JP2010264769A - Control device for injection molding machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for an injection molding machine capable of reducing time required for switching a screen to display a display part. <P>SOLUTION: The control device for the injection molding machine for molding a molded article by injecting molten resin obtained by heating to melt a synthetic resin material, into a die while measuring the molten resin, includes a human-machine interface part 41 mounted with a general-purpose operating system; a display part 43 with a touch panel arranged on the screen of the display part; and a storage part 56 storing set values which are various molding conditions for every molded product. The storage part is formed as an internal or external storage medium, and the human-machine interface part 41 is configured to display total screen configuration collectively for every item and to switch to a screen corresponding to a button when the button in each item is operated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a control device for an injection molding machine, and more particularly, to a control device including a human machine interface unit.

  The injection molding machine melts the synthetic resin material put into the barrel from the hopper by heating with a heater, extrudes this molten resin forward by the rotation and advance operation of the injection screw provided in the barrel, and further melts in the barrel After weighing the resin, it operates to inject from the injection nozzle into the mold. At this time, the mold is closed and held by the mold opening / closing mechanism and filled with the molten resin to be injected. Thereafter, the mold is separated from the injection nozzle, released from the mold opening / closing mechanism, and the molded product is taken out from the mold.

  A control device for controlling such an injection molding machine is provided with a human machine interface unit, and the operation unit of this human machine interface unit is operated to perform speed, pressure, and pressure for each process such as injection, mold opening / closing, extrusion, and metering. Numerical data such as time is set and displayed as a set value on the display unit of the human machine interface unit.

  In addition, a sub screen on which monitor values and the like are displayed is displayed at the top of the display unit, and a main screen for setting set values is displayed at the bottom.

  Then, the screen group to be displayed on the main screen is selected by the hardware direct key, and the screen switching of the same screen group is performed by the function button provided at the lower part of the display unit.

  Since the maximum number of function buttons displayed on the display unit is 8, if the number of screens in the same screen group exceeds 8, multiple screens must be assigned to one function button. It was. For this reason, screen switching is complicated and difficult to understand, and it takes time to switch screens.

  In addition, since the screen was switched using the screen selection button arranged on the menu screen for the sub screen, when switching the screen, it is necessary to return to the menu screen once and press the screen selection button, which is wasteful for switching the screen. It took a long time.

  In addition, each screen is provided for each item. To display the screen you want to set, select the item with the direct key described above, and select the screen you want to display from the function buttons displayed there. By doing so, the screen was switched. If the number of screens increases due to options, etc., it may not be clear which item the target screen is in, and it is necessary to search for the target screen while switching items with the direct key. It took time. In particular, in the high cycle molding of 10 seconds or less, the labor and time are harmful.

  On the other hand, before molding, each set value is sequentially set in a memory using a setter while switching each screen. Here, in general, the number of setting devices exceeds 100. After the start of molding, the optimum conditions were adjusted by changing the set values of each process as necessary while checking the quality of the molded product. At that time, the setting device to which the normal change is made is limited by the mold or the molded product, but it is often not arranged in the same screen. Therefore, it is necessary to change the setting after searching for the necessary setting device while switching the screen each time, and it takes time to switch the screen. In particular, in the high cycle molding of 10 seconds or less, the labor and time are harmful.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a control device for an injection molding machine capable of shortening the time required for switching the screen displayed on the display unit.

  The invention described in claim 1 is an injection molding machine for molding a molded product by measuring a molten resin obtained by heating and melting a synthetic resin material and molding the molded product, and a human-machine interface unit equipped with a general-purpose operating system, and a display A display unit with a touch panel in which a touch panel is arranged on the screen of the unit, and a storage unit for storing setting values and screen display data which are various molding conditions for each molded product, the storage unit being an internal storage medium or an external It is formed on a storage medium, and the human machine interface unit displays the entire screen configuration for each item collectively, and when a button in each item is operated, the screen is switched to a screen corresponding to the button.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the entire screen configuration is displayed for each item, it is possible to recognize at a glance what screen exists for each item. Furthermore, since the screen is displayed when the button in each item is operated, the target screen can be immediately displayed on the display unit. The time required for switching the screen displayed on the display unit can be shortened.

