Automotive P.S.I.R. milling burr control tape
AssigneeIntertec Systems
InventorGregg S. Evans
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Abstract
An injection molded plastic instrument panel P.S.I.R. hidden door milling method including applying a stiff tape, having a hardness greater than a hardness of the plastic instrument panel, to a plastic instrument panel surface to be milled to prevent flexing of the surface during milling. The method may further include milling the surface along a generally width-wise central location of the tape, and removing the tape upon completion of the milling, with the method thereby minimizing burrs along edges of the milled surface. The invention also provides an injection molded plastic instrument panel P.S.I.R. hidden door, and a plastic automotive panel made by method described herein.
Claims15
An injection molded plastic instrument panel P.S.I.R. hidden door milling method comprising:
- applying a stiff tape, having a hardness greater than a hardness of the plastic instrument panel, to a plastic instrument panel surface to be milled to prevent flexing of the surface during milling;
- milling the surface along a generally width-wise central location of the tape;
- and
- removing the tape upon completion of the milling, said method thereby minimizing burrs along edges of the milled surface.
An injection molded plastic instrument panel P.S.I.R. hidden door made by the method of:
- applying a stiff tape, having a hardness greater than a hardness of the plastic instrument panel, to a plastic instrument panel surface to be milled to prevent flexing of the surface during milling;
- milling the surface along a generally width-wise central location of the tape;
- and
- removing the tape upon completion of the milling, said method thereby minimizing burrs along edges of the milled surface.
A plastic automotive panel made by the method of:
- applying a stiff tape, having a hardness greater than a hardness of the plastic automotive panel, to a plastic automotive panel surface to be milled to prevent flexing of the surface during milling;
- milling the surface along an area the tape;
- and
- removing the tape upon completion of the milling, said method thereby minimizing burrs along edges of the milled surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.