JPH10657A - Injection mold - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form an injection mold capable of performing high precise molding in a complicate configuration and, besides, being simple in its structure including a release mechanism. SOLUTION: In an injection mold for a molding S having configurational characteristics to cling to one mold of a pair of molds due to molding resin shrinkage at mold opening, a configuration of a cavity 30 is determined such that a molding S clinging mold is a movable mold and another mold is a stationary mold 13, and a core 28 having a molding S clinging part is formed in the movable mold 23, then the core 28 is made slidable along the direction of shrinkage of the cavity 30. Also, the core 28 is made smaller than the outer configuration of the molding S, so that a part of the molding catches in the movable mold when the core slides in the opposite direction of shrinkage of the cavity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an injection mold capable of injection compression molding.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known an injection compression molding method in which after a cavity is filled with a molten resin, a mold is finely driven to perform molding while applying a compressive force to the molten resin.
In this conventional method, after filling a molten resin into a cavity formed by a female mold and a male mold, the male mold is pressed and slid against the female mold, so that excess resin flows out of the gate to the outside, The gate is cut by a male mold, and simultaneously with or after the gate cut, the male mold is finely driven to apply a compressive force to the resin in the mold to perform molding.

[0003]

In the conventional injection compression molding, the male mold is fitted to the female mold, and in this state, the male mold is slid with respect to the female mold, so that the molten resin in the cavity is formed. Although a compressive force is applied, simply moving the entire mold cannot cope with high-density molding of a complex shape. In particular, when molding a molded product having a shape that is held by one of the molds when the mold is opened due to shrinkage of the resin during molding, it is necessary to simplify the configuration of the mold, including the release mechanism. But,
In the past, we could not find anything corresponding to that.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an injection mold having a simple structure including a mold release mechanism, capable of high-density molding of a complicated shape.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mold for injection molding of a molded article having a shape characteristic of being held on one of a pair of molds when the mold is opened due to shrinkage of a resin during molding. The shape of the cavity is set so that the mold for holding the molded article is a movable mold and the other mold is a fixed mold, and the movable mold is provided with a core having a molded article holding section, and the core is formed into a cavity. It is characterized by being slidable along the contracting direction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the core is made smaller than the outer diameter of the molded article, and the core slides in a direction opposite to the direction in which the cavity shrinks after molding, a part of the molded article is caught by the movable mold. It is characterized by the following.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An injection mold according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a first clamped state of the injection mold 10. The mold 10 has a fixed-side support plate 11 and a movable-side support plate 21 each of which is two-layered. The movable-side support plate 21 is fixed to the movable-side mounting plate 40 via a spacer 41.

A fixed mold 13 and a movable mold 23 are provided on the opposing surfaces of the fixed support plate 11 and the movable support plate 21 with bolts 1.
5, 25 are connected. Sleeves 14 and 24 and stoppers 16 and 26 are fitted around the outer circumferences of the bolts 15 and 25, the fixed mold 13 is fixed to the fixed-side support plate 11 so as not to move, and the movable mold 23 has a movement limit determined by the stopper 26. Up to this point, it can be freely moved along the mold clamping direction. A spring 29 is interposed between the movable mold 23 and the movable-side support plate 21, and the movable mold 23 is urged by the spring 29 to a movement limit determined by the stopper 26.

A slide hole 27 is formed in the movable die 23 so as to extend in the mold clamping direction, and the tip of the core 28 is slidably inserted into the slide hole 27. The base end of the core 28 is fixed to the movable support plate 21. A cavity 30 is formed by the recess of the fixed die 13, the peripheral wall of the slide hole 28, and the tip end surface of the core 28 inserted into the slide hole 28.

The molded product in this case has a shape as shown in FIG. This molded product S is composed of a disk portion Sb whose outer peripheral edge Sa is rounded into a semicircular cross section and an arc-shaped upright wall Sc formed to be bent so as to be bent at a part of the outer peripheral edge of the disk portion Sb. From the base of the upright wall Sc to the disc Sb.
The inner and outer peripheries of the bent portion are continuous with a smooth arcuate curved surface.

The slide hole 27 of the core 28 is formed to have a size such that a part of the outer peripheral edge Sa of the molded product S protrudes, and the core 28 slidably inserted therein is substantially the same as the slide hole 27. It is formed in size. Therefore,
As shown in FIG. 2B, a part of the cavity 30 corresponding to the shape of the molded product S is formed as a convex portion P on the mold dividing surface outside the diameter of the slide hole 27. 2
As shown in (d) and (e), when the mold is opened, the convex portion P of the molded product S is hooked. Also,
The tip surface of the core 28 has an inner shape of the molded product S (the upright wall Sc).
), And a portion corresponding to the upright wall Sc is dented as a recess. Therefore, the molded article S having the above-described shape characteristics is held on the core 28 side by the contraction of the resin at the time of molding.

