JP2005161542A - Insert molding method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insert molding method capable of manufacturing a composite porous body as an insert molded product with high precision. <P>SOLUTION: In this insert molding method, a mold assembly 1 for manufacturing the composite porous body wherein a porous body 11 and a resin part are integrated is used. This mold assembly 1 is equipped with a positioning means 8 supported with respect to a movable mold surface 4a so as to be protruded and retracted. This positioning means 8 is equipped with first and second positioning parts 8a and 8b separately opposed to the edge part of the porous body 11 arranged to the movable mold surface 4a when advanced and moved to the movable mold surface 4a and constituted so that at least one of them comes into contact with the edge part of the porous body 11 to position the porous body 11 in the direction along mold surfaces 3a and 4b. When a molten resin 7 is injected in a cavity 2 so as to be continued to the porous body 11 after the porous body 11 is compressed by mold clamping using the mold surfaces 3a and 4a, the second positioning part 8b is preliminarily advanced and moved to the movable mold surface 4a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an insert molding method, and more particularly to an insert molding method suitable for insert molding using a porous body as an insert part.

In general, an injection mold apparatus in which a cavity is formed between mold surfaces in a clamped state is used for producing an injection molded product having a predetermined shape by injecting a molten resin into a cavity. In recent years, using such an injection mold apparatus, for example, a porous body having a thin plate shape having a three-dimensional network structure made of metal, and the surface of the porous body from the outer peripheral edge of the porous body. There is a desire to manufacture a composite porous body in which a resin portion extending in a direction is integrated. That is, a request to manufacture an insert molded product that is a composite porous body by inserting a porous body as an insert part into a cavity and performing insert molding in which a molten resin is injected so as to be continuous with the porous body. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-127190 A

By the way, in this type of mold apparatus for insert molding, at the time of mold clamping, the porous body arranged on the mold surface can be simply fixed in the mold opening / closing direction by these mold surfaces, or by air Since it is only adsorbed, the porous body may be displaced in the direction along the surface of the mold surface due to the injection pressure of the molten resin in the cavity. Therefore, the porous body may not be arranged at a desired position in the composite porous body.
Further, since the porous body as an insert part has a rough surface due to its structure, the mold surface does not uniformly contact the surface of the porous body when clamping, so the mold surface Thus, there is a problem that in the process of compressing and fixing the surface of the porous body, positional displacement of the porous body is likely to occur, and it is difficult to manufacture a highly accurate composite porous body.
Furthermore, since the desired composite porous body is generally formed into a thin sheet, and the porous body has a three-dimensional network structure, the porous body has low strength. In this insert molding, there is a problem that it is difficult to produce a highly accurate composite porous body because the porous body is easily deformed by the injection pressure of the molten resin in the cavity.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above subject, and it aims at providing the insert molding method which can manufacture the composite porous body as an insert molded article with high precision.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve such an object, the present invention proposes the following means.
The invention according to claim 1 performs insert molding in which a porous body as an insert part is inserted into a cavity formed between mold surfaces in a mold-clamped state, and a molten resin is injected so as to be continuous with the porous body. Thus, an insert molding method using an insert molding die apparatus for manufacturing a composite porous body in which a porous body and a resin portion are integrally formed, wherein the insert molding mold apparatus is And positioning means supported so as to be able to protrude and retract with respect to the mold surface, and the positioning means has an edge of the porous body arranged on the mold surface when moved forward with respect to the mold surface. A plurality of portions facing each other separately, at least one of which is in contact with an edge of the porous body, and the porous body is positioned in a direction along the mold surface. Position When the molten resin is injected into the cavity so as to be continuous with the porous body after the porous body is fixed by the mold surface by mold clamping, at least one of the plurality of positioning portions is provided. One is characterized in that the advancing movement is made with respect to the mold surface.

