PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING INTERIOR VEHICULAR TRIM

摘要

s: Disclosed is a process for producing interior vehicular trim, comprising covering the entire surface of a substrate to which an ornamental member is partly applied, with a synthetic resin surface material, welding the surface material on the peripheral edge of the ornamental member, and removing the synthetic resin surface material at its part covering the ornamental member and along the weld line; wherein the surface material is welded and melt-cut on the peripheral edge of the ornamental member by carrying out welding during which the synthetic resin surface material is lifted up from the surface of the ornamental member of the part covering the ornamental member. Disclosed also is an apparatus for producing interior vehicular trim, wherein an upper platen is disposed to oppose matchably to a lower platen for supporting the substrate to which the ornamental member have been partly applied to effect welding of the synthetic resin surface material, having been applied over the surface of the substrate, along the peripheral edge of the ornamental member, and to remove the synthetic resin surface material covering the ornamental member by melt-cutting it along the welded line, comprising lift-up mechanism for lifting up the synthetic resin surface material in the part covering the ornamental member from the surface of the ornamental member. According to this invention, interior vehicular trims with good appearance can be obtained, and also these trims can advantageously be manufactured at low costs.