Patent ID: 8798557
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. A forming apparatus provided with a pressing and injection-molding multifunction die that forms a metal-resin molded product, the apparatus comprising: a first pressing portion that forms, in a metal member, a main body portion and a metal bridge portion that maintains a connection between the main body portion and a residual metal portion of the metal member; a resin-molding portion that is arranged downstream of the first pressing portion in a direction in which the metal member is conveyed, that is configured to integrate the main body portion with the resin and that is configured to form a resin bridge portion that connects the main body portion to the residual metal portion of the metal member; and a second pressing portion that is arranged downstream of the resin-molding portion in the direction in which the metal member is conveyed, and that cuts the metal bridge portion, while maintaining the resin bridge portion so that the main body portion is connected to the residual metal portion of the metal member only by the resin bridge portion, wherein the second pressing portion is configured to perform, after the metal bridge is cut, at least one of a pressing process and an injection-molding process on the metal member in a state in which the metal-resin molded product is connected to the residual member portion, wherein the residual member portion is a portion of the metal member, which does not form the metal-resin molded product, only by the resin bridge portion.