Abstract: The invention describes a method for producing a decorative ornamental part, eg a control key, having a symbol in relief that is defined by a clearance gap free as far as possible of webs and connections in the frame of the control key, wherein the decorative ornamental part is back-injected with a plastic melt by the plastic injection moulding process. In order to obtain a surface on the visible side of the inner part which is free of traces of clamping and retaining it is proposed: that the production method consists of a cutting operation to produce the clearance gap, that the stamping punch carrying out the cutting operation remains as a place-holder in the cut contour of the clearance gap during the injection operation, and that the subsequent injection operation producing a bond ensures the exact connection of the contour of the cut free inner part to the frame of the ornamental part.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a golf ball having a core or a sphere composed of a core over which at least a first covering layer and a second covering layer are consecutively formed using at least two vertically separating two-part molds of differing size cavities, each mold being composed of a top half and a bottom half, that are installed in such a way that the top mold halves are horizontally rotatable together and the bottom mold halves are horizontally rotatable together.

Abstract: A method for modifying a surface of a polymer such as a thermoplastic resin is provided, in which a supercritical fluid, especially carbon dioxide in a supercritical state is used as a solvent, and the polymer surface is further converted to have highly advanced function or high performance in a short period of time. In the method for modifying the polymer surface of the present invention, a solute is previously applied to the polymer surface. Accordingly, the solute can be permeated into the surface of the polymer swelled by the contact of the supercritical fluid. When this method is used, it is possible to permeate the solute into the polymer at a high concentration in a short period of time.

Abstract: A window structure in which a metal frame is firmly bonded to a sheet material comprising an aromatic polycarbonate resin and which has wet heat resistance and a window member for the structure are provided. The sheet window member comprises: A: a sheet material (A) comprising an aromatic polycarbonate resin, B: a frame member (B) laminated along the periphery of one surface of the sheet material (A), and C: a rubber-like buffer layer (C) formed on the surface of the frame member (B), wherein the frame member (B) is formed from a resin composition comprising the following (i) to (iii): (i) 50 to 90 parts by weight of aromatic polycarbonate resin (B-1), (ii) 10 to 50 parts by weight of polyethylene terephthalate resin (B-2), and (iii) 0 to 50 parts by weight of fibrous filler (B-3) based on 100 parts by weight of the total of(B-1) and (B-2).

Abstract: In a method of injection molding a plastic product having a base wall and a sidewall (24), wherein plastic injected into a base-wall section of the mold cavity is conducted through a flow guide (28) in the base-wall section and thence into a sidewall section (24) of the mold cavity, a portion of a base-wall section flow guide is shaped by partially opposing a row of successive recesses (33) in a first mold part with a series of successive recesses (34) in a second mold part, with the recesses in the first mold part being so staggered with respect to the recesses in the second mold part as to provide a chain of overlapping recesses that form a sequence of variable-opening throttles (30) having openings that can vary whenever the alignment between the first and second mold parts varies. The recesses (34) in the second mold part are more than the recesses (33) in the first mold part.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing products from material which is thermoplastically deformable, as from plastic, comprising: —a mold (2) with at least one mold cavity (3); —in the or each mold cavity (3) at least one slide (8); —movement means for moving each slide (8); —closing means for opening and closing the mold (2); —feed means for introducing, with the mold cavity (3) closed, said material in at least substantially plastic condition into the or each mold cavity; wherein the movement means (9) for moving the slide (3) are arranged for moving said slide forward at a relatively high speed relative to the movement speed of the mold parts upon opening and closing thereof, from a position at least partly retracted from the mold cavity, such that said material, as a result, is displaced in the mold cavity for obtaining the filling thereof, preferably at a speed high such that adiabatic heat development occurs in the or each mold cavity.

Abstract: An overmolding process for a hollow receptacle provided with a neck, and an axial body with a shoulder a sidewall and a bottom, the hollow receptacle, having axial height H and larger cross-section S. When the mould is open, the neck bears in contact with an axial support so as to mask the neck during the overmolding process. Before closing the mold, the sidewall is placed in a lateral positioning device that can be moved along an axial direction of the mold. After the mold has been closed, the lateral positioning device is displaced in the axial direction as the material flow injected into the axial cavity and forming an annular flow.

