Patent ID: 7220114

Claim:
An equipment for producing a molded article, especially a flat molded article, wherein the article has cavities and webs between the cavities and two discs essentially joined by the webs, the equipment comprising a press mold having a die for forming an outer circumference of the molded article, and a lower ram and an upper ram for forming an outer surface of the disks; a segment ram integrated in at least one of the lower ram and the upper ram, wherein the segment ram has ram segments having essentially the same cross-sectional shape as the webs, wherein the segment ram moves into and engages with the ram segments recesses having the same cross-sectional shape in the lower ram or in the upper ram, and a removable core insertable into the press mold, the removable core having the core segments for forming the cavities, wherein spaces between the core segments in the press mold are arranged congruently with the ram segments.