Manufacturing method of an injection molded integral multicolor thermoplastic elastometric foamed sole
11992080 ยท 2024-05-28
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Inventors
Cpc classification
B29C45/14795
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29K2105/0005
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29D35/0009
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C45/14819
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B29C45/16
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C45/14
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29D35/12
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
An injection molded integral multicolor thermoplastic elastomeric foamed sole, comprising an integral sole made from thermoplastic elastomeric foaming bodies of at least two colors, and on surfaces thereof are provided grains of arbitrarily superposed injection strips; the foamed sole is made by: mixing, milling and heating thermoplastic elastomer raw materials of at least two colors, lubricants, and foaming auxiliaries to be thermoplastic elastomeric fused-masses, adding respectively gas-foaming agents at 0.2%-10% of thermoplastic elastomeric raw materials, compressive injecting gas-foaming agents respectively into thermoplastic elastomeric fused-masses, fully mixing to form thermoplastic elastomeric gas foamed polymers, and extruding foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers of the at least two colors with an extrusion and injection process and/or co-extruding the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers of the at least two colors by a co-extrusion process into molds to form arbitrarily superposed strips, clamp molds, discharge gas and form.
Claims
1. A manufacturing method of an injection molded integral multicolor thermoplastic elastomeric foamed sole, wherein the foamed sole is of a shape of an integral sole made from thermoplastic elastomeric foaming bodies of at least two color classifications, and on surfaces of the thermoplastic elastomeric foaming bodies of the at least two color classifications are provided grains of a plurality of arbitrarily superposed injection strips; wherein the manufacturing method comprising following steps: (S1): sending respectively thermoplastic elastomer raw materials of different color classifications, lubricants, and foaming auxiliaries to first milling machines of different color classifications, and milling the same in the first milling machines, forming thermoplastic elastomeric fused masses, in the meantime, adding gas foaming agents into the thermoplastic elastomeric fused masses in the first milling machines, maintain hot mixing and forming polymer-gas dispersoid systems; (S2): sending polymer-gas dispersoid systems of different color classifications in S1 respectively to second milling machines of corresponding color classifications for cutting, cooling and pressurizing to form thermoplastic elastomeric gas foaming polymers, sending the thermoplastic elastomeric gas foaming polymers to injection molding machines of corresponding color classifications respectively, to have injection nozzles of the injection molding machines to extrude foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers, and/or have the injection molding machines of at least two color classifications to supply a feeding port of a laminating machine and extrude the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers with at least one injection nozzle of the injection molding machines with co-extrusion technology; pouring quantitatively and simultaneously or sequentially the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers extruded by different injection nozzles of the injection molding machines into a female mold, and form a status of a plurality of arbitrarily superposed layers; and when pouring quantitatively into the female mold sequentially, temperature difference between the next foaming strips of the thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers and last foaming strips of the thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers shall be ?10? C.; and (S3): after completing pouring of the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers of each of the different color classifications, matching the female mold and a male mold, discharge gas therein, and finalize to be the foamed sole.
2. The manufacturing method of the injection molded integral multicolor thermoplastic elastomeric foamed sole according to claim 1, wherein the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers are consisted of one to seven colors; density of the foamed sole is 0.225-0.280 g/cm.sup.3, hardness 40-60 C, and resilience 48%-80%, the first milling machines are double screw extruders, and the second milling machines are single screw extruders.
3. The manufacturing method of the injection molded integral multicolor thermoplastic elastomeric foamed sole according to claim 1, wherein the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers are consisted of one to seven colors; density of the foamed sole is 0.225-0.280 g/cm.sup.3, hardness 40-60 C, and resilience 48%-80%, wherein in an enclosed cavity formed between the male mold and the female mold, at least two housing cavities for different color classifications of the foamed sole are provided by providing dividing grooves and/or dividing edges and/or dividing protrusions and/or dividing recesses.
4. The manufacturing method of the injection molded integral multicolor thermoplastic elastomeric foamed sole according to claim 1, wherein the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers are consisted of one to seven colors; density of the foamed sole is 0.225-0.280 g/cm.sup.3, hardness 40-60 C, and resilience 48%-80%, wherein in step (S2) and (S3), pouring of the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers of each of the different color classifications is done within 60 s.
