Abstract: A multilayer molded article comprising a resin body and at least one sheet of a skin material an edge part of which is present in a surface area of the resin body is efficiently produced by clamping an edge part of a skin material or mated edge parts of adjacent skin materials during molding.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin shaped article is prepared by supplying a preheated fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet between upper and lower molds, positioning the upper and lower molds so that a clearance between the upper and lower molds at the time of the completion of mold clamping is larger than a thickness of the unpreheated fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet, and supplying a molten thermoplastic resin in a recess provided in at least one of the upper and lower molds through a resin passage provided in the mold so that a portion formed from the molten thermoplastic resin in the recess is integrated by fusion with a portion formed from the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet. The article is light-weight and also has a rib, a boss or any other projection.

Abstract: A laminate comprising a core resin layer and a skin laminated integrally thereon is provided. The laminate has the projections, such as ribs, formed integral with the core resin layer with the same resin material as the core resin. Also, a hollow portion is formed in the inside of the resin layer near the intersection of the core resin layer and each projection. The laminate is free of sinks on the surface at its positions corresponding to the projections on the back side and has good appearance and excellent mechanical strength.

Abstract: An instrument panel for automobiles in which a skin material is laminated to the surface of a thermoplastic resin core material and which is obtained by feeding the skin material to between a pair of male and female molds and press-molding a molten thermoplastic resin after or while feeding the molten thermoplastic resin to between the skin material and the male mold or the female mold, wherein the instrument panel has on its surface at least one exposure portion of the thermoplastic resin core material, the skin material end in the boundary portion between the exposed core material portion and the skin material end around the exposure portion is embedded into and fixed in the exposed core material resin, and at least one perforation perforated through the core material layer is formed in the core material exposure portion.

Abstract: A concrete form a part of which is made of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin, said fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin satisfying the following conditions:Tt(C).gtoreq.Tt(M)-1.5.alpha.15.ltoreq.Tt(c)wherein Tt(C) (%) is total transmittance of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin measured at the thickness of top board, .alpha. (% by weight) is fiber weight fraction of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin, and Tt(M) (%) is total transmittance of the matrix resin measured at the same thickness as above.

Abstract: A method for producing a molded article of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin, which includes supplying a melt mass of a thermoplastic resin which is reinforced with fibers dispersed therein and having an average fiber length of not shorter than 1 mm and not longer than 50 mm as a reinforcing material in an unclosed mold in which a film or sheet made of a thermoplastic resin having adhesiveness to a thermoplastic resin is optionally placed, closing the mold and pressurizing and cooling it to obtain a molded article.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin shaped article is prepared by supplying a preheated fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet between upper and lower molds, positioning the upper and lower molds so that a clearance between the upper and lower molds at the time of the completion of mold clamping is larger than a thickness of the unpreheated fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet, and supplying a molten thermoplastic resin in a recess provided in at least one of the upper and lower molds through a resin passage provided in the mold so that a portion formed from the molten thermoplastic resin in the recess is integrated by fusion with a portion formed from the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article having a thermoplastic resin body and a skin material covering the resin body is produced by supplying a skin material between a pair of molds, holding the skin material between a skin material-holding frame which is moved in a direction perpendicular to a mold-closing direction and a skin material-supporting frame which is moved in the mold-closing direction, supplying a mass of a thermoplastic resin melt, and closing the molds to form a multilayer molded article, in which at least one moving member which moves forward or rearward in the mold closing direction is provided around a mold face and is recessed in the mold closing direction after the supply of the resin melt, at least one ejector which is provided on the skin material-holding frame is ejected to fold an edge of the skin material towards a center of the mold, and the moving member is forwarded toward the mold face so as to fold back the edge of the skin material over the back of the resin body.

Abstract: Press molding is carried out by using a mold having a nozzle which opens and closes a molten resin passage provided in an upper half or a lower half and which is located 10-100 mm below a mold cavity side surface of the half, by supplying a thermoplastic resin to a cavity between the respective upper half and the lower half which is not closed and by clamping the mold. Thus, a molded article having a good appearance can be produced even when a molding cycle is short.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article having good appearance is produced by providing a preheated fiber-reinforced resin sheet between a pair of upper and lower molds, and supplying a thermoplastic resin melt and optionally a foam sheet between the upper mold and the fiber-reinforced resin sheet. The thermoplastic resin melt is supplied through a resin supplying opening provided in the lower mold, and through a hole made in the fiber-reinforced resin sheet and the foam sheet. During the supply of the resin melt or as soon as the resin supply is finished, the molds are closed to further flow, and the resin melt is formed to produce a mu molded article made of the fiber-reinforced resin sheet, a skin layer of the thermoplastic resin and optionally the foam sheet therebetween.

