The present invention relates to a display device to be attached to a die.
Conventionally known is a display device to show die management information such as the accumulated number of molding times which is used for managing a die.
For example, Patent Literature 1 to be mentioned below discloses a shot counter to be attached to a fixed member of a die, the shot counter being configured to successively add up the number of shot times and display the sum on a display each time an object to be detected provided for a movable member of the die is displaced from an apart position to a close position when the die is fastened.
PTL 1: Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Application Publication No. H07-2018
In the shot counter disclosed in Patent Literature 1, it is possible to display the accumulated number of shot times of the die while a molding machine is being operated; however, it is not possible to display the accumulated number of shot times when an operating power source is lost at a non-operating time or during storage, thereby further improvement is expected.
The present invention is proposed in view of the above-mentioned problems and has an object to provide a display device capable of displaying die management information at a non-operating time or during storage.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a display device to be attached to a die is characterized in that the display device includes a display to rewrite and display die management information obtained in an information acquisition section to obtain the die management information for managing the die, the display uses electric power when display content is rewritten, and the display uses no electric power for keeping the display.
The display device in an embodiment of the present invention as configured above displays die management information at a non-operating time or during storage.
An embodiment of the present invention is explained below referring to the attached drawings.
In some drawings, some detailed reference members allotted in other drawings are omitted.
A display device 1 of the embodiment is attached to a die 3 as illustrated in
The die 3 to be attached with the display device 1 can include the die 3 to be provided for various kinds of molding machines 6 and processing machines. For example, the die 3 can include an injection molding die, an extrusion molding die, a blow molding die, a compression molding die, a press die, a forging die, a casting die, and the like. In the embodiment, an example of the die 3 having a first die 4 and a second die 5 which are relatively moved to open or close the die 3 is an injection molding die to be provided for the molding machine 6, i.e., an injection molding machine.
The molding machine 6 of the die 3 can be configured in such a manner that synthetic resin as an example of molding material which is dissolved in a cylinder or the like is injected from a nozzle or the like to be filled in a cavity or the like formed by a fixed die, for example the first die 4, and a movable die, for example the second die 5, of the die 3, and thereafter products are successively molded. The molding machine 6 is not limited to an injection molding machine, can be a machine appropriate to the above-mentioned various types of dies 3, or can be various types of processing machines. The molding material to be supplied to the die 3 can be fiber reinforced synthetic resin material in which reinforced fiber such as carbon fiber or glass fiber is mixed with synthetic resin material, or can be rubber material or metal material.
A material supplier 7 to supply molding material to the molding machine 6 can be a suitable storage tank or a suitable blending device.
The display device 1 in the embodiment is attached to one member of the die 3 and constitutes an open/close counting device to count the number of opening and closing times of the die 3. In such a configuration, the number of open/close times of the die 3 is properly counted. The display device 1 has an open/close detecting section 14 as an example of an information acquisition section 13, the open/close detecting section 14 constituting an open/close counting section to count the number of open/close times of the die 3 as illustrated in
The open/close detecting section 14 is connected to the control section 20 to be mentioned later constituting the open/close counting section via a signal line or the like as illustrated in
The open/close detecting section 14 is positioned so as to face a target face 5a of the other of the first die 4 and the second die 5 and is configured to detect relative displacement of the target face 5a along the die moving direction in a non-contact condition as illustrated in
The open/close detecting section 14 can be an imaging section which is positioned so as to face the target face 5a to image the target face 5a and detects displacement of the target face 5a. In the embodiment, the open/close detecting section 14 is configured to have an emission portion 15 and a light receiving portion 16, the emission portion 15 constituting a transmitting portion to emit laser light as an example of a detection signal along the die moving direction toward the reflection target face 5a of the other of the first die 4 and the second die 5, the light receiving portion 16 constituting a receiving portion to receive reflected light as an example of a reflected detection signal. Compared with a case in which ultrasonic wave as an example of a detection signal is emitted, such a configuration of the embodiment increases response speed, hardly receives adverse influence caused by heat, and improves detection accuracy. In addition, compared with a case in which the open/close detecting section 14 is the above-mentioned imaging section, the configuration is simplified, the open/close detecting section 14 hardly receives bad influence caused by dust and so on, and detection accuracy is improved.
In the laser-type open/close detecting section 14 mentioned above, a light source can be a semiconductor laser to emit red or infrared laser light. The open/close detecting section 14 can be a laser-type displacement sensor to detect relative displacement of the target face 5a relative to the display device 1 provided with the open/close detecting section 14 using various methods such as a phase difference ranging method, a pulse propagation method, and a triangulation method.
