JP2551533B2 - Antioxidant device for extrusion molding machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an antioxidant device for an extruder mounted on a hopper portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a molding method using an extruder,
The current problems include the following. If extrusion molding is continued for a long time, carbonization occurs in the resin due to the air entrained with the resin, and a large amount of mass-like substance accumulates in the spiral part of the die installed in the extrusion molding machine and the die exit. To be done. If a large amount of the product and the messy substance due to the carbonization of the resin are generated, the finished extruded product is adversely affected. That is, (1) fish eyes are generated. (2) Gel is generated. (3) Film breakage occurs. (4) Flattening occurs. (5) Pinhole occurs.

The development occurs due to carbonization of the resin in the screw and the cylinder as a cause other than the formation of the messy substance. In order to eliminate these problems that are currently occurring, it is necessary to perform a cleaning operation for cleaning the die and removing the carbonized material once a week.
In particular, the spiral overhaul work in the die takes time (1 to 2 days) and cost, and it will come back as a huge running cost increase. In addition, the die must be overhauled four to six times a year, and in addition, the more the overhaul is performed, the more scratches are generated in the spiral, which further deteriorates the molding condition.

[0004] In addition, the extrusion molding machine requires a net change operation about once a week. During this net changing operation, air enters the cylinder and the resin between the inner circumference of the cylinder and the screw is oxidized. As a result, when the extrusion molding is restarted, the bad symptoms described in the above (1) to (5) will almost always occur due to the carbonization of the resin in the screw and the cylinder.

Also, the extruder is stopped on weekends,
At that time, the melted raw material resin in the cylinder and the die is cured and contracted. When the raw material resin contracts in this way, a gap is created in the cylinder or die, and air enters the gap. In this state, when the cylinder is heated to restart the extrusion molding work after a break, the shrinking resin is carbonized by the air entering inside, and in this case also the problems of (1) to (5) described above are encountered. However, there was a problem in that it occurred and a considerable loss occurred before it became stable. Then, in order to solve such a problem, the following method was proposed, but the following problem still remained.

That is, it is common to use nitrogen gas for preventing oxidation and carbonization by heating the raw material resin. Therefore, I tried to supply nitrogen gas with a hose inserted into the material supply hole of the hopper, but since the specific gravity of nitrogen is lighter than that of air, it is the above method that uses nitrogen gas from the top of the hopper to insert nitrogen gas. In the vicinity of the material supply hole from the hopper, it was not possible to efficiently insert the rabbit, even the inside of the extruder (that is, the cylinder or die part). In order to efficiently supply nitrogen gas to the inside of the extruder by this method, it is necessary to seal the hopper, but the raw material is intermittently supplied to the hopper. (Transportation) is installed,
It is very difficult to make the hopper part sealed,
It wasn't realistic.

[0007]

The problems to be solved by the present invention are as follows.
The purpose of this is to enable the inert gas to be effectively pushed into the inside of the extrusion molding machine and prevent the generation of a troublesome substance due to carbonization of the resin in the screw and the cylinder.

[0008]

An extrusion molding machine according to claim 1, wherein:
The antioxidant device (A) of (1) is "a heating cylinder (8), a hopper (2) for supplying a raw material which is provided in the heating cylinder (8) and in which a raw material supply hole (3) is formed, and a raw material. A ring-shaped inert gas supply passage (5) arranged around the supply hole (3) and supplied with the inert gas (4)
And is connected to the raw material supply hole (3) from the inert gas supply passage (5), and the direction is almost tangential to the raw material supply hole (3) and is formed to be inclined downward to the heating cylinder (8) side. It is composed of an inert gas blowing passageway (6) ”.

As a result, prior to the start of the extrusion molding operation, the inert gas (4) is blown into the supply passage (5) and ejected from the blow passage (6) into the raw material supply hole (3). Raw material supply hole
The inert gas (4) ejected into (3) flows into the heating cylinder (8) while forming a spiral in the raw material supply hole (3), and is attached to the tip of the heating cylinder (8), for example. It flows out from the die (11).
As a result, the lower part of the hopper (2) to the die (11) will be filled with the inert gas (4). In this state, the heating cylinder (8) is heated and the screw (7) is rotated to heat and knead the raw material resin, and extrusion molding is performed, but the presence of the inert gas (4) causes oxidation of the resin. Prevented, said
The problems (1) to (5) are resolved.