  According to the insert molding method of the present invention, when the molten resin is injected into the cavity, at least one of the plurality of positioning portions is moved forward with respect to the mold surface. Even if a force to move the porous body in the direction along the mold surface is exerted by the pressure, occurrence of displacement in this direction is suppressed by the advancing positioning portion.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the insert molding method according to the first aspect, in the state where the plurality of positioning portions are moved forward with respect to the mold surface, the porous body is clamped by the mold clamping. Then, at least one of the positioning portions is moved backward to form a first cavity, molten resin is injected into the first cavity, and then moved forward with respect to the mold surface. The positioning portion is moved backward to form a second cavity, and molten resin is injected into the second cavity.

  According to the insert molding method of the present invention, after a part of the plurality of positioning portions is moved backward from the mold surface to form the first cavity, the molten resin is injected into the first cavity. Then, the remaining positioning portion that has moved forward is moved backward to form the second cavity, and the molten resin is injected into the second cavity, so the volume of the molten resin to be injected at one time can be reduced. This makes it possible to shorten the filling distance of the molten resin, that is, the distance that the molten resin moves in the cavity during injection, so that the molten resin can be made porous even if the injection pressure is set low. It can arrange | position along the edge part. Therefore, the deformation of the porous body due to the injection pressure of the molten resin and the occurrence of displacement along the mold surface can be suppressed, and the molten resin is surely distributed along the edge of the porous body. It becomes possible to make it.

  In addition, a positioning portion that is moved back and forth with respect to the mold surface during injection between the mold surfaces is used as a primary molding cavity, while positioning that is moved forward with respect to the mold surface during injection. If the portion where the portion is disposed is a secondary molding cavity, after the primary molded product is molded in the primary molding cavity, the positioning portion that has been moved forward is moved backward, and a secondary molding cavity is formed. Thereafter, it is possible to realize a method of forming the secondary molded product integrally with the primary molded product previously molded in the secondary molding cavity. In this case, it is possible to manufacture a structure in which the resin portion constituting the composite porous body is made of at least two kinds of materials having different colors, materials, and the like.

  Further, in the mold clamping process in which the mold surface fixes the porous body in the mold opening / closing direction, at least one of the plurality of positioning portions can be kept in contact with the mold body. The occurrence of misalignment in the direction along the mold surface can be suppressed.

  According to the insert molding method of the present invention, a composite porous body as an insert molded product can be manufactured with high accuracy.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a composite porous body, which is an insert molded product manufactured by this insert molding method, will be described with reference to FIG.
The composite porous body 10 includes, for example, a thin plate-like porous body 11 having a three-dimensional network structure made of metal, and a resin extending in the surface direction of the porous body 11 from each outer peripheral edge of the porous body 11. The portion 12 is integrally formed, and has a rectangular thin plate shape as a whole.

The porous body 11 is in the shape of a rectangular thin plate, and has pores opened in the side portions in each direction, thereby providing air permeability and water absorption, light weight and large surface area.
On the other hand, the resin portion 12 has a frame-like thin plate shape having substantially the same thickness as the porous body 11, and is connected to the outer peripheral edge portion of the porous body 11 without a step as shown in FIG. ing.
In addition, the composite porous body 10 having a rectangular thin plate shape in which the porous body 11 and the resin portion 12 are integrated is attached to various devices by fixing or sandwiching the resin portion 12. For example, it is used for filters, gas diffusion members, heat radiating members, water absorbing members, and the like. Further, the porous body 11 is appropriately selected according to the characteristics required for the composite porous body 10 produced using the porous body 11, and may be a metal nonwoven fabric, not limited to metal. The carbonaceous material may include crystalline graphite or amorphous carbon that is not crystalline.

