Abstract:
Compositions for bonding elastomeric, amorphous, saturated copolymers of ethylene with an alpha-olefin to natural or synthetic fibres or articles made therefrom comprise graft polymers of grafting maleic acid on such copolymers, emulsified with water in the presence of a non-ionic and of an anionic surface-active agent to produce a latex, which is mixed with an aqueous dispersion of a phenolformaldehyde resin and matured. The article may be in the form of fabrics, yarns, cords or other manufactured textile articles, tyres, belt conveyers, drive belts made from, say, cotton, nylon, polyester or cellulose fibres. The copolymer may be ethylene with propylene or butene-1, or those disclosed in Specification 856,736 or 856,737. The grafting may be carried out in the presence of an organic peroxide. The non-ionic surfactant may be a polyoxyethylated alkyl phenol, or polyoxyethylated alcohols of formula R(OCH.R1CHR1)nOH where R is an alkyl group, R1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group, and n is 4 to 10. The anionic surfactant may be sodium lauryl sulphate, a sodium salt of a polyoxyethylated phenol, or sodium or potassium oleate, palmitate or steorate. The latex may be obtained by emulsifying an hydrocarbon solution containing the grafted copolymer with an aqueous solution of the surfactants and removing the hydrocarbon solvent from the emulsion say by distillation. A creaming agent such as carboxymethylcellulose may be present in the emulsion. The phenol formaldehyde resin may be a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin. The matured mixture may be applied by immersion, spreading or friction and the treated article dried under an air current. The vulcanizing agents such as organic peroxides, e.g. alpha, alpha1-bis (tert. butyl-peroxy) diisopropylbenzene may be incorporated in the copolymer, and the applied mix of copolymer and vulcanizing agent may contain free radical acceptors such as sulphur, reinforcing fillers, and other additives such as carbon black. In the examples a square rayon fabric is adhered to ethylene-propylene copolymer for the manufacture of tape.ALSO:An elastomeric, amorphous, saturated copolymer of ethylene with an alpha-olefin is bonded to a natural or synthetic fibre or an article made therefrom by grafting maleic acid on to the copolymer, emulsifying the resulting graft copolymer with water in the presence of a nonionic and of an anionic surface active agent to produce a latex, mixing the resulting latex with an aqueous dispersion of a phenol-formaldehyde resin, maturing the resulting mixture applying the matured mixture on to the natural or synthetic fibre or the article, applying a mixture of the copolymer with a vulcanizing agent on to the natural or synthetic fibre or the article to which the mature mixture has already been applied, and vulcanizing the natural or synthetic fibre or the article. The article may be in the form of fabrics, yarns, cords or other manufactured textile articles, tyres, belt conveyors, drive belts made from say cotton, nylon, polyester or cellulose fibres. The copolymer may be ethylene with propylene or butene-1, or those disclosed in Specification 856736 or 856737. The grafting may be carried out in the presence of an organic peroxide. The non-ionic surfactant may be a polyoxyethylated alkyl phenol, or polyoxyethylated alcohols of formula R(OCH.R\svCHR\sv)n OH where R is an alkyl group, R\sv is hydrogen or an alkyl group, and n is 4 to 10. The anionic surfactant may be sodium lauryl sulphate, a sodium salt of a polyoxyethylated phenol, or sodium or potassium oleate, palmitate or steorate. The latex may be obtained by emulsifying a hydrocarbon solution containing the grafted copolymer with an aqueous solution of the surfactants and removing the hydrocarbon solvent from the emulsion say by distillation. A creaming agent such as carboxymethylcellulose may be present in the emulsion. The phenol formaldehyde resin may be a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin. The matured mixture may be applied by immersion, spreading or friction and the treated article dried under an air current. The vulcanizing agents may be organic peroxides e.g. alpha, alpha\sv - bis (tert. butyl-peroxy) diisopropylbenzene. The applied mix of copolymer and vulcanizing agent may contain free radical acceptors such as sulphur, reinforcing fillers, and other additives such as carbon black. In the examples a square rayon fabric is adhered to ethylene-propylene copolymer for the manufacture of tape.ALSO:An elastomeric, amorphous, saturated copolymer of ethylene with an alpha-olefin is bonded to a natural or synthetic fibre or an article made therefrom by grafting maleic acid on to the copolymer, emulsifying the resulting graft copolymer with water in the presence of a non-ionic and of an anionic surface active agent to produce a latex, mixing the resulting latex with an aqueous dispersion of a phenolformaldehyde resin, maturing the resulting mixture applying the matured mixture on to the natural or synthetic fibre or the article, applying a mixture of the copolymer with a vulcanizing agent on to the natural or synthetic fibre or the article to which the mature mixture has already been applied, and vulcanizing the natural or synthetic fibre or the article. The article may be in the form of fabrics, yarns, cords or other manufactured textile articles, tyres, belt conveyors, drive belts made from say cotton, nylon, polyester or cellulose fibres. The copolymer may be ethylene with propylene or butene-1, those disclosed in Specification 856736 or 856737. The grafting may be carried out in the presence of an organic peroxide. The non-ionic surfactant may be a polyoxyethylated alkyl phenol, or polyoxyethylated alcohols of formula R(OCH.R\svCHR\sv)nOH where R is an alkyl group, R\sv is hydrogen or an alkyl group, and n is 4 to 10. The anionic surfactant may be sodium lauryl sulphate, a sodium salt of a polyoxyethylated phenol, or sodium or potassium oleate, palmitate or stearate. The latex may be obtained by emulsifying a hydrocarbon solution containing the grafted copolymer with an aqueous solution of the surfactants and removing the hydrocarbon solvent from the emulsion say by distillation. A creaming agent such as a carboxymethylcellulose may be present in the emulsion. The phenol formaldehyde resin may be a resorcinolformaldehyde resin. The matured mixture may be applied by immersion, spreading or friction and the treated article dried under an air current. The vulcanizing agents may be organic peroxides, e.g. alpha, alpha\sv-bis(tert. butylperoxy)diisopropylbenzene. The applied mix of copolymer and vulcanizing agent may contain free radical acceptors such as sulphur, reinforcing fillers, and other additives such as carbon black. In the Examples a square rayon fabric is adhered to ethylene-propylene copolymer for the manufacture of tape.
