Method and device for mounting forms

A method for holding a mold of a heating press for tires of an elastomer material, wherein mold segments are releasably held by a support device, comprising the steps of:

• guiding holding bolts of a guiding element supporting the mold segments, which holding bolts are provided with a holding profile, through an insertion recess of a fixing element arranged in an area of the support device;
• subsequently positioning a locking element of the fixing element transversely of a longitudinal direction of the holding bolts;
• locking the holding profile as a result relative to the fixing element;
• prior to carrying out the transverse positioning of the locking element, displacing a clamping element for adjusting the fixing element in the longitudinal direction of the holding bolt by an adjusting device against a spring force;
• and
• subsequently returning the clamping element by the spring force in order to hold the holding profile of the holding bolt in an area of the fixing element by positive engagement.

A device for holding a mold of a heating press for tires of an elastomer material, comprising:

• a support device for releasably holding mold segments;
• a fixing element arranged in an area of the support device and having an insertion recess;
• a guiding element for supporting the mold segments, the guiding element including holding bolts having a holding profile and being guidable through the insertion recess of the fixing element;
• a locking element positionable transversely of a longitudinal direction of the holding bolts, the holding profile being lockable by positioning of the locking element relative to the fixing element;
• and
• a clamping element arranged to displace, in response to an adjusting device, the fixing element in the longitudinal direction of the holding bolts against a spring force of at least one spring, wherein the fixing element is returnable by the spring force of the spring into a retracted position in which the holding bolt is held in an area of the fixing element by positive engagement.