A partially polymerised thermohardenable connection part and to methods for producing and assembling such a connection part are described herein. The connection part for connecting two mechanical parts is thermohardenable and is partially polymerised in such a way as to be rigid at room temperature and able to be subjected to a subsequent polymerisation, the connection part being thus both sufficiently rigid to be able to be manipulated and brought into contact with at least one of the two mechanical parts which it is to interconnect and able to be subjected to a subsequent additional polymerisation in order to achieve its final polymerised state, the material of the connection part being rendered sufficiently soft during the additional polymerisation that it can adapt to the form of at least one of the mechanical parts to which the connection part must be connected.

A system and method for pressforming handles. The system broadly includes a carriage, a conveyor, a plate train, and a roller press. The conveyor assembly is mounted on the carriage and includes first and second sprockets rotatably supported on the carriage and a roller chain linking the sprockets together. The plate train is conveyably engaged with the roller chain and includes several plates. Each plate includes a flat portion and a number of pockets spaced from each other. The roller press is configured to rotate relative to the carriage and engage a web of shapable material opposite the plates of the plate train. The roller press includes several protrusions annularly and longitudinally spaced apart from each other and configured to press the shapable material into the pockets of the plates thereby forming bands of the handles.

Disclosed herein is a vehicle spoiler, and more particularly, a vehicle spoiler with improved adhesive strength between a fixing member and a spoiler body due to a structure of the fixing member which is provided with an adhesive surface surface-treated in an embo shape and a protrusion formed to protrude at a predetermined height in a vertical direction of the adhesive surface, and a manufacturing method thereof. The vehicle spoiler includes a spoiler body installed in a vehicle trunk in a width direction and formed in a plate shape, a fixing member which is coupled to a lower surface of the spoiler body in a vertical direction and which includes an adhesive surface having one surface undergoing surface treatment and a protrusion formed to protrude at a predetermined height in a vertical direction of the adhesive surface, and an adhesive applied to the adhesive surface of the fixing member.

A seat trim cover for an automotive seat is formed into a 3-dimensional shape by compression molding a laminated moldable foam in a 3-dimensional. The laminated moldable foam comprises at least a layer of cellular polyurethane foam compression moldable in a temperature range of about 220 F. to about 260 F. The 3-dimensional mold is heated to a temperature range of about 150 F. to about 320 F. The layer of cellular foam is adhered to a cover material layer and precut into a pre-laminated blank prior to molding into the 3-dimensional shape. Optionally, seat heaters or other components can be integrated with the laminated foam prior to compression molding the seat trim cover.

A method for producing a structuring agent for texturing an embossable material surface, in particular a resin-containing laminate surface, including the steps of providing a web-shaped carrier material made of paper and/or plastic, applying a UV-curable lacquer layer made of acrylated oligomer to the carrier material, forming a three-dimensional embossed structure into the lacquer layer applied to the carrier material and curing the lacquer layer by irradiation with high-energy radiation, preferably UV light, during the molding of the embossed structure. The invention provides that before the UV-curable lacquer layer is applied at least one adhesion promoter layer including acrylated oligomer, a reactive diluent and a photoinitiator which reacts to high-energy radiation, preferably UV radiation, is applied onto the carrier material, and that the lacquer layer having the embossed structure is cured by irradiation with high-energy radiation, preferably UV light, to such an extent that, in the finished state, the structuring agent has an average Martens hardness according to DIN EN ISO 14577 in the range from 10 to 80 N/mm.sup.2, preferably in the range from 30 to 80 N/mm.sup.2, the indenter used as a test body for measuring the Martens hardness being pressed into the surface of the lacquer layer having the embossed structure. A structuring agent is also disclosed.

A method for manufacturing a microbe-resistant structure can include providing a structural core; providing a binding compound; and providing an anti-microbial film. The anti-microbial film can have a first surface and a second surface on opposite sides of the film. The first surface can include a surface treatment that limits a transmission of microbes, and the second surface can include a plurality of perforations. The method can further include forming a charge arranged such that the second surface of the film is facing toward the structural core and the first surface is facing away from the structural core. Applying heat and pressure to the charge can cause the binding compound to flow to substantially fill the plurality of perforations.