An injection-compression molding device (1), wherein the rod (3) and the core (5) are connected to each other by means of a joint (20) which allows to have a rigid connection in some steps of an injection-compression molding process, and an articulated connection during the compression step of the injection-compression molding process.

An injection-compression molding device (1), wherein the rod (3) and the core (5) are connected to each other by means of a joint (20) which allows to have a rigid connection in some steps of an injection-compression molding process, and an articulated connection during the compression step of the injection-compression molding process.

One-piece article obtained by injection molding, with at least one injection point, said article comprising a main body (20), having a body volume defined by the space within a surface forming an outer envelope, and at least one hook (21), preferably a field of hooks, obtained from the same molding of the main body of the molded article, the hook or each hook having a stem of longitudinal axis and a catching part projecting laterally from the stem, characterized in that the volume of the hooks is substantially smaller than the volume of the body, i.e. at least 100 times smaller, preferably at least 1000 times smaller, for example between 100 000 and 100 000 000 times smaller, than the volume of the body, and in that the width, or smallest transverse dimension, of the stems, measured transversely to the longitudinal axis, is smaller than the thickness of the main body, measured along the longitudinal axis of the stems.

An injection molding method and a deformable molding unit are provided. The method includes the following steps. First, a mold positioning step is performed to define a mold cavity. The step includes: providing a deformable molding unit on a first axis, the deformable molding unit having a deformable cavity and including a bottom portion and a first elastic portion being elastically deformable with respect to the bottom portion; and applying a first compression force to the first elastic portion by a first drive module along a second axis, reducing the size of the deformable cavity to a reduced dimension. Next, plastic is injected into the mold cavity including the deformable cavity with the reduced dimension to form a workpiece. Then, the first compression force is released, allowing the deformable cavity to return to its original dimension. Afterward, the deformable molding unit is retracted along the first axis.