JP2006123951A - Bottomed box type container and its manufacturing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bottomed box type container which is molded by sandwich molding, contains resin recycled materials in a great amount, and has a bottom whose strength can be ensured without reducing the thickness. <P>SOLUTION: The bottomed box type container molded by sandwich molding is provided with a sandwich structure portion 130 at least at the bottom 110, the sandwich structure portion 130 consisting of a core layer 131 made of a material containing a resin recycled material, and skin layers 132 which are made of a resin virgin material and sandwich the core layer 131 between the skin layers 132. The sandwich structure portion 130 at the bottom 110 is partitioned into a plurality of parts via a strip-like reinforcing resin part 120 consisting of the resin virgin material making the skin layers 132. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a bottomed box-type container such as a bottomed box-type container obtained by a sandwich molding method using a resin recycled material as a core material, and a method for manufacturing the same.

  In a sandwich molded product with a core layer and a skin layer, a resin virgin material is used as the resin material for the surface skin layer, and a waste plastic pulverized product, that is, a resin recycled material, is used as the resin material for the core layer. It has already been proposed to recycle plastics (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and even a bottomed box type container called a container uses a resin recycling material as a core layer material.

However, resin recycled materials are not stable because of various materials. Therefore, if the amount of the resin recycled material is increased to increase the recycling efficiency, there is a possibility that the strength may be insufficient in some cases.
For example, in the case of a bottomed box-type container, a large load is applied to the bottom because the article is transported in a state where the article is accommodated therein. Therefore, unless the bottom has sufficient strength, the bottom is bent due to the load of the contents, and the posture of the bottomed box-type container becomes unstable when transported by a conveyor or the like.

  On the other hand, if the thickness of the bottom is increased in order to ensure the strength, the weight of the bottomed box-type container is increased, causing a problem in handling.

JP 2002-86491 A

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention is a bottomed box-type container that is molded using a sandwich molding method, uses a large amount of resin recycled material, and can sufficiently secure the strength of the bottom without increasing the thickness of the bottom. And it aims at providing the manufacturing method.

  In order to achieve the above object, a bottomed box container according to the present invention comprises a sandwich structure part in which a core layer made of a material containing a resin recycling material is sandwiched between a skin layer made of a resin virgin material and the skin layer. In a bottomed box-shaped container having at least a bottom, the sandwich structure at the bottom is partitioned into a plurality of portions through a band-shaped reinforcing resin portion made only of a resin virgin material serving as a skin layer. It is characterized by being.

  Although the bottomed box-type container of the present invention is not particularly limited, for example, a step of injecting a resin virgin material to be a skin layer from a plurality of gates provided at the bottom, and an injection filling of a resin virgin material to be a skin layer It is preferably obtained by performing at least a step of injecting a material including a resin recycling material to be a core layer from the gate.

  As a resin virgin material, a well-known thermoplastic resin according to various uses can be used without any limitation. For example, homopolymers or copolymers made of α-olefin such as ethylene, propylene, butene, styrene-α-olefin block copolymer, polyamide, polyester resin, polyvinyl chloride, styrene resin, methacrylic resin , Polycarbonate, polyacetal and the like. These can be used alone or in admixture of two or more resins.

  Among the materials including the resin recycling material used as the core layer, the resin recycling material is obtained from thermoplastic resin products used in various applications collected from the market. For example, polyethylene, polypropylene, styrene resin, methacrylic resin Resins, polyamides, polycarbonates, polyvinyl chloride, polyacetals, polyester-based resins, etc. are mentioned, and it is preferable to have compatibility with the resin virgin material to be the skin layer, and it is necessary for one or more of them. Accordingly, it is optional to include a resin virgin material.

The position of the reinforcing resin portion is appropriately determined depending on the shape of the bottomed box-type container, and is preferably provided in a portion where the load is most applied.
The width of the reinforced resin portion is preferably as narrow as possible within a range that can secure the required strength of the bottom so that the amount of resin recycled material used can be increased as much as possible.

