WO2017094740A1

WO2017094740A1 - Injection molding machine and injection molding machine screw for injecting molten resin in which thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers have been mixed and melted

Info

Publication number: WO2017094740A1
Application number: PCT/JP2016/085456
Authority: WO
Inventors: 井上　玲; 壮下楠薗
Original assignee: 東洋機械金属株式会社
Priority date: 2015-11-30
Filing date: 2016-11-29
Publication date: 2017-06-08

Abstract

[Problem] The present invention provides an injection molding machine and screw therefor with which, when mixing reinforcing fibers in a molten resin and injection molding same, the reinforcing fibers can be uniformly dispersed in the molten resin. [Solution] For a screw 7 provided in an injection molding machine 1, a kneading section 17 is provided on the downstream side of a compressing section 18. Three helical scrapers 17a (x, y, z) are provided in the kneading section 17 and three grooves 17b, 17b', which are helically disposed in the opposite or the same direction as the orientation of said scrapers 17a, 17a', are formed. As a result of said grooves 17b, 17b', it is possible to keep the fiber lengths of the reinforcing fibers long and even if the reinforcing fibers become tangled in the compressing section 18, the fibers are defibrated in the kneading section 17, the shearing of long fibers in the molten resin is mitigated, the reinforcing fibers are dispersed uniformly and a good product is obtained.

Description

Injection molding machine for injecting molten resin in which thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fiber are mixed and melted, and screw for injection molding machine

The present invention relates to an injection molding machine that injects a molten resin in which a thermoplastic resin and a reinforcing fiber are mixed and melted in a mold cavity, and a screw used in the injection molding machine. The present invention relates to an injection molding machine that can use fibers for reinforcing fibers, and a screw used in the injection molding machine.

In recent years, in order to increase the strength of resin molded products, natural fibers such as bamboo and pulp called fillers and fibers such as glass fibers and carbon fibers are mixed with resin and injection molded. Specifically, there is a case where a fiber material is put into an injection molding machine, and a molten resin and fiber are kneaded and injection molded. However, in the case of a longer reinforcing fiber, a long fiber containing long fibers in advance. In some cases, resin pellets called reinforced thermoplastic resin pellets are melted as materials and injection molded.

The inventors of the present application have made an injection that suppresses breakage of reinforcing fibers contained in a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin injected and filled into a cavity of a mold and increases dispersibility so that a molded body having a predetermined strength can be obtained. An object of the present invention is to provide a molding machine, an injection molding machine for injecting a fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin composed of a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers into a mold cavity closed from an injection nozzle, a heating cylinder, A screw provided rotatably in the heating cylinder is provided, and the screw is conveyed from a compression unit and a compression unit that melt and knead the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin supplied from the supply port while being transferred to the injection nozzle side. An injection molding unit that has a metering unit that measures the melted and kneaded fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin, and forms a dull image part that disperses reinforcing fibers between the metering unit and the compression unit. Already discloses a machine (Patent Document 1).

In the injection molding machine in Patent Document 1, the following effects are described.
(1) The fiber reinforced heat melted and kneaded in the heating cylinder immediately before being injected and filled into the cavity of the mold through the injection nozzle by forming the dull image part between the metering part and the compression part of the screw. Of the plastic resins, the fiber dispersibility is good because the defibrating action of the reinforcing fibers can be increased. Therefore, a molded article having a predetermined strength can be obtained by improving the dispersibility of the reinforcing fibers.
(2) Furthermore, the screw has a strength that is relatively easy to break or break while being able to effectively disperse the reinforcing natural fiber by forming a dull image part between the metering part and the compression part. Even if it is a weak natural fiber for reinforcement (natural fibers such as bamboo, jute, hemp, etc.), it can be suppressed so as not to be shorter than a predetermined dimension. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve both the suppression of the remaining fiber length of the reinforcing natural fiber so as not to be shortened and the kneading dispersibility of the reinforcing natural fiber with respect to the thermoplastic resin, thereby obtaining a molded body having a predetermined strength. it can.
(3) Further, the screw dull image part is not a compression part away from the injection nozzle, but is formed between the metering part and the compression part close to the injection nozzle, so that the reinforcing fiber is formed in the compression part as the screw rotates. Even if entangled, the reinforcing fibers entangled in the dalmage part can be unwound and dispersed, and the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin containing the dispersed reinforcing fibers can be injected and filled into the mold cavity via the injection nozzle. Therefore, a molded body having a predetermined strength can be obtained more reliably.

