Patent ID: 8029263

Claim:
A mold assembly, comprising: a support table mounted for rotation about a central axis of rotation; a plurality of hollow part molds mounted on said support table and disposed in circumferentially spaced relation to one another in radial relation to said central axis of rotation; a flexible and expandable bladder disposed in a hollow interior of each of said part molds; said bladder having an open radially innermost end and a closed radially outermost end; a preselected fiber architecture respectively disposed in a hollow interior of each of said part molds between said respective bladders and interior walls of said part molds; said preselected fiber architecture being porous to air; each of said hollow part molds including a top piece and a bottom piece that abut one another along a parting line when placed into confronting relation to one another, said top and bottom pieces adapted to be releasably secured to one another; a resin reservoir adapted to deliver resin to respective hollow interiors of said mold parts so that said resin flows into said fiber architecture, radially outwardly of said respective bladders; whereby rotation of said support table causes resin in said fiber architecture to flow radially outwardly relative to said support table axis of rotation; whereby a finished molded product having a monolithic, seamless structure is produced, substantially free of voids; and whereby said finished molded product is removed from its part mold by separating each part mold top piece from each part mold bottom piece.