摘要 |
PURPOSE: To improve operational efficiency of a handling arm by providing a second mold comprising a lower holder and an upper counter-mold and a second cover so as to removably engage the handling arm selectively with each of a first and a second covers. CONSTITUTION: A vulcanization press 1 is essentially consisting of a bed 2, a lower holding mold or holder 3, and an upper counter-mold 13. The lower holder 3 is provided with a mold 5a accommodated in the bed 2, a guide column 21 disposed beside the mold 5a, a handling arm 15 fitted with the guide column 21, and a cover 14 fixed at the lower side of the handling arm 15. There is provided with a second mold having a second lower holder 28 and an upper counter-mold 30. There is then provided a second cover 29 which engages with the second upper counter-mold 30. There is then provided engaging means such as a latch 27 which removably engages the handling arm 15 selectively with each of the first and the second covers 14, 29. |