Currently, glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin (GFRTP), carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin (CFRTP), and the like are often used for automobile parts and aircraft parts. The strength of these reinforced thermoplastic resins greatly depends on the length of the fiber in the molded product, and it is preferable to mold the fiber while leaving the fiber as long as possible.

Therefore, it is also attempted to use a long-fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin. However, when glass fiber or carbon fiber is mixed with thermoplastic resin and injection molding is performed, the fiber breaks due to the shearing action in the kneading plasticization process using a screw, and the fiber length is reduced to a few percent. Cheap. Furthermore, when the length of the fibers mixed into the resin is increased, the fibers kneaded with the molten resin are entangled in the compression section of the injection molding machine, and the fibers may not be easily dispersed.

JP 2012-131042 A

An object of the present invention is to improve an injection molding machine for injecting a molten resin obtained by mixing and melting a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers, and a screw used in the injection molding machine. Specifically, when the reinforcing fiber as a filler is mixed with the molten resin and melted and injected, the injection molding can uniformly mix the reinforcing fiber without being cut by the shearing force in the molten resin. It aims at providing the machine and the screw used for it. More specifically, even when the length of the reinforcing fiber mixed with the resin is increased, the injection molding machine can disperse the long fiber into the resin evenly because the long fiber is not easily divided into short fibers. And it aims at providing the screw used for the injection molding machine. That is, an object of the present invention is to uniformly disperse the long fibers in the molten resin and influence the injection molding machine, and the operational effect is enjoyed as an effect of the injection molding machine.

In order to achieve the above object, an injection molding machine according to the present invention includes a screw rotatably provided in a heating cylinder, and the mold is closed from an injection nozzle attached to the tip of the heating cylinder. An injection molding machine for injecting a molten resin in which a thermoplastic resin and a reinforcing fiber are mixed and melted,
The screw includes a compression unit that melts, kneads, and compresses while transferring the material forward, and a kneading unit that stirs, kneads, and disperses the molten material composed of thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers transferred from the compression unit, The kneading part on the downstream side of the compression part and the compression part respectively comprises a compression part and a kneading part by a spiral flight,
The helical flight of the compression part is formed by a single continuous helical screw flight in which the pitch gradually decreases along the material transfer direction,
A plurality of grooves are formed on the surface of the flight so that the spiral flight of the kneading part does not become a continuous spiral flight.

Furthermore, according to the injection molding machine of the present invention, the plurality of grooves formed on the flight surface of the kneading part are arranged in a spiral shape in a direction intersecting with the spiral direction of the flight with an intersection angle α, It has a function of stirring and kneading and dispersing the material of the kneading part.
However, 30 ° ≦ α ≦ 150 °.

The screw for an injection molding machine of the present invention is a screw provided rotatably in a heating cylinder of an injection molding machine,
The screw includes a compression unit that melts, kneads and compresses the molten material composed of the thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers from the rear end side, and stirs and melts the molten material composed of the thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers. A kneading part for kneading and dispersing,
The compression unit and the kneading unit on the downstream side of the compression unit, respectively, are composed of a compression unit and a kneading unit by a spiral flight,
The helical flight of the compression part is formed by a single continuous helical screw flight in which the pitch gradually decreases along the material transfer direction,
The spiral flight of the kneading part is characterized in that a plurality of grooves are formed on the surface of the flight so as not to form a continuous spiral flight.

Furthermore, in the screw for an injection molding machine of the present invention, the spiral arrangement of the plurality of grooves formed in the flight of the kneading part is 30 ° to 150 ° with respect to the spiral direction of the flight of the kneading part. It is preferable that they are formed so as to intersect at an angle. By setting the angle of the groove in the above range, even a fiber material having a long fiber length can be easily defibrated.

Furthermore, in the screw for an injection molding machine according to the present invention, the ratio of the helical pitch Pa in which the plurality of grooves are arranged to the flight pitch Pb of the kneading part is the helical pitch Pb of the flight. Assuming 1, the spiral pitch Pa in which the plurality of grooves are arranged is
It is formed so that 1Pb ≦ Pa ≦ 3Pb.

