Powder slush molding

Other material systems are finding increased usage. A blend of SMA and HIPS is used in automotive dashboard parts. PVC/ABS blends are used for powder slush molding of IP skins. 

Rotoflex, Powder slush molding compound, CONDEA Vista Co. 

They can be processed by techniques commonly used for thermoplastics, such as extrusion, injection molding, rotational molding, dip, slush molding, and powder and fluidized bed coating,16 and can be expanded into foams.17 Compression and transfer molding of FEP resins can be done, but with some difficulty. Extrusion of PEP is used for primary insulation or cable jackets and for tubing and films. 

US 20120172534 Al, Powdered thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer exrmposition fra- slush molding processes... 

Slush molding n. The preferred term for the process resembling slush casting but employing dry, sinterable powders. 

Slush molding Powdered or liquid thermoplastic material is... 

Plastisols and organosols - PVC powders are dissolved in solvent (organosol) or dispersed in plasticizer (plastisol), and fillers are added in conventional slow speed mixers. The resultant viscous liqtrids arc used to rotationally cast, slush mold or dip articles. Mineral fillers arc used to increase stifihess and hardness, reduce tackiness and reduce costs, although they may increase viscosity and reduce shelf life. 

The rapid growth of dry powder, PVC slush molding of interior skins in both the European and North American fleets began in the early 1990s as illustrated in Figure 4. 

Shell molding n. In metal foundries, a process of casting metal objects in thin molds made from sand or a ceramic powder mixed with a thermosetting-resin binder. Some authors have misused the term by equating it to plastics processes such as dipping and slush casting. 

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