WO2019150582A1 - Clamping device for injection molding - Google Patents

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WO2019150582A1
WO2019150582A1 PCT/JP2018/003842 JP2018003842W WO2019150582A1 WO 2019150582 A1 WO2019150582 A1 WO 2019150582A1 JP 2018003842 W JP2018003842 W JP 2018003842W WO 2019150582 A1 WO2019150582 A1 WO 2019150582A1
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深作 安井
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C33/00Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C33/00Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor
    • B29C33/34Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor movable, e.g. to or from the moulding station
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C45/00Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C45/17Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29C45/64Mould opening, closing or clamping devices

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  • the present invention relates to a clamping device for an injection molding device.
  • the molten liquid resin material (wax) stored in the wax storage tank of the apparatus is supplied to the nozzle. Liquid wax melted from the tip of the nozzle is injected into a rubber mold held by a clamp device and solidified.
  • This apparatus is used for casting jewelry and the like. Since products such as jewelry are complicated in shape and the like, problems such as undercut are likely to occur, and flexible mold materials such as silicone rubber or natural rubber are used.
  • FIG. 6 shows a clamp device 52 used in a lost wax injection molding device 50 as a conventional representative example.
  • Liquid wax is injected from the wax storage tank 51 of the injection molding apparatus 50 into the rubber mold 53 through the nozzle 55.
  • the rubber mold 53 is, for example, divided into two upper and lower rubber mold members 53 a and 53 b, and has a split surface 53 d on the side surface of the rubber mold 53.
  • the dividing surface 53d has an arbitrary shape, but has a jagged shape so that it can be easily and uniquely combined.
  • the rubber mold members 53a and 53b are properly and properly engaged in a state where the dividing surfaces 53d are well matched.
  • a runner is formed in the rubber mold 53 in a state where the rubber mold members 53a and 53b are closely assembled.
  • the runner is connected to the spout 53c on the side of the rubber mold 53, and has a shape that can receive the tip of the nozzle 55.
  • the side surface of the tip of the nozzle 55 has a tapered truncated cone shape with a tapered surface
  • the gate 53c on the side surface of the rubber mold 53 has a truncated cone-shaped hole shape along the tapered surface.
  • Rubber mold member 53a in order not to generate a force of separating and 53b includes a center line NZ 0 of nozzle 55, the central axis 53e of the sprue 53c is a parallel, and the vertical and horizontal position To match.
  • a plurality of rubber dies 53 are used in order to improve the efficiency of the process by parallel work.
  • each of the plurality of rubber dies 53 has a different thickness depending on the design or due to manufacturing tolerances. Therefore, in principle, every single wax injection molding, the center line NZ 0 and such alignment step as a sprue and the central axis 53e of 53c matches the rubber mold 53 of the nozzle 55 is required.
  • a clamping device in an injection molding apparatus that injects the wax from the pouring gate into a rubber mold having a pouring passage and a pouring gate communicating with the pouring passage through a nozzle from a tank that stores wax therein.
  • the rubber mold is formed of at least two or more rubber mold members, and the rubber mold is formed by combining each of the at least two or more rubber mold members on a dividing surface.
  • a bed having a placement surface on which the mold is placed, the bed movable in the direction in which the nozzle extends, and the bed so that a load is applied to the split surface of the rubber mold.
  • the center axis of the nozzle coincides with the center axis of the rubber mold without causing any resistance by the operation of matching the nozzle of the injection molding apparatus and the pouring gate position of the rubber mold.
  • the clamping device according to the present invention has a rubber mold 53 provided with a runner (broken line portion) and a sprue 53c communicating with the runner from a tank (not shown) containing wax therein through a nozzle 55. It is used in an injection molding apparatus that injects wax from the gate 53c.
  • the rubber mold 53 is formed of rubber mold members 53a and 53b composed of at least two or more, and is formed by combining each of the at least two or more rubber mold members on a dividing surface.
  • the gate 53 c of the rubber mold 53 has a slope whose diameter decreases toward the inside of the rubber mold 53.
  • the clamp device has a placement surface 61a on which the rubber mold 53 is placed, and a bed 61 that is movable in the direction in which the nozzle 55 extends.
  • the nozzle 55 has a tapered portion in the direction of the bed 61 along the direction in which the nozzle 55 extends, and a curved surface in contact with the slope of the gate 53 c of the rubber mold 53. The tip of the nozzle 55 contacts the slope of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 when the nozzle 55 is inserted into the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53.
  • the clamp device includes a pressing plate 62 and a pressing device 63 that presses the pressing plate 62 against the bed 61.
  • the bed 61 is coupled to the elastic device S3, and the elastic device S3 has an elastic force that allows the bed 61 to move up and down without resistance.
  • the elastic device S3 is a spring or a bellows.
  • the elastic force that allows the bed 61 to move up and down without resistance is balanced against the weight of the bed 61 and the pressing device 63, and the bed 61 can be maintained in a neutral state without being lowered or raised. This means that the elastic force can move up and down without resistance. In practice, this means that the elastic coefficient of the elastic device S3 is almost zero.
  • FIG. 2A shows a state in which the nozzle 55 is inserted into the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 and fitted into the gate 53c.
  • the nozzle 55 moves relatively along the slope which is the inner wall surface of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 from the nozzle position 55a to the nozzle position 55b until the nozzle 55 is fitted to the gate 53c.
  • the elastic force of the elastic device S3 is such that when the nozzle 55 is inserted into the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53, the nozzle 55 presses the slope of the inner wall of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 in the vertical direction.
  • the force component (Fpv ⁇ Ffv) of the difference between the component force component Fpv of the nozzle and the component force component Ffv in the vertical direction of the frictional force Ff received by the nozzle 55 from the slope of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 is approximately the same or smaller. Is set as follows. By setting in this way, the bed 61 can be raised and lowered without resistance.
  • FIG. 2B shows that when the nozzle 55 is inserted into the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53, the initial position of the nozzle 55 with respect to the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 is different from the elastic force in the difference between the short distance position 55c and the far distance position 55d. It is the figure which showed the difference.
  • the distance between the center line O of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 when the initial position of the nozzle 55 is short-range position 55c is x1
  • the initial position of the nozzle 55 far the distance between the center line O of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 in the case of distance position 55d is assumed to be x2.
  • x2 is greater than x1.
  • the magnitude of the elastic force of the elastic device S3 is generally proportional to the distance between the center line O of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 of the nozzle 55.
  • the elastic coefficient k of the elastic device S3 when the spring or bellows is the elastic device S3, it is proportional to the elastic coefficient k of the elastic device S3. Therefore, when the distance between the center line O of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 of the nozzle 55 is x1 is k ⁇ x1, the distance is k ⁇ x2 in the case of x2. Since x2 is larger than x1, the further away from the center line O, the greater the elastic force of the elastic device S3, and a greater force is required to cancel this elastic force.
  • the elastic force increases as the center line NZ 0 of the nozzle 55 becomes farther from the center line O of the gate 53 c of the rubber mold 53.
  • the thickness of the rubber mold 53 can be freely set. Therefore, in order to set an elastic force that can be lifted and lowered without resistance over a wide range, in addition to the elastic device S3 as shown in FIG. A lifting device S4 can be further arranged. As shown in FIG.
  • the preliminary elevating device S4 is arranged, and the position of the elastic device S3 is raised in advance by the preliminary elevating device S4 so that the initial position of the nozzle 55 is always close to the center line O of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53. Lower. That way, regardless of the thickness of the rubber mold 53, it is possible to the nozzle 55 from the center line NZ 0 closer to the center line O of the sprue 53c of the rubber mold 53 and becomes, by the elastic force of the elastic device from S3 therefrom It can be moved up and down without resistance. Further, a position detection device 64 such as a proximity sensor or a potentiometer is arranged in the clamp device so that the position of the bed 61 can be detected, for example. The preliminary lifting device S4 is operated according to the output, and the bed 61 is moved so that the initial position of the nozzle 55 is close to the center line O of the gate 53c that can be lifted and lowered without resistance by the elastic force of the elastic device S3. .
