IP Library Granted Patent US 8,003,038
Granted Patent B2
US 8,003,038 · App. 12/509,981 · Granted Aug 23, 2011

Process for producing resin molded article

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Patent No.
US 8,003,038
App. No.
12/509,981
Granted
Aug 23, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is disclosed a process for producing a resin molded article by using a resin into which fine metal particles are so introduced as to be hardly dissolved at the melting temperature of the resin and as to obtain high solubility in a high-pressure carbon dioxide. This process comprises the steps of forming a high-pressure fluid by dissolving, in a high-pressure carbon dioxide, a fluorine-containing metal complex and a fluorine-based solution capable of dissolving the same metal complex; introducing the high-pressure fluid into a heated and molten resin; and molding the resin having the high-pressure fluid introduced thereinto, to shape the molded article.

Claims (22)

1. A process for producing a resin molded article, comprising the steps of

forming a high-pressure fluid by dissolving, in a high-pressure carbon dioxide, a fluorine-containing metal complex and a fluorine-based solution capable of dissolving said metal complex,

introducing said high-pressure fluid into a heated and molten resin, and

molding the resin into which said high-pressure fluid has been introduced, to shape the resin molded article.

2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the dissolution of said fluorine-containing metal complex and said fluorine-based solution in said high-pressure carbon dioxide comprises the steps of

dissolving said fluorine-containing metal complex in said fluorine-based solution, and

dissolving, in said high-pressure carbon dioxide, said fluorine-based solution in which said fluorine-containing metal complex is dissolved.

3. The process of claim 2 , wherein the dissolution of said fluorine-containing metal complex in said fluorine-based solution comprises the steps of

dissolving said fluorine-containing metal complex in said fluorine-based solution to form a mixture solution, and

allowing said mixture solution to have a high pressure.

4. The process of claim 1 , wherein the dissolution of said fluorine-containing metal complex and said fluorine-based solution in said high-pressure carbon dioxide comprises the steps of

dissolving and saturating said fluorine-containing metal complex and said fluorine-based solution in a first high-pressure carbon dioxide, and

mixing said first high-pressure carbon dioxide in which said fluorine-containing metal complex and said fluorine-based solution are dissolved and saturated, with a second high-pressure carbon dioxide in which any of said fluorine-containing metal complex and said fluorine-based solution is not dissolved.

5. The process of claim 1 , using an injection-molding apparatus comprising a mold and a heating cylinder which heats and melts said resin and injects the heated and molten resin into said mold, wherein the introduction of said high-pressure fluid into said heated and molten resin comprises the step of introducing said high-pressure fluid into said resin which is heated and molten in said heating cylinder; and the molding of said resin into which said high-pressure fluid is introduced comprises the step of injecting said resin into which said high-pressure fluid is introduced, into said mold from said heating cylinder.

6. The process of claim 1 , further comprising a step of subjecting, to a heat treatment, said molded article shaped of said resin into which said high-pressure fluid is introduced.

7. The process of claim 1 , further comprising a step of subjecting, to a vacuuming treatment, said molded article shaped of said resin into which said high-pressure fluid is introduced.

8. The process of claim 1 , wherein said fluorine-based solution has a boiling point of from 150 to 400° C.

9. The process of claim 1 , wherein the molecular weight of said fluorine-based solution is from 500 to 15,000.

10. The process of claim 1 , wherein a high-pressure carbon dioxide having a pressure of from 5 to 25 MPa is used as said high-pressure carbon dioxide in which said fluorine-containing metal complex and said fluorine-based solution are dissolved.

11. The process of claim 1 , wherein said metal complex is hexafluoroacetylacetonatopalladium (II) or nickel (II) hexafluoroacetylacetonatohydride, and wherein said fluorine-based solution is perfluorotripentylamine or perfluoro-2,5,8,11,14-pentamethyl-3,6,9,12,15-pentaoxaoctadecanoyl fluoride.

12. The process of claim 1 , further comprising a step of forming a metal film on said molded article.

13. The process of claim 12 , wherein the formation of said metal film on said molded article comprises a step of bringing said molded article into contact with a fluid in which another high-pressure carbon dioxide is compatiblized with a plating solution.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058301/0318 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Feb 5, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045243/0893 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2009
From: ANO, TETSUYA; YUSA, ATSUSHI; YAMAMOTO, SATOSHI; OGANO, TOSHIYUKI
To: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023371/0783 →