Method for manufacturing a longitudinal member cladding, and a longitudinal member cladding
A longitudinal cladding member for a motor vehicle, a method for manufacturing the longitudinal cladding member, and a motor vehicle having such a longitudinal cladding member. The longitudinal cladding member is to be fixedly connectable to a body of the motor vehicle, and in an assembled state covers a longitudinal member at least on the visible side of the motor vehicle.
1. A method for manufacturing a longitudinal cladding member from a plastic material, the method comprising:
on-demand punching of light-permeable regions from a film;
arranging the film on a plastic injection-moulding tool;
introducing and pressing a die onto the film and into a position of punchings;
injection-moulding the punched-out regions of the film within the die, using a first plastic material;
retracting the die; and
filling and back injection-moulding a volume around the punched-out regions of the film, using a second plastic material.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the film is formed in the plastic injection-moulding tool.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein retracting the die comprises retracting the relative to a plane of the plastic injection-moulding tool.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising arranging lighting elements in the die.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first plastic material is dissimilar to the second plastic material.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second plastic material comprises polypropylene.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second plastic material comprises acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first plastic material comprises a light-permeable material.