Patents Assigned to Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9713830
    Abstract: A direct double-action extrusion press includes a main crosshead to which an extrusion stem is fixed; a main cylinder having a main ram that advances the main crosshead and pressing on a billet; a piercer cylinder disposed inside the main ram and drives a mandrel; a plurality of side cylinders that retracts the main ram via the main crosshead; and a hydraulic circuit for supplying hydraulic oil to the main cylinder, the piercer cylinder, and the side cylinders. Cylinder chambers of the plurality of side cylinders on a side where the hydraulic oil is discharged when the main crosshead is advancing have a pressure-receiving area equal in total to that of a rod side chamber of the piercer cylinder. During billet extrusion, the hydraulic circuit causes fluid communication through the rod side chamber of the piercer cylinder and each cylinder chamber of the plurality of side cylinders on the side where the hydraulic oil is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9643225
    Abstract: The present invention provides an extrusion press which eliminates unevenness of dynamic and thermal fatigue degrees of the hydraulic devices which form the hydraulic circuit in the extrusion press, the electric motors which drive the hydraulic pump, the control devices, etc., which makes the dynamic and thermal fatigue degrees and remaining service lives of the component devices even, and which is excellent in energy saving effect. An extrusion press which has a plurality of variable capacity type hydraulic pumps connected to it in parallel for supplying working oil to hydraulic cylinders of the extrusion press, uses a preset working speed as the basis to find the required discharge rate of the hydraulic pumps, and selectively controls the drive operations of the hydraulic pumps, wherein the order of selection of the hydraulic pumps which are selectively controlled in drive operation is controlled by a program which progressively advances when a predetermined number of molding cycles are completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yakushigawa, Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9636852
    Abstract: An injection molding method comprising: a mold clamping step of clamping a first mold and a second mold to form a mold cavity; a first injection filling step of injecting a foamable molten resin into the mold cavity to fill an interior of the mold cavity with the foamable molten resin, after completion of the mold clamping step; a mold cavity expansion step of expanding the mold cavity by a specified quantity to cause the foamable molten resin to foam, after the start of the first injection filling step; and a second injection filling step of pouring a molten resin or gas into the foamable molten resin within the mold cavity, after the completion of the first injection filling step, and after the start of the mold cavity expansion step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventors: Akio Okamoto, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Toshikazu Iwamoto, Yuichiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 9498808
    Abstract: A container degassing device for an extrusion press is equipped with: a integrally formed degassing block joined to the end surface of the container of the extrusion press; a first sealing member that seals the degassing block; a second sealing member that seals the outer peripheral surface of an extrusion stem or a fixed dummy block of the extrusion press; and a vacuum suction device that sucks air from within a degassing space formed within the container. The degassing space is sealed by the degassing block and the first and second sealing members, and the area between the degassing block and the container end surface is sealed by a metal touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9486849
    Abstract: A double-action extrusion press obtains a tubular product, wherein the pressure-receiving surface area of a cylinder chamber on the side from which hydraulic oil is discharged from a container cylinder and the pressure-receiving surface area on the rod-side chamber of a piercer cylinder are set to be the same when a container moves in the extrusion direction, and the cylinder chamber on the side from which hydraulic oil is discharged from the container cylinder and the rod-side chamber of the piercer cylinder are connected by an oil pressure conduit and are in communication with each other when a billet is extruded from the extrusion stem after piercing has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Moroi, Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9302304
    Abstract: An extrusion press includes a means which can prevent phenomena in which a billet is blown out during an extrusion process as well as prevent billet blowout with a simple and inexpensive constitution. The extrusion press drives a main cylinder device to extrude, by a stem , a billet filled into a container from a die and form a product. A gap measurement means that measures a gap arising at the container seal surface formed by pressing the die side end surface of the container against the container side end surface of the die is provided on an end platen on the outer edge part of the container side end surface of the die. When the gap arising during the extrusion process is measured and the measured value is within a predetermined range of allowable values, a set value for the extrusion rate is lowered and a warning is issued. When the measured value exceeds the predetermined allowable values, the extrusion process is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeharu Yamamoto, Atsushi Yakushigawa, Koji Nakano
  • Patent number: 9242400
