[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.

[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 method of manufacturing an embossed hydrophobic covering element for construction or decoration for protecting the surface from humidity or inclement weather. This method includes preparing a mixture of water and at least one organic material in a tank in which the organic material is insoluble in water, stirring the mixture so as to disperse the organic material in suspension in water, molding the prepared and stored mixture by immersing a forming mold under vacuum inside the tank in order to form a molded element, drying and densifying the molded element under vacuum so as to obtained a dried and densified element, and fully impregnating the dried and densified element in the binder so as to form the hydrophobic covering element. The binder is of an organic material. The organic material originates from a sustainably renewable resource.

A method of manufacturing an embossed hydrophobic covering element for construction or decoration for protecting the surface from humidity or inclement weather. This method includes preparing a mixture of water and at least one organic material in a tank in which the organic material is insoluble in water, stirring the mixture so as to disperse the organic material in suspension in water, molding the prepared and stored mixture by immersing a forming mold under vacuum inside the tank in order to form a molded element, drying and densifying the molded element under vacuum so as to obtained a dried and densified element, and fully impregnating the dried and densified element in the binder so as to form the hydrophobic covering element. The binder is of an organic material. The organic material originates from a sustainably renewable resource.

The present invention provide a forming method of forming a composition on a substrate using a mold, wherein the mold has a contact surface and a cavity, the method comprising: supplying a gas into the cavity so as to increase a pressure in the cavity to deform the contact surface into a convex shape toward the substrate; relatively tilting the mold with respect to the substrate; bringing the contact surface and the composition on the substrate into contact with each other in a state in which the contact surface has been deformed in the supplying the gas and the mold has been tilted in the relatively tilting; and further supplying the gas into the cavity so as to increase a deformation amount of the contact surface after the contact surface and the composition start to contact each other in the bringing.

The present invention provide a forming method of forming a composition on a substrate using a mold, wherein the mold has a contact surface and a cavity, the method comprising: supplying a gas into the cavity so as to increase a pressure in the cavity to deform the contact surface into a convex shape toward the substrate; relatively tilting the mold with respect to the substrate; bringing the contact surface and the composition on the substrate into contact with each other in a state in which the contact surface has been deformed in the supplying the gas and the mold has been tilted in the relatively tilting; and further supplying the gas into the cavity so as to increase a deformation amount of the contact surface after the contact surface and the composition start to contact each other in the bringing.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced plastic molded body, the method including: performing thermocompression molding, by using a molding die, on a molding precursor which is obtained by arranging a prepreg including a thermosetting resin and a fiber around a thermoplastic solid body.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced plastic molded body, the method including: performing thermocompression molding, by using a molding die, on a molding precursor which is obtained by arranging a prepreg including a thermosetting resin and a fiber around a thermoplastic solid body.

A method wherein a bulky three-dimensional emblem can be made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin containing a vapor-deposited-metal laminated film. An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional emblem made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a slide jig in which an electrode flat plate die and an electrode projecting die are slidable in a horizontal plane, an electrode recessed die capable of approaching and separating from the slide jig in a vertical direction and at a position where it can oppose the electrode flat plate die and the electrode projecting die, and a high-frequency oscillator that performs high-frequency dielectric heating by continuously generating a high-frequency voltage across the opposing dies, wherein recesses form in a surface of the electrode flat plate die opposing the electrode recessed die, and during high-frequency dielectric heating, a portion of the lower layer material enters the recess and is held on the electrode flat plate die.