Furthermore, in the screw for an injection molding machine of the present invention, the ratio of the helical pitch Pb in which the plurality of grooves are arranged and the screw diameter D is 1D ≦ Pb ≦ 2D, where the screw diameter D is 1. It is characterized by being.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention provides an injection molding machine capable of evenly dispersing long fibers in the resin, even when the length of reinforcing fibers mixed with the resin is long, the long fibers are not easily cut into short fibers And a screw for use in the injection molding machine.
In the present invention, a plurality of grooves are formed in a spiral direction intersecting the spiral direction of the flight so that the flight of the kneading part does not become a continuous spiral flight. Is introduced, the melted resin flows along the flight of the kneading part (arrow A in FIG. 6) and the reverse flow that intersects the transfer direction along the groove (arrow B in FIG. 6). Occurs. Thereby, the resin flow in a kneading part is disperse | distributed and fully stirred and mixed.
Moreover, when the resin pellet in which the fiber material is mixed with the resin of the material is used, even when the fiber material is entangled in the compression part, the entanglement is released in the dispersion / stir kneading part. For this reason, in the injection molding machine of the present invention, even if the material is a mixture of long fiber materials, the fiber material can be uniformly dispersed and stirred in the resin.

The schematic block diagram which shows the injection molding machine of one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the molding process in the injection molding machine of one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the screw used for the injection molding machine of one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the kneading part of the screw of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the kneading part of the screw of embodiment different from 3rd. The expansion | deployment figure of the circumferential direction of the screw for showing the arrangement | positioning relationship between the helical flight of the compression part of the screw of FIG. 3, and the flight of a kneading part. Explanatory drawing which shows the relationship of the intersection of the spiral of the flight in the kneading part of FIG. 6, and the helical arrangement | positioning of a groove part. The histogram which shows distribution of the fiber length of a 1st molded product and a 2nd molded product.

Hereinafter, an injection molding machine according to an embodiment of the present invention and a screw used therefor will be described with reference to FIGS. An injection molding machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is an injection molding machine in a state of injecting molten resin into a cavity of a mold that is closed. The injection molding machine 1 includes a machine base 2, an injection unit 3 disposed thereon, and a mold clamping unit 4.
In this specification, the terms “front” and “rear” are used as terms that mean “front” in the left direction and “rear” in the right direction shown in FIG.

In the present invention, compared to the invention in the previous application, there is no difference in the configuration, and the functions and operations based on the configuration are clearly described by examining them in detail.

The injection unit 3 includes a cylindrical heating cylinder 5, an injection nozzle 6 provided at the tip of the heating cylinder 5, a screw 7 provided inside the heating cylinder 5, and rotation driving means 8 that rotationally drives the screw 7. A hopper 9 into which material is charged, and a hopper block 10 for supplying the material charged from the hopper 9 to the screw 7. In general, the material charged from the hopper 9 is called a long fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin pellet.

Around the heating cylinder 5, a heater 11 for heating the heating cylinder 5 is provided. A supply port 10 a for supplying the material in the hopper 9 toward the heating cylinder 5 and the screw 7 is provided inside the hopper block 10.

The mold clamping unit 4 includes a fixed die plate 12, a movable die plate 13, and a toggle link mechanism 14, a fixed die 15 is attached to the fixed die plate 12, and a movable die plate 13 is attached to the movable die plate 13. A mold 16 is attached. The toggle link mechanism 14 is driven by a motor (not shown), and the movable die plate 13 is moved leftward in FIG. 1 to open the mold, and is moved rightward to close the mold.

Next, the configuration of the screw 7 used in the injection molding machine of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As for the screw 7, the left side of FIG. In FIG. 3, the screw includes a compression unit 18 that melts, kneads, and compresses materials in order from the material supply side to the front, a kneading unit 17 that stirs, kneads and disperses the material, and a check ring unit 20 in front thereof. Is provided.

The compression section 18 provided behind the screw 7 has a continuous spiral screw flight 18a formed on the surface of the screw 7, and the flight 18a has a wide pitch at the rear portion on the supply side. The pitch gradually decreases toward the front. Thus, the kneading function and the compressing function of the melted material can be achieved by the continuous spiral screw flight 18a having a gradually narrow pitch toward the front. Here, the term “one spiral” means one continuous spiral shape.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the kneading unit 17 following the compression unit 18 is formed with three spirals (x, y, z in FIG. 6) in this embodiment. That is, the flight 17a of the kneading part 17 is formed in a three-row spiral shape and has a spiral winding structure in the same direction as the screw flight 18a of the compression part 18.

