Patent classifications
B29C2045/465
Method of making a hybrid composite instrument panel
A method of forming a vehicular instrument panel includes the steps: melting a first composite comprising carbon fibers and nylon resin; melting a second composite comprising glass fibers and nylon resin; injecting the melted composites into an instrument panel mold such that the carbon and glass fibers are each substantially concentrated within respective driver-side and passenger-side portions of the mold; and cooling the melted composites to form an instrument panel. The method may also include the step: forming a boundary region between the first and second melted composites in the mold such that the carbon and glass fibers in the mold are substantially mixed within the boundary region.
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FIELD JOINT COATING
The present invention relates to a system (100) for manufacturing a Field Joint Coating (11), the system comprising: a heating device (102) for heating a quantity of a polymer, an upstream pump (104) for pumping the quantity of heated polymer into a storage compartment (106) of an ejection device (108), the ejection device (108) which is constructed for each time ejecting the heated polymer from its storage compartment, the ejection device comprising: o a barrel (1 10) which defines the storage compartment, the barrel being reinforced and configured for repeated use, o a plunger (1 1), o an actuator (1 14) for driving the plunger through the barrel for emptying the storage compartment, a downstream pump, the downstream pump being constructed for increasing the operating pressure of the ejected polymer, a mould (200) configured to be positioned at a field joint (13) around a pipeline.