  As described above, the bottomed box-type container according to the present invention has at least a sandwich structure part in which a core layer made of a material containing a resin recycling material is sandwiched between a skin layer made of a resin virgin material and the skin layer. In the bottomed box-shaped container formed by sandwich molding, the bottom sandwich structure part is partitioned into a plurality through a band-shaped reinforcing resin part made only of a resin virgin material to be a skin layer, Even if a resin recycled material is used as the core layer material, the strength of the bottom can be sufficiently secured.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof.
1 to 3 show one embodiment of a bottomed box-type container according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, this bottomed box-type container 100 is obtained by a sandwich molding method, and as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the bottom 110 is provided in a band shape at the center in the longitudinal direction. A reinforcing resin part 120 and sandwich structure parts 130 provided on both sides of the reinforcing resin part 120 are provided, and reinforcing ribs 112 are projected in a lattice shape on the bottom surface 111 of the bottom 110.
In the sandwich structure portion 130, a core layer 131 made of a material including at least a resin recycled material is formed in the center portion in the thickness direction of the bottom 110, and skin layers 132 made of a resin virgin material are formed above and below the thickness direction of the core layer 131. The core layer 131 is interposed therebetween.

  Although this bottomed box-type container 100 is not specifically limited, For example, it can be manufactured using the nozzle 10 for injection molding machines as shown in FIG.

That is, in FIG. 4, 51 is a first injection unit, 52 is a second injection unit, and 53 is a third injection unit, which are connected to the nozzle 10 via on-off valves 54, 55, and 56, respectively.
The on-off valve is not necessarily required and is used in the present embodiment, but may be used as necessary.

As shown in the detailed cross-sectional view of FIG. 5, a first nozzle tip 11 and a second nozzle tip 12 are connected to the nozzle 10, and resin is injected from the nozzle outlet at the tip into the mold cavity. In FIG. 5, 13 is a nozzle body, 14 is a connection ring, 21 is a first port for receiving resin from the first injection unit 51, 22 is a second port for receiving resin from the second injection unit 52, and 23 is a third port. This is a third port for receiving resin from the injection unit 53.
The resin supplied to the first port 21 flows into the flow path 15 in the nozzle chip 11 via the annular flow path portion 31 a of the first flow path 31 formed in the nozzle body 13. Similarly, the resin supplied to the second port 22 flows into the flow path 16 in the nozzle chip 12 via the annular flow path portion 32 a of the second flow path 32 formed in the nozzle body 13.

  The resin supplied to the third port 23 is branched into the third flow path 33 and the fourth flow path 34 and flows. The third flow path 33 is disposed so as to be connected to a hole-shaped flow path 33 a formed in the center of the first torpedo 41 provided in the nozzle body 13. The first flow path 31 merges with the annular flow path portion 31a. The fourth flow path 34 is disposed so as to be connected to a hole-shaped flow path 34 a formed in the center of the second torpedo 42 provided in the nozzle body 13. , It merges with the annular flow path portion 32 a of the second flow path 32.

Next, the molding operation of the bottomed box-type container 100 using the injection molding machine nozzle 10 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the open / close valves 54 and 55 are set in the “open” state, and the first injection unit 51 and the second injection unit 52 are activated to form a skin layer as shown in FIG. 6A. The virgin material P1 is supplied to the nozzle 10. At this time, the first injection unit 51 and the second injection unit 52 may be activated simultaneously according to the position of the gate and the shape of the bottomed box-type container, or may be activated with either one being delayed.

  The molten resin virgin material P1 sent from the first injection unit 51 to the nozzle 10 is molded from the first port 21 through the first flow path 31, the flow path 15, the first nozzle chip 11, and the first gate G1. It is injected into the cavity K. The surface of the resin virgin material P1 injected into the mold cavity K is cooled to form a first skin layer. Similarly, the molten resin virgin material P1 sent from the second injection unit 52 to the nozzle 10 passes through the second port 22, the second flow path 32, the flow path 16, the second nozzle chip 12, and the second gate G2. And then injected into the mold cavity K. The surface of the molten resin virgin material P1 injected into the mold cavity K is cooled to form a second skin layer.

  When a predetermined amount of the first resin virgin material P1 is supplied from the first injection unit 51 and the second injection unit 52, the first injection unit 51 and the second injection unit 52 are started or stopped. Then, the on-off valve 56 is set to the “open” state, the third injection unit 53 is started, and the molten resin recycled material P2 forming the core layer is supplied to the nozzle 10.

