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For producing foam rubber moulded parts, for example spheres, balls, discs, sheets, cylinders or profiled pieces, it is proposed that only the outer layer (4) of the moulded part consists of foam rubber. For this purpose, firstly a solid or hollow inner core (3) of rubber or plastics material is positioned in a casting mould (1) with a cavity (2) made to match the outer dimensions of the moulded part. Subsequently, a dish-shaped intermediate space (4) between the inner core (3) and the inner wall (2a) of the cavity (2) of the casting mould (1) is filled with a mixture of a rubber composition and a blowing agent. After filling, the casting mould (1) is heated to a temperature at which the blowing agent is converted into a blowing gas, which makes the rubber composition expand, and at which the rubber composition in foam form is vulcanized to form an open-cell rubber. The finished, vulcanized moulded part is subsequently removed from the casting mould (1) and an outer skin that may be present is removed from the moulded part.
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