Plastic injection molding machine maintenances

Causes of injection mold breakdown: 1. Improper plastic injection machine. 2. Incorrect plastic material choosing. 3. Non quality of plastic injection mold design. 4. Improper of plastic injection mold setting and adjusting. 5. No repair and maintenance planning. 6. Non quality of mold material and mold equipment . . Improper of surface treatment and surface hardening. !. Improper mold transportation. ". #torage and store method. $rea%do&n in injection molding is 'ery costly and its resorted time is also so lengthy so to a'oid all these pro(lem &e run &hole machine on pre'enti'e maintenance. Type of maintenance used :

Preventive Maintenance

Parts of maintenance:
1. electrical part 2. hydraulic system 3. )old clamping system maintenance 4. Injection system maintenance

Maintenance of Electrical Part* +lectric part is the center of injection molding machine, if not pay attention to maintenance, is easily to cause the electrical parts loosening to occur open circuit and the machine failure (ecause machine 'i(rations. In order to pre'ent accidents and to e-tend the &or%ing life of electrical components, &e ha'e to implement this pre'enti'e plan*

Item electrical parts

Preventive maintenance steps .he terminal (loc% and &iring, periodic inspection and tighten. 2. +-ternal &iring should a'oid collision and friction materials. 3. .he stopper regularly chec% the degree of its &ear and tear on the pulley and fi-ed loose &iring connections. 4. /hen chec%ing high0'oltage components inside the machine, unless a(solutely necessary, should not open the electricity. 5. 1eplacing the mold, not to allo& the cooling &ater flo& to the control (o-. 6. 2hec% the control (o- temperature is too high, so as not to affect the computer &or%. . If you need to change the relay, use the specified 'oltage relays. !. 1egularly remo'e dust electric (o-. ". 3'oid placing items out of 'ent stac%, so as not to affect the electrical (o- heat. 14. 3'oid direct tap &ith a hard o(ject or trampling electrical (o-es and computer parts.

)aintenance of 5ydraulic #ystem* it is a major factor to determine the product quality, so the sta(ility of the hydraulic system is 'ery important. .he failure of the hydraulic system mainly from the*
1. improper &or%ing temperature 2. 6il pollution.

Proper maintenance of the hydraulic system to pre'ent premature mechanical &ear and undue damage, and can effecti'ely e-tend the ser'ice life. Item 5ydraulic system Pre'enti'e maintenance steps
1. +'ery 3,444 to 4,444 hours of &or%

the oil should (e replaced.

2. .he pressure oil should not (e used

as lu(ricant oil, as (ecause the 'iscosities of the t&o %inds of oil are different.
3. 2an use t&o platoons hole under

the tan% to drain a&ay the old hydraulic oil, also remo'e the inspection plate, then use the ne& oil to clean the tan%, do not mi- the ne& and old hydraulic oil to use.
4. 0 /hen replace the hydraulic oil,

please t&isting the oil filter to clean it, just li%e to clean the 'al'e.
5. 7nless the 'al'e &ere (loc%ed,

other&ise please do not disassem(le them. In addition to re0 install the 'al'e on the 2ircuit (oard should (e installed on each scre& and cannot use the same high torque.
6. 1egular chec%s of tu(e fittings,

flanges and other fi-ed position, found loose in a timely manner fastening.
7. /hen the hydraulic system failure,

operators are not allo&ed to tamper &ith pri'ately, should (e immediately reported to the

maintenance department.
8. 5ydraulic equipment should (e

%ept clean to pre'ent all contaminants from entering the tan%.

9. 3ll hydraulic 'al'es, hydraulic

cylinders, tu(e lea%s, if any, should (e dealt &ith immediately.

Mold clamping system maintenance: .he machine clamping hinge should &ith 'ery long &or%ing life, (ut they must (e (e properly lu(ricated. Item Preventive maintenance steps )old clamping 18 9aily chec% the manual central lu(rication system, lu(rication distri(utor and lu(ricant hose, pull the handle one time (efore starting, and chec% to ensure adequate lu(rication of the lu(rication points. 28 :eep the four ;elin column clean. 38 :eep the feet mo'ing template slip and slide cleaning and lu(rication. 48 3'oid setting close to or e-ceed the designed &or%ing pressure to clamp your mold. 58 3djust the mold position only &hen the mold )a- opened. 68 2ontrol mold open and clamping stro%e in the most appropriate location, so that the mold smooth clamping opening action and reduce the impact. 8 3'oid e-cessi'e use of e-cessi'e mold. !8 3'oid using too small mold, so as to a'oid stress concentration in the central template, resulting in (ro%en template. "8 /hen adjusting the mold, (e sure to %eep the mold and machine<s clamping

