Molding apparatus

A controller including instructions being embodied in a controller-usable memory of the controller, the instructions for directing the controller to execute a molding process, comprising:

• closing a first mold stack of an injection mold to define a molding cavity therein, wherein the first mold stack is arranged within a first aperture that is defined by a shuttle of a molded article transfer device;
• molding a first molded article within the molding cavity;
• opening the first mold stack to retract the first mold stack from the first aperture;
• arranging the first mold stack to eject the first molded article into the first aperture of the shuttle;
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• shuttling of the shuttle to transfer the first molded article within the first aperture;
• the closing of the first mold stack includes inserting a first stack portion of the first mold stack into the first aperture;
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• the opening of the first mold stack includes retracting the first stack portion from the first aperture;
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• the arranging of the first mold stack includes arranging the first stack portion to eject the first molded article therefrom;
• the shuttling includes shuttling movement of the shuttle between a first mold and a second mold half of the injection mold, along a shuttling axis that is generally perpendicular to a mold-stroke axis of the injection mold, wherein the first aperture, and with it the first molded article, is moved from a first receiving position to a first transfer position;
• the shuttling is performed with the first mold half and the second mold half being positioned in a mold closed configuration.