To bond a cladding to an automobile component, of a thermoplastic material, the cladding is laid over the support on a frame for at least one laser beam to fuse them together at local bonding points

摘要

The assembly to mount a cladding (1) to a support (2), of a shaped synthetic material, has a frame (3) with a surface in the shape of the support. The cladding is laid over the support by a laminating unit (5), for exposure to at least one laser beam (6) to bond the cladding and support at a number of local fused contact points (a-e). The laminating unit is transparent to the laser beam(s).