plate clear enough. Injection system maintenance* .his is the most important part of the machine. /hole performance of machine is depending upon this part. #o pre'enti'e maintenance of this part is 'ery important. #teps for pre'enti'e maintenance are as follo&* Items Preventive maintenance steps Injection system 18 :eep the t&o guiding cylinder pillar of the injector clean. 28 :eep the surface clean and dry injector. 38 In addition to plastic materials and additi'es, none of any other thing can (e added into the hopper, if the e-tensi'e use of turning mill outlet, hopper magnet should (e added to pre'ent metal fragments into the (arrel. 48 $arrel set up melting temperature is not reached, do not act hydraulic motor. 58 /hen using the in'erted inde- to chec% if the if the material in the (arrel &as free=e. 6ther&ise, it &ill damage to transmission components &hen the scre& start turning. 68 #hould (e as%ed (efore the use of special plastic, &hich is more suita(le for injection scre& of the %ind of plastic injection molding. 8 7se the method of the plastic suppliers pro'ided cleaning method for melting plastic in (arrel. !8 Periodically chec%s the 'arious parts of injection system to tighten all loose parts, to ensure the injection system<s cylinder is (alance, so as not to damage the oil seals, jac%0core &ear. "8 Periodically clear the com(ination of the hydraulic motor part of the (earing grease and put ne& grease> 148 /hen the plastic temperature is

normal (ut molded parts continue to appear (lac% spots or discoloration, you should chec% if the injection scre& or plastic apron o'er meson /orn. Injection )olding )achine )aintenance, plastic molding machine maintenance, injection molding machine maintain, plastic machines maintain, machines maintain, molding machines maintenance, injection molding machines repairing.

Inspection:
1. 9aily 2. /ee%ly 3. )onthly 4. ?early

9aily inspection* 3cti'ity Inspection of injection molding machine lu(rication system 9etail $efore e'ery time machine operation, operator needs to add lu(rication oil to ma%e sure machine &or%ing. If machine ha'e centrali=ed lu(rication system, then need to chec% the oil le'el and add timely, and this step need to carry out e'ery day 9aily chec%ing oil le'el and ma%e sure is higher than oil mar%er. 3nd also during this processing, you need to a'oid any other impurity entering and cause decrease oil quality and 'al'e (loc%. +'ery day, operator need to chec% heating de'ice, if it &or%s normal, if there is any loosen, if thermo couple connect &ell and so on.

2hec%ing oil le'el in tan% e'eryday

5eating de'ice chec%ing

#ecurity de'ice chec%ing

)a%e sure e'ery electric part closed, especially for the safety door and limit s&itch. /hen injection molding machine started, if press urgent s&itch, hydraulic pump or motors need to stop running and other parts also need to stop running. If &ith manual operating model, if safety door is open, then mold cannot (e closed.

/ee%ly inspection * 3cti'ity

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9etail crew fasten of mould and operating parts crew or bolt fasten of limit switch 7sually injection molding machine hydraulic oil &or%ing temperature is 45054 degree. 3s oil temperature can (e controlled (y oil cooler, and then you need to chec% the oil cooler &ater flo& rate to control cooling effect.

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3. Checking of oil cooler

)onthly inspection* 3cti'ity

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9etail 2hec% all things according to the standards

!orking status of heaters !hole injection molding machines cleaning "asten all screw or bolts on plastic injection molding machines

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?early inspection*

3cti'ity #ydraulic oil checking

9etail If for ne& plastic injection molding machines, after first three month using, you need to clean oil tan% and filter, and then to fill oil through filter again. 3nd after that, e'ery 6 or 12 month, to chec%ing if oil is clean or not. If during machine operating, there is any &hite on tie (ar, you need to ma%e lu(rication on this part 7se alternating current to chec% main &ire &ith insulating test. do not use direct current, other&ise it &ould damage de'ices

Tie bar surface checking

Electric controller system maintenance

@imits of injection molding* .he Injection )ouldings process can produce parts &ithin certain limits of si=e and 'olume. .he ma-imum part si=e depends upon part geometry and material, (ut here are appro-imate guidelines*
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)a-imum part outline is appro-imately 1!." inches A4!4 mm8 (y 2".6 inches A 51 mm8, (ut is su(ject to an o'erall limitation of 644 clamp tons depending on geometry 0 roughly equi'alent to 1 5 square inches A112"cm28 of projected mold area. )a-imum part 'olume is appro-imately 5" cu(ic inches A"6 cc8. 9epth 7P .6 4B A141 mm8 from the parting line &ith 3C of draft, or up to !B A242 mm8 total if the parting line can pass through the middle of the part, inside and outside8 9eeper parts are limited to a smaller outline. .his outline is 2 .6 - 16." at 1D A 41.44 - 42" at 25 mm8 deep, 25.6 - 14." at 2D A654 - 3 ! at 54 mm8 deep, 23.6 - 12." at 3D A5"" - 32 at 6 mm8 deep and 21.6 - 14." at 4B A54" - 2 at 141 mm8.

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.o achie'e minimum thic%ness of features, &e require appro-imately 1 degree of draft per inch of depth from parting line, su(ject to an o'erriding E degree minimum for most faces. If the features are thic%er at their thinnest point, &e require less draft. #ide action cams consume e-tra space &hich counts against these limitations.

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