JP2661749B2 - Method for producing fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded body - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded article reinforced by a continuous number of long fibers.

(Prior art) A technology for manufacturing a long composite fiber-reinforced resin molded article using a prepreg sheet formed by impregnating a woven fabric, nonwoven fabric, or roving such as glass fiber with a synthetic resin solution such as an unsaturated polyester resin. Is widely known.

In the production technology of such a fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded article, when a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric is used, the strength balance is good, but the material cost is high, and it is difficult to impregnate the synthetic resin liquid uniformly and sufficiently. There is. On the other hand, when long fibers such as roving are used, there is an advantage that the above-mentioned problems are small.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in a fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded body using long fibers such as roving, the long fibers are arranged only in the longitudinal direction, and the strength in the width direction is low. For this reason, there is a problem that the impact resistance is not sufficiently improved as compared with those using a woven or nonwoven fabric.

In addition, when such a fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded body is introduced into a crosshead mold of an extruder using this as a core material, and the thermoplastic resin is melt-extruded and coated therewith, the strength has directionality. There is also a problem that the heat resistance is not sufficient and the core material is deformed or broken by the resin pressure in the crosshead mold, and it is difficult to obtain a uniform product.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded article having sufficiently improved impact resistance and improved product uniformity. Is to provide.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded article of the present invention comprises:
It consists of the following two inventions.

The first invention introduces a continuous large number of long fibers into a fluidized bed, impregnates them with a thermoplastic resin in powder form to produce at least two strip-shaped resin-impregnated fiber materials, and laminates and integrates them. At this time, tension and relaxation are repeatedly applied to at least one sheet of the resin-impregnated fiber material, and then the resin-impregnated fiber material is repeatedly rocked in the width direction with respect to the longitudinal direction,
Thereafter, all the resin-impregnated fiber materials are laminated and integrated.

The second invention introduces the fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded body produced by the above method into a crosshead mold of an extruder,
It is characterized in that a thermoplastic resin is melt-extruded and integrated therewith.

 With the above configuration, the object of the present invention is achieved.

 Hereinafter, the method of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining the first invention.
In FIG. 1, a large number of continuous long fibers 11 are unreeled from a bobbin, arranged in a strip shape in the longitudinal direction, and introduced into a fluidized bed 30 having a porous bottom plate 31. The long fibers 11 are usually defibrated before being introduced into the fluidized bed 30 or in the fluidized bed 30. In the figure, the fiber is defibrated by a defibrating device 32 in a fluidized bed 30. Roving such as glass fiber, carbon fiber, and ceramic fiber is preferably used as the long fiber 11.

In the upper, middle and lower fluidized beds 30, the powdery thermoplastic resin 12 is blown up above the porous bottom plate 31 by air pressure and is kept in a floating state. Powdered thermoplastic resin
The particle size of 12 is generally about 10 to 200 μm. The powdery thermoplastic resin 12 in a floating state is impregnated into a number of long fibers 11 introduced into the upper, middle and lower fluidized beds 30, respectively. Material 10 'is made.

As the thermoplastic resin 12, an engineering resin such as polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyphenylene sulfide or polyether sulfone is used. The long fibers 11 are
It can be impregnated up to 90% by volume, but is preferably impregnated in a range of 60% by volume or less.

Then, the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10 ′ is hung on a tension control bar or roll 21. This tension control bar or roll
Reference numeral 21 is configured to reciprocate up and down relatively quickly and at a constant amplitude and period in a vertical direction, as indicated by dotted lines. Therefore, when the tension control roll 21 moves upward, tension is applied to the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10 ', and when the tension control roll 21 moves downward, the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10' relaxes. Is given. In this way, tension and relaxation are repeatedly applied to the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10 ', and the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10' is drawn out of the fluidized bed 30 more than the upper and lower resin-impregnated fiber materials 10 '.

Next, the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10 ′ is passed through the rocking device 20. The swinging device 20 is installed on a rail, and has a width direction with respect to a longitudinal direction (transfer direction) of the resin-impregnated fiber material 10 ′.
That is, it is configured to reciprocate in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface at a constant amplitude and a constant cycle. Therefore, the intermediate resin-impregnated fibrous material 10 'passed through the rocking device is transported while repeatedly rocking in the width direction.