Here, as a method for producing the metal porous body 11, there is a method in which a green sheet is obtained by thinly forming and drying a slurry containing metal powder and then firing the green sheet.
FIG. 5 shows a green sheet manufacturing apparatus for thinly forming a slurry by the doctor blade method.
The slurry S is, for example, a mixture of metal powder such as SUS316L, an organic binder (methylcellulose), and a solvent (water). If necessary, a foaming agent (hexane) or an antifoaming agent (ethanol) that is vaporized by heat treatment is used. Etc. are added.
In the green sheet manufacturing apparatus 30, first, when the slurry S is supplied from the hopper 31 in which the slurry S is stored onto the carrier sheet 33 conveyed by the roller 32, the slurry S on the carrier sheet 33 moves. It extends between the sheet 33 and the doctor blade 34 and is formed to a predetermined thickness.

The formed slurry S is further conveyed by the carrier sheet 33, passes through the heating furnace 35, and is dried in the heating furnace 35, whereby the green sheet G in a state where the SUS316L powder is bonded by the organic binder is formed. It is formed. In addition, when a foaming agent is contained in the slurry S, the slurry S in a state of being extended on the carrier sheet 33 is heat-treated in a high humidity atmosphere before drying to foam the foaming agent to obtain a foamed slurry. The green sheet G is formed by performing a drying process.
Finally, the green sheet G is removed from the carrier sheet 33 and then degreased and fired in a vacuum furnace (not shown) to remove the organic binder, and the porous body 11 in which the metal powders are sintered together. Become.

  The porous body 11 thus obtained is inserted into the cavity 2 as an insert part in the insert molding using the insert molding die apparatus 1 as shown in FIGS. Is injected to produce a composite porous body 10 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the insert molding mold apparatus 1 includes a fixed mold 3 and a movable mold 4, and is disposed so that the mold surfaces 3a and 4a face each other. A pair of molds configured such that the movable mold 4 is supported so as to be movable back and forth toward the fixed mold 3 and positioning means 8 for positioning the porous body 11 in a direction along the surfaces of the mold surfaces 3a and 4a. It is set as the schematic structure provided with these. Then, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, when the movable mold 4 moves forward toward the fixed mold 3 and is in a mold-clamping state, the composite porous body 10 is insert-molded between the mold surfaces 3a and 4a. For this purpose, a cavity 2 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the positioning means 8 includes first and second positioning portions 8a and 8b each formed in a U-shape in plan view, and these positioning portions 8a and 8b are movable molds. A drive unit (not shown) composed of, for example, a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder supported so as to be able to protrude and retract with respect to the surface 4a, and a spring disposed between the first and second positioning units 8a, 8b and the drive unit, And an elastic member 8c made of rubber or the like. 1 to 4 show a spring as the elastic member 8c.
The drive unit includes first and second drive units (not shown) for moving the positioning units 8a and 8b separately, and the first and second positioning units 8a and 8b are moved by these drive units. When the advancing movement to the movable mold surface 4a, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), these positioning portions 8a and 8b constitute a frame as a whole.

With the positioning means 8 configured as described above, the porous body 11 is positioned in the direction along the surfaces of the mold surfaces 3a and 4a by the following two methods.
First, after the positioning parts 8a and 8b are moved forward and moved to the movable mold surface 4a by the first and second driving parts to form a frame body, the porous body 11 is placed inside the frame body. It arrange | positions on the movable metal mold | die surface 4a located in. As a result, the outer peripheral edge of the porous body 11 contacts at least a part of the inner surfaces of the first and second positioning portions 8a and 8b, so that the porous body 11 becomes the mold surface 3a as shown in FIG. , 4a are positioned in a direction along the surface.
Second, after the porous body 11 is disposed on the movable mold surface 4a, the first and second positioning units 8a and 8b are moved to the movable mold surface by the first and second drive units. Move forward to 4a. At this time, at least a part of the inner surfaces of the first and second positioning portions 8a and 8b are in contact with the outer peripheral edge of the porous body 11, whereby the porous body 11 is positioned as shown in FIG. The

  Here, the runner 5 and the gate 6 for supplying the molten resin 7 to the cavity 2 are respectively formed at the arrangement position of the first positioning portion 8a and the arrangement position of the second positioning portion 8b in the cavity 2. In the present embodiment, they are formed at positions facing each other in the direction along the movable mold surface 4a.

