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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Tbs Engineering Limited, Gloucester, GB;
Simon Anthony Britton, Gloucester, GB;
David Voden, Gloucester, GB;
TBS ENGINEERING LIMITED, Gloucester, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus for moulding battery components including a molten metal feed trough, a mould block adjacent to the feed trough, a weir between the feed trough and each cavity and a supply for feeding molten metal to the feed trough. The mould block has at least one mould cavity and a cooling arrangement which cools the mould block, and the mould block is provided with a heating arrangement adjacent to the or each mould cavity. In use, the heating arrangement maintains at least part of the, or each, mould cavity at an elevated temperature relative to the average operational temperature of the mould block.