System for overmolding insert
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a system. The system includes a mold-moving assembly that is cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part. The mold-moving assembly is also cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly. The mold-moving assembly, when so actuated, moves inserts between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station. Operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
1. A system, comprising:
a mold-moving assembly cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the insert-forming station is configured to form the insert at least in part, and wherein the overmolding station is configured to encapsulate a molding material onto the insert at least in part.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the insert-forming station includes a group of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to form the insert at least in part.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the overmolding station includes a collection of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to overmold a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to rotate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to linearly translate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves includes a retaining structure configured to releasably retain the insert.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the insert includes a metallic component, and wherein the insert-forming station is configured to hydroform the metallic component of the insert at least in part.
11. A system, comprising:
a mold half of a set of mold halves cooperative with a mold-moving assembly, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part, and the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the insert-forming station is configured to form the insert at least in part, and wherein the overmolding station is configured to encapsulate a molding material onto the insert at least in part.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move the set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move the set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the insert-forming station includes a group of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to form the insert at least in part.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move the set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move the set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the overmolding station includes a collection of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to overmold a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to rotate the set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to linearly translate the set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move the set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves includes a retaining structure configured to releasably retain the insert.
20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the insert includes a metallic component, and wherein the insert-forming station is configured to hydroform the metallic component of the insert at least in part.
21. A system, comprising:
an insert-forming station cooperative with a mold-moving assembly to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the insert-forming station is configured to form the insert at least in part, and wherein the overmolding station is configured to encapsulate a molding material onto the insert at least in part.
23. The system of claim 21 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part.
24. The system of claim 21 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the insert-forming station includes a group of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to form the insert at least in part.
25. The system of claim 21 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
26. The system of claim 21 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the overmolding station includes a collection of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to overmold a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
27. The system of claim 21 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to rotate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
28. The system of claim 21 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to linearly translate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
29. The system of claim 21 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves includes a retaining structure configured to releasably retain the insert.
30. The system of claim 21 , wherein the insert includes a metallic component, and wherein the insert-forming station is configured to hydroform the metallic component of the insert at least in part.
31. A system, comprising:
a mold half of a group of mold halves cooperative with an insert-forming station, the insert-forming station cooperative with a mold-moving assembly to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
32. The system of claim 31 , wherein the insert-forming station is configured to form the insert at least in part, and wherein the overmolding station is configured to encapsulate a molding material onto the insert at least in part.
33. The system of claim 31 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part.
34. The system of claim 31 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the insert-forming station includes the group of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to form the insert at least in part.
35. The system of claim 31 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
36. The system of claim 31 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the overmolding station includes a collection of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to overmold a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
37. The system of claim 31 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to rotate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
38. The system of claim 31 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to linearly translate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
39. The system of claim 31 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves includes a retaining structure configured to releasably retain the insert.
40. The system of claim 31 , wherein the insert includes a metallic component, and wherein the insert-forming station is configured to hydroform the metallic component of the insert at least in part.
41. A system, comprising:
an overmolding station cooperative with a mold-moving assembly, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with the overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
42. The system of claim 41 , wherein the insert-forming station is configured to form the insert at least in part, and wherein the overmolding station is configured to encapsulate a molding material onto the insert at least in part.
43. The system of claim 41 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part.
44. The system of claim 41 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the insert-forming station includes a group of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to form the insert at least in part.
45. The system of claim 41 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
46. The system of claim 41 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the overmolding station includes a collection of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to overmold a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
47. The system of claim 41 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to rotate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
48. The system of claim 41 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to linearly translate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station to the overmolding station.
49. The system of claim 41 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves includes a retaining structure configured to releasably retain the insert.
50. The system of claim 41 , wherein the insert includes a metallic component, and wherein the insert-forming station is configured to hydroform the metallic component of the insert at least in part.
51. A system, comprising:
a mold half of a collection of mold halves cooperative with an overmolding station, the overmolding station cooperative with a mold-moving assembly, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part, the mold-moving assembly cooperative with the overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly,
wherein the mold-moving assembly is actuatable to move the insert between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and
wherein operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station overlap one another at least in part.
