Patent ID: 8578535

Claim:
A method comprising: positioning an upper pan of an assembly jig over a lower pan of the assembly jig, the lower pan having a plurality of locating pins extending away from the lower pan and the upper pan having a surface with a plurality of holes formed therein, the holes having locations corresponding to locations of the locating pins, each locating pin protruding through its corresponding hole after completion of positioning the upper pan; positioning a plurality of panels into an assembly in which the locations of the panels in the assembly correspond to locations to be occupied by the panels in a completed article, wherein each of said panel locations in the assembly is identified by at least a portion of the locating pins; placing a compressible pad over the panel assembly; removing the upper pan from the lower pan while the compressible pad is in place over the panel assembly; and compressing the upper pan, the panel assembly and the compressible pad at a first temperature in a first pressing operation.