Methods for producing a structural component

A method of manufacturing a structural component comprising:

• providing a layered structure preformed according to a shape of the structural component to be manufactured, comprising a plurality of layers each having reinforcing fibers embedded in a thermoplastic matrix material;
• heating the layered structure in a cavity formed between a contour surface and an abutment member to a first temperature greater than a melting point of the thermoplastic matrix material;
• and
• cooling the layered structure in the cavity to a solidification temperature lower than the melting point of the thermoplastic matrix material while applying a compression pressure;
• wherein the compression pressure is generated by producing a first magnetic field directed transversely to the contour surface by a first magnet device, wherein the first magnetic field is coupled into a magnetizable material associated with the abutment member or wherein the first magnetic field is coupled into a magnetizable material associated with the contour surface or wherein the first magnetic field interacts with a second magnetic field generated by a second magnet device associated with the other of the abutment member or the contour surface in such a way that the layered structure is subjected to the compression pressure by the contour surface and the abutment member,
• wherein the first magnetic field is spatially concentrated but distributed over the contour surface or the abutment member in a planar manner and generates the compression pressure,
• wherein the contour surface is provided by an inner surface of a first mold plate,
• wherein the abutment member is formed by a second mold plate,
• wherein each of the first mold plate and the second mold plate is formed as a flatly-extending plate-shaped component having a constant thickness.