Further, since the blow-in passage (6) is formed substantially in the tangential direction of the raw material supply hole (3) and is inclined downward to the heating cylinder (8) side, the inert gas is prevented in the antioxidant (A). (4) comes to form a spiral, and an air curtain by the inert gas (4) is formed. As a result, by the air curtain of the above-mentioned inert gas (4), the air coming down from the hopper (2) together with the raw material resin is pushed back by the inert gas (4), and the heating cylinder (8) of the air in this part. Intrusion is blocked. This can prevent resin oxidation during the extrusion operation.

Further, by continuing to supply the inert gas (4) after completion of the extrusion work, it is possible to keep the heating cylinder (8) and the die (11) in an inactive state after cooling. It is possible to prevent oxidation and “burn” of the raw material resin in the heating cylinder (8) and the screw (7) when restarting.

[0012]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view of an extrusion molding apparatus according to the present invention,
The main components of the extruder (1), control panel (13),
Raw material air feeding section (14), hot air blowing device (15) and take-up device
It is composed of (18) and. The extruder (1) is composed of a heating cylinder (8), a die (11) and a drive unit (12) .The heating cylinder (8) has a cylindrical shape, and a screw (7) rotates inside. It is arranged freely, and the drive unit is connected via the torque transmission mechanism (17).
Connected to (12).

A heater (9) is arranged around the heating cylinder (8) to heat the heating cylinder (8) and the screw (7). A net (10) is provided inside the tip of the heating cylinder (8) so that the molten kneading resin extruded forward by the rotation of the screw (7) is rectified and extruded. A die (11) is erected on the upper surface of the tip of the heating cylinder (8), and a spiral (11a) is screwed on the die (11). A hopper (2) is installed on the upper surface of the heating cylinder (8) on the upstream side, and the raw material resin sent from the raw material feeding section (14) is supplied into the heating cylinder (8). .

An antioxidant device (A) is installed below the drive unit (12), and an inert gas (4) is fed from the antioxidant device (A) into the heating cylinder (8) and the die (11). Is efficiently supplied to. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the antioxidant device (A) is composed of an upper member (20) and a lower member (21), and an O-ring (22) is interposed on the joint surface thereof, The joint surface is kept airtight.

A hopper is provided for the upper member (20) and the O-ring (22).
A raw material supply hole (3) is provided so as to communicate with (2) and the heating cylinder (8), and the upper member (20) has a supply passage (5) around the raw material supply hole (3). Is recessed. The supply passage (5) is provided with an inert gas communication inlet (5) for supplying the inert gas (4).
a) has been drilled. Between the upper member (20) and the lower member (21), a plurality of blowing passages (6) communicating from the supply passage (5) to the raw material supply hole (3) are formed, and the direction thereof is the raw material supply. Hole
It is formed in a substantially tangential direction of (3) and is inclined downward toward the heating cylinder (8) side.

Prior to the start of the extrusion molding operation, however, the inert gas (4) is blown into the supply passage (5) from the inert gas communication inlet (5a), and the raw material supply hole is fed from the blow passage (6).
(3) Inject into the inside. The inert gas (4) ejected into the raw material supply hole (3) flows into the heating cylinder (8) while forming a spiral in the raw material supply hole (3), passes through the die (11), and exits ( Spill from 11b). This will allow the die (11) to be
Will be filled with an inert gas (4).

Next, the heater (9) is applied to heat the heating cylinder (8). Next, open the drive unit (12), supply the resin raw material in the hopper (2) into the heating cylinder (8), operate the drive unit (12) and rotate the screw (7) to rotate the raw material resin. Send it forward along the rotation of (7). The raw material resin sent forward by the rotation of the screw (7) is passed through the heating cylinder (8) to the heater (9).
It is heated by and is kneaded by the rotation of the screw (7) and gradually melts to become a melt-kneaded resin.
It is pushed through the die to the die (11).

The molten and kneaded resin extruded into the die (11) passes through the spiral (11a) and is extruded to the outlet (11b). Molded film that hot air is blown into the die (11) by the hot air blower (15) and is extruded from the die (11).
The outer periphery of (16) is heated to help the resin film (16) extruded in a cylindrical shape to expand. Air is contained in the cylindrical resin film (16) extruded from the outlet (11b), and the die (11) is taken by the take-up device (18).
It functions to spread the cylindrical resin film (16) extruded from the resin film (16), whereby the resin film (16) becomes a cylindrical shape having a constant diameter. (Inflation molding) The resin film (16) expanded to have a constant diameter is taken up by a take-up device (18) composed of a pair of rollers and taken up by a coiler (not shown).

