Google Patents

Heating device, especially for insertion into injection moulds for processing thermoplastic materials Download PDF

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AU690222B2
AU690222B2 AU17537/95A AU1753795A AU690222B2 AU 690222 B2 AU690222 B2 AU 690222B2 AU 17537/95 A AU17537/95 A AU 17537/95A AU 1753795 A AU1753795 A AU 1753795A AU 690222 B2 AU690222 B2 AU 690222B2
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C45/00Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C45/17Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C45/26Moulds
    • B29C45/27Sprue channels ; Runner channels or runner nozzles
    • B29C45/2737Heating or cooling means therefor
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C45/00Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C45/17Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C45/26Moulds
    • B29C45/27Sprue channels ; Runner channels or runner nozzles
    • B29C45/2737Heating or cooling means therefor
    • B29C2045/2743Electrical heating element constructions
    • B29C2045/2748Insulating layers covering the electrical heating element
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C33/00Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor
    • B29C33/02Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor with incorporated heating or cooling means
    • B29C33/06Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor with incorporated heating or cooling means using radiation, e.g. electro-magnetic waves, induction heating

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DME-008PCT January 18, 1996 PCT/DE95/00226
DESCRIPTION
Heating device, in particular for use in injection molds for the processing of thermoplastic materials TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a heating device, in particular for use in injection molds for the processing of thermoplastic materials, having a housing substantially in the form of a hollow profile and a heating unit, in particular heating coil, which is in/on the housing and can be subjected to heating current.
Such heating devices are used as so-called tubular heating cartridges or heating bands in order, for example, to bring runners of gating devices (hot runner nozzles and manifolds) to a predeterminable temperature or to keep them at a predeterminable temperature, in order to ensure a constant throughflow of the thermoplastic material thereby kept in the flow range.
In addition, such heating devices are used in the region of heat conducting pipes which serve for controlling the temperature of molding zones or hot runner nozzles and hot runner manifold blocks.
PRIOR ART Heating devices in which the heating coil is covered with cast copper or brass are known. On the outside, these cast heating cartridges are surrounded by a casing of stainless steel. These heating cartridges have the disadvantage of relatively great outward heat dissipation. As a result, components which actually do not need any heating are heated, which has a detrimental effect when considering the overall energy balance.
A heating device of the type mentioned at the beginning is disclosed in EP-A-0468483. Described there is a heating device for a heating sic] runner nozzle v _1_1.
which is surrounded alternately by a plurality of layers of stainless steel and ceramic insulating material. The layers may be provided in different thicknesses here. Such a heating device is relatively complex to produce and is not optimal with regard to its insulating effect.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a heating device for use in injection molds for the processing of thermoplastic materials, comprising: a hollow housing; a heating coil disposed on the housing, said heating coil being adapted to receive a heating current; an insulating device surrounding said heating coil, said insulating device having at least one insulating layer, said insulating device having a layered structure, including a wear resistant layer and an insulating layer, said wear resistant layer having a relatively low coefficient of thermal conductivity and being made of one of titanium and a titanium allow, said insulating layer being made of mica.
Accordingly, the heating device according to the invention is o 2: characterised in that the insulating device (60; 70) has the following layered construction: wear-resistant layer, with relatively low coefficient of thermal conductivity namely, from titanium or a titanium alloy, and an insulating layer of mica. It is possible for the wear resistant layer to be arranged on the inside and/or outside. Whether the wear resistant layer is arranged on the outside or inside or outside and inside depends on the respective field of 25 application. By the use of the materials titanium/titanium allow and mica, a heating device of a very compact construction which has very good o,
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It is ensured by the heating element according to the invention that the heat is supplied to a greater extent to where it is needed. If the insulating device is arranged on the outside, the heating device is preferably suitable for use for the encasing of a valve pin of a gating device, since in this case the heat is supplied predominantly inwards to the nozzle runner in order to keep the thermoplastic material flowing therein at a predeterminable temperature.
In addition, the heating devices according to the invention can in the same advantageous way be pushed onto heat conducting pipes.
In the case of an inner arrangement of the insulating device, the heating device according to the invention is preferably used as a heating band for outer heating. Conversely, in the case of an arrangement of the insulating layer on the outside, the heating device may be used as a heating band for inner heating.
By the use of the said insulating materials, a very good thermal insulation can be accomplished.
For the purpose of simple, low-cost production of the complete heating device it has proved to be favorable, depending on the application, to form the insulating device such that, when producing the heating device, it can either be pushed onto the housing on the outside or can be pushed into the housing on the inside. In a further variant, the housing itself forms the insulating device. It is also possible for the insulating unit to be deposited [sic] as -formwork for the casting of the heating coil with thermally conducting material, which allows particularly low-cost fabrication.
With regard to a good heat transfer from the heating coil to the component to be heated, it is advantageous to cast the heating coil, at least in certain Aregions, with a material which conducts heat very well g (for example copper, copper alloy, brass, etc).
