Abstract: A die drive unit has a cylinder mechanism which hydraulically drives a piston member and an additional drive mechanism which drives the piston member by means of a drive source other than a hydraulic one. A first oil chamber is formed on one side of the piston member. A second oil chamber and a third oil chamber are formed on the other side of the piston member. The first oil chamber and the second oil chamber are connected to each other by an oil passage. The piston pressure receiving area of the first oil chamber is equal to the sum of those of the second and third oil chambers.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress a clamping force from sharply increasing when dies are clamped in an electric direct-acting die clamping unit of an injection molding machine. A movable platen is arranged to face a stationary platen. A stationary die is attached to the front surface of the stationary platen, whereas a movable die is attached to the front surface of the movable platen. The movable platen is connected to the front surface of a backup plate via four coil springs. A nut of a ball screw is fixed at each of diagonally-opposed corners of the backup plate. The threaded rod of the ball screw passes through the backup plate via the nut. The tip portion of the threaded rod is rotatably connected to the stationary platen. The rear end portion of the threaded rod is connected to a motor.

Abstract: Used in a method of this invention is a die clamping unit, which comprises a tie bar movably attached to a stationary platen, a halfnut positioning servomotor which advances and retreats the tie bar, a halfnut which is provided on a movable platen and fixes the movable platen and the tie bar together by engaging the tie bar, an engaging mechanism which engages the halfnut with the tie bar, a hydraulic die clamping cylinder which presses the stationary platen and the movable platen, and a control device which controls the halfnut positioning servomotor and the hydraulic cylinder. The control device drives the halfnut positioning servomotor to remove a clearance between the halfnut and an engaging groove of the tie bar before a die clamping process carried out by the hydraulic cylinder.

Abstract: A support device for a movable die comprises a linear guide, a base, a movable platen, a driving mechanism which linearly moves the base, and a securing mechanism which secures the movable platen to the base. The base is guided by the linear guide and is linearly movable. A movable die is mounted to the movable platen, and the movable platen is mounted on the base. When the movable platen undergoes a deformation with a pressure of die clamping, the securing mechanism absorbs a displacement of the movable platen in a base movement direction or a vertical direction due to the deformation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of monitoring operation data for quality control with a little possibility that a nondefective product is mistakenly determined as a defective product even if the operation data fluctuates in a large waviness curve. Every time an operation data piece for quality control is obtained, a moving average of the predetermined number of data pieces lately obtained is calculated. When the deviation of a data piece from the moving average exceeds the tolerance limit, an alarm is generated. By employing the method of the present invention for monitoring operation data such as charging time, injection time and the amount of cushion in an injection-molding machine, the accuracy of determination as to a defective or nondefective can be improved.

Abstract: A screw is incorporated in a heating barrel, and the tail end of the screw is rotatably supported by the front surface of an intermediate plate. Behind the intermediate plate, two linear motor units are connected in parallel and arranged around the shaft of the screw to form axial symmetry. The output shafts of the linear motor units are connected to the tail end of a driving shaft through a common connecting arm, and the leading end of the driving shaft is fixed to the rear surface of the intermediate plate. Each of the liner motor units is constituted by a plurality of voice coil linear motors connected in parallel. Each of the linear motor units can be independently controlled. Voice-coil linear motors to be used are selected according to the type of product to be manufactured.

Abstract: A ZnO/sapphire substrate includes an R-plane sapphire substrate whose (0 1-1 2) planes are parallel to the surface thereof and a ZnO epitaxial film formed on the R-plane sapphire substrate. The (1 1-2 0) planes of the ZnO epitaxial film are disposed with an interplanar spacing in the range of about 1.623 to 1.627 Å parallel to the (0 1-1 2) planes of the R-plane sapphire substrate.

Abstract: A display device of an industrial machine that operates in accordance with an operating condition according to an aspect of the invention includes a unit which inputs a state of an operating quality for a change in the operating condition, a unit which stores history data indicative of the change in the operating condition and the state of the operating quality corresponding to the change, and a unit which displays the history data.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus comprises a cell assembly that has a tiered frame. The tiered frame is provided with lower unit storage sections and upper unit storage sections. The lower unit storage sections are provided with holders, individually, and injection molding machine units are mounted on the holders, individually. The upper unit storage sections are provided with holders, individually, and injection molding machine units are mounted on the holders, individually. Material supply pipes, temperature control piping, etc. of the injection molding machine units are arranged in a layout space on the side of a back portion of the cell assembly.

Abstract: A screw is installed in a heating barrel. The rear end of the screw is supported by an intermediate plate via a bearing. The servomotor for charging is connected to a near the rear end of the screw. To the back surface of the intermediate plate, a direct current linear motor for injection is connected via a load cell. The load cell detects the axial direction load applied to the rear end of the screw by the pressure of the molten resin in the heating barrel during charging, and also detects the axial direction load applied to the rear end of the screw for moving the screw forward during injection. The current to be supplied to the DC linear motor is controlled in a feedback manner based on the detected axial direction load, thereby bringing the pressure of the molten resin in the heating barrel closer to a predetermined pattern.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus comprises a cell assembly that has a tiered frame. The tiered frame is provided with lower unit storage sections and upper unit storage sections. The lower unit storage sections are provided with holders, individually, and injection molding machine units are mounted on the holders, individually. The upper unit storage sections are provided with holders, individually, and injection molding machine units are mounted on the holders, individually. Material supply pipes, temperature control piping, etc. of the injection molding machine units are arranged in a layout space on the side of a back portion of the cell assembly.

