Patent ID: 7510386

Claim:
A plant for compression moulding plastic articles by pressure-inserting a moulding punch into a cavity ( 11 , 12 ) of a die ( 110 , 120 ) loaded with a charge, comprising: a plurality of shuttles ( 10 ) each carrying at least one die part ( 110 ), a moulding apparatus ( 20 ) which is provided with a plurality of punches and, for holding shuttles ( 10 ), a corresponding plurality of seats ( 21 ) arranged to receive and release the shuttles ( 10 ), and which pressure-inserts a punch into the die cavities ( 11 , 12 ) of the shuttle ( 10 ) and withdraws it to achieve a compression moulding cycle for the article, said shuttles ( 10 ) being independent of the moulding apparatus, characterised in that said shuttles ( 10 ) each comprise at least one circuit ( 15 ) for at least one fluid for conditioning the temperature of the article located in the die, the moulding apparatus ( 20 ) comprising, for at least one conditioning fluid, at least one feed system ( 25 ) to feed the conditioning fluid to the shuttles ( 10 ) inserted in the seats ( 21 ) of the moulding apparatus ( 20 ).