RAPID CURING EPOXY-RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FIBER-MATRIX SEMIFINISHED PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240327582A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18744355

    申请日:2024-06-14

    摘要: The present invention relates to an epoxy-resin composition as matrix component for sheet molding compounds (SMC) and/or bulk molding compounds (BMC), comprising a resin component comprising at least one epoxy resin and a hardener component comprising at least one aminoalkylimidazole compound, at least one diazabicycloalkylen compound and at least one latent hardener. In said epoxy-resin composition, the amount of the aminoalkylimidazole compounds used is in the range from 0.007 to 0.025 mol per mole of epoxy groups of the entire composition. The invention also relates to a fiber-matrix-semifinished-product composition (SMC composition or BMC composition) with, as matrix component, the epoxy-resin composition mentioned, and with, suspended therein, short reinforcement fibers with an average length of from 0.3 to 5.0 cm. The invention also relates to the corresponding semisolid fiber-matrix composite, in particular to the semisolid SMC and to the corresponding cured fiber-matrix semifinished product, in particular the cured SMC.

    PROCESSES FOR FORMING BISPHENOLS, EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240294701A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18115625

    申请日:2023-02-28

    发明人: Mark KAPELLEN

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to processes for forming bisphenols and epoxy resin compositions. In an embodiment, a process for making an epoxy resin composition is provided. The process includes reacting a mixture comprising a catalyst, a monophenol, and an aldehyde or ketone, the mixture comprising a stoichiometric excess of the aldehyde or ketone to the monophenol, and forming a reaction product with the reaction mixture, the reaction product comprising a bisphenol. The process further includes removing water and unreacted aldehyde or ketone from the reaction product, and converting the reaction product comprising the bisphenol to an epoxy resin composition, wherein, after reacting the mixture and before converting the reaction product, the process is free of washing, drying, solid-liquid separation, or combinations thereof.