Method for manufacturing pellets of hot-melt ink
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorsPeter Joseph Hollands, Wilhelmus Antonius Maria Schreurs, Guido Gerardus Willems, Antonius Johannes Jozef Van Gerven, Reinier Jan Ramekers
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing pellets of hot-melt ink which includes the steps of filling molten ink into a mold cavity defined by a first die and a second die of a mold, allowing the ink to cool down and solidify in the mold cavity, and heating at least one of the first and second dies for re-melting the surface of the ink pellet to facilitate its removal from the mold cavity.
Claims7
A method for manufacturing pellets of hot-melt ink which comprises a introducing molten ink into a mold cavity defined by a first die and a second die of a mold,
- allowing the ink to cool down and solidify in the mold cavity, and
- heating at least one of the first and second dies for re-melting only the surface of the ink pellet so that it can be removed from the mold cavity.
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