IP Library Granted Patent US 11,731,326
Granted Patent B2
US 11,731,326 · App. 17/824,430 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Method and mold for producing sealing plates by injection molding and sealing plates produced accordingly

Inventors: Bernhard Spiegl (Vienna, AT); Marian Janko (Vienna, AT)
Assignee: Hoerbiger Wien GmbH
B29C45/0046B29C45/0025B29C45/0005B29C2045/0031B29K2101/00B29K2301/00Y10T137/85938
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Patent No.
US 11,731,326
App. No.
17/824,430
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To produce sealing plates consisting of a plurality of sealing rings connected by radial webs by injection molding, wall-type guide elements are arranged obliquely to the direction of flow in the mold channel which is therefore initially largely constricted in the region of weld lines formed by the convergence of the fronts of the divided plastic melt streams, said guide elements being moved out of the mold channel during the further filling of same so that the strength is significantly improved in the region of the weld lines.

Claims (19)

1. A mold for production of sealing plates which comprises a plurality of sealing rings connected by radial webs, made of fiber-reinforced plastic by injection molding, wherein wall-type guide elements are arranged obliquely to a mold channel defined by the mold, which is thereby largely constricted in the region of weld lines formed by the convergence of the fronts of the divided plastic melt streams, these guide elements being movable between an initial position, in which 1-10% of the mold channel is cleared on both sides and 0-20% of the mold channel is cleared at the bottom, and a retraction position in which the end face of the guide element facing the bottom of the mold channel forms a seal with the surrounding mold channel wall or is elevated slightly above it.

2. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the injection ports are arranged in the region of the center of the mold.

3. The mold according to claim 2 , wherein the wall-type guide elements are designed in one piece.

4. The mold according to claim 3 , wherein the wall-type guide elements are curved in the circumferential direction of the sealing rings.

5. The mold according to claim 4 , wherein the wall-type guide elements are rounded on the outer side edges and are rounded on the end face facing the bottom of the mold channel or they are designed with a point like a rooftop.

6. The mold according to claim 5 , wherein the end face of the wall-type guide elements, said faces turned toward the bottom of the mold channel, has individual flow-through regions that are set back with respect to the end face sitting on the bottom of the mold channel in the initial position.

7. The mold according to claim 6 , wherein the wall-type guide elements are arranged at an angle of 15°.

8. The mold according to claim 6 , wherein the wall-type guide elements are arranged at an angle of 10-35° in deviation from the respective circumferential tangent to the mold channel, so as to form a preferably continuous constriction in the direction of flow of the plastic melt.

9. The mold according to claim 8 , wherein the load includes a load force that can be varied in the curve of the variable over time.

10. The mold according to claim 8 , wherein the wall-type guide elements are put under a load by means of springs and/or with hydraulic, pneumatic or electric actuators, or a combination thereof.

11. The mold according to claim 10 , wherein the wall-type guide elements form a V-shaped angle.

12. The mold according to claim 2 , wherein the wall-type guide elements consist of a plurality of individual elements that are arranged side by side with a slight distance between them.

13. The mold according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of individual elements are jointly movable.

14. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein 12-5% of the mold channel is cleared on both sides.

15. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein 5% of the mold channel is cleared on both sides.

16. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein 4-18% of the mold channel is cleared at the bottom.

17. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein 10% of the mold channel is cleared at the bottom.

18. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the injection ports are arranged separately for the mold channel of each radial web, and the wall-type guide elements are arranged exclusively in the mold channels of the sealing rings.

19. The mold according to claim 1 , wherein the end face of the guide element facing the bottom of the mold channel is elevated above the surrounding mold channel by an amount defined by 1-10% of the thickness of the sealing plate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2022
From: SPIEGL, BERNHARD; JANKO, MARIAN
To: HOERBIGER KOMPRESSORTECHNIK HOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 061440/0040 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2022
From: HOERBIGER KOMPRESSORTECHNIK HOLDING GMBH
To: HOERBIGER WIEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 061686/0640 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 50613/2013 · Sep 24, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14482532 · Sep 10, 2014
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