Patent ID: 7997894

Claim:
A method for production of a component by press molding of a first and of a second material layer, during which the two layers are connected within the molding contours of two tool parts by moving the tool parts together, the first tool part and the second tool part having been moved apart in an initial position, said method comprising the following steps: (a) moving a first clamping frame element and a second clamping frame element into an extended position with respect to each other and placing the first layer between the two tool parts and between the first and a third clamping frame element, which is arranged between the first and the second clamping frame elements, and placing the second layer between the two tool parts and between the second clamping frame element and the third clamping frame element, with the first, second and the third clamping frame elements being arranged outside the molding contour of the tool parts, (b) moving the first clamping frame element, second clamping frame element and the third clamping frame element together into a position in which the first layer is held by the first clamping frame element and the third clamping frame element and the second layer is held by the second clamping frame element and the third clamping frame element, such that the first layer and the second layer are able to flow relative to each other during the molding of the layers, (c) moving the tool parts together relative to each other with molding of the first and of the second layers in the region of the molding contours of the tool parts, (d) moving the tool parts and the clamping frame elements apart in order to be able to remove the interconnected first and second layers from the tool, and (e) setting the distance between the first clamping frame element and third clamping frame element and between the second clamping frame element and third clamping frame element by means of spacers when the first clamping frame element, second clamping frame element and third clamping frame element are moved together in step (b), said spacers being configured so that they do not contact a front surface or a back surface of either the first or the second layer during molding of the layers.