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International Automotive Components Group North America, Inc.

Dave Syphers

Robert A Grimmer

Denis L Moore

An apparatus and method of producing plastic articles comprising preheating a metal mold having a mold contour using infrared heating elements formed to match said mold contour to establish a casting temperature, casting plastic material onto the preheated metal mold surface, fusing the plastic using infrared energy, cooling the metal mold using the change of phase or state of a cooling material and removing the cast plastic article from said metal mold.

Plastic skin forming process

An apparatus and method of producing plastic articles comprising preheating a metal mold () using infrared energy to establish a casting temperature, casting plastic material onto the preheated mold surface, fusing the plastic into a substantially uniform layer using infrared energy, cooling the metal mold using evaporative cooling, and removing the cast plastic article from said metal mold ().

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Berwick, ME, United States of America

Dave Syphers