Skin-covered foamed molded article
A skin-covered foamed molded article having excellent lightweight property, bending rigidity, and favorable dimensional stability, which includes: a skin material composed of a hollow molded body produced by blow-molding an extruded parison; and an expanded bead molded article located inside the skin material, wherein the skin material has an average wall thickness of from 1.0 mm to 5.0 mm, the skin material includes a glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene-based resin containing glass fiber in a range of from 5 mass % to 30 mass %, the glass fiber has a weight-average fiber length of from 0.4 mm to 1.5 mm, the expanded bead molded article includes a polypropylene-based resin, the peeling strength between the skin material and the expanded bead molded article is 0.1 MPa or higher, and the longitudinal linear expansion coefficient of the skin-covered foamed molded article ( 100 ) at from 23° C. to 80° C. is 7×10−5/° C. or lower.
1. A skin-covered foamed molded article comprising: a skin material composed of a hollow molded body produced by blow-molding an extruded parison; and an expanded bead molded article located inside the skin material, the skin material and the expanded bead molded article being fuse-bonded, wherein
the skin material has an average wall thickness of from 1.0 mm to 5.0 mm, the skin material comprises a glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene-based resin containing glass fiber in a range of from 5 mass % to 30 mass %, the glass fiber has a weight-average fiber length of from 0.4 mm to 1.5 mm, the expanded bead molded article comprises a polypropylene-based resin, a peeling strength between the skin material and the expanded bead molded article is 0.1 MPa or higher, and a longitudinal linear expansion coefficient of the skin-covered foamed molded article at from 23° C. to 80° C. is 7×10 −5 /° C. or lower, and
wherein a percentage I of glass fiber oriented at an orientation angle in a range of 10 degrees or less with reference to an extrusion direction in in-plane directions of the skin material is 40% or higher on a number basis and a percentage II of glass fiber oriented at an orientation angle in a range of more than 10 degrees and 45 degrees or less in the extrusion direction is from 20% to 50% on a number basis, with respect to the glass fiber present at a middle portion in a wall thickness direction of the skin material, and a sum of the percentages I and II is 80% or higher.
2. The skin-covered foamed molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the skin material comprises the glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene-based resin containing the glass fiber in a range of from 12 mass % to 25 mass %.
3. The skin-covered foamed molded article according to claim 1 , wherein a percentage of glass fiber oriented at an orientation angle in a range of 45 degrees or less with reference to an extrusion direction in in-plane directions of the skin material, with respect to the glass fiber present on an inner surface side of the skin material is 80% or higher on a number basis.
4. The skin-covered foamed molded article according to claim 1 , wherein a percentage of glass fiber oriented at an orientation angle in a range of 45 degrees or less with reference to an extrusion direction in in-plane directions of the skin material, with respect to the glass fiber present on an outer surface side of the skin material is 80% or higher on a number basis.
5. The skin-covered foamed molded article according to claim 1 , wherein an apparent density of the expanded bead molded article is from 20 kg/m 3 to 60 kg/m 3 .