  • a position detection device 64 such as
  • Example 1 Next, Example 1 to which the above embodiment is specifically applied will be described with reference to FIG.
  • FIG. 3 shows the clamping device 1a of the first embodiment.
  • the clamp device 1a is the same in that it is applied as a part of the conventional injection molding device 50 of FIG.
  • the nozzle 5 is a part of the injection molding apparatus 50 shown in FIG.
  • the rubber mold 3 is the same as that used in the conventional injection molding apparatus 50 shown in FIG.
  • Example 1 corresponds to an example in which the elastic device S3 is the elastic device 7 that is a spring and the preliminary lifting device S4 is the pneumatic cylinder 12 in the above embodiment.
  • the functions of Example 1 are those described in the embodiment.
  • the clamping device 1a includes a pressing plate 2 and a bed 4 disposed so as to face the pressing plate 2.
  • the rubber mold 3 has a first surface 3a and a second surface 3b parallel to the first surface 3a.
  • a side surface 3c is formed between the first surface 3a and the second surface 3b.
  • the rubber mold 3 is typically a flat rectangular parallelepiped or a cylindrical shape.
  • a runner is drilled inside the rubber mold 3, and a gate 3d that is fluidly connected to the runner is disposed on the side surface 3c.
  • 5A to 5D show the positional relationship between the nozzle 5 of the injection molding apparatus and the gate 3d of the rubber mold 3.
  • the gate 3 d is a tapered hole from the side surface of the rubber mold 3 toward the inside of the rubber mold 3.
  • the nozzle 5 has a tapered shape toward the tip of the nozzle 5.
  • the opening angle ⁇ at the tip of the nozzle 5 is smaller than the opening angle ⁇ of the gate 3d.
  • the tip of the nozzle 5 has a spherical shape. Therefore, when the nozzle 5 is inserted into the gate 3d, the spherical surface portion of the nozzle 5 comes into proper contact with the gate 3d.
  • the bed 4 has a horizontal and flat mounting surface 4a, and the mounting surface 4a supports the rubber mold 3 in a state where the second surface 3b of the rubber mold 3 is in contact.
  • the rubber mold 3 faces upward so as to face the pressing plate 2 while being placed on the placement surface 4a.
  • the pressing plate 2 can be moved up and down by a hydraulic cylinder 6 as a pressing device.
  • the pressing plate 2 can come into surface contact with the first surface 3a. Thereby, in a state where the rubber mold 3 is placed on the placement surface 4a, the pressing plate 2 presses the first surface 3a, and the gap between the first surface 3a and the second surface 3b of the rubber mold 3 is reached. Pressure.
  • the nozzle 5 extends horizontally from the injection molding device.
  • the bed 4 of the clamping device 1 a has a translation device 8.
  • the translation device 8 moves the bed 4 of the clamping device 1a together with the pressing plate 2 and the hydraulic cylinder 6 so as to contact the nozzle 5 or away from the nozzle 5 along the direction in which the nozzle extends.
  • an elastic device 7 is arranged below the bed 4 of the clamp device 1a.
  • a helical spring is employed as the elastic device 7.
  • the elastic device 7 is integral with each of the pressing device and the pressing plate 2 and can swing in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the nozzle 5 extends.
  • the elastic device 7 is such that the rubber die 3 is placed on the placement surface 4a and repels by a light force that can be pushed down by a human hand, and at least the tip of the nozzle 5 has an opening diameter of the gate 3d. It has an elastic force that can swing within the range.
  • the bed 4 is moved closer to the nozzle by the translation device 8. Then, as the bed 4 moves, the tip of the nozzle 5 is inserted into the opening of the gate 3d of the rubber mold 3. At this time, the sphere at the tip of the nozzle 5 contacts the wall surface of the gate 3d. Further, when the bed 4 is brought closer to the nozzle 5 by the translation device 8, the spherical portion at the tip of the nozzle 5 pushes the wall surface of the gate 3 d, and the rubber mold 3 is pushed down together with the bed 4.
  • the spherical portion at the tip of the nozzle 5 moves relatively along the wall surface of the gate 3 d toward the center of the gate 3 d, and finally the nozzle 5.
  • the center of the pipe line at the tip and the central axis of the pipe line of the gate 3d coincide in parallel.
  • the vertical translation device 8 causes the nozzle 5 to be rubber. This is because the frictional force that the nozzle 5 receives from the wall surface of the gate 3d of the rubber mold 3 is sufficiently small with respect to the force pushing the mold 3.
  • the bed 4 on which the rubber mold 3 is placed is brought close to the nozzle 5 together with the pressing plate 2 that presses the rubber mold 3 in the clamp device 1a
  • the bed 4 is not limited by the elastic device 7 and has no resistance. Since it can be swung by a weak force, the contact point between the nozzle 5 and the gate 3d moves along the wall surface of the gate 3d without resistance toward the central axis of the gate 3d along the inclination of the nozzle 5, The center axis of the nozzle 5 and the center axis of the gate 3d can be aligned.
  • the center of the pipe line at the tip of the nozzle 5 and the center of the pipe line of the gate 3d can be realized at the same time.
  • the bed 4 is moved up and down by the pneumatic cylinder 12 which is a preliminary lifting device, so that the center axis of the nozzle 5 and the center axis of the gate 3d can be adjusted to substantially match.
  • the bed 4 is raised and lowered by adjusting the pressure in the pneumatic cylinder 12 to such a position that the tip of the nozzle 5 is positioned at the opening of the gate 3d on the side surface of the rubber mold 3. Coarsely adjust the bed position. By doing so, the tip of the nozzle 5 is always balanced so that it can swing within the range of the opening diameter of the gate 3d.
  • the bed 4 is moved up and down by the pneumatic cylinder 12 to a position where the tip of the nozzle 5 is positioned at the opening of the gate 3d on the side surface of the rubber mold 3 to adjust the position of the bed. , Rough adjustment to the place where the reaction force due to the elastic force is the smallest becomes possible.
  • a potentiometer 11 is disposed as a position detection device, and the position of the nozzle 4 is swung within the range of the opening diameter of the gate 3d by the pneumatic cylinder 12 by detecting the position of the bed 4 in the vertical direction. Adjustments can be made automatically.
  • the potentiometer 11 detects height information on the circuit board, operates the pneumatic cylinder 12 according to the height information, and moves the bed 4 up and down, so that the central axis of the nozzle 5 and the central axis of the gate 3d are approximately the same. Adjust to match.
  • Example 2 shows a clamp device 1b according to the second embodiment.
  • the clamp device 1b is substantially the same as the clamp device 1a of the first embodiment. Therefore, different parts will be described here.
  • the clamping device 1b of Example 2 corresponds to an example in which the bellows 10 is employed as the elastic device S3 in the above embodiment.
  • the bellows 10 has an elastic coefficient of almost zero, and it is easier to set the elastic coefficient than a helical spring whose elastic coefficient is determined as a finite value depending on the material and geometric shape. It becomes very advantageous.
  • the function of the second embodiment is the same as that described in the first embodiment, and the bellows 10 is employed as the elastic device S3.
  • the present invention can be applied as a clamping device of an injection molding device represented by a lost wax casting device.

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It is necessary to match the center of a nozzle of an injection molding device and the center of a rubber member, without generating resistive force, through an operation of matching the nozzle of the injection molding device to a sprue of the rubber member. The problem is solved by this clamp device for an injection molding device in which wax stored inside a tank passes through a nozzle to be injected through a sprue into a rubber mold, inside of which are provided a sprue runner and the sprue communicating with the sprue runner, wherein the rubber mold is formed from two or more rubber members, and each of the two or more rubber members engage at dividing surfaces to form the rubber mold. The clamping device is provided with: a bed which has a loading surface for loading the rubber mold and can move in the extension direction of the nozzle; a pressing device which presses the rubber mold against the bed so that additional load is applied to the dividing surfaces of the rubber mold; and an elastic device which can move the head up and down integrally with the pressing device.

