METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CRASH PAD FOR VEHICLES

• US 20130056894A1
• Filed: 11/18/2011
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Lee, Myoung Ryoul, Kong, Byoung Seok
• Application Number:
  US13/299,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20130056894A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 264/101
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 43/18 incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles B29C43/206 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 43/20 Making multilayered or multicoloured articles B29C43/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 48/07 Flat, e.g. panels

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a crash pad for vehicles. In the method, a surface material is inserted into an upper mold. A base material of a liquefied resin is supplied through a loading aperture of a lower mold. A shape of a molded product of the crash pad including the surface material and the base material is maintained by combining the upper mold and the lower mold together and then cooling thereafter. The molded product is taken out from a mold after separating the upper mold from the lower mold.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing a crash pad for vehicles, comprising:

inserting a surface material into an upper mold;

supplying a base material of a liquefied resin through a loading aperture of a lower mold into the upper mold;

maintaining a shape of a molded product of the crash pad which includes the surface material and the base material by combining the upper mold and the lower mold together and then cooling thereafter; and

removing the molded product from a mold after separating the upper mold from the lower mold.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising vacuum compressing the surface material on an internal surface of the upper mold by releasing air inside the upper mold through an air outlet of the upper mold before supplying the base material after inserting the surface material into the upper mold.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the surface material comprises a surface layer and a foam layer laminated on a rear surface of the surface layer;

the foam layer comprises an upper layer contacting the surface of the surface layer and having a low-density structure, and a lower layer of a high-density structure to which a molten resin is injected; and

the lower layer blocks heat and pressure of the molten resin.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the surface layer is combined with the upper layer of the foam layer through thermal laminating.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein when the surface layer is combined with the upper layer of the foam layer through thermal laminating, the temperature of the surface layer directly before the laminating is maintained at least about 50°

C. to about 300°

C.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising exhausting internal air of the upper mold to allow the surface material to be vacuum-compressed on a target surface inside the upper mold.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising simultaneously supply the base material of a liquefied resin state to an upper surface through a lower mold at the same time as exhausting.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein when upper mold and the lower mold are not closed to form one mold, the liquefied resin may be injected onto the surface material through a gate.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein an air outlet 17 is formed in the upper mold to exhaust air.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein a hot runner nozzle is disposed in the lower mold to supply the base material of a liquefied resin, and the base material of the liquefied resin supplied from the hot runner nozzle is either polypropylene or thermoplastic olefin resin.

11. A system for manufacturing a crash pad for vehicles, comprising:

an upper mold configured to receive a surface material and a base material of a liquefied resin through a loading aperture in a lower mold

the lower mold configured to receive the base material of a liquefied resin through the loading hole,

wherein a shape of a molded product of the crash pad which includes the surface material and the base material is maintained by combining the upper mold and the lower mold together and then cooling thereafter, and removing the molded product from a mold after separating the upper mold from the lower mold.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the surface material is vacuum compressed on an internal surface of the upper mold by releasing air inside the upper mold through an air outlet of the upper mold before supplying the base material after inserting the surface material into the upper mold.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the surface material comprises a surface layer and a foam layer laminated on a rear surface of the surface layer;

the foam layer comprises an upper layer contacting the surface of the surface layer and having a low-density structure, and a lower layer of a high-density structure to which a molten resin is injected; and

the lower layer blocks heat and pressure of the molten resin.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the surface layer is combined with the upper layer of the foam layer through thermal laminating.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein when the surface layer is combined with the upper layer of the foam layer through thermal laminating, the temperature of the surface layer directly before the laminating is maintained at least about 50°

C. to about 300°

C.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein an air inlet formed in the upper mold is configured to exhaust internal air of the upper mold to allow the surface material to be vacuum-compressed on a target surface inside the upper mold.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the lower mold is configured to simultaneously supply the base material of a liquefied resin state to an upper surface.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein when upper mold and the lower mold are not closed to form one mold, the liquefied resin may be injected onto the surface material through a gate.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein a hot runner nozzle is disposed in the lower mold and is configured to supply the base material of a liquefied resin, and the base material of the liquefied resin supplied from the hot runner nozzle is either polypropylene or thermoplastic olefin resin.