Hot-melt magnetic tape, cloth-like material for foam molding and method for producing the same, method for producing foam molded composite, and vehicle seat

A cloth-like material for foam molding, formed by impregnating and fixing a hot-melt magnetic material on a part of a surface of a nonwoven fabric, wherein

• (i) the hot-melt magnetic material has a ring and ball softening point of 105° C. or more and 140° C. or less, and
• (ii) the hot-melt magnetic material includes:
• a thermoplastic resin containing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A);
• and a magnetic powder (C), and optionally further includes a wax (B), wherein 20 to 80% by mass of the component (A), 0 to 8% by mass of the component (B), and 15 to 80% by mass of the component (C) are contained in 100% by mass in total of the component (A), component (B), and component (C), and a structural unit derived from a vinyl acetate monomer for the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A) accounts for 15 to 30% by mass.

A method for producing a cloth-like material for foam molding, the method comprising:

• a fixing step of placing a hot-melt magnetic tape extending in a longitudinal direction on a surface of nonwoven fabric, and fixing the hot-melt magnetic tape in a desired part of the nonwoven fabric through heating;
• a dividing step of dividing a fixed portion of the hot-melt magnetic tape to the nonwoven fabric by the fixing step and a non-fixed portion of the hot-melt magnetic tape;
• and
• a step of setting the nonwoven fabric in which the hot-melt magnetic tape has been fixed in a mold, and processing and molding the nonwoven fabric three-dimensionally through heating, wherein
• the hot-melt magnetic tape includes a magnetic layer formed from a hot-melt magnetic material, and wherein
• (i) the hot-melt magnetic material has a ring and ball softening point of 100° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, and
• (ii) the hot-melt magnetic material contains:
• a thermoplastic resin containing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (A);
• and a magnetic powder (C), and optionally further contains a wax (B), and also contains 20 to 80% by mass of the component (A), 0 to 8% by mass of the component (B), and 15 to 80% by mass of the component (C) in total of 100% by mass of the component (A), component (B), and component (C), and
• the fixing step and the dividing step are performed alternately to fix a hot-melt magnetic material at a desired position of the nonwoven fabric while dividing the hot-melt magnetic tape into each of the fixed portion.