Patent ID: 6338188
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B29C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of interchanging mold units on platens of different plastic extrusion blow molding machines and comprising the steps ofproviding a universal standard subplate for use with different blow molding machines, providing a plurality of different interchangeable mold units, permanently securing the universal standard subplate to a blow molding machine platen in a predetermined precision alignment therewith, removably attaching one of the mold units to the standard subplate in a predetermined leveled and centered operating position on the standard subplate, establishing a preselected, precisely aligned relation between said one mold unit and the machine platen by means of the standard subplate, and combining a water manifold and a detabber in a unitary standard assembly mountable on said one mold unit with fluid connections for communicating the water manifold and the detabber respectively with water and air supply sources.