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US 8,061,005 B2Granted
Method for employing quick change injection molding tooling
AssigneeCareFusion 303, Inc.
InventorsRandall D. Kipp, George M. Mansour, Patrick Elliott, Steven G. Young
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Abstract
A method comprises loading a tooling module onto a module carrier unit, inserting the module carrier unit into a molding press so that the carrier unit rests on a supporting member of an injection molding press, and closing the molding press until the tooling module is mated to an ejection side of a mold base.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- loading a tooling module onto a module carrier unit;
- inserting the module carrier unit into a molding press so that the carrier unit rests on at least one tie bar of an injection molding press;
- and
- closing the molding press until the tooling module is mated to an ejection side of a mold base.
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A method comprising:
- locking a tooling module onto a module carrier unit with one or more air locks;
- inserting the module carrier unit into a molding press so that the carrier unit rests on a supporting member of an injection molding press;
- and
- closing the molding press until the tooling module is mated to an ejection side of a mold base.
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A method comprising:
- loading a tooling module onto a module carrier unit;
- inserting the module carrier unit into a molding press so that the carrier unit rests on a supporting member of an injection molding press;
- closing the molding press until the tooling module is mated to an ejection side of a mold base;
- unlocking the tooling module from the module carrier unit;
- opening the molding press;
- removing the module carrier unit from the molding press;
- closing the molding press so that the tooling module is mated to an injection side of the mold base;
- inserting a thread-molding core into the tooling module;
- extruding moldable material into the tooling module from the injection side of the mold base;
- allowing the tooling module to cool;
- and
- unwinding the thread-molding core from the tooling module.
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A method comprising:
- inserting a module carrier unit carrying a tooling module into a molding press until the module carrier unit rests on a supporting member of the molding press;
- opening locks on an ejection side of a mold base in the molding press;
- closing the molding press until the tooling module is coupled to the ejection side of the mold base in the molding press;
- closing the locks on the ejection side of the mold base;
- and
- opening locks on the module carrier unit:
- and
- removing the module carrier unit from the molding press.
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A method comprising:
- inserting a module carrier unit into a molding press, the molding press comprising a mold base with a tooling module mated therein;
- and
- closing the molding press until the tooling module is mated to the module carrier unit;
- opening the molding press to remove the tooling module from the mold base;
- and
- removing the tooling module and the module carrier unit from the molding press.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.