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射出成形装置用のクランプ装置Clamp device for injection molding equipment
 本発明は、射出成形装置用のクランプ装置に関する。 The present invention relates to a clamping device for an injection molding device.
 ロストワックス射出成形装置を用いたワックス鋳造では、装置のワックス貯蔵タンクに貯蔵され、溶融した液状の樹脂材料(ワックス)がノズルに供給される。ノズルの先端から溶融した液状のワックスは、クランプ装置によって保持されたゴム型内に射出され固化される。本装置は、ジュエリー等の鋳造に利用される。ジュエリー等の製品は、形状等が複雑であるため、アンダーカットなどの不具合が生じやすく、シリコーンゴムまたは天然ゴムなどの柔軟性のある型材が使用される。 In the wax casting using the lost wax injection molding apparatus, the molten liquid resin material (wax) stored in the wax storage tank of the apparatus is supplied to the nozzle. Liquid wax melted from the tip of the nozzle is injected into a rubber mold held by a clamp device and solidified. This apparatus is used for casting jewelry and the like. Since products such as jewelry are complicated in shape and the like, problems such as undercut are likely to occur, and flexible mold materials such as silicone rubber or natural rubber are used.
 図6は、従来の代表例としてのロストワックス射出成形装置50に使用されるクランプ装置52を示している。射出成形装置50のワックス貯蔵タンク51からノズル55を介してゴム型53に液状のワックスが射出される。ゴム型53は、たとえば、上下二つのゴム型部材53a,53bに分かれていて、ゴム型53の側面にその分割面53dを有している。分割面53dは任意の形状であるが、容易に一意に組み合わせることができるように、ぎざぎざの形状をさせている。分割面53dがうまく合致している状態で、ゴム型部材53a,53bがぴったりと適正に係合する。ゴム型部材53a,53bがぴったりと組み合った状態で、ゴム型53の中には湯道が形成される。湯道はゴム型53の側面の湯口53cにつながっていて、ノズル55の先端を受容可能な形状になっている。たとえば、ノズル55の先端の側面はテーパー面を持った先細の円錐台形の形状であり、ゴム型53の側面の湯口53cはそのテーパー面に沿った円錐台形の穴形状を有している。ノズル55の先端の面がゴム型53の湯口53cの穴の内面に沿って適正に挿入されるとゴム型部材53a,53bが適正に係合した状態は維持される。 FIG. 6 shows a clamp device 52 used in a lost wax injection molding device 50 as a conventional representative example. Liquid wax is injected from the wax storage tank 51 of the injection molding apparatus 50 into the rubber mold 53 through the nozzle 55. The rubber mold 53 is, for example, divided into two upper and lower rubber mold members 53 a and 53 b, and has a split surface 53 d on the side surface of the rubber mold 53. The dividing surface 53d has an arbitrary shape, but has a jagged shape so that it can be easily and uniquely combined. The rubber mold members 53a and 53b are properly and properly engaged in a state where the dividing surfaces 53d are well matched. A runner is formed in the rubber mold 53 in a state where the rubber mold members 53a and 53b are closely assembled. The runner is connected to the spout 53c on the side of the rubber mold 53, and has a shape that can receive the tip of the nozzle 55. For example, the side surface of the tip of the nozzle 55 has a tapered truncated cone shape with a tapered surface, and the gate 53c on the side surface of the rubber mold 53 has a truncated cone-shaped hole shape along the tapered surface. When the tip surface of the nozzle 55 is properly inserted along the inner surface of the hole of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53, the state where the rubber mold members 53a and 53b are properly engaged is maintained.
 一方、高品質のワックス成形品を製造するには、太い湯道から細い湯道までのすべての湯道に適切な量の液状のワックスが注入される必要があり、ゴム型部材53a,53bがそれぞれ組み合う方向に適切な圧力で押圧した状態で、湯口53cをノズル55に押し当てることが必要となる。不適切な力がゴム型53に付加されたり、湯口53cとノズル55との接触が不適切であったりすると、すべての湯道に適切な量の液状のワックスが行き渡らない、またはワックスの漏れが生じる。そのため、湯口53cにノズル55の先端がゴム型53の湯口53cに正確に挿入される必要がある。正確に挿入されるとは、ノズル55とゴム型53の湯口53cとの水平方向と鉛直方向の中心軸を合致させることである。 On the other hand, in order to manufacture a high-quality wax molded product, it is necessary to inject an appropriate amount of liquid wax into all the runners from the thick runner to the thin runner, and the rubber mold members 53a and 53b are provided. It is necessary to press the gate 53c against the nozzle 55 in a state where they are pressed with appropriate pressures in the respective combining directions. If an inappropriate force is applied to the rubber mold 53 or the contact between the gate 53c and the nozzle 55 is inappropriate, an appropriate amount of liquid wax does not reach all the runners, or the wax leaks. Arise. Therefore, the tip of the nozzle 55 needs to be accurately inserted into the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 in the gate 53c. To be accurately inserted means that the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the nozzle 55 and the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 are aligned with each other.
 たとえば、ノズル55の中心線NZとゴム型53の湯口53cの中心軸53eとが合致するような位置関係(図7A)で、ノズル55がゴム型53の湯口53cに挿入された場合(図7B)、ゴム型53の湯口53cはノズル55を適正に受容し、分割面53dの分離でゴム型部材53a,53bを引き離すような力は生じない。しかし、ノズル55の中心線NZとゴム型53の湯口53cの中心軸53eとがずれている位置関係(図7C)で、ノズル55がゴム型53の湯口53cに挿入された場合(図7D)、ゴム型53の湯口53cに進入したノズル55は分割面53dを分離するような力をゴム型部材53a,53bに与え、ゴム型部材53a,53bにそれぞれを引き離すような力を生じる場合がある。特に、従来のクランプ装置では、ゴム型53の湯口53cの中心軸53eがノズル55の中心線NZに対して傾斜させることで軸合わせを行っている場合がある。このようにゴム型53がノズル55に対して傾斜する態様では、ゴム型部材53a、53bの一方がノズルに押されることにより、ゴム型部材53a,53bのそれぞれの部材を引き離すような力が顕著になる。 For example, in a positional relationship such as the sprue 53c central axis 53e of the center line NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 of the nozzle 55 matches (FIG. 7A), when the nozzle 55 is inserted into the sprue 53c of the rubber mold 53 (Fig. 7B) The gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 properly receives the nozzle 55, and no force is generated to separate the rubber mold members 53a and 53b by separating the dividing surface 53d. However, the central axis 53e and the deviation has a positional relationship of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 of the nozzle 55 (FIG. 7C), when the nozzle 55 is inserted into the sprue 53c of the rubber mold 53 (Fig. 7D ), The nozzle 55 that has entered the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 gives a force that separates the split surface 53d to the rubber mold members 53a and 53b, and generates a force that separates the rubber mold members 53a and 53b from each other. is there. In particular, in the conventional clamping device, there is a case where the center axis 53e of the sprue 53c of the rubber mold 53 is performing the axial alignment by tilting with respect to the center line NZ 0 of nozzles 55. As described above, in the aspect in which the rubber mold 53 is inclined with respect to the nozzle 55, a force that separates each member of the rubber mold members 53a and 53b is remarkable when one of the rubber mold members 53a and 53b is pushed by the nozzle. become.
 ゴム型部材53a,53bを引き離すような力を生じさせないためには、ノズル55の中心線NZと、湯口53cの中心軸53eとが、並行であって、かつ鉛直方向および水平方向の位置が合致することである。しかし、一般に、ワックス射出成形では、並行作業による工程の効率化のために、複数のゴム型53を使用する。このとき、複数のゴム型53のそれぞれは、設計に応じて、または製造公差により、複数のゴム型53の厚さが異なる。そのため、原則として、一回のワックス射出成形ごとに、ノズル55の中心線NZとゴム型53の湯口53cの中心軸53eとが合致するような調芯工程が必要となる。 Rubber mold member 53a, in order not to generate a force of separating and 53b includes a center line NZ 0 of nozzle 55, the central axis 53e of the sprue 53c is a parallel, and the vertical and horizontal position To match. However, in general, in wax injection molding, a plurality of rubber dies 53 are used in order to improve the efficiency of the process by parallel work. At this time, each of the plurality of rubber dies 53 has a different thickness depending on the design or due to manufacturing tolerances. Therefore, in principle, every single wax injection molding, the center line NZ 0 and such alignment step as a sprue and the central axis 53e of 53c matches the rubber mold 53 of the nozzle 55 is required.
