Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Toshio Igarashi

Yuu Shida

Yoshihiro Nakatsuji

Akira Wakatsuki

Masayuki Tatsumi

Tadashi Hikasa

Hiroaki Mendori

Hiroyuki Sugimoto

Hikaru Shimizu

Satoru Funakoshi

Sueharu Shinohara

Tatsuo Hamanaka

Kenzou Chikanari

Toshio Sasaki

Kazuki Wakamatsu

Takeshi Ebara

Kohsuke Ohtani

Shigeo Tanaka

Harunori Fujita

Masayuki Murashige

Shojiro Itoh

Kenichi Sudo

A multi-layer molded article having a skin material layer made of a vinyl chloride resin, a propylene resin core, and an adhesive layer present between the skin material layer and the core, in which the adhesive layer includes (A) a layer having (a) a sublayer containing a polyester resin and an epoxy group-containing ethylene copolymer, which is bonded to the skin material of the vinyl chloride resin, and (b) a sublayer containing at least one copolymer selected from an ethylene copolymer and an epoxy group-containing copolymer, which is bonded to said propylene resin core, or (B) a layer obtained from an ethylene resin composition containing a polybasic carboxylic acid and an epoxy-group containing copolymer (c) which contains ethylene units, unsaturated carboxylic acid glycidyl ester units or unsaturated glycidyl ether units and an ethylenically unsaturated ester units other than the unsaturated carboxylic acid glycidyl ester units.

Method for producing a multi-layer molded article

A method is described for producing a molded article by molding a thermoplastic elastomer powder having a sphere-reduced average diameter of 0.7 mm or less, a bulk specific gravity of at least 0.38 and a failing property of 20 second/100 ml or less, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer contains an elastomeric ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer and a polyolefin resin and has a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less when measured at 250.degree. C. at a frequency of 1 radian/sec., and a Newtonian viscosity index n of 0.67 or less, in which the Newtonian viscosity index n is calculated according to the following formula:

Method for producing molded article by powder slush molding a

An integrally molded composite article comprised of (I) a nonfoam layer formed from a thermoplastic elastomer powder composition (A) and (II) a foam layer formed from a foamable composition comprised of (i)(B) a thermoplastic synthetic resin powder, and (C) a heat decomposable foaming agent or (ii)(B) a thermoplastic synthetic resin powder, (C) a heat decomposable foaming agent and (D) a liquid coating agent, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer powder (A) is comprised of a composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin or a thermoplastic elastomer powder comprised of a partially cross-linked composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, the thermoplastic elastomer powder having a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) at 250.degree. C. and a frequency of 1 radian/sec of not more than 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise and having a Newtonian viscosity index n, calculated by the following formula using the above-mentioned complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) and the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(100) at a frequency of 100 radians/sec, of not more than 0.67:

Composite foam molded article, process for production thereof composition

An expandable poly(vinyl chloride) resin composition for use in powder molding process containing a granular poly(vinyl chloride) resin, a fine-granular poly(vinyl chloride) resin, a plasticizer, a stabilizer, a foaming agent and an alkyl phosphate gives by a powder molding process an expansion-molded article having remarkably strengthened foamed cells and free from the occurrence of surface unevenness caused by polyurethane backing.

Expandable poly (vinyl chloride) resin composition for use in power

The present invention provides a polyethylenic foaming composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of an ethylenic copolymer having glycidyl groups consisting of 20 to 99.9% by weight of ethylene units, 0.1 to 30% by weight of a unit of a glycidyl ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an unsaturated glycidyl ether, and 0 to 50% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated ester units other than a glycidyl ester, (b) 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a carboxylic acid having 2 or more carboxyl groups and a molecular weight of 1500 or less, and (c) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a foaming agent of a thermal decomposition type. The present invention also provides a polyethylenic foam molded from said foaming composition. In addition, the present invention provides a molded composite foam having a foam layer molded from a powder of said foaming composition and a non-foam layer molded from a composition powder containing a certain thermoplastic elastomer, as well as a multilayer molded article containing said molded composite foam.

