Moulding apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A MOULD PROCESSING ARRANGEMENT FOR A MULTI-COMPONENT PLASTICS MATERIAL MOULDING PLANT IS DISCLOSED. THE ARRANGEMENT COMPRISES A NUMBER OF MOULDS MOUNTED ON AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR AND EACH OF THE MOULDS IS PROVIDED WITH A SELF-LOCKING MOULD CLOSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM, WHICH IS OPERATED BY MEANS OF AN ACTUATING LEVER. THE CONVEYOR IS INTERMITTENTLY DRIVEN SO AS TO TRAVERSE EACH OF THE MOULDS SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH A MOULD FILLING STATION, A CURING STATION AND A MOULD REMOVAL STATION. A PAIR OF MOULD CLOSURE ACTUATING DEVICES ARE LOCATED ADJACENT THE CONVEYOR. THE FIRST OF THESE DEVICES IS LOCATED DOWN-STREAM OF THE FILLING STATION AND IS ARRANGED TO ENGAGE THE ACTUATING LEVERS OF SUCCESSIVE MOULD CLOSURES SO AS TO CLOSE AND LOCK THE RESPECTIVE MOULDS. THE SECOND ACTUATING DEVICE IS LOCATED UP-STREAM OF THE REMOVAL STATION AND IS ARRANGED TO ENGAGE THE ACTUATING LEVERS SO AS TO OPEN EACH MOULD BEFORE IT REACHES THE MOULD REMOVAL STATION.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernd Zippel
- 👤 Alfred Schlieckmann
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