Abstract: A mold transfer assembly is described that upon placement or construction along a region of an injection molding press, readily receives and retains mold(s) used in the press, and when not in use can be stored below the floor. The mold transfer assembly includes a mold receiving member that is positionable between an extended or raised state, at which the member is at a position, orientation, and height suitable for receiving a mold or set of molds from the press, and a retracted position at which the member is positioned under the floor. This configuration and positioning ability enables greater amounts of floor space to be used when the mold transfer assembly is not in use. Also described is a molding platen having a selectively positionable mold support ledge that enables molds of different sizes to be used in a single press.

Abstract: A molding system for forming an article of composite material including a track, a mold supported on the track, the mold defining a mold cavity, an injection tube supported adjacent the mold and in fluid communication with the mold cavity, the injection tube being fluidly connected to a source of the composite material, wherein the composite material is fed into the mold cavity via the injection tube and wherein the mold is adapted to move injection tube as the composite material is fed into the mold progressively increasing the volume of the mold cavity.

Abstract: A graft formation and delivery instrument comprising an outer barrel, a piston, and an inner pin. The outer barrel has a center aperture. The piston is seated within the center aperture, has a through bore, and is operable to move within the center aperture. The inner pin is seated within the through bore of the piston and operable to move within the through bore. The outer barrel receives multiple graft components that are contacted by at least one of the piston and the inner pin to assemble a composite graft from the graft components. The instrument is operable to direct the composite graft to a desired implant area and deposit the composite graft at the implant area.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the production of hollow bodies of thermoplastic material by extrusion blow molding. In the process according to the invention continuous extrusion of at least two preforms in web form of plasticized material is effected by means of a plurality of extrusion devices. The preforms are jointly shaped to form a hollow body in the still plastic condition, that is to say in the first heat, within a multi-part tool forming a mold cavity. In that case a wall thickness profile is imparted to at least one preform during the extrusion operation independently of the respective other preform by continuous nozzle gap adjustment during the extrusion operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a product with a constant weight made from a compressible fluid which comprises feeding the compressible fluid into a prescribed vessel, characterized in that the volume of the compressible fluid to be fed into the vessel is adjusted according to variations of specific gravity of the compressible fluid to be fed into the vessel so that the weight of the compressible fluid to be fed is constant.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing products from material which is thermoplastically deformable, as from plastic, comprising:—a mold (2) with at least one mold cavity (3);—in the or each mold cavity (3) at least one slide (8);—movement means for moving each slide (8);—closing means for opening and closing the mold (2);—feed means for introducing, with the mold cavity (3) closed, said material in at least substantially plastic condition into the or each mold cavity; wherein the movement means (9) for moving the slide (3) are arranged for moving said slide forward at a relatively high speed relative to the movement speed of the mold parts upon opening and closing thereof, from a position at least partly retracted from the mold cavity, such that said material, as a result, is displaced in the mold cavity for obtaining the filling thereof, preferably at a speed high such that adiabatic heat development occurs in the or each mold cavity.

Abstract: An object is to provide an injection molding machine and an injection molding method which can shorten the molding cycle without deteriorating accuracy in transfer of a pattern of an information surface of a stamper and without deteriorating optical characteristics. The injection molding machine includes mold closing processing means for performing mold closing; movable-platen-position determination means for determining whether or not a movable platen (23) has reached an injection start position (Sb) set between a mold opening limit position and a mold closing limit position; and injection processing means for starting an injection step when the movable platen (23) reaches the injection start position (Sb) . In this case, since the injection step is started before the movable platen reaches the mold closing limit position, the molding cycle can be shortened by an amount corresponding to a time by which the start of the injection step is advanced.

Abstract: A mandrel comprising a rigid inner core and an elastomeric outer layer that at least partially surrounds the rigid inner core, wherein the elastomeric outer layer is adapted to expand during a molding process to seal a cavity to prevent incursion of material injected during the molding process.

Abstract: An in-mold coating molded article is obtained by coating the surface of a resin molded product comprising a hydroxyl group-containing polypropylene resin composition (A) with a paint composition for in-mold coating, wherein the composition (A) comprises a polypropylene resin (i), an additive rubber (ii) and optionally a polymer compound (iii) other than the polypropylene resin (i) and the additive rubber (ii), the total hydroxyl value of the polypropylene resin (i), the additive rubber (ii) and the optional polymer compound (iii) is from 1 to 40, the composition (A) has a rubber component content (total of the amount of the additive rubber (ii) and the amount of components soluble in n-decane at 23° C.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for creating distinct zones in a mold that can be separately filled, particularly with different materials. A molded barrier is created within the mold and the mold is configured so that the barrier separates zones in a mold cavity. Different materials may then be injected into the separate zones to create a molded article constructed of multiple materials.

