Compression moulding machine and method
AssigneeSacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
InventorsMassimo BALDUCCI, Fabrizio PUCCI, Fiorenzo PARRINELLO
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Abstract
A compression moulding machine comprises: an extrusion unit configured to extrude a rod of pasty polymeric material; a cutting element, configured to portion the rod into individual charges; a rotary carousel, including a plurality of moulds, each mould being configured to receive a respective charge and to form a corresponding object from the charge; a feeder, configured to convey each charge to a respective mould at a feed position; an inspecting device, configured to capture inspection data, representing a composition of the rod or of the charges.
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A compression moulding machine, comprising:
- an extrusion unit configured to extrude a rod of pasty polymeric material;
- a cutting element, configured to portion the rod into individual charges;
- at least one mould configured to receive a respective charge and to form a corresponding object from the charge;
- a feeder, configured to convey each charge to the at least one mould at a feed position,
- an inspecting device configured to capture inspection data, representing one or more chemical or physical properties of the rod or of the charges.
A method for making an object of polymeric material by compression moulding, the method comprising the following steps:
- extruding a rod of pasty polymeric material by means of an extrusion unit;
- cutting the rod into individual charges;
- feeding the charge to at least one mould at a feed position;
- forming the object by moulding the individual charges in the at least one mould,
- inspecting, wherein an inspecting device captures inspection data, representing a composition of the rod or of the charges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.