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US 2020/0180290 A1Published application
Method of manufacturing a lightweight laminate
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsAndrey M. ILINICH, Alexander MAMUTOV, S. George LUCKEY, JR., David John HILL, Jason Scott BALZER
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Abstract
A method of producing a laminated article comprising placing a first metal skin, a core, and a second metal skin freely onto each other as discreet layers to provide a layered component; and forming the layered component into a shaped article via a die prior to producing a laminated article by applying pressure and heat to the shaped article, wherein at least the first skin moves relative to the core and/or second skin during the forming.
Claims10
A method of producing a laminated article comprising:
- placing a first metal skin, a core, and a second metal skin freely onto each other as discreet layers to provide a layered component;
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- forming the layered component into a shaped article via a die prior to producing a laminated article by applying pressure and heat to the shaped article,
- wherein at least the first skin moves relative to the core and/or second skin during the forming.
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