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Automotive

Laminating machines

for processing pull handles, armrests, seat backs and trim panels

Vehicle manufacturers on all five continents utilize our compact and modular laminating technology . Sophisticated system design, material-saving concepts, automated processes, and quick-change systems for maximum utilization make AKE technologies' reliable and low-maintenance systems and tools the benchmark in the laminating sector .

AKE offers innovative systems with combined processes, such as adhesive lamination systems, systems with a subsequent folding process or assembly process.

Systems for covering and folding over trunk loading floors and parcel shelves


Plant description
  • Composite system for laminating and folding over trunk loading floors and parcel shelves

  • Assembly system with integrated press system and interchangeable tools

  • Production of a wide variety of component variants is possible


Processes
  • Free insertion of fabric decoration and carrier part and automatic position detection by camera systems

  • Plasma treatment of the bending area of ​​the carrier part

  • Application of a hot melt adhesive using a roller system

  • Heating the adhesive using an infrared heating field

  • Laminating and folding process integrated into interchangeable tools


Adhesive laminating systems for center armrests

Plant description
  • Adhesive bonding of the fabric decoration instead of a complex stapling process

  • Insertion and positioning of the genuine leather decor by the worker with the help of positioning aids

  • Integrated plasma pretreatment

  • Fully automatic gluing and folding

  • Additional gluing of a cover

  • Integrated adhesive application for gluing, laminating and hemming processes

  • Rework-free fold

  • Interchangeable tool

Laminating machines with folding process

Plant description
  • Flexible system concept with four separate laminating and folding stations

  • Variable worker deployment (up to 4 people)

  • Workplace safety measures include vertical roller door systems to prevent unintentional process interruptions by workers

  • Manual loading of the base support armrests on the upper tools of the press systems

  • Manual placement of the spacer fabrics using an insertion template in the foam bed

  • Manual placement of the leather cutouts in the laminating tool with positioning of the decorative seam via laser pointer and vacuum fixing

  • Automatic adhesive application using a robotic system in the spin-spray process for fixing the spacer fabric and the decorative seam to the base carrier

  • Subsequent automatic laminating process in both tool systems

  • Automatic adhesive application as a bead application for the subsequent automatic folding process

  • Continuous, rework-free folding process of the component edge

  • Separate monitoring of the adhesive equipment with cyclical control of the conveying capacity and tool orientation