Patent ID: 8603280

Claim:
Method for producing hollow bodies from thermoplastic material, comprising the molding of at least two sheet-like, web-shaped preforms of plasticated thermoplastic material in a multi-part tool comprising two mold halves forming a cavity to form two complementary shells, and also the joining together of the shells to form a substantially closed hollow body, wherein, with the mold halves open, the preforms are brought between the mold halves of the tool which each have at least one part-cavity, the mold halves of the tool are then closed against a tool separator arranged between the preforms, and the preforms are inserted into the part-cavities with the use of differential pressure and molded, in a further separate method step the mold halves are reopened, the tool separator is removed from between the mold halves and internal components of the hollow body to be produced are fastened to at least one of the shells, and finally the shells are joined together by reclosing the mold halves to form a closed hollow body; wherein the internal components are fastened to the shells by means of at least one component carrier which is brought between the open halves of the tool after the mold halves are reopened; and wherein the internal components are fastened to the shells using a closing movement of the mold halves.