Polyethylenic foaming compositions and molded foams

A thermoplastic elastomer powder composition for powder molding, comprising 100 parts by weight of the following thermoplastic elastomer powder (A) and 0.05 to 20 parts by weight of a fine powder having an average particle diameter of 30 .mu.m or less: (A) (i) a powder of a thermoplastic elastomer comprising a composition composed of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin or (ii) a powder of a thermoplastic elastomer comprising a partially crosslinked composition composed of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, the thermoplastic elastomer powder having a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1), as measured at a frequency of 1 radian/sec and at 250.degree. C., of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less and a Newtonian viscosity index n, calculated from the following formula by using the above-mentioned complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) and the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(100) measured at a frequency of 100 radian/sec of 0.67 or less:

Thermoplastic elastomer powder composition for powder molding, powder

The present invention provides a polyethylenic foaming composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of an ethylenic copolymer having glycidyl groups consisting of 20 to 99.9% by weight of ethylene units, 0.1 to 30% by weight of a unit of a glycidyl ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an unsaturated glycidyl ether, and 0 to 50% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated ester units other than a glycidyl ester, (b) 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a carboxylic acid having 2 or more carboxyl groups and a molecular weight of 1500 or less, and (c) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a foaming agent of a thermal decomposition type. The present invention also provides a polyethylenic foam molded from said foaming composition. In addition, the present invention provides a molded composite foam having a foam layer molded from a powder of said foaming composition and a non-foam layer molded from a composition powder containing a certain thermoplastic elastomer, as well as a multilayer molded article containing said molded composite foam. According to the present inventive polyethylenic foaming composition, a foam having excellent lightness in weight, excellent cleanness, uniformly foamed cells, high expansion ratio, and excellent impact resilience can be obtained.

Composite foam molded article process for production thereof, and

This invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer powder produced by a gas polymerization process by the use of a specified catalyst system which is excellent in powder fluidity, retains a high fluidity even in a state where no substantial forming pressure is applied and can be formed by powder molding process, as well as a powder molding process using said elastomer powder and a molded product of said molding process.

Powder molding process using a thermoplastic elastomer powder

A powder molding composition containing dry-blended polyvinyl chloride resins, plasticizers and stabilizers, which is characterized in that there are blended therein 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of barium salt of a carboxylic acid having a melting point not lower than 250.degree. C. and 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of zinc salt of a fatty acid containing 10 or more carbon atoms, per 100 parts by weight said polyvinyl chloride resins. The composition of the invention is excellent in releasability and resistance to mold staining.

Polyvinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding

Disclosed herein is a polyvinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding which comprises granular polyvinyl chloride resin (as component A), particulate polyvinyl chloride resin (as component B), stabilizer, plasticizer, and saccharide (as component C). Disclosed also herein is a process for producing said resin composition by mixing granular polyvinyl chloride resin (as component A), particulate polyvinyl chloride resin (as component B), stabilizer, plasticizer, and saccharide (as component C). The resin composition is suitable for the production of covering materials for automotive interior.

Polyvinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding and production

Disclosed is a polyvinyl chloride resin powder composition containing (A) a granular polyvinyl chloride resin and (B) a fine granular vinyl chloride copolymer resin containing a copolymer composed of a vinyl chloride monomer and a carbonyloxy group-containing vinyl monomer, along with a stabilizer and a plasticizer. The composition is suitable for powder molding to produce covering materials of automotive interiors.

Polyvinyl chloride resin powder composition and production thereof

Disclosed is a polyvinyl chloride resin powder composition for rotational molding, which is prepared by dry-blending a plasticizer and a stabilizer with a polyvinyl chloride resin followed by incorporating from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, to 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl chloride resin, of a finely divided polyvinyl chloride resin having a viscosity average polymerization degree of from 2000 to 5000 into the resulting dry blend. Also disclosed is a method of producing a molded article by subjecting the composition to rotational molding. The composition has good powder flowability for rotational molding, and the molded article from the composition is free from pin holes and blocks on the surface thereof.

A thermoplastic elastomer powder for powder molding, comprising an elastomer composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, wherein said elastomer composition has a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) as measured at frequency of 1 radian/sec. in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 250.degree. C., of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less, a Newtonian viscosity index n calculated from the following formula by using the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) at a frequency of 1 radian/sec. and the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(100) at a frequency of 100 radian/sec. of 0.67 or less, and a hardness (shore D) of 45 or less:

Thermoplastic elastomer powder for powder molding, powder molding method

A thermoplastic elastomer powder for powder slush molding, comprising an elastomer composition of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and a polyolefin resin, wherein said elastomer composition has a complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) as measured at a frequency of 1 radian/sec. in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 250.degree. C., of 1.5.times.10.sup.5 poise or less, a Newtonian viscosity index n calculated from the following formula by using the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(1) at a frequency of 1 radian/sec. and the complex dynamic viscosity .eta.*(100) at a frequency of 100 radian/sec. of 0.67 or less:

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Toshio Igarashi