    Abstract: A resin injection molding method of molding a resin by injection-filling an inside of a mold cavity formed by mold-clamping a pair of a design surface mold and a non-design surface mold, with a melted thermoplastic polypropylene resin composition, the method including: setting a temperature of each cavity-forming surface of the design surface mold and the non-design surface mold prior to the injection filling to 60° C. to 120° C., with the temperature of the cavity-forming surface of the design surface mold being 5° C. to 50° C. higher than the temperature of the cavity-forming surface of the non-design surface mold; and causing the resin pressure to reach a negative pressure within 7 seconds after injection filling is complete, wherein the thermoplastic polypropylene resin composition contains a crystalline polypropylene resin and a rubber component and a content of the rubber component is 1 mass % to 40 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Kumi Kasei Co., Ltd., UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Fujita, Yoshiaki Imai, Etsuo Okahara
  • Patent number: 9114447
    Abstract: An extrusion press includes an end platen, a fixed platen arranged at the rear thereof, a tie rod configured to link the end platen and the fixed platen, a die, a container loaded with a billet, an extrusion stem configured to press the billet, a crosshead attached with the extrusion stem, and an extrusion drive configured to reciprocate the extrusion stem. The extrusion drive includes a rotatable wire drum driven by an electric extrusion main motor and drives the extrusion stem to perform extrusion molding by winding the wire by rotating the wire drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150107324
    Abstract: An extrusion press machine includes an end platen, a die, a container, container cylinders which move the container back and forth, a stem that pushes a billet in the container, and a main cylinder at the front end of the stem is provided and by which the stem can freely slide front and back, the extrusion press machine further including a plurality of hydraulic valves that supply hydraulic oil in the main cylinder to the container cylinders and which operate before the stem and the container retract in movement when discharging compressed air in the container after upset of the billet and further including a hydraulic valve that discharges hydraulic oil in the main cylinder into a tank, the hydraulic valves connected by a hydraulic pipeline, and the main cylinder and the container cylinders being able to be connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeharu Yamamoto, Yukio Emoto
  • Patent number: 8939002
    Abstract: A two-split seal block is enabled, when closed, to come into close contact with an abutment surface of the seal block and an outer circumferential surface of an extrusion stem or fix dummy block via a seal member pasted to the abutment surface of the seal block and a seal member provided on an inner circumferential surface of the seal block and a pressing means capable of pressing and causing a seal member provided on a container side end surface of the seal block against and to come into close contact with a stem side end surface of the container is provided movably in the extrusion direction, and the seal block is provided so as to be capable of opening and closing by rocking in a direction crossing the axial direction of the extrusion stem and at the same time, the seal block is provided so as to be capable of moving in the direction crossing the axial direction of the extrusion stem in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8919163
    Abstract: An extrusion press includes a container mover that moves a container at an end platen and molding a product by extruding a billet loaded in the container from a die by a stem driven by a main cylinder device, wherein the extrusion press includes a deflection amount detector that detects a deflection amount of the die; a deflection amount of the die during extrusion is detected; a deviation between the detected deflection amount and a reference deflection amount of the die set in advance is mathematically processed; and the extrusion press includes a controller that sends an output to the container mover to reduce a container sealing force when the deviation is minus, or increase the container sealing force when the deviation is plus so that a container sealing force corresponding to the reference deflection amount acts on an end surface of the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeharu Yamamoto, Atsushi Yakushigawa
  • Patent number: 8899966
    Abstract: A multilayer molded product is formed by a multilayer molding apparatus including: a plurality of injection units on the part of a fixed platen; a moving platen caused to open and close the molds by a mold clamping unit; and a rotary platen mounted with different mold cavities on its surfaces facing the fixed platen and the moving platen respectively and having a mechanism enabling to move between the fixed platen and the moving platen in a mold opening/closing direction in conjunction with a mold opening/closing operation, stop at an arbitrary position, and rotate. The multilayer molded product is formed according to a multilayer molding method of switching the cavity to be formed by a mold core mounted on the fixed platen and a mold cavity mounted on the rotary platen by rotating the rotary platen, and performing injection-filling into the respective cavities from the plurality of injection units in accordance with preset injection patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20140260488
    Abstract: A shearing device for an extrusion press is adapted for cutting off from each other an extruded product and a discard which is the residue of a billet, the shearing device being configured so that the configuration thereof is simplified to reduce costs required for maintenance and production and so that the gap between the shear blade and an end surface of a die is automatically adjusted to improve the shearing accuracy, thereby providing a satisfactory cut surface. A shear cylinder (21) is mounted in a downward facing position to a frame (16) provided on the side of an end platen (11) which faces a container (10). A shear guide (18) is mounted to the frame (16) in a tiltable manner, the shear guide (18) having a shear blade (24) which is provided at the lower end thereof and guiding a shear slide (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Masunaga, Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140216122