5. The manufacturing method of the injection molded integral multicolor thermoplastic elastomeric foamed sole according to claim 1, wherein the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers are consisted of one to seven colors; density of the foamed sole is 0.225-0.280 g/cm.sup.3, hardness 40-60 C, and resilience 48%-80%, wherein an area of openings of the injection nozzles of the injection machines is 0.5 mm.sup.2 to 100 mm.sup.2.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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EMBODIMENTS
(5) The subject matter of the embodiments of the present invention is specifically described herein to meet the statutory requirements, but the description is not intended to limit the scope of the claims. The claimed subject matter can be embodied in other ways, can include different elements or steps, and can be used in combination with other existing or coming technologies. Except when individual steps or settings or the order of elements are specifically described, the description should not be construed as implying a specific order between various steps or elements.
(6) Certain embodiments of the present invention are described in the following detailed description with reference to sports shoes. For example, some of the embodiments described herein may be applicable to sports that require lateral movement, such as tennis, basketball, football, badminton, and the like. However, it is emphasized that even in light of such facts, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. On the contrary, the present invention can also be applied to, for example, longitudinal sports shoes and lateral sports shoes, such as basketball shoes, golf shoes, football shoes, hiking shoes or dancing shoes, and other kinds of sports shoes or traditional walking shoes.
(7) In addition, there are many technical implementations, and some of the implementations of the present invention that can be imagined are to be described in more details below. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments specifically described herein.
Embodiment 1
(8) As is shown in
(9) Pouring correspondingly and quantitatively the foaming strips A of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers into a lower part of heel and a lower part of an outer border of vamp of the female mold, during extrusion, moving the female mold against the intercepting perforating injection nozzle of the injection molding machine A to have surfaces of the thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymer foaming body A to be in a state of multiple arbitrarily superposed layers, and reaches a state as shown in
(10) S3: after pouring the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers of all the color classifications, matching the male mold and the female mold, discharging gas therein, and shaping to be the foaming sole, and characteristics of the product group (1) to (4) are shown in Table 3. And as shown in
(11) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Ingredient content in Embodiment 1 Lubricants Foaming A auxiliaries A Gas foaming agent A Group (1) 2% 2% CO.sub.2 3% Group (2) 3% 1% CO.sub.2 3% + isopentane 1% Group (3) 2% 4% CO.sub.2 2% + isopentane 3% Group (4) 1% 5% CO.sub.2 5% Lubricants Foaming B auxiliaries B Gas foaming agent B Group (1) 2.5% 2% CO.sub.2 3% Group (2) 2% 1% CO.sub.2 3% + isopentane 1% Group (3) 3% 4% CO.sub.2 2% + isopentane 3% Group (4) 1.5% 5% CO.sub.2 5%
(12) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Equipment specifications in Embodiment 1 Extrusion temp. of Outlet pressure of Temperature of double screw double screw single screw extruder A (? C.) extruder A (MPa) extruder A T.sub.A (? C.) Group (1) 220 3 190 ? 2 Group (2) 220 5 190 ? 2 Group (3) 200 5 185 ? 2 Group (4) 200 8 185 ? 2 Extrusion temp. of Outlet pressure of Temperature of double screw double screw single screw extruder B (? C.) extruder B (MPa) extruder B T.sub.B (? C.) Group (1) 200 3 185 ? 2 Group (2) 200 5 185 ? 2 Group (3) 180 5 175 ? 2 Group (4) 180 6 175 ? 2
(13) TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Product specifications and parameters in Embodiment 1 Injection Density strips Shock of Hardness Resilience Density Light cushioning foaming of part A Deformation rate of in part A fastness property G sole part and A rate of part part A and A of part value of part A and A (Shore C) A and A (%) and A (%) (line/cm.sup.2) A and A A and A Group 0.265 45~60 24 52~68 8 4 12.5 (1) Group 0.276 48~60 24 52~68 9 4 12 (2) Group 0.243 40~60 23 48~68 8 3-4 14 (3) Group 0.235 42~60 21 48~68 8 3-4 13.5 (4) Density Injection Shock of strips Light cushioning foaming Hardness Deformation Resilience Density fastness property G sole part of part B rate of part rate of in part B of part value of part B (Shore C) B (%) part B (%) (line/cm.sup.2) B B Group 0.253 42~50 25 70~80 3 4 13 (1) Group 0.269 42~50 24 70~80 3 4 13 (2) Group 0.233 40~50 24 65~80 3 4 14 (3) Group 0.230 40~50 22 65~80 2 4 13.5 (4)
