DISPENSE AND CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COATING AN INJECTION MOLDED ARTICLE

摘要

A method of injection molding and in-mold coating an article is provided. A molten resin is injected into a molding cavity (16) until the molding cavity (16) is substantially filled. The injected molten resins is allowed to cool in the molding cavity (16) to form a molded article. A coating composition is injected into the molding cavity (16) and onto the molded article to in-mold coat the molded article when at least a surface to be coated of the molded article has reaches a modulus sufficient to support the coating composition.