APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR MOLDING OF HOLLOW ARTICLES

摘要

Apparatus and Process for Molding of Hollow Articles Disclosed is an apparatus and process for the molding of hollow articles. The apparatus comprises a mold cavity with a wire longitudinally disposed therein. A follower is slidably disposed about the wire in close abutment with both the wire and inside wall of the mold cavity. The follower is preferably disposed in the mold cavity toward its proximal end so as to provide an annular space between the wire and inside wall of the mold. In practice, material to be molded is injected into the annular space at the proximal end of the mold cavity and flows longitudinally toward the distal end of the mold cavity while pushing the follower along the wire ahead of it.