Method of manufacturing a moulded product
AssigneeATC Holdings Limited
InventorDavid John Salenius
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing moulded products, for example building panels, and in particular, but not exclusively, to manufacturing a panel comprising natural stone or rock set into a polymeric layer. The method of manufacturing a moulded product as described herein comprises at least one article being set into a polymeric layer, followed by placing the at least one article and particulate ferrous material in a container so that at least a portion of the or each article is embedded in the particulate ferrous material, introducing a polymeric material into the container to form the moulded product, and removing the moulded product from the container.
Claims29
A method of manufacturing a moulded product comprising at least one article set into a polymeric layer, the method comprising:
- placing the at least one article and particulate ferrous material in a container so that at least a portion of the or each article is embedded in the particulate ferrous material to apredetermined depth, introducing a polymeric material into the container to form the moulded product, and removing the moulded product from the container.
A method of manufacturing a moulded product comprising at least one article set into a polymeric layer, the method comprising:
- embedding at least one article to predetermined depth in a bed of particulate ferrous material provided in a mould, locating or activating a magnetic source beneath the mould, introducing a polymeric material into the mould, and removing the product from the container.
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