A vacuum carrier module includes a substrate having at least one hole and an edge region. There is at least one support on a top surface of the substrate. Further, a gel film is adhered to the edge region of the substrate. The at least one hole fluidly connects a reservoir located above the top surface of the substrate. A method of using a vacuum carrier module includes planarizing a gel film by passing an alignment material through a hole in a substrate to contact a first surface of the gel film, positioning at least one chip on a second surface of the gel film opposite the first surface. The method further includes encasing the at least one chip in a molding material and applying a vacuum to the first surface of the gel film.

A body (1, 1, 1) produced by an in-mold process has a first film (2, 2, 2) with at least one electrical or electronic functional layer (25). In a functional area (20a, 20a, 20a) of this functional layer, at least one electrical or electronic component is provided, and at least one electrical connection for this is provided in a contact area (20b, 20b, 20b). The first film is partially back-injection molded with a plastic main material (3, 3, 3) such that the contact area (20b, 20b, 20b) is at least partially free from this plastic main material (3). Suitable formation of the first film (2, 2, 2) guarantees that a tab (F) separated from the plastic main material (3, 3, 3) is provided which adjoins a back-injection molded part of the first film in an area of surface (20c, 20c, 20c) of the body which is at a distance from an edge (31, 31) of the body delimiting the surface (30) with the first film.

A method is provided for producing an injection-molded component with an inlay made of an organo sheet, including the following steps: providing a not yet consolidated endless organo sheet wound on a roll; pulling away a leading section of the endless organo sheet from the roll and introducing the section into a heating unit; heating the section to a temperature above the molding temperature; introducing the heated section into an opened injection mold, without separating the heated section from the endless organo sheet, such that a further section of the endless organo sheet is automatically drawn from the roll and introduced into the heating unit; closing the injection mold and simultaneously severing the heated section from the endless organo sheet; and producing the injection-molded component by molding the severed section and then insert molding or overmolding of the molded section.

In molded body manufacturing equipment, the mold is fixed at an incline to a movable beam of a frame. A fixed pulley and a wire straightening pulley are fixed to the movable beam as a mechanism for fixing multiple wires that form holes in the molded body. One end of the wire is fixed to a wire fixing unit provided on the frame. The other end passes through the fixed side pulley, passes through the mold, passes through the wire straightening pulley and the direction changing pulley, and has a weight attached thereto. In this way, tension is applied to the wire by the gravity of the weight, allowing the wire to maintain its straightness even inside the mold, making it possible to manufacture molded bodies with high precision.