 この調芯工程において、ノズル55の中心線NZとゴム型53の湯口53cの中心軸53eとがずれている位置関係(図7C)であっても、ノズル55の湯口53cへの進入に応じて、ゴム型53の湯口53cの中心軸53eがノズル55の中心線NZに自動的に並行に合致し、ノズル55がゴム型53の湯口53cに沿って進入した際に、ゴム型53の分割面53dを引き離すような荷重が付加されないようなクランプ装置が求められる。このためには、ゴム型53がノズルの進行方向と直角方向、一般には鉛直方向に抵抗無く可動であることが必要となる。 In this alignment process, even the center axis 53e and the deviation has a positional relationship of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 of the nozzle 55 (FIG. 7C), depending on the entry into sprue 53c of the nozzle 55 Te, the central axis 53e of the sprue 53c of the rubber mold 53 is matched automatically in parallel to the center line NZ 0 of nozzles 55, the nozzles 55 when entering along the sprue 53c of the rubber mold 53, the rubber mold 53 There is a need for a clamping device that does not apply a load that separates the dividing surface 53d. For this purpose, it is necessary for the rubber mold 53 to be movable without resistance in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the nozzle, generally in the vertical direction.
 ゴム型53がノズルの進行方向と直角方向、一般には鉛直方向に抵抗無く可動とするためには、単純には、図8のようにゴム型53を押圧部材60a,60bで挟持し、押圧部材60a,60bのそれぞれをスプリングS1とS2とで自由に保持する装置が考えられる。しかし、この装置では、スプリングS1とS2との同期が保証されないため、スプリングS1に結合されている押圧部材60aとスプリングS2に結合されている押圧部材60bとがゴム型部材53aとゴム型部材53bとの接触を確保するための力を一定に維持することができない問題がある。 In order to make the rubber mold 53 movable without resistance in a direction perpendicular to the nozzle moving direction, generally in the vertical direction, simply press the rubber mold 53 between the pressing members 60a and 60b as shown in FIG. A device that holds each of 60a and 60b freely by springs S1 and S2 is conceivable. However, in this apparatus, since the synchronization between the springs S1 and S2 is not guaranteed, the pressing member 60a coupled to the spring S1 and the pressing member 60b coupled to the spring S2 are composed of the rubber mold member 53a and the rubber mold member 53b. There is a problem that the force for ensuring contact with the head cannot be kept constant.
 これに対し、内部にワックスを格納するタンクからノズルを経由して、内部に湯道とその湯道に連通する湯口とを備えるゴム型に前記湯口から前記ワックスを射出する射出成形装置におけるクランプ装置であって、前記ゴム型は少なくとも2以上のゴム型部材から形成され、前記少なくとも2以上のゴム型部材のそれぞれが分割面で組み合うことで前記ゴム型を形成し、前記クランプ装置は、前記ゴム型を載置する載置面を有し、前記ノズルが延在する方向に向かって可動なベッドと、前記ベッドに対して、前記ゴム型の分割面に対して加重が付加されるように前記ゴム型を押圧する押圧装置と、前記ベッドを前記押圧装置と一体で昇降可能である弾性装置と、を備えるクランプ装置により解決する。 On the other hand, a clamping device in an injection molding apparatus that injects the wax from the pouring gate into a rubber mold having a pouring passage and a pouring gate communicating with the pouring passage through a nozzle from a tank that stores wax therein. The rubber mold is formed of at least two or more rubber mold members, and the rubber mold is formed by combining each of the at least two or more rubber mold members on a dividing surface. A bed having a placement surface on which the mold is placed, the bed movable in the direction in which the nozzle extends, and the bed so that a load is applied to the split surface of the rubber mold. This is solved by a clamping device comprising a pressing device that presses a rubber mold and an elastic device that can move the bed up and down integrally with the pressing device.
 本願発明により、射出成形装置のノズルとゴム型の湯口位置とを合致させる動作により、抵抗力を生じることなく、ノズルの中心軸とゴム型の中心軸とが合致する。 According to the present invention, the center axis of the nozzle coincides with the center axis of the rubber mold without causing any resistance by the operation of matching the nozzle of the injection molding apparatus and the pouring gate position of the rubber mold.
本発明のクランプ装置の調芯概念の実施の形態を示した模式図である。It is the schematic diagram which showed embodiment of the alignment concept of the clamp apparatus of this invention. 本発明のクランプ装置の調芯概念の実施の形態を示した模式図である。It is the schematic diagram which showed embodiment of the alignment concept of the clamp apparatus of this invention. 本発明のクランプ装置の調芯の概念を示した模式図である。It is the schematic diagram which showed the concept of the alignment of the clamp apparatus of this invention. 本発明のクランプ装置の調芯の概念を示した模式図である。It is the schematic diagram which showed the concept of the alignment of the clamp apparatus of this invention. 本発明の調芯機構を具体化した一実施例のクランプ装置の図である。It is a figure of the clamp apparatus of one Example which actualized the alignment mechanism of this invention. 本発明の調芯機構を具体化した一実施例のクランプ装置の図である。It is a figure of the clamp apparatus of one Example which actualized the alignment mechanism of this invention. 本発明の実施の形態におけるノズルの先端部とゴム型の関係を示した図であって、ノズルが湯口に挿入される前の状態を示している。It is the figure which showed the front-end | tip part of the nozzle in embodiment of this invention, and the relationship of a rubber mold, Comprising: The state before a nozzle is inserted in a gate is shown. 本発明の実施の形態におけるノズルの先端部とゴム型の関係を示した図であって、ノズルが湯口に挿入され始めた状態を示している。It is the figure which showed the front-end | tip part of the nozzle in embodiment of this invention, and the relationship of a rubber mold, Comprising: The state which the nozzle began to insert in the gate is shown. 本発明の実施の形態におけるノズルの先端部とゴム型の関係を示した図であって、ノズルが湯口に挿入され始めた後半の状態を示している。It is the figure which showed the relationship between the front-end | tip part of a nozzle and rubber mold in embodiment of this invention, Comprising: The latter half state in which the nozzle began to be inserted in the gate is shown. 本発明の実施の形態におけるノズルの先端部とゴム型の関係を示した図であって、ノズルが湯口に挿入が完了した状態を示している。It is the figure which showed the relationship between the front-end | tip part of a nozzle and rubber mold in embodiment of this invention, Comprising: The nozzle has shown the state which insertion was completed in the gate. 従来の射出成形装置のクランプ装置の図である。It is a figure of the clamp apparatus of the conventional injection molding apparatus. ノズルの管路中心軸とゴム型の湯口の中心軸とが合致するような位置関係において、ノズルがゴム型から離れている状態を示した模式図である。It is the schematic diagram which showed the state which the nozzle has left | separated from the rubber type | mold in the positional relationship that the pipe line center axis | shaft of a nozzle and the central axis | shaft of a rubber-type gate match. ノズルの管路中心軸とゴム型の湯口の中心軸とが合致するような位置関係において、ノズルがゴム型に接合した状態を示した模式図である。It is the schematic diagram which showed the state which the nozzle joined to the rubber mold in the positional relationship which the pipe line central axis of a nozzle and the central axis of a rubber mold spout correspond. ノズルの管路中心軸とゴム型の湯口の中心軸とがずれている位置関係において、ノズルがゴム型から離れている状態を示した模式図である。It is the schematic diagram which showed the state which the nozzle has left | separated from the rubber mold in the positional relationship which the center line of the pipe line of a nozzle and the central axis of a rubber mold spout has shifted | deviated. ノズルの管路中心軸とゴム型の湯口の中心軸とがずれている位置関係において、ノズルがゴム型に接合した状態を示した模式図である。It is the schematic diagram which showed the state which the nozzle joined to the rubber type | mold in the positional relationship which the center line of the pipe line of a nozzle and the center axis | shaft of a rubber-type gate has shifted | deviated. 一般的な解決手段を概念化した図である。It is the figure which conceptualized the general solution means.
