Patent ID: 9238321
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B29C

Claim Text:
1. A method of cleaning of a portion of a mold component, the portion of the mold component including a passage configured, in use, to allow passage of gas and to prevent passage of melt, the method comprising: entering the mold component into a cleaning configuration, whereby a portion of the passage becomes part of a molding surface; performing a molding cycle to fill in at least the portion of the passage with molding material for incorporation and removal of a residue therefrom; stopping a melt front at a predefined point in the passage cleaning configuration, whereby melt flooding of the passage is executed in a controlled manner; wherein the passage is defined on split line surfaces between a first mold component and a second mold component that define a molding cavity therebetween the melt front is stopped at least a first melt stop defined on at least one of the split line surfaces.