摘要 |
<p>A thermoplastics collar (27) (Figure 4) is moulded onto a stabiliser bar (20) at at least one moulding position to give increased axial strength by firstly cleaning the bar by shot peening, masking the bar at each moulding position with a loop of meltable adhesive tape (22) (Figure 2), spraying powder paint onto the bar and then heating it both to fuse the paint into an integral layer (25) and melt and remove the masking, and finally moulding the component (27) onto the bar at each exposed moulding position. Preferably the moulded component is axially longer than the exposed moulding position and its ends are moulded onto the painted surface.</p> |