Immediately thereafter, the upper and lower resin-impregnated fiber materials 10 'are superimposed on the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10' and passed through a pair of heating pinch rolls 40 for lamination, where the resin-impregnated fiber material 10 '
Are heat-welded and laminated and integrated. Here, since the resin 12 of the resin-impregnated fiber material 10 'may not be completely melted, a heating furnace equipped with an infrared heater or the like is subsequently provided.
After passing through 41, the resin 12 is completely melted, the thickness is adjusted by a pair of pinch rolls 42 for thickness adjustment, and then taken off by a pair of take-off pinch rolls 50. In this way,
The fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded body 10 is manufactured. This long composite molded body 10 may be wound up once as shown in the figure,
The process may be continued to the next step without winding.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining the second invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the long composite molded article 10 manufactured by the method shown in FIG. 1 is softened by heating by a heating forming device 60, and is formed into a desired shape such as an eaves gutter, corrugated sheet, deck material or the like. It is shaped and subsequently cooled by a cooling forming device 61. The long composite molded body 10 shaped into a desired shape,
It is preferable that the cooling is performed by the cooling forming device 61 as described above, since it can be smoothly introduced into the next crosshead mold, but the shaped composite core material 10 may not necessarily be cooled.

The long composite molded article 10 shaped in this manner is subsequently introduced into a crosshead mold 70 of an extruder 71, where a thermoplastic resin 13 melt-extruded from the crosshead mold 70.
Are fused and coated and integrated over the entire surface of the long composite molded body 10. As the thermoplastic resin 13, the same resin as the thermoplastic resin 12 impregnated in the long fibers 11 is used. The length of the land portion of the crosshead mold 70 is appropriately determined according to the extrusion temperature, the extrusion speed, the resin used, and the like, and the gap is designed to have a desired shape. Shaped into shape. Thereafter, surface finishing is performed by a sizing device 80 composed of a cooling mold or the like, and after cooling, the fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded body 14 is taken up by a tension device 90 such as a caterpillar type tension machine and coated with a thermoplastic resin 13. Is manufactured.

(Operation) According to the method of the first invention, since a large number of continuous long fibers are introduced into the fluidized bed and impregnated with the powdery thermoplastic resin, the impregnation is easily performed. Further, since at least one piece of the resin-impregnated fiber material is repeatedly rocked in the width direction with respect to the longitudinal direction, and laminated and integrated with all the resin-impregnated fiber materials, the long fibers constituting the rocked resin-impregnated fiber material Are obliquely oriented so as to intersect with the longitudinal direction, and the strength balance in different directions is improved.

Moreover, tension and relaxation are repeatedly applied to the resin-impregnated fiber material before rocking, so that this resin-impregnated fiber material is pulled out of the fluidized bed more than other resin-impregnated fiber materials, and this extra By the drawn resin-impregnated fiber material, the subsequent swinging operation in the width direction is smoothly performed without any resistance. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the swinging degree of the swinging resin-impregnated fibrous material from decreasing and decreasing during lamination and integration.

Further, according to the method of the second invention, since the long composite molded body produced by the method of the first invention is used as a core material, the core material has a good strength balance in different directions,
Even if this is introduced into the crosshead mold of the extruder, the core material of the long composite molded body is deformed or broken due to the heat and extrusion pressure of the thermoplastic resin melt-extruded from the crosshead mold. Is prevented.

Then, the thermoplastic resin is pressed strongly against the core of the long composite molded body by the heat and the extrusion pressure of the thermoplastic resin melt-extruded from the crosshead mold, and is strongly bonded and integrated.

(Examples) Hereinafter, Examples and Comparative Examples of the present invention will be described.

Example In this example, a fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded body to be an eaves gutter was manufactured by the method shown in FIGS.

First, a large number of glass rovings (# 4400: manufactured by Nitto Boseki) 11 are arranged in the longitudinal direction and introduced into the fluidized bed 30, where they are blown up by air at a pressure of 2.5 kg / cm ² while being defibrated, and are in a floating state. Impregnated with powdered vinyl chloride resin compound (average particle size 100μ, melting point 180 ° C) (TK-400: manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) 12, three strips of resin impregnated fiber material 10 ' Created. The speed at this time was 0.2 m / min. The thickness of the three resin-impregnated fiber materials 10 'was about 0.5 mm, and the glass roving content was 30% by volume. Then, the intermediate resin-impregnated fibrous material 10 'was passed through a tension control roll 21 having an amplitude of 2 cm and a cycle of 3 reciprocations / second and moving vertically.

Next, the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10 'was
Oscillating device 20 that oscillates in the width direction at a rate of 1.5 reciprocations / minute with cm, cycle
Passed. Then, the upper and lower resin-impregnated fiber materials 10 'are weighed on the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10', passed through a heating pinch roll 40 for welding at 200 ° C., and all the layers are thermocompressed and laminated to be integrated. It has become. Subsequently, the resin 12 is passed through the heating furnace 41 to
After heating to 200 ° C. to completely melt and pass through a pinch roll 42 for thickness adjustment, it was pulled off by a take-off pinch roll 50 to produce a fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded body 10. In this case, the long fibers 11 constituting the intermediate resin-impregnated fiber material 10 'are:
The orientation was about 13 degrees oblique to the longitudinal direction. The above method corresponds to the first invention.