The kneading part 17 in this embodiment is composed of three spiral flights 17a (x, y, z). Each is arranged in three continuous spirals, but each is separated by a groove portion 17b so as not to be a continuous spiral flight, and a plurality of independent spirals arranged in one spiral each. It is configured as a flight element 17c. A plurality of groove portions 17b are formed for each of the three spiral flights 17a (x, y, z), and the arrangement thereof is also in a three spiral shape (m, n, o). The direction is formed in the opposite direction so as to intersect the direction of the spiral of the compression portion 18 at an angle α (FIG. 6).

FIG. 6 shows one spiral flight 18a provided in the compression section 18, followed by three spiral flights 17a (x, y, z) provided in the kneading section 17, and each three spiral flights. The relationship with the three spiral arrangements (m, n, o) of the groove portions formed in 17a is shown by a development view in the circumferential direction of the screw 7. FIG. The shape of the spiral flight formed in this way is generally referred to as a dalmage type for general stations.

This groove part 17b is a groove part 17b arranged in three spirals (m, n, o) recessed inward from the surface of the flight 17a, and the spiral (x, y, z) of the flight 17a. Is formed such that the crossing angle α is in the range of 30 ° to 150 °. In this embodiment, as a particularly preferable example, the crossing is performed at 51.04 °. Here, the term “concave” does not mean that the processing method is limited, and the connected spiral flight 17a is divided by the groove 17b to constitute a plurality of independent flight elements 17c. I just need it.

As shown in FIG. 7, the fact that the crossing angle α between the spiral flight 17a and the plurality of flight elements 17c arranged in a spiral allows a range of 30 ° ≦ α ≦ 150 °.
(1) 30 ° ≦ α <the spiral arrangement of the plurality of flight elements 17c is perpendicular to the screw axis (2) the spiral arrangement of the plurality of flight elements 17c is perpendicular to the screw axis <α ≦ 150 °
There are two states.
The intersection in the state of (1) is a case where the spiral directions of the plurality of flight elements 17c arranged spirally with respect to the spiral flight 17a are formed in the same direction. The intersection in the state is when the spiral directions of the plurality of flight elements 17c arranged in a spiral manner with respect to the spiral flight 17a are formed in opposite directions.

Thus, in the screw for an injection molding machine according to the present invention, it is preferable that the spiral arrangement of the grooves of the kneading part is in an intersecting state opposite to the spiral direction of the flight of the kneading part (above (2)). . Further, the spiral arrangement of the grooves of the kneading part can be made to intersect the same direction (the above (1)) as the spiral direction of the flight of the kneading part. In the present invention, with such a configuration, when the molten resin is transferred through the groove portion 17b, the flow of the molten material is divided into the transfer direction A and the reverse direction B along the flow, whereby the long fibers are separated. It can be dispersed to increase the stirring effect.

Further, the pitch Pb of the spiral arrangement of the groove portions 17b of the kneading part can be formed at the same or different pitch as the helical pitch Pa of the single flight 17a of the kneading part. In other words, the ratio of the pitch Pb of the spiral arrangement of the grooves 17b of the kneading part to the pitch Pa of the flights 17a of the kneading part is preferably such that Pb is 1 to 3, where the flight pitch Pa is 1.
1Pa ≦ Pb ≦ 3Pa
In the embodiment shown in the development view of FIG. 6, Pa = Pb = 36 mm.

As a preferred embodiment, the pitch Pb of the spiral arrangement of the grooves 17b may be formed such that Pb = 2 when the spiral pitch Pa of the flight 17a is Pa = 1. As shown in FIG. 4, the depth Hb of the groove portion 17b is substantially the same as the height Ha of the flight 17a. Further, the helical pitch Pa of the flight 17a is defined as 1 when the screw diameter D is 1.
1D ≦ Pa ≦ 2D is preferable.
In the embodiment shown in the developed view of FIG. 6, Pa = 1.5D = 36 mm.

In the present invention, when the function or operation of the flight of the kneading unit 17 is described, the function of each flight element is described as the operation of the flight element 17c. When the function is described, it will be described as an operation of the flight 17a.