A method of manufacturing the composite porous body 10 shown in FIG. 6 using the insert molding die apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described.
First, the porous body 11 is arranged in a positioned state on the movable mold surface 4a as described above (see FIG. 1). Then, as described above, in a state where the first and second positioning portions 8a and 8b are in contact with the outer peripheral edge portion of the porous body 11, the movable die 4 is moved forward toward the fixed die 3 and the die is moved. The porous body 11 is compressed and fixed in the mold opening / closing direction by the mold surfaces 3a and 4a, and the cavity 2 is formed. Here, in the process of mold clamping, after the tip surfaces of the first and second positioning portions 8a and 8b come into contact with the fixed mold surface 3a, the elastic member gradually moves as the movable mold 4 moves forward. By reducing 8c, the protruding length of the first and second positioning portions 8a, 8b from the movable mold surface 4a is shortened (see FIG. 2).

Thereafter, only the first positioning portion 8a is moved backward by the first driving portion, the tip surface of the positioning portion 8a and the movable mold surface 4a are flush with each other, and the first surface between the mold surfaces 3a and 4a is first. The first cavity is obtained at the portion where the positioning portion 8a was located. Then, the molten resin 7 is injected from the runner 5 through the gate 6 communicating with the first cavity (see FIG. 3).
Thereafter, before the molten resin 7 is cured in the first cavity, the second positioning unit 8b disposed so as to face the first positioning unit 8a is moved backward by the second driving unit, The leading end surface of the positioning portion 8b and the movable mold surface 4a are flush with each other, and a second cavity is obtained at a portion where the second positioning portion 8a is located between the mold surfaces 3a and 4a. The molten resin 7 is injected from the runner 5 through the gate 6 communicating with the second cavity (see FIG. 4), and the molten resin 7 is injected into the first cavity. By curing in a continuous state, the composite porous body 10 which is an insert molded product in which the porous body 11 and the resin portion 12 are continuous and integrated without any step is formed.

  Thereafter, the movable mold 4 is moved backward so as to be separated from the fixed mold 3, and the positioning portions 8a and 8b are moved forward again by the drive units so as to protrude from the movable mold surface 4a. Thereby, the composite porous body 10 is satisfactorily separated from the surface of the movable mold 4a and removed from the insert molding mold apparatus 1.

In the composite porous body 10 formed as described above, when the molten resin 7 is injected into the first and second cavities, the molten resin 7 is about 5 μm to 1000 μm in the pores opened to the side of the porous body 11. Thus, the porous body 11 and the resin portion 12 are firmly bonded by the anchor effect. For example, when polypropylene is used as the material of the resin part 12, such a composite porous body 10 is obtained by clamping at a molding temperature of 180 ° C. and 80 kN and injection molding at a molding pressure of 250 kg / cm ² .

  The thickness of the cavity 2 during mold clamping (size in the mold opening / closing direction) is set slightly smaller than that of the porous body 11, and the porous body 11 is interposed between the mold surfaces 3a and 4a during mold clamping. By compressing 3 to 90%, the porous body 11 is securely fixed to the cavity 2 and the flatness of the porous body 11 is improved.

  As described above, according to the insert molding method according to the present embodiment, when the molten resin 7 is injected into the first cavity, the second positioning portion 8b is moved forward with respect to the movable mold surface 4a. Therefore, even if a force to move in the direction along the mold surfaces 3a and 4a acts on the porous body 11 due to the injection pressure of the molten resin 7 in the cavity 2, the second positioning portion 8b causes this direction. The occurrence of misalignment can be suppressed.