The open/close detecting section 14 can be configured to detect when the die opening situation as illustrated in
The display device 1 is configured to be removably attached along a discretionary mounting face 4a of the die 3. In the embodiment, the display device 1 has a magnet 24 to be stuck to the mounting face 4a of the die 3 as illustrated in
In the embodiment, the display device 1 is configured in such a manner that a sheet-like functional layer 23 is provided for a face of the main body 10 on the side of the die 3. The functional layer 23 can have both of or one of heat insulation characteristics and vibration control abilities, i.e., shock absorbing abilities. Such a configuration inhibits breakdown and the like of the display device 1. Such a functional layer 23 includes, for example, a fiber sheet like a non-woven fabric, a gel-like sheet, a resin foam sheet or the like. In the figure, the sheet-like magnet 24 is provided on the back face, facing the mounting face 4a, of the main body 10 via the functional layer 23.
The attachment manner of the display device 1 is not limited to the embodiment illustrated in
In
The magnet 24 is not limited to be a sheet-like shape roughly along the back face of the main body 10, and can be formed like a disc to be provided at plural places on the back face with spaces.
The attachment portion of the display device 1 to the die 3 in a removable manner is not limited to the magnet 24, and can be an adhesive sheet, a hook and loop fastener, or the like. In place of the embodiment in which the display device 1 is removable to the discretionary mounting faces 4a, 5b of the die 3, the display device 1 can be fixed to a predetermined position of the die 3 with screws and so on or can be provided for the die 3 in an embedded manner so as not to be easily detached.
The open/close detecting section 14 is not limited to the above-mentioned laser-type displacement sensor, and can be other light sensors or an ultrasonic-type displacement sensor having a transmitting portion to emit an ultrasonic wave as an example of a detection signal and a receiving portion to receive the ultrasonic wave.
The open/close detecting section 14 is not limited to the one provided so as to face the target face on the other of the first die 4 and the second die 5 and configured to detect the relative displacement of the target face along the die moving direction. The open/close detecting section 14 is not limited to be a non-contact type and can be a contact type like a limit switch which is attached to one of the first die 4 and the second die 5 and abuts the other of them. The open/close detecting section 14 is not limited to the one which directly detects open/close operations of the die 3; for example, the open/close detecting section 14 can be configured to indirectly detect open and close operations of the die 3 by means of a temperature sensor which detects the temperature of a region of the die 3 capable of detecting molding cycles, for example the temperature in the vicinity of an injection side, or by means of an acceleration sensor to detect vibration of the die 3.
In the display device 1, the information acquisition section 13 includes an environmental value detecting section 17 to detect at least one of ambient temperature, ambient humidity, and ambient air pressure as illustrated in
In the embodiment, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
The surface temperature detecting section 18 can be provided on the back face or the like of the main body 10 in such a manner that the detecting section abuts or comes close to the surface of the die 3. As illustrated in
The display 11 is configured to use electricity to rewrite display contents, but not to use electricity while keeping the display. In such a configuration, even when the molding machine 6 or a processing machine which is provided with the die 3 stops operations, the die 3 is disconnected from the external power source by detaching the die 3 from the molding machine 6 or the processing machine to be left in a storage condition, and the residual quantity of the internal power supply such as a battery is lost, the display 11 keeps the die management information which is most recently rewritten.
The display 11 can be a nonvolatile display such as an electronic paper and a memory liquid crystal display which need electricity for rewriting display contents but do not need electricity for keeping the display. The display 11 can be configured so as not to use electricity except for rewriting display contents.
Such an electronic paper can apply a well-known method, for example, an electrophoresis method to move charged particles by an electrical field, a powder transferring method, a twist ball method, a cholesteric liquid crystal method, an electrochromic method, and an electrowetting method.
In the embodiment, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
The die management information to be displayed on the display 11 can include, in place of or in addition to the above-mentioned information, accumulated molding duration, i.e., accumulated operation duration, of the die 3 and positional information of the die 3. When the positional information of the die 3 is included in the die management information, a suitable GPS unit can be provided. In addition, the die management information is not to be limited to information obtained based on detection of the various types of detecting sections 14, 17, 18 provided for the display device 1, can be obtained from the molding machine 6 and an external device 8 via an input/output section 22 of the display device 1 to be mentioned later, and can be molding conditions or information to be used for maintenance of the die 3. Namely, the molding machine 6 and the external device 8 can constitute the information acquisition section.
