Shortening of the molding time by shifting from thermosetting resign molding to thermoplastic molding.
Contributing to cost reduction since preforming and injection are performed in one process, and the undercut, rib and boss shapes can be formed simultaneously.
Quality improvement of the product design surface through heating and cooling molding.

Molding cycle: 5 minutes → 1 minute
Cost for assembling other parts can be eliminated

Previously, products made of thermosetting materials represented a majority of products requiring strength and design.
The biggest advantage of products made of thermosetting materials is that the surface of the molding can be used as the design surface as-is.
However, they have disadvantages such as a long molding cycle, a poor product yield, and the need for assembling other parts for the rib, boss and undercut shapes.
An increasing number of products have shifted to thermoplastic materials, though not all.

One of the advantages of thermoplastic hybrid molding is that the molding cycle can be shortened since preforming and molding can be performed in one process with a cycle equivalent to resin-only molding.
Since the process is injection molding, the rib shape as well as the boss shape and the undercut shape can be simultaneously formed for any part having insufficient strength. A post-process assembly can be eliminated.
The quality of the design surface is currently inferior to that of thermosetting material. The company is pursuing the development aimed at achieving a product at the highest possible level by using heating and cooling molding technology.