Patent ID: 6065950
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B22D,B29C

Abstract:
A system for manufacturing molded articles and simultaneous engineering of mold cavities, comprising:a casting device comprising:(a) a casting mold having two mold halves moveable against each other perpendicular to a separation surface, said mold halves each having cassette receptacles; and(b) interchangeable cassettes inserted into cassette receptacles of the mold halves, said cassettes abutting each other and enclosing a mold cavity when the casting mold is closed, said cassettes having positive guides on their sides opposite the separation surface, said guides being insertable into the positive guides on the cassette receptacles of the mold halves;a machining device comprising:(a) a machining station selected from the group consisting of a drill, a turning tool, a milling tool, a grinder and an eroding tool; and(b) a clamping device within a working range of the machining station, said clamping device having cassette receptacles with positive guides, said positive guides of said cassette receptacles corresponding to the positive guides of the cassettes;wherein said cassettes can be interchangeably and precisely mounted in the cassette receptacles of the machining device and of the casting device without adjusting the position of the cassettes.