IP Library Granted Patent US 12,420,459
Granted Patent B2
US 12,420,459 · App. 17/939,441 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Laminate molding system, method for controlling laminate molding system, and method for manufacturing laminate molded article

Inventors: Takayuki Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Keiichirou Sugisaki (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Fukumoto (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Ueda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
B29C43/203B29C43/146B29C43/18B29C43/34B29C43/56B29C43/58H05K3/0014B29C2043/563B29C2043/5808B29K2905/00B29K2995/0007B29K2995/0046B29L2009/00B29L2031/34B30B15/306B32B37/0046B32B37/10B32B41/00
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Patent No.
US 12,420,459
App. No.
17/939,441
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A laminate molding system in which three or more press devices are continuously provided and a laminate molded article is sequentially pressure-molded. The laminate molding system includes first, second and third press devices. The first press device includes a pressure reducable chamber and a pressurizing surface formed of an elastic body sheet or a pressurizing surface formed of an elastic body sheet, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a driving force of a servomotor. The second press device includes a pressurizing surface formed of a metal press plate, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a driving force of a servomotor. The third press device includes a pressurizing surface formed of a metal press plate, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a driving force of a servomotor.

Claims (19)

1. A laminate molding system in which at least three or more press devices are continuously provided and a laminate molded article is sequentially pressure-molded, the laminate molding system comprising:

a first press device having a pressure reducible chamber and a pressurizing surface formed of an elastic body sheet, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a first driving force of a first servomotor;

a second press device having a pressurizing surface formed of a metal press plate or a pressurizing surface formed of an elastic body sheet, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a second driving force of a second servomotor;

a third press device having a pressurizing surface formed of a metal press plate, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a third driving force of a third servomotor, which are continuously provided; and

a control device for controlling operation of the laminate molding system,

wherein the control device is configured to measure, using a second position sensor provided in the second press device, a distance between board surfaces of an upper board of the second press device and a lower board of the second press device to obtain a board distance value after pressurization in the second press device, and further configured to perform position control of the third press device based on the board distance value,

wherein the board distance value provided in the second press device is stored as a reference position A in a storage device of the control device, and position control of the third press device is performed based on a position control value B,

wherein the position control value B is generated in the control device based on the reference position A.

2. The laminate molding system according to claim 1 , wherein at least the first press device and the second press device each include a force detection unit for performing force control.

3. The laminate molding system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the third press device includes a third position sensor, and

wherein the second position sensor and the third position sensor are configured to perform position control separately from rotary encoders attached to the second servomotor and the third servomotor respectively associated with the second press device and the third press device.

4. The laminate molding system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first press device, the second press device, and the third press device includes a plurality of servomotors.

5. The laminate molding system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the third press device includes a third position sensor, and

wherein the second position sensor and the third position sensor are configured to perform position control separately from rotary encoders attached to the second servomotor and the third servomotor respectively associated with the second press device and the third press device.

6. The laminate molding system according to claim 2 , wherein each of the first press device, the second press device, and the third press device includes a plurality of servomotors.

7. The laminate molding system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the position control value B is generated in the control device based on the reference position A in that the position control value B is reduced by a predetermined value from reference position A.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: YAMAMOTO, TAKAYUKI; SUGISAKI, KEIICHIROU; FUKUMOTO, KENJI; UEDA, NAOKI
To: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-068932 · Apr 19, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230330898A1 · Oct 19, 2023
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