Method for heat-setting and laminating a 3D knitted fabric, laminating apparatus, interior component and motor vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas Aumann, Florian Dechant, Johann Gasslhuber
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Abstract
A method for heat-setting and laminating a 3D knitted fabric, which fabric has hot-melt adhesive yarn, on a carrier device for an interior component of a motor vehicle, includes the following steps: arranging the 3D knitted fabric on the carrier device in a laminating apparatus; activating the hot-melt adhesive yarn by way of the laminating apparatus for the heat-setting of the 3D knitted fabric; laminating the heat-set 3D knitted fabric on the carrier device by way of the laminating apparatus. A laminating apparatus for performing the heat-setting and laminating of the 3D knitted fabric on the carrier device is provided.
Claims9
A method for heat-setting and laminating a knitted fabric on a carrier device for an interior component of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- arranging a 3D knitted fabric on the carrier device in a laminating apparatus, the 3D knitted fabric comprising a hot-melt adhesive yarn;
- heat-setting the 3D knitted fabric by activating the hot-melt adhesive yarn by way of the laminating apparatus;
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- laminating the heat-set 3D knitted fabric on the carrier device by way of the laminating apparatus.
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