Patent attributes
System comprising mold-moving assembly cooperative with molding station and insert-integration station. Mold-moving assembly operative over cycle, including: first phase: molding station and mold-moving assembly operative to mold molded article, and insert is integrated, in insert-integration station so as to manufacture composite article, and insert-integration station and mold-moving assembly operative to shape insert of composite article into predetermined shaped; second phase: after insert has been shaped, composite article is released and ejected from insert-integration station, and mold-moving assembly is translated away from molding station so that molded article may be removed from molding station; third phase: mold-moving assembly is actuated to move molded article from molding station over to insert-integration station; and fourth phase: insert-integration station receives another insert, and molded article is retained in insert-integration station so that when in first phase is repeated, another insert may become integrated with molded article and then formed with molded article.