T 01 4 A preferred refinement is distinguished in that the heating unit (heating coil) is cast in certain regions in such a way that the heating coil itself still protrudes in certain regions out of the cast region and that, with the insulating device resting on the protrusion, there is additionally an insulating layer of air between the casting compound and the insulating device.
An injection mold with hot runner for the processing of thermoplastic materials according to the invention is characterized in that there is arranged at least one heating device according to the invention.
A gating device (hot runner) according to the invention for an injection mold for the processing of thermoplastic material is distinguished in that the gating device has at least one heating device according to the invention in intergrated [sic] construction.
With the heating device according to the invention, energy savings of up to 50 and more in comparison with the previous known heating devices can be accomplished. Furthermore, it is possible to achieve compact dimensions, since the dimensions for the heating unit itself can be kept smaller because of the improved supply of heat to the points at which the heat is required. The temperature of the mold itself is reduced.
Further embodiments and advantages of the invention are obtained from the features further presented in the claims and from the exemplary embodiments specified below. The features of the claims can be combined with one another in any desired way, provided that they are not obviously mutually exclusive.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The invention and advantageous embodiments and developments of the same are described in more detail and explained below with reference to the examples represented in the drawing. The features disclosed by the description and the drawing can be used according to the invention individually on their own or together in any desired combination. In the drawing: Fig. 1 shows a diagrammatic sectional representation of a heating device with insulating device for a heat conducting pipe, Fig. 2 shows a diagrammatic sectional representation of a heating device with an insulating device for a nozzle device, Fig. 3 shows a diagrammatic section through a heating band with an insulating device for outer heating, Fig. 4 shows a diagrammatic section through a heating band with an insulating device for inner heating, Fig. 5 shows a diagrammatic section through a heating cartridge with a layered insulating device according to a first exemplary embodiment, Fig. 6 shows an end view of the heating cartridge according to Figure Fig. 7 shows a detail from the walling of a heating cartridge with a layered insulating device according to a second exemplary embodiment, Fig. 8 shows a diagrammatic longitudinal section through a heating cartridge with a layered insulating device according to a third exemplary embodiment, Fig. 9 shows an end view according to [sic] the heating cartridge according to Figure 8, Fig. 10 shows a detail from the walling of a heating cartridge with a layered insulating device according to a fourth exemplary embodiment, Fig. 11 shows an arrangement of a heating davice inside a gating device and Fig. 12 shows a diagrammatic section through a nozzle device with a heating device.
WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING THE INVENTION According to Figure 1, there is arranged in an outer circumferential form on a heat conducting pipe 26, which serve's in particular for controlling the temperature of molding zones (not shown), a heating device Rq4/ which rests on the outer circumference of the heat 7 CUZ a Ov~i -6conducting pipe 26. The heating device 10 itself has, from inside to outside, first of all a first cast layer 24 of brass, inside which there is cast a heating unit or heating coil 12. On the outside, an insulating device 20 surrounds the cast unit 24. Since an increased heating capacity is required in the marginal region, the axial spacing of the turns of the heating coil 12 is reduced in this region.
The heating device 11 diagrammatically represented in Figure 2 is applied to the outer circumference of the nozzle runner 34 of a nozzle device 32. It has a structure similar to the heating device 10 according to Figure 1, but in addition to a first insulating layer 30.1 there is on the outside a second insulating layer 30.2. The first insulating layer 30.1 may [lacuna] from ceramic or mica. The the [sic] second insulating layer 30.2 is at the same time formed as a wear resistant layer and consists of a titanium alloy with a low coefficient of thermal conductivity.
Represented diagrammatically in Figure 3 is a heating band 13, which is used for outer heating. In this case, the heating unit 12 is arranged with its cast layer 24 on the outside. Adjoining on the inside there is an insulating device 40 formed in the manner of an insulating layer.
The heating band 15 represented in Figure 4 is suitable for so-called inner heating, ie. on the outside of this inner heating means there is an insulating device 50, which in this exemplary embodiment has a first insulating layer 50.1 and a second insulating layer 50.2.
In Figures 1 to 4, the power supply to the heating unit 12 is not shown.
The specific exemplary embodiment of the walling of a heating device 25 which is represented as a detail in Figure 7 and takes the form of a cylindrical heating cartridge 25 comprises the following layered structure.
On the inside there is a cast unit formed as a cast layer 24, cast inside which there is the heating coil 12.
However, the individual heating coil cross sections 12
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7 are not cozt~letely surrounded by casting compound, so that they protrude outwards.
The partially cast heating coil 12 is surrounded on the outside by an insulating layer 70, which has the following structure. Adjoining the protruding heating coil elements 12 there is first of all a first wear resistant layer 18, which consists of a titanium alloy with a low coefficient of thermal conductivity. On the first wear resistant layer 18 there is an insulating layer 22, on which in turn there is a second wear resistant layer 16, which surrounds the heating cartridge on the outside and consists of a titanium alloy with a low coefficient of thermal conductivity. The heating coil cross sections are flattened in the region of the cast layer 24 surrounding them.