Abstract: A method for molding an in-mold coating product including a substrate and a coating formed on a surface of the substrate. A first mold including a fixed mold piece is closed to form a substrate cavity therein. The substrate cavity is charged with a resin to form the substrate with a seal projection formed near the parting line of the first mold. Then, a second mold, which uses the fixed mold piece of the first mold, is closed with the substrate arranged on the fixed mold piece to form a coating cavity therein. The second mold deforms the seal projection so that when a coating material is charged into the coating cavity, the coating material does not leak out toward the parting line of the second mold.

Abstract: An interior panel for a motor vehicle provides a deployment door for an airbag assembly supported behind the panel. The deployment door has a peripheral end surface connected to the surrounding panel substrate, the connection being formed by a knit line. In this manner, a seamless deployment door for an airbag assembly is provided with a clean and consistent appearance, while at the same time quickly and easily breaking free from the surrounding panel.

Abstract: The invention provides a device for injecting a resin into at least one fibre layer of a fibre-reinforced product (5) to be manufactured, comprising a mould (2, 3) having a mould cavity (4) that is surrounded by a mould wall for abutment of the product thereagainst in the closed condition of the mould. A rigid part (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) of the mould wall is movable with respect to another part of the mould wall in the closed condition of the mould so as to ensure a continued abutment of the movable part of the mould wall with the products when shrinkage of the resin caused by curing thereof takes place subsequent to the injection process.

Abstract: A connector and tubing assembly including a multi-lumen molded connector having at least three flexible tubes also molded into the connector. The connector may be “Y” shaped and include three flexible tubes. A process of making the connector and tubing assembly involves forming a first part of the connector with two tubes molded therein and then removing an internal mold member prior to molding the final connector portion and third tube in place.

Abstract: During injection molding of a plastic product having a base wall and a sidewall, fluid plastic material is injected into a base-wall section of a mold cavity. The base-wall section of the mold cavity includes at least one flow guide that is defined by a first mold part, a second mold part, and a third mold part that is movable relative to the first and second mold parts to either decrease or increase the conduction of injected plastic material through the at least one flow guide. Conduction within the at-least-one flow guide is adjusted dynamically while the injected plastic material is being conducted into the sidewall section of the mold cavity by moving the movable third mold part in response to sensed variations in injection pressures in different portions of the sidewall section of the mold cavity.

Abstract: Mold (20) for manufacturing plastic products provided with a bottom and a sidewall, wherein the mold comprises at least a first (21) and second (22) mold part which jointly define at least partly at least one mold cavity (100) and are movable in a first direction, wherein the at least one mold cavity comprises at least one first, in particular bottom-forming part (101) and one second (102), in particular sidewall-forming part, wherein on the first mold part at least one fixed wall part (24) is provided which supports a first movable wall part (20) which is movable relative to the respective fixed wall part (24) in at least a second direction which includes an angle with the first direction, wherein in said first movable wall part a second movable wall part (35) is provided, on the side facing the mold cavity, which is movable between a forwardly moved position and a retracted position relative to the first movable wall part.

Abstract: Mold (20), provided with a mold cavity which is at least partly defined by a movable wall part (50), wherein injection means (34) are provided for introducing material into the mold cavity, which injection means comprise at least one injection opening (34A) which is provided in at least one stationary wall part (80) of the mold cavity, wherein said stationary wall part (80) is at least partly surrounded by said at least one movable wall part (50).

Abstract: A wire connector wherein the wire engaging core and electrically insulated housing are molded with an exterior surface of a molded wire engaging core used as a mold surface as the electrically insulated housing is molded around the wire engaging core to provide a wire connector with a molded housing and a molded wire engaging core.

Abstract: A gasket (1) having a reversibly compressible lower portion (17), and an upper portion (14) having at least one upwardly extending extension, is described. The upper portion (14) of the gasket (1) includes a first (34) and optionally a second (37) upwardly extending extension, each having an exterior surface (43, 55). The first and second extensions of the upper portion each have a vertical center line (49, 58) that resides over (or extends through) an underlying exterior longitudinal groove (73, 76) of the lower portion, such that when the gasket is compressed along its vertical center axis (23) a force (79, 82) is exerted laterally outward along (or through) the exterior surfaces of the upwardly extending extensions. The force exerted laterally outward along the exterior surface of an upwardly extending extension serves to maintain a seal (214, 217) formed by abutment of the exterior surface of the extension with a separate surface (e.g.