Abstract: An electric injection molding machine comprises a barrel which holds a screw therein, a voice coil type linear motor which moves the screw in the axial direction thereof. The linear motor has a coil, a yoke extending along the coil, and a magnet movable relatively to the coil in the axial direction thereof. The injection molding machine comprises a coolant passage in the yoke and a cooling device for cooling the coil. Temperature related to the coil or a coolant is detected, and the coolant is control in accordance with the detected temperature.

Abstract: An mold thickness adjustable range S of a link housing included in a toggle type clamping unit for a thick mold of the greatest allowable thickness and that of the same for a thin mold of the smallest allowable thickness is divided into a plurality of sections. Extra elongations by which tie bars included in the toggle type mold clamping system are to be stretched for desired mold clamping forces are determined beforehand and are assigned to the sections of the mold thickness adjustable range S. One of the sections in which the link housing is positioned when the toggle type mold clamping system is set in a lock-up state in which a movable half mold is in contact with a fixed half mold is specified by a combination of binary signals provided by switches.

Abstract: An injection machine of a hierarchical structure type according to the present invention includes a rest having a plurality of floors, a first injection molder mounted on a first floor of the rest, and a second injection molder mounted on a second floor of the rest. The first injection molder and the second injection molder are controlled by an integrated control board. A set display device is provided which is capable of transmitting data of the first and second injection molders between the set display device and the integrated control board in order to set or display the data.

Abstract: A screw is incorporated in a heating barrel, and the tail end of the screw is rotatably supported by the front surface of an intermediate plate. Behind the intermediate plate, two linear motor units are connected in parallel and arranged around the shaft of the screw to form axial symmetry. The output shafts of the linear motor units are connected to the tail end of a driving shaft through a common connecting arm, and the leading end of the driving shaft is fixed to the rear surface of the intermediate plate. Each of the liner motor units is constituted by a plurality of voice coil linear motors connected in parallel. Each of the linear motor units can be independently controlled. Voice-coil linear motors to be used are selected according to the type of product to be manufactured.

Abstract: A direct type clamping assembly for a motorized injection molding machine to maintain a clamping force for a predetermined time without causing motor stalling is disclosed. A stationary platen and back plate are fixedly attached to a base, and a movable platen is slidingly associated with the base. A housing is disposed in front of the back plate with coil springs disposed between the housing and the back plate. A nut of a ball-screw assembly is rotatably accommodated in the housing with a bearing. When the ball-screw assembly is rotatably driven, the movable platen moves forward, stopping when a mold is completely joined together. The housing can accordingly move backward as the ball-screw assembly is further rotatably driven, compressing the coil springs and generating and maintaining the clamping force. Slight rotation of the motor prevents motor stalling, and the resulting slight movement of the housing scarcely influences the clamping force.

Abstract: A mold clamping apparatus for an injection molding machine comprises a stationary platen fixedly holding the stationary mold, a movable platen fixedly holding the movable mold and disposed opposite to the stationary platen, tie bars for guiding the movable platen for movement toward and away from the stationary platen, a movable platen driving mechanism for moving the movable platen along the tie bars to close and open the mold, a movable platen fixing mechanism for fixing the movable platen to the tie bars at a set position immediately before a position where the movable mold is joined to the stationary mold, and a clamping force applying mechanism that includes a sealed hydraulic cylinder actuator capable of converting energy of a hydraulic fluid into an intensified mold clamping force and of applying the intensified mold clamping force to the stationary platen.

Abstract: A mold clamping apparatus for an injection molding machine includes a stationary platen fixedly holding the stationary mold, a movable platen fixedly holding the movable mold and disposed opposite to the stationary platen, tie bars for guiding the movable platen for movement toward and away from the stationary platen, a movable platen driving mechanism for moving the movable platen along the tie bars to close and open the mold, a movable platen fixing mechanism for fixing the movable platen to the tie bars at a set position immediately before a position where the movable mold is joined to the stationary mold, and a clamping force applying mechanism including sealed hydraulic cylinder actuators capable of converting energy of a hydraulic fluid into an intensified mold clamping force and of applying the intensified mold clamping force to the stationary platens.

Abstract: Provided is a clamping unit for die clamping with a die-clamping force directly applied to dies consisting of a stationary die and a movable die, including a stationary platen for holding the stationary die, a movable platen for holding the movable die, the movable platen being disposed opposite to the stationary platen, and a linear guiding system for guiding the movement of the movable platen.

Abstract: A ZnO/sapphire substrate includes an R-plane sapphire substrate whose (0 1 -1 2) planes are parallel to the surface thereof and a ZnO epitaxial film formed on the R-plane sapphire substrate. The (1 1 -2 0) planes of the ZnO epitaxial film are disposed with an interplanar spacing in the range of about 1.623 to 1.627 Å parallel to the (0 1 -1 2) planes of the R-plane sapphire substrate.