Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von Gehäusen oder dergleichen sowie derartige Gehäuse oder dergleichen

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus (10) and a method for making housings (12) or the like from substantially sheet-like articles (14) of plastic or the like, in particular thermally softenable or meltable material, and to such housings or the like. One embodiment of the apparatus (10) is characterised by a substantially planar rest (16) for supporting at least one of the sheet-like articles (14) to be formed into at least one housing face (18) with a concavely and/or convexly shaped region (20), a heating device (44) for softening and/or melting a region (20) of the sheet-like article (14) to be concavely and/or convexly shaped which device is movable substantially in the direction of the generating line of the region (20) to be concavely and/or convexly shaped, at least one template (52) which has a concavely shaped region (54) and is arranged on the planar rest (16) displaceably, running approximately perpendicularly with respect to the generating line of the region (20) of the sheet-like article (14) to be shaped concavely and/or convexly, and also a control unit (28) for controlling the heating device (44) and the at least one template (52).