Abstract: A process for foaming around a peripheral edge area of a cover (10) for a motor vehicle roof, the cover being placed on or in a foaming tool and the foam mass (18) being fed into the foaming tool such that two foam mass fronts are formed which run around the peripheral edge in the peripheral direction and merge with one another or meet one another in the merging area at a side opposite that at which the foam was introduced. The foaming tool is made such that, in the merging area, the cross section of the foam mass is reduced on the side opposite the ventilation side (40) of the foaming tool that is vented relative to the areas (42, 142) which border the merging area in order to prevent inclusion of gas bubbles in the merging area. Furthermore, a cover for a motor vehicle roof is produced which has a foamed peripheral edge area in which two foam mass fronts, which are formed during the peripheral foaming in a foaming tool, merge with one another.

Abstract: An in-mold coat-forming mold and an in-mold coat-forming method are provided, wherein the mold prevents leakage of a coating material for the long term, which is likely to occur when the in-mold coat-forming method is carried out. By disposing a grove, a pressure piece, or both of them so as to serve as coating-material leakage-preventing means, in the vicinity of the edge of a mold cavity adjacent to a shear-structured engaging portion disposed along the circumference of the mold cavity, a coating material is prevented from leaking out of the mold from the engaging portion, and problems such as an adverse affect on a formed product caused by the leaked coating-material and a damage on the mold are prevented, whereby in-mold coat-forming is stably performed for the long term.

Abstract: A disk-shape resin molded article such as a gear comprises a rim, a boss, a web having a disk configuration for connecting the rim and the boss, and gear teeth formed on the rim. The molded article is produced by an injection-compression molding process which comprises injecting a molten resin into a cavity of a metal mold, and pressing a web site and at least one site selected from the group consisting of a boss site and a rim site in a thickness direction. The cavity may have a capacity larger than the solidified products by contraction amount of the injected molten resin.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for manufacturing dosage forms, and to dosage forms made using such systems, methods and apparatuses are provided. Novel compression, thermal cycle molding, and thermal setting molding modules are disclosed. One or more of such modules may be linked, preferably via novel transfer device, into an overall system for making dosage forms.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for compressing melt and/or compensating for melt shrinkage in an injection mold are provided. The apparatus includes a cavity mold portion adjacent a cavity plate, a core mold portion adjacent a core plate, a mold cavity formed between the mold portions, and at least one piezoceramic actuator disposed between either or both of the core plate and the core mold portion and the cavity plate and the cavity mold portion. A controller may be connected to the at least one piezoceramic actuator to activate it, thereby causing the mold cavity volume to decrease, compressing the melt.

Abstract: Double-injection molding methods through which the products do not have any parting lines between the molding materials comprise a mold, which has at least a male mold and a female mold. The male mold comprises at least one core. The female mold comprises at least one cavity and one core. The core of the male mold and the core of the female mold can be combined tightly. The male mold is stationary but the female mold is removable. The molding method of the present invention is to manufacture a product with two different plastic materials, where these two different plastic materials are injected into the mold in a specific order. And these two different plastic materials connect each other directly. After packing and cooling process, these two different plastic materials are shaped in the mold. A product with a smooth profile at the boundary of two materials is thus performed.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for molding a part with at least one passage at least partially therethrough. Generally, the method includes injecting a molding material into a mold cavity having at least one pin disposed therein to form the passage. In preferred implementations, the injection of molding material can cause displacement of a movable support for the pin and allow molding material to surround the pin to form the passage. Additionally, or alternatively, preferred implementations can include the movable support, when extended into the mold cavity, guiding and ensuring proper alignment of a free end of the pin for capture within a recess defined by at least one portion of the mold. Still yet other preferred implementations can additionally or alternatively include the extended movable support straightening out the pin and/or inhibiting deflection of the pin, which can be caused by the injected molded material.

Abstract: An inventive mold is adapted to adhere skin materials having a boundary portion and a resin to each other, and is provided with a resin blocking member which is so embedded as to extend substantially along the boundary portion of the skin materials placed in the mold, and a movable member for projecting the resin blocking member from a molding surface. If such a mold is used, a flow of the resin supplied into the mold can be controlled by projecting the resin blocking member to thereby control an arrival timing of the resin at the boundary portion. Thus, displacement of the boundary portion and wrinkling can be securely prevented from occurring.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for injection molding of molded products including a first cavity chamber for forming a seal liner, with the first cavity chamber having an outer edge, and a second cavity chamber for forming a shell, with the second cavity chamber having a center and being adjacent to the first cavity chamber. The injection molding apparatus and method also includes a first nozzle for a seal liner material positioned near the outer edge of, and in communication with, the first cavity chamber, and a second nozzle for a shell material positioned near the center of, and in communication with, the second cavity chamber. The injection molding apparatus and method further includes a mold core capable of being positioned in and moved between the first and second cavity chambers.