Abstract:
An improved process for bonding natural or synthetic fibers to elastomeric copolymers of ethylene and higher alpha-olefins or to terpolymers of ethylene, higher alpha-olefins and cyclic or acyclic dienes having non-conjugated double bonds is disclosed. The process comprises coating the fibers with an aqueous dispersion of phenol-aldehyde resin and a latex of an elastomeric ethylene copolymer or terpolymer as defined above which is grafted with an acid, water-soluble vinyl or vinylidene monomer, the aqueous dispersion having been allowed to mature for from 10 to 80 hours after preparation thereof. After the fibers are coated with the aqueous dispersion and dried, an elastomeric ethylene copolymer or terpolymer as defined above and containing a vulcanizing agent is contacted therewith and vulcanized thereon.
Abstract:
VULCANIZABLE HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT ELASTOMER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING (1) A HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT VULCANIZABLE ELASTOMER SELECTED FROM (A) SATURATED COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE AND PROPYLENE OR BUTENE-1, AND (B) LOW-UNSATURATION TERPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE, PROPYLENE AND A NON-CONJUGATED POLYENE, (2) AN EXTENDER COMPRISING FROM ABOUT 1 TO 90 PARTS OF SUBSTANTIALLY AMORPHOUS POLYPROPYLENE PER 100 PARTS OF SAID VULCANIZABLE ELASTOMER; AND (3) A CURING AGENT.
Abstract:
Polyolefin fibres consisting of isotactic macronolecules have elastomeric, saturated and amorphous ethylene-alpha-olefine copolymers adhesively bonded thereto by applying directly to the fibres a mix of an ethylene-alpha-olefine copolymer containing a curing agent and a reinforcing filler and heating the whole to a temperature sufficient to vulcanize the copolymer mix without melting the polyolefin fibre. The copolymer may be a copolymer of ethylene with propylene or butene-1. The mix can be used as a foamed, spongy product. The fibre may be formed from isotactic polyproylene. The curing agent may be organic peroxides admixed with coagents acting as free radical acceptors such as sulphur, quinonimide compounds, furfural and derivatives thereof, maleic acid, anhydride. The reinforcing filler may be carbon black, or mineral fillers. The mix may be subjected to a thermo-mechanical pre-treatment prior to the addition of the curing agent.ALSO:Polyolefin fibres consisting mainly of isotactic macromolecules or articles obtained therefrom, have elastomeric, saturated and amorphous ethylene-alpha-olefine copolymers adhesively bonded thereto by applying directly to the fibres or articles a mix of an ethylene-alphaolefine copolymer containing a curing agent and a reinforcing filler and heating the whole to a temperature sufficient to vulcanize the copolymer mix without melting the polyolefin fibre. The mix copolymer may be a copolymer of ethylene with propylene or butene 1 obtained by copolymerizing the monomers in the presence of organometallic compounds of aluminium e.g. AlEt3, AlEt2Cl and Al(iso Bu)3, and soluble or dispersed vanadium compounds e.g. VCl4, VOCl3, VAc3 where Ac is acetylacetone, and may have a Mol. Wt. of 50,000 to 500,000 and an ethylene content of 20 to 80% mols. The mix can be used as such or in the form of a foamed, spongy product. The fibre may be formed from polypropylene consisting mainly of isotactic macromolecules obtained through polymerization of the monomer in the presence of stereospecific catalysts consisting of aluminium organometallic compounds such as AlEt3, AlEt2Cl, and titanium compounds such as TiCl3. The curing agents may be organic peroxides, admixed with coagents acting as free radical acceptors such as sulphur, quinonimide compounds, furfurol and its derivatives. Other coagents may be maleic acid, maleic anhydride and other maleic derivatives. Reinforcing fillers may be carbon black or mineral fillers. When a white mineral filler is used, the mix may be subjected to a thermo-mechanical pre-treatment prior to the addition of the curing agents. Other additives may be used in the mix e.g. neutralizing substances for acidic fillers, dyes. In Examples, fabrics for conveyor belts, satin fabrics and fabrics for tapestry are treated.