APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING PARTS FROM A MOLD

摘要

Lightweight part retention apparatus is arranged on a removal tool plate. A low pressure air supply is supplied to the apparatus to induce an area of reduced pr essure in a channel formed in a passage therein, the reduced pressure being formed by a jet pump action within the channel. The reduced pressure draws a part to be removed from a mold or the like into the apparatus and retains it therein until a separate device removes it and /or the air supply is interrupted. Due to the relatively low mass of the retention apparatus, the t ool plate and retention apparatus, with the molded part retained therein, can then be rapidly withdrawn from the open mold to permit early closing of the mold so that a new molding cyc le may begin.