Patent ID: 9555560
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B29C

Claim:
1. A temperature control sequence determining device for use in a molding device, the molding device including: the temperature control sequence determining device being for correcting a temperature control sequence specifying an operation of the temperature control section, the temperature control sequence determining device comprising: the predicting means, on a basis of (i) a calculation formula Math. 1 below for calculating the curing reaction velocity of the thermosetting material, where dχ/dt is the curing reaction velocity of the thermosetting material, χ is a curing reaction rate of the thermosetting material, t is time, T is an absolute temperature of the thermosetting material, and A (ii) a calculation formula Math. 2 below for calculating a quantity of heat generated by the thermosetting material, where q is the quantity of the heat generated by the thermosetting material, Q is a total generated heat density peculiar to the thermosetting material, and M is a mass of the thermosetting material, (iii) an equivalent heat circuit for equivalently expressing heat generation and heat transfer in the thermosetting material, the heat transfer section, and the temperature control section by using a combination selected from among a temperature source, a heat flow source, thermal resistance, and heat capacity, and (iv) the temperature control sequence before the correction, predicting the temporal shift for a case in which the operation of the temperature control section is specified by the temperature control sequence.