 図1Aおよび図1Bを参照して、本発明のクランプ装置の実施の形態について説明する。図1Aおよび図1Bは本発明のクランプ装置の調芯概念の実施の形態を示した図である。本発明のクランプ装置は、内部にワックスを格納するタンク(不図示)からノズル55を経由して、内部に湯道(破線部)とその湯道に連通する湯口53cとを備えるゴム型53に湯口53cからワックスを射出する射出成形装置において使用される。ゴム型53は、少なくとも2以上からなる、ゴム型部材53a,53bから形成されていて、前記少なくとも2以上のゴム型部材のそれぞれが分割面で組み合うことで形成される。ゴム型53の湯口53cは、ゴム型53の内部に向かって径が小さくなるような斜面を有している。 1A and 1B, an embodiment of the clamping device of the present invention will be described. 1A and 1B are diagrams showing an embodiment of the alignment concept of the clamping device of the present invention. The clamping device according to the present invention has a rubber mold 53 provided with a runner (broken line portion) and a sprue 53c communicating with the runner from a tank (not shown) containing wax therein through a nozzle 55. It is used in an injection molding apparatus that injects wax from the gate 53c. The rubber mold 53 is formed of rubber mold members 53a and 53b composed of at least two or more, and is formed by combining each of the at least two or more rubber mold members on a dividing surface. The gate 53 c of the rubber mold 53 has a slope whose diameter decreases toward the inside of the rubber mold 53.
 クランプ装置は、ゴム型53を載置する載置面61aを有し、ノズル55が延在する方向に向かって可動なベッド61を有している。ノズル55はノズル55が延在する方向に沿ってベッド61の方向に先細の形状部分と、ゴム型53の湯口53cの斜面に接する曲面とを有している。ノズル55の先端はノズル55がゴム型53の湯口53c内に挿入された際には、ゴム型53の湯口53cの斜面に接する。 The clamp device has a placement surface 61a on which the rubber mold 53 is placed, and a bed 61 that is movable in the direction in which the nozzle 55 extends. The nozzle 55 has a tapered portion in the direction of the bed 61 along the direction in which the nozzle 55 extends, and a curved surface in contact with the slope of the gate 53 c of the rubber mold 53. The tip of the nozzle 55 contacts the slope of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 when the nozzle 55 is inserted into the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53.
 クランプ装置は、押圧板62と、押圧板62をベッド61に対して押圧する押圧装置63とを備えている。ゴム型53をベッド61と押圧板62との間に配置して、押圧装置63で押圧板62をベッド61に対して移動させてゴム型53を押すと、ゴム型53の分割面53dに対して加重が付加される。 The clamp device includes a pressing plate 62 and a pressing device 63 that presses the pressing plate 62 against the bed 61. When the rubber mold 53 is disposed between the bed 61 and the pressing plate 62 and the pressing plate 63 is moved with respect to the bed 61 by the pressing device 63 and the rubber mold 53 is pressed, the split surface 53d of the rubber mold 53 is pressed. The weight is added.
 ベッド61は、弾性装置S3に結合されていて、弾性装置S3は、ベッド61を抵抗無く昇降可能となる弾性力を有している。弾性装置S3としては、スプリングまたはベローズ等である。抵抗無く昇降可能となる弾性力とは、ベッド61と押圧装置63とが一体となった重量に対してバランスしていて、そこでベッド61が下降も上昇もしないで中立状態を維持することができる状態であって、抵抗無く昇降可能な弾性力であることを意味する。実質的には、弾性装置S3の弾性係数がほぼゼロに近い状態を意味する。図2Aは、ノズル55が、ゴム型53の湯口53cの内部に挿入されて湯口53cに嵌合される状態を示している。このように、ノズル55は、ノズル55が湯口53cに嵌合されるまで、ノズル位置55aからノズル位置55bまで、ゴム型53の湯口53cの内壁面である斜面に沿って相対的に移動する。 The bed 61 is coupled to the elastic device S3, and the elastic device S3 has an elastic force that allows the bed 61 to move up and down without resistance. The elastic device S3 is a spring or a bellows. The elastic force that allows the bed 61 to move up and down without resistance is balanced against the weight of the bed 61 and the pressing device 63, and the bed 61 can be maintained in a neutral state without being lowered or raised. This means that the elastic force can move up and down without resistance. In practice, this means that the elastic coefficient of the elastic device S3 is almost zero. FIG. 2A shows a state in which the nozzle 55 is inserted into the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 and fitted into the gate 53c. Thus, the nozzle 55 moves relatively along the slope which is the inner wall surface of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 from the nozzle position 55a to the nozzle position 55b until the nozzle 55 is fitted to the gate 53c.
 ここに示すように、弾性装置S3の弾性力は、ノズル55がゴム型53の湯口53cに挿入された際に、ノズル55がゴム型53の湯口53cの内壁の斜面を押す力Fpの鉛直方向の分力成分Fpvと、ノズル55がゴム型53の湯口53cの斜面から受ける摩擦力Ffの鉛直方向の分力成分Ffvとの差の力成分(Fpv-Ffv)とほぼ同じかそれより小さくなるように設定される。このように設定することにより、ベッド61は、抵抗無く昇降可能となる。 As shown here, the elastic force of the elastic device S3 is such that when the nozzle 55 is inserted into the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53, the nozzle 55 presses the slope of the inner wall of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 in the vertical direction. The force component (Fpv−Ffv) of the difference between the component force component Fpv of the nozzle and the component force component Ffv in the vertical direction of the frictional force Ff received by the nozzle 55 from the slope of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 is approximately the same or smaller. Is set as follows. By setting in this way, the bed 61 can be raised and lowered without resistance.
 また、図2Bは、ノズル55をゴム型53の湯口53cに挿入する際に、ゴム型53の湯口53cに対するノズル55の初期位置が近距離位置55cと遠距離位置55dとの違いにおける弾性力の違いを示した図である。図2Bに示すように、ノズル55の初期位置が近距離位置55cの場合における中心線NZとゴム型53の湯口53cの中心線Oとの距離がx1であり、ノズル55の初期位置が遠距離位置55dの場合における中心線NZとゴム型53の湯口53cの中心線Oとの距離がx2であるとする。x2はx1より大きい。この場合、弾性装置S3の弾性力の大きさは、一般にノズル55の中心線NZとゴム型53の湯口53cの中心線Oとの距離に比例する。たとえば、スプリングまたはベローズが弾性装置S3である場合においては、弾性装置S3の弾性係数kに対して比例する。したがって、ノズル55の中心線NZとゴム型53の湯口53cの中心線Oとの距離がx1の場合にはk・x1であり、同距離がx2の場合にはk・x2となる。x2はx1より大きいので、中心線Oから離れれば離れるほど、弾性装置S3の弾性力は大きくなり、この弾性力を打ち消すためには大きな力が必要となる。 2B shows that when the nozzle 55 is inserted into the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53, the initial position of the nozzle 55 with respect to the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53 is different from the elastic force in the difference between the short distance position 55c and the far distance position 55d. It is the figure which showed the difference. As shown in FIG. 2B, the distance between the center line O of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 when the initial position of the nozzle 55 is short-range position 55c is x1, the initial position of the nozzle 55 far the distance between the center line O of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 in the case of distance position 55d is assumed to be x2. x2 is greater than x1. In this case, the magnitude of the elastic force of the elastic device S3 is generally proportional to the distance between the center line O of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 of the nozzle 55. For example, when the spring or bellows is the elastic device S3, it is proportional to the elastic coefficient k of the elastic device S3. Therefore, when the distance between the center line O of the sprue 53c centerline NZ 0 and the rubber mold 53 of the nozzle 55 is x1 is k · x1, the distance is k · x2 in the case of x2. Since x2 is larger than x1, the further away from the center line O, the greater the elastic force of the elastic device S3, and a greater force is required to cancel this elastic force.
