Two chilled halves, one sealed cavity.
Opposing hydraulic-pneumatic cylinders drive two milled aluminum blocks together at 1,250 PSI over a vertical fill port. Steel alignment dowels lock the parting seam so molten wax cannot escape.
THE AUTOMATIC MINIATURE PLASTIC FACTORY · US PATENT 3,135,814
How a Mold-A-Rama works
Drop in a coin and watch the schematic blueprint come to life in 3D. Choose a classic souvenir die, toggle X-ray or exploded views, click any internal assembly to swoop the camera in close, and hear every hydraulic clamp, air blast, and chute drop.
SCHEMATIC BLUEPRINT // HOTEI BUDDHA DIEPATENT REF: US 3,135,814 // FIG. 1 — LOWER HEATED TANK & OPEN SPLIT DIE
OPERATOR CONSOLE // MM-101STEP 01 / 06
STAGE 01 · Stand by
The miniature factory is primed.
Below the stainless deck, electric heating bands keep a pressurized tank of polyethylene plastic molten at 350°F. Above, two chilled aluminum mold halves wait apart inside the clear display dome.
ACTIVE BLUEPRINT SUBSYSTEM
Below-Deck Heated Polyethylene Reservoir350°F / 177°C · ELECTRIC BAND HEATERS · 68 PSIHidden inside the lower cabinet, electric heating bands keep low-density polyethylene wax in a honey-like liquid state. Pneumatic pressure forces it up the riser tube on every cycle.
Click any glowing callout pin or 3D part to swoop in and inspect it. Drag to orbit freely.
INSIDE THE 20-SECOND CYCLE
The magic is thermo-mechanical.
Hollow on purpose.
Below the deck, electric heater bands keep polyethylene molten at 350°F. Air pressure forces it upward into the die, chilled glycol freezes a 1/8-inch outer skin, and compressed air blows the liquid center back down into the tank.
Warm in the chute.
Once the shell solidifies, the cylinders retract the mold halves. A mechanical stripper arm sweeps across the deck, knocking the glossy souvenir off the nozzle post and down the gravity chute into the tray.