JP2008062470A - Arrangement device of molding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the arrangement device of a molding apparatus which saves a space and suppresses the enlargement of a plant site. <P>SOLUTION: A commonly used mold conveyance means 11 is arranged within a pair of the molding apparatuses 10 and 10. As the mold conveyance means 11, a mobile mold conveyance means 11A or a stationary mod conveyance means 11B is available. Known mold carry-in/out detection means 18 and 18 are installed in a mold part 15. Within a pair of the molding apparatuses 10 and 10, an intermediate stand 19 adjusting the distance between the molding apparatuses 10 is installed, so that the distance between the molding apparatuses 10 is adjusted in accordance with the field. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a set-up device for a molding apparatus that can reduce the space of a factory site and save space in the set-up device for the molding apparatus.

For example, in order to produce a wide variety of products, an injection molding apparatus prepares molds for each product. For this reason, mold replacement work is indispensable, and equipment for that is essential.
Examples of such an injection molding apparatus and a mold exchanging apparatus include the following.

JP 2001-26039 A

The mold changing apparatus and method of the injection molding apparatus in this document enables a reduction in labor required for mold changing without using a larger apparatus and using different power. The movable table is movably supported with respect to the moving direction of the panel, and is arranged on the moving table at a predetermined interval in the moving direction of the movable platen, and the mold is placed between the fixed platen and the movable platen. A plurality of mold exchanging stations carried in and out, and a connecting means for detachably connecting the movable platen and the moving table, and the moving table is moved integrally with the movable platen via the connecting means to move the moving table. The upper mold exchanging station is moved to a predetermined mold exchanging position.
Thus, the moving table can be shuttled by using the moving force of the movable plate in the existing injection molding apparatus without providing a special power source on the moving table on which the mold is placed. Therefore, it is said that it is possible to reduce the labor of the mold exchanging work without significantly increasing the apparatus cost and without enlarging the apparatus.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, a carriage traveling rail 2 is laid on both sides of the plurality of molding apparatuses 1, a mold conveyance carriage 3 is arranged, and a mold replacement operation has been performed.

However, since the carriage traveling rails 2 are laid on both sides of the molding apparatus 1 and the mold conveyance carriage 3 is disposed in this way, an increase in the exclusive area is inevitable. As a result, as described above, The factories that are equipped with such facilities must have a vast area.
The present invention has been proposed in order to improve such a problem, and in the setup device of the molding apparatus, the setup of the molding apparatus is aimed at saving space and suppressing the expansion of the factory site. An object is to provide an apparatus.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in claim 1 of the present invention, a common metal for exchanging the mold between the adjacent molding apparatuses 10 and 10 as necessary with respect to these molding apparatuses 10. By adopting a configuration in which the mold conveying means 11 is disposed, the dimension between the molding apparatuses 10 and 10 can be reduced.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of products can be produced by exchanging a plurality of molds by using the movable mold conveying means 11A as the shared mold conveying means 11.

  Moreover, in Claim 3 in this invention, it can replace | exchange at least another metal mold | die by using fixed mold conveyance means 11B for the metal mold conveyance means 11 to share, and shall also make an installation simple. Can do.

  According to claim 4 of the present invention, either the movable mold conveying means 11A or the fixed mold conveying means 11B is selected for the adjacent molding apparatuses 10 and 10 in accordance with the number of molds to be used. The metal mold to be used is arranged and shared, and is configured so that either the movable mold conveying means 11A or the fixed mold conveying means 11B is selectively disposed beside the molding apparatuses 10 and 10. It is possible to cope with the number of types, and it is possible to promote the improvement of productivity as well as the production of a wide variety of products and the space saving of the whole factory.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the adjusting means 19 for adjusting the interval between the molding apparatuses 10 is provided between the adjacent molding apparatuses 10 and 10 where the mold conveying means 11 is disposed, so that the site can be more on-site. Correspondingly, the interval between the molding apparatuses 10 can be adjusted, and it is possible to further eliminate useless space.

