Cutting process - Import export

Ideal for trimming and scoring hidden airbag compartments on thermoformed skin. After the fabrication of IP skins through thermoforming, two separate fabrication steps are still needed before foaming. In the first step, the thermoformed skin will be trimmed in the external zone through punching or a blade cutting process. Depending on the requirements, this is where FRIMO's blade cutting equipment comes into operation. In the second step, the skin will be weakened in the airbag area by a blade. By using the new FRIMO FlexTrim Combi Trim Scoring machine, both steps can be realised at once. The skin is positioned in a common component fixture and finished with two different cutting tools. The new system concept, with its flexible design and layout possibilities, offers a variety of options for combinable process and operation groupings. As an example : one 2-station system with two robots, which are equipped with automatically exchangeable cutter heads, and where two different products

Ideal for trimming or scoring foils and skins FRIMO's scoring process technology was developed for producing hidden airbags in instrument panels. In contrast to composite component weakening in which the substrate, foam and skin are all weakened in one step, FRIMO prefers material specific single steps. The foil or skin is weakened by blade before foaming. The substrate and foam are separately weakened at the end, which can easily be integrated into the necessary component cutting process. Depending on the customer-specific requirements, this is where FRIMO punching machines or milling machines come into play. Compared to weakening entire composite components (for example, with a laser), a lower investment is required. For the weakening of leather parts for hidden airbags, FRIMO offers a patented process in which the skin is weakened by a rotating circular knife. This process guarantees high precision and odorless results with the shortest possible cycle times.