Consequently, between the heating unit 12 and the insulating device 70 there is a layer of air 18, which additionally increases the insulating effect.
In the following description, identical components bear the same designations and are not explained again.
The heating cartridge 21, diagrammatically represented in Figure 5, is formed in a way similar to the representation as a detail of the heating cartridge 25 according to Figure 7, with a layer of air 14 between the heating device 12 and an outer insulating device 60, but the insulating device 60 comprises only an outer wear resistant layer 16, and an inner insulating layer 22, the heating coil 12 having a square profiling.
At the ends, the heating cartridge 21 according to Figure 5 is sealed off by annular profiles 44, the thickness of which corresponds to the thickness of the cast layer 24, the layer of air 14 and the inner insulating layer 22. Likewise represented diagrammatically in Figure 5 is a power connection unit 36 to the heating unit 12.
The heating cartridge 23 represented in Figure 8 differs from the heating cartridge according to Figure in that here the provision of an additionally insulating I a r r0 -8layer of air 14 has been dispensed with and the cast layer 24 goes right up to the insulating layer 22, ie.
the heating coil 12 is cast virtually completely with brass.
The diagrammatic detail of the walling of a heating cartridge 27 represented in Figure 10 has the same layered insulating device 70 as the heating cartridge 25 according to Figure 7. The heating device 12 has a heating coil with a circular profile, the individual turns being completely surrounded by a cast unit 24 and the insulating device 70 directly adjoining the cast layer 24 on the outside.
The casting compound may consist of brass, copper or other alloys which conduct heat well. The insulating wear resistant layers preferably consist of titanium or titanium alloys, the underside of which has a polished finish. Considered with preference as the material for the insulating layer is ceramic or mica. In addition, the insulating layer may also take the form of a layer of air or a vacuum layer.
The heating cartridges 21, 23, 25, 27 have an inside diameter which is constant throughout, so that they can be pushed without any problem onto, for example, a nozzle device of an injection mold for the processing of thermoplastic materials.
In Figure 11 it is diagrammatically represented how the heating device 90 according to the invention with the insulating device can be used in a simple way in an encasing manner on a gating device 110 in the region of a nozzle runner 102.
Diagrammatically represented in cross section in Figure 12 is a nozzle device 190, in which the heating device 99 is present in an integrated form between a nozzle head 100, consisting of special steel, and a nozzle insert 101, consisting of special steel. The nozzle device 190 is designed as a disposable nozzln. The heating device 99 has the following layered structure from inside to outside: brass cast layer 92 with heating 44 coils 94 cast therein, titanium alloy layer 95, mica
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9 fill 93 and, finishing off on the outside around the circumference, a titanium alloy layer 91.
Used with preference for producing heating devices is the gravity die casting process, in which brass is preferably used as the casting materj%.l for encapsulating the heating coils.
The nozzle device 101 according to Figure 12 is preferably formed as a "micronozzle", which has length dimensions of about 6 cm and diameter dimensions of about 1 cm.
According to the invention, the heating device is formed as a cylindrical hollow element, the individual layers forming sleeves which are adjacent to one another, at least in certain regions.
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1. A heating device for use in injection molds for the processing of thermoplastic materials, comprising: a hollow housing; a heating coil disposed on the housing, said heating coil being adapted to receive a heating current; an insulating device surrounding said heating coil, said insulating device having at least one insulating layer, said insulating device having a layered structure, including a wear resistant layer and an insulating layer, t0 said wear resistant layer having a relatively low coefficient of thermal conductivity and being made of one of titanium and a titanium allow, said insulating layer being made of mica.
2. The heating device as claimed in claim 1, -wherein a layer of air is disposed between said insulating device and said heating coil.
3. The heating device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein, for producing the heating device, the insulating device is formed such that it can be pushed onto the housing on the outside/can be pushed into the housing on the inside, or the insulating device forms the outer walling/the inner walling of the heating element to be cast.
4. The heating device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the heating coil is cast with a conducting material.
The heating device according to claim 4 wherein said conducting material is brass. 25
6. The heating device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein said insulating device forms the housing of the heating device.
7. An injection mold having a hot runner or a heated nozzle for the processing of thermoplastic materials, wherein -there is arranged at least one heating device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims. A grating device or a nozzle device for an injection mold for the processing of thermoplastic materials, wherein the gating device or nozzle device has a heating device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims 1 to 6 in an integrated construction. Dated this 25th day of February 1998 DME NORMIALIEN GMB11H Patent Attorneys for the Applicant: F B RICE CO FIGURE FOR THE ABSTRACT 34/ 22 F3G-
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