Two laminating sheets (37) each formed by laminating a carbon fiber sheet (63) and a film of a thermoplastic resin (64) are set on heating in an area of a mold (38) corresponding to a tubular portion (13) of a rack housing (10). The mold is clamped, the carbon fiber sheet is impregnated with the thermoplastic resin of the film, each of the two laminating sheets is pressed into a shape with a half tube (17) corresponding to a half circumference of the tubular portion and connection portions (16) at both ends of the half tube in a circumferential direction, and two half tubes are bonded together at the connection portions thereof to form the tubular portion.
Method for manufacturing rack housing and rack housing
2016-01-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English