During the extrusion operation, the inert gas (4) is constantly supplied to fill the hopper (2) to the die (11). Next, the behavior of the inert gas (4) in the antioxidant device (A) will be described. As can be seen from FIGS. 2 and 3, the inert gas (4) is connected to the inert gas communication inlet (5
It flows into the supply passage (5) from a) and is jetted into the raw material supply hole (3) through the blow passage (6). The inert gas (4) ejected into the raw material supply hole (3) flows in the tangential direction of the raw material supply hole (3) in accordance with the direction of the blow passage (6), and then inside the raw material supply hole (3). To form a spiral. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the advancing direction of the swirl of the inert gas (4) is generally directed toward the heating cylinder (8) direction because the blowing passage (6) is formed to be inclined downward to the heating cylinder (8) side. Although it flows, since a large amount of raw material resin is filled in the raw material supply hole (3), turbulent flow and retention occur in the antioxidant device (A), so-called inert gas (4) The air curtain due to is formed in the antioxidant device (A).

On the other hand, the raw material resin is gradually consumed and is heated.
Although it gradually descends in the direction (8), the air between the raw material resins tries to flow into the heating cylinder (8) with the downward movement. However, the inside of the raw material supply hole (3) is pressurized by the jet flow of the inert gas (4) discharged from the blowing passage (6), and the hopper (2 The air coming down from () is pushed back by the inert gas (4) and blocked at this part.

On the other hand, since the inert gas (4) in the raw material supply hole (3) is sent into the heating cylinder (8) together with the raw material resin from this portion, and exits from the outlet (11b) of the die (11). In addition, the inside of the heating cylinder (8) and the inside of the die (11) are kept inactive. As a result, the raw resin in the heating cylinder (8) and the screw (7) is prevented from being oxidized and “burnt”, and the above-mentioned extruder
The molded film (16) is extruded without causing the problems raised from (1) in the supply passage (5).

When the molding operation is completed, the driving part (12) is pushed in to shut off the raw material supply hole (3) to stop the supply of the raw material resin, and the energization of the heater (9) is stopped to stop the heating cylinder (8). ) And the heating of the screw (7) are stopped. As a result, the work is stopped while the raw material resin remains filled between the screw (7) and the heating cylinder (8) and in the spiral (11a). When the heat is cut, the temperature of the heating cylinder (8) is lowered, the resin in the heating cylinder (8) and the die (11) is also cooled and hardened accordingly, and the volume thereof is gradually reduced.

As a result, resin and screw (7), heating cylinder (8)
Or, a gap is generated between the spiral (11a), but by continuing to flow the inert gas (4) even after the drive part (12) is stopped, the gap is filled with the inert gas (4), and the die is Make sure that the inert gas (4) does not enter the inside (11) and the heating cylinder (8). The inert gas (4) may be kept flowing until the next extrusion molding is restarted, but the raw material resin in the heating cylinder (8) is the raw material resin in the heating cylinder (8) and the die (11). When solidified and the inert gas (4) is filled in the gap, the inert gas
You may stop (4).

In that case, as described above, prior to resuming the extrusion molding operation, the inside of the heating cylinder (8) and the die (11) is completely replaced by the inert gas (4). ),
After that, it is preferable to meet the extrusion operation again. Inert gas
Nitrogen gas is generally used in (4), but argon gas or the like can also be used.

[0025]

Since the present invention has the above structure,
The inert gas can be effectively pushed into the inside of the extrusion molding machine, and it is possible to prevent the generation of a troublesome substance and the occurrence of a trouble phenomenon due to the carbonization of the resin in the screw and the cylinder.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow diagram of an extrusion molding system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of an antioxidant device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an antioxidant device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (2) ... Hopper (3) ... Raw material supply hole (4) ... Inert gas (5) ... Ring-shaped inert gas supply passage (6) ... Inert gas blowing passage (8) ... Heating cylinder

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A heating cylinder, a hopper for supplying a raw material provided in the heating cylinder and having a raw material supply hole, and a ring-shaped inert gas arranged around the raw material supply hole and supplied with an inert gas. The gas supply passage and the inert gas blowing passage communicating from the inert gas supply passage to the raw material supply hole, the direction of which is substantially tangential to the raw material supply hole and which is formed to be inclined downward to the heating cylinder side. An antioxidant device for an extruder, which is characterized by being configured.