Faurecia Innenraum Systeme Gmbh

Lidia Chapeau

Guillaume Basquin

Denis Wolf

The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a vehicle interior trim part with at least one functional and/or decorative element. The functional and/or decorative element can be additively manufactured from a thermoplastic material and include a structured surface. The present disclosure further relates to a tool including a depositing unit and a receiving device with a receiving surface which is curved or at least partly structured.

Method and tool for manufacturing a vehicle interior trim part, as well as a vehicle interior trim part

The invention relates to a method for producing a support element for a means of transport, wherein the method comprises: &#x2014;providing a polypropylene/natural fiber mat (), wherein the mat () has a basis weight of less than 1150 g/m, wherein the polypropylene/natural fiber mat () comprises a first type of natural fibers, &#x2014;preheating the mat (), &#x2014;placing the mat () in a mold (), wherein the mold () has a rib-shaped cavity (), &#x2014;pressing the mat () into a predefined form by the mold (), so that the thickness of the mat () after the pressing is less than 1.5 mm&#x2014;immediately and directly after the pressing, insert molding the mat () by injecting a polypropylene-containing material into the rib-shaped cavity, wherein the insert molding has the effect that the material forms stiffening ribs () that are integrally bonded with the mat (), &#x2014;demolding the mat () comprising the stiffening ribs ().

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