Patent ID: 7172404

Claim:
A molding insert for use with a molding machine for production of compacted molded bodies of material and deposit of the compacted molded bodies in a multi-layer arrangement, the compacted molded bodies being pushed via pressure devices out of the molding insert in a downward direction, said molding insert comprising at least one mold cavity having a mold cavity interior, a mold cavity volume, and a plurality of walls comprising relief structures for forming counterrelief structures on the molded body formed in the mold cavity, wherein said relief structures comprise depressions for forming projections on lateral surfaces of the molded body formed in the mold cavity, the depressions having holding flanks that are downwardly inclined toward the mold cavity interior at an angle no more than thirty degrees from the walls, the relief structures being coordinated with the mold cavity volume and the material of the molded body so that the molded body remains in the mold cavity until pushed out via a pressure device without shearing off the projections located within the depressions.