Method and apparatus for producing brake lining material
AssigneeMidwest Brake Bond Company
InventorKeith F. Barnhardt
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing a sheet of brake lining material utilizes a mold which has a mold base and a mold frame. The mold frame is slidingly received on the mold base. The sliding relationship between the mold frame and the mold base results in a mold cavity which has a variable volume. The variable volume of the mold cavity allows the cavity to adjust to the size of material initially placed in the mold cavity thereby eliminating any mold flash and/or scrap material.
Claims5
A method of producing a sheet of brake lining material in a mold having a mold base and a mold frame, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a pre-specified amount of brake lining material within a mold cavity having a volume defined by said mold base and said mold frame;
- forming said pre-specified volume of brake lining material within said mold cavity;
- adjusting said volume of said mold cavity to equal said volume of said pre-specified amount of brake lining material during said forming step to produce said sheet of brake lining material;
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- terminating said forming step when a pre-determined molding pressure is applied to said sheet of brake lining material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.