 すなわち、弾性力は、ノズル55の中心線NZがゴム型53の湯口53cの中心線Oから離れるほど大きくなる。そのため、弾性装置S3の設計において、広範囲で抵抗無く昇降可能となる弾性力を設定することが困難になる。クランプ装置では、ゴム型53の厚さは自由に設定することができるほうが好ましいため、広範囲で抵抗無く昇降可能となる弾性力を設定するために、図1Bのように弾性装置S3に加えて予備昇降装置S4をさらに配置することができる。図1Bのように予備昇降装置S4を配置して、常にノズル55の初期位置がゴム型53の湯口53cの中心線Oに近くなるように予備昇降装置S4で予め弾性装置S3の位置を上昇または下降させる。そうすれば、ゴム型53の厚さとは無関係に、ノズル55をその中心線NZからゴム型53の湯口53cの中心線Oに接近させることが可能となり、そこから弾性装置S3の弾性力で抵抗無く昇降可能とすることができる。さらに、クランプ装置に、近接センサやポテンショメータなどの位置検出装置64を配置し、たとえばベッド61の位置を検出できるようにする。その出力に応じて予備昇降装置S4を作動させて、ノズル55の初期位置が弾性装置S3の弾性力で抵抗無く昇降可能とできる湯口53cの中心線Oに近くとなるようにベッド61を移動させる。 That is, the elastic force increases as the center line NZ 0 of the nozzle 55 becomes farther from the center line O of the gate 53 c of the rubber mold 53. For this reason, in the design of the elastic device S3, it is difficult to set an elastic force that can move up and down without resistance over a wide range. In the clamp device, it is preferable that the thickness of the rubber mold 53 can be freely set. Therefore, in order to set an elastic force that can be lifted and lowered without resistance over a wide range, in addition to the elastic device S3 as shown in FIG. A lifting device S4 can be further arranged. As shown in FIG. 1B, the preliminary elevating device S4 is arranged, and the position of the elastic device S3 is raised in advance by the preliminary elevating device S4 so that the initial position of the nozzle 55 is always close to the center line O of the gate 53c of the rubber mold 53. Lower. That way, regardless of the thickness of the rubber mold 53, it is possible to the nozzle 55 from the center line NZ 0 closer to the center line O of the sprue 53c of the rubber mold 53 and becomes, by the elastic force of the elastic device from S3 therefrom It can be moved up and down without resistance. Further, a position detection device 64 such as a proximity sensor or a potentiometer is arranged in the clamp device so that the position of the bed 61 can be detected, for example. The preliminary lifting device S4 is operated according to the output, and the bed 61 is moved so that the initial position of the nozzle 55 is close to the center line O of the gate 53c that can be lifted and lowered without resistance by the elastic force of the elastic device S3. .
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 続いて、図3を用いて、上記実施の形態の具体的に適用した実施例1を説明する。図3は、本実施例1のクランプ装置1aを示している。クランプ装置1aは、図6の従来の射出成形装置50の一部として適用される点で同じである。ノズル5は、図6の射出成形装置50の一部である。ゴム型3も、図6に示す従来の射出成形装置50で使用するものと同様である。実施例1は、上記実施の形態において、弾性装置S3をスプリングである弾性装置7として、予備昇降装置S4を空圧シリンダ12とした例に該当する。実施例1の機能は実施の形態で説明したものである。
(Example 1)
Next, Example 1 to which the above embodiment is specifically applied will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows the clamping device 1a of the first embodiment. The clamp device 1a is the same in that it is applied as a part of the conventional injection molding device 50 of FIG. The nozzle 5 is a part of the injection molding apparatus 50 shown in FIG. The rubber mold 3 is the same as that used in the conventional injection molding apparatus 50 shown in FIG. Example 1 corresponds to an example in which the elastic device S3 is the elastic device 7 that is a spring and the preliminary lifting device S4 is the pneumatic cylinder 12 in the above embodiment. The functions of Example 1 are those described in the embodiment.
 クランプ装置1aは、押圧板2と、押圧板2と対向するように配置されるベッド4とを備えている。ゴム型3は、第1の面3aと、それに平行な第2の面3bとを有している。第1の面3aと第2の面3bとの間には側面3cが形成されている。ゴム型3は、代表的には平板形状の直方体または円柱形状である。ゴム型3の内部には湯道が穿設されていて、湯道には流体的に接続する湯口3dが側面3cに配置されている。図5Aから図5Dは、射出成形装置のノズル5とゴム型3の湯口3dとの位置関係を示している。湯口3dはゴム型3の側面からゴム型3の中側に向かって先細形状の穴である。ノズル5はノズル5の先端に向かって先細形状である。ノズル5の先端の開き角αは、湯口3dの開き角βよりも小さい。ノズル5の先端は球面形状をしている。したがって、ノズル5が湯口3dに挿入された際には、ノズル5の球面部が湯口3dに適切に接触するようになっている。 The clamping device 1a includes a pressing plate 2 and a bed 4 disposed so as to face the pressing plate 2. The rubber mold 3 has a first surface 3a and a second surface 3b parallel to the first surface 3a. A side surface 3c is formed between the first surface 3a and the second surface 3b. The rubber mold 3 is typically a flat rectangular parallelepiped or a cylindrical shape. A runner is drilled inside the rubber mold 3, and a gate 3d that is fluidly connected to the runner is disposed on the side surface 3c. 5A to 5D show the positional relationship between the nozzle 5 of the injection molding apparatus and the gate 3d of the rubber mold 3. FIG. The gate 3 d is a tapered hole from the side surface of the rubber mold 3 toward the inside of the rubber mold 3. The nozzle 5 has a tapered shape toward the tip of the nozzle 5. The opening angle α at the tip of the nozzle 5 is smaller than the opening angle β of the gate 3d. The tip of the nozzle 5 has a spherical shape. Therefore, when the nozzle 5 is inserted into the gate 3d, the spherical surface portion of the nozzle 5 comes into proper contact with the gate 3d.
 ベッド4には水平で平坦な載置面4aを有していて、載置面4aはゴム型3の第2の面3bが接触した状態でゴム型3を支持する。ゴム型3は載置面4aに載置された状態で、押圧板2に対向するように上側を向いている。押圧板2は、押圧装置たる油圧シリンダ6で昇降可能になっている。押圧板2は、第1の面3aと面接触可能になっている。これにより、ゴム型3は載置面4aに載置された状態で、押圧板2が第1の面3aを押し付けて、ゴム型3の第1の面3aと第2の面3bとの間に圧力を付加する。 The bed 4 has a horizontal and flat mounting surface 4a, and the mounting surface 4a supports the rubber mold 3 in a state where the second surface 3b of the rubber mold 3 is in contact. The rubber mold 3 faces upward so as to face the pressing plate 2 while being placed on the placement surface 4a. The pressing plate 2 can be moved up and down by a hydraulic cylinder 6 as a pressing device. The pressing plate 2 can come into surface contact with the first surface 3a. Thereby, in a state where the rubber mold 3 is placed on the placement surface 4a, the pressing plate 2 presses the first surface 3a, and the gap between the first surface 3a and the second surface 3b of the rubber mold 3 is reached. Pressure.
