JP2630148B2 - Method and apparatus for producing trim material - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing a trim material for decoration, particularly a trim material suitable for vehicles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automobiles, buses, trucks, motorcycles,
As a trim material for vehicles such as electric trains, there is a material in which a resin portion such as rubber or synthetic resin is formed on a long base material such as a bright stainless steel plate. FIGS. 5A to 5F are cross-sectional views showing such a trim material. FIG. 5A shows a windshield or back window molding (upper or side), FIG. 5B shows a sash molding, and FIG. Drip molding, (d) fender molding or side protector molding, (e)
Denotes a waist molding, and (f) denotes a trim material used as a windshield or a back window molding (lower).

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a trim material, and a resin portion 3 is laminated and fixed to a part of an outer surface side of a long base material 2 made of a deformed material such as a stainless steel plate or an extruded material of an aluminum alloy. Have been. In such a trim material 1, a part of the outer surface is defined as a changed part 4, and a base part 2 of this part is exposed to form a brilliant part 5, and a part in which the changed part 4 is covered with a resin part 3 is separately provided. It manufactures and diversifies designs.

[0004] Such two kinds of trim materials 1 are manufactured in different processes using different molds when a changed color in the changing portion 4 is required, even though the shapes are almost the same. There is a need. For example, when manufacturing by extrusion molding, injection molding, or the like, when forming a binder layer between the base material 2 and the resin part 3, it is necessary to change the region where the binder layer is formed. As
It is necessary to prepare two types and exchange them for manufacturing. In this case, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to exchange the above apparatus and the mold, and also it takes time until a normal product is obtained after the exchange, and the resin and the base material are wasted during that time.

Further, a base material as a decorative film is supplied so as to be buried in the vicinity of the outer surface of the trim material, and a resin portion is formed thereon while the outer surface of the base material is in a non-adhered state. Extrusion molding to produce the first trim material,
A method of manufacturing a second trim material by cutting a resin portion formed on a base material portion of the trim material with a cutter and peeling and removing the resin portion has been proposed (JP-A-1-221218).
issue).

However, in such a conventional manufacturing method, since the resin portion is formed on the substrate while the substrate remains non-adherent, the boundary between the substrate and the resin portion is easily peeled off, and swelling and other deformations occur. There is a problem that it easily occurs.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems by using the same apparatus and mold, and by a simple operation, having excellent adhesion between the substrate and the resin portion. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a trim material capable of manufacturing various types of trim materials.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a trim material as described below. (1) a first trim material formed of a composite material having a resin portion formed on the surface of a long base material and having a specific region of the base material as a change portion and a resin portion formed at the change portion; A method of manufacturing at least two types of trim materials of a second trim material in which a resin part is not formed in a portion, wherein at least the following first first material is used.
And performing the second step in an arbitrary order using the same apparatus and mold. First step: The base material is supplied to a molding die in a state where the changing part and the common resin part forming part of the base material are in a fixed state, and the resin part is formed on the changing part and the common resin part forming part, and the first trim is performed. Produce materials. Second step: With the common resin portion forming portion of the base material being fixed and the changing portion being non-sticking, the base material is supplied to a molding die to form a resin portion in the changing portion and the common resin portion forming portion. After that, the resin part formed in the change part is removed, and the second trim material is manufactured. (2) a first trim material formed of a composite material having a resin portion formed on the surface of a long base material and having a specific region of the base material as a change portion, and a resin portion formed at the change portion; An apparatus for manufacturing at least two types of trim materials of a second trim material that does not form a resin portion in a portion, and imparts adhesion to a common resin portion forming portion of the base material while feeding a long base material. A first adhesion-imparting portion, and a second adhesion for imparting adhesion to the changed portion during the first trim material manufacturing step, and passing the changed portion as non-adhesive during the second trim material manufacturing step. A mold for forming a resin part in the common resin part forming part and the changing part by introducing the base material imparted with the adhesion property and the sticking property, and a second trim material among the trim materials formed by the molding die. Cut the boundary between the common resin part forming part and the changing part of the resin part formed on the trim material of An apparatus for manufacturing a trim material, the apparatus including at least a cutter capable of peeling a resin of a portion. (3) a first trim material formed of a composite material having a resin portion formed on the surface of a long base material and having a specific region of the base material as a change portion and a resin portion formed at the change portion; An apparatus for producing at least two types of trim materials of a second trim material that does not form a resin part in a part, and sends out a long sticky base material to a common resin part forming part of the base material. A non-adhesiveness imparting portion for imparting non-adhesiveness during the trim material manufacturing process of 2, and a non-adhesiveness imparting portion for allowing the changed portion to pass through while maintaining the adhesiveness of the base material during the first trim material manufacturing process; Or a mold that forms a resin part in the common resin part forming part and the changing part by introducing a base material that is not applied, and a trim material that is formed in the second trim material among the trim materials molded by the molding die. A cut is made at the boundary between the common resin part forming part of the resin part and the changing part, and the resin at the changing part can be peeled off An apparatus for manufacturing a trim material, comprising at least a cutter capable of functioning.

