A method for producing a metal-plastic composite component comprises: forming a metal substrate with a receiving hole; injecting first plastics into the metal substrate to form a metal-plastic blank, wherein the first plastics are filled in the receiving hole; processing the receiving hole and the first plastics for removing a part of the first plastics by at least one cutter to form a receiving space; and injecting second plastics into the metal-plastic blank to form the metal-plastic composite component, wherein the receiving space is filled with the second plastics. With this method, a combination strength of the metal-plastic composite component is enhanced. A metal-plastic composite component is also provided.

A method for manufacturing a molded vehicle trim element including the following steps: (i) providing a carrier plate in a mold for injection molding including a mobile core of the mold and cavity of the mold to give the final shape of the vehicle trim element, (ii) providing a glass panel in the mold having at least a first region to be bent, (iii) cold bending the glass panel inside the mold in a requested shape, (iv) injecting a soft material to form the vehicle trim element made of bent carrier plate and glass panel fixed together via the molding material, and (v) removing the vehicle trim element from the mold.

A method is provided for the production of an electrical or electronic component having a conductor element with two contact points and a plastic structure injection-molded thereon. A strip-type metal substrate, having multiple conductor element blanks and a carrier structure, is provided. Grooved depressions are produced on all peripheral surfaces of the blanks on a texturing section with one or two laser light sources. With a single laser light source the grooved depressions are produced on at least two primary peripheral surfaces which adjoin one another and form a common edge such that a multiplicity of the grooved depressions extends without interruption continuously into the primary peripheral surfaces. A conductor element blank is separated from the carrier structure. The resulting conductor element is encapsulated with plastic by injection molding on all peripheral surfaces within a section to be encapsulated. The plastic structure thereby formed extends into the grooved depressions.

A housing included in a home appliance and used as a decorative housing is shaped like an inverted tray and includes a wood layer, a non-woven cloth layer bonded to the wood layer via a bonding resin layer, and a substrate resin layer fixed to the wood layer while infiltrating gaps between fibers in the non-woven cloth layer. A predetermined cutout pattern is formed on a colored coating film applied to a front surface of the non-woven cloth layer.

Tooling for manufacturing a vehicle panel having a substrate, a foam layer, and a decorative covering. The tooling includes a tool base having a tool aperture, and an insert having a sealing projection. The insert is located at least partially in the tool aperture. The sealing projection is configured to create a seal between the substrate and the decorative covering at least partially around a substrate aperture in the substrate. The substrate aperture is at least partially smaller than the tool aperture so as to form an overlapping seal area between the sealing projection of insert and the substrate. A manufacturing method can create a foam-less region between the decorative covering and the substrate.

A film material insert molding method, includes an intermediate part forming step of forming a first intermediate part having an edge extending radially outward, the edge being disposed at and near an outer peripheral end of a final shape of a film material, a transparent resin layer forming step of forming a second intermediate part including a transparent resin layer, by injection molding, on a front surface of the first intermediate part, with the edge of the first intermediate part being fixed, and a substrate resin layer forming step of forming an insert-molded article including a substrate resin layer, by injection molding, on a back surface of the second intermediate part, the substrate resin layer covering a surface of a radially outer end of the edge.

A method for continuously molding glass components with the aid of at least one plastic, at least one unshaped glass component being positioned between a first molding tool and a second molding tool, the at least one unshaped glass component being elastically shaped by pressing together the first molding tool and the second molding tool, the at least one elastically shaped glass component being secured in the shaped state by locking slides, and a plastic being applied to at least one side of the shaped glass component at least in areas.

A method for producing a surface heater for heating a sub-region of a vehicle includes a first step, a second step, a third step, and a fourth step. The first step includes arranging heating wires on a film and either: i) the film is subsequently formed to a predefined shape, or ii) providing a film which has been formed to a predefined shape. The second step includes inserting the formed film into an injection-molding tool. The heating wires point either toward the wall or into the hollow space of the injection-molding tool. The third step includes overmolding with a predefined material. The fourth step includes applying a transparent lacquer layer to the finished injection-molded part.

Disclosed is a molding having a translucent surface layer and to a method for producing a molding that has a translucent surface layer.

A method is provided for the production of an electrical or electronic component having a conductor element with two contact points and a plastic structure injection-molded thereon. A strip-type metal substrate, having multiple conductor element blanks and a carrier structure, is provided. Grooved depressions are produced on all peripheral surfaces of the blanks on a texturing section with one or two laser light sources. With a single laser light source the grooved depressions are produced on at least two primary peripheral surfaces which adjoin one another and form a common edge such that a multiplicity of the grooved depressions extends without interruption continuously into the primary peripheral surfaces. A conductor element blank is separated from the carrier structure. The resulting conductor element is encapsulated with plastic by injection molding on all peripheral surfaces within a section to be encapsulated. The plastic structure thereby formed extends into the grooved depressions.