A method of forming a material includes presenting a formable material to a space between opposing forming surfaces of opposed forming tools from whence said material is carried as said opposing forming surfaces advance in a machine direction. The method includes pressurising, as said opposing forming surfaces advance, said material between said opposing forming surfaces in a reduced space between said opposing forming surfaces defining at least in part a pressure forming zone, said reduced space between said opposing forming surfaces being maintained constant until a form of at least one of said opposing forming surfaces is profiled into said material and is retainable thereon. The method also includes releasing the profiled material from between the said opposing forming surfaces, as the space of the pressure forming zone increases between said opposing forming surfaces as the opposing forming surfaces advance.

An imprint apparatus including a stage supporting a stamp master on which a master pattern for forming a stamping pattern on a flexible substrate is formed, or a substrate on which a pattern corresponding to the stamping pattern is formed by contact with the stamping pattern; a roll-to-roll mover to move the flexible substrate along a path adjacent to the stage; a clamp including a front clamp that secures a first portion of the flexible substrate, and a rear clamp that secures a second portion of the flexible substrate spaced apart from the first portion; a pressure roller to press the flexible substrate so that the flexible substrate secured by the clamp is brought into contact with the substrate or the stamp master; and a clamp driving controller to drive the clamp to adjust tension between the first portion and the second portion.

A press machine includes a frame, a press shaft, a lower mold support rotatably attached to the frame about a first axis line and configured to support a lower mold, a lower mold support rotating device configured to rotate the lower mold support about the first axis line, a scrap shooter configured to receive a scrap falling from the lower mold, and a link member one end part of which is rotatably coupled to the lower mold support about a second axis line, Wherein the scrap shooter has one end side rotatably coupled to the other end part of the link member about a third axis line, and has the other end side rotatably supported by the frame or another support member about a fourth axis line.

A mold used in the production of plastic materials includes a fixed element and a moving element forming a mold cavity in the closed position of the mold, at least one of the elements including at least a sealing system of the mold cavity, the sealing system being provided with at least one deformable surface made from elastic material in order to produce a sealing contact with a closure surface of the mold cavity, and the deformable surface being mounted to slide in a wall of the mold in such a way as to adjust the sealing contact.

A molding tool and a method for producing molded parts from a moldable material with at least one first tool component and at least one second tool component are described. The first tool component has a cavity with a first molding surface and the second tool component has a molding element with a second molding surface, which has an at least partially flexible material. Moldable material introduced into the cavity is pressed against the first molding surface at least in certain regions by the deformation of the flexible material. A medium is introduced via the molding element for this purpose, which leads to deformation of the flexible material.

A press (1) is described, for molding an ingot made of thermoplastic or thermosetting material, comprising a basement (10) integral with risers (20), a first and a second plane (30, 40) relatively sliding with respect to the risers (20), by means of first and second hydraulic cylinders (50, 60), respectively adapted to allow opening and closing a mold formed of a first half-mold fastened to the first plane (30) and a second half-mold fastened to the second plane (40), comprising actuators (70) adapted to exert a force whose direction is equal to or opposite with respect to the direction of the force adapted to allow opening or closing the mold; the first plane (30) connected to the basement (10) is moved by means of the first hydraulic cylinders (50) and of the actuators (70), while the second plane (40) is blocked by means of a blocking apparatus (80).

Processing device of a makeup product comprising: a first plate provided with first mutually adjacent channels with parallel axes, of semicircle section, and a second plate provided with second mutually adjacent channels with parallel axes, also of semicircle section, the first and the second channels being configured such that, when the first plate and the second plate are overlapped with their respective channels facing each other, each pair of first and second channels forms a tubular element with circular section; the device having guides configured to allow the movement of a plate relative to the other, in a direction parallel with respect to the axes of the channels; and at least one movement system of a plate relative to the other.

A method of forming a material includes presenting a formable material to a space between opposing forming surfaces of opposed forming tools from when said material is carried as said opposing forming surfaces advance in a machine direction. The method includes pressurizing, as said opposing forming surfaces advance, said material between said opposing forming surfaces in a reduced space between said opposing forming surfaces defining at least in part a pressure forming zone, said reduced space between said opposing forming surfaces being maintained constant until a form of at least one of said opposing forming surfaces is profiled into said material and is retainable thereon. The method also includes releasing the profiled material from between the said opposing forming surfaces, as the space of the pressure forming zone increases between said opposing forming surfaces as the opposing forming surfaces advance.

Embodiments for an apparatus for molding and pressing a closure comprising fibers, in particular pulp, are disclosed herein. In an example, the apparatus comprises a mold wherein the closure is to be at least partially molded and which has an opening, a mandrel, in particular for insertion into the opening, at least temporarily and/or partially within the mold, wherein the mandrel comprises a structure for molding the closure, movement means for executing a relative movement, such as a radial relative movement in relation to a longitudinal axis of the mandrel, between the mold and the mandrel for reducing a distance from the mold and the mandrel and thus for molding and pressing the closure. The disclosure further relates to a method of molding and pressing a closure comprising fibers using the apparatus.

A packaging machine is for forming a product cavity in a web including a forming die box defining a recess into which the product cavity is formed. An insert is axially movable in the recess to thereby vary a depth of the recess. A variable depth mechanism selectively moves the insert to vary the depth of the recess. The packaging machine includes a latching mechanism that moves the forming die box into and between a first position in which the forming die box is spaced apart from the die box base and a second position in which the forming die box is supported by the die box base.