Patent ID: 8101112
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: B29C,C08L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a molded article, characterized in that the process includes the steps of mixing a plant material, water and a thermoplastic resin to obtain a molding material, and injecting said molding material in a molding die and molding said molding material with said molding die to obtain the molded article, in said mixing step, said plant material containing lignin in an amount of 10% by mass or more when the total amount of said plant material is taken as 100% by mass, and said plant material having a particle diameter of 24 through 48 mesh, is used as said plant material, said thermoplastic resin is mixed in an amount of 5 to 50% by mass, and said plant material is mixed in an amount of 50 to 95% by mass when the total amount of said thermoplastic resin and said plant material is taken as 100% by mass, said water is mixed in an amount of 5 to 200% by mass based on 100% by mass of said plant material, and said plant material, said water and said thermoplastic resin are mixed while thermofusing said thermoplastic resin.