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: A conveying apparatus for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine, the conveying apparatus including an actuator for conveying the mold, a first rotating body, and a second rotating body, wherein the first rotating body and the second rotating body are configured to support a bottom surface of the mold, wherein the first rotating body and the second rotating body assist in guiding conveyance of the mold by the actuator, wherein the first rotating body is positioned closer to a fixed platen of the injection molding machine in an axial direction of the first rotating body than the second rotating body, and wherein an improvement of the conveying apparatus is that a length in an axial direction of the second rotating body is longer than a length in the axial direction of the first rotating body.

Abstract: A conveyance system for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine includes a conveying machine that conveys the mold, and a supporting member that movably supports the conveying machine, wherein the improvement to the conveyance system includes a guide member that guides a movement of the conveying machine by the supporting member in a direction other than an X-axis direction between a first position where the mold can be conveyed from the conveying machine to the injection molding machine and a second position that is different from the first position.

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: An injection molding system including an injection molding machine including at least one opening on each of a first side surface and a second side surface for conveying at least one mold, wherein the improvement to the injection molding system includes at least one actuator for conveying at least three different molds through at least one of the at least one openings, and at least one guiding element for guiding at least one cable connected to a first mold located between at least two other molds to a location external to the injection molding machine via an opening of the injection molding machine.

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: 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 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 method manufacturing a molded part with an injection molding machine including conveying a first mold between a first position for injection processing and a second position for a cooling process, conveying a second mold between the first position and a third position for performing the cooling process, performing the injection process on the mold located at the first position, removing a molded part from the mold after the cooling process, exchanging the first mold for a third mold when a number of molded parts associated with the first mold are removed reaches a predetermined number, wherein the second mold and the third mold are conveyed, and controlling, during at least a part of exchanging the first mold and the third mold such that the injection process, the cooling process, and the removing are performed without conveying the second mold between the first position and the third position

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a molded part with an injection molding machine and a conveying apparatus while changing between multiple molds, the method including conveying a first mold to a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, securing the first mold at the molding operation position with a platen, fixing the platen to the first mold, opening the first mold, ejecting a molded part from the first mold, placing the first mold into a state where the first mold is slightly opened, injecting a molding material into the first mold, applying pressure to the first mold by closing the slight opening of the first mold, releasing the platen from the first mold, conveying the first mold from the molding operation position to the conveying apparatus, and cooling the first mold on the conveying apparatus.

Abstract: Manufacturing a molded part using one injection molding machine while changing between multiple molds includes performing, at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, clamping, injection, and dwelling of a mold, conveying the mold from the molding operation position and performing a process of cooling the mold at a position different from the molding operation position, conveying the mold to the molding operation position, opening the mold, and ejecting a molded part from the mold, wherein, before performing the first step for a first mold, a molded part previously ejected from a second mold is placed into the first mold that has been opened.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a molded part by an injection molding machine while changing between multiple molds, the method including transporting a stack mold including an intermediate mold to a molding operation position inside the injection molding machine, wherein the intermediate mold includes a first unit for closing a first opening portion for delivering a resin to a cavity and a second unit for closing a second opening portion for receiving the resin from a next to the intermediate mold, the next mold including a third unit for closing a third opening portion for receiving the resin, injecting the resin into the mold, closing the opening portions by the first unit, second unit, and third unit, and unloading the mold from the molding operation position after the resin is injected into the mold, where the first, second, and third opening portions are closed in this order.

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 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: 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 method for detachably attaching a linking unit, including an end with a hole and a slit, to a mold, the method comprising inserting a first attachment member connected to the mold through the hole; and inserting a second attachment member connected to the mold through the slit, wherein the linking unit is detached from the mold by moving the linking unit in a direction opposite to a direction in which the slit is formed in a state where the first attachment member is disconnected from the mold and the second attachment member remains connected to the mold.

Abstract: A mold comprising a basal plane configured to contact a supporting plane of a conveyor apparatus when the mold is conveyed by the conveyor apparatus, and a side plane configured to contact a plurality of conveyance members when the mold is conveyed by the conveyor apparatus, wherein at least a section of the side plane that contacts the plurality of conveyance members is tapered.

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: An injection molding system includes an injection molding apparatus configured to perform injection molding with a mold, a conveyor apparatus configured to move the mold along a supporting plane; and a cable carrier configured to cover a cable connected to the mold, wherein a shape of the cable carrier changes for guiding the cable based on a movement of the mold by the conveyor apparatus, and wherein at least one of a first end of the cable carrier or a second end of the cable carrier are located below the supporting plane in a direction perpendicular to the supporting plane.

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.