  Further, according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the detection device 18 for detecting the loading / unloading of the mold is provided in the molding apparatuses 10 and 10, so that the other operation can be performed by replacing the molding mold portion 15 of the molding apparatus 10. There is no such a thing that the mold exchanging operation of the molding apparatus 10 is hindered.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a setup device for a molding apparatus according to the present invention will be described and described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In FIG. 1, a mold conveying means 11 as a setup device of the molding apparatus 10 is disposed between a pair of molding apparatuses 10 and 10 disposed in the factory. As the mold conveying means 11, as a movable mold conveying means 11A, a traveling rail 12 laid between the pair of molding devices 10 and 10, and a mold conveying carriage capable of traveling on the traveling rail 12. 13.
In addition, as this mold conveyance means 11, as a fixed mold conveyance means 11B, a mold conveyance carriage 13 is disposed on the factory floor near the outside of the pair of molding apparatuses 10, 10, and The mold can also be changed.

  The molding apparatus 10 is a well-known injection molding apparatus. Although not described in detail here, the cylinder S with a built-in screw serving as a means for heating and melting a resin, which is a material charged from the hopper H, is extruded. The molding machine 14 having an injection unit having the above, a molding die portion 15, and a clamping mechanism portion 16 are substantially constituted.

  The mold conveying carriage 13 has a plurality of different molds mounted thereon, and is configured to be able to provide a replacement mold at any time. However, the configuration itself is appropriate. Description is omitted.

  The molding die 15 includes a fixed mold (not shown) and a movable mold (not shown) disposed in a space surrounded by the tie bars 17. The molding die portion 15 is provided with known mold carry-in / out detection means 18, 18. By these detection means 18, 18, it is detected in which direction the mold has been taken out from the molding die portion 15 of one of the molding apparatuses 10 and carried out in either direction. And according to this state, it is a structure whether the replacement | exchange operation | work of the shaping | molding die part 15 of the other shaping | molding apparatus 10 is performed, or it is set as the replacement | working standby state.

  Further, the mold clamping mechanism portion 16 can be constituted by, for example, a well-known toggle mechanism (not shown).

  An adjusting means 19 (hereinafter referred to as an intermediate stage 19) for adjusting the distance between the molding apparatuses 10 is provided between the pair of molding apparatuses 10 and 10, and the distance between the molding apparatuses 10 is adjusted according to the site. Like to do. In order to perform the function as a spacer, the intermediate stand 19 is provided with one having different dimensions W1 and W2 (see FIG. 2).

Since the set-up device of the molding apparatus according to the present invention is configured as described above, the pair of molding apparatuses 10 and 10 in the factory can perform mold replacement work by the mold transport means 11 provided between them. It can be carried out. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide the mold conveying means 11 for each molding apparatus 10 as in the past, and it is possible to greatly reduce the installation space as well as to reduce the equipment cost and more molding apparatuses 10 in the factory. Can lead to improved production efficiency.
In addition, it is possible to further eliminate useless space between the molding apparatuses 10 and 10 by the intermediate table 19 that adjusts the distance between the molding apparatuses 10 in accordance with the site in addition to the mold conveying means 11. .

In performing the exchange operation of the molds of both the molding apparatuses 10 and 10 as described above, the mold is taken out from the molding mold portion 15 of any molding apparatus 10 out of the both molding apparatuses 10, It can be detected by the detection means 18 and 18 provided in the molding die part 15 in which direction it is carried out and carried in.
Therefore, if the replacement work of the molding die portion 15 of the other molding apparatus 10 is performed based on this, the replacement of the molding mold portion 15 of the molding apparatus 10 causes the replacement of the mold of the other molding apparatus 10. There is no such thing as disturbing mold change.
From the above, it can be seen that even if both molding apparatuses 10 and 10 share one mold conveying means 11, the productivity of both molding apparatuses 10 and 10 does not decrease at all.

