A component with a customized exterior surface and a method and tool for manufacturing the same are provided. The component may be formed via a plastic forming process with a forming tool, such that it has a surface texture formed on its exterior surface. The forming tool has at least one tool surface, which defines a mold cavity. The tool surface has a textured layer coupled thereto, such that the textured layer directly contacts a moldable material supplied to the mold cavity. The textured layer has a surface texture formed thereon resulting in the surface texture present on the textured layer being transferred to and formed on the exterior surface of the component during forming. The textured layer may be changeable or replaceable with respect to the at least one tool surface, such that a single tool may form components with different surface textures formed on the exterior surface thereof.

A female mould having a forming cavity inside which a concave object can be formed, comprises: an annular forming element extending about an axis and delimiting the forming cavity about said axis; a plate element which delimits the forming cavity transversely to said axis, the plate element having a reference surface extending transversely to said axis externally of the forming cavity; a peripheral annular component at least partially surrounding the annular forming element. The annular forming element abuts against a first portion of the reference surface of the plate element. The peripheral annular component abuts against a second portion of the reference surface of the plate element.

A female mould having a forming cavity inside which a concave object can be formed, comprises: an annular forming element extending about an axis and delimiting the forming cavity about said axis; a plate element which delimits the forming cavity transversely to said axis, the plate element having a reference surface extending transversely to said axis externally of the forming cavity; a peripheral annular component at least partially surrounding the annular forming element. The annular forming element abuts against a first portion of the reference surface of the plate element. The peripheral annular component abuts against a second portion of the reference surface of the plate element.

A disposable mold core for producing a fiber-reinforced component includes a support core having a granulate and a binder. The support core has a hard shell formed of the binder and the granulate, and an inner core which is binder-free and formed of the granulate. A related method of producing a fiber-reinforced component is disclosed.

A mold core for producing a component of fiber composite material with a cavity. The mold core makes a particularly simple and efficient demolding process possible by a mold core extending along a longitudinal axis and which is in the form of a hybrid core and which includes, viewed in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a first core portion and a second core portion, wherein the first core portion is formed from a first material with high stiffness and low coefficient of thermal expansion, and wherein the second core portion is formed from a second material that differs from the first material, and is configured such that, under predetermined conditions, its form changes in a predetermined manner such that removal of the mold core from a cavity in the cured component is made easier.

A display device includes a cover member which is at least partially bent, a panel member arranged along a surface of the cover member, where the panel member displays an image, and a support member arranged on another surface of the panel member different from the surface of the panel member on which the cover member is arranged.

An undercut processing mechanism that is installed in a molding die assembly configured to form a molded article having an undercut portion so as to allow demolding of the undercut portion, the undercut processing mechanism comprising: a pushing piece movable in a demolding direction of the molded article; a support element fixed to the pushing piece or formed so as to be integrated with the pushing piece and capable of supporting the undercut portion during movement of the pushing piece; a sliding piece configured to be slidable relative to the pushing piece and to move, in conjunction with movement of the pushing piece, in a direction intersecting the demolding direction of the molded article; and a retaining piece configured to retain the sliding piece such that the sliding piece is slidable.

An undercut processing mechanism that is installed in a molding die assembly configured to form a molded article having an undercut portion so as to allow demolding of the undercut portion, the undercut processing mechanism comprising: a pushing piece movable in a demolding direction of the molded article; a support element fixed to the pushing piece or formed so as to be integrated with the pushing piece and capable of supporting the undercut portion during movement of the pushing piece; a sliding piece configured to be slidable relative to the pushing piece and to move, in conjunction with movement of the pushing piece, in a direction intersecting the demolding direction of the molded article; and a retaining piece configured to retain the sliding piece such that the sliding piece is slidable.

A pre-assembled female mould arrangement for being installed on a moulding machine, the pre-assembled female mould arrangement comprising: an annular forming element, extending about an axis and delimiting a forming cavity about said axis; a plate element, which delimits the forming cavity transversely to said axis; a peripheral annular component that surrounds at least partially the annular forming element; a supporting base;
a fastening element which is so mounted as to render the annular forming element fixed relative to the plate element.

A slide for a semiautomatic pistol includes features that reduce weight while maintaining structural rigidity and performance of the slide. The semiautomatic pistol slide may include one or more weight-reducing recesses and a structurally supportive insert within each weight-reducing recess. Methods and systems for fabricating semiautomatic pistol slides and other articles of manufacture that include weight-reducing recesses with structurally supportive inserts therein are also disclosed. Such a method may include a compression molding technique. Such a system may include a compression molding assembly.