The disclosure relates to a method for producing a three-dimensionally shaped plate consisting of a wood fibre material. The aim of the disclosure is to provide a method and a system for producing three-dimensionally shaped plates from a wood fibre material, which are logistically simplified and can be used on demand. To this end, e) steam is applied to a prefabricated flat starting plate consisting of a wood fibre material, and f) the plate is coated with a separating means, g) shaped in a forming station, and h) hardened by cooling.

Patterned substrates having a first substrate region that is incrementally mechanically stretched with corrugations and a second substrate region having a plurality of discrete unstretched portions completely surrounded by the first substrate region.

In a manufacturing method for a component, a clamping force is applied perpendicular to a surface of a first portion of a semifinished product containing reinforcing fibers via opposing first clamping surfaces of a first clamping tool. A clamping force is applied perpendicular to a surface of a second portion of the semifinished product via mutually opposing first clamping surfaces of a second clamping tool, spaced a first distance from the first clamping tool. A shaping device deforms a third portion of the semifinished product lying between the first and the second portions to form a first subportion and an opposite second subportion. The first distance is reduced to a second distance. A clamping force is applied perpendicular to the surfaces of the first and second subportions via a second clamping surface of the first clamping tool and an opposite second clamping surface of the second clamping tool.

In a manufacturing method for a component, a clamping force is applied perpendicular to a surface of a first portion of a semifinished product containing reinforcing fibers via opposing first clamping surfaces of a first clamping tool. A clamping force is applied perpendicular to a surface of a second portion of the semifinished product via mutually opposing first clamping surfaces of a second clamping tool, spaced a first distance from the first clamping tool. A shaping device deforms a third portion of the semifinished product lying between the first and the second portions to form a first subportion and an opposite second subportion. The first distance is reduced to a second distance. A clamping force is applied perpendicular to the surfaces of the first and second subportions via a second clamping surface of the first clamping tool and an opposite second clamping surface of the second clamping tool.

The disclosure relates to a method for producing a three-dimensionally shaped plate consisting of a wood fibre material. The aim of the disclosure is to provide a method and a system for producing three-dimensionally shaped plates from a wood fibre material, which are logistically simplified and can be used on demand. To this end, e) steam is applied to a prefabricated flat starting plate consisting of a wood fibre material, and f) the plate is coated with a separating means, g) shaped in a forming station, and h) hardened by cooling.

In one example embodiment, a film includes a coextruded structure having both an extruded ribbed skin layer that includes a plurality of ribs, and a core layer. The ribs are spaced apart by a web that is integral with the ribs. The film also includes a voiding agent in the ribs of the skin layer.

In one example embodiment, a film includes a coextruded structure having both an extruded ribbed skin layer that includes a plurality of ribs, and a core layer. The ribs are spaced apart by a web that is integral with the ribs. The film also includes a coloring agent that is substantially more apparent in the ribs than in the web, such that a contrast in color and/or color intensity between the ribs and the web is visible.

An electrical heating unit for heating a heat shrink cover includes an electrical heating element and a carrier unit on which the electrical heating element is assembled. The carrier unit is attachable to the heat shrink cover. The carrier unit has a corrugated shape formed by a plurality of ridges extending along a longitudinal axis of the carrier unit.

A method of forming a thermoplastic cellular structure includes positioning a lower surface of a trough of a first corrugated thermoplastic sheet against an upper surface of a crest of a second corrugated thermoplastic sheet; positioning a support against a lower surface of the crest of the second corrugated thermoplastic sheet; and pressing a thermoplastic welding element against an upper surface of the trough of the first corrugated thermoplastic sheet so that at least a portion of the lower surface of the trough of the first corrugated thermoplastic sheet melts and bonds to at least a portion of the upper surface of the crest of the second corrugated thermoplastic sheet.

A method of forming a corrugated thermoplastic matrix composite sheet includes preheating a thermoplastic matrix composite sheet including a thermoplastic matrix and a reinforcement material to at least about a melting temperature of the thermoplastic matrix; preheating at least one of a pair of complementary corrugating tools to at least about a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic matrix; compressing the preheated thermoplastic matrix composite sheet between the pair of complementary corrugating tools to form a corrugation in the thermoplastic matrix composite sheet; and holding the corrugation between the pair of complementary corrugating tools until a portion of the thermoplastic matrix composite sheet having the corrugation is below the melting temperature of the thermoplastic matrix to form the corrugated thermoplastic matrix composite sheet.