Patent ID: 8678807

Claim:
A molding apparatus for molding touch fastener products comprising a plurality of fastener elements, the molding apparatus comprising: a frame; a first cylindrical roll defining a plurality of molding cavities that are shaped and arranged to form the fastener elements at a density of greater than 500 fastener elements per square inch, the first cylindrical roll having a first axis of rotation and first and second ends, the first end rotatably secured to the frame, the first cylindrical roll being cantilevered such that the first cylindrical roll is supported only at the first end; and a pressure device adjacent to the first cylindrical roll and defining a nip between the pressure device and the first cylindrical roll, the nip capable of receiving a substrate, wherein the cantilevered first cylindrical roll allows the substrate to pass through the nip while a portion of the substrate extends beyond the frame and the first cylindrical roll in a direction substantially parallel to the first axis of rotation.