  Further, after the first positioning portion 8a is moved backward from the movable mold surface 4a to form the first cavity, the molten resin 7 is injected into the first cavity, and then moved forward. The second positioning portion 8b is moved backward to form a second cavity, and the molten resin 7 is injected into the second cavity, so that the volume of the molten resin 7 injected at one time can be reduced. In addition, since it becomes possible to shorten the filling distance of the molten resin 7, that is, the distance that the molten resin 7 moves in the cavity at the time of injection, the molten resin 7 can be removed from the porous body 11 even if the injection pressure is set low. It can arrange | position along an outer peripheral part. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of deformation of the porous body 11 due to the injection pressure of the molten resin 7 and the occurrence of misalignment along the mold surfaces 3a and 4a, and to follow the outer peripheral edge of the porous body 11. It is possible to reliably distribute the molten resin 7.

  Further, since the molten resin 7 is separately injected into the first and second cavities, for example, after forming the primary molded product in the first cavity, the second positioning portion 8b is moved backward to move the second A method can be realized in which a cavity is formed and then a secondary molded product is molded integrally with the primary molded product previously molded in the second cavity. In this case, the resin part 12 constituting the composite porous body 10 can be manufactured with a structure made of at least two kinds of materials having different colors, materials, and the like.

  Further, the mold surfaces 3a and 4a advance the first and second positioning portions 8a and 8b relative to the movable mold surface 3a in the process of mold clamping in which the porous body 11 is compressed and fixed in the mold opening / closing direction. Since it is moved, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of displacement in the direction along the mold surfaces 3a and 4a of the porous body 11 in the process of clamping.

As described above, the porous body 11 is appropriately selected according to the characteristics required for the composite porous body 10 produced using the porous body 11. If the rate is too small, the molten resin 7 will not enter the pores properly, the anchor effect will be insufficient, and the bonding strength with the resin part 12 may not be sufficiently obtained.
On the other hand, even if the pore size or porosity of the porous body 11 is too large, the strength of the porous body 11 itself is insufficient, and the resin molding pressure and the compression at the time of resin curing cannot be endured. The molten resin 7 may permeate too deep into the pores of the porous body 11, and the desired shape may not be maintained.
Therefore, it is preferable that the porous body 11 has a pore diameter of about 10 μm to 2 mm and a porosity of about 40 to 98%.

On the other hand, the resin portion 12 is also appropriately selected in consideration of heat-resistant temperature, hardness, and the like according to characteristics required for the composite porous body 10 produced using the resin portion 12. Any material that can be injection-molded, such as rubber).
Further, the resin portion 12 may be flat as shown in FIG. 6B, but a screw insertion hole, a groove shape for fitting to the apparatus, a rib shape for improving strength, a boss Etc. may be provided during resin molding.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6B, the composite porous body 10 has the resin portion 12 having a thickness substantially the same as the thickness of the porous body 11, and the resin portion 12 is made porous. Although a configuration in which the outer peripheral edge portion of the body 11 is connected without a step is shown, a configuration having this step may be used. For example, the resin portion 12 may have a thickness that is about 0.01 mm thinner than the thickness of the porous body 11, and is connected to the outer peripheral edge portion of the porous body 11 with a step.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6A, the resin portion 12 does not need to be continuous with the entire outer peripheral edge portion of the porous body 11, and may be partially continuous as necessary. The resin part 12 may be connected not only in the outer peripheral edge part of the porous body 11 but also in the middle by providing a hole in 11 in advance and injecting it so that the molten resin 7 is filled therein. In addition, for example, the porous body 12 may be connected to at least one side of the porous body 12 in a lattice shape, for example.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the positioning means 8 is arranged in the movable mold 4 is shown, but it may be arranged in the fixed mold 3. Even in such a configuration, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiment are obtained.
That is, with this configuration, the following manufacturing method is realized. In the process in which the movable mold 4 moves forward and clamps, at least one of the positioning portions 8a and 8b disposed in the fixed mold 3 comes into contact with the outer peripheral edge of the porous body 11, thereby gradually becoming porous. When the material body 11 is positioned in the direction along the mold surfaces 3a and 4a and the mold clamping is completed, the positioning is completed and the porous body 11 is compressed in the mold opening and closing direction by the mold surfaces 3a and 4a. Will be fixed. Thereafter, similarly to the above-described embodiment, first and second cavities are sequentially formed, and the molten resin 7 is individually injected into these cavities.
Further, in this configuration, after the composite porous body 10 is formed, the movable mold 4 is moved backward so as to be separated from the fixed mold 3, and then the positioning portions 8a and 8b are again advanced onto the fixed mold surface 3a. When the movable mold 4 moves, when the movable mold 4 moves backward from the fixed mold 3, the occurrence of a problem that the composite porous body 10 is taken on the fixed mold surface 3 a, so-called “cavity removal”, is suppressed.

