To reduce an occurrence of a defect and a shear force occurring between a mold and a substrate, an imprint apparatus that brings a curable composition on a substrate and a mold into contact with each other to be cured, and molds the curable composition into a pattern shape of the mold includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the curable composition on the substrate with a first energy to increase a viscosity of the curable composition and a second energy to cure the curable composition, and a control unit configured to control the irradiation unit such that the curable composition on a specific region that is a part of a molding region of the substrate is irradiated with the first energy before the mold and the curable composition are brought into contact with each other, and the curable composition over an entire molding region of the substrate is irradiated with the second energy after the mold and the curable composition are brought into contact with each other.

Embodiments are directed to a compression molding apparatus. The compression molding apparatus may include a female mold, a heated male mold, and a cooled male mold. The female mold may carry ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMW) material. The heated male mold may compress the UHMW material in the female mold during a first time period. The cooled male mold may compress the UHMW material in the female mold during a second time period.

A method for producing a polymer film of high thickness on a substrate including the following steps: a) forming a first thermoplastic polymer film on a first substrate, b) forming a second thermoplastic polymer film on a second substrate including a support substrate covered by an anti-adherent layer, c) bonding the second thermoplastic polymer film to the first thermoplastic polymer film, by thermocompression, by applying a creep temperature higher than the glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic polymer film and of the second thermoplastic polymer film, whereby a third thermoplastic polymer film is obtained, d) separating the first substrate from the second substrate, the third thermoplastic polymer film separating from the anti-adherent layer and remaining bonded to the first substrate.

The present invention relates to an interior trim component with a three-dimensional shape, wherein the interior trim component is produced from a single nonwoven material and includes a first surface and a second surface. At least one region that forms the first surface, and at least one first section and at least one second section, each of which forming a part of the second surface, wherein the first section has a first section hardness, H1 and the second section has a second section hardness, H2, and the first section hardness H1 and the second section hardness H2 are different.