Abstract: A mold for injection molding, the mold comprising a first member, a second member configured to form a first cavity corresponding to a first molded part by combining the second member with the first member, and wherein the improvement to the mold includes a third member configured to form a second cavity corresponding to a second molded product by combining the third member with the first member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and components for the bonding together of plastic components during a manufacturing and/or assembly process to create molds for lost-wax casting.

Abstract: A runner for supplying resin to a cavity includes a sprue that is supplied resin from a nozzle of an injection molding machine, a first path formed in the runner, where the resin flows in the first path from the nozzle when the nozzle connects to the sprue, a first pin that moves to a first position to increase the size of the first path before the resin is supplied to the first path and moves to a second position to decrease the size of the first path before the nozzle separates from the sprue.

Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection molding apparatus that performs injection molding, and a conveyor apparatus configured to insert a mold through an opening of the injection molding apparatus, wherein the improvement to the injection molding system includes the injection molding apparatus further comprising a first door configured to restrict access via a first opening when a first door is closed and a second door configured to restrict access via a second opening when a second door is closed, and a controller configured to start injection molding with the mold in a case where the first door is partially opened and the second door is closed.

Abstract: A mold for an injection molding system including an injection molding machine, a conveying apparatus configured to convey a mold to a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, and a driving unit configured to provide power for moving the mold, the mold including a fixed mold, a movable mold, and a clamping plate fixed to the fixed mold, wherein the improvement to the mold includes a first attachment area for transmitting the power from the driving unit to the mold is provided on the clamping plate and in an extending portion that extends downward from the fixed mold or on the clamping plate and in a protruding portion that protrudes from the fixed mold in a conveyance direction of the mold and located lower than a middle of the clamping plate.

Abstract: A manufacturing system including an injection molding machine and a conveyance apparatus injections a mold and cools the mold at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, ejections a molded part from the mold at the molding operation position, and conveys the mold to a path of the conveyance apparatus and heats the mold on the path.

Abstract: An injection molding system includes an injection molding apparatus that performs injection molding, a first conveyor apparatus on one side of the injection molding apparatus to eject and insert a first mold through a first opening of the injection molding apparatus, and a second conveyor apparatus located on a second side of the injection molding apparatus to eject and insert a second mold through a second opening of the injection molding apparatus, where the improvement of the injection molding apparatus includes a first door to cover the first opening, a second door to cover the second opening, and a controller that prohibits injection molding with the first mold in a case where the second door is opened.

Abstract: A manufacturing system including an injection molding machine and a conveyance apparatus injections a mold and cools the mold at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, ejections a molded part from the mold at the molding operation position, and conveys the mold to a path of the conveyance apparatus and heats the mold on the path.

Abstract: A moving system for structures includes a linking unit located between first and second structures that can move in a first direction. A drive unit is connected to the first structure, and the first and second structures are connected. The second structure moves along the first direction when the drive unit moves the first structure along the first direction. The linking unit has a first part located on the side of the first structure and a second part located on the side of the second structure. The first and second parts line up along the first direction. The first part can shift toward the second part in a second direction different from the first direction without moving along the first direction, and the second part can shift toward the first part in the second direction without moving along the first direction.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a molded part while changing between multiple molds including a first ejecting step of opening a first mold and ejecting the molded part from the first mold, a checking step of checking the ejected molded part to determine if the molded part is acceptable, a first injecting step of closing the first mold and performing injection into the first mold, a second ejecting step of, where the ejected molded part is determined to be acceptable, changing the first mold to a second mold and ejecting the molded part from the second mold after the first injecting step, and a third ejecting step of, in a case where the molded part ejected in the first ejecting step is determined to be non-acceptable, not changing the first mold to the second mold and ejecting the molded part from the first mold.

Abstract: An injection molding system includes a conveyor apparatus that moves a mold, and an injection molding apparatus that performs, using an injection cylinder and a screw, injection molding with the mold, wherein the improvement of the injection molding system includes at least one structure located in proximity to at least a part of the conveyor apparatus, wherein the at least one structure includes at least one element that is moveable, and wherein, when the screw is removed from the injection cylinder, the at least one element is in a position to prevent the at least one element from contacting the screw.

Abstract: A terminal device is provided and is configured to display, on a first screen, a first number of one or more fields where one or more defective plants are detected, change a displayed screen from the first screen to a second screen, in a case where an instruction to change a screen is received, wherein one or more pictures of plants in a first field is displayed on the second screen, display, on a second screen, a second number of a field where one or more defective plants are detected, wherein the second number is less than the first number; and display, on the second screen, an user interface to instruct to change a displayed screen from the second screen to a third screen, wherein one or more pictures of plants in a second field is displayed on the second screen.

Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection nozzle that injects resin into a mold and a conveying device that conveys the injection nozzle between a first position where the injection nozzle injects resin into a first mold and a second position where the injection nozzle injects resin into a second mold.

Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection molding apparatus and a conveying apparatus for conveying a mold with respect to the injection molding machine, the conveying apparatus including a support member for supporting a bottom of the mold, and a guide member located on a side of the mold for guiding the mold conveyed by the conveying apparatus, wherein the improvement to the conveying apparatus includes an adjustment member for adjusting a position of the guide member in a direction intersecting a direction of conveyance of the mold by the conveying apparatus independently from a position of the supporting member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for rapidly and uniformly cooling thermal cycling systems comprising selectively heating or cooling a thermal boundary layer at the edge of a bulk fluid flow.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and a method for automated extraction of silk fibroin from silk cocoons. The silk extraction system can include a boiling tank, a rinsing tank, and a rinse bowl attached to a robotic arm. The rinse bowl has a porous bottom surface adapted to retain an extracted silk fibroin. The robotic arm can move the rinse bowl between the boiling tank and the rinsing tank for separate stages of processing. A silk processing algorithm is executed by a processor to automate the process.

Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection molding apparatus that performs injection molding with a mold, and a conveyor apparatus that moves the mold to a position in the injection molding apparatus, wherein the improvement to the injection molding system includes a connection part configured to fix the conveyor apparatus with the injection molding apparatus such that a side surface of the injection molding apparatus and a side surface of the conveyor apparatus facing each other are spaced apart.

Abstract: Some embodiments of a micro-fluidic device include at least one inlet hole located on an inlet side of the microfluidic device, the inlet hole consisting of a plurality of holes with diameters smaller in size than a diameter of the at least one inlet hole, at least one outlet hole located on an outlet side of the microfluidic device opposite the inlet side; and a micro-channel, where the plurality of holes are connected to the micro-channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for the separation of blood components including separation by rapid sedimentation, including in an automated fashion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for the separation of blood components including separation by rapid sedimentation, including in an automated fashion.