Patent ID: 8876510

Claim:
A molded body production device adapted to be used for producing a molded body by compression molding a molding material, comprising: a molding die having an inner circumferential surface defining a cavity with upper and lower openings, the cavity into which the molding material is to be filled, and upper and lower end surfaces defining the upper and lower openings, respectively; an upper punch provided so as to be inserted into the cavity from the upper opening thereof and vertically move, the upper punch having an upper punch surface; a lower punch provided so as to be inserted into the cavity from the lower opening thereof and vertically move, the tower punch having a lower punch surface; and an upper nozzle having an upper nozzle hole capable of injecting a release agent toward the upper punch surface, the upper nozzle capable of moving and changing an orientation thereof so as to change a position and/or an orientation of the upper nozzle hole; and a lower nozzle provided so as to be separated from the upper nozzle, the lower nozzle having a lower nozzle hole capable of injecting the release agent toward the lower punch surface, the lower nozzle capable of moving and changing an orientation thereof separately the upper nozzle so as to change a position and/or an orientation of the lower nozzle hole, wherein the upper nozzle is configured so as to apply the release agent onto the upper punch surface by injecting the release agent toward the upper punch surface in a state that the upper punch is located above the upper end surface of the molding die, and the lower nozzle is configured so as to apply the release agent onto the lower punch surface and the inner circumferential surface exposing above the lower punch surface by injecting the release agent toward the lower punch surface in a state that the lower punch surface is located into the cavity and below the upper end surface of the molding die, before the molding material is filled into the cavity.