Method of manufacturing a painted plastics material part for the automobile industry, the part including an orifice with a rounded edge, and a part obtained thereby
US8555506B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/9418
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a painted part of plastic material for the automobile industry having an opening, including the steps of molding the part and then, in the following order: painting the part; after painting, punching the part without edge-rounding using a punch to obtain the orifice; and after punching and extracting the punch from the orifice, rounding the edge of the opening of the orifice to have a predetermined radius of curvature in a radial section across the edge.
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