In-mold assembly system for an injection molding machine
AssigneeNiigon Machines Ltd.
InventorRobert D. Schad
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Abstract
A method for injection molding comprises forming a set of first articles in a mold of an injection molding machine and forming a set of second articles in the mold of the injection molding machine. The method includes transferring the set of first articles from the mold to a first set of first receivers of a tooling plate, and then moving the first set of first receivers to align with the set of second articles. Thereafter the set of second articles is transferred from the mold toward the first set of first receivers and into assembled condition with the set of first articles held in the first set of first receivers.
Claims17
A method for injection molding comprising:
- a) forming a set of first articles in a mold of an injection molding machine;
- b) forming a set of second articles separate from the set of first articles in the mold of the injection molding machine;
- c) transferring the set of first articles from the mold to a first set of first receivers;
- d) moving the first set of first receivers to align with the set of second articles;
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- e) after step d), transferring the set of second articles from the mold toward the first set of first receivers and into assembled condition with the set of first articles held in the first set of first receivers.
A method for producing assembled injection molded articles, comprising:
- a) forming a set of first articles in respective first mold cavities of a mold of an injection molding machine;
- b) forming a set of second articles separate from the set of first articles in respective second mold cavities of the mold of the injection molding machine;
- c) opening the mold by translating at least a first mold half away from a second mold half along a machine axis;
- d) advancing a tooling plate toward the machine axis to align a first set of first receivers of the tooling plate with the first mold cavities;
- e) after step (d), transferring the set of first articles from the first mold cavities to the first set of first receivers;
- f) after step (e), moving the tooling plate to align the first set of first receivers with the second mold cavities;
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- g) after step (f), transferring the set of second articles from the second mold cavities toward, and into assembled condition with, the set of first articles held in the first set of first receivers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.