A method of fastening structural metal reinforcement on a portion of a gas turbine blade made of composite material and an injection mold for performing the method, the method including positioning the structural metal reinforcement in an injection mold, positioning the portion of the blade onto which the structural metal reinforcement is to be fastened in the injection mold, the portion of the blade and the structural metal reinforcement being positioned relative to each other in their final relative position while leaving between them a gap, injecting adhesive into the gap between the structural metal reinforcement and the portion of the blade onto which the structural metal reinforcement is to be fastened, and polymerizing the adhesive.

A mould for manufacturing three-dimensional items, comprising a body; a lid configured to close the body; and incorporated closing and openings configured to keep the body and the lid joined during the movement thereof is disclosed. A machine for manufacturing three-dimensional items, comprising a receiving module configured to receive the mould; a conditioning module configured to receive the mould from the receiving module and act on the incorporated closing and openings in order to separate the lid from the body; and a handling module configured to receive the body from the conditioning module and enable the placement of the components of the item to be manufactured. A method for manufacturing three-dimensional items and manufacturing plant associated with the machine.

A footwear molding system for direct injection production of footwear. The system includes an injection mold and a mold closing member. The mold closing member includes at least one vacuum channel. The at least one vacuum channel is connected directly or indirectly to at least one vacuum opening on the surface of the mold closing member. The mold closing member is configured for positioning at least part of a footwear upper during at least part of a direct injection production process. The at least part of a footwear upper being at least partly adhered to the mold closing member by vacuum effected by the at least one vacuum opening.

An outsole component for use in an article of footwear is manufactured using a molding process that incorporates a second polymeric material with a film component including a first layer formed of a polymeric hydrogel material. The first layer forms the external or ground-facing layer of the outsole. Methods of manufacturing the outsole component, as well as articles of footwear including outsole component and methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear are also described.

A method of manufacturing a slim foam pad for vehicle seats, may include injecting a first foam solution into a first mold to manufacture an upper pad; inserting the manufactured upper pad into a second mold; and injecting a second foam solution to a first surface of the upper pad inserted into the second mold to manufacture a lower pad integrally coupled to the upper pad, wherein the second foam solution is foamed in a state of being in direct contact with the first surface of the upper pad, wherein no additional border separation member is provided at a border between the upper pad and the lower pad.

An aesthetic structural product is provided that incorporates high structural strength and high-gloss finish through a streamlined manufacturing process combining hybrid molding with an overlay of decorative film. The method includes preheating a composite sheet, applying a decorative film to the composite sheet through hot stamping, thermoforming the composite sheet to a desired shape, and overmolding desired features using a resin which is compatible with the composite of the composite sheet. The method may be performed in varying order, such as overmolding and/or thermoforming the composite sheet prior to hot-stamping the decorative film to the composite sheet.

A forming device of a base material and a skin layer may include a lower mold having an upper surface on which a first forming surface is formed and including a vacuum path formed inwardly from the first forming surface to be connected to the vacuum chamber; an upper mold disposed to be movable upward and downward by a press device and having a lower surface on which a second forming surface is formed to correspond to the first forming surface of the lower mold; a pressurizing member disposed at the outside of the second forming surface of the upper mold to be movable toward the upper surface of the lower mold; and a pressurizing cylinder pushing the pressurizing member toward the upper surface of the lower mold to closely adhere the skin layer injected between the upper mold and the lower mold to the upper surface of the lower mold.

In a decorative molding method a film having an uneven shape printed thereon and a film having a pattern printed thereon are separately supplied to a metal mold, the films are positioned separately, and a molding material is simultaneously injected into the metal mold to carry out injection molding. In a decorative molding apparatus for realizing the above method, a suction circuit for adsorbing each of the films on a film adsorption surface of the metal mold and an air blowing circuit for peeling off the films are disposed, and, after the injection molding, air blowing on each film is started separately from the start of opening of the metal mold, and the metal mold and the films are brought into a positive pressure state, then the molded article is taken out, a clamp jig is released to release the films, and the air blowing continues until the following patterns of the films are placed inside the metal mold.

An injection molding method of a part for vehicle interiors includes arranging a mold having a first injection chamber defining in negative a base of the part. Thermoplastic material is injected into the first chamber and the base is extracted from the first chamber and placed in a second injection chamber. A lining film is inserted in the second chamber and deforming it to arrange the film on an outer surface thereof, adhering to an esthetic wall of the second chamber opposite a functional wall. An intermediate plastic layer is injected in a gap between an inner wall of the base facing the lining film, and an inner surface of the lining film opposite the outer surface to create a single sandwich structure. The intermediate layer is between the lining film and the base, has lower hardness than the base and forms a yielding padding for the lining film.

An injection molded component includes a wall that has an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface. A sensor is molded into one of the inner wall surface and the outer wall surface. A channel is at least partially surrounding the sensor.