The setup device of the molding apparatus according to the present invention can also be configured as follows.
In addition, in this setup apparatus of the molding apparatus, the molding apparatus 10 has substantially the same configuration as that used in the setup apparatus of the above-described molding apparatus, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.
In the setup apparatus of the molding apparatus in this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the number of molds required as a configuration in which the mold conveying means 11 as the setup apparatus is shared with the paired molding apparatuses 10 and 10. Accordingly, the movable mold conveying means 11A and the fixed mold conveying means 11B can be combined and arranged.
For example,
(1) Between the molding apparatuses 10 and 10, a fixed mold conveying means 11 </ b> B in which one type of mold conveying cart 13 is disposed,
(2) Between the molding apparatuses 10 and 10, as the movable mold conveying means 11A, two mold conveying carts 13 on which one type of mold to be replaced is placed are prepared, and the traveling rail 12 (not shown) What can be exchanged on the top,
(3) Two mold conveyance carriages 13 are prepared as movable mold conveyance means 11A between the molding apparatuses 10 and 10 and on both sides of the molding apparatuses 10 and 10, and a traveling rail 12 (not shown). What can be exchanged on the top,
(4) Two mold conveyance carriages 13 are prepared as the movable mold conveyance means 11A between the molding apparatuses 10 and 10 and on both sides of the molding apparatuses 10 and 10, and the traveling rail 12 (not shown). A tool exchanging carriage 13, 13 in which a mold for replacement is further placed on both molding apparatuses 10, 10 so that the upper part can be exchanged and moved,
Can think.

  By adopting such a configuration, the mold conveying means 11 (11A, 11B) as a set-up device is shared with the paired molding apparatuses 10 and 10 according to the molds required in the molding process. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide the mold conveying means 11 for each molding apparatus 10 as before, and the installation cost can be greatly reduced as well as the cost reduction of the equipment cost. In addition, by responding to the number of molds to be used, it is possible to promote the improvement of productivity as well as the production of a wide variety of products and the space saving of the entire factory.

  In the setup apparatus as described above, an intermediate table 19 (not shown) that adjusts the distance between the molding apparatuses 10 between the molding apparatuses 10 and 10 in addition to the mold conveying means 11 corresponding to the site. It is possible to further eliminate useless space.

It is composition explanatory drawing which shows one embodiment of the setup apparatus of the shaping | molding apparatus concerning this invention. It is a diagram for demonstrating the function of the setup apparatus of the shaping | molding apparatus shown in FIG. It is composition explanatory drawing which shows another embodiment of the setup apparatus of the shaping | molding apparatus concerning this invention. It is composition explanatory drawing which shows an example of the setup apparatus of the conventional shaping | molding apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Molding device setup apparatus 11 Mold conveying means 11A Mobile mold conveying means 11B Fixed mold conveying means 12 Traveling rail 13 Mold conveying carriage 14 Molding machine 15 Molding part 16 Clamping mechanism part 17 Tie bar 18 Detection means 19 Intermediate stand H Hopper S Cylinder

Claims (6)

  Between the adjacent molding apparatuses (10, 10), a shared mold conveying means (11) is provided for each of these molding apparatuses (10) to replace the molds as necessary. A setup device for a molding apparatus.   The mold conveying means (11) includes a movable mold conveying means (11) having a traveling rail (12) and at least two mold conveying carriages (13) that can travel on the traveling rail (12). 11A), the set-up device for a molding apparatus according to claim 1.   The molding according to claim 1, wherein the mold transport means (11) is a fixed mold transport means (11B) having a mold transport carriage (13) on which a mold to be replaced is placed. Equipment setup device.   Corresponding to the number of molds to be used with respect to the adjacent molding apparatuses (10, 10), between the molding apparatuses (10, 10), the traveling rail (12) and the traveling of the traveling means (11). A movable mold conveyance means (11A) having at least two mold conveyance carriages (13) that can run on the rail (12), or a mold conveyance carriage (13) on which a mold to be replaced is placed. Any one of the fixed mold conveying means (11B) having the same is selectively arranged and shared, and the movable mold conveying means (11A) or the fixed mold is located beside the molding apparatus (10, 10). A setup device for a molding apparatus, wherein either one of the conveying means (11B) is selectively arranged.   The adjusting means (19) for adjusting the interval between the molding apparatuses (10) is provided between the adjacent molding apparatuses (10, 10) provided with the mold conveying means (11). 5. A setup apparatus for a molding apparatus according to 1 or 4.   The molding according to any one of claims 1, 4 and 5, wherein the molding device (10, 10) is provided with a detecting means (18) for detecting the loading / unloading of the mold. Equipment setup device.

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