Abstract:
Flame-retardant synthetic resin articles and methods of making the same are provided whereby flame-retardant SAP particles are incorporated into synthetic resins, especially curable thermosettable resins. The SAP particles are most preferably hydrated with an aqueous flame-retardant solution. In this regard, the flame-retardant solution may consist essentially of water alone or a water solution containing one or more water soluble inorganic flame retardants. When SAP particles are hydrated with an aqueous inorganic flame retardant solution, the SAP particles may thereafter be dried to remove substantially the water component. In such a manner, the inorganic flame retardant will remain as a dried residue physically entrained within the SAP particles. As such, the SAP particles serve as a physical matrix in which the inorganic flame retardant is homogenously dispersed. The SAP particles may then be blended with a synthetic resin as is or alternatively may be ground into more finely divided particles which contain the dried residue of the aqueous inorganic flame retardant solution and then blended with a suitable synthetic resin.
Abstract:
A heat-shrinkable film and a method of its manufacture are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a polystyrene film exhibits heat-induced growth in the cross direction of great than or equal to 5% with greater than or equal to 30% concomitant shrinkage in the machine direction. The films may comprise crystal polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, and/or elastomers. A method of manufacture is disclosed which includes a post-extrusion temperature conditioning step.
Abstract:
A heat-shrinkable film and a method of its manufacture are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a polystyrene film exhibits heat-induced growth in the cross direction of great than or equal to 5% with greater than or equal to 30% concomitant shrinkage in the machine direction. The films may comprise crystal polystyrene, high impact polystyrene, and/or elastomers. A method of manufacture is disclosed which includes a post-extrusion temperature conditioning step.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the production of three-dimensional articles by stereolithography using a radiation-curable composition having at least one cationically polymerizable compound and/or at least one free radical polymerizable compound, at least one filler material and at least one photoinitiator for cationic and/or radical polymerization. An organic viscosity stabilizer material is brought into contact with the composition to substantially delay or prevent undesirable viscosity increase and subsequently premature polymerization. A filler material is added to the composition in an effective amount to at least delay or prevent a significant increase in viscosity and polymerization.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of producing a multi-layer, preferably two-layer, sandwich of a foamed polystyrene film with a co-extruded unfoamed film, in particular for further working into labels or shaped bodies utilizing the shrinkability of the films, in which a polystyrene resin composition, together with nitrogen as expansion agent and a pore-former, is extruded out of the nozzle of an extruder and the extruded composition is expanded prior to cooling to below the softening point. In order to obtain a production of foamed polystyrene films which is economical as to material and is as unsusceptible to breakdown as possible and also as insensitive to aging as possible and readily printable, the invention proposes that, as expansion agent, there be used exclusively per kilogram of foamed film 1/30 to 1/50 nitrogen (measured in standard liters) of the weight per unit area of the film (measured in grams per square meter), in combination with a powdered mixture of sodium bicarbonate and citric acid, and that the stiffness/surface-nature of the film be controlled by the expansion ratio.
Abstract:
Stable, emission-free, low-shrinkage, fireproof aminoplastic cellular foams are obtained by using an unsaturated, halogenated polyalcohol in the resin precondensate constituent and a dodecylbenzolsulphonic acid partially esterified preferably with a fatty alcohol and a long-chain polyhydric alcohol, preferably a polyethylene glycol, in the foaming agent hardener consituent. The foams are particularly suitable for building construction and for covering, as well as in the agricultural sector and or oil absorption. For certain of these applications, the resin pre-condensate constituent of the invention can be processed with a conventional foamer hardener constituent or the foamer hardener constituent of the invention can be processed with a conventional resin precondensate constituent.
Abstract:
In a construction material comprising a flexible carrier substrate impregnated or coated with a water-hardening resin, the resin contains as an additive polyether polysiloxane polyurethanes of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is lower alkyl,m is the average number of siloxane groups in the range from 5 to 25,R is ##STR2## in which X is lower alkylene,Y is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic or araliphatic moiety, which is unsubstituted or substituted by further ##STR3## Z is a polyether moiety based on ethylene oxide units propylene oxide units, or both with the average number of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide units being in the range fro 10 to 100 andR.sup.2 is lower alkyl.
Abstract:
Expandible synthetic resinous particles are molded by injecting heated air generally centrally into the mold cavity by means of a probe, withdrawing the probe and heating the surface of the mold. Low densities and rapid cycle times are obtained.
Abstract:
The density of the foam is reduced and the thickness of the sheet obtained by extrusion/expansion is increased by grasping the sheet between confining walls which are permeable to gas and movable together with the sheet, and which diverge from each other in the direction of advance of the sheet, and by applying a subatmospheric pressure to the faces of the sheet and through the said walls while the sheet is in its thermoplastic state, after which the foam is gelled by cooling to stabilize the thickness achieved.