A gate 33 communicating with the cavity 30 is provided on a dividing surface of the fixed side 13 and the movable mold 23, and a base end of the gate 33 is fitted to the fixed mold 13 via a runner 32. Sprue 3 of sprue bush 38
Leads to 1. Further, the fixed mold 13 is provided with a guide 34 that performs a guiding action by being slid into the guide hole of the movable mold 23. Further, on the movable side 23, a protruding pin 43 for protruding the molded product together with the runner 32 is provided, and the base end of the protruding pin 43 is supported by the protruding plate 42.

Next, the operation in the case of performing injection molding using the mold 10 will be described. In the state before the mold clamping, the movable mold 2
Numeral 3 is located at the limit of movement in the mold clamping direction with respect to the movable-side support plate 21. That is, the gap H is secured between the movable-side support plate 21 and the movable mold 23 by the spring 29. Further, as shown in FIG. 2A, the core 28 is at a position retracted with respect to the cavity 30.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the first-stage mold clamping has been performed from this state. When the first-stage mold clamping (clamping with a weak force) is performed, the divided surfaces of the fixed mold 13 and the movable mold 23 come into close contact with each other, and as shown in FIG. A cavity 30 is formed therebetween. At this stage, there is still a gap H according to the condition of balance between the mold clamping force and the spring 29.

In this state, while maintaining a predetermined mold clamping force via the spring 29, the cavity 33 is removed from the gate 33.
0 is filled with molten resin. Then, as a next step, the mold is clamped with a stronger force. Then, the spring 29
When the fixed and movable support plates 11 and 21 are pressed and approached to each other, the contraction of the spring 29 causes a gradually increasing mold clamping force to act on the fixed mold 13 and the movable mold 23. The core 28 is pushed by the support plate 11 and moves in a direction to shrink the cavity 30 as shown in FIG.

The cavity 28 is formed by the core 28.
When 0 is contracted, a compressive force acts on the resin in the cavity 30. At this time, the movement of the core 28 closes the gate 33, and further applies a compressive force with the gate 33 closed, so that the cavity 30 is closed.
The resin inside is molded in a high compression state.

After the molding, when the mold is opened as shown in FIG. 2D, the molded article S is held on the core 28, but FIG.
As the mold opening progresses as shown in FIG.
, A part of the molded product S (symbol P
) Is caught by the tip of the movable mold 23 outside the core 28, and the molded product S is separated from the core 28. Therefore, although it is a hugging shape, release is reliably performed.
In this case, since the ejection pin type release mechanism for ejecting the molded product S is not used, even in the case of the small core 28,
The mechanism for demolding has a simple structure, that is, the cavity 30
Can be made to have a structure in which only a part of the core projects outside the outer diameter of the core 28.

In the above embodiment, the molded product S having a specific shape is taken as an example.
The present invention can be applied to a molded product of any shape as long as it is a shape that can be hugged by 8.

Further, in the above embodiment, the core 28 is moved by using the spring 29 and the mold clamping force. However, the core 28 may be moved by using an independent drive mechanism.

Further, in the above embodiment, the cavity 3
By projecting a part of O outside the core 28, the molded product is released with the retreat of the core. However, since the movable mold is provided with a core that holds the molded product, It is also possible to provide a release mechanism having another simple structure. That is, compared with the case where the core is provided on the fixed mold side, there is a space margin, so that the releasing means can be easily provided, and the structure of the mold does not need to be complicated.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a compressive force is applied to the resin in the cavity by moving the core. Can be compression molded. In addition, since the molded product is held by the core provided on the movable mold, the structure of the entire mold including the releasing means can be simplified. According to the invention of claim 2, when the mold is opened and the core is retracted, a part of the molded product is hooked on the movable mold. The molded product can be removed from the mold.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an injection mold according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the operation of the main part of the mold at the time of molding.

[Explanation of symbols]

 13 Fixed mold 23 Movable mold 28 Core 30 Cavity S Molded product

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mold for injection molding of a molded article having a shape characteristic of being held on one of a pair of molds when the mold is opened due to shrinkage of a resin during molding, wherein the mold for holding the molded article is a movable mold. The shape of the cavity is set so that the other mold is a fixed mold, and a core having a holding portion for a molded product is provided on the movable mold, and this core is slidable along the direction in which the cavity is contracted. An injection molding die characterized by the following. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the core is smaller than an outer shape of a molded product.
2. The injection molding die according to claim 1, wherein when the core slides in a direction opposite to a direction in which the cavity shrinks after molding, a part of the molded product is hooked on the movable die.