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TPU-Silicone TPVs

Patent Title: THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPOSITION, THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, SHOE MATERIAL AND WEARABLE APPARATUS

 Number/Link: US2017 /0015825

Applicant/Assignee: Evermore Chem. Ind.

Publication date: 19-jan-2017

“Gist”: A blend of TPU and unsaturated silicone gum is dynamically vulcanized

Why it is interesting: A thermoplastic polyurethane is blended (in a kneader) with 1 to 5% w/w of double-unsaturated silicone rubber gum. The blend is then dynamically vulcanized by extruding (and pelletizing) it together with a peroxide curing agent like e.g. 1,3-bis-(t-butylperoxyisopropyl)benzene. The resulting thermoplastic is said to have improved slip resistance without reducing the TPU properties like abrasion resitance and is therefore said to be especially useful for the production of shoe-soles. It is ‘contemplated’ that the resulting material is a semi-IPN, but (i.m.o.) it is more likely that a seperate crosslinked silicone  phase -and therefore a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV)- is formed.

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1,3-bis-(t-butylperoxyisopropyl)benzene

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by Gerhard Bleys on January 23, 2017  •  Permalink
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on January 23, 2017

https://purpatents.com/2017/01/23/tpu-silicone-tpvs/

Melt-Dispersed Polymer Polyols

Title: PROCESS FOR MAKING A POLYMER POLYOL

 Number/Link: WO2015/165761  (German)

Applicant/Assignee: BASF

Publication date: 5-11-2015

“Gist”: Polymer polyols are prepared by melt-dispersing SAN into a carrier polyol using a specific stabilizer

Why it is interesting: Polymer polyols, or ‘graft polyols’, contain finely dispersed polymeric particles and are especially useful for the production of flexible polyurethane foams.  Usually polymer polyols are produced by in-situ polymerization of styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN)- or polyurea particles in a carrier polyol. In this invention, polymer polyols are prepared by dispersing molten SAN into a carrier polyol using shear mixing and a specific stabilizer.  The stabilizer is a (preferably) comb-shaped polyol-SAN copolymer, and is described in another BASF application: WO2015/165878. The polymer polyols are said to have a fine and uniform particle size distribution, a low viscosity and a high stability against segregation.

SAN

SAN

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by Gerhard Bleys on November 6, 2015  •  Permalink
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on November 6, 2015

https://purpatents.com/2015/11/06/melt-dispersed-polymer-polyols/

Crosslinking TPU with Isocyanates.

Title: POLYURETHANE ON THE BASIS OF SOFT THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE

 Number/Link: US2014/0094571

Applicant/Assignee: BASF

Publication date: 3-04-2014 (priority PCT/DE)

“Gist”: A soft TPU is crosslinked using isocyanate dissolved in another TPU.

Why it is interesting: Crosslinking thermoplastic polyurethane parts to improve certain mechanical- and creep properties is known. In this case the crosslinking agent is an isocyanate with a functionality larger than 2, preferably an MDI prepolymer.  The isocyanate is dissolved in another TPU by melt blending in a twin-screw extruder at a temperature below 160°C and pelletizing. Pellets of a soft, polyester-based, TPU with a hardblock content less than 5% are mixed with the isocyanate-containing pellets, injection moulded and post-cured to crosslink the moulded part.

A TPU phone case.

TPU phone case.

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by Gerhard Bleys on April 7, 2014  •  Permalink
Posted in Elastomers, Isocyanates and Prepolymers, Thermoplastics
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Posted by Gerhard Bleys on April 7, 2014

https://purpatents.com/2014/04/07/crosslinking-tpu-with-isocyanates/

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