Method and apparatus for manufacturing trim panels including sev

Details Method and apparatus for manufacturing trim panels including sev Method and apparatus for manufacturing trim panels including sev

1988-09-16

1990-05-08

Ball, Michael W.

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Methods

Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

156 92, 156212, 156214, 156228, 156245, 156285, 264 465, 264247, 264257, 264277, 264511, 4285422, 4289133, B32B 518, B32B 110

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049235397

ABSTRACT:
In a method of manufacturing trim panels which are made of several trim components or trim materials, such as door trim panels of automobiles, the trim panel is essentially finished in a single work operation in one work station. A vinyl cover film (12) is formed, trim inserts (10, 11) are laminated onto the cover film with the aid of a nesting die (8a, 8b), soft touch inserts (26) are laminated underneath the cover film and the so produced laminate is further laminated onto a rigid substrate (2 or 2'). The substrate may be a prefabricated substrate (2), or may be a rigid foam substrate (2') back-foamed onto the formed vinyl film (12). An apparatus for carrying out the method is essentially a forming station with an upper form or mold (1) and a lower form or mold (15). The lower mold (15) includes nest dies (8a, 8b) for securely holding and then pressure laminating the trim inserts (10, 11), whereby a high placement precision of the inserts (10, 11) is achieved. The present method and apparatus are simpler, faster, and less labor-intensive and achieve better results than prior methods and apparatus in the art.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4328067 (1982-05-01), Cesano
patent: 4432822 (1984-02-01), Adams et al.
patent: 4737226 (1988-04-01), Inoue
patent: 4810452 (1989-03-01), Taillefert et al.

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