A method for providing at least one component of a snowboard binding, comprising the steps consisting in: using a material of the SMC (Sheet Molding Compound) type, constituted by discontinuous fibers of carbon or glass or hybrid, arranged randomly and interposed between two layers of polymeric resin; arranging the material in a mold for a step of pressure molding by means of metallic mold parts; performing the pressure molding step at a temperature and a pressure that are higher than the ambient values, with a low or high flow of material to fill the cavity of the mold; extracting the component from the mold.

The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing composite products having a surface effect. In some examples described, a composite product has a simulated surface, for example a stone-effect surface formed by pressing a particulate-form surface material (30) and a sheet-form curable material (40) onto a substrate (44) having an open-celled structure. In other examples, a laminate product having a veneer is formed by pressing a veneer and a sheet-form material onto a substrate including a porous structure. The veneer may comprise a wood material. In other examples, a surface effect material is bonded to a skin by pressing a sheet-form curable material to a mold surface and the surface effect material. Where the surface effect material has a high thermal conductivity, the composite product formed can feel cool to the touch.

Co-molding of non-crimped fabric and sheet molding composition. The pre-preg of non-crimped fabric is dried to achieve suitable stiffness for molding. The pre-preg allows the pre-formed non-crimped fabric feature to retain its shape during molding. A plurality of thorns is provided in the molding tooling to further prevent movement of pre-preg during molding. The method of co-molding includes, drying of the pre-preg to achieve suitable stiffness for molding, pre-forming of the pre-preg, and incorporating a plurality of stand-off features or thorns in the molding tool to prevent movement of pre-preg during co-molding so that predetermined full coverage of non-crimped fabric is maintained in predetermined area(s) of the molded part and the continuous fibers of the non-crimped fabric are not distorted.

This compactor includes first rollers having first roller surfaces that press a laminated sheet from the second surface side of a release sheet, the first rollers being disposed separated from each other; and a second roller having a second roller surface that presses the laminated sheet from the second surface side of the release sheet, the second roller being disposed such that the second roller surface faces a gap provided between the first rollers.

This invention relates to the production of cured polymeric skin materials. In particular, the invention relates to methods and substrates for the production of skin materials, for example, for use in building, furniture, and as architectural components for example in roofing materials such as roofing tiles, or for brick wall effect materials.

A method for manufacturing an electric vehicle battery case includes: preparing a frame configured to define a through space inside and a flat plate made of resin; superposing and disposing the flat plate on the frame; and applying pressure to the flat plate from an opposite side from the frame to press the flat plate against the frame to cause the flat plate to swell in the through space, thereby deforming the flat plate into a tray having a bathtub shape including a bottom wall and a peripheral wall provided at a peripheral edge of the bottom wall and configured to define an opening portion, and joining by press-fitting the tray to the frame.

A fiber block molding apparatus comprising: a mold having a lower part and an upper part forming between them a cavity for forming a fiber blank into a fiber block article upon closing the mold; a conveyor system for receiving the fiber blank to be molded at a receiving position, transporting the fiber blank via a heater for activation of a binding agent, and delivering the heated fiber blank into the lower part of the mold at a delivery end of the conveyor system, and a horizontal position shifting arrangement for shifting the horizontal position of the delivery end of the conveyor system relative to the lower part of the mold between a first and a second position to lay the fiber blank on the lower part of the mold.

A surface structure is made up of composite material structure plates, a prismatic structure is made up of metal frames, a reinforcing rib structure is also arranged in the box frame structure, and the reinforcing rib structure is made up of the composite material structural plates; the metal frame is used to connect two adjacent composite material structural panels, and a side of the metal frame protrudes with mounting grooves, and the mounting grooves clamp the two sides of the composite material structural plate respectively.

Provided is a glass multiple-ply roving that is excellent in impregnation quality of a thermoplastic resin for a random mat and workability in production of a random mat, and can impart excellent strength to a thermoplastic composite material. The glass multiple-ply roving includes a plurality of glass strands, wherein the weight of the glass strands, S, is in the range of 64 to 210 tex, the fiber diameter of the glass strands, D, is in the range of 9.0 to 18.0 m, the ignition loss of the glass multiple-ply roving, L, is in the range of 0.55 to 0.94%, and the S, D, and L satisfy the following formula (1):
4.101000S.sup.1/2/(D.sup.3L.sup.3)7.10(1).