Method for producing a component from an organometallic sheet and mould
AssigneeMagna Exteriors Inc.
InventorHeiner Salzmann
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Abstract
A method for producing a component from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material referred to as an organometallic sheet, and which includes an arrangement of fibers embedded in a matrix of a thermoplastic material. To produce the component, the organometallic sheet is thermally shaped and then placed into an injection mold. A mold for carrying out a method for producing a component from a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material is also provided.
Claims16
A method for producing a component from a fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material having an arrangement of fibres embedded in a matrix of a thermoplastic material, the method comprising:
- thermally shaping the fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material;
- placing the thermally shaped fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material into an injection mould having injection points and at least one mandrel;
- forming at least one encapsulated clearance in the thermally shaped fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material by placing the injection points in proximity of the at least one encapsulated clearance to be formed, in a manner such that during distribution of the thermoplastic material, an arrangement of fibres of the matrix is widened in dependence on a measured temperature by pushing the at least one mandrel into the fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material at a location of the at least one encapsulated clearance to be formed;
- wherein the injection points lie at a radial distance of up to 10 cm from the at least one encapsulated clearance to be formed.
A method for producing a component, the method comprising:
- thermally shaping a fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material having an arrangement of fibres embedded in a matrix of a thermoplastic material;
- placing the thermally shaped fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material into an injection mould having injection points and at least one mandrel;
- forming at least one clearance in the thermally shaped fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material, by placing the injection points in proximity of the at least one clearance to be formed, in a manner such that during distribution of the thermoplastic material, an arrangement of fibres of the matrix is widened in dependence on a measured temperature by pushing the at least one mandrel into the fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material at a location of the at least one clearance to be formed;
- wherein the injection points lie at a radial distance of up to 10 cm from the at least one encapsulated clearance to be formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.