Patent ID: 6309576
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
A method for setting up for molding formed articles from thin sheet material on a molding press configurable with two opposing plates for holding respective matching dies and having means for maintaining consistent alignment between said plates when brought together for molding, comprising the following steps of:immovably positioning a hard die for a first side of said formed articles on a first of said plates,configuring a second of said plates with a die cavity opposite said hard die,installing said plates on said molding press,filling said die cavity with uncured elastomeric material,closing said hard die against said elastomeric material under sufficient heat and pressure to cure said elastomeric material so as to create a molded in place elastomer mating die in said die cavity, andmaintaining said hard die and said elastomer mating die undisturbed in said plates and said plates undisturbed in said press during said molding of said formed articles.