Resin shaping mold and method of producing resin molded product
A resin shaping mold includes a hot runner, a cavity, a cold runner, and a valve pin. The cold runner is connected to the hot runner and the cavity. The cold runner has a lower temperature than the hot runner. The valve pin configured to move forward and backward from the hot runner toward the cold runner and close a channel of molten resin from the hot runner to the cavity at a predetermined position. The valve pin includes a runner lock portion configured to hold resin solidified at a position further on the cavity side with respect to the predetermined position in the cold runner.
1. A resin shaping mold having a cavity for forming a resin molded product, comprising:
a fixed-side mold comprising a hot runner;
a first intermediate mold comprising a first cold runner, the first cold runner configured to connect the hot runner and the cavity and has a lower temperature than the hot runner;
a second intermediate mold comprising a second cold runner configured to connect the hot runner and the first cold runner and has a lower temperature than the hot runner;
a movable-side mold, the cavity being formed between the first intermediate mold and the movable-side mold; and
a separation mechanism for separating the first intermediate mold and the second intermediate mold from each other;
a valve pin configured to move forward and backward in a direction along an axial direction of the valve pin, between the hot runner and the second cold runner,
wherein the valve pin moved forward closes a channel of molten resin from the hot runner to the cavity,
wherein the valve pin moved backward opens the channel of molten resin from the hot runner to the cavity,
wherein the valve pin comprises a runner lock portion, which holds resin solidified in the second cold runner, and
wherein the separation mechanism is configured to move the first intermediate mold in the direction along the axial direction of the valve pin to separate the first intermediate mold and the second intermediate mold from each other.
2. The resin shaping mold according to claim 1 , wherein the runner lock portion has such a shape as to hold the resin solidified in the second cold runner in the axial direction of the valve pin.
3. The resin shaping mold according to claim 2 , wherein a sectional area of a section of the runner lock portion taken along a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the valve pin at a position closer to the cavity than a first position is larger than a sectional area of a section of the runner lock portion taken along a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the valve pin at the first position.
4. The resin shaping mold according to claim 2 , wherein the runner lock portion comprises a spiral shape extending in the axial direction of the valve pin.
5. The resin shaping mold according to claim 1 , wherein the runner lock portion is configured such that the resin solidified in the second cold runner is capable of being separated from the runner lock portion in a direction crossing the axial direction of the valve pin.
6. The resin shaping mold according to claim 5 , wherein the runner lock portion is configured such that the resin solidified in the second cold runner is capable of being separated from the runner lock portion in a vertical direction.
7. The resin shaping mold according to claim 6 , wherein the resin solidified in the second cold runner is capable of separating from the runner lock portion in only one separable direction that is one of an upward direction and a downward direction in the vertical direction.
8. The resin shaping mold according to claim 7 , wherein a diameter of the resin solidified in the second cold runner in the separable direction is smaller than a diameter of the valve pin, and a diameter of the resin solidified in the second cold runner in a direction crossing the separable direction is equal to or larger than the diameter of the valve pin.
9. The resin shaping mold according to claim 2 , wherein the runner lock portion is capable of holding the resin solidified in the second cold runner in a direction crossing the axial direction of the valve pin.
10. The resin shaping mold according to claim 9 , wherein a maximum diameter of the resin solidified in the second cold runner is larger than a diameter of the valve pin.
11. The resin shaping mold according to claim 9 , wherein an inner diameter of a groove portion of the resin solidified in the second cold runner corresponding to the runner lock portion increases from a side of the valve pin toward a gate connecting to the cavity.
12. The resin shaping mold according to claim 9 , wherein an inner diameter of a groove portion of the resin solidified in the second cold runner corresponding to the runner lock portion periodically increases and decreases in a direction from a side of the valve pin toward a gate connecting to the cavity.
13. The resin shaping mold according to claim 1 , wherein a sectional area of the channel of molten resin within the second cold runner gradually decreases in a direction from a side of the valve pin to a gate connecting to the cavity.
14. The resin shaping mold according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first intermediate mold is arranged between the movable-side mold and the second intermediate mold in the direction along the axial direction of the valve pin, and
wherein the second intermediate mold is arranged between the first intermediate mold and the fixed-side mold in the direction along the axial direction of the valve pin.
15. The resin shaping mold according to claim 14 , wherein, in a case of separating the first intermediate mold and the second intermediate mold from each other, the resin solidified in the second cold runner is held by a tapered surface of the second cold runner provided in the second intermediate mold and the runner lock portion, and is cut off from resin solidified in the cavity.
16. The resin shaping mold according to claim 14 , wherein the second cold runner and the resin solidified in the second cold runner each comprise a tapered surface in a range constituted by the second intermediate mold.
17. The resin shaping mold according to claim 14 , wherein the second cold runner and the resin solidified in the second cold runner each comprise a step in a range within the second intermediate mold.
18. The resin shaping mold according to claim 14 , wherein, in a case of separating the first intermediate mold and the second intermediate mold from each other, the resin solidified in the second cold runner is held by a step of the second cold runner provided in the second intermediate mold and the runner lock portion, and is cut off from resin solidified in the cavity.
19. A method of producing a resin molded product by using the resin shaping mold according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
injecting resin into the cavity through the hot runner and the second and first cold runners;
closing, by the valve pin, the channel of molten resin;
holding, by the valve pin, solidified resin in the second cold runner on a cavity side with respect to the valve pin; and
cutting the solidified resin held by the valve pin from solidified resin in the cavity.