Granted Patent B2

US 12,311,588 · App. 16/841,802 · Granted May 27, 2025

Inventors: Jun Enomoto (Numazu, JP); Ryoji Tominaga (Numazu, JP); Kentaro Sato (Numazu, JP); Ryo Shiraki (Numazu, JP)

Assignee: SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.

B29C45/76B29C45/12B29C45/1774B29C45/64B29C2045/7606

Abstract

Claims (27)

1. An injection molding machine comprising:

a mold clamping mechanism configured to perform mold clamping or mold opening by moving at least one of a first mold and a second mold;

an injection device configured to inject a resin into a cavity between the clamped first mold and second mold;

a storage configured to store:

first and second operation information each respectively indicating an operation of the first or second mold from among one or more possible operations the first or second mold is configured to perform, an operation of the mold clamping mechanism from among one or more possible operations the mold clamping mechanism is configured to perform, an operation of the injection device from among one or more possible operations the injection device is configured to perform, or processing by a system program from among one or more possible operations the system program is configured to perform,

first image information including a first icon indicating the operation indicated by the first operation information, and

second image information including a second icon indicating the operation indicated by the second operation information;

a display which is configured to display the first and second icons, and displays at least one of the first and second icons at a position set by an operator; and

a controller configured to automatically execute processing by the system program, wherein

the first and second operation information is information about a kind of an injection molding operation according to a first or second production condition, and information about a kind of an operation of the first and second molds or information about a kind of an operation of the mold clamping mechanism from beginning to completion of the injection molding operation,

the display displays a first axis representing a position of the first mold, the second mold or the mold clamping mechanism and a second axis orthogonal to the first axis representing time or process,

the display displays a plurality of operating points indicating positions of the first mold, the second mold or the mold clamping mechanism in the first axis relative to time or process in the second axis from the beginning of the injection molding operation to the completion of the injection molding operation, and line segments connecting the plurality of operating points so that the plurality of operating points and the line segments represent a flow of a series of production process from the beginning of the injection molding operation to the completion of the injection molding operation,

the first and second icons are displayed on the operating points in the flow of the series of production process,

the plurality of operating points, the line segments, and the first and second icons are located in a production flow display area defined by the first axis and the second axis, and

the controller is configured to execute operations or processing by at least one of the mold clamping mechanism and the injection device as indicated by the first and second icons at timings defined by the first axis and the second axis and indicated by the operating points on which the first and second icons are displayed.

2. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the first icon and the second icon are arranged by dragging and dropping the icons by the operator.

3. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the display displays the first and second image information in a sequence in which the first and second image information are arranged by the operator, and

the controller executes operations or processing indicated by the first and second operation information associated with the first and second image information displayed on the display, in the sequence in which the first and second image information are arranged.

4. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the storage stores third to nth operation information (n being an integer of not less than three) indicating an operation of the first or second mold, an operation of the mold clamping mechanism, an operation of the injection device or processing of retrieving the conditions of the operations, and third to nth image information associated with the third to nth operation information,

the display is a display which is configured to display the third to nth image information, and displays the third to nth image information in a sequence in which the third to nth image information are arranged by the operator, and

the controller executes operations or processing indicated by the third to nth operation information associated with the third to nth image information displayed on the display.

5. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second operation information indicates at least one of insertion or withdrawal of a core provided for the first or second mold, insertion or withdrawal of an ejector pin configured to remove a product from the first or second mold, and air blowing for removing a resin residue adhering to the first or second mold.

6. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein when executing the operations of the first and second operation information simultaneously, the first and second image information corresponding to the first and second operation information are displayed side by side on the operating point of a same time or same process on the display.

7. The injection molding machine according to claim 1 , wherein when executing the operations of the first and second operation information successively, the first and second image information are displayed on two successive operating points on the display.

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