APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SKIN-INTEGRATED INTERIOR MATERIALS

    公开(公告)号:US20240051198A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18492785

    申请日:2023-10-24

    发明人: Chi Won YOON

    IPC分类号: B29C44/58 B29C44/14

    摘要: Proposed is an apparatus and method for manufacturing automotive interior materials. The apparatus includes a first mold unit with a first molding surface and a gate disposed on the first molding surface, and a second mold unit provided with a second molding surface facing the first molding surface, wherein a skin is set on the first molding surface; and the first mold unit and the second mold unit are configured, when combined, to provide a volume-variable injection space between the set skin and the first molding surface, wherein the volume-variable injection space is in a first volume state while molten resin is injected through the gate, and after completing the injection of the molten resin, the volume-variable injection space changes to a second volume state that a volume of the injection space is reduced compared to the first volume state to compress the molten resin.

    Skin-covered foamed molded article

    公开(公告)号:US11338546B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16645420

    申请日:2018-09-14

    申请人: JSP CORPORATION

    发明人: Tomoo Tokiwa

    摘要: A skin-covered foamed molded article having excellent lightweight property, bending rigidity, and favorable dimensional stability, which includes: a skin material composed of a hollow molded body produced by blow-molding an extruded parison; and an expanded bead molded article located inside the skin material, wherein the skin material has an average wall thickness of from 1.0 mm to 5.0 mm, the skin material includes a glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene-based resin containing glass fiber in a range of from 5 mass % to 30 mass %, the glass fiber has a weight-average fiber length of from 0.4 mm to 1.5 mm, the expanded bead molded article includes a polypropylene-based resin, the peeling strength between the skin material and the expanded bead molded article is 0.1 MPa or higher, and the longitudinal linear expansion coefficient of the skin-covered foamed molded article (100) at from 23° C. to 80° C. is 7×10−5/° C. or lower.

    PRESS FOR IN-SITU MANUFACTURING A THERMOPLASTIC SANDWICH PANEL

    公开(公告)号:US20220097265A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17296344

    申请日:2019-12-02

    申请人: FITS HOLDING B.V.

    摘要: A press (10) for manufacturing a sandwich panel comprises a first and second press plate (12; 14) that are movable with respect to one another. The press (10) has a fluid circulation loop for heating and cooling the press plates(12; 14). The fluid circulation N loop comprises a heater (22) for generating a hot fluid connected to a fluid supply conduit(24)in fluid communication with an inlet(18) of at least one internal flow channel (16) in each press plate (12; 14) and connected to a fluid return conduit(26) in fluid communication with an outlet (20) of the at least one internal flow channel(16). The fluid circulation loop is also provided with a controlled expansion valve (34) for cooling by conversion of hot pressurized water into steam, and a water source (38) for slow cooling.