An insert member (100) heated by a heating device (13) is conveyed, by means of a conveyance device (12), into a mold (51). Next, shaping is performed on the insert member (100) inside the mold (51), with the mold (51) being open by a minute distance. A molding material (91) is injected into the mold (51) and pressed while closing the mold (51) which has been open by the minute distance to thereby mold a molded article (80) including the insert member (100).

A device to thermoform a composite component and injection over-moulding a shape on one face of the composite component in a mould. The mould includes a paired shaping die and punch between them defining a closed cavity. The shaping die is mounted on a transfer device. The transfer device includes a loading/unloading station to load/unload a blank onto/from the shaping die, and an injection and mould-closure station to close the mould and to inject between the punch and the shaping die. The shaping die includes a network of inductors to heat its moulding surface and a cooling network to cool the moulding surface by a circulation of a fluid. The loading/unloading station includes a placement device to place a radiating element facing the moulding surface of the shaping die.

A work holding mechanism includes a body part having a three-dimensional shape including at least a recess or a protrusion, and an adsorption part for holding a work by adsorbing the work onto the body part in conformity to the three-dimensional shape of the recess or the protrusion provided in the body part. The work is held by being adsorbed in conformity to the three-dimensional shape of the body part, and, therefore, the amount of usage of the work in a work molding system can be reduced as compared with when the work is held so as to have a flat shape.

A headliner includes a unitary body having a substrate with an A-surface and a B-surface, a secondary component carried on the B-surface and a laminated surface covering on the A-surface. That method of producing that headliner with a unitary body is also provided.

The invention relates to a method (100) for establishing a connection between an inlay (1, 1, 1) and a polymer (3) at least partially surrounding the inlay, wherein a monomer (2) is brought into contact (110) with the inlay (1, 1, 1) and is subsequently polymerized (120) to form the polymer (3), wherein the temperature T.sub.E of the inlay (1, 1, 1) is increased (130) at least briefly at least to that temperature T.sub.M that the monomer (2) assumes at its maximum during its exothermic polymerization (120) to form the polymer (3), and/or that ensures that the heat flow always runs from the inlay (1, 1, 1) to the monomer (2). The invention also relates to a method (200), (300), (400) for the sealing integration of an inlay (1, 1, 1) in a component (5). The invention also relates to a device (50) for carrying out the method (100), comprising a conveyor (51) for a lead frame (11) in which a multiplicity of inlays (1, 1, 1) are able to be fed, and an at least two-part (52a, 52b) mould (52) which is closable about an individual inlay (1, 1, 1) and has a feed (53) for feeding the monomer (2) into the space (54) between the mould (52) and the inlay (1, 1, 1), wherein a current supply (55) is provided for the resistive and/or inductive heating (131) of the inlay (1, 1, 1) surrounded by the mould (52).

A work holding mechanism includes a body part having a three-dimensional shape including at least a recess or a protrusion, and an adsorption part for holding a work by adsorbing the work onto the body part in conformity to the three-dimensional shape of the recess or the protrusion provided in the body part. The work is held by being adsorbed in conformity to the three-dimensional shape of the body part, and, therefore, the amount of usage of the work in a work molding system can be reduced as compared with when the work is held so as to have a flat shape.

A device for marking a work piece that is at least partially formed or reshaped through a thermal process is provided. The device includes a plurality of heating elements distributed laterally on a surface that is placed against the work piece and can be individually controlled for local heating of a work piece surface. Each of the heating elements includes a solid material with a surface structure and a heating structure. The surface structure includes at least one of a specifically or randomly varied topography. The surface structure can be at least partially heated through the heating structure.

A mould for manufacturing a turbomachine fan casing made of a composite material with fibrous reinforcement that is densified by a matrix, includes an impregnation mandrel around which a fibrous preform is to be wound and angular counter-mould sectors assembled around the external contour of the impregnation mandrel, which are intended to close the mould. The impregnation mandrel includes a main body with an annular shape, and an annular barrel which is arranged around the main body and around which the fibrous preform is to be wound, the barrel and the angular sectors defining a moulding cavity intended to receive the fibrous preform. The main body and the angular sectors are made of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient, the barrel being made of a second material that has a second thermal expansion coefficient, the second thermal expansion coefficient being greater than the first thermal expansion coefficient.

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to plastic-metal junctions and methods of making the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of forming a junction between a metal form and a solid plastic. The method can include contacting a metal including a plurality of pores and a flowable resin composition including a polybutylene terephthalate and a polyethylene terephthalate. The method can also include curing the flowable composition to form the solid plastic, to provide the junction between the metal and the solid plastic.

A method for producing hybrid parts (1) and to the uses of a ram (11) and an adhesive layer (21) that is to be applied to a part (2) during the production of the hybrid parts (1). The method for producing hybrid parts (1) is cost-effective and time-efficient.