Abstract: The invention relates to a picking-up device and assembly for making a part made of a reinforced plastics material in a mold. The picking-up device includes at least one presser having a shaped front face and first needles mounted to have end portions that project beyond the front face in one position and retract so as to be set back from the front face in a second position. The picking-up device may have a base mounted to move relative to the picking-up device. A production line may be formed from use of two picking-up devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a picking-up device and assembly for making a part made of a reinforced plastics material in a mold. The picking-up device includes at least one presser having a shaped front face and first needles mounted to have end portions that project beyond the front face in one position and retract so as to be set back from the front face in a second position. The picking-up device may have a base mounted to move relative to the picking-up device. A production line may be formed from use of two picking-up devices.

Abstract: A method of making a part made of a reinforced plastics material in a mold including at least two portions and from a reinforced sheet or from a lay-up of reinforced sheets including at least one reinforced sheet, in which method the reinforced sheet (4) is pre-heated. The reinforced sheet or the lay-up of reinforced sheets is presented to a first portion (1) of the open mold by a picking-up device including pressers (6a; 6b; 7), at least a region of the reinforced sheet or of the lay-up is applied against a corresponding region of the first mold portion by pressers on the picking-up device, the remainder of its surface is applied against the first mold portion while holding stationary the region of the reinforced sheet or of the lay-up, the mold is closed, and the resulting part is removed from the mold.