In the embodiment, as illustrated in
The identification information displayed on the identification information display section 12 can constitute the die management information. In addition, the identification information display section 12 can be a model number or a serial number, and can be preferably a single dimensional code or a two-dimensional code such as a bar code capable of confirming the details of the die 3 and the die management information on a portable information terminal using the reading function of the portable information terminal such as a mobile phone.
In the figure, the identification information display section 12 is provided separately from the display 11; however, the identification information display section 12 can be provided in the display 11. The identification information displayed on the identification information display section 12 is not limited to be non-rewritable information, and can be rewritable via the input/output section 22 to be mentioned later. The identification information display section 12 can be an IC tag such as an RF tag in which identification information is embedded. Such an identification information display section 12 is not always required to be provided for the display device 1.
In the embodiment, the display device 1 is configured to be supplied with a driving source from the outside. Such a configuration reduces the size and weight of the display device 1. As illustrated in
The external power supplier 9 can be an external commercial power source or can be a power source provided for the molding machine 6, the material supplier 7, the external device 8, or the like.
The driving power source of the display device 1 is not limited to be externally supplied and can be provided for the display device 1. In such a case, for example, the display device 1 can be provided with an accommodation portion of a secondary buttery, i.e., a storage buttery, and a primary battery such as a dry buttery, a power generation portion, or a power storage portion. In such a configuration, when the external driving power source supply is not available or the die 3 is in a stored condition, the environmental value is displayed and the die management information is output to the external device 8, to be mentioned later. The power generation portion includes a solar buttery, a thermoelectric element, an oscillation power generation element, a micro-wave power generation element, or the like.
The display device 1 has the control section 20 to control the display 11 and the memory section 21, the control section 20 being connected to each of the above-mentioned detecting sections 14, 17, 18. The control section 20 is constituted with a control circuit such as MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or CPU (Central Processing Unit); and the control section 20, the above-mentioned open/close detecting section 14, and the memory section 21 constitute the open/close counting section. The die management information to be displayed on the display 11 is rewritten to the newest information by the control section 20. The die management information can be rewritten in the display 11 each time the die management information obtained in the above-mentioned information acquisition section 13 is updated, on a regular basis, or at discretionary timing. The memory section 21 is constituted with various kinds of memories such as ROM, RAM or the like and stores the die management information including the values detected in the detecting sections 14, 17, 18 and a control program.
When the driving power source supply is started, by means of the control section 20, the display device 1 can be configured such that the number of die closing times detected by the open/close detecting section 14 is counted, the number of molding times and the number of cycle times are displayed on the display 11 and the above-mentioned environmental value, die surface temperature, and the like are displayed on the display 11. In place of such a configuration, an operation section to start or stop (ON/OFF) the display device 1 can be provided.
In the embodiment, as illustrated in
The input/output section 22 can be a communication portion capable of wireless communication or wire communication; in place of such a communication portion, the input/output section 22 can be a USB port capable of inputting and outputting of the die management information stored in the memory section 21. The input/output section 22 can be configured to output the die management information to the external device 8 by the control of the control section 20 regularly or every update. By the input/output section 22 and the control section 20, based on the input from the external device 8, the number of molding times can be reset and the identification information of the die 3 and the identification information inherent to the display device 1 can be rewritten. The output section to output the die management information to the external device 8 is not necessarily provided with input function via the external device 8.
The external device 8 can be a server 8A connected to the display device 1 via LAN and the Internet as illustrated in
In the figure, the molding machine 6 and the material supplier 7 are also connected to the information terminal 8B via the server 8A. The molding system can be constituted together with the molding machine 6 and the material supplier 7. Such a configuration unitarily manages the molding management information relating to molding by means of the die 3, such as the above-mentioned die management information, the name of the die 3, the molding material, the name of the molded article, the maintenance record of the die 3, and the interval of maintenance.
The external device 8 connected to the display device 1 is not limited to the above-mentioned server 8A and the information terminal 8B; the external device 8 can be the molding machine 6, the material supplier 7, or the die temperature adjustment device to adjust the temperature of the die 3. In addition, the input/output section 22 capable of connecting with the external device 8 is not always required to be provided.
The main body 10 of the display device 1 is not limited to be a rectangular shape as mentioned above, can be in the shape of a polygonal pillar or a column, or can be any other shapes. The embodiment is not limited to such a configuration that the display 11, the control panel including the control section 20, the memory section 21, and the input/output section 22, and the detecting sections 14, 17, 18 are provided for a single main body 10: they can be provided for other members in addition to the main body 10.
Each member constituting the display device 1 of the embodiment is not limited to those mentioned above and various modifications are applied.
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