Moulding process
AssigneePixsweet B.V.
InventorsJanne Tuomas Kyttanen, Eduard Willem Zanen
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a method of forming a molded item said method comprising the steps of (a) providing a mold former comprising an indentation having an inner surface and a bottom face and made of plastics and manufactured by a 3-dimensional printing process, said mold former being shaped to form a mold having (i) an indentation corresponding to the desired shape of said molded item; and (ii) a series of holes extending between the inner surface and the bottom face of the mold former, (b) forming a mold in said mold former from a plastics material; (c) positioning an elongate member in said mold; (d) introducing a volume of liquid into said indentation; (e) positioning a cover over said mold and sealing it thereto; (f) causing said liquid to solidify.
Claims18
A method of forming a molded item, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a mold former comprising an indentation having an inner surface and a bottom face and made of plastics and manufactured by a 3-dimensional printing process, said mold former being shaped to form a mold having:
- a series of holes extending between the inner surface and the bottom face of the mold former indentation,
- (b) forming the mold in said mold former from a plastics material, wherein the mold has an indentation corresponding to a desired shape of said molded item;
- (c) positioning an elongate member in and extending out of said mold such that a first end of the elongate member is received within said mold indentation and a second opposite end of said member is located outside said indentation;
- (d) introducing a volume of liquid into said indentation receiving said first end of said elongate member;
- (e) positioning a cover over said mold including said mold indentation receiving said first end of said elongate member and sealing the cover to the mold;
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- (f) causing said liquid in said covered mold indentation receiving said first end of said elongate member to solidify about said first end of said elongate member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.