A system that includes a mould drum having one or more product cavities, a first front end, and a second front end; a forming apparatus, which utilizes the mould drum to form food products from a food mass; a cleaning apparatus, which cleans the mould drum after forming the food products, the cleaning apparatus is remote from the forming apparatus; a movable unit that is configured to transport the mould drum from the forming apparatus to the cleaning apparatus, and vice versa; and a support structure and a spindle, which are reversibly attached to the forming apparatus during production and reversibly attached to the movable unit during the transport of the mould drum.

A tool (1) for a tool holder (3) of a blister packing machine. The tool (1) comprises a body member (25) extending from a proximal front end (30) to a distal rear end (32) and defines a major engagement face (27) for abutting a corresponding abutment face (5) of the tool holder (3), and an opposite major working face (29) which acts on the material to be worked on by the tool (1). An elongated alignment member (35) extending from a proximal end (40) to a distal end (42) extends centrally along the body member (25) from a location adjacent the proximal end (30) of the body member (25) towards the distal end (32). The alignment member (35) is of T-shaped transverse cross-section having a central member (37) and a pair of side flanges (39) extending from the central member (37) for slideably engaging a corresponding T-shaped receiving groove (10) in the tool holder (3). The alignment member (35) terminates adjacent the distal end (42) thereof in an engagement member (45) defining an arcuate abutment face (48) for engaging a distal arcuate limit stop (20) in the receiving groove (10) of the tool holder (3) for locating the tool (1) in the tool holder (3). The side flanges (39) of the alignment member (35) terminate in an engagement flange (47) extending outwardly from the engagement member (45), which defines an engagement surface (55) engageable with a workface of a tension bolt (22) in the tool holder for securing the tool (1) in the tool holder (3).

Mold compound transfer systems and methods for making mold compound transfer systems are disclosed herein. A method configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes providing a sheet mold compound, and dispensing a granular mold compound directly on the sheet mold compound. The sheet mold compound can have a first density and the overall granular mold compound can have a second density less than the first density. The method further comprises transferring the solid sheet carrying the dispensed granular mold compound to a molding machine without using a release film.

In the present invention, constructed is a highly reliable system that does not allow unforeseen conditions to occur in the remote diagnosis of a clamp device. All combinations of status of a state detection switch mounted on a clamp device are anticipated in advance by a recursive method, and the states are defined with no omissions. A control unit 9 includes: a main body memory 9c that stores the ON/OFF state of a state switch together with the status of an injection molding machine main body, the clamp status and time information; and a main body communication unit 9d which is capable of short-range wireless communication. A message diagnosing a failure is stored in a smartphone 12 for all combinations of the ON/OFF state of the state detection switch for each of the following cases: whether in mold replacement mode or not; and whether a clamp device is in a clamped state or an unclamped state, or in a state other than the forgoing. The history of the ON/OFF state of the state detection switch with respect to the status of the main body and the clamp status is read from the main body memory 9c by wireless communication, and a corresponding message is displayed.

A tooling assembly suitable for use in infiltrating a fibrous preform comprises an outer tooling fixture and an inner tooling fixture. The outer tooling fixture comprises a first portion removably attached to a second portion, and a first pair of oppositely disposed windows defined by the first portion and the second portion. Each of the first portion and the second portion comprise a base with a recess. The inner tooling fixture comprises a body defined by at least one portion, the body configured to at least partially surround the fibrous preform, a plurality of holes extending through a thickness of the at least one portion, each hole of the plurality of holes having a length (L) and a diameter (D), and a first neck region engageable with a recess of the first portion or the second portion.

An apparatus for pressing a secondary battery comprises a disposing member on which the secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly and a pouch is disposed, and a pressing member configured to press the secondary battery disposed on the disposing member, wherein the pressing member comprises an accommodation part pressing jig configured to press an accommodation part of the pouch, in which the electrode assembly is accommodated, in the pouch of the secondary battery disposed on the disposing member, and a sealing part pressing jig configured to press a sealing part formed along an edge surface of the accommodation part in the pouch of the secondary battery disposed on the disposing member, wherein the sealing part pressing jig is coupled to a surface of the accommodation part pressing jig corresponding to the sealing part to press the sealing part through pressing force transmitted from the accommodation part pressing jig.

A forming station for a thermoform packaging machine comprising a forming tool upper part with a die lid and a tool lower part. The forming tool upper part may comprises a male die part holding plate that has at least one male die part fixed thereto and which is displaceable along at least one rail provided on or in the die lid. The forming station may comprise a male die part drive drivingly connected to the male die part holding plate for generating a stroke movement of the male die part holding plate relative to the die lid. A guide element may be provided on the male die part holding plate, the guide element being movable relative to the male die part holding plate between an engagement position for engagement with an associated rail and a retracted position in which the guide element is disengaged from the rail.

On a foam plastics molding machine, a molding unit, defined by a mold and an interface frame equipped with a number or quantity of plastic molding material and operating fluid inlets, is loaded into a raised window in a fixed frame of the machine by positioning the molding unit in a fixed position on a trolley; positioning the trolley astride a fixed platform; raising the platform so that vertical ribs on the interface frame slidably engage corresponding vertical guides forming part of the machine and on a level with the window; connecting the guides to the ribs; and moving the guides towards the window.

Disclosed is a method for molding plastic preforms into plastic containers using a blow mould assembly including a blow mould unit, wherein a part of the blow mould unit is retained on a blow mould holder element using negative pressure.

The present invention relates to a food forming drum comprising a multitude of rows product cavities, each row comprising a multitude of product cavities, wherein the product cavities are provided as one or more at least partially porous members made from a porous material with interconnecting pores. The present invention further relates to a food forming apparatus comprising a food forming drum and a porous member. Additionally, the present invention relates to a movable unit to transport a drum and a method to change a drum or clean the food forming apparatus.