Product quality determining methods for die cast machines

• US 5,770,808 A
• Filed: 03/24/1997
• Issued: 06/23/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha (Toshiba Machine Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha (Toshiba Machine Company Limited)
• Inventors: Yokoyama, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dombroske, George M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): AMROZOWICZ, PAUL DOUGLAS
• Application Number:
  US08/822,796
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 73/865.9, 173/20, 340/679, 340/680, 164/151, 164/151.1, 164/151.2, 164/151.4, 164/152, 164/154.1, 164/154.2, 164/154.6, 164/154.8
• US Class Current: 73/865.9
• CPC Class Codes: B22D 17/32 Controlling equipment

Abstract

In a product quality determining method for dies cast machines, injection and casting conditions such as injection speeds, speed change-over positions, high speed interval, pressure raising time, casting pressure, and die clamping force by means of measuring means for each shot in actual casting process of the dies cast machine automatically measured. A measured value relating to the injection and casting condition of a shot as a reference value for determining a product quality when a good product button is operated by operators is set. A product quality determining range by determining upper limit value and a lower limit value of a predetermined allowable width with respect to the reference value is set. Whether or not the measured value of the injection and casting condition is within the product quality determining range by means of an arithmetic operation means is determined.

Claims

1. A product quality determining method for cast machines, said method comprising the steps of:

automatically measuring injection and casting conditions by means of measuring means for each shot in actual casting process of the die cast machine;

when a good product button is operated for a shot by an operator setting a measured value relating to the injection and casting condition of the shot as a reference value for determining a product quality;

setting a product quality determining range by determining an upper limit value and a lower limit value of a predetermined allowable width with respect to the reference value; and

determining whether or not the measured value of the injection and casting condition is within said product quality determining range by means of an arithmetic operation means.

2. Product quality determining method for die cast machines as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a step of making an alarm output when said measured value is out of said product quality determining range.

3. A product quality determining method for die cast machines as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a step of halting product discharge or halting a next shot when said measured value is out of said product quality determining range.

4. A product quality determining method for die case machines as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of injection and casting conditions and a plurality of measured values are respectively measured and set and said upper limit value and said lower limit value can be set individually by users for each of the injection and casting conditions.

5. A product quality determining method for die cast machines as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reference value for determining the product quality is displayed on a screen or recorded as a good product value.

6. A product quality determining method for die cast machines as claimed in claim 2, wherein said reference value for determining the product quality is displayed on screen or recorded as a good product value.

7. A product quality determining method die cast machines as claimed in claim 3, wherein said reference value for determining the product quality is displayed on screen or recorded as a good product value.

8. A product quality determining method for die cast machines as claimed in claim 4, wherein the plurality of injection and casting conditions are injection speeds, speed change-over positions, high speed interval, pressure raising time, casting pressure, and die clamping force.

9. A product quality determining method for die cast machines as claimed in claim 4, wherein when one of said plurality of measured values is out of said product quality determining range, according to the one measured value, alarm output is made or product discharge or a next shot is halted.