MOLDING APPARATUS AND MOLDING METHOD

To provide a molding apparatus and a molding method.SOLUTION: A molding apparatus of the present invention includes: an upper mold; a lower mold; a mold cavity defined by an intermediate mold movably attached to the lower mold; a position control mechanism configured to move the intermediate mold; and a gas exhaust mechanism disposed adjacent to the mold cavity and including a gas conduit and a slit jointly defined by the upper and lower molds when the molding apparatus is in a closed configuration. The slit communicates with the mold cavity and the gas conduit. A molding method of the present invention includes the steps of: injecting material into the mold cavity and forming a molded product within the mold cavity; exhausting at least a portion of a gas from the mold cavity through the slit in the gas exhaust mechanism adjacent to the mold cavity after the molded product has been formed; separating the upper mold from the lower mold; and releasing the molded product from the intermediate mold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2A 【課題】成型装置及び成型方法の提供。【解決手段】本発明の成型装置は、上型と、下型と、下型に可動的に取り付けられた中間型により画定される金型キャビティと、中間型を移動させるように構成された位置制御機構と、金型キャビティに隣接して配置され、成型装置が閉鎖構成にあるとき、上型と下型により共同で画定される気体管路とスリットを含む気体排出機構を含み、スリットが金型キャビティ及び気体管路と連通され、本発明の成型方法は、金型キャビティ内に材料を注入し、金型キャビティ内で成形品を形成する工程と、成形品が形成された後、金型キャビティに隣接する気体排出機構のスリットを介して金型キャビティから気体の少なくとも一部を排出する工程と、上型を下型から離脱させる工程と、成形品を中間型から離型する工程と、を含む。【選択図】図２Ａ