Patent ID: 7905721

Claim:
An air management system for use with a molding system, comprising: an air management device operatively coupled to a post-mold treatment device of the molding system, the post-mold treatment device for treating a molded article positioned in a molded article receptacle of a robot of the molding system; an air source device configured to draw in ambient air and to cool the ambient air to a target temperature to output cooled air at the target temperature; a linking structure operatively coupling said air management device to said air source device; said post-mold treatment device comprising a plurality of treatment pins configured to direct, in use, cooled air at the target temperature from said air management device onto a portion of the molded article being treated; the air management system being configured to allow cooled air to be expelled around the molding system after the cooled air at the target temperature has been used to cool, at least partially, the portion of the molded article being treated, the target temperature being selected such that the so-expelled air has a dew point that is one of substantially equal to or below of a temperature associated with coolant media used for in-mold cooling; the air management device being implemented in a dehumidifier.