2046305 9008643 PCTABS00001 A powdered mineral material is thoroughly mixed with a minor proportion of a thermosetting resin material followed by mixing the resulting dough with glass fibre reinforcement. A batch of the resulting formulation is extruded through a rectangular section die to form an extrudate of predetermined length. Several of these lengths are simultaneously pressed in a stack...

A robot hand receives a length of sealing strip and fits it onto a mounting flange surrounding a vehicle door opening. The hand is carried by the arm of a robot. As the robot moves the hand around the periphery of the door opening, the hand grips the sealing strip and drives it through the hand and around a roller so as to lay it on the flange. An appropriate length of the sealing strip is supplie...