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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2009
Jürgen Breest, St. Augustin, DE;
Hugo DE Winter, Kalken, BE;
Geert Van Houcke, Aalst, BE;
Recticel Automobilsysteme GmbH, Rheinbreitbach, DE;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing molded flexible plastic skins () differing in their shape from each other, each skin being molded against a mold surface () of a mold (), comprises the steps: —providing a mold surface () matching the shape of the skin to be molded by using a first mold surface provided by the mold itself or by altering the first mold surface by placing one or more mold inserts covering only a part of the first mold surface onto said mold surface and thereby providing an alternative second mold surface, —applying a plastic compound to be brought to shape by the mold surface () provided, —bringing to shape the plastic compound applied to the mold surface (), and —demolding the molded skin () from the effective mold surface ().