The disclosure relates to a method of cutting plies of a composite laminate, a composite laminate thereof, a wind turbine blade with such composite laminate, and a cutting apparatus thereof. The cutting apparatus includes cutting elements for performing a plurality of first and second local cuts in the terminated edge area of the ply. The first and second cuts define a plurality of cutaways. The cutting apparatus further includes means for removing the cut-off pieces from the terminated edge area. The shortened fibres and the uncut fibres are optionally mixed along the terminated edge area to form a chamfering of the terminated edge. Alternatively, the fibres are shortened along different first cutting lines wherein a percentage of the fibres at each first cut are shortened to form shortened fibres with different lengths.

A curing mold (10) for a tire comprises: a plurality of circumferentially distributed sectors (18) that are intended to mold the tread of the tire, at least one sipe blade (40) intended to mold a void in the tread, the sipe blade extending over two adjacent sectors (18) such that the sipe blade comprises a part (40a, 40b) in each of the two sectors, the two parts of the sipe blade being separated, in the closed position of the mold, by a space (26) that creates flash during the curing of a tire, the parts of the sipe blade comprising cutting means (38) that are able to cut off the flash during the opening of the mold.

A method for preparing a bond assembly jig (BAJ) includes forming a cutter relief groove in the BAJ, filling the cutter relief groove of the BAJ with a material, and curing the material after said filling.

A method for manufacturing a vehicle crash pad includes heating a skin layer using a heater, attaching a cushion layer to the skin layer, placing a lower mold and an upper mold relative to a fabric including the skin layer and the cushion layer, forming a molded member on the lower mold, vacuum molding. The upper mold is lowered to perform the vacuum molding. The method further includes a laser processing of the fabric and molded member using a processing system, where a sensor senses the fabric and molded member, and based on sensed data, a through-hole is defined by adjusting the intensity of a laser's light irradiated to the fabric and molded member.