Mold for processing expandable or expanded plastic particles

A mold for processing expandable or expanded plastic particles for producing a multi-component particle foam component, comprising a mold cavity delimited by mold walls, comprising

• at least one mold element, wherein the at least one mold element is mounted so as to be movable between a first orientation and/or position and at least one further orientation and/or position in which it projects at least in portions into the mold cavity, and
• wherein the at least one mold element is designed with, or comprises, a flow channel structure having at least one flow channel which extends inside the mold element and through which a process fluid can flow;
• wherein the flow channel structure is connected to its own process fluid supply device, which is operable independently of a process fluid supply device of the mold cavity.