In the present invention, the base material serves as a base for forming the resin portion, and examples thereof include, but are not limited to, rigid and long materials such as metal and hard resin. As these substrates, those having an arbitrary appearance such as those having a metallic luster, those having a surface treatment layer such as a coating film, a coloring layer, and a metallizing layer can be used. The resin part is
It is laminated on a substrate, and is formed of rubber, synthetic resin, or the like having a different color from the surface of the substrate.

In the case where the adhesion between the substrate and the resin portion is low, the adhesion between the substrate and the resin portion is large when the adhesion between the substrate and the resin portion is small. In this case, the surface of the base material is fixed as it is. The non-sticking property is given by not interposing a sticking material when the sticking property between the base material and the resin part is small, and when the sticking property between the base material and the resin part is large, a release agent, a peelable tape, etc. Of the non-fixed material layer.

[0011]

In the method for producing a trim material of the present invention, the first
In the step, the base material is supplied to a molding die in a state where the changing part and the common resin part forming part of the base material are in an adhesive state, and the resin part is formed on the changing part and the common resin part forming part, and the first trim material is formed. To manufacture. Then, in the second step, with the common resin portion forming portion of the base material being fixed and the changing portion being non-fixed,
After supplying the base material to the mold and forming the resin portion in the changed portion and the common resin portion forming portion, the resin portion formed in the changed portion is removed to manufacture a second trim material. These first and second steps are performed in any order and using the same equipment and mold. In this case, the first and second steps can be switched without substantially stopping the operation of the apparatus.

In order to manufacture the trim material by the trim material manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, first, if the adhesion between the base material and the resin is small, the first and second manufacturing apparatuses are used. Through the manufacturing process of the trim material of No. 2, while feeding the long base material, the first sticking portion gives the sticking property to the common resin portion forming portion of the base member, and the second sticking portion gives the sticking portion. During the first step, the changed portion is provided with stickiness, and during the second step, the changed portion is allowed to pass without being fixed.

When the adhesion between the substrate and the resin is large,
The manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 is used to send out a long sticky base material. In the first step, the non-stickiness imparting part is passed through, and the changed part is kept in the sticky state of the base material. Is
The non-stickiness imparting portion imparts non-stickiness to the changed portion.

In any case, the base material having the above-mentioned adhesiveness or non-adhesiveness is introduced into a molding die, and a resin portion is formed in the common resin portion forming portion and the changing portion. Thereby, a first trim material is manufactured in the first step.
In the second step, a cut is made at the boundary between the common resin portion forming portion of the resin portion and the changed portion by the cutter, and the resin portion of the changed portion is removed to manufacture the second trim material.

[0015]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing a first trim material, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second trim material. In the figure, 1
a is a first trim material, 1b is a second trim material, and is a bonding (adhesive) adhesive to the common resin portion forming portion 6 on the outer surface side of the long base material 2 made of a stainless steel deformed material. The resin portion 3 is formed via a fixing material layer 7 such as the above. The change unit 4 is the first
In the trim material 1a, the resin portion 3a is provided via the fixing material layer 7a.
Are formed, and in the second trim material 1b, the surface of the base material 2 is exposed to form the glittering portion 5.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram showing a manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 shows a first step, and FIG.
, A-B view, (b) a BB view, and (c) a C- view.
FIG. 4 shows the second step, and FIG.
FIG. 2B is a view as seen from the arrow B, and FIG.

