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AssigneeSacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
InventorsFABRIZIO PUCCI, FIORENZO PARRINELLO, GIOVANNI MAZZOTTI, MARCELLO ZAMA, FRANCESCO PIRAZZOLI, DAVIDE ZANOTTI
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In a method for forming an object in a forming apparatus, a natural fibre-based substance in the form of a sheet material enters the forming apparatus through an inlet and an object made with the natural fibre-based substance exits the forming apparatus through an outlet. A path connects the inlet and the outlet. The sheet material is cut in a cutting unit placed along said path, in order to separate a dose of natural fibre-based substance from the sheet material. The object is formed by pressing the dose in a pressing unit positioned along said path downstream of the cutting unit.
A method for forming a three-dimensional object in a forming apparatus, wherein a natural fibre-based substance in the form of a sheet material enters the forming apparatus through an inlet and wherein a three-dimensional object made with the natural fibre-based substance exits the forming apparatus through an outlet, a path connecting the inlet and the outlet, wherein the sheet material is cut in a cutting unit positioned along said path, in order to separate a dose of natural fibre-based substance from the sheet material, and wherein the three-dimensional object is formed by pressing the dose between a female half-mould and a male half-mould of a pressing unit, the pressing unit being positioned along said path downstream of the cutting unit.
An apparatus for forming a three-dimensional object with a natural fibre-based substance, comprising an inlet for the natural fibre-based substance in the form of a sheet material, an outlet for the three-dimensional object made with the natural fibre-based substance, wherein a path connects the inlet and the outlet, the forming apparatus further comprising a cutting unit positioned along said path for cutting the sheet material in order to separate from the sheet material a dose of natural fibre-based substance, a pressing unit being positioned along said path downstream of the cutting unit for forming the three-dimensional object by pressing the dose between a female half-mould and a male half-mould included in the pressing unit.
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