The figure which shows the structure of the electric injection molding machine which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. The block diagram of the control apparatus of the injection molding machine main body which concerns on the same embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the HMI part of the control apparatus of FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of a main part formed in the storage device of FIG. 3. The figure which shows the example of a display screen at the time of the molding condition setting in the display part with a touch panel of FIG. The figure which shows the example of a display screen at the time of the molding condition setting in the display part with a touch panel of FIG. The figure which shows the example of a display screen at the time of the molding condition setting in the display part with a touch panel of FIG. The figure which shows the example of a display screen at the time of the molding condition setting in the display part with a touch panel of FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This embodiment will be described as applied to a control device for an electric injection molding machine.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electric injection molding machine. An injection molding machine main body 1 has an injection screw 4 inserted in a cylindrical barrel 3 having a hopper 2 so as to be rotatable and movable back and forth. Yes. A rear portion of the barrel 3 communicates with the hopper 2, and a synthetic resin material is supplied from the hopper 2.

  A plurality of heaters (not shown) are arranged on the outer periphery of the barrel 3 at a predetermined interval so as to melt the charged synthetic resin material by heating the outer periphery of the barrel. An injection nozzle 5 for injecting molten resin is formed at the tip of the barrel 3. The temperature of the barrel 3 is controlled so that the melting degree of the molten resin gradually increases toward the tip.

  The injection screw 4 is rotationally driven by an injection servo motor 6 and moves back and forth. That is, the rotational driving force of the injection servo motor 6 is transmitted to a ball screw shaft 11 rotatably disposed on the servo bracket 10 via a transmission mechanism including a pulley 7, a timing belt 8 and a timing pulley 9. It is configured. A ball nut 12 is screwed onto the ball screw shaft 11, and the ball nut 12 is bolted to the thrust box 13. Furthermore, the rear end portion of the injection screw 4 is coupled to the thrust box 13 via an S shaft and a bearing (not shown) that are rotatably provided.

  A timing pulley 14 is coupled to the S shaft rotatably coupled to the thrust box 13, and a measuring servo motor 17 is coupled via a transmission mechanism including the timing pulley 14, the timing belt 15, and the pulley 16. The rotational driving force of the measuring servo motor 17 is transmitted to the S axis via a transmission mechanism. Thereby, the rotation of the measuring servo motor 17 is transmitted as a rotation for causing the injection screw 4 to perform a measuring operation.

  In front of the barrel 3, a mold 18 and a device 19 for opening / closing and clamping the mold 18 are arranged. The tip 4 a of the injection screw 4 moves forward in the barrel 3 when the injection nozzle 5 formed at the tip of the barrel 3 is pressed against the nozzle port 18 a of the mold 18. The generated molten resin is injected from the injection nozzle 5 and filled into the mold cavity 20.

  The device 19 for opening and closing and clamping the mold 18 is provided with a movable plate 23 that supports the other of the mold 18 via a tie bar 22 in a movable manner with respect to the fixed plate 21 that supports one of the mold 18. In addition, the movable platen 23 is attached to the toggle mechanism support plate 25 via a toggle type clamping mechanism 24. A mold clamping servomotor 26 for driving the toggle mold clamping mechanism 24 is attached to the toggle mechanism support board 25. A mold thickness adjusting mechanism 27 adjusts the mold thickness by the toggle type mold clamping mechanism 24.

  In this electric injection molding machine, first, the mold clamping servomotor 26 is driven to start the mold 18 closing, and the injection nozzle 5 of the barrel 3 is pressed and brought into contact with the nozzle port 18 a of the mold 18. Next, the metering servo motor 17 is driven to measure the molten resin to be injected, and then the injection servo motor 6 is driven to advance the injection screw 4 to perform injection filling of the molten resin into the mold cavity 20. .

