Molding (process)

Molding (American English) or moulding (British and

Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is the process
of manufacturing by shaping liquid or pliable raw material using
a rigid frame called a mold or matrix.[1] This itself may have been
made using a pattern or model of the final object.

A mold or mould is a hollowed-out block that is filled with a

liquid or pliable material such as plastic, glass, metal, or ceramic One half of a bronze mold for
raw material.[2] The liquid hardens or sets inside the mold, casting a socketed spear head
adopting its shape. A mold is a counterpart to a cast. The very dated to the period 1400-1000
common bi-valve molding process uses two molds, one for each BC. There are no known
half of the object. parallels for this mold.

Articulated molds have multiple pieces that come together to

form the complete mold, and then disassemble to release the
finished casting; they are expensive, but necessary when the
casting shape has complex overhangs.[3][4]

Piece-molding uses a number of different molds, each creating

a section of a complicated object. This is generally only used for
larger and more valuable objects.

Blow molding is a manufacturing process for forming and Stone mold of the Bronze Age
joining together hollow plastic or glass parts. used to produce spear tips.

A manufacturer who makes molds is called a moldmaker. A

release agent is typically used to make removal of the
hardened/set substance from the mold more easily effected.
Typical uses for molded plastics include molded furniture,
molded household goods, molded cases, and structural materials.

Contents
Ancient Greek molds, used to
Types mass-produce clay figurines,
5th/4th century BC. Beside them,
Gallery
the modern casts taken from
See also them. On display in the Ancient
Procedure Agora Museum in Athens,
housed in the Stoa of Attalus.

Types
There are several types of molding methods.[5]

These includes:

Casting, the oldest term, covering a wide range of materials, especially metals
 Blow molding
Powder metallurgy plus sintering
Compression molding
Extrusion molding
Injection molding
Laminating Ancient wooden molds used for
jaggery & sweets, archaeological
Reaction injection molding museum in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Matrix molding
Rotational molding (or Rotomolding)
Spin casting
Transfer molding
Thermoforming
Vacuum forming, a simplified version of thermoforming
FRP moulding
Hand lay up moulding
Resin transfer moulding
Vacuum bag moulding
Bladder moulding
Spray up molding
Reaction injection molding

Gallery
Injection molding die with side pulls


"A" side of die for glass-filled Close up of removable insert in

acetal with 2 side pulls "A" side

"B" side of die with side pull Insert removed from die
actuators

See also
Forming
Pressing
Injection molding machine
Blow molding

Procedure
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2. "Mold – Definition of mold by Merriam-Webster" (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/m
old). merriam-webster.com.
3. "Articulated mold assembly and method of use thereof" (https://patents.google.com/patent/US9
296168B2/en). google.com. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
4. "Articulated molds" (http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~skgupta/Publication/IJMT07_Priyadarsh
i_draft.pdf) (PDF).
 5. Dean, Yvonne (July 2016). Materials Technology (https://books.google.com/books?id=-YSTDA
AAQBAJ&q=%C2%A0There+are+several+types+of+molding+techniques&pg=PA154).
Routledge. ISBN 9781315504285.

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