Method of forming bodies comprising a thermoset resin

摘要

There is disclosed a method of forming a thermoset polymeric element, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an element (36) formed of a crosslinkable polymeric material; (b) selectively crosslinking said polymeric material constituting the element (36) whereby a first region (44) of the element (36) remains substantially uncrosslinked, this first region (44) being separated from a substantially crosslinked region (46) of the element (36) by a partially crosslinked transition region (48); (c) forming said first region (44) and transition region (48); and (d) substantially crosslinking said first region (44) and transition region (48) to provide a formed thermoset polymeric element.