Wpc Corporation

Beijing Shengsheng Culture Limited Liability Company

Koji Higashi

Yuichiro Nakamura

Takeyasu Kikuchi

Kazumasa Morita

A synthetic wood meal for a pellet that enables to manufacture a molded product with no deformation such as warping and distortion or, if any, deformation that can be alleviated to a practically non-problematic level and also features high mechanical strength. The synthetic wood meal comprises 30 wt % to less than 45 wt % of a thermoplastic resin including polypropylene or a mixed material of polypropylene and polyethylene; 50 wt % to 35 wt % of a wood meal having a bulk density of 0.15 to 0.21 g/ cmand a mean fiber length of 101 to 189 &#x3bc;m in which 19 to 29% or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 60 &#x3bc;m or less, and 9 to 20% or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 30 &#x3bc;m or less; and an additive including a reinforcing agent.

Synthetic wood meal

Disclosed are composite pellets for extrusion molding wherein fusion does not occur between the pellets, and there is no variation in size and density. A molten material obtained by an extruder for a raw material containing a thermoplastic resin and wood powder is extruded into a strand shape through a die nozzle of the extruder, and cut into a predetermined length to form a pellet. At this time, the extrusion amount, the diameter of each nozzle hole, and the number of nozzle holes are adjusted so that the linear velocity (&#x3bd;d) of the molten material in each nozzle hole of the die nozzle is in the range of 12 to 50 cm/sec. Further, regardless of the variations in particle diameter, etc., a stable amount of the composite pellets are supplied to the extruder, and smoothly introduced to a screw of the extruder. The composite pellets and 12-hydroxystearic acid containing a metal of Ca, Mg, or Zn are agitated together, and 0.03 to 0.4 mass % of the 12-hydroxystearic acid is attached to the periphery of 100 mass % of the composite pellet, and the pellets are used for extrusion molding.

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Tokyo, Japan

Koji Higashi