Patent ID: 7985360
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: B22D,B29C

Abstract:
1. A method of adjusting temperatures of a plurality of metal molds traveling in rotation and in one direction toward a plurality of stations and executing molding, the method comprising: selecting a predetermined station of said plurality of stations; selecting a predetermined metal mold of said plurality of metal molds; disposing a heat transfer member for transferring heat at an end of each of said plurality of metal molds; providing a plurality of temperature adjustment plates at said predetermined station of said plurality of stations, movably supporting the plurality of temperature adjustment plates with a support plate, wherein at least one of the plurality of temperature adjustment plates moves close to and away from another at least one of the plurality of temperature adjustment plates; adjusting a temperature of the temperature adjustment plates, with a temperature adjustment machine; halting said predetermined metal mold at said predetermined station; executing a heat exchange when an end of said heat transfer member comes into contact with a temperature adjustment plate while said predetermined metal mold is halted at said predetermined station; adjusting the temperature of said predetermined metal mold during said heat exchange; clamping a heat transfer plate with a plurality of the temperature adjustment plates, wherein said heat transfer member comprises a plurality of heat pipes, each of the plurality of heat pipes having the heat transfer plate at an end of the plurality of heat pipes, inserting a portion of the plurality of heat pipes at which said heat transfer plate is not disposed into said predetermined metal mold; and executing the heat exchange as said heat transfer plate is clamped by said temperature adjustment plates, wherein