Mold Selection P6

Previous Page 4.1 Selection of an Appropriate Mold When considering the use of stack molds, especially for fast cycling products, special measures must be planned to remove the huge amounts of products. Depending on the shape of the product, these measures could be any of a number of controlled ejection methods, conveyors, stackers, packing machines etc. Figure 4.70 shows a typical cup stacker. The stacker is positioned at the rear of the molding machine. It consists of an unscrambling vibratory conveyor (A) that receives the randomly ejected, scrambled containers from under the mold. The cups are then elevated to the orienting section...