Patent ID: 6796016
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: B29C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making an injection mould including a first mould half and a second mould half, the method comprising the steps ofreceiving, in a computer based system, digital information relating to a shape of a product pattern, placing digital information relating to the shape of the product pattern into a first digital mould pattern and into a second digital mould pattern, respectively, wherein the first digital mould pattern represents both the first mould half and the second mould half and wherein the second digital mould pattern represents both the first mould half and the second mould half, defining function holes and function recesses in the first digital mould pattern, defining, separate from and parallel to the step of defining function holes and function recesses, a product cavity and, a parting plane of the mould in the second digital mould pattern; and machining said first mould half and said second mould half using said digital information in an NC machine.