Molding system with movable mold tool
First Claim
1. An apparatus for molding a physical body comprising at least two different mold materials, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a first mold tool and a second mold tool configured for defining a mold volume in between in which the physical body is moldable by supplying the at least two different mold materials, wherein the different mold materials have different physical properties;
a supply unit configured for separately supplying the at least two different mold materials to the mold volume one after the other;
wherein at least part of at least one of the first mold tool and the second mold tool is movable to thereby increase the dimension of the mold volume after having supplied the first mold material to the mold volume and before and/or during supplying the second mold material to the mold volume.
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Abstract
An apparatus for molding a physical body comprising at least two mold materials, wherein the apparatus comprises a first mold tool and a second mold tool configured for defining a mold volume in between in which the physical body is moldable by supplying the at least two mold materials, and a supply unit configured for separately supplying the at least two mold materials to the mold volume, wherein at least part of at least one of the first mold tool and the second mold tool is movable to thereby increase the dimension of the mold volume after having supplied the first mold material to the mold volume and before and/or during supplying the second mold material to the mold volume.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for molding a physical body comprising at least two different mold materials, wherein the apparatus comprises:
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a first mold tool and a second mold tool configured for defining a mold volume in between in which the physical body is moldable by supplying the at least two different mold materials, wherein the different mold materials have different physical properties; a supply unit configured for separately supplying the at least two different mold materials to the mold volume one after the other; wherein at least part of at least one of the first mold tool and the second mold tool is movable to thereby increase the dimension of the mold volume after having supplied the first mold material to the mold volume and before and/or during supplying the second mold material to the mold volume. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of manufacturing a physical body comprising at least two different mold materials by molding, wherein the method comprises:
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defining an initial mold volume between a first mold tool and a second mold tool; supplying a first mold material to the initial mold volume; subsequently moving at least part of at least one of the first mold tool and the second mold tool to thereby change the dimension of the mold volume compared to the initial mold volume; supplying the second mold material to the mold volume with the changed dimension during and/or after the moving, wherein the first mold material and the second mold material have different physical properties. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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