In the above embodiment, the first and second positioning portions 8a and 8b are brought into contact with the distal end surfaces of the first and second positioning portions 8a and 8b and the fixed mold surface 3a at the time of clamping. Although the method of retreating from the movable mold surface 4a by the drive unit has been shown, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is not limited to this and between the front end surface of the first and second positioning units 8a and 8b and the fixed mold surface 3a. A gap may be formed in the gap. Further, in this case, the positioning members 8a and 8b may be gradually moved backward by the elastic member 8c by the injection pressure without using the first and second driving units.
Further, the positioning portions 8a and 8b are not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be, for example, one or more pin members supported so as to be able to appear and retract on the mold surface 3a or 4a. Note that the cross-sectional shape of the pin member may be any of a circular shape, a rectangular shape, an elliptical shape, and the like.
Furthermore, the method of injecting the molten resin into the first and second cavities separately from the runner 5 through the gate 6 has been shown. However, the number of cavities (the number of positioning portions) is not limited to two and more. It may be.

  Provided is an insert molding method capable of manufacturing a composite porous body as an insert molded product with high accuracy.

(A) is a figure which shows the 1st process of the insert molding method shown as one Embodiment of this invention, (b) is a cross-sectional top view which shows a part of mold apparatus for insert molding shown to (a). is there. It is a figure which shows the 2nd process of the insert molding method shown as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 3rd process of the insert molding method shown as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 4th process of the insert molding method shown as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the method of manufacturing a porous body. (A) is a top view of a composite porous body, (b) is a cross-sectional side view of a composite porous body.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Insert mold apparatus 2 Cavity 3 Fixed mold 3a Fixed mold surface 4 Movable mold 4a Movable mold surface 7 Molten resin 8 Positioning means 8a 1st positioning part 8b 2nd positioning part 10 Composite porous body 11 Porous body 12 Resin part

Claims (2)

By inserting a porous body as an insert part into a cavity formed between mold surfaces in a mold-clamped state, and performing injection molding to inject a molten resin so as to be continuous with the porous body, the porous body and the resin An insert molding method using a mold apparatus for insert molding for producing a composite porous body formed integrally with a part,
The insert molding die device includes positioning means supported so as to be movable in and out with respect to the die surface,
The positioning means is opposed to each of a plurality of positions of the edge of the porous body arranged on the mold surface when advanced to the mold surface, and at least one of them is the A plurality of positioning parts configured to contact the edge of the porous body and position the porous body in a direction along the mold surface;
After the porous body is fixed by the mold surface by mold clamping, at the time of injecting molten resin into the cavity so as to be continuous with the porous body, at least one of the plurality of positioning portions is the mold An insert molding method characterized by moving forward relative to the mold surface. The insert molding method according to claim 1,
In a state where the plurality of positioning portions are moved forward with respect to the mold surface, the porous body is fixed by the mold surface by clamping,
After retreating at least one of the positioning portions to form a first cavity, and after injecting molten resin into the first cavity,
An insert molding method characterized by forming a second cavity by retreating the positioning portion moving forward with respect to the mold surface, and injecting a molten resin into the second cavity.

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