Apparatus to form and assemble a flexible cover on a carrier

A method for manufacturing a component for use in a vehicle interior, comprising the following steps:

• receiving a flat, bendable element by way of at least one holding element which is arranged in a movable manner on a cylinder pin, wherein the cylinder pin is extendably and retractably arranged in a guide hole in a first half of a shaping tool, and the holding element points in the direction of a second half of the shaping tool which is arranged opposite the first half of the shaping tool, wherein the holding element is sinkable into the guide hole such that the holding element terminates with an outer edge of the guide hole in an essentially planar manner along a length of the outer edge of the guide hole;
• bending the flat, bendable element by way of at least partial retraction of the cylinder pin into the first half of the shaping tool, and thereby pulling the flat, bendable element against the first half of the shaping tool, to provide a bent element;
• arranging a carrier element on the second half of the shaping tool such that a surface of the carrier element faces the first half of the shaping tool;
• at least regionally depositing an adhesive onto the surface of the carrier element that faces the first half of the shaping tool and/or onto a side of the bent element which faces the carrier element;
• after bending the flat, bendable element to provide the bent element and at least regionally depositing the adhesive, pressing the bent element onto the carrier element by way of moving at least one of the halves of the shaping tool in the direction of the respective other half of the shaping tool;
• and
• curing the adhesive.