Molding apparatus

Details Molding apparatus Molding apparatus

1997-08-25

1999-08-10

Kuhns, Allan R.

Static molds

Uniting preform with molding material

Split mold clamps and supports preform

425117, 425812, B22D 1904

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059354810

ABSTRACT:
In order to prevent the formation of flash on a gasket used to seal a filter element when the filter element is mounted in a housing to filter a fluid, such as air for an internal combustion engine, a molding method and apparatus utilizes a pair of mold components which abut along a mold line and define a cavity for forming the gasket. As the expandable material expands to fill the cavity and form the gasket, a portion of the material adjacent the mold line is received in an annular groove in one of the mold components so that flash is not formed at the mold line. One of the mold components also has an upwardly sloping ramp surface so that air and gas move along the ramp surface as the material expands and does not become trapped in the cavity, thus avoiding defects and blemishes in the gasket due to trapped air bubbles.

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