Patent ID: 6352236
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B28B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for aligning a mold assembly on a concrete products forming machine of a type having a pair of shelves on which upwardly extending alignment dowels are formed, the method comprising the steps of:providing a mold assembly having a body with a front wall and a back wall joined together with side walls forming cavities for receiving and molding concrete products, said side walls having die alignment holes formed on a bottom-facing surface thereof in substantial registry with said alignment dowels formed on the pair of shelves; aligning the bottom-facing die alignment holes with the upwardly extending alignment dowels; and supporting the mold assembly on the shelves so that the alignment dowels are received within the die alignment holes thereby holding the mold assembly in a prealigned position before bolting the mold assembly to the shelves.