Patent ID: 6083444
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: B29C,B29K,H05B,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for vulcanizing and molding a rubber compound comprising the steps of:providing a mold formed of a single material, said mold cooperating with a pair of electrode plates holding said mold therebetween,providing a rubber compound having a dielectric loss factor regulated to a value of more than 0.20, said rubber compound including at least one component selected from the group consisting of alkylene glycol, chlorinated rubber and mixtures thereof,supplying said rubber compound into said mold, andpressuring said mold and performing dielectric heating under frequency in a range of 10 to 100 MHz for vulcanizing said rubber compound concurrently with molding thereof to a rubber article having a desired volume, wherein said heating is directly applied to said mold via said electrode plates.