An apparatus and method for manufacturing a crash pad with a foaming layer formed by injecting a foaming solution between a core and a skin are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first mold and a second mold used to form the skin by injecting molten resin of a skin material into a skin forming cavity when the first and second molds are combined. In addition, a third mold and the fourth mold form the core by injecting molten resin of a core material into a core forming cavity when the third and fourth molds are combined. The first mold has a vacuum aperture in an inner surface of the first mold to adsorb and fix a thread to implement a stitch before the forming of the skin, and the vacuum aperture exerts a vacuum suctioning force to absorb and fix via a vacuum pressure applied from a vacuum pressure providing unit.

The invention relates to a method for producing rotomolded products, and to an installation for carrying out such a method. The method is characterized by the simultaneous use of a plurality of spherical receptacle members, each without a dedicated rotary drive, each of which containing at least one molding die that is suppliable with raw material, and by the simultaneous use of a plurality of processing devices which are operated in a mutually independent manner, each for carrying out at least one of a plurality of production steps, using in each case one of the spherical receptacle members, wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as rotating stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and/or wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as cooling stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and/or wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as supply stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and/or wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as retrieval stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and wherein the spherical receptacle member conjointly with the content thereof and without the rotary drive is in each case retrieved from the processing device which has just terminated a processing step, said spherical receptacle member thereafter being fed to a processing device that is immediately vacant for the respective next processing step.

The invention relates to a method for producing rotomolded products, and to an installation for carrying out such a method. The method is characterized by the simultaneous use of a plurality of spherical receptacle members, each without a dedicated rotary drive, each of which containing at least one molding die that is suppliable with raw material, and by the simultaneous use of a plurality of processing devices which are operated in a mutually independent manner, each for carrying out at least one of a plurality of production steps, using in each case one of the spherical receptacle members, wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as rotating stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and/or wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as cooling stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and/or wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as supply stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and/or wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as retrieval stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and wherein the spherical receptacle member conjointly with the content thereof and without the rotary drive is in each case retrieved from the processing device which has just terminated a processing step, said spherical receptacle member thereafter being fed to a processing device that is immediately vacant for the respective next processing step.

[Object] To provide a method for the production of a thin plate-like laminate having a film-like resin layer in which a concave/convex shape can stably be formed with high accuracy on the film-like resin layer laminated on a thin plate-like substrate.

[Achieving Means] There are provided a step of creating a mold retention structure 100 in which molds 110, which have been heated to a thermal deformation temperature of a film-like resin composition 84, are arranged on both surface sides of a workpiece 85, and a step of introducing the mold retention structure in which the heated molds are arranged between two compression rollers 52, 54 and compressing outer surfaces of the molds by rotating the compression rollers to integrally thermocompression-bond the film-like resin composition and a substrate 81 to form a thin plate-like laminate 80 having a film-like resin layer 82.

Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts. One embodiment is a method that includes heating a female die having a receptacle and a complementary male die, heating an extruder above a melting point of a thermoplastic within chopped prepreg fiber, in order to melt chopped prepreg fiber disposed within the extruder, extruding the chopped prepreg fiber from the extruder into the receptacle of the female die while the chopped prepreg fiber remains molten, pressing the male die into the female die, causing the molten chopped prepreg fiber to fully enter receptacle, and cooling the chopped prepreg fiber in the receptacle of the female die to form a composite part.

A foaming method and apparatus for products comprising a frame (T) on which a first containment jig mould (1) is supported, at least one foaming unit, and a loading trolley (20) provided with a controlled conveyor (21) for transferring said components from an inlet line (Li) inside said containment jig (1), wherein it includes at least a second containment jig (10) arranged above said first containment jig (1) constrained to the same fixed frame (T), a removal trolley (30) arranged on the side opposite said loading trolley (20) with respect to said containment jigs (1, 10), between said containment jigs (1, 10) and an outlet line (Lu), wherein said loading trolley (20) and removal trolley (30) are vertically movable, by means of respective controlled lifts (22, 32), between a lower position and one or more service positions in which they are arranged adjacent to said jigs (1, 10).

[Object] To provide a device for the production of a thin plate-like laminate having a film-like resin layer in which a concave/convex shape can stably be formed with high accuracy on the film-like resin layer laminated on a thin plate-like substrate.

[Achieving Means] There are provided a setting device 31 for creating a mold retention structure 100 in which molds 110 are arranged on both surface sides of a workpiece 85, a heating device 41 which heats the molds to a thermal deformation temperature of a film-like resin composition 84, a compression roller device 51 in which the mold retention structure, after heating of the molds, is introduced between two compression rollers 52, 54 and outer surfaces of the molds are compressed by, rotating the compression rollers to integrally thennocompression-bond the film-like resin composition and a substrate 81 to form a thin plate-like laminate 80 having a film-like resin layer 82, and an extraction device 61 which extracts the molds from the mold retention structure after compression.

A mold comprising a basal plane configured to contact a supporting plane of a conveyor apparatus when the mold is conveyed by the conveyor apparatus, and a side plane configured to contact a plurality of conveyance members when the mold is conveyed by the conveyor apparatus, wherein at least a section of the side plane that contacts the plurality of conveyance members is tapered.

Disclosed is a mould tool for manufacturing a plurality of pre-form laminates for a laminate of a wind turbine blade, the mould tool comprising a frame, a first mould surface configured for receiving a first fabric, a second mould surface configured for receiving a second fabric, and a heating arrangement configured to heat the first mould surface and the second mould surface. The mould tool is configured to turn between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the first mould surface is facing substantially upwards, and in the second configuration the second mould surface is facing substantially upwards.

Disclosed is a mould tool for manufacturing a plurality of pre-form laminates for a laminate of a wind turbine blade, the mould tool comprising a frame, a first mould surface configured for receiving a first fabric, a second mould surface configured for receiving a second fabric, and a heating arrangement configured to heat the first mould surface and the second mould surface. The mould tool is configured to turn between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the first mould surface is facing substantially upwards, and in the second configuration the second mould surface is facing substantially upwards.