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control device for the electric injection molding machine main body 1 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and includes a main control unit 31 that manages and monitors the injection molding machine main body and controls each part. ing. Further, it has a CPU, ROM and RAM, and has a sequence processing unit 32 for controlling the operation sequence of the injection molding machine main body, and has a CPU, ROM and RAM, and controls the injection servo motor 6 and the metering servo motor 17. A servo command unit 33 is provided. The main control unit 31, sequence processing unit 32, and servo command unit 33 are electrically connected to each other by a bus line 34. Here, the RAM stores setting values for each process set on each screen described later.

  The servo command unit 33 controls the servo amplifier 35 to drive the injection servo motor 6. The rotation and current value of the injection servo motor 6 are detected by the detection unit 36. The servo command section 33 receives a detection signal from the detection section 36, detects the movement position, rotation speed, and motor current value of the injection screw 4, and performs feedback control for controlling the injection servo motor 6 based on the detected position. .

  The servo command unit 33 controls the servo amplifier 37 to drive the measuring servo motor 17. Then, the rotation and current value of the measuring servo motor 17 are detected by the detection unit 38. The servo command unit 33 receives a detection signal from the detection unit 38, detects the movement position, rotation speed, and motor current value of the injection screw 4, and performs feedback control for controlling the measuring servo motor 17 based on the detected position. .

  An I / O 40 and the like are electrically connected to the sequence processing unit 32 via an I / O bus 39.

  The main control unit 31 includes a communication interface unit. An HMI (human machine interface) unit 41 having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a general-purpose OS (operating system) is connected to a LAN 42 such as Ethernet (registered trademark). Connected by. The HMI unit 41 is composed of, for example, a personal computer, and is connected to a display unit of a display unit 43 with a touch panel in which a touch panel is arranged on a liquid crystal display screen, and controls the display unit.

  Further, the main control unit 31 connects an operation panel unit 44 provided with a plurality of mechanical operation switches by a cable 45, and connects a touch panel of the display unit with a touch panel 43 by a cable 46. A temperature control unit 47 that controls the temperature of the barrel by a heater disposed on the outer peripheral portion of the barrel 3 is connected by a cable 48.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the HMI unit 41 communicates with the main control unit 31 via a CPU 51 constituting a control unit main body, a ROM 52 storing program data, a RAM 53 provided with a memory used for data processing, and the LAN 42. A non-volatile storage medium such as a compact flash (registered trademark) card or a hard disk storing a communication interface (I / F) 54 for performing display, a display controller 55 for controlling display of the display unit 43 with a touch panel, a general-purpose OS, etc. A storage medium interface (I / F) 58 that communicates data with this external storage medium 57 is provided by connecting to the storage device 56 and an external storage medium 57 such as an optical disk, and electrically connected to each other via a bus line 59. ing.

  The display unit with touch panel 43 is display-controlled by the HMI unit 41 via the display controller 55. A key signal from the display unit with a touch panel 43 is input to the main control unit 31. Of the key signals input by the main control unit 31, signals necessary for the HMI unit 41 are transmitted to the LAN 42. The data is transmitted to the HMI unit 41 via

  The storage medium of the storage device 56 includes display data storage means 561 for storing display data of screens shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 and display data of other screens.

  In such a configuration, when molding a single molded product, the touch panel is touched while the screen for selecting the molding condition is displayed on the display unit of the display unit 43 with a touch panel, and the molding condition is set. When selected, a screen for setting molding conditions is displayed on the display unit as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a changeover switch for switching the screen is always displayed in the fixed area A of the display unit 43. As this changeover switch, “list”, “temperature”, “clamping”, “injection”, “production”, “monitor”, “option”, “record” are displayed.

