Acushnet Company

Phillip Landry

Lawrence E Stanton

A method for position at least one pair of opposing half-molds in a compression mold that has opposing plates that are compressible towards each other. The method includes placing a shim of a curable material between a first one of the plates and at least one of the half-molds. The mold is closed by compressing the plates towards each other to align and fully contact opposed surfaces of the opposing half-molds in an aligned position. Closing the mold also deforms the shim. The shim is cured in the closed mold to retain the half-molds in the aligned position relative the plate to which they are mounted once the mold is opened. A frame member is preferably attached to the plate, and the half-molds are placed within cavities in the frame member such that half-molds can move vertically therein, but are retained laterally.

Compression mold with rubber shims

A compression mold having first and second steel plates. First and second frame members are attached to the first and second plates respectively and have a plurality of cavities for receiving replaceable half-molds. The mold further includes a plurality of first and second half-molds positioned within the cavities of the first and second frame members and having opposing top edges for contacting when the mold is closed. First and second rubber shims are positioned between the first and second plates and the first and second half-molds and have a first configuration before curing and a second configuration after curing in that position for positioning the corresponding, opposing half-molds such that their top edges contact each other fully when the mold is closed.

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