Embodiment 2
(14) As shown in
(15) TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Ingredient content in Embodiment 2 Foaming Lubricants A auxiliaries A Gas foaming agent A Group (5) 2% 2% N.sub.2 1% + CO.sub.2 1% + Dimethyl ether 1% Group (6) 3% 1.5% N.sub.2 1% + CO.sub.2 1% + Dimethyl ether 1% Group (7) 2% 3.5% N.sub.2 1% + CO.sub.2 1% + Dimethyl ether 1% Group (8) 1% 2.5% N.sub.2 1% + CO.sub.2 1% + Dimethyl ether 1% Foaming Lubricants B auxiliaries B Gas foaming agent B Group (5) 2.5% 2% CO.sub.2 3% + Dimethyl ether 1% Group (6) 2% 1% CO.sub.2 2% + Dimethyl ether 2% Group (7) 3% 4% CO.sub.2 5% Group (8) 1.5% 5% Dimethyl ether 4% Foaming Lubricants C auxiliaries C Gas foaming agent C Group (5) 3% 2% N.sub.2 1% + CO.sub.2 3% Group (6) 4% 1% N.sub.2 1% + CO.sub.2 3% + isopentane 1% Group (7) 3% 1% N.sub.2 2% + CO.sub.2 1% + isopentane 1% Group (8) 3.5% 2% CO.sub.2 3% + isopentane 3%
(16) TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 Equipment specifications in Embodiment 2 Extrusion temp. Outlet pressure Temperature of of double screw of double screw single screw extruder A (? C.) extruder A (MPa) extruder A T.sub.A (? C.) Group (5) 220 3 190 ? 2 Group (6) 220 2 185 ? 2 Group (7) 210 3 185 ? 2 Group (8) 210 4 188 ? 2 Extrusion temp. Outlet pressure Temperature of of double screw of double screw single screw extruder B (? C.) extruder B (MPa) extruder B T.sub.B (? C.) Group (5) 220 3 185 ? 2 Group (6) 220 5 185 ? 2 Group (7) 195 5 180 ? 2 Group (8) 190 3 183 ? 2 Extrusion temp. Outlet pressure Temperature of of double screw of double screw single screw extruder C (? C.) extruder C (MPa) extruder C T.sub.C (? C.) Group (5) 200 8 185 ? 2 Group (6) 200 4 185 ? 2 Group (7) 195 4 180 ? 2 Group (8) 190 6 177 ? 2
(17) TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 6 product specifications and parameters in Embodiment 2 Injection Density strips Shock of Hardness Resilience Density Light cushioning foaming of part A Deformation rate of in part A fastness property G sole part and A rate of part part A and A of part value of part A and A (Shore C) A and A (%) and A (%) (line/cm.sup.2) A and A A and A Group 0.273 45~60 24 52~68 8 3-4 14 (5) Group 0.280 48~60 24 52~68 9 4 14.5 (6) Group 0.258 40~60 23 48~72 8 4 14 (7) Group 0.262 42~60 24 48~72 8 3-4 13 (8) Density Injection Shock of strips Light cushioning foaming Hardness Deformation Resilience Density fastness property G sole part of part B rate of part rate of in part B of part value of part B (Shore C) B (%) part B (%) (line/cm2) B B Group 0.259 42~50 24 52~72 3 4 13 (5) Group 0.268 42~50 23 52~72 3 3-4 13.5 (6) Group 0.239 40~50 22 50~75 3 3-4 13 (7) Group 0.228 40~50 22 50~75 2 3-4 12.5 (8) Density Injection Shock of strips Light cushioning foaming Hardness Deformation Resilience Density fastness property G sole part of part C rate of part rate of in part C of part value of part C (Shore C) C (%) part C (%) (line/cm2) C C Group 0.263 42~50 25 52~72 3 4 14.5 (5) Group 0.272 42~50 23 52~72 3 4 13 (6) Group 0.270 40~50 25 50~80 3 4 13 (7) Group 0.248 40~50 25 50~80 2 4 14 (8)
Embodiment 3
(18) The present invention discloses a manufacturing method of injection molded integral multicolor thermoplastic elastomeric foaming sole, comprising following steps: In the present embodiment, ingredients of color classification B are as following: Ingredients of color classification A are as follows: Thermoplastic elastomer raw materials A: calculating by weight by percentage, TPU (thermoplastic polyolefine elastomer); Lubricants A: oligomeric fatty acid esters Foaming auxiliaries A: HFC-245FA Gas foaming agents A: carbon dioxide, dimethyl ether; Wherein, addition percentage of the lubricants A, the foaming auxiliaries A and the gas foaming agents A is calculated by total weight of the thermoplastic elastomer raw materials A; Thermoplastic elastomer raw materials B: TPU (thermoplastic polyolefine elastomer): TPAE (thermoplastic polyester elastomer)=4:1; Lubricants B: nonpolar PE wax Foaming auxiliaries B: HFC-245FA Gas foaming agents B: carbon dioxide and/or heptane; Wherein, addition percentage of the lubricants B, the foaming auxiliaries B and the gas foaming agents B is calculated by total weight of the thermoplastic elastomer raw materials