Abstract: A method for molding a foamed particle of a polypropylene resin. The polypropylene resin includes a homopolymer and copolymer of polypropylene resin, as well as a mixture of a polypropylene resin and another resin.

Abstract: A multi-layer molded article which is made of a polypropylene resin body and a skin material lined with a foamed layer and has good appearance is produced by using molds between which a cavity clearance is freely set, placing a skin material lined with a foamed layer between the upper and lower molds and supplying a molten polypropylene resin containing a chemical blowing agent through a resin melt conduit in the lower mold when cavity clearance (t) is between (C+15) mm and (C+50) mm where "C" is a thickness of the skin material lined with the foamed layer, lowering the upper mold at a specific rate and pressing the molten resin at specific pressure to fill cavity ends with the molten resin to complete molding of a body of the resin, pressing the body for a certain time after completing molding to form a skin layer, lifting up the upper mold to decrease a compression pressure of the skin material lined with the foamed layer to a pressure lower than a blowing pressure of the polypropylene resin to form and sol

Abstract: A hollow molded article is produced by supplying a molten resin between a pair of a fixed mold and a movable mold before the fixed mold and the movable mold are closed, inserting at least one gas-supplying pin which is provided on a surface of the fixed mold to form a hollow part in a part of the resin and supplying pressurized gas through said gas-supplying pin before the mold closing is finished, closing the movable mold to fill the resin in a cavity formed by the molds, slightly opening the molds while pressurizing a gas in the resin to expand the hollow part and opening the movable mold to remove a hollow molded article from the molds.

Abstract: A method for producing a molded article of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin, which includes supplying a melt mass of a thermoplastic resin which is reinforced with fibers dispersed therein and having an average fiber length of not shorter than 1 mm and not longer than 50 mm as a reinforcing material in an unclosed mold in which a film or sheet made of a thermoplastic resin having adhesiveness to a thermoplastic resin is optionally placed, closing the mold and pressurizing and cooling it to obtain a molded article.

Abstract: A method for molding a foamed particle of a polypropylene resin. The polypropylene resin includes a homopolymer and copolymer of polypropylene resin, as well as a mixture of a polypropylene resin and another resin.

Abstract: A multi-layer molded article including a fiber-reinforced resin sheet and a skin material laminated thereon and having improved appearance is produced by placing a preheated fiber-reinforced resin sheet on a lower mold of a press-molding mold having a sliding frame which vertically moves around an outer periphery of the lower mold, placing a skin material over the placed fiber-reinforced resin sheet and the sliding frame, then lowering an upper mold of the press-molding mold to hold a periphery of the skin material between the sliding frame and the upper mold, further lowering the upper mold to press and adhere the fiber-reinforced resin sheet and the skin material.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article includes a resin body and skin material with good quality and is produced by a process which includes the steps of: (a) supplying a skin material between a male mold and a female mold which are attached to a clamping mechanism, (b) starting closing of the male and female molds, and supplying a resin melt for the resin body between the skin material and the male or female mold while temporarily stopping the closing action of the mold or adjusting a closing rate at 30 mm/sec. or less when a cavity clearance between the molds is in the range between (C+100) mm and (C+5) mm (wherein C is the cavity clearance when the molding is finished), and (c) further closing the molds to the cavity clearance of C to finish the molding.

Abstract: A molded article of a thermoplastic resin having good appearance is molded with a pair of molds having a conduit for supplying a resin melt in one of the molds by closing the molds till a mold cavity clearance in a closing direction reaches a specific distance, opening the molds at a specific rate while starting supply of the resin melt into the mold cavity before the clearance reaches the thickness of the finally produced article, continuing opening of the molds while supplying the resin melt till the cavity clearance becomes larger than the thickness of the finally produced article, and closing the molds at a specific rate before or when resin supply is finished to mold and cool the supplied resin melt.

Abstract: A multilayer molded article including a resin body and a skin material having little or no wrinkles or breakage in the skin material is molded by molding a resin melt and the skin material in the mold while removing the air trapped between the skin material and the mold.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a multilayer molded article which includes supplying at least one piece of a skin material having a desired shape and a resin melt between unclosed upper and lower molds and closing the molds to form a multilayer molded article including the thermoplastic resin and the skin material which covers only a desired part of the article, wherein the resin melt is supplied at or near a center area of a rear face of the skin material, or wherein after the skin material is lifted to a position at which the skin material contacts a cavity surface of the upper mold by a vertically movable rod or bar which is positioned at a part of the lower mold on which the skin material is placed, the resin melt is supplied between the upper and lower molds and the rod or bar is returned to a determined position at least before the molding is completed.