Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – With measuring – testing – or inspecting
Patent
1974-10-21
1979-03-27
Pavelko, Thomas P.
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
With measuring, testing, or inspecting
264329, 425145, 425149, B29F 106
Patent
active
041466012
ABSTRACT:
Both a method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling a cyclically operated injection molding machine such that uniform, high quality molded articles are repeatedly produced from plasticized synthetic resinous material. The method and apparatus include integration of a sensed injection pressure with respect to time from the beginning of an injection stroke until plasticized material in a mold reaches a predetermined pressure. The integration defines a work index which is compared with a preset allowable range. If the work index lies outside the preset range, an adjustment is made to the back pressure acting on the plasticizing screw during the plasticizing portion of the subsequent molding cycle. The apparatus is permitted to make a predetermined number of adjustments in the back pressure after which a suitable indication is made that the molding apparatus is out of control itself. Other viscosity-affecting parameters may be controlled including injection screw rotary speed and injection screw velocity, and barrel temperature of the plasticizing apparatus. A mold cavity pressure sensor indicates that the cavity is full, and thereupon stops the integration and may also reduce the injection pressure to a lower value, sufficient to supply additional material to compensate for shrinking due to cooling, yet not high enough to introduce strains, or cause flashing.
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HPM Corporation
Pavelko Thomas P.
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