 ノズル5は射出成形装置から水平に延出している。クランプ装置1aのベッド4は並進装置8を有している。並進装置8は、クランプ装置1aのベッド4を、ノズルが延出する方向に沿って、ノズル5に接触するように、またはノズル5から離れるように、押圧板2および油圧シリンダ6と共に移動させることができる。すなわち、ベッド4は、並進装置8により、押圧板2でゴム型3に圧力を加えた状態で、ノズルが延出する方向に沿って、ノズル5に接触するように、またはノズル5から離れるように移動する。 The nozzle 5 extends horizontally from the injection molding device. The bed 4 of the clamping device 1 a has a translation device 8. The translation device 8 moves the bed 4 of the clamping device 1a together with the pressing plate 2 and the hydraulic cylinder 6 so as to contact the nozzle 5 or away from the nozzle 5 along the direction in which the nozzle extends. Can do. That is, the bed 4 is brought into contact with the nozzle 5 or away from the nozzle 5 along the direction in which the nozzle extends in a state where the pressure is applied to the rubber mold 3 with the pressing plate 2 by the translation device 8. Move to.
 さらに、クランプ装置1aのベッド4の下側には、弾性装置7が配置されている。実施例1では、弾性装置7としてはつるまきバネを採用している。弾性装置7は、押圧装置と押圧板2ごとに一体で、ノズル5の延在する方向と垂直な方向に揺動可能である。弾性装置7は、ゴム型3は載置面4aに載置された状態で、人間の手で押し下げることができる程度の軽い力によって反発する程度で、少なくともノズル5の先端が湯口3dの開口径の範囲内を揺動可能な弾性力を有している。 Furthermore, an elastic device 7 is arranged below the bed 4 of the clamp device 1a. In the first embodiment, a helical spring is employed as the elastic device 7. The elastic device 7 is integral with each of the pressing device and the pressing plate 2 and can swing in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the nozzle 5 extends. The elastic device 7 is such that the rubber die 3 is placed on the placement surface 4a and repels by a light force that can be pushed down by a human hand, and at least the tip of the nozzle 5 has an opening diameter of the gate 3d. It has an elastic force that can swing within the range.
 続いて、図5Aから図5Dを参照して、クランプ装置1aの使用時において、ゴム型3とノズルとの関係を説明する。ゴム型3には、押圧板2によって、第1の面3aと第2の面3bとに所定の圧力がかけられている。この圧力がかかっている状態で、ベッド4は弾性装置7により、ゴム型3の重さに関係なく、ノズル5の先端が湯口3dの開口径の範囲内を揺動可能なようにバランスしている。 Subsequently, the relationship between the rubber mold 3 and the nozzle when the clamp device 1a is used will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5D. A predetermined pressure is applied to the rubber mold 3 by the pressing plate 2 on the first surface 3a and the second surface 3b. Under this pressure, the bed 4 is balanced by the elastic device 7 so that the tip of the nozzle 5 can swing within the range of the opening diameter of the gate 3d regardless of the weight of the rubber mold 3. Yes.
 この状態で、並進装置8により、ベッド4をノズルの方向に近づける。すると、ベッド4の移動にともなって、ゴム型3の湯口3dの開口部にノズル5の先端が挿入される。このとき、ノズル5の先端の球体部が湯口3dの壁面部に接触する。さらに、並進装置8により、ベッド4をノズル5の方向に近づけると、ノズル5の先端の球体部が湯口3dの壁面を押して、ベッド4と共にゴム型3が押し下げられる。そして、ベッド4がノズル5の方向に近づくにしたがって、ノズル5の先端の球体部が、相対的に湯口3dの壁面に沿って湯口3dの中心部に向かって移動し、最終的にノズル5の先端の管路の中心と、湯口3dの管路の中心軸とが平行に合致する。これは、実施の形態で説明したとおり、ノズル5とゴム型3の湯口3dの壁面が接触する際に、弾性装置7の弾性力が無視できるため、鉛直方向の並進装置8によりノズル5がゴム型3を押す力に対して、ノズル5がゴム型3の湯口3dの壁面から受ける摩擦力が十分に小さくなるためである。 In this state, the bed 4 is moved closer to the nozzle by the translation device 8. Then, as the bed 4 moves, the tip of the nozzle 5 is inserted into the opening of the gate 3d of the rubber mold 3. At this time, the sphere at the tip of the nozzle 5 contacts the wall surface of the gate 3d. Further, when the bed 4 is brought closer to the nozzle 5 by the translation device 8, the spherical portion at the tip of the nozzle 5 pushes the wall surface of the gate 3 d, and the rubber mold 3 is pushed down together with the bed 4. Then, as the bed 4 approaches the direction of the nozzle 5, the spherical portion at the tip of the nozzle 5 moves relatively along the wall surface of the gate 3 d toward the center of the gate 3 d, and finally the nozzle 5. The center of the pipe line at the tip and the central axis of the pipe line of the gate 3d coincide in parallel. As described in the embodiment, since the elastic force of the elastic device 7 can be ignored when the nozzle 5 and the wall surface of the gate 3d of the rubber mold 3 are in contact with each other, the vertical translation device 8 causes the nozzle 5 to be rubber. This is because the frictional force that the nozzle 5 receives from the wall surface of the gate 3d of the rubber mold 3 is sufficiently small with respect to the force pushing the mold 3.
 これにより、クランプ装置1aにおいて、ゴム型3を載置したベッド4を、ゴム型3の押圧を行う押圧板2と共にノズル5に近づけると、ベッド4は弾性装置7により、抵抗力がなく限りなく弱い力によって揺動可能であるので、ノズル5の傾斜に沿って、ノズル5と湯口3dとの接触点が、湯口3dの壁面に沿って、湯口3dの中心軸に向かって抵抗無く移動し、ノズル5の中心軸と湯口3dの中心軸との調芯を行うことができる。したがって、本発明のクランプ装置1aを用いることにより、ノズル5とゴム型3の湯口3dとを接続させる工程を行う際に、ノズル5の先端の管路の中心と、湯口3dの管路の中心との調芯工程をも同時に実現できる。 Accordingly, when the bed 4 on which the rubber mold 3 is placed is brought close to the nozzle 5 together with the pressing plate 2 that presses the rubber mold 3 in the clamp device 1a, the bed 4 is not limited by the elastic device 7 and has no resistance. Since it can be swung by a weak force, the contact point between the nozzle 5 and the gate 3d moves along the wall surface of the gate 3d without resistance toward the central axis of the gate 3d along the inclination of the nozzle 5, The center axis of the nozzle 5 and the center axis of the gate 3d can be aligned. Accordingly, when the step of connecting the nozzle 5 and the gate 3d of the rubber mold 3 is performed by using the clamping device 1a of the present invention, the center of the pipe line at the tip of the nozzle 5 and the center of the pipe line of the gate 3d. The alignment process can be realized at the same time.
 また、前記実施の形態で説明したとおり、予備昇降装置である空圧シリンダ12により、ベッド4を昇降させて、ノズル5の中心軸と湯口3dの中心軸とがほぼ合致するように調整可能になる。特に、最低限、鉛直方向において、ゴム型3の側面の湯口3dの開口部分にノズル5の先端が位置するような位置まで空圧シリンダ12内の圧力を調整することによってベッド4を昇降させてベッドの位置を粗調整する。そうすれば、必ずノズル5の先端が湯口3dの開口径の範囲内を揺動可能なようにバランスするようになる。さらには、鉛直方向において、ゴム型3の側面の湯口3dの開口部分にノズル5の先端が位置するような位置まで空圧シリンダ12によってベッド4を昇降させてベッドの位置を調整しておけば、弾性力による反力が最も小さい箇所への粗調整が可能となる。また、位置検出装置としてポテンショメータ11を配置して、ベッド4の鉛直方向の位置を検出することで空圧シリンダ12によってノズル5の先端が湯口3dの開口径の範囲内を揺動可能な位置に自動的に調整をすることができる。ポテンショメータ11は回路基板に高さ情報を検出し、その高さ情報にしたがって、空圧シリンダ12を作動させてベッド4を昇降させて、予めノズル5の中心軸と湯口3dの中心軸とがほぼ合致するように調整する。 Further, as described in the above embodiment, the bed 4 is moved up and down by the pneumatic cylinder 12 which is a preliminary lifting device, so that the center axis of the nozzle 5 and the center axis of the gate 3d can be adjusted to substantially match. Become. In particular, at least in the vertical direction, the bed 4 is raised and lowered by adjusting the pressure in the pneumatic cylinder 12 to such a position that the tip of the nozzle 5 is positioned at the opening of the gate 3d on the side surface of the rubber mold 3. Coarsely adjust the bed position. By doing so, the tip of the nozzle 5 is always balanced so that it can swing within the range of the opening diameter of the gate 3d. Further, in the vertical direction, the bed 4 is moved up and down by the pneumatic cylinder 12 to a position where the tip of the nozzle 5 is positioned at the opening of the gate 3d on the side surface of the rubber mold 3 to adjust the position of the bed. , Rough adjustment to the place where the reaction force due to the elastic force is the smallest becomes possible. Further, a potentiometer 11 is disposed as a position detection device, and the position of the nozzle 4 is swung within the range of the opening diameter of the gate 3d by the pneumatic cylinder 12 by detecting the position of the bed 4 in the vertical direction. Adjustments can be made automatically. The potentiometer 11 detects height information on the circuit board, operates the pneumatic cylinder 12 according to the height information, and moves the bed 4 up and down, so that the central axis of the nozzle 5 and the central axis of the gate 3d are approximately the same. Adjust to match.
