Patent Issued for Casting Machine System and Process for Producing Hybrid Metal/Plastic Articles

摘要

Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "The invention relates to a casting machine system and to a process for producing hybrid metal/plastic articles. In the present context, hybrid metal/plastic articles are understood to mean articles which consist of metal and plastic and are produced by firstly casting a precursor product from one of the two materials and then subjecting the precursor product to a second casting process, in which it is provided with the other material. By way of example, a metal piece can firstly be produced as a precursor product in a metal-casting process, e.g. by means of die-casting, and this can then be encapsulated with plastic, partially coated with plastic or have plastic molded onto it in a corresponding plastic-casting operation, e.g. a plastic injection-molding operation. Alternatively, a plastic part may firstly be produced as a precursor product in a plastic-casting process, and the metal can then be molded onto it in a metal-casting process.