Method for sealing a seam region, and plastic skin
AssigneeFrimo Group GmbH
InventorsOliver Massbaum, Jürgen Bäumker
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method by which stitch openings in the area of a seam in a plastic skin (10), in particular a PVC or TPU skin, are sealed, said PVC or TPU skin being provided for a foamed part. Foamed parts of this type are used especially as interior fitting parts, e.g. as a dashboard, in the field of automobile manufacturing. The invention further relates to a PVC or TPU skin comprising a seam of said type.
Claims10
Method for processing a plastic skin with a seam region, the plastic skin comprising a PVC slush skin or TPU slush skin, with stitch openings being present in the plastic skin in the seam region owing to the incorporation of a yarn in the plastic skin, comprising:
- providing the plastic skin, wherein the plastic skin has a visible side and a rear side and is provided with at least one yarn such that the rear side of the plastic skin is accessible;
- heating only the rear side of the plastic skin in the seam region such that the plastic skin contacts the at least one yarn in a region of the stitch openings present in the plastic skin and such that the seam region is sealed;
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- placing foam adjacent the rear side of the plastic skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.