US 12,064,906 B2
Manufacturing method and injection molding system
Koki Kodaira, Tokyo (JP); Yuichi Yanahara, Moriyama (JP); and Kenta Inaba, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US); and Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/611,515
Filed by Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US); and CANON U.S.A., INC., Melville, NY (US)
PCT Filed May 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/032718
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/236487, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/849,664, filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242017 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/73 (2006.01); B29C 45/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/78 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/0408 (2013.01) [B29C 45/73 (2013.01); B29C 45/78 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76531 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76732 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a manufacturing system including an injection molding machine and a conveyance apparatus, the method comprising:
a first step of injecting a mold and cooling the mold at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine;
a second step of ejecting a molded part from the mold at the molding operation position; and
a third step of conveying the mold to a path of the conveyance apparatus and heating the mold on the path,
wherein while the first step and the second step are performed for a first mold in the injection molding machine, the third step is performed for a second mold in the conveyance apparatus,
wherein while the first step and the second step are performed for the second mold in the injection molding machine, the third step is performed for the first mold in the conveyance apparatus, and
wherein the first mold and the second mold are exchanged alternatively.