52. The system of claim 51 , wherein the insert-forming station is configured to form the insert at least in part, and wherein the overmolding station is configured to encapsulate a molding material onto the insert at least in part.
53. The system of claim 51 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part.
54. The system of claim 51 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the insert-forming station includes a group of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to form the insert at least in part.
55. The system of claim 51 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves is configured to cooperate with the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
56. The system of claim 51 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the overmolding station includes the collection of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to overmold a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
57. The system of claim 51 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to rotate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
58. The system of claim 51 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to linearly translate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
59. The system of claim 51 , wherein the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station, and wherein the set of mold halves includes a retaining structure configured to releasably retain the insert.
60. The system of claim 51 , wherein the insert includes a metallic component, and wherein the insert-forming station is configured to hydroform the metallic component of the insert at least in part.
61. A method, comprising:
configuring a mold-moving assembly to:
cooperate with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part,
cooperate with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly, and
move inserts between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
configuring operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station to overlap one another at least in part.
62. The method of claim 61 , further comprising:
configuring the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part; and
configuring the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material onto the insert at least in part.
63. The method of claim 61 , further comprising:
configuring the mold-moving assembly to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
configuring the set of mold halves to cooperate with the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part.
64. The method of claim 61 , further comprising:
configuring the mold-moving assembly is configured to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
configuring the insert-forming station to include a group of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to form the insert at least in part.
65. The method of claim 61 , further comprising:
configuring the mold-moving assembly to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
configuring the set of mold halves to cooperate with the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
66. The method of claim 61 , further comprising:
configuring the mold-moving assembly to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
configuring the overmolding station to include a collection of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves to overmold a molding material relative to the insert at least in part.
67. The method of claim 61 , further comprising:
configuring the mold-moving assembly to rotate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
68. The method of claim 61 , further comprising:
configuring the mold-moving assembly to linearly translate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
69. The method of claim 61 , further comprising:
configuring the mold-moving assembly to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
configuring the set of mold halves to include a retaining structure configured to releasably retain the insert.
70. The method of claim 61 , further comprising:
configuring the insert to include a metallic component; and
configuring the insert-forming station to hydroform the metallic component of the insert at least in part.
71. An article of manufacture for directing a data processing system to control a system operatively connectable to the data processing system, the article of manufacture comprising:
a data processing system usable medium embodying one or more instructions executable by the data processing system, the one or more instructions including:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct a mold-moving assembly to:
cooperate with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part,
cooperate with an overmolding station to overmold, at least in part, another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving assembly, and
move inserts between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct operation of the insert-forming station and operation of the overmolding station to overlap one another at least in part.
72. The article of manufacture of claim 71 , further comprising:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part; and
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material onto the insert at least in part.
73. The article of manufacture of claim 71 , further comprising:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the mold-moving assembly to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part onto the set of mold halves.
74. The article of manufacture of claim 71 , further comprising:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the mold-moving assembly to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the insert-forming station to form the insert at least in part, the insert-forming station having a group of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves.
75. The article of manufacture of claim 71 , further comprising:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the mold-moving assembly to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the overmolding station to encapsulate a molding material relative to the insert at least in part, the overmolding station cooperates with the set of mold halves.
76. The article of manufacture of claim 71 , further comprising:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the mold-moving assembly to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the overmolding station to overmold a molding material relative to the insert at least in part, the overmolding station having a collection of mold halves configured to cooperate with the set of mold halves.
77. The article of manufacture of claim 71 , further comprising:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the mold-moving assembly to rotate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
78. The article of manufacture of claim 71 , further comprising:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the mold-moving assembly to linearly translate a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station.
79. The article of manufacture of claim 71 , further comprising:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the mold-moving assembly to move a set of mold halves between the insert-forming station and the overmolding station; and
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct a retaining structure of the set of mold halves to releasably retain the insert.
80. The article of manufacture of claim 71 , further comprising:
instructions for directing the data processing system to direct the insert-forming station to hydroform a metallic component of the insert at least in part.