Molding press having a device for gripping and delivering elements to be molded
AssigneeAusatuft S.p.A.
InventorVito Frigo
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Abstract
A molding press is disclosed, comprising a device for gripping and delivering the elements to be molded, wherein movable means are provided in association with said press, such means performing the function of withdrawing the material to be molded as well as the molded product and positioning it respectively at withdrawal position, said means comprising arms carrying pliers or gripping means slidable on a guide to grip and position the material.
Claims6
In a molding press, molding means situated at a molding station for molding an article to a given configuration, a delivery station to which molded articles are to be delivered, a supply station from which articles are supplied to be molded at said molding station, a pair of gripping means one of which is provided for gripping an article at said supply station and transferring the latter to said molding station and the other of which is provided for gripping an article molded at said molding station and transferring the latter to said delivery station, and moving means operatively connected to both of said gripping means for moving said one gripping means from said supply station to said molding station and for simultaneously moving the other gripping means from said molding station to said delivery station, said one gripping means gripping the article at said supply station and carrying the latter to said molding station and releasing the article at the latter station while said other gripping means simultaneously grips a molded article at said molding station and carries the latter to said delivery station for releasing the latter at said delivery station, a guide means extending across said molding station to one side thereof toward said supply station and to an opposite side thereof toward said delivery station, said moving means including a carriage movable along said guide means, a pair of arms carried by said carriage, and said pair of gripping means being respectively carried by said arms, each of said arms carrying at an end thereof a slide means, and said pair of gripping means being respectively slidable on the pair of slide means respectively situated at the ends of said arms.
In a molding press, molding means situated at a molding station for molding an article to a given configuration, a delivery station to which molded articles are to be delivered, a supply station from which articles are supplied to be molded at said molding station, a pair of gripping means one of which is provided for gripping an article at said supply station and transferring the latter to said molding station and the other of which is provided for gripping an article molded at said molding station and transferring the latter to said delivery station, and moving means operatively connected to both of said gripping means for moving said one gripping means from said supply station to said molding station and for simultaneously moving the other gripping means from said molding station to said delivery station, said one gripping means gripping an article at said supply station and carrying the latter to said molding station and releasing the article at the latter station while said other gripping means simultaneously grips a molded article at said molding station and carries the latter to said delivery station for releasing the latter at said delivery station, said molding means at said molding station including a table, a plurality of movable columns situated at said table, and an article guide means carried by said columns for supporting and guiding an article which is molded and which is acted upon by said pair of gripping means.
In a molding press, molding means situated at a molding station for molding an article to a given configuration, a delivery station to which molded articles are to be delivered, a supply station from which articles are supplied to be molded at said molding station, a pair of gripping means one of which is provided for gripping an article at said supply station and transferring the latter to said molding station and the other of which is provided for gripping an article molded at said molding station and transferring the latter to said delivery station, and moving means operatively connected to both of said gripping means for moving said one gripping means from said supply station to said molding station and for simultaneously moving the other gripping means from said molding station to said delivery station, said one gripping means gripping an article at said supply station and carrying the latter to said molding station and releasing the article at the latter station while said other gripping means simultaneously grips a molded article at said molding station and carries the latter to said delivery station for releasing the latter at said delivery station, a guide means extending across said molding station to one side thereof toward said supply station and to an opposite side thereof toward said delivery station, said moving means including a carriage movable along said guide means, a pair of arms carried by said carriage, and said pair of gripping means being respectively carried by said arms, an article guide means extending substantially parallel to said first-mentioned guide means parallel to the latter almost up to said supply station and said delivery station for guiding an article during movement thereof between said stations.
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