OVERMOLDING OF MOLDED ARTICLES

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus for overmolding a molded object. The apparatus comprises a mold-moving assembly which cooperates with a thixo-molding station and an overmolding station. The thixo-molding station is used to mold a metallic article. The mold-moving assembly moves the metallic article with a mold half to the overmolding station. The mold half cooperates with another mold half at the overmolding station. The resulting mold is used by the overmolding station to overmold the metallic article with a molding material. The mold-moving assembly comprises a set of mold halves that cooperates with the mold half at the thixo-molding station and the mold half at the overmolding station.