B; Ingredients of color classification C are as following: Thermoplastic elastomer raw materials C: calculated by weight ratio, TPU (thermoplastic polyolefine elastomer): TPAE (thermoplastic polyester elastomer)=4:1; Lubricants C: wax; Foaming auxiliaries C: SaKai F1-90D; Gas foaming agents C: carbon dioxide and/or heptane and/or nitrogen; Wherein, addition percentage of the lubricants C, the foaming auxiliaries C and the gas foaming agents C is calculated by total weight of the thermoplastic elastomer raw materials C; Manufacturing with the foregoing ingredients at a proportion as stipulated in Table 7, equipment specifications in Table 8 and following steps S1 to S3, specifically in the following manner: S1: sending the thermoplastic elastomer raw materials, the lubricants and the foaming auxiliaries to a double screw extruder A according to specifications of color classification A in Table 7, milling the same in the double screw extruder A to form thermoplastic elastomeric fused mass A, in the meantime, infusing gas foaming agents A into the thermoplastic elastomeric fused mass A in the double screw extruder A according to a volume ratio of the gas foaming agents A and the thermoplastic elastomer A, maintaining hot mixing and forming a polymer-gas dispersoid system A of corresponding color classification; Sending the thermoplastic elastomer raw materials, the lubricants and the foaming auxiliaries to a double screw extruder B according to specifications of color classification B in Table 7, milling the same in the double screw extruder B to form thermoplastic elastomeric fused mass B, infusing gas foaming agents B into the thermoplastic elastomeric fused mass B in the double screw extruder B according to a volume ratio of the gas foaming agents B and the thermoplastic elastomer B, maintaining hot mixing and forming a polymer-gas dispersoid system B of corresponding color classification; And sending the thermoplastic elastomer raw materials, the lubricants and the foaming auxiliaries to a double screw extruder C according to specifications of color classification C in Table 7, milling the same in the double screw extruder C to form thermoplastic elastomeric fused mass C, infusing gas foaming agents C into the thermoplastic elastomeric fused mass C in the double screw extruder C according to a volume ratio of the gas foaming agents C and the thermoplastic elastomer C, maintaining hot mixing and forming a polymer-gas dispersoid system C of corresponding color classification; S2: sending the polymer-gas dispersoid system A in S1 to a single screw extruder A for cutting, cooling and pressurizing to form thermoplastic elastomeric gas foaming polymers A, cooling until the temperature is T.sub.A, T.sub.MA?15? C.?T.sub.A?T.sub.MA+20? C. (T.sub.MA is a melting point of the thermoplastic elastomer raw materials A), sending to an injection molding machine A, and extruding foaming strips A of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers at an extruding temperature of T.sub.A and with an intercepting perforated injection nozzle of the injection molding machine a with an area of the injection nozzle 10 mm.sup.2; Sending the polymer-gas dispersoid system B in S1 to a single screw extruder B for cutting, cooling and pressurizing to form thermoplastic elastomeric gas foaming polymers B, cooling until the temperature is T.sub.B, T.sub.MB?15? C.?T.sub.B?T.sub.MB+20? C. (T.sub.MB is a mixed melting point of thermoplastic elastomer raw material B) and sending to an injection molding machine B; Sending the polymer-gas dispersoid system C in S1 to a single screw extruder C for cutting, cooling and pressurizing to form thermoplastic elastomeric gas foaming polymers C, cooling until the temperature is T.sub.C, T.sub.MC?15? C.?T.sub.C?T.sub.MC+20? C. (T.sub.MC is a mixed melting point thermoplastic elastomer raw material C), sending to an injection molding machine C, and controlling a temperature difference between T.sub.B and T.sub.C to be in a range of ?5? C. Supplying the thermoplastic elastomeric gas foaming polymers B and the thermoplastic elastomeric gas foaming polymers C to a laminating machine, and co-extruding the foaming strips BC of mixed thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers with both color B and color C by an intercepting single hole injection nozzle with an area of injection nozzle 20 mm.sup.2 with co-extrusion technology; In the same time, extruding the foaming strips A of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers at an extrusion temperature of T.sub.A and with the intercepting perforated injection nozzle of the injection molding machine