(実施例2)
 続いて、図4を用いて、上記実施の形態の具体的に適用した実施例2を説明する。図4は、本実施例2のクランプ装置1bを示している。クランプ装置1bは、実施例1のクランプ装置1aとほぼ同様である。したがって、ここでは異なる部分について説明する。実施例2のクランプ装置1bは、上記実施の形態において、弾性装置S3としてベローズ10を採用した例に該当する。理論上、ベローズ10は弾性係数がほぼゼロとなり、材料と幾何形状によって弾性係数が有限値として定まっているつるまきばねより、弾性係数の設定が容易となるので、実施例1の場合よりも設計上非常に有利になる。実施例2の機能は実施の形態1で説明したものであって、弾性装置S3としてベローズ10を採用しているが、実施例1と同様に作用する。
(Example 2)
Next, Example 2 in which the above embodiment is specifically applied will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows a clamp device 1b according to the second embodiment. The clamp device 1b is substantially the same as the clamp device 1a of the first embodiment. Therefore, different parts will be described here. The clamping device 1b of Example 2 corresponds to an example in which the bellows 10 is employed as the elastic device S3 in the above embodiment. Theoretically, the bellows 10 has an elastic coefficient of almost zero, and it is easier to set the elastic coefficient than a helical spring whose elastic coefficient is determined as a finite value depending on the material and geometric shape. It becomes very advantageous. The function of the second embodiment is the same as that described in the first embodiment, and the bellows 10 is employed as the elastic device S3.
 本願発明は、ロストワックス鋳造装置を代表とする射出成形装置のクランプ装置として適用することができる。 The present invention can be applied as a clamping device of an injection molding device represented by a lost wax casting device.
1,52 クランプ装置
2,62 押圧板
3,53 ゴム型
4,61 ベッド
5,55 ノズル
6 油圧シリンダ
7,S3 弾性装置
8 並進装置
10 ベローズ
11 ポテンショメータ
12 空圧シリンダ
63 押圧装置
1,52 Clamp device 2,62 Press plate 3,53 Rubber mold 4,61 Bed 5,55 Nozzle 6 Hydraulic cylinder 7, S3 Elastic device 8 Translation device 10 Bellows 11 Potentiometer 12 Pneumatic cylinder 63 Press device

Claims (8)

  1.  内部にワックスを格納するタンクからノズルを経由して、内部に湯道とその湯道に連通する湯口とを備えるゴム型に前記湯口から前記ワックスを射出する射出成形装置におけるクランプ装置であって、
     前記ゴム型は少なくとも2以上のゴム型部材から形成され、前記少なくとも2以上のゴム型部材のそれぞれが分割面で組み合うことで前記ゴム型を形成し、
     前記クランプ装置は、
     前記ゴム型を載置する載置面を有し、前記ノズルが延在する方向に向かって可動なベッドと、
     前記ベッドに対して、前記ゴム型の分割面に対して加重が付加されるように前記ゴム型を押圧する押圧装置と、
     前記ベッドを前記押圧装置と一体で昇降可能である弾性装置と、を備えるクランプ装置。
    A clamp device in an injection molding apparatus that injects the wax from the gate into a rubber mold having a runner and a gate connected to the runner from a tank that stores wax therein via a nozzle,
    The rubber mold is formed of at least two or more rubber mold members, and the rubber mold is formed by combining each of the at least two or more rubber mold members on a dividing surface,
    The clamping device is
    A bed having a placement surface on which the rubber mold is placed and movable in a direction in which the nozzle extends;
    A pressing device that presses the rubber mold so that a load is applied to the split surface of the rubber mold with respect to the bed;
    A clamp device comprising: an elastic device capable of moving the bed up and down integrally with the pressing device.
  2.  請求項1に記載のクランプ装置であって、
     前記弾性装置は、前記ベッドを抵抗無く昇降可能となる弾性力を有しているクランプ装置。
    The clamping device according to claim 1,
    The clamp device has an elastic force that allows the bed to move up and down without resistance.
  3.  請求項2に記載のクランプ装置であって、
     前記ベッドは、前記ゴム型が前記ベッドと前記押圧装置と一体で前記ノズルの方向に可動となるクランプ装置。
    The clamping device according to claim 2,
    The bed is a clamp device in which the rubber mold is integrated with the bed and the pressing device and is movable in the direction of the nozzle.
  4.  請求項3に記載のクランプ装置であって、
     前記ゴム型の前記湯口は、前記ゴム型の内部に向かって径が小さくなるような斜面を有していて、
     前記ノズルは前記ノズルが延在する方向に沿って前記ベッドの方向に先細の形状部分と、前記斜面に接する曲面と、を有するクランプ装置。
    The clamping device according to claim 3,
    The gate of the rubber mold has a slope whose diameter decreases toward the inside of the rubber mold,
    The said nozzle has a taper-shaped part in the direction of the said bed along the direction where the said nozzle extends, and the curved surface which touches the said slope.
  5.  請求項4に記載のクランプ装置であって、
     前記弾性力は、前記ノズルが前記ゴム型の前記湯口に挿入される際に、前記ノズルが前記ゴム型の前記湯口の前記斜面を押す力の鉛直方向の分力成分と前記ノズルが前記ゴム型の前記湯口の前記斜面から受ける摩擦力の鉛直方向の分力成分との差と、ほぼ同じかそれより小さくなるように設定されるクランプ装置。
    The clamping device according to claim 4,
    When the nozzle is inserted into the gate of the rubber mold, the elastic force includes a component component in a vertical direction of a force by which the nozzle presses the inclined surface of the gate of the rubber mold, and the nozzle is the rubber mold. A clamping device that is set to be substantially the same as or smaller than a difference between a vertical component of a frictional force received from the slope of the gate and the vertical direction.
  6.  請求項2に記載のクランプ装置であって、
     前記クランプ装置は、位置検出装置と予備昇降装置とを有し、
     前記位置検出装置は前記ベッドの位置を検出し、
     前記予備昇降装置は、前記位置検出装置が検出した前記ベッドの位置に応じて、前記ベッドの位置が前記湯口の範囲に入るように前記ベッドを昇降させるクランプ装置。
    The clamping device according to claim 2,
    The clamp device has a position detection device and a preliminary lifting device,
    The position detecting device detects the position of the bed;
    The preliminary lifting and lowering device is a clamp device that lifts and lowers the bed so that the position of the bed falls within the range of the gate according to the position of the bed detected by the position detection device.
  7.  請求項1に記載のクランプ装置であって、
     前記弾性装置はバネであるクランプ装置。
    The clamping device according to claim 1,
    The clamping device, wherein the elastic device is a spring.
  8.  請求項1に記載のクランプ装置であって、
     前記弾性装置はベローズであるクランプ装置。
    The clamping device according to claim 1,
    The clamping device, wherein the elastic device is a bellows.
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