In Mold Lamination Process

The base plate measures 2100 mm in length and 670 mm in width with an 850 mm stack height.

In mold lamination process.

Only a select few open mold composite manufacturers have invested the capital human and financial to support robotics. The system features unique clamp position control and a special mold design. The ungrained and warmed foil is suctioned directly during the forming laminating process into a contoured grained shell. During in mold graining img the grain is first created on the foil during the deep drawing or vacuum laminating process.

As the name implies open mold laminating of fiber reinforced plastics frp is achieved utilizing a single open top or bottom semi rigid concave or convex mold. The tooling pictured here is used for in mold grain lamination of a full automotive interior door panel. Ube s dieprest in mold laminating process is a closed mold injection compression technique which prevents damage to the cover fabric by precisely adjusting the spacing between the mold halves during molding. In starting the manufacturing process the mold is cleaned and prepped with a release agent.

The mold was created by wrapping the model onto the master mandrel which was then transferred to the plating mandrel in order to form the nickel shell. As noted above robotic spray up laminating is most effective in support of high volume large parts and is commonly used in the transportation industry. Goldshield is a leader in this open mold laminating process.