    Abstract: Provided are an extrusion press and control method for an extrusion press, provided with a means which can prevent phenomena in which a billet is blown out during an extrusion process as well as prevent billet blowout with a simple and inexpensive constitution. The extrusion press drives a main cylinder device (12) to extrude, by means of a stem (24), a billet (20) filled into a container (18) from a die (16) and form a product (20A). A gap measurement means (60) that measures a gap, during the extrusion process, arising at the container seal surface formed by pressing the die side end surface of the container (18) against the container side end surface of the die (16) is provided on an end platen (10) on the outer edge part of the container side end surface of the die (16). When the gap arising during the extrusion process is measured and the measured value is within a predetermined range of allowable values, a set value for the extrusion rate is lowered and a warning is issued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeharu Yamamoto, Atsushi Yakushigawa, Koji Nakano
  • Publication number: 20140157852
    Abstract: Provided is a short stroke type extrusion press which is capable of increasing a container strip force, improving energy efficiency, and saving space by reducing apparatus length. A main cylinder housing (4) of the extrusion press comprises a transfer medium (10) which advances or retreats an extrusion stem (13) in an extrusion axis direction, and a transfer medium (16) which advances or retreats a container (14) in the extrusion axis direction. A container pushing medium (21) is disposed at an end platen (1) disposed opposite the main cylinder housing (4) and makes it possible for at least four different transfer motions to be carried out independently or in collaboration with the container transfer medium in the direction in which the container (14) separates from a die (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeharu Yamamoto, Koji Nakano
  • Patent number: 8747094
    Abstract: A multilayer molding apparatus, comprising: a fixed platen; a movable platen; an intermediate platen positioned between the fixed platen and the movable platen to be movable in the direction to come close or be opened, and having a surface facing the fixed platen, a surface facing the movable platen, and a housing space that goes therethrough from the surface facing the fixed platen to the surface facing the movable platen; and a rotary platen rotatably supported by the intermediate platen inside the housing space of the intermediate platen, and having at least one pair of parallel surfaces facing the fixed platen and the movable platen, wherein at least one of the surfaces of the intermediate platen facing the fixed platen and the movable platen is a mold mounting surface on which a mold can be mounted directly or indirectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: UBE Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Okamoto, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Toshikazu Iwamoto, Atsushi Shinada, Etsuji Ota
  • Publication number: 20140096581
    Abstract: The present invention provides an extrusion press which eliminates unevenness of dynamic and thermal fatigue degrees of the hydraulic devices which form the hydraulic circuit in the extrusion press, the electric Motors which drive the hydraulic pump, the control devices, etc., which makes the dynamic and thermal fatigue degrees and remaining service lives of the component devices even, and which is excellent in energy saving effect. An extrusion press which has a plurality of variable capacity type hydraulic pumps connected to it in parallel for supplying working oil to hydraulic cylinders of the extrusion press, uses a preset working speed as the basis to find the required discharge rate of the hydraulic pumps, and selectively controls the drive operations of the hydraulic pumps, wherein the order of selection of the hydraulic pumps which are selectively controlled in drive operation is controlled by a program which progressively advances when a predetermined number of molding cycles are completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yakushigawa, Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8650926
    Abstract: An extrusion press and an extrusion control method obtains a uniformly-shaped extruded product by constantly applying a constant container sealing force between a container and a die even when an extrusion force varies during an extrusion process, improving product yield, and keeping a small energy consumption at the time of extrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeharu Yamamoto, Atsushi Yakushigawa
  • Publication number: 20130307190
    Abstract: Provided is a mold clamping device that saves a space, has a light machine weight and requires low manufacturing cost in an injection molding machine, a diecast machine, and the like. The mold clamping device includes: a stationary platen having a stationary mold; a movable platen having a movable mold; a plurality of tie bars supported by the stationary platen; end blocks provided in the same number as the tie bars, which is penetrated by the tie bars and coupled with the movable platen with toggle link mechanisms; split nuts supported by the end blocks and capable of being engaged with and disengaged from the tie bars; a mold opening-closing drive unit for opening and closing the movable platen, the end blocks, and the toggle link mechanisms; and a cross head for operating the toggle link mechanisms to generate a mold clamping force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Nagatomi
  • Patent number: 8490453
    Abstract: A fixing device is configured by: a pushing device of the die unit capable of pushing the die unit from ahead in the direction of extrusion; and a pressing device of the die unit capable of pressing a die ring and the die cassette from above in a direction intersecting the direction of extrusion. The fixing device of the die unit is arranged between the discard cutting device and an end platen and at the same time, the pressing device of the die unit is provided with a fixing metal fitting of the pushing device of the die unit and a pressing metal fitting of the die ring and when the pressing device of the die unit operates and presses and fixes the die ring and the die cassette, the pushing device of the die is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeharu Yamamoto, Koji Nakano, Nobuhiko Matsumoto