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US 6,884,385 B2Granted
Colorization pellet for injection molding process
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsRobert A MacRae, Sammy D. Shepherd, Ryan M Deboer
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Abstract
A colorization pellet includes a pellet body formed of a material having a predetermined color and a plurality of fibers in the pellet body. A plurality of reflective devices are attached to the fibers whereby when the colorization pellet is combined with a plastic molding compound during an injection molding process to form a part, the formed part has a metallic appearance.
Claims3
A method for producing a plastic component having a metallic appearance by injection molding comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a plurality of colorization pellets to an injection molding extruder, the pellets being formed of a colored material and a plurality of fibers each having reflective devices attached thereto;
- b) providing a plastic molding material to the extruder;
- c) operating the extruder to mix the colored material, the fibers and the plastic molding material together into a molding compound;
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- d) forming the molding compound into plastic components each having a metallic appearance.
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