As described above, since the changeover switch for switching the screen displayed on the display unit 43 is provided so as to be always displayed in the fixed area A of the display unit, the screen designated by the changeover switch is displayed in any display state. be able to. Accordingly, the time required for switching the screen displayed on the display unit 43 can be shortened. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the “list” button 61 is touched. If this screen is called a list screen, a screen for setting basic molding conditions on the same screen is displayed on this list screen. That is, on this list screen, temperature setting (HEATROL) B, injection metering setting (INJECTROL) C, mold clamping setting (CLAMPTROL) D, extrusion setting (EJECTROL) E, and timer setting (TIMER) F are displayed.

  Since the screen for setting basic molding conditions is displayed on the same screen in this way, the molding conditions can be set without switching the screen. Therefore, screen switching to be displayed on the display unit 43 can be made unnecessary.

  Next, when the “menu” button 62 is touched from the screen of FIG. 5, a menu screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. On this menu screen, the entire screen configuration is displayed for each item such as “temperature”, “clamping”, “injection”, “production”, “monitor”, “option”, and “recording”.

  As described above, since the entire screen configuration is displayed collectively for each item, it is possible to recognize at a glance what screen exists for each item. Furthermore, since the screen is displayed when the button in each item is operated, the target screen can be immediately displayed on the display unit.

Since the target screen can be immediately displayed on the display unit 43, screen switching can be shortened.

  For example, when the “barrel temperature” button 71 is touched from the “temperature” item in FIG. 6, a temperature setting screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the upper part of the display unit 43 is divided and displayed on a sub-screen G for displaying a monitor and the like, and the lower part is divided into a main screen H for changing the setting of molding conditions. Then, the tag 72 is displayed on the screens constituting the main screen H and the sub screen G, respectively.

  Since there are eight tags 72 that can be displayed on the main screen H, the tags for “mold temperature 6” and “mold temperature 7” are displayed on the next page. A next page key 73 for displaying the next page is displayed on the main screen of FIG. When the next page key 73 is touched, the next page is displayed on the main screen H as shown in FIG. On the main screen H of the next page, a return key 74 for returning to the previous page is displayed.

  Thus, since the tag 72 is also displayed on the display unit 43 on the screens constituting the main screen H and the sub screen G, the tag 72 can immediately determine where the other screen is. Since the screen can be switched to another screen by touching the tag 72, for example, the operation of setting the set value while switching the “barrel temperature”, “barrel PID”,. It can be shortened.

  In the injection molding, the main control unit 31 controls the temperature control unit 47 to melt the synthetic resin material put into the barrel 3 from the hopper 2 by heating with the heater, and the sequence processing unit 32 and the servo command unit 33. To control. Thus, first, the metering servo motor 17 is driven to move the injection screw 4 to measure the amount of molten resin to be injected. Next, the injection servo motor 6 is driven to advance the injection screw 4, and the molten resin is extruded to the injection nozzle 5 at the tip 4 a. As a result, the molten resin is injected from the injection nozzle 5 into the nozzle port 18 a of the mold 18 and filled in the mold cavity 20. When the filling is completed, the device 19 for opening / closing and clamping the mold 18 is operated to move the mold 18 away from the barrel 3 and to open the mold 18 to take out the molded product.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Injection molding machine main body, 18 ... Mold, 31 ... Main control part, 41 ... Human machine interface (HMI) part, 43 ... Display part with a touch panel, 51 ... CPU, 56 ... Memory | storage device, 57 ... External storage medium.

Claims (1)

In an injection molding machine that molds a molded product by measuring a molten resin obtained by heating and melting a synthetic resin material into a mold,
A human machine interface unit equipped with a general-purpose operating system, a display unit with a touch panel in which a touch panel is arranged on the screen of the display unit, and a storage unit for storing setting values and screen display data as various molding conditions for each molded product With
Forming the storage unit on an internal storage medium or an external storage medium;
The control apparatus for an injection molding machine, wherein the human machine interface unit displays the entire screen configuration for each item collectively and switches to a screen corresponding to the button when a button in each item is operated.

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