Abstract: During injection molding of a plastic product having a base wall and a sidewall, alignment of the mold parts that shape the mold cavity is maintained by conducting injected plastic material through a sequence of variable-opening throttles in a base-wall-section flow guide of the mold cavity. The openings of the throttles vary in response to variations in the thickness of a region of the sidewall section into which injected plastic material is conducted from the base-wall-section flow guide so that upon an increase in the thickness of such region the openings of the throttles in the base-wall-section flow guide decrease and so that upon a decrease in the thickness of such region the openings of the throttles in the base-wall-section flow guide increase.

Abstract: A process for injection-foaming a thermoplastic resin by using an injection molding machine with a two-stage-compression screw, injecting a physical foaming agent into the cylinder of the machine at a pressure lower than the storage pressure of the physical foaming agent, mixing it with a melted resin and expanding the volume of the cavity of the mold at the time of injection, and an injection molding machine and resin composition suitable therefore.

Abstract: A pair of primary semi-hollow bodies formed by primary injection molding are united together by the molten resin injected for secondary injection molding to fill a joining space defined about the butt ends of the primary semi-hollow bodies having their open ends butted against each other. The molten resin for secondary molding fills the space between the butt ends, or the notch portion, too. Alternatively, the molten resin is compressed after filling the joining space and the space between the butt ends.

Abstract: An injection molding method and an injection mold used therefor are provided, in which a molded product free from burrs, whitening and gate marks can be obtained with a simple structure mold, and it can adequately serve the needs for multicavity molding as well. In the injection molding method, molten resin material is introduced and charged into a resin reservoir and a molding cavity of an injection mold, where a depth of the resin reservoir is larger than a thickness of a communicating portion. A cut punch is moved, when a portion of the resin material in the resin reservoir is still molten, to push the molten resin in the resin reservoir back from a gate into a runner so that the cut punch not only closes the communicating portion but also cuts a resin solidified portion in the resin reservoir away from a resin molded product in the molding cavity at the communicating portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of composite insulators consisting of a shank in the form of a bar or a tube, which is provided with a covering and which comprises plate-like screens which are distanced from each other. The covering and the screens are made of an elastomer material with high insulating qualities. As a result, the number, distance, form and size of the screens can vary from insulator to insulator. According to the invention, at least one injection mould (10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b) for injecting a screen (2, 3, 4, 5, 19, 20, 21, 22) is arranged downstream from a device which is used to provide the shank (1) with a covering. The injection mould can be advanced in order to inject a screen upon the shank and opened in order to unmould said screen. An advancing device is also provided in order to displace (16) the shank (1) or the screen mould.

Abstract: A mold assembly for forming a multi-shot molded part includes a mold system defining a mold cavity, and a retracting member disposed in the mold system selectively movable between extended and retracted positions in the mold cavity. A first molding material is injected in the mold cavity when the mold system is in a configuration with the retracting member in the extended position, forming a first portion of a molded part including a thin wall portion. A second molding material is injected in the mold cavity when the mold system is in another configuration with the retracting member in the retracted position, forming a second portion of the molded part and providing open cavity portions adjacent both surfaces of the thin wall portion. The second material penetrates the thin wall portion, filling the open cavity portions and forming a connection between the first and second portions of the molded part.

Abstract: In a process for producing, in particular, optical moulded parts from plastic, a first mould plate (1?) is moved in the direction of the second mould plate (2?) until the mould plates (1?, 2?) make contact at stop faces (9, 10). Subsequently, the first mould plate (1?) approaches the second mould plate (2?) through a tilting movement. In this case, plastic is injected into the cavity (15) which is formed between the first mould plate (1?) and a second mould plate (2?). Shortly before termination of the clamping movement, the two mould plates are caused to be released from one another in the region of the stop faces (9, 10). The two mould plates are then clamped in parallel.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing two trim components with a common mold assembly includes providing a mold assembly having a first cavity, a second cavity, and a movable mold element. The movable mold element is movable between a first position to expose the second cavity, and a second position to obstruct the second cavity. One of the two trim components is then produced. A first trim component is produced by positioning the mold element into the first position and then introducing a first material into the first and second cavities. A second trim component is produced subsequent to the mold assembly being provided. Then, the mold element is positioned into the second position. One of the first material and a second material is then introduced into the first cavity. The mold element is then moved into the first position, and a third material is introduced into the second cavity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method for producing precision parts, especially flat optical data carriers. According to the inventive method, the embossing procedure is program-controlled on the basis of the path function of an electromechanical or hydraulic drive of the driven mold half. When a servomotor is used, the internal path signal thereof can be directly used for calculating the path function or for operating the program control. The novel method allows for a complete speed control of the embossing phase. All factors that can be mechanically influenced from the exterior are detected in more detail for the conditions before and during the embossing phase, thereby allowing for an optimum precision and reproducibility.