The long composite molded body 10 was heated and softened by a forming apparatus 60 maintained at a temperature of 170 ° C., shaped into a square eave trough, and then cooled. Next, the formed long composite molded body
10 was introduced into a crosshead mold 70 of an extruder, and the surface thereof was melt-extruded at 185 ° C. to a thickness of 0.5 mm at 185 ° C. to cover the surface.

Next, the surface was finished by a sizing device 80, cooled, and taken off by a tensioning machine 90 to produce a fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded article 14 to be a 1.5 mm-thick eaves gutter. The line speed at this time was 3 m / min. The crosshead mold 70 used had a land length of 200 mm and a rectangular eave-gutter-shaped gap. The above method corresponds to the second invention.

The eaves gutter composite molded body 14 was evaluated for thermal stretchability, impact resistance, and extrusion moldability by the following methods. As a result, the coefficient of linear expansion was 2 × 10 ⁻⁵ / ° C., the impact strength was 30 kg · cm, and the evaluation of the extrusion moldability showed no deformation or breakage of the composite molded body 10, and the obtained eaves gutter composite molded body 14 had a uniform thickness.

(1) Thermal stretchability The eaves gutter composite molded body 14 is cut into a length of 4 m to obtain a test piece.
Put this in a constant temperature and humidity room, measure the length L ₂₀ at 20 ° C, then raise the temperature to 60 ° C, measure the length L ₆₀ at 60 ° C,
The linear expansion coefficient α was calculated by the following equation. α = (L ₆₀ −L ₂₀ ) /
(40 (° C.) × L ₂₀ ).

(2) Impact resistance A test piece was prepared by cutting the eaves gutter composite body 14 into 50 mm x 50 mm, and a 1.5 kg weight was dropped on this test piece with a Dupont impact tester, and the drop distance at which the test piece was broken Was used to measure the impact strength.

(3) Extrusion moldability The composite molded body 10 serving as the core material is cross-molded by an extruder.
The composite molded article 10 was introduced into the mold 70, and the surface of the composite molded article 10 was observed when the vinyl chloride resin composition 13 was melt-extruded and coated continuously for 5 hours.

Comparative Example In the example, the intermediate resin-impregnated fibrous material 10 'was not passed through the tension control roll 21 and the oscillating device 20, and the other conditions were the same as in the example. As a result, the coefficient of linear expansion is 2 × 10 ^-5 /
° C, the impact strength was 7.5 kgcm, and in the extrudability evaluation, about 30 minutes after the start of extrusion, the composite molded body 10 was torn, and the thickness of the obtained eaves gutter composite molded body 14 was It was uneven at 10 torn parts.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, in the method of the first invention, many long fibers have good impregnating property of the thermoplastic resin, and the long fibers constituting the composite molded body are crossed in the longitudinal direction. As a result, the film is oriented obliquely and favorably, and the strength balance in different directions is improved. Therefore, the impact resistance of the composite molded body is improved.

Further, in the method of the second invention, the composite molded body serving as a core during melt extrusion coating is prevented from being deformed or torn, and the composite molded body serving as a core and The thermoplastic resin to be coated is firmly fused and integrated. Therefore, the uniformity of the product is improved, and a resin-coated composite molded article having excellent durability can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the first invention method, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the second invention method. 10 …… Long composite molded body, 10 ′ …… Resin impregnated fiber material, 11…
... long fiber, 12 ... powdery thermoplastic resin, 13 ... coated thermoplastic resin, 14 ... resin-coated long composite molded body,
20 ... rocking device, 21 ... tension control bar or roll, 30 ...
... fluidized bed, 40 ... heating pinch roll for lamination, 41 ... heating furnace, 42 ... pinch roll for thickness adjustment, 50 ... take-off pinch roll, 60 ... heating forming device, 70 ... extruder Crosshead mold, 80 …… Sizing device, 90 ……
Tension device.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A continuous long fiber is introduced into a fluidized bed,
This is impregnated with a powdery thermoplastic resin to produce at least two belt-shaped resin-impregnated fibrous materials, and when laminating and integrating them, tension and relaxation are applied to at least one of the resin-impregnated fibrous materials. Repeatedly producing, then repeatedly swinging the resin-impregnated fiber material in the width direction with respect to the longitudinal direction, and thereafter laminating and integrating all the resin-impregnated fiber materials, thereby producing a long fiber-reinforced resin composite article. Method. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the fiber-reinforced resin long composite molded article produced by the method according to claim 1 is introduced into a crosshead mold of an extruder, and a thermoplastic resin is melt-extruded and coated thereon to integrate the same. A method for producing a long fiber-reinforced resin composite molding.