Patent ID: 7779990

Claim:
A method of molding a modular element for conveyor of a manufacturing system for tobacco products, comprising: molding a body, connectable to adjoining modular elements, by injecting a plastic material into a mold having a movable wall forming a top side of the body, creating a co-molding space above the top side of the body by distancing the movable wall from the body with a parallel translation, injecting a second material into the co-molding space to co-mold a transport surface onto the top side of the molded body for engaging and transporting the tobacco products, wherein the second material is softer than the plastic material from which the body is molded and has a coefficient of friction both higher than the plastic material and sufficiently high to grip the tobacco products on the conveyor and prevent the tobacco products from slipping on the conveyor during transporting of the tobacco products.