A method of making a composite board and a product made thereby are disclosed. The method includes a lining forming step, a fiber pipe rolling step, a fiber pipe mounting step, a fiber material covering step, and a board body forming step. The product includes a lining acting as a board body, a plurality of long slots formed on the lining, a fiber pipe placed in each of long slots, a foam material mounted in each of fiber pipes, and a fiber material covering an external periphery of the lining. The fiber materials and the fiber pipes are melted and combined together by heat, thereby shortening the operating time. The fiber pipe becomes a reinforcement support structure to increase a structural strength of the composite board, thereby producing a finished product with a light weight and a strong structure.

Provided is a method for producing hollow articles in a blow molding process with reduced cycle time and using a nucleation agent to foam a thermoplastic plastic with gas bubbles prior to blow forming. A nucleation agent is provided, which has substances that emit gas bubbles when a decomposition temperature is exceeded. When a mixture of thermoplastic plastic and the nucleation agent are heated, the decomposition temperature is exceeded. A supercritical fluid state of the gas bubbles emitted from the substances is maintained by having supercritical pressure values elevated relative to ambient pressure while continuously heating the mixture. Blow molding of a hollow article is carried out in a blow molding apparatus at the supercritical pressure values of the thermoplastic plastic pre-foamed with homogeneously distributed gas bubbles, at a softening or melting temperature of the thermoplastic plastic below a plastic-specific softening or melting temperature of the thermoplastic plastic.

Improvements in the extrusion of thermohardenable materials are achieved by cooling the material in the initial zone of the extruder and reducing residence time by use of a prescribed length to diameter ratio and screw speed, particularly useful for intermittent application during robotically controlled mass production.