  As shown in FIG. 6 (b), the molten resin recycled material P 2 sent from the third injection unit 53 to the nozzle 10 is branched from the third port 23 into the third flow path 33 and the fourth flow path 34. To flow. The molten resin recycled material P2 flowing into the third flow path 33 is injected into the mold cavity K through the flow path 15 in the first nozzle chip 11, the first nozzle chip 11 and the first gate G1. . At this time, in the flow path 15, the resin virgin material P <b> 1 supplied from the remaining first injection unit 51 is removed and flows into the mold cavity K, and the surface is already cooled in the mold cavity K. The core layer is formed so that the resin virgin material P1 that has started to solidify flows inside the resin virgin material P1 that is still in a molten state and does not break through the layer of the resin virgin material P1.

Similarly, the molten resin recycled material P2 flowing into the fourth flow path 34 enters the mold cavity K through the flow path 16 in the second nozzle chip 12, the second nozzle chip 12 and the second gate G2. It is injected. At this time, in the flow path 16, the resin virgin material P1 supplied from the remaining second injection unit 52 is removed while flowing into the mold cavity K, and the surface is already cooled in the mold cavity K. The core layer is formed so that the resin virgin material P1 that has started to solidify flows inside the resin virgin material P1 that is still in a molten state and does not break through the layer of the resin virgin material P1.
When a predetermined amount of the recycled resin material P2 is supplied from the third injection unit 53, the injection unit 53 is stopped and the on-off valve 56 is set to the “closed” state.

  Next, the first injection unit 51 and the second injection unit 52 are continuously started or restarted, and as shown in FIG. 6C, the resin virgin material P1 is transferred from the first gate G1 to the mold cavity. Resin recycling in which resin virgin material P1 is supplied into the mold cavity K from the second gate G2, and the resin virgin material P1 injected from the gates G1 and G2 serves as a core layer. The bottomed box-type container is wrapped around the material P2 and flows so that the first resin virgin material P1 and the resin virgin material P1 merge at the intermediate portion between the gate G1 and the gate G2 and are integrated at the interface. 100 is completed.

  As described above, the bottomed box-type container 100 has the bottom 110 of the sandwich structure portion 130 in which the core layer 131 made of the resin recycling material P2 is sandwiched between the skin layer 132 made of the resin virgin material and the skin layer 132. The sandwich structure portion 130 of the bottom 110 is divided into a plurality of portions via a band-shaped reinforcing resin portion 120 made of only the resin virgin material P1 that becomes the skin layer 132, so that the load applied to the bottom 110 Is received by the strength-stabilized reinforcing resin portion 120 made of the resin virgin material P1. Therefore, even if the resin recycled material P2 is used as the resin material constituting the core layer, the bottom 110 can be prevented from being bent by a load. That is, the strength of the bottom 110 can be sufficiently secured.

  If the injection molding machine nozzle 10 as described above is used, the resin recycle material P2 serving as the core layer of both sandwich structure parts 130 is removed from the two gates G1 and G2 using only the third injection unit 53. Since injection into the mold cavity K is possible, the entire injection apparatus can be made compact.

The bottomed box container according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, there are two gates, but three or more gates may be used.
In the above embodiment, the resin virgin material forming the skin layer injected from the two gates is the same, but a resin virgin material of a different color may be injected for each gate. In this way, bottomed box containers of different colors on the left and right can be obtained by a single injection molding.

In the above embodiment, molding is performed using only one injection molding machine nozzle 10, but one conventional sandwich molding injection device is arranged for each gate. It doesn't matter. A multi-point gate may be used.
In the above embodiment, the resin virgin material is injected again after injecting the resin recycled material to be the core layer. However, the core layer may be exposed at the gate portion.

In the above embodiment, the reinforcing rib is provided on the bottom surface of the bottom, but the reinforcing rib may not be provided.
In the above embodiment, only the resin recycled material is used as the resin material for forming the core layer. However, a mixed material of the resin recycled material and the resin virgin material may be used.