Abstract: A mold, a molding machine and a method of molding a plastics material in a mold cavity is described which relies primarily on movement of a part of the mold to provide the pressure necessary to force the plastics material melt to fill all the parts of the mold cavity. The method comprises the steps of applying a light pressure to close the mold, injecting a predetermined quantity of molten plastics material into the mold cavity at a pressure which is such that the injection of the plastics material can cause the cavity to expand in volume against the resistance of the light closing pressure, and applying a high pressure to close the mold fully after completion of the injection step.

Abstract: In an injection compression-molding apparatus, a molded article is produced by setting molds 10 and 11 to an intermediate clamped state, and then by setting the molds 10 and 11 to a final clamped state by re-clamping the molds 10 and 11 to each other after injecting melted resin into a cavity defined by the molds 10 and 11. The apparatus includes a clamping mechanism and a parallelism retaining mechanism 20. The clamping mechanism has a mold-driving cylinder 7 for moving the movable mold 10 toward and away from the fixed mold 11, a guide engaging member 8, support panels 4, 5, etc. so as to selectively set the molds 10 and 11 to the intermediate clamped state and the final clamped state. The parallelism retaining mechanism 20 retains parallelism between the molds 10 and 11 in the intermediate clamped state by giving a corrective force to mold attaching surfaces of the clamping mechanism where the respective molds 10 and 11 are mounted.

Abstract: In a method of producing aerated soap (5) comprising solidifying molten soap (4) having a large number of bubbles dispersed therein in a cavity (11) of a mold (1), the cavity (11) having a prescribed shape, 1.05 or more time as much molten soap (4) as the volume of the aerated soap (5) is fed to the cavity (11) and solidified in a compressed state.

Abstract: In an injection compression molding apparatus and an injection compression method according to the present invention, the structure of the dies can be simplified and a loss of resin as well as of heat due to solidification of the resin in the path at the time of molding can be eliminated. Further, injection pressure loss can be reduced when melted resin is injected into a cavity. A resin injection hole in a nozzle that is attached to an injection device is connected at a position between a stationary die and a movable die directly to the cavity that has a larger volume than a volume of a molded product by means of the movable die, melted resin is injected into said cavity directly from said resin injection hole by said injection device, then the movable die is moved, in the die closing direction, to reduce the distance of the connection between said resin injection hole and said cavity by means of a side wall of the movable die, and to reduce the volume of the cavity so as to compress said melted resin.

Abstract: A method of this invention is an injection compression molding method of molding a thin molding, using an injection compression molding machine including: a pair of a movable mold and a stationary mold defining a molding space; a movable die plate on which the movable mold is mounted; a stationary die plate on which the stationary mold is mounted; an injection unit for injecting a molding material into the molding space; and a mold clamping unit for causing the movable die plate to move toward and away from the stationary die plate, capable of controlling a clamping pressure for pressing the movable die plate toward the stationary die plate while the injection unit is injecting the molding material into the molding space. This method includes a nonloaded flow step of controlling the mold clamping unit in such a manner that any resistance is not exerted substantially against flow of the molding material injected into the molding space by the injection unit, during the injecting step.

Abstract: Apparatus for adjusting relative positions of different machine components includes first and second eccentric rings. The first eccentric ring has a first edge disposed in slideable contact with a first component of a given machine, such as an adjustable base section of a cavity mold part. The second eccentric ring has a first edge disposed in slideable contact with a second component of the given machine, such as a stationary side section of the cavity mold part, and has a second edge disposed in slideable contact with a second edge of the first eccentric ring. The contact portions of each said edge are circumscribed by a respective circle. By rotating both eccentric rings the relative positions of the first and second machine components can be adjusted in accordance with desired two-dimensional coordinates.