Method of manufacturing a vehicle trim element and associated trim element
AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorBenjamin Quesnel
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Abstract
A vehicle trim element and method for manufacturing the trim element. The method includes the steps of: supplying a substrate comprising natural fibers and thermoplastic fibers entangled together, supplying a first layer comprising a base layer and provided with at least one reinforcing and/or decorative element, and compressing the first layer against the substrate. The method also includes, prior to compression, aligning the first layer and the substrate by aligning a first positioning element of the substrate and a second positioning element of the first layer arranged outside the at least one reinforcing and/or decorative element.
Claims12
A method of manufacturing a vehicle trim element, comprising the following steps:
- supplying a substrate comprising natural fibers and thermoplastic fibers, the natural fibers and the thermoplastic fibers being entangled together,
- supplying a first layer comprising a base layer made of woven fabric or non-woven fabric, the first layer being provided with at least one reinforcing and/or decorative element, and
- compressing the first layer against the substrate so as to rigidly attach the first layer to the substrate and form the trim element,
- wherein the substrate has at least one first positioning element, the first layer having at least one second positioning element, the at least one second positioning element being arranged outside the at least one reinforcing and/or decorative element, wherein the second positioning element is arranged on the first layer such that, when the first layer and the substrate are overlaid with respective edges thereof aligned, the first positioning element and the second positioning element are aligned, wherein the method further comprises aligning the first layer and the substrate by aligning the at least one first positioning element and the at least one second positioning element before the compression step.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle trim element, comprising the following steps:
- supplying a substrate comprising natural fibers and thermoplastic fibers that are entangled together, the substrate having at least one first positioning element,
- supplying a first layer comprising a base layer made of woven fabric or non-woven fabric, the first layer having at least one reinforcing and/or decorative element and having at least one second positioning element that is arranged outside the at least one reinforcing and/or decorative element, wherein the second positioning element is arranged on the first layer such that, when the first layer and the substrate are overlaid with respective edges thereof aligned, the first positioning element and the second positioning element are aligned,
- aligning the first layer and the substrate by aligning the at least one first positioning element with the at least one second positioning element, and thereafter
- attaching the first layer to the substrate by compressing the first layer against the substrate.
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