JPH11157720A - Molding material supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simultaneously and accurately supply a product assistant and a molding material, and to eliminate manual labor by arranging a pair of transfer pair of transfer devices composed of plural rollers to rotate interlocking with rotation of chains, on a metal mold by interposing a space having a prescribed width. SOLUTION: A molding material by superposing a product assistant such as a molded film and a molded sheet, a sheet molding compound (SMC) and glass cloth, is set on a roller 3 so as to stride over a space 14, and a chain 2 on the right side is rotated in the arrow direction, or a chain on the left side is rotated in the inverse direction of the right side chain. The molding material on the roller 3 is pushed in from both side rollers, and hangs down on a metal mold through the space 14, and the whole molding material is finally arranged on the metal mold. Accuracy of an arranging position is increased by performing control such as normal rotation or reverse rotation of a motor 1 at molding material arranging time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a molding material supply apparatus capable of simultaneously supplying a product auxiliary material and a molding material onto a mold.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a molding material supply device such as a net conveyor has been used to supply a molding material such as a molded film or a molded sheet and a molding material such as a sheet molding compound (hereinafter referred to as SMC) to a die. And was slid on the mold and installed. More specifically, the product auxiliary material and the molding material are superimposed and slid onto a mold by a net conveyor, and then the position of the product auxiliary material and the molding material is finely adjusted manually. .

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned supply method, the stop position is uncertain because the product auxiliary material and the molding material are slid and supplied onto the mold. Fine adjustment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a molding material supply apparatus capable of supplying a product auxiliary material and a molding material at the same time and with high accuracy and requiring no manual operation. And

[0005]

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention provides a motor 1 for rotating a shaft 13 provided with a sprocket 5, a chain 2 meshed with the sprocket 5, and a rotation of the chain 2. A pair of transfer devices, each including a plurality of rollers 3 that rotate in conjunction with the above, are provided on a mold with a space 14 having a predetermined width therebetween.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As a motor 1 used in the present invention, it is necessary to use a motor capable of normal rotation and reverse rotation. this is,
This is for fine adjustment by rotating the motor 1 forward or backward when the product auxiliary material and the molding material are placed on the mold.

The chain 2 used in the present invention is not particularly limited, but is preferably made of metal in view of its strength and durability. For the same reason, the shaft 13 and the roller 3 used in the present invention are preferably made of metal. However, the surfaces of the shaft 13 and the roller 3 may be coated with rubber or the like so as not to damage the mounted object.

In the present invention, a product auxiliary material and a molding material are placed on a shaft 13 and a roller 3, and are moved to a mold by rotation of a motor 1. Thereafter, the motors 1 of a pair of transfer devices are respectively inverted. And the space between the transition devices 14
By dropping it further, it is placed on the mold with high accuracy.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a top view of a molding material supply device 12 of the present invention.
It is fixed to. The motor 1 is connected to a metal shaft 13 having a sprocket 5 at an end thereof, and the shaft 13 is rotatable by rotating the motor 1.

A metal chain 2 is meshed with the sprocket 5, and the rotation of the shaft 13 causes the chain 2 to rotate forward or reverse. In addition to the shaft 13, rollers 3 shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B are connected to the chain 2. Chain rails 7 are provided at both ends of the roller 3, and the chains 2 are fitted into the chain rails 7. The roller 3 itself is fixed via a sprocket 6 by a guide chain 8 mounted on a guide chain bracket 9 so that the roller 3 can freely rotate forward or reverse at that point.

The transfer device produced by the motor 1, the shaft 13, the chain 2, the roller 3 and the like described above is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), a pair of units are installed on a mold with a space 14 having a predetermined width therebetween, and the width of the space 14 is appropriately selected. In this embodiment, the interval is set to 10 cm.

Referring to FIG. 4 which shows a perspective view of the molding material supply apparatus of the present invention, a method of mounting on a mold will be described.
C and a glass cloth (hereinafter simply referred to as a molding material) are set on the roller 3 so as to straddle the space 14, the right chain 2 is directed in the direction of the arrow, and the left chain 2 is directed to the right. Rotate in the direction of the arrow opposite to the chain.

The molding material on the roller 3 is pushed in from the rollers on both sides and hangs down on the mold through the space 14,
Eventually, all molding materials will be placed on the mold. At the time of setting the molding material, control such as normal rotation or reverse rotation of the motor 1 is performed, and the accuracy of the installation position can be improved.

[0014]

According to the present invention, since a pair of transfer devices are installed so as to face each other with a space of a predetermined width therebetween, it is possible to simultaneously install a product auxiliary material and a molding material on a mold. Become. Also, in order not to slip on the mold,
It can be placed with high accuracy and there is no need to perform manual work after placing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a top view of a molding material supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B show a molding material supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of a roller portion, and FIG. 2B is an enlarged view of a roller end.

FIG. 3 is a partial side view of a chain of a molding material supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a molding material supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a part of the apparatus is omitted.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Motor 2. Chain 3. Roller 4. Frame 5. Sprocket 6. Sprocket 7. Chain rails 8. Guide chain 9. Guide chain bracket 12. Molding material supply device 13. Shaft 14. space

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transfer device comprising a motor for rotating a shaft provided with a sprocket, a chain engaged with the sprocket, and a plurality of rollers rotating in conjunction with the rotation of the chain, is provided on a mold. A molding material supply device, wherein one pair is installed with a space of a width therebetween.