Next, the operation of the injection molding machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
First, in the injection unit 3, the heating cylinder 5 is heated by the heater 11. In the mold clamping unit 4, the movable die plate 13 is moved to the right side in FIG. 1 by the toggle link mechanism 14, and the movable mold 16 and the fixed mold 15 are closed. A cavity (not shown) is formed inside the movable mold 16 and the fixed mold 15.

The material (long fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin pellets) is put into the injection molding machine 1 having such a configuration. The input material is a thermoplastic resin pellet in which reinforcing fibers are included in advance.

As the thermoplastic resin, a polyamide resin, a polypropylene resin, a polystyrene resin, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer resin, a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a polybutylene terephthalate resin, or the like is appropriately selected according to the intended use of the molded product.

Further, as reinforcing fibers, fibers such as glass fibers, carbon fibers, metal fibers, or carbon nanofibers are appropriately selected in addition to natural fibers such as bamboo and pulp. The fiber length is also appropriately selected according to the purpose of use of the molded product. The fiber length is 3 mm or more, preferably 5 to 10 mm.

In FIG. 2, the injection process by the injection molding machine of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. As the length of the reinforcing fiber becomes longer, the thermoplastic resin and the reinforcing fiber become more difficult to be uniformly kneaded. However, in general, thermoplastic resin pellets containing reinforcing fibers in advance are used.

In S10, the material pellets charged into the hopper 9 are introduced into the heating cylinder 5 through the supply port 10a. In the heating cylinder 5, the screw 7 is rotated by the rotation driving means 8, and the raw material supplied from the hopper 9 by the rotation of the screw 7 is transferred to the front of the heating cylinder 5 from the vicinity of the supply port 10 a.

In the heating cylinder 5, the material is transferred forward by a screw flight 18 a provided in the compression portion 18 of the screw 7, and the thermoplastic resin is gradually melted by the heat from the heater 11, together with the reinforcing fibers. Kneaded. The material sufficiently melted and kneaded by the compression unit 18 of the screw 7 is gradually melted, kneaded and compressed by the compression unit 18 whose pitch of the screw flight 18a is narrowed (S20) and transferred forward, and the kneading unit 17 is reached.

The detailed configuration of the kneading unit 17 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a development view in the circumferential direction of the screw for showing the positional relationship between the helical flight of the compression section of the screw and the flight of the kneading section in FIG. 3, and the configuration of the flight 17a in the kneading section 17 is more detailed. Is shown in When the development view of FIG. 6 is rolled 360 ° around the OO axis, the arrangement position of each flight on the circumference of the screw 7 is obtained.

In the kneading section 17, the melted material is dispersed by the three spiral flights 17a (x, y, z) while being stirred and kneaded following the kneading in the compression section 18. Each flight 17a of the kneading part 17 is not a continuous spiral shape, but a spiral arrangement (m, n, o), each flight 17a is constituted by an array of a plurality of independent flight elements 17c, each having a continuous spiral shape cut off. Thereby, the function of stirring and kneading and dispersing by the kneading part 17 is exhibited (S30). In the present specification, as an optimal example, the spiral arrangement (m, n, o) of the three groove portions 17b is used, but the invention is not limited to the three-row spiral arrangement. A single spiral arrangement may be used, or a plurality of other helical arrangements may be used.

With the arrangement of the flight 17a of the kneading part 17 as described above, as shown by arrows A and B in FIG. 6, for example, the flight elements 17c of the spiral arrangement z are sent in the direction of compression / transfer of the material. When the molten resin is transferred to the previous spiral arrangement x by the groove 17b, the molten resin is divided into the direction of the arrow A and the direction of the arrow B. In this way, there is a flow of melted material in a direction opposite to the direction of the material transported by each flight element 17c. Due to the backflow B of this part of the molten material, a stirring effect is produced, and the reinforcing fibers in the molten resin are more evenly dispersed in the molten resin. In addition, since a part of the molten material flows backward in the direction of arrow B, the compression is not continuously continued, so that the shearing force acting on the resin is alleviated and the breaking force acting on the long fibers is also alleviated. The Thereby, stirring / kneading / dispersing operation (S30) is achieved.