A 10 mm.sup.2, and injection the same to a half sole in the female mold; extruding the foaming strips BC of mixed thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers at an extrusion temperature of T.sub.BC and with the intercepting single hole injection nozzle of the laminating machine 20 mm.sup.2 and injecting the same at a heel part; and after pouring, visually, surfaces of the thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymer foaming bodies BC corresponding to the heel part in the female mold appear to be in a state of multiple arbitrarily superposed overlaying and blending strips of color B and color C; S3: after pouring the foaming strips of thermoplastic elastomeric gas polymers of each color classification, matching the female mold and the male mold, discharging gas therein, and forming to be the foaming sole, and characteristics of the finished product groups (9) to (11) are shown in Table 9. And as shown in
(19) TABLE-US-00007 TABLE 7 Ingredient content in Embodiment 3 Lubricants Foaming A auxiliaries A Gas foaming agent A Group (9) 2% 2% CO.sub.2 2% + Dimethyl ether 1% Group (10) 3% 1.5% CO.sub.2 2% + Dimethyl ether 1% Group (11) 2% 3.5% CO.sub.2 2% + Dimethyl ether 1% Group (12) 1% 2.5% CO.sub.2 2% + Dimethyl ether 1% Lubricants Foaming B auxiliaries B Gas foaming agent B Group (9) 2.5% 2% CO.sub.2 3% + heptane 1% Group (10) 2% 1% CO.sub.2 2% + heptane 2% Group (11) 3% 4% CO.sub.2 5% Group (12) 1.5% 5% heptane 4% Lubricants Foaming C auxiliaries C Gas foaming agent C Group (9) 3% 2% N.sub.2 1% + CO.sub.2 3% Group (10) 4% 1% N.sub.2 1% + CO.sub.2 3% + heptane 1% Group (11) 3% 1% N.sub.2 2% + CO.sub.2 1% + heptane 1% Group (12) 3.5% 2% CO.sub.2 3% + heptane 3%
(20) TABLE-US-00008 TABLE 8 Equipment specifications in Embodiment 3 Extrusion temp. Outlet pressure Temperature of of double screw of double screw single screw extruder A (? C.) extruder A (MPa) extruder A T.sub.A (? C.) Group (9) 220 3 190 ? 2 Group 220 2 185 ? 2 (10) Group 210 3 185 ? 2 (11) Group 210 4 188 ? 2 (12) Extrusion temp. Outlet pressure Temperature of of double screw of double screw single screw extruder B (? C.) extruder B (MPa) extruder B T.sub.B (? C.) Group (9) 220 3 185 ? 2 Group 220 5 185 ? 2 (10) Group 195 4 180 ? 2 (11) Group 190 3 183 ? 2 (12) Extrusion temp. Outlet pressure Temperature of of double screw of double screw single screw extruder C (? C.) extruder C (MPa) extruder C T.sub.C (? C.) Group (9) 220 3 185 ? 2 Group 220 5 185 ? 2 (10) Group 195 4 180 ? 2 (11) Group 190 3 183 ? 2 (12)
(21) TABLE-US-00009 TABLE 9 Product specifications and parameters in Embodiment 3 Injection Density strips Shock of Hardness Resilience Density Light cushioning foaming of part A Deformation rate of in part A fastness property G sole part and A rate of part part A and A of part value of part A and A (Shore C) A and A (%) and A (%) (line/cm.sup.2) A and A A and A Group 0.236 40~48 23 52~76 3 4 13.5 (9) Group 0.248 42~50 24 50~76 3 3-4 12.5 (10) Group 0.225 40~48 23 50~78 3 3-4 13.5 (11) Group 0.245 42~50 22 50~78 2 3-4 12 (12) Density Injection Shock of Resilience strips Light cushioning foaming Hardness Deformation rate of Density fastness property G sole of mixed rate of mixed in mixed of value of mixed part BC mixed part part BC part BC mixed mixed part part BC (Shore C) BC (%) (%) (line/cm2) part BC BC Group 0.281 45~60 25 52~68 8 3-4 14 (9) Group 0.269 48~60 23 52~68 9 4 13.5 (10) Group 0.252 40~60 23 48~68 8 4 14 (11) Group 0.259 42~60 24 48~68 8 3-4 14.5 (12)
(22) In the foregoing embodiments: Inspection method of density of foaming sole is based on ASTM-D3574; Inspection method of hardness is based on GB/T 10807-22006; Inspection method of compressed deformity is based on GB/T 6669-2008; Inspection method of resilience is based on GB/T 6670-2008; Inspection method of light fastness is based on DB35/T 1691-2017; and Inspection of shock cushioning properties is based on GB/T 30907-2014.
(23) In the different settings or components described in the drawings and the foregoing description, components and steps not shown or described are still possible. Similarly, some features and sub-combinations are useful, and can be used without reference to other features and sub-combinations. The embodiments of the present invention are for illustrative purposes, not for limiting the present invention, and alternative embodiments are obvious to readers of this patent. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the description given above or the drawings, and various implementations and improvements not departing from the protection scope of the appended claims are still possible.