Universal plate
AssigneeMHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG
InventorsDavid Bock, Peter Süß
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a handling plate for handling or aftertreatment of a plurality of mouldings, wherein the handling plate has a plurality of handling and/or aftertreatment tools arranged in columns and rows. In order to provide a treatment plate which can be used in relation to different tools it is proposed according to the invention that the spacings between the handling and/or aftertreatment tools are variable within the columns and/or within the rows.
Claims21
A handling plate for handling or aftertreatment of a plurality of mouldings, wherein the handling plate has a plurality of handling and/or aftertreatment tools arranged in columns and rows,
- wherein spacings between the handling and/or aftertreatment tools are variable within the columns and/or within the rows,
- wherein the handling plate has a base element and a plurality of carrier elements which are or can be fixed to the base element,
- wherein each carrier element has two receiving means for receiving handling and/or aftertreatment tools,
- wherein the tool receiving means of the carrier elements are arranged along a carrier element axis,
- wherein each carrier element has at least two receiving surfaces,
- wherein the receiving surfaces are arranged in different planes relative to the carrier element axis,
- wherein two tool receiving means are arranged on each receiving surface along the carrier element axis, and
- wherein spacing between the tool receiving means in the receiving surfaces differ.
An injection moulding tool for producing preforms comprising:
- a cavity plate and a core plate which can be reciprocated relative to each other between a closed position in which cores of the core plate are arranged within cavities of the cavity plate and an opened position in which the cavity plate is further away from the core plate than in the closed position;
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- a removal plate and an aftertreatment plate,
- wherein the removal plate can be moved in the opened position between the core plate and the cavity plate to receive the produced preforms, the aftertreatment plate has a plurality of handling and/or aftertreatment tools and the aftertreatment plate can be reciprocated relative to the removal plate or an intermediate plate between an aftertreatment position and a waiting position,
- wherein, in the aftertreatment position, at least one handling and/or aftertreatment tool comes into contact with a preform held by the removal plate or the intermediate plate or conveys fluid into or removes fluid from same,
- wherein the removal plate and/or the intermediate plate and/or the aftertreatment plate is a handling plate that includes the plurality of handling and/or aftertreatment tools arranged in columns and rows, and
- wherein spacings between the handling and/or aftertreatment tools are variable within the columns and/or within the rows,
- wherein the handling plate has a base element and a plurality of carrier elements which are or can be fixed to the base element,
- wherein each carrier element has two receiving means for receiving handling and/or aftertreatment tools,
- wherein the tool receiving means of the carrier elements are arranged along a carrier element axis,
- wherein each carrier element has at least two receiving surfaces,
- wherein the receiving surfaces are arranged in different planes relative to the carrier element axis,
- wherein two receiving means are arranged on each receiving surface along the carrier element axis, and
- wherein spacing between the tool receiving means in the receiving surfaces differ.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.