CUTTING APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOULDINGS

A b s t r a c t An apparatus for trimming the edges of and for making apertures in three-dimensional hollow mouldings is comprised of a few component parts and can be easily converted to any shapes and sizes of mouldings which are likely to arise. To this end, a hollow interchangeable backing mould (1) complementary to the hollow moulding is provided for positive supporting of the moulding. At the locations of the edges which are to be trimmed and of the apertures which are to be made, the backing mould is provided with continuous slots (4) or corresponding apertures (6). Furthermore, a laser cutting device (20) is so associated with the backing mould (1) that backing mould and laser beam head (19) are movable relative to each other along the slots and/or along the aperture edges of the backing mould.