Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article – Shaping against forming surface
Patent
1984-08-09
1985-12-10
Czaja, Donald
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article
Shaping against forming surface
425411, 425DIG201, B29D 2700
Patent
active
045578893
ABSTRACT:
Coated sheet molding compound (SMC) parts are produced by transferring mold devices between a main press and at least one auxiliary press and by completing the compressing and curing of the coated SMC parts during the transfer of the molds. In the main press the SMC sheet is compressed and cured to be formed into a desired shape, and the formed SMC part is coated in the mold, and in the auxiliary presses the other operation such as charging the SMC sheet, closing and opening the mold, removing the part, and the like are performed. Between the adjacent main press and auxiliary presses are means for transferring the molds between the respective presses. Levelling devices are provided associated with the molds for supporting the upper mold parallel to the lower mold, and during the transfer the coated SMC part is further compressed and cured in the mold by suitably controlling the levelling devices. This method can be sufficiently applied to mass production systems such as automobiles or the like.
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Masuda Shigeru
Yashima Tsuneaki
Czaja Donald
Fischbach V.
Kawasaki Yucoh Co., Ltd.
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