When the reinforcing fiber is mixed in the thermoplastic resin as a material, the resin is melted and kneaded with the reinforcing fiber by the compression portion 18 of the screw 7 in the heating cylinder 5, but the flight 18 a formed in the screw 7. Since the pitch of the fiber is gradually narrowed, it is compressed while being kneaded, so that a shearing force acts on the reinforcing fiber, and depending on the length of the reinforcing fiber, it is entangled in the compression part, and the long fiber is cut short. There is also. In the present embodiment, since the kneading part 17 having the above-described configuration is provided on the front side of the compression part 18 of the screw 7, the entangled reinforcing fibers are sheared by a part of the molten material in the kneading part 17 that flows backward. The force is released and defibrated, and long reinforcing fibers are uniformly dispersed in the molten resin.
In the present specification, the term “defibration” is used as a term meaning an action in which long entangled fibers are unraveled by stirring.

Thus, the molten material in which the reinforcing fibers are dispersed in the kneading unit 17 is transferred from the kneading unit 17 to the check ring unit 20 and weighed (S40), and the material is closed through the injection nozzle 6. It is injected into the molds 15 and 16 (S50). In the

molds

15 and 16, the reinforcing fibers are uniformly dispersed in the injected molten material, so that a molded product having a uniform strength is formed.

Next, an injection molding machine 1 ′ and a screw 7 ′ used for the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 5. The injection molding machine 1 ′ has the same configuration as the injection molding machine 1 of the first embodiment except that the configuration of the screw provided inside the heating cylinder 5 is different. In the second embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The molding procedure of the injection molding machine 1 ′ is the same as that in FIG. 2 and will not be described again.

As shown in FIG. 5, the screw 7 ′ is provided with a compression portion 18 along the material transfer direction, a kneading portion 17 ′ is provided in front of the compression portion 18, and a check ring near the front end portion thereof. A portion 20 is provided and is configured to prevent backflow upon injection of the weighed material.

As shown in FIG. 5, the screw 7 ′ has a helical flight 18 a formed in the compression unit 18, and the flight 17 a ′ of the kneading unit 17 has three strips as in the first embodiment. It has a screw structure. The spiral direction of the spiral flight 18a of the compression part 18 and the flight 17a 'of the kneading part 17 has a spiral structure in the same direction.

The kneading part 17 of the present embodiment is illustrated in which a spiral flight 17a 'having three grooves is provided with a groove part 17b' formed in the same direction as the spiral direction. This groove portion 17b ′ is a groove portion 17b ′ as three spiral cuts recessed inward from the surface of the flight 17a ′, avoiding the structure of a continuous flight, and a plurality of independent flight elements 17c ′. However, it constitutes the kneading part 17 formed by a spiral arrangement.

In the specific second embodiment, the spiral angle of the spiral arrangement in which the plurality of flight elements 17c ′ are arranged and the intersection angle α ′ of the spiral shape of the flight 17a ′ are 30 ° (the value of the angle α). In other words, it is formed to be 150 °. Further, the pitch Pb ′ of the groove portion 17b ′ is 1 when the pitch Pa ′ of the flight 17a ′ is 1.
Pb ′ = 3 × Pa ′
It is formed to become.
Further, the depth of the groove 17b ′ is substantially the same as the height of the flight 17a ′. Further, the pitch Pa ′ of the flight 17a ′ is Pa′1.5 × D where the screw diameter D is 1.
It is formed to become.

Next, a molded product obtained by the injection molding machine 1 having the screw 7 of the first embodiment and the injection molding machine 1 'having the screw 7' of the second embodiment will be described. Here, a molded product manufactured by the injection molding machine 1 of the first embodiment is a first molded product, and a molded product manufactured by the injection molding machine 1 'of the second embodiment is a second molded product.

In both the first molded product and the second molded product, glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin (GFRTP) pellets (Funkster LR22W, manufactured by Nippon Polypro Co., Ltd.) were used as raw materials. The glass fiber content is 20% by mass, the fiber length in the pellet is 10 mm, and the fiber diameter is 16 μm. As a molding machine, an injection molding machine (PLASTER ET-40V) manufactured by Toyo Machine Metal Co., Ltd. was used. With this molding machine, a dumbbell-shaped test piece based on “JIS K 7161” was injection molded. Table 1 shows the molding conditions.

The residual fiber length (mm), fiber dispersibility, tensile strength (MPa), and tensile strength variation were measured for these first molded product and second molded product.

