A molding process (100) comprising the step of inserting an uncured blank (102) in a mold cavity (14) formed in a mold system, the uncured blank including fiber and uncured binder, transferring heat from the mold system to a cool pressurized gas (108) to establish a hot pressurized gas, injecting the hot pressurized gas into the mold cavity (110), and transferring heat (112) from the hot pressurized gas to the uncured blank to cause the uncured binder to cure and establish a cured product (114).

A 3D processing device configured to attach a decorative film on a surface of a 3D glass, the 3D processing device includes a decorative film pre-deformation unit and a attachment unit. The decorative film pre-deformation unit includes an upper mould and a lower mould opposite to the upper mould, wherein the upper mould engages the lower mould to press the decorative film and cause the decorative film to have a shape matching a surface of the 3D glass. The attachment unit defines a sealing chamber, and includes a mould and a gas bag within the sealing chamber, wherein the mould is configured to support the 3D glass. The present disclosure further provides a method thereof.

A device for attaching a decorative film to a surface of a 3D glass, includes a vacuum chamber, an upper mould, and a lower mould. The upper mould includes an upper planar pressing portion and an upper curved portion. The lower mould includes a lower planar pressing portion and a lower curved portion. the upper planar pressing portion and the lower planar pressing portion are configured to correspond to a planar portion of the 3D glass, the upper curved portion and the lower curved portion are configured to correspond to a curved portion of the 3D glass. the upper mould is provided with a first heating block. The present disclosure further discloses a method thereof.

A tool element assembly (10) is provided in which ambient air is drawn into a fluid chamber (24) and heated via a heating element (28) in order to provide a low pressure, efficient, heating system.

A method for cooling a mold used in the production of plastic parts is described. A capillary feeds liquid carbon dioxide to a channel present in the mold typically used in making plastic parts having thin gaps or thin open sections in the plastic part. The channel will be approximately the same size as the inner diameter of the capillary but will increase in size either stepwise or progressively as it passes through the mold, particularly at the location where cooling is desired therefore providing more effective cooling to the mold and slides and lifters present therein.

An injection mold assembly for a high output consumer product injection molding machine, the injection mold assembly having a simplified cooling system that is an evaporative cooling system or a cooling system including a hazardous, dangerous, or expensive cooling fluid. The simplified cooling system has a cooling fluid channel that is confined to a mold support plate.

An air-cooled sprue bush is mounted on a mold and contains: a columnar runner body and a flange portion. The runner body includes a gate and a cooling path defined in the runner body, the cooling path has plural U-shaped channels annularly arranged around the cooling path, and each U-shaped channel has a mesh structure formed therein. The flange portion is fixed on the runner body so as to contact with an outer face of the mold, and the gate passes through the flange portion and has a feeding orifice formed in the flange portion. The flange portion also includes at least one inlet and at least one outlet which are in communication with the cooling path of the runner body and do not contact with the mold, such that external gas flows out of the at least one outlet from the at least one inlet via the cooling path.

The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a textile preform from a fibrous array with continuous fibres, the process comprising a step for heating of the fibrous array between a matrix and a punch to stiffen this fibrous array. To cut down processing time, the heating step is performed by having a hot gas flow circulate through the matrix, the fibrous array and the punch.

Methods are provided for cooling a plastic part that has been produced in a mold. Carbon dioxide is fed through a capillary tube from a carbon dioxide source to the mold thereby providing cooling of the plastic part and avoiding hot spots in the plastic part prior to removal from the mold. The capillary tube is a smaller capillary tube located concentrically inside a larger capillary tube. Alternatively, the smaller capillary tube may extend from the end of the larger capillary tube telescopically thereby increasing the length of the capillary but also reducing its diameter as it progresses along its length.

A method is provided with a stranded mesh material blank inserted into a cavity of a tool assembly shaped to form a cushion member. Fluid is circulated above a first temperature threshold through a series of apertures defined in a forming surface of the tool assembly and into the cavity thereby softening the blank and conforming a shape of the blank to the forming surface. Fluid is circulated below a second temperature threshold through the series of apertures in the forming surface and into the cavity thereby setting the shape of the blank to the forming surface and forming a cushion member. A cushion for a seat assembly is provided by a stranded mesh material member. A system is provided with a first tool, a second tool, and one or more inlet manifolds.