Polyurethane for Filament Winding

Patent Title: FILAMENT WINDING PROCESSES USING POLYURETHANE RESINS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING COMPOSITES

 Number/Link: W2016183073

Applicant/Assignee: Covestro

Publication date: 17-11-2016

Gist”: Compositions comprising polymeric MDI, amine-initated polyethers and natural oil polyols are useful for filament winding

Why it is interesting: Filament winding is a process for the production of hollow composite structures whereby resin-impregnated fibers are wound on a mandrel and then cured. Typically the fibers are impregnated with polyesters or epoxies.  Polyurethane compositions are difficult to use in this process because of reactivity and moisture sensitivity. According to this invention an isocyanate reactive composition comprising at least 50% high functionality amine-initiated polyether polyols and up to 50% of a hydrophobic OH-functional vegetable oil, can be advantageously used for PU filament winding. In the examples blends of 3 and 4-functional amine-initated polyether polyols with mole weight of about 250, castor oil, or OH-functional soy-oil, are used together with a high 2,4′ polymeric MDI.

Filanent winding process

Filanent winding process

Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes from Sucrose-Fatty Acid Esters

Patent Title: BIOBASED CYCLIC CARBONATE FUNCTIONAL RESINS AND POLYURETHANE THERMOSETS THEREFROM

 Number/Link: US2016/0312060

Applicant/Assignee: NDSU

Publication date: 27-10-2016

Gist”: Epoxidized sucrose-fatty acid esters are reacted with CO2, then with polyamines

Why it is interesting:  Esters of unsaturated fatty acids and sucrose have been known since the 1960s and are useful in e.g. coatings.  Highly subsituted sucrose esters with an average of 7.7 fatty acid chains per molecule, a molecular weight of about 2400 and a relatively low viscosity of 300-400 mPa.s are commercially available. According to this invention, epoxidized sucrose-fatty acid esters can be further reacted with carbon dioxide resulting in a resin with a ‘pluraility’ of cyclocarbonate groups. Curing with polyamines results in highly crosslinked poly(hydroxyurethanes) useful for coatings, composites and adhesives.

Epoxidized sucrose-fatty acid ester

Epoxidized sucrose-fatty acid ester

 

 

PET-Lignin Polyols

Patent Title: HIGH RECYCLE CONTENT POLYOLS FROM THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTERS AND LIGNIN OR TANNIN

 Number/Link: WO2016/118411

Applicant/Assignee: Resinate Materials Group

Publication date: 28-07-2016

Gist”: PET is glycolized and then reacted with lignin or tannin

Why it is interesting: This application is about ‘sustainable’ aromatic polyester polyols partly based on recycled materials and partly on biorenewable materials. According to the invention the polyols can be prepared by first glycolizing (waste) PET and subsequently reacting the mixture with lignin at 110-210°C while removing volatile condensation products.  The resulting polyols (pref) show a OH value between 40 and 400 mg KOH/g, a fn of 2-2.2 and a viscosity at 25°C of 500 to 3000 cP. In the examples polyols with up to 25 wt% lignin are shown. The polyols are said to be useful e.g. in 2K PU coating compositions.

Part of a lignin structure

Part of a lignin structure

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