CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND CONVEYANCE HEAD

• Main Authors: SATO KAZUTO, YOKOMIZO HODAKA, OBATA AKIHIKO, YONEDA TETSUYA, SHIGEMATSU CHIAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 21.06.2018
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conveyance apparatus capable of conveying a molding material and performing preliminary molding efficiently in a simple configuration while preventing heat from being removed away from the molding material.SOLUTION: A conveyance apparatus 100a, supporting a molding material M in a molten softened state containing a reinforcing fiber and a thermoplastic resin, conveying into between a pair of molds K which has been opened, and disposing the molding material M in either one of the pair of the molds K, includes a plurality of holding mechanisms 5a-5g and no less than one press mechanisms 6a-6c. The holding mechanisms 5a-5g include holders 50a-50g for holding the molding material M and holder moving mechanisms 51a-51g for moving the holders 50e-50g. The press mechanisms 6a-6c include pressers 61a-61c for contacting with and pressing the molding material M, and presser-moving mechanisms 62a-62c for moving the pressers 61a-61c.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】成形材料から熱が奪われるのを抑えつつ、簡易な構成で効率良く、成形材料の搬送および予備成形を行うことが可能な搬送装置を提供する。【解決手段】この搬送装置１００ａは、強化繊維と熱可塑性樹脂とを含み、溶融軟化状態の成形材料Ｍを支持して、型開された一対の金型Ｋの間に搬送し、成形材料Ｍを一対の金型Ｋの一方に配置する搬送装置１００ａであって、複数の保持機構５ａ〜５ｇと、１つ以上の押圧機構６ａ〜６ｃと、を備え、保持機構５ａ〜５ｇは、成形材料Ｍを保持する保持器５０ａ〜５０ｇと、保持器５０ｅ〜５０ｇを移動させる保持器移動機構５１ａ〜５１ｇとを含み、押圧機構６ａ〜６ｃは、成形材料Ｍに接触して押圧する押圧子６１ａ〜６１ｃと、押圧子６１ａ〜６１ｃを移動させる押圧子移動機構６２ａ〜６２ｃと、を含む。【選択図】図３