As shown in Table 2, the remaining fiber length of the first molded product is 6.37 mm. The average remaining fiber length of the second molded product is 5.34 mm. These fiber lengths were measured by the following method. First, the test piece was baked in an electric furnace at 550 ° C., only the resin was vaporized, and the glass fiber was taken out. The extracted fiber was dispersed in water in a petri dish, and the fiber was photographed with a stereomicroscope. The photographed image was taken into a computer and the fiber length was measured using image processing software. The number of measurement was 1000 with each screw. The weight average fiber length LW of _{Formula 1} was used for the fiber length evaluation method. Here, L is the length of each fiber.

Usually, the residual fiber length of this type of glass fiber is said to be about 3 mm at the longest, and good results were obtained for both the first molded product and the second molded product. Further, when the first molded product and the second molded product were compared, the first molded product showed an improvement of about 19.2% compared to the second molded product.

Here, the fiber length distribution of the first molded product and the second molded product is shown in the histogram of FIG. In this histogram, the ratio of the first molded product having a long fiber length is large. In the second molded product, although a peak is observed at a portion of 3 to 5 mm, the peak is shifted to a longer fiber length as compared with a molded product using an existing screw.

As can be seen from the results, the first molded product and the second molded product have a longer remaining fiber length than those molded by an existing injection molding machine. Although there are several causes of fiber breakage in injection molding, it is said that shear stress is a major factor among them. This shear stress is greatly influenced by the difference in speed between the screw surface and the resin, or between the heating cylinder inner surface and the resin. In the

screws

7 and 7 ′ of the first and second embodiments, the kneading part is provided with the

groove parts

17 b and 17 b ′. Since it became difficult, it is estimated that the fiber breakage could be suppressed.

Moreover, as shown in Table 2, the fiber dispersibility of the first molded product was 0.785, and the second molded product was 0.711. “Fractal dimension” was used for evaluation of fiber dispersibility. First, the test piece was cut at the center, filled with an epoxy resin, and the cross-sectional surface was polished. The polished surface was photographed with a microscope, and only the fibers in the image were painted and binarized. The vertical and horizontal sides of the target distributed image are divided into n to obtain n2 elements. While calculating the area ratio of the fiber in each element, the average value a and standard deviation (sigma) a were calculated, and the variation coefficient Cv (n) was calculated | required from following Formula.

Specifically, Cv (n) is obtained by changing n variously, and logarithmically plotted with 1 / n on the x-axis and Cv (n) on the y-axis (not shown). When a linear relationship is established between the two, the fractal dimension D is obtained by multiplying the slope of the straight line by -1. The greater the fractal dimension D, the better the dispersibility. In this experiment, n = 27 to 34 was set in increments of 1, and fractal values were calculated from 8 photographs.

Usually, the fiber dispersibility of a molded product containing this type of glass fiber is said to be about 0.6, and good results were obtained for both the first molded product and the second molded product. Further, when the first molded product was compared with the second molded product, the first molded product was improved by about 10.4% compared to the second molded product.

Moreover, as shown in Table 2, the tensile strength of the first molded product was 90.73 MPa, and the second molded product was 87.90 MPa. The tensile strength was measured based on “JIS K 7164”. Usually, the tensile strength of a molded product containing this type of glass fiber is said to be about 85, and good results were obtained for both the first molded product and the second molded product. Further, when the first molded product was compared with the second molded product, the first molded product was improved by about 3.2% compared to the second molded product.

Next, looking at the variation (standard deviation) in tensile strength, the maximum of the first molded product was 94.11 MPa, the minimum was 85.00 MPa, and the standard deviation was 3.12. The second molded product had a maximum of 92.30 MPa, a minimum of 78.91 MPa, and a standard deviation of 3.98. Usually, it is said that the variation in tensile strength of a molded product containing this type of glass fiber exceeds 4, and good results were obtained for both the first molded product and the second molded product. Further, when the first molded product was compared with the second molded product, the first molded product was improved by about 25.5% compared to the second molded product.

In the above embodiment, the groove portion 17b provided in the kneading portion 17 is formed in three spirals, but this is not limiting, and the number of spiral stripes for installing the groove portion is appropriately determined depending on the material and length of the reinforcing fiber. It may be changed. Further, the angle α between the groove portion 17b and the flight 17a can be set to 30 ° to 150 °, and preferably 50 ° to 85 °.