  Specific examples of the present invention will be described in detail below in comparison with comparative examples.

Example 1
As a resin virgin material for the skin layer, polypropylene manufactured by Nippon Polychem Co., Ltd. (Trademark Novatec PP BC03B, bending elastic modulus: 1200 MPa), as a resin recycling material for the core layer, a recycled material for the used bottomed box container (flexural elastic modulus) : 900 MPa), the dimensions of each part are 600 mm long × 400 mm wide × 200 mm high, the basic wall thickness is 2.5 mm, and there are reinforcing ribs having a width of 2 mm and a height of 3 mm on the bottom surface, as shown in FIGS. Such a bottomed box-type container was sandwich-molded under the following molding conditions using a nozzle for an injection molding machine shown in FIG.

〔Molding condition〕
(Gate position and number)
Gates are provided at two points: 150 mm from one end in the longitudinal direction of the bottom, 200 mm from one end in the lateral direction, 150 mm from the other end in the longitudinal direction of the bottom, and 200 mm from one end in the lateral direction. .
(Injection of resin virgin material)
Ejected from both gates simultaneously for 3 seconds.
(Injection of resin recycling materials)
After completion of injection of the resin virgin material, it was injected simultaneously from both gates for 2 seconds.

  In the obtained bottomed box-type container, a portion consisting only of a skin layer resin having a width of about 20 mm separating the core layer from the core layer was formed at the center in the longitudinal direction of the bottom surface.

(Comparative Example 1)
Except that the skin layer resin was injected from the gate for 4 seconds with the gate position at one point in the center of the bottom, and then the core layer resin was injected from the gate for 3 seconds, as shown in FIG. A bottom box container was obtained.

(Reference example)
A bottomed box-type container as shown in FIG. A was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that polypropylene (trade name: Novatec PP BC03B, flexural modulus: 1200 MPa) manufactured by Nippon Polychem was used as the core layer resin.

The bottomed box-type container obtained by stacking two stages of the bottomed box-type containers obtained in Example 1, Comparative Example 1 and Reference Example above was loaded with a weight of 20 kg (lead ball having a diameter of 2 mm) at 23 ° C. Put, load,
The amount of bottom deflection after leaving for 24 hours and the amount of bottom deflection after removing the load were examined. The results are shown in Table 1.

As shown in Table 1, the bottomed box-type container of Example 1 had a small amount of deflection in the same manner as the bottomed box-type container made of only the virgin resin of the reference example. The container had a large amount of deflection. This is considered to be effective in reducing the deflection of the bottom surface because the reinforcing elastic layer having a width of about 20 mm in the center of the bottom surface has a high flexural modulus. That is, a large amount of resin recycled material is distributed on the bottom surface of Comparative Example 2, and the bending elastic modulus of the resin recycled material is low.
In addition, it can be seen from Table 1 that the restoration property after removing the load can be secured by the reinforcing resin layer, and the durability of the bottomed box container can be secured.

It is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a bottomed box type container concerning the present invention. It is a top view of the bottomed box-type container of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 2. It is sectional drawing of the nozzle for injection molding machines used for shaping | molding of the bottomed box-type container of FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which represents typically the flow of the resin at the time of shape | molding the bottomed box-type container of FIG. 1 using the nozzle for injection molding machines of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Bottomed box-type container 110 Bottom 120 Reinforcement resin part 130 Sandwich structure part 131 Core layer 132 Skin layer P1 Resin virgin material P2 Resin recycling material G1, G2 Gate

Claims (2)

In a bottomed box-shaped container formed by sandwich molding, a core layer made of a material including a resin recycling material is sandwiched between a skin layer made of a resin virgin material and a skin layer and at least provided with a sandwich structure part.
A bottomed box-type container characterized in that a sandwich structure part at the bottom is partitioned into a plurality through a band-shaped reinforcing resin part made only of a resin virgin material as a skin layer.   A step of injecting a resin virgin material serving as a skin layer from a plurality of gates provided on the bottom, and a step of injecting a material including a resin recycled material serving as a core layer from a gate injected with a resin virgin material serving as a skin layer The manufacturing method of the bottomed box-type container of Claim 1 which contains at least.

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