The manufacturing apparatus 10 shown in FIG.
And a strip material 12 such as a stainless steel plate or an aluminum plate having a bright surface sent out from the uncoiler 11.
A first adhesion-imparting portion 13 for forming an adhesive material layer 7 in a common resin portion forming portion 6 of the above, and a baking device 14 for the adhesive material layer 7
A roll forming machine 15 for bending the strip material 12 to form the base material 2 made of a deformed material; forming a bonding material layer 7a on the changing portion 4 in a first step; A second adhesiveness imparting section 16 for allowing the non-adhesive material to pass therethrough; a baking device 17 for the adhesive material layer 7a;
To form the resin portions 3 and 3a in the common resin portion forming portion 6 and the changing portion 4, and a cut in the resin portion 3a of the changing portion 4 in the second step of the trim material 1 formed. And a cooling tank 20 for cooling the trim material 1, a take-off machine 21 for taking the trim material 1 and a cutting machine 22 for cutting the trim material 1 into predetermined dimensions.

The first adhesiveness-imparting portion 13 passes the strip material 12 between an application roll 33 and a pressure roll 34 immersed in an adhesive material (adhesive agent in this embodiment) 32 in a storage tank 31. The fixing material layer 7 is formed on the common resin portion forming portion 6. The second sticking section 16 is provided with the changing section 4.
A fluid pressure cylinder 37 for advancing and retracting an application member 36 such as a felt, a sponge, etc., which forms a fixing material layer 7a in the arrow X direction, and a storage tank 3 for supplying the fixing material 32 to the applying member 36
8 is provided. The first sticking portion 13 may be arranged after the roll forming machine 15. In this case, the baking device 14 can be omitted.

The extrusion mold 18 is used for the base material 2 passing therethrough.
The resin parts 3, 3a are formed by laminating a resin 42 such as rubber or synthetic resin extruded from an extruder 41. Two cutters 19 are arranged at the rear of the extrusion die 18 so as to make a cut at the boundary between the resin parts 3 and 3a, and are advanced and retracted in the arrow Y direction by the advance and retreat mechanism 44. Reference numeral 45 denotes a guide for holding and positioning the trim material 1 that has exited the extrusion mold 18 at a predetermined position.

The above-described manufacturing apparatus 10 is an apparatus for manufacturing the trim material 1 using a resin having low adhesiveness to the base material 2, and manufacturing the first trim material 1a in the following first step. ,
In the second step, the second trim material 1b is manufactured.

First, in both the first and second steps, the strip material 12 is sent out from the uncoiler 11,
By passing between the application roll 33 and the pressure-bonding roll 34 of the first adhesion-imparting portion 13, the adhesion material layer 7 is formed on the common resin portion forming portion 6 as shown in FIG. Give. After baking is performed in the baking device 14, bending is performed in the roll forming machine 15 to form the base material 2 having an irregular cross section.

In the first step, as shown in FIG. 3B, the application member 36 is advanced by the fluid pressure cylinder 37, and the fixing material 32 is supplied from the storage tank 38 to the changing portion 4 of the base material 2. The fixing material layer 7a is formed to provide the fixing property. Then, after baking in the baking device 17, the base material 2
Is supplied to the extrusion mold 18 and the resin 42 is extruded from the extruder 41 to perform extrusion molding. Thereby, the fixing material layers 7, 7a
The resin parts 3 and 3a are laminated and fixed thereon, and the trim material 1a
Is molded. Then, as shown in FIG.
The trim material 1a is passed through in a state where it is retracted, cooled in the cooling tank 20, taken up by a take-off machine 21, cut into a predetermined size by a cutting machine 22, and a first trim material 1a is manufactured in a predetermined amount. You.

Next, after the first trim material 1a is manufactured in a predetermined amount, the manufacturing apparatus 10 moves to the second step in a state where it is operated as it is. In the second step, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the application member 36 of the second fixing property providing section 16 is retracted by the operation of the fluid pressure cylinder 37, and the second fixing Without forming the material layer 7a, the resin parts 3, 3a are extruded in the same extrusion mold 18 used for the first trim material 1a without passing through the baking device 17. Then, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), when the portion where the fixing material layer 7a is not formed reaches, the cutter 19 is advanced by the operation of the advance / retreat mechanism 44 to cut the boundary between the resin portions 3 and 3a. And the resin portion 3a is peeled off.
At this time, since the second fixing material layer 7a is not formed on the changing portion 4, the resin portion 3a is easily peeled off. The trim material 1 (1b) thus obtained is obtained in the same manner as in the first step.
Cooling, taking off, and cutting are performed, and the second trim material 1b is manufactured. The peeled resin portion 3a is melted again, and
Can be used as

The cutter 19 is preferably provided immediately after the extrusion mold 18 to make a cut when the resin is still soft at a high temperature. However, the cutter 19 is provided before and after the take-off machine 21 to perform the cutting after the resin has cooled. Alternatively, the cutting may be performed in a separate step after the second trim member is cut to a predetermined length by the cutting machine 22.