Further, the pitch Pb of the groove portion 17b is not limited to the state shown in the figure, but can be a ratio of 1: 1 to 3: 1 with respect to the pitch Pa of the flight 17a. Moreover, the shape of the groove part 17b is good also as the arrangement | sequence of the groove part arrange | positioned at random instead of spiral.

The present invention is an injection molding machine that injects a molten resin composed of a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers into a mold cavity closed from an injection nozzle attached to the tip of a heating cylinder, the heating cylinder; A screw provided rotatably in the heating cylinder, the screw melting and kneading while transferring the material forward, a weighing unit for measuring the material transferred from the compression unit, A dull image type kneading part having a spiral flight between the compression part and the measuring part, the kneading part is formed with a groove recessed inwardly on the surface of the flight, and the groove Is provided in a direction crossing the spiral direction of the flight, and can constitute an injection molding machine.

Further, the present invention is a screw rotatably provided in a heating cylinder of an injection molding machine, wherein the screw is transferred from the compression unit for melting and kneading while transferring the material forward. A weighing section for weighing the material, and a dalmage type kneading section having a spiral flight between the compression section and the weighing section, and the kneading section is recessed toward the inside on the surface of the flight. A groove for entering is formed, and the groove is provided in a direction crossing the spiral direction of the flight, and can constitute a screw for an injection molding machine.

That is, the present invention does not necessarily include a kneading part having a spiral flight between the compression part and the metering part in both the injection molding machine and the screw used therein. It is an essential technical feature of the invention to provide a kneading part on the downstream side. That is, it is not essential to provide a measuring unit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1 '... Injection molding machine 5 ... Heating cylinder 7, 7' ... Screw 17 ...

Kneading part

17a, 17a '... Flight (kneading part)
17b, 17b '... groove 18 ... compression part 18a ... flight (compression part)
20 ... Check ring

Claims

A molten resin comprising a screw provided rotatably in a heating cylinder, in which a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers are mixed and melted in a mold cavity closed from an injection nozzle attached to the tip of the heating cylinder An injection molding machine for injecting
The screw includes a compression unit that melts, kneads, and compresses while transferring the material forward, and a kneading unit that stirs, kneads, and disperses the molten material composed of thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers transferred from the compression unit, The kneading part on the downstream side of the compression part and the compression part respectively comprises a compression part and a kneading part by a spiral flight,
The helical flight of the compression part is formed by a single continuous helical screw flight in which the pitch gradually decreases along the material transfer direction,
An injection molding machine characterized in that a plurality of grooves are formed on the surface of the flight so that the spiral flight of the kneading part does not become a continuous spiral flight.
The plurality of groove portions formed on the flight surface of the kneading part are arranged in a spiral shape intersecting with the spiral direction of the flight with an intersecting angle α to stir and knead and disperse the material of the kneading part. The injection molding machine according to claim 1, which has a function.
However, 30 ° ≦ α ≦ 150 °.
A screw rotatably provided in a heating cylinder of an injection molding machine,
The screw includes a compression unit that melts, kneads and compresses the molten material composed of the thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers from the rear end side, and stirs and melts the molten material composed of the thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers. A kneading part for kneading and dispersing,
The compression unit and the kneading unit on the downstream side of the compression unit respectively constitute a compression unit and a kneading unit by a spiral flight,
The helical flight of the compression part is formed by a single continuous helical screw flight in which the pitch gradually decreases along the material transfer direction,
A screw for an injection molding machine, wherein a spiral flight of the kneading part is formed with a plurality of grooves on the surface of the flight so as not to be a continuous spiral flight.
The spiral arrangement of the plurality of grooves formed in the flight of the kneading part is relative to the spiral direction of the flight.
4. The screw for an injection molding machine according to claim 3, wherein the screw is formed so as to intersect at an angle of 30 ° to 150 °.
The ratio of the helical pitch Pa in which the plurality of grooves are arranged to the flight pitch Pb in the kneading part is a spiral in which the plurality of grooves are arranged, where the helical pitch Pb of the flights is 1. The pitch P
5. The screw for an injection molding machine according to claim 3, wherein the screw is formed to satisfy 1Pb ≦ Pa ≦ 3Pb.
5. The ratio of the helical pitch Pb in which the plurality of grooves are arranged and the screw diameter D is 1D ≦ Pb ≦ 2D, where the screw diameter D is 1, 5. The screw for an injection molding machine as described.