Method for injection molding at low, substantially constant pressure
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B29C-045/18
B29C-045/77
출원번호
US-0476197
(2012-05-21)
등록번호
US-9707709
(2017-07-18)
발명자
/ 주소
Altonen, Gene Michael
Berg, Jr., Charles John
Neufarth, Ralph Edwin
Schiller, Gary Francis
Layman, John Moncrief
Scharrenberg, Rainer
출원인 / 주소
IMFLUX INC
대리인 / 주소
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
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초록▼
Disclosed herein is a method of injection molding at low, substantially constant melt pressures. Embodiments of the disclosed method now make possible a method of injection molding that is more energy—and cost—effective than conventional high-velocity injection molding processes. Embodiments of the
Disclosed herein is a method of injection molding at low, substantially constant melt pressures. Embodiments of the disclosed method now make possible a method of injection molding that is more energy—and cost—effective than conventional high-velocity injection molding processes. Embodiments of the disclosed method surprisingly allow for the filling of a mold cavity at low melt pressure without undesirable premature hardening of the thermoplastic material in the mold cavity and without the need for maintaining a constant temperature or heated mold cavity. Heretofore, it would not have been expected that a constant pressure method could be performed at low pressure without such premature hardening of the thermoplastic material when using an unheated mold cavity or cooled mold cavity.
대표청구항▼
1. A method comprising: (a) filling with a shot comprising a molten thermoplastic material a mold cavity of a molding apparatus, the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material having a melt pressure that, upon injection into the mold cavity, exceeds a pre-injection pressure of the shot compri
1. A method comprising: (a) filling with a shot comprising a molten thermoplastic material a mold cavity of a molding apparatus, the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material having a melt pressure that, upon injection into the mold cavity, exceeds a pre-injection pressure of the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material; and,(b) while filling substantially the entire mold cavity with the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material, maintaining the melt pressure substantially constant at less than 6000 psi,wherein:the thermoplastic material has a melt flow index of about 0.1 g/10 min to about 500 g/10 min,the molding apparatus comprising heated runners in fluid communication with the mold cavity. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the molding apparatus comprises two or more mold cavities and the heated runners are in fluid communication with the two or more mold cavities. 3. A method comprising: (a) filling with a shot comprising a molten thermoplastic material a mold cavity of a molding apparatus, the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material having a melt pressure that, upon injection into the mold cavity, exceeds a pre-injection pressure of the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material; and,(b) while filling substantially the entire mold cavity with the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material, maintaining the melt pressure substantially constant at less than 6000 psi,wherein:the thermoplastic material has a melt flow index of about 0.1 g/10 min to about 500 g/10 min, and wherein the melt pressure of the shot comprising molten thermoplastic material is reduced to a pack pressure that is at least 50% of the melt pressure when the mold cavity is at least about 70% filled. 4. A method comprising: (a) filling with a shot comprising a molten thermoplastic material a mold cavity of a molding apparatus, the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material having a melt pressure that, upon injection into the mold cavity, exceeds a pre-injection pressure of the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material; and,(b) while filling substantially the entire mold cavity with the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material, maintaining the melt pressure substantially constant at less than 6000 psi,wherein:the thermoplastic material has a melt flow index of about 0.1 g/10 min to about 500 g/10 min, wherein injection or filling of the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material into the mold cavity comprises applying a hydraulic pressure to the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material, and wherein maintaining the constant melt pressure comprises monitoring the melt pressure of the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material upon injection into the mold cavity and the melt pressure of the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material during filling of the mold cavity, and adjusting the hydraulic pressure applied to the shot comprising the molten thermoplastic material during injection into the mold cavity.
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