Either the first step or the second step may be performed first. First trim material 1 thus manufactured
In a, since the resin portions 3 and 3a are fixed to the base material 2 by the fixing material layers 7 and 7a over substantially the entire region, the base 2 and the resin portions 3 and 3a do not swell or peel off. Further, the second trim material 1b has a glittering portion 5 formed by peeling the resin portion 3a, and has an appearance different from that of the first trim material 1a.

In the above embodiment, the fixing property is provided by the fixing material layers 7 and 7a. However, the fixing property may be provided by corona discharge which is one of the plasma treatments or other means. Then, according to these sticking properties imparting means, the stickiness imparting section 1
3, 16 configurations can be selected. In addition, the base material 2 on which the fixing material layer 7 is formed in advance can be used, and in this case, the first fixing property imparting portion 13 can be omitted.
Further, although the example of the extrusion mold 18 has been shown as the mold, an injection mold, a compression mold, or the like may be used. In these cases, the base material 2 is cut into a predetermined size, and then introduced into the mold to form the resin portion 3. ,
The molding of 3a is performed.

Next, the base material 2 is a metal material, and the resin portion is used when the trim material 1 is manufactured using a resin having a high adhesiveness to the base material, such as an ionomer resin. The manufacturing apparatus corresponding to No. 3 is different from the manufacturing apparatus 10 of FIG. 2 in that the first sticking section 13 is omitted, the second sticking section 16 is used as a non-sticking section, and in the second step, It is configured to form a non-stick material layer such as a release agent and a release tape.

In the method of manufacturing a trim material by such a manufacturing apparatus, since the entire surface of the strip material 12 is sticky,
In the first step, the first trim material 1a is manufactured by directly performing roll forming, extrusion forming, cooling, taking off, and cutting without forming the fixing material layers 7 and 7a. Then, in the second step, the application member 36 is advanced by the operation of the fluid pressure cylinder 37 using the second adhesion-imparting portion 16 as a non-adhesion-imparting portion, and the release agent is Forming a non-fixing material layer to impart non-fixing properties to the extrusion mold 1
8, after forming the resin portions 3 and 3a, the cutter 19 is moved forward by the operation of the forward and backward movement mechanism 44, and the resin layers 3 and 3a are moved.
A cut is made at the boundary of a, and the resin portion 3a is peeled off to manufacture the second trim material 1b. At this time, since the non-fixing material layer is formed on the changing portion 4, the resin portion 3a is easily peeled off.

In the above description, as the trim material,
The trim materials shown in FIGS. 5A to 5F are not limited to those shown in FIG.
Other trim materials can be manufactured in the same manner.
In addition, the present invention is not limited to vehicles, and can be applied to the manufacture of trim materials for other uses.

According to the present invention, the third, fourth,..., In which the width of the changing portion 4 is changed to a plurality, or where the changing portion 4 is added and formed in another portion (for example, a side wall portion). Can also be manufactured. In addition, the first adhesion-imparting portion 13
It is not always necessary to provide the second fixability imparting section 16 and the second fixability imparting section 16 in a positional manner, and the fixation may be performed in any one of the places. As the base material, a profiled extruded material of an aluminum alloy cut in advance to a predetermined length can be used. In this case, the roll forming machine 15 and the cutting machine 2 shown in FIG.
2 is omitted. The operation of the fluid pressure cylinder 37 and the forward / backward movement mechanism 44 may be performed by manual control. However, the number of operations of the cutting machine 22 is counted, and the counted number is calculated as follows.
It is sent to a control device (not shown) to confirm that the predetermined amount has been reached, and at that time, the signal can be automatically switched by operating the fluid pressure cylinder 37 and the forward / backward movement mechanism 44 by a signal from the control device. .

[0031]

According to the method for producing a trim material of the first aspect of the present invention, at least two materials having excellent adhesion between the base material and the resin portion can be obtained by a simple operation using the same apparatus and mold.
Various kinds of trim materials can be manufactured, and the switching of the manufacturing process can be performed in a short time by a simple operation, so that waste of resin accompanying the switching operation is eliminated.

According to the trim material manufacturing apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, when a resin having low adhesion to the base material is used,
By a simple switching operation, two types of trim materials having excellent adhesion between the base material and the resin portion can be efficiently manufactured. According to the trim material manufacturing apparatus of the third aspect of the present invention, when a resin having high adhesion to the base material is used, the switching operation between the base material and the resin portion can be performed by a simple switching operation without imparting the adhesion. It is possible to efficiently manufacture two types of trim materials having excellent adhesion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A is a perspective view of a first trim material, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view of a second trim material.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram of a manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show a first step, wherein FIG. 3A is a view taken along the line AA in FIG. 2, FIG. 3B is a view taken along the line BB, and FIG.

4A and 4B show a second step, in which FIG. 4A is a view as seen from the arrow BB in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4C is a view as seen from the arrow CC in FIG.

FIGS. 5A to 5F are cross-sectional views of a trim material.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Trim material 1a 1st trim material 1b 2nd trim material 2 Base material 3, 3a Resin part 4 Change part 5 Brightness part 6 Common resin part formation part 7, 7a Adhesive material layer 10 Manufacturing apparatus 11 Uncoiler 12 Strip material 13 First adhesion imparting section 14, 17 Baking device 15 Roll forming machine 16 Second adhesion imparting section 18 Extrusion mold 19 Cutter 20 Cooling tank 21 Take-off machine 22 Cutting machine 31, 38 Storage tank 32 Adhesive material 33 Coating roll 34 Crimping roll 36 Coating member 37 Fluid pressure cylinder 41 Extruder 42 Resin 44 Advance / retreat mechanism 45 Guide

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. A composite material having a resin portion formed on a surface of a long base material, wherein a specific region of the base material is defined as a change portion.
At least two of a first trim material having a resin portion formed in the changed portion and a second trim material having no resin portion formed in the changed portion.
A method for producing a type of trim material, wherein at least the following first and second steps are performed in an arbitrary order using the same apparatus and mold. First step: The base material is supplied to a molding die in a state where the changing part and the common resin part forming part of the base material are in a fixed state, and the resin part is formed on the changing part and the common resin part forming part, and the first trim is performed. Produce materials. Second step: With the common resin portion forming portion of the base material being fixed and the changing portion being non-sticking, the base material is supplied to a molding die to form a resin portion in the changing portion and the common resin portion forming portion. After that, the resin part formed in the change part is removed, and the second trim material is manufactured. 2. A composite material having a resin portion formed on the surface of a long base material, wherein a specific region of the base material is used as a changing portion,
At least two of a first trim material having a resin portion formed in the changed portion and a second trim material having no resin portion formed in the changed portion.
An apparatus for producing a type of trim material, comprising: a first adhesion imparting section for imparting an adhesive property to a common resin portion forming section of the substrate while feeding a long substrate; Adds stickiness to the changed part during the process,
A second adhesiveness-imparting portion for passing the changed portion in a non-adhesive state during the second trim material manufacturing process; and introducing the substrate having the adhesiveness into the common resin portion forming portion and the changed portion. A molding die for forming a resin portion, of the trim material molded by the molding die, a cut is made at a boundary between a common resin portion forming portion and a changing portion of the resin portion formed on the second trim material, An apparatus for manufacturing a trim material, comprising at least a cutter capable of peeling a resin of a changing portion. 3. A composite material in which a resin portion is formed on the surface of a long base material, and a specific region of the base material is used as a changing portion,
At least two of a first trim material having a resin portion formed in the changed portion and a second trim material having no resin portion formed in the changed portion.
An apparatus for producing a type of trim material, wherein a non-stick property is given to a common resin part forming portion of the base material during a second trim material manufacturing process while feeding a long sticky base material, Forming a common resin portion by introducing a non-stickiness imparting portion that allows the changed portion to pass through the first trim material manufacturing process while maintaining the stickiness of the substrate; A molding die for forming a resin portion in the portion and the changing portion; and a trim material formed by the molding die, a boundary between the common resin portion forming portion and the changing portion of the resin portion formed in the second trim material. An apparatus for manufacturing a trim material, comprising at least a cutter for making a cut and allowing a resin at a changing portion to be peeled off.