Method for making a laminate and laminate obtainable by said method
AssigneeStructural Laminates Company
InventorGerardus Hubertus Joannes Joseph Roebroeks
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a method for making a laminate comprising at least the following steps: placing a metal sheet on a form tool or a substrate, placing an adhesive layer on top of the first metal sheet, placing a second metal sheet on top of the adhesive layer such that at least one of the metal sheets overlaps at least one edge of the other metal sheet, applying heat and pressure to the thus obtained stack, where during the application of pressure at least one of the metal sheets is bent towards the plane of the other metal sheet. Thus, complicated structures can be optimized for a certain application and, besides, manufactured in one go using comparatively inexpensive tools.
Claims7
A method for making a laminate comprising:
- a. placing a first metal sheet on a form tool or a substrate;
- b. placing an adhesive layer over the first metal sheet;
- c. placing a second metal sheet over the adhesive layer to form a stack, wherein at least one of the metal sheets overlaps at least one edge of the other metal sheet to form an overlapped edge;
- d. applying heat and pressure to the stack to fix the metal sheets together, wherein during the application of pressure at least one of the metal sheets is bent towards the other metal sheet.
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