Patent ID: 9102089
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B29C,B29L

Abstract:
1. A controller including instructions being embodied in a controller-usable memory of the controller, the instructions for directing the controller to execute a process of injection molding a first molded article in an injection mold, the process comprising: closing a first stack portion relative to a second stack portion of a first mold stack, along a mold-stroke axis of the injection mold, to define a molding cavity; molding the first molded article within the molding cavity; opening of the first stack portion relative to the second stack portion, along the mold-stroke axis, to retract the first molded article from a cavity insert of the second stack portion; and arranging the first stack portion to eject the first molded article therefrom with holding a position of a stripper sleeve of the first stack portion, along the mold-stroke axis, while retracting a mold core of the first stack portion along the mold-stroke axis, wherein retraction of the mold core causes the retraction thereof from the first molded article in cooperation with the stripper sleeve contacting the first molded article; closing the first stack portion relative to the second stack portion includes arranging the first mold stack within a first aperture that is defined by a shuttle of a molded article transfer device.