Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a metallic ink discharge head, a color ink discharge head, an irradiation unit, a carriage, and a moving unit. The metallic ink discharge head discharges a metallic ink onto a recording medium. The color ink discharge head discharges a color ink onto the recording medium. The irradiation unit irradiates the metallic ink with light. The metallic ink discharge head, the color ink discharge head, and the irradiation unit are mounted on the carriage. The moving unit alternately perform a main scanning movement and a sub-scanning movement. The metallic ink discharge head discharges the metallic ink in a region of the recording medium in a former main scanning movement. The irradiation unit irradiates the region with the light in a latter main scanning movement. The color ink discharge head discharges the color ink in the region irradiated with the light by the irradiation unit.

Abstract: A composite molded article of light weight and low cost, and producing method thereof, and also, an inner mold and a metal mold which are used for producing a cellular molded article in mold pattern having surface skin and capable to be preheated even in a condition of opening the metal mold so that the molding cycle can be shortened. Composite molded article 1 which is composed of cellular molded article 2, surface skin material of thermoplastic resin 3 and at least one kind of surface skin material 4 which is adhered on surface 3a of this surface skin material of thermoplastic resin 3.

Abstract: A cellular molded article in a mold pattern having the surface skin, which has an excellent releasing property from a metal mold as well as an excellent printing property of a design formed on a surface of metal mold, and a producing method thereof are provided.

Abstract: A cellular molded article in a mold pattern having a surface skin, which has an excellent releasing property from a metal mold as well as an excellent printing property of a design formed on a surface of the metal mold, and a producing method thereof are provided. The cellular molded article in a mold pattern having the surface skin and a producing method thereof, in which, at least a face of the surface skin material, which contacts the metal mold, is an olefin thermoplastic elastomer sheet which is composed of an olefin resin without containing a polyethylene resin as its matrix, and pre-expanded beads, which are employed for an expansion molding in a mold pattern, are pre-expanded beads of an olefin resin.

Abstract: A composite molded article of light weight and low cost, and producing method thereof, and also, an inner mold and a metal mold which are used for producing a cellular molded article in mold pattern having surface skin and capable to be preheated even in a condition of opening the metal mold so that the molding cycle can be shortened.

Abstract: In a simultaneous molding to one piece, at a time of heat molding of a surface skin material 3, after an edge part of the surface skin material 3 is folded back to an inside direction of the mold pattern and is formed up a folded back part 7 along a mold pattern for folding back 6 which is placed as in a manner of projecting from an opening edge 2b of a cavity face 2a toward the inside direction of the mold pattern, the mold pattern for folding back 6 is removed, and then at a time of the expansion molding, one face 7a of the folded back part 7 is melt united to one piece with a back face 5b of the cellular molded article in a mold pattern 5, and at the same time, a folded returning part 8, which is in a state that an outer edge part of the surface skin material 3 is folded returning toward an outside direction of the mold pattern from a tip 7c of this folded back part 7, is pressed so as to pile on the other face 7b of the above-mentioned folded back part 7.

Abstract: A cellular molded article in a mold pattern having the surface skin, which has an excellent releasing property from a metal mold as well as an excellent printing property of a design formed on a surface of metal mold, and a producing method thereof are provided.

Abstract: A composite molded article of light weight and low cost, and producing method thereof, and also, an inner mold and a metal mold which are used for producing a cellular molded article in mold pattern having surface skin and capable to be preheated even in a condition of opening the metal mold so that the molding cycle can be shortened.

Abstract: A decorative member material, of which interior trim material is light weight, comfortable touch and can be used in spite of its low strength, is provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for producing cellular molded article in mold pattern of synthetic resin having surface skin which is used, for example, as an automobile interior trim material or the like and a mold pattern for producing thereof. This invention aims to provide a method for producing cellular molded article of synthetic resin having surface skin which has good production efficiency and which comprises that cellular molded article of synthetic resin obtained by cellular molding of expanded beads in which poor melt bonding does not occur and thermoplastic resin skin material united with this cellular molded article of synthetic resin which has excellent appearance without residing beads pattern on its surface, and a mold used for producing thereof.

Abstract: A cellular molded article (11) of a polypropylene resin having a skin (8) was produced by placing a skin material (8) on the interior surface of a die A (13), clamping the die A (13) with a die B (14) to form a mold (7), then charging the mold (7) with pre-expanded particles of a polyethylene resin, pre-heating the pre-expanded particles using steam supplied through the vapor holes (4) of the die B (14) at a temperature lower than the temperature at which the pre-expanded particles are melt bonded together, then holding to the pre-expanded particles in said steam, and next performing the main heating of the pre-expanded particles through the die B (14) at a temperature not less than the temperature at which the pre-expanded particles are melt bonded together. At the time of the main heating of the pre-expanded particles through the die B (14), the die A (13) may also be heated up as needed.

Abstract: A large-sized in-mold expansion-molded article of an olefin synthetic resin having 150 mm or more in thickness, 50% or more in fusion ratio and 10% or less in density distribution is disclosed. The expansion-molded article is obtainable by adoption of a process in which pre-expanded beads are charged into a mold, preheated and steamed before molding. Large-sized expansion-molded article of an olefin synthetic resin 500 mm or even more in thickness is obtainable by the present invention.

Abstract: A cellular molded article (11) of a polypropylene resin having a skin (8) was produced by placing a skin material (8) on the interior surface of a die A (13), clamping the die A (13) with a die B (14) to form a mold (7), then charging the mold (7) with pre-expanded particles of a polyethylene resin, pre-heating the pre-expanded particles using steam supplied through the vapor holes (4) of the die B (14) at a temperature lower than the temperature at which the pre-expanded particles are melt bonded together, then holding the pre-expanded particles in said steam, and next performing the main heating of the pre-expanded particles through the die B (14) at a temperature not less than the temperature at which the pre-expanded particles are melt bonded together. At the time of the main heating of the pre-expanded particles through the die B (14), the die A (13) may also be heated up as needed.