Patent ID: 8287796

Claim:
A method for producing a hollow body from thermoplastic material in which web- or strip-type preforms of plasticised material are shaped in a multi-part tool which forms a mould nest comprising two outer moulds and a central mould which perform opening and closing movements with respect to one another, which central mould is provided with at least one manipulation device for receiving and manipulating components to be fastened in an interior of the hollow body by a material and/or form-fitting joint, the at least one manipulation device being in a form of a displaceable component carrier for said components relative to said central mold, the preforms first being applied and shaped by means of differential pressure against a contour of the outer moulds which delimits a part of the mould nest in the interior of the tool, components to be fastened in the hollow body being fastened to a wall of intermediate products oriented towards the mould nest in a following process step and the intermediate products which form respective parts of the hollow body then being connected to form a finished product, wherein at least one of the components to be fastened in the hollow body is preheated with at least one heating device and is fastened to the wall of the intermediate product in a preheated state, wherein said component carrier includes at least one heating device providing automated heating for fastening of the components; and wherein the fastening of the components is effected by means of the at least one manipulation device in at least two non-parallel axes after the central mould is in place between the outer moulds and the outer moulds are moved against the central mould, one of the components being fastened to the container wall with a first manipulation movement of the at least one manipulation device in a direction of one of the axes, and another of